- #1 Crow Country
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,186 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, 1990's 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10.6%, Third Person 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the 90s survival horror atmosphere with its low-poly aesthetic and focus on exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #2 Alisa
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,502 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, 1990's 15.8%, Horror 11.1%, Old School 11.1%, Mystery 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a direct love letter to 90s survival horror, featuring pre-rendered backgrounds and tank controls that feel ripped straight from the era.
- #3 Fear the Spotlight
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Surreal 12.2%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Third Person 9.4%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully recreates the PS1-era horror aesthetic with a focus on narrative-driven exploration and environmental puzzles.
- #4 The Night of the Scissors
95% matchVery Positive94% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Mystery 10%
Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy survival horror experience that nails the specific tension and visual style of 90s slasher-inspired games.
- #5 SIGNALIS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Survival Horror 29%, Mystery 15.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of modern survival horror that utilizes classic inventory management and fixed-camera sensibilities to evoke a deep sense of dread.
- #6 Tormenture
94% matchVery Positive88% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends retro-inspired exploration with a dark, pixelated aesthetic that mirrors the mystery of 90s gaming.
- #7 Echoes of the Living
93% matchVery Positive84% of 841 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, 1990's 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a faithful recreation of the classic Resident Evil style, complete with fixed camera angles and inventory management.
- #8 Heartworm
91% matchVery Positive87% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent AdinolfiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Why similar: Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Emotional 10.2%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Third Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the 90s aesthetic, focusing on psychological horror and exploration in a way that feels authentic to the era.
- #9 Lost in Vivo
92% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Surreal 18.7%, Survival 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, low-poly psychological horror game that captures the surreal and unsettling nature of early 3D horror titles.
- #10 Plastomorphosis
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.9%, Third Person 11.2%, Surreal 10.6%, Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the old-school survival horror vibe with its gritty, low-poly visuals and focus on psychological themes.
- #11 Murder House
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,293 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Old School 12.5%, Third Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential PS1-style horror game that uses low-fidelity graphics to heighten the terror of being hunted.
- #12 Post Trauma
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Third Person 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the fixed-camera horror genre that maintains the deliberate pacing and puzzle-heavy gameplay of the 90s.
- #13 Dead Format
89% matchVery Positive83% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.2%, Survival 11.1%, 1990's 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes the isolation and resource management found in the genre's roots.
- #14 Never Forgotten
87% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines atmospheric storytelling with survival horror mechanics to create a nostalgic yet fresh experience.
- #15 Paratopic
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 39.7%, Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Retro 13%, Mystery 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, low-poly horror experience that prioritizes atmosphere and narrative ambiguity over traditional gameplay loops.
- #16 Flesh Made Fear
85% matchVery Positive95% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
Why similar: Survival Horror 13.7%, 1990's 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that leans into the zombie-infested tropes and action-adventure gameplay of the 90s.
- #17 Lake Haven - Chrysalis
86% matchVery Positive97% of 492 reviews2023
Dev: Encrypt Games
Windows
This game serves as a prequel chapter for the upcoming game 'Lake Haven'. Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.
Why similar: Third Person 13.8%, Surreal 11.2%, Horror 10.6%, Old School 9.9%, Exploration 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a third-person perspective and old-school exploration mechanics to build a compelling horror mystery.
- #18 The Fridge is Red
86% matchMixed56% of 229 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.2%, 1990's 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror experience that uses a distinct, unsettling visual style to deliver a series of surreal, puzzle-filled vignettes.
- #19 OYASUMII
82% matchVery Positive83% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: NEO PROJECT Studios
Windows
Relive the nostalgia with OYASUMII, a horror and exploration game inspired by PSX and N64 classics. Enter liminal spaces and face surreal terrors in an adventure that challenges your skills and sanity. Are you ready to relive the golden age of video games with OYASUMII?
Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Mystery 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror adventure that uses exploration and psychological themes to keep players on edge.
