Games Like Biophobia

This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 88.4%, Singleplayer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the free-to-play, short-form, and psychological horror focus with a similarly unsettling tone.

A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?

Why similar: Gore 45.7%, Atmospheric 30.1%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, low-fidelity, and atmospheric horror aesthetic found in indie titles.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the fragility of the human psyche with an experimental and deeply uncomfortable narrative style.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 82.7%, Singleplayer 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the deep, surreal dive into mental health and unsettling, experimental storytelling.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Female Protagonist 61.1%, Atmospheric 32.3%, Singleplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature exploration of trauma and psychological despair with a heavy, atmospheric narrative.

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: Atmospheric 60.1%, Gore 34.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on claustrophobic, psychological horror that mirrors the intense, personal dread of the seed game.

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Thriller 51.9%, Female Protagonist 29.2%, Atmospheric 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features visceral, disturbing imagery and a deep focus on psychological trauma and personal history.

Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

Why similar: Atmospheric 51.2%, Gore 40.7%, Singleplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the intense, psychological, and atmospheric horror themes centered on specific phobias.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Atmospheric 85.1%, Singleplayer 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play classic that masterfully blends psychological trauma with visceral, first-person survival horror.

Take on the role of the housewife and make sure the house is maintained, she lives to keep her husband happy. Learn how the world changes for an abused person. She believes that he only beats her when she disappoints him. Get deep inside the functioning psyche of a victim of abuse.

Why similar: Simulation 54.1%, Female Protagonist 45.9%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, abstract simulation that explores domestic dread and female-centric themes.

Anthophobia is a side-scrolling action survival horror. In the wake of a global plant-based pandemic, the protagonist has kept hidden in her apartment for three months. Now that her water supplies have run dry, it is time to brave the floral armageddon and seek new shelter.

Why similar: Gore 57.5%, Female Protagonist 35.6%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that leans into the intense, action-oriented, and gritty side of the genre.

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: Atmospheric 94.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, surreal horror experience that relies on atmosphere and fragmented, unsettling storytelling.

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Why similar: Simulation 79.7%, Female Protagonist 12%, Singleplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines simulation elements with a tense, claustrophobic horror atmosphere.

Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Why similar: Gore 61.4%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Atmospheric 13%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, visceral horror experience that focuses on gore and intense, unsettling moments.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game that uses experimental mechanics to explore identity and trauma.

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵, 𝘙𝘶𝘯. Play as Abigail in her quest to find her grandmother in a cursed forest. Use your spellcasting abilities to hide from various dangers. Will you survive the night?

Why similar: Gore 51.2%, Atmospheric 25%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a dark, atmospheric, and gore-filled horror experience that aligns with the seed game's intensity.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Thriller 36.1%, Atmospheric 22.1%, Simulation 21.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a confined, unsettling setting to explore supernatural and psychological horror themes.

Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.

Why similar: Thriller 57.9%, Female Protagonist 17%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Gore 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that uses an unsettling, educational tone to mask disturbing themes.

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: Female Protagonist 57.1%, Atmospheric 36.4%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror featuring a female protagonist navigating a surreal, trauma-filled landscape.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Gore 64.9%, Atmospheric 28.1%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a visceral, high-tension horror experience with a focus on survival and disturbing scenarios.

Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price.

Why similar: Gore 47.9%, Simulation 26.7%, Female Protagonist 25.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gore-filled, atmospheric adventure that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted.

A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 66.5%, Atmospheric 33.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern survival-horror title that captures the feeling of isolation and psychological decay.

A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.

Why similar: Gore 77.2%, Female Protagonist 19%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, psychological horror game that forces players to make difficult, morally ambiguous choices.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Atmospheric 84.7%, Singleplayer 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, cosmic horror game that uses a unique aesthetic to deliver constant, unsettling psychological dread.

Amy Chambers, a young woman on her way to the Black Ridge Mountains to meet with her friends for a weekend of camping will soon find that the forest holds more than just a good time for her and her friends. The saw beckons and it must feed.

Why similar: Thriller 51.5%, Gore 44.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes a gritty, retro aesthetic to deliver visceral shocks.

You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 57.6%, Simulation 35.4%, Singleplayer 7%

An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.9%, Atmospheric 35.3%, Singleplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a female protagonist in a unique, sensory-focused horror experience that emphasizes atmosphere.

