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Games Like Barking from the Dark

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Psychological Horror, Dark, Atmospheric.

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  1. #1 THRESHOLD
    97% matchVery Positive85% of 1,295 reviews2024
    Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 14.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Survival Horror 9.3%

  2. #2 ORDER 13
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,467 reviews2025
    Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.1%, Stealth 12.5%, Dark 12%

  3. #3 Platform 8
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,772 reviews2024
    Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 15.1%, Stealth 13.7%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 8.2%

  4. #4 The Derailed
    95% matchVery Positive83% of 127 reviews2025
    Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
    Windows

    The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 28.3%, Dark 22.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 5.5%

  5. #5 Dead Signal
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,081 reviews2023
    Dev: Reflect Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Monitor camera feeds, report valuable info, and hand-deliver shady packages. An hourly quota of reports will test your keen eye to spot the differences, while timed deliveries will force you outside unexpectedly. Until you clock out for the night almost nowhere is safe.

    Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Dark 16%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Atmospheric 11%

  6. #6 Corner Shop: NightShift
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 259 reviews2026
    Dev: Live Motion Games
    Windows

    Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Dark 13.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

  7. #7 Zoochosis
    93% matchMixed61% of 2,358 reviews2024
    Dev: Clapperheads
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?

    Why similar: Dark 22.1%, Horror 19%, Survival Horror 17%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%

  8. #8 Blair Witch
    92% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,025 reviews2019
    Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

    Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Dark 9.8%, Survival Horror 8.3%, Psychological 7.4%

  9. #9 That Which Gave Chase
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,094 reviews2023
    Dev: AslakPub: Fremmed
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A first-person dog sledding horror game. Play as a sled dog musher hired to transport a scientist deep into the unforgiving wastes of the arctic.

    Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Dark 19.3%, Atmospheric 14%, Psychological 13.8%, First-Person 10.1%

  10. #10 The Cabin Factory
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 3,683 reviews2024
    Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 25.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Survival Horror 8.5%, First-Person 7.9%

  11. #11 NIGHTSLINK
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 118 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: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Story Rich 9%, First-Person 7.7%

  12. #12 Sender
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2023
    Dev: The Rat Zone
    Windows

    The winds of the frozen wasteland are calling in this atmospheric horror game. Operate an aging vehicle to locate the missing driver of the previous expedition. Be careful not to stray from the path...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 19.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 8.8%

  13. #13 The Cemetery Shift | 墓地の夜勤
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2026
    Dev: KIKIPub: KM Studios
    Windows

    You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.

    Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 7.5%

  14. #14 From The Past
    88% matchMostly Positive70% of 122 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    What hides in the depths of the forest?!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 18%, Psychological 17.4%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%

  15. #15 CANINE
    87% matchVery Positive97% of 346 reviews2023
    Dev: Puko
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.

    Why similar: Horror 23%, Stealth 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Retro 13.1%

  16. #16 The Strange Lights
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2026
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 24.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Dark 10.8%

  17. #17 The Lightkeeper
    85% matchVery Positive82% of 1,043 reviews2025
    Dev: Darkphobia Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 18.3%, Psychological 17.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%

  18. #18 Smile Dog
    84% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: Sweet Sennin Games
    Windows

    A desktop psychological horror inspired by the Smile Dog creepypasta. Open the attachment, read your emails, and survive a real nightmare spilling out across your screen.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 24.5%, Dark 13.2%, Retro 12.3%, Story Rich 11%

  19. #19 MOLE
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,232 reviews2026
    Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 19.2%, Retro 12.4%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%

  20. #20 The Deadseat
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 621 reviews2025
    Dev: Curious Fox Sox
    Windows

    A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Story Rich 10.8%

  21. #21 The Anomalous Hour
    84% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2024
    Dev: Gambir Studio
    Windows

    You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

    Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, First-Person 11%, Simulation 6.7%

  22. #22 It follows you
    86% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2022
    Dev: Boom Games
    Windows

    You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.2%, Dark 12.5%, Stealth 11.6%

  23. #23 Last Report
    81% matchVery Positive89% of 2,328 reviews2025
    Dev: Monopixel Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?

    Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20%, Psychological 15.9%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%

  24. #24 Dollmare
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,102 reviews2024
    Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 27.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%

  25. #25 Project13: Nightwatch
    83% matchMixed51% of 70 reviews2024
    Dev: DRYBREADPub: Glacier LTD
    Windows

    A new Observer Gametype where you take on the role of an Observer tasked with guarding the HQ of the Project 13 Corp. . Prevent any Observer Prisoner, each potentially containing a anomaly, from infiltrating the HQ. Equipped with a high-tech binocular, your observation skills are the key to success.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 27.1%, Simulation 20.9%, First-Person 17.8%, Indie 2.3%

  26. #26 The Gravedigger
    80% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
    Dev: Authogin
    Windows

    You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

    Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 22%, Dark 21%, First-Person 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.2%

  27. #27 Shift 87
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
    Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Dark 16.2%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 11.1%, Psychological 7.3%

  28. #28 Empty Gauge
    78% matchNo user reviews97% of 64 reviews2026
    Dev: Playnova Studio
    Windows

    A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 14.8%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 9.7%

  29. #29 Pomberito
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 453 reviews2024
    Dev: Lara the Pitbull
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Werewolves 17.5%, Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Dark 10%

  30. #30 THE LAST TRAIN: Baquedano
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 392 reviews2025
    Dev: Matías AvilésPub: Plastic Frog
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%

    In this short first-person psychological horror game, falling asleep on the subway takes you to the final station, abandoned and eerie. Explore the area and try to survive the entity chasing you in the darkness. Who is it? Its face looks strangely familiar...

    Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Dark 16.7%, Survival Horror 14.1%, First-Person 7.8%

  31. #31 UFOPHILIA
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 88 reviews2026
    Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    UFOPHILIA is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore areas marked by alien phenomena. Use specialized equipment to detect, identify, and photograph aliens—but do so at your own risk... They are watching you too.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 25.2%, Dark 15.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 6%

  32. #32 Dead of Night: Supermarket
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: SilverMoon Studios
    Windows

    Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.

    Why similar: Psychological 24.2%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 20%, Story Rich 10.2%, First-Person 7.1%

  33. #33 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,410 reviews2025
    Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

    Why similar: Psychological 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.6%

  34. #34 Those Who Remain
    79% matchMixed67% of 857 reviews2020
    Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological 12.1%, Stealth 12.1%

  35. #35 PAGER
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: bilge
    Windows

    You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Psychological 19.6%, Horror 18%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 8.2%

  36. #36 I'm on Observation Duty 8
    74% matchVery Positive96% of 237 reviews2025
    Dev: Notovia
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Psychological 26%, Horror 23.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Conspiracy 5.4%

  37. #37 From The Other Side
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Vania Studios
    Windows

    "From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 23%, Dark 18.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%

  38. #38 Bubbaruka!
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2021
    Dev: Benjamin SchadePub: Super Nova Studios
    Windows

    A survival horror puzzle game about exploring an abandoned children's toy, stalked by the shambling husks of scrapped concepts that pursue you endlessly throughout the environment as you try to solve the cryptic puzzles left behind by the developers and keep your pet alive.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 19.9%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%

  39. #39 Water Delivery
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 219 reviews2024
    Dev: Frozen Lake Software
    Windows

    Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18%, Dark 14.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  40. #40 Locomotive 115
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2024
    Dev: Bucket of Fish
    Windows · Mac

    It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?

    Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Dark 15.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%

  41. #41 Midnight Crane
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 82 reviews2025
    Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
    Windows

    A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 19.3%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 9%

  42. #42 I'm on Observation Duty 7
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 436 reviews2024
    Dev: Notovia
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological 22.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Story Rich 8%

  43. #43 The Oily Depths
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 98 reviews2026
    Dev: Ryan R. Burns
    Windows

    Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 16.3%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 10%

  44. #44 Whispering Fog
    71% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: Dark Snow Games
    Windows

    Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 17.6%, Psychological 17.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%

  45. #45 Brno Transit
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 501 reviews2026
    Dev: Spytihněv
    Windows

    A short narrative-driven psychological horror game about a trainee metro driver trapped in the dampest subway east of anything that matters.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 22.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 11.5%, First-Person 9.2%

  46. #46 Last Shift: Gas Station
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
    Dev: Iron Cat Forge
    Windows

    A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.

    Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Retro 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%

  47. #47 Stay With Me
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2026
    Dev: Balambu Games
    Windows

    The roads are comfortably quiet at night. The only sound to keep you company is the medical equipment rattling behind you. You turn on the radio, but instead of music you hear a growl behind you. A strange being has appeared in the back, eyes pleading for help. It reminds you of someone.

    Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, First-Person 12%, Stylized 12%, Atmospheric 9.3%

  48. #48 Lighthouse Keeper
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 411 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 9%

    This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.

    Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Psychological 12%, Dark 10%, Story Rich 9.1%

  49. #49 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 359 reviews2025
    Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
    Windows · Mac

    Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Psychological 19.6%, Dark 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.5%

  50. #50 Idols of Ash
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,867 reviews2026
    Dev: Leafy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.

    Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Dark 21.5%, Atmospheric 16.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Simulation 6.4%

  51. #51 No, I'm not a Human
    64% matchVery Positive93% of 29,295 reviews2025
    Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological 15.7%, Dark 11.8%, Story Rich 9.1%

  52. #52 Descending The Woods
    71% matchMixed51% of 127 reviews2024
    Dev: AIONWARE LTD
    Windows

    By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.

    Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 7.8%

  53. #53 Sub Terra
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: artescape
    Windows

    Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.

    Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Conspiracy 11.7%, Psychological 11.2%, First-Person 8.7%

  54. #54 Fear the Moon
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 134 reviews2024
    Dev: Jonny's Games
    Windows

    A story driven cryptid horror game featuring survival horror elements where you come face to face with a Midwest cryptid dubbed "the Wolfman". Play as Jane and fight to survive the full moon while uncovering dark secrets in the Wolfman's territory.

    Why similar: Werewolves 30.1%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 6.6%

  55. #55 Interference: Dead Air
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2023
    Dev: Fear of CornPub: V Publishing
    Windows

    All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet.

    Why similar: Psychological 35.5%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, First-Person 7.5%

  56. #56 Skinwalkers Valley
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2025
    Dev: Fireplay Studio
    Windows

    The protagonist, Ethan, heads into the forest with his dog, Ranger, for a simple hunting trip. At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary—but as the time goes on, the hunt slowly turns into a nightmare. Something strange and unexplainable lurks deep within the woods...

    Why similar: Horror 27%, Dark 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 9.5%

  57. #57 Obey the Voice™
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 671 reviews2026
    Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
    Windows

    You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.

    Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Dark 18.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

  58. #58 These Darker Tides
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Pixel Drip Games
    Windows

    Welcome [EMPLOYEE] to your new job protecting Deep Sea Cables from creatures of the deep. We're not liable for loss of limbs, sanity, or life while on the job. Don't forget to keep your desk clean and your eyes on those cameras!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 25.1%, Conspiracy 23.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Simulation 6.3%

  59. #59 I'm on Observation Duty 3
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 365 reviews2020
    Dev: Notovia
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.

    Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 8.6%

  60. #60 Nightmare Shift
    67% matchMostly Positive75% of 240 reviews2025
    Dev: Binary Lunar
    Windows

    Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological 15.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%

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