- #20 ZERO PROTOCOL
82% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival horror game that emphasizes exploration and psychological tension in a first-person perspective.
- #21 The Walking Evil
84% matchMixed55% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Third Person 13%, Horror 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features the classic puzzle-heavy gameplay and atmospheric tension that defined the survival horror genre in the 90s.
- #22 INDICTED
84% matchMixed48% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Survival 12.4%, Story Rich 11%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror title that focuses on the tension of exploration and puzzle-solving within a confined, eerie environment.
- #23 Carnival Massacre
79% matchVery Positive91% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
Windows
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.3%, Horror 14%, Third Person 9.7%, Old School 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the retro survival horror experience to a carnival setting, focusing on inventory management and classic action-adventure tropes.
- #24 JANITOR BLEEDS
81% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique 3D perspective and puzzle-solving mechanics to create a haunting experience reminiscent of retro horror.
- #25 Uncanny Valley
83% matchMixed56% of 497 reviews2015
Dev: Tiny Mold
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 21.8%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that focuses on narrative choices and the consequences of exploration in a dark, mysterious facility.
- #26 Weeping Falls Massacre
80% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 14.3%, 1990's 13%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a mix of action and puzzle-solving that feels like a throwback to the more experimental horror games of the 90s.
- #27 Fortuito: Lost History
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: 1990's 16.1%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Mystery 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-adventure game that captures the feel of early 3D exploration titles with a focus on mystery.
- #28 Evil is Back
78% matchVery Positive90% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"Evil is Back" is a retelling of the movies "Evil Dead 1 and 2"... With everything a low budget short film should have. For fans of 80's trash horror movies.
Why similar: 3D 17.5%, Survival 16.4%, Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Retro 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented horror game that captures the shooter-heavy side of 90s survival horror titles.
- #29 Tormented Souls
77% matchVery Positive90% of 7,787 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12.7%, Third Person 11.7%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #30 project BLARI
79% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: MaxEstLa
Windows
Try to survive in this semi open horror game inspired by the ps1 graphic era.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.9%, Survival 15.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Third Person 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game with pixelated graphics that focuses on multiple endings and the tension of resource scarcity.
- #31 Illusion Box
75% matchVery Positive95% of 282 reviews2025
Dev: Bad ImagePub: Gamirror Games
Windows
"Illusion Box" is the first virtual reality entertainment project of the 21st century. However, malicious rumors and computer virus infections forced the company to shut down the project. Now, the long-abandoned "Illusion Box" devices are being reactivated...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, 1990's 13.4%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Mystery 11.4%
- #32 Daymare: 1998
77% matchMixed69% of 4,164 reviews2019
Dev: Invader StudiosPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Horror 26.7%, Third Person 20.4%, Survival 14%, Action 8.1%
- #33 Pixel Ripped 1995
76% matchVery Positive95% of 186 reviews2020
Dev: ARVOREPub: ARVORE Immersive Games Inc.
Windows
Pixel Ripped is back with a brand new nostalgia-fueled virtual reality game-within-a-game, this time in 1995! Help our hero Dot face challenging throwbacks to all your favorite 16-bit and 32-bit classics while surviving the struggles of a typical nine-year-old kid.
Why similar: 1990's 26%, Action-Adventure 21.7%, Old School 19.3%, Retro 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #34 Blood Camp
78% matchMostly Negative35% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"Blood Camp" is a horror game inspired by the horror movies of the 80's. With ps1 graphic style and a classic story from old cult movies.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.1%, Exploration 15.3%, Survival Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-adventure game that focuses on exploration and combat in a horror-themed setting.
- #35 Nightmare of Decay
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Survival Horror 22.1%, 1990's 18.9%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Retro 8.7%
- #36 Brutalism22
76% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Action-Adventure 15.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Surreal 9.7%
- #37 Broken Reality
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,203 reviews2018
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!