You wake up with an explosive headache in a pool of your own blood. You're Exit, a terrible woman whose awful past has finally caught up to her. Fulfill contracts for the people who drilled into your skull — guns-blazing, slow and tactical — it doesn’t matter. They know you’ll do whatever it takes.

Why similar: Gore 50.1%, Female Protagonist 44.9%, Singleplayer 5%

Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.

Why similar: Gore 37.5%, Female Protagonist 33.9%, Atmospheric 23.2%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-heavy horror game that explores dark, surreal worlds.

Play as a clothing store worker who is just finishing up her shift and preparing to go home. However, as you make your way towards the exit, the power suddenly goes out, leaving you trapped inside the store.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.8%, Atmospheric 35.4%, Thriller 20%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.

Why similar: Gore 35.2%, Female Protagonist 29.4%, Atmospheric 26.6%, Singleplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on isolation and survival in a hostile environment.

You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.

Why similar: Thriller 35.7%, Female Protagonist 23.4%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Gore 18.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse

Why similar: Simulation 35.8%, Thriller 32.4%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Sci-fi horror anime point and click adventure game. Guide a young woman through a nightmarish space station as she tries to uncover why she's there and how she can escape.

Why similar: Gore 89%, Singleplayer 11%

The city’s most disturbing serial killer is at large and has his sights set on Belle. Can she escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches? Or will she lose her skin to this sicko’s collection?

Why similar: Gore 55.5%, Simulation 35.4%, Singleplayer 9.1%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Thriller 49.8%, Gore 29.7%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, first-person horror game that relies on classic tropes to build tension and atmosphere.

Following a tragic event in an orphanage caused by horrific human experiments, an orphan tries to find other survivors while danger still lurks.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 53.4%, Gore 46.6%

If she catches you, she kills you. Smoke 6 times without getting killed.

Why similar: Gore 88.3%, Singleplayer 11.7%

Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.

Why similar: Gore 60.2%, Female Protagonist 34.1%, Singleplayer 5.7%

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: Thriller 39.1%, Gore 27.1%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Thriller 77.5%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Why similar: Simulation 51.4%, Atmospheric 40.5%, Singleplayer 8.1%

You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...

Why similar: Thriller 53.7%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Atmospheric 22%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.

Why similar: Thriller 60.7%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon.

Why similar: Gore 51.3%, Female Protagonist 31.5%, Atmospheric 17.2%

Bio Goddess: Doomsday Begins is a third-person shooter survival game where players assume the role of a female high school student surviving in a school struck by a biochemical crisis. They investigate the events, uncover their connection to their father, and explore their own identity.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 62.2%, Gore 32.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Follow a girl through the last day of her life.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 93.1%, Singleplayer 6.9%

A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.

Why similar: Thriller 74.7%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.

Why similar: Gore 69.1%, Female Protagonist 27.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.

Why similar: Thriller 61.6%, Atmospheric 21%, Gore 14.4%, Singleplayer 3%

On your way home by subway, your phone keeps pushing you abnormal short videos. Before your phone runs out of battery, you need to identify them and swipe them away, otherwise, the subway will never arrive at the station.

Why similar: Simulation 64.6%, Female Protagonist 30.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%

You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 76.3%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Singleplayer 7.9%

To gain experience, Sera ventures into the maze by her own, when suddenly the floor disappears, dropping her into an unknown place she has never seen before. There, awaiting her, will be inhumane treatment beyond imagination...

Why similar: Thriller 36.9%, Gore 27.3%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%

The heroine of this game was not lucky to meet with the thief when she came to work in a non-working day. Now she is tied up and she needs to find a way to free.

Why similar: Simulation 48.6%, Female Protagonist 47.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Can you get her home unmolested?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 93.1%, Singleplayer 6.9%

A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!

Why similar: Gore 44%, Female Protagonist 31.3%, Atmospheric 21.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%

The number of missing in the city increased. People talk about the experiments on human beings. And now, only you can figure out if it was true. Especially because you have no choice. Mysteriously, you find yourself in a terrible location 40 meters underground. Your name is Katrine, and you do not remember anything about your past.

Why similar: Gore 59.3%, Female Protagonist 35.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Trapped in the depths of a frozen Soviet bunker, geophysicist Anna must survive deadly cold, horrifying abominations, and the trauma of a buried past. A third-person survival horror blending psychological storytelling with hand-drawn static cameras.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 57.8%, Atmospheric 40%, Singleplayer 2.2%