Why similar: Surreal 46.2%, Retro 15%, 1990's 14.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #38 Midnight Shift
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.3%, Funny 14.2%, 1990's 13%, Survival Horror 11%
- #39 Clock Tower: Rewind
71% matchVery Positive88% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, 1990's 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Exploration 13.8%, Old School 11.8%
- #40 Abandoned Souls
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%
- #41 Lamentum
72% matchVery Positive88% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Obscure TalesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 11.9%
- #42 Kwaidan ～Azuma manor story～
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: 求道庵（gudouan）Pub: Mediascape Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Seamlessly combining 3D action and point-click adventure, "Kwaidan" provides a nostalgic-yet-new experience. Explore old Japanese manor and solve the clever puzzles set there, and fight against monsters called Yoki.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Old School 10.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #43 Deadly Escape
75% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Deadly Escape is a Survival Horror game made with pixel art graphics, inspired by survival horror games of the '90s.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Survival 10.1%
- #44 Psychopathy Assessment
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Horror 13%, Mystery 11.7%, Survival 11.1%
- #45 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
69% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Third Person 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Old School 8.5%
- #46 后室重生Backrooms Rebirth
72% matchMixed59% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: SJGZS
Windows
这是一款以后室题材的游戏，主要是一些恐怖元素和解谜内容组合起来的元素，这是我们的第一款游戏也是开始
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Exploration 14.1%, Horror 14.1%, Puzzle 13.2%
- #47 The Roach Hotel
68% matchVery Positive89% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Hawt Combo
Windows
The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.
Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Survival Horror 16.7%, 1990's 16.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Old School 11.2%
- #48 Employee of The Month
70% matchVery Positive97% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Projeckt Skeleton
Windows
An atmospheric retro inspired survival horror game. Enjoy the late shift at 'The Month' in an abstract and unsettling night of terror, spooks and convenience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Old School 18.7%, Funny 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Exploration 16.2%
- #49 Trash Horror Collection 3
70% matchVery Positive86% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
We bring you 10 short horror/comedy games in this collection. Inspired by the "Tales From the Crypt" series and cult horror movies from the 80's/90's.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 17%, 1990's 16.4%, Exploration 13.2%, Mystery 11%, Horror 9.2%
- #50 From The Past
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 16.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Old School 7.6%
- #51 Back
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 365 reviews2024
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy ！！！！ The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 21.1%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 10%
- #52 Beyond the Doors
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Error
Windows · Linux
An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 17.2%, Old School 13.1%, Puzzle 12.6%, Retro 9.3%
- #53 Organ Quarter
71% matchVery Positive90% of 314 reviews2017
Dev: Outer Brain Studios
Windows
Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s
Why similar: Surreal 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Horror 12.6%
- #54 NIGHTSLINK
70% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 9.3%, 3D 8.7%
- #55 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
68% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 18.4%, Surreal 14.5%, 1990's 12.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #56 Alone in the Dark
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,498 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 18.1%, Third Person 16.3%, Surreal 14.8%, Mystery 11.8%
- #57 Laser Tag Massacre
67% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal Road
Windows
"Laser Tag Massacre" is a narrative-driven horror game inspired by 80s slasher movies, with a PS1-style aesthetic. On Halloween night, five friends throw a party in an abandoned arcade deep in rural Campinas, Brazil. What begins as a fun game of laser tag quickly spirals into their worst nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, 1990's 15.4%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Retro 9.5%
- #58 Trash Horror Collection 4
67% matchVery Positive84% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
This collection includes 7 games that will bring you 80s trash movie vibes. Plus a story mode including all games in a unique, bizarre and bloody story!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 18%, 1990's 17.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 10%
- #59 Barbotine
66% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Alex Rassloff
Windows
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
Why similar: Surreal 29%, 1990's 21.1%, Horror 16.6%, Old School 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #60 Benny Bash
66% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Old School 15%, Puzzle 14.3%, Mystery 13.1%
