- #1 The Medium
97% matchVery Positive89% of 10,319 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Dark 8.2%, Walking Simulator 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares Bloober Team's atmospheric psychological horror DNA and narrative-driven exploration.
- #2 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Dark 7.3%, First-Person 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers intensely stressful psychological horror in a claustrophobic, shifting environment.
- #3 The Beast Inside
96% matchVery Positive83% of 12,171 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Survival Horror 9%, Violent 8%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person exploration, dark secrets, and rural isolation similar to the Black Hills Forest.
- #4 MADiSON
95% matchVery Positive87% of 3,450 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Dark 9.1%, Violent 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers terrifying psychological scares and deeply unsettling puzzle-solving from a first-person perspective.
- #5 Layers of Fear (2016)
94% matchVery Positive88% of 27,757 reviews2016
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Why similar: Horror 62.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, First-Person 3.3%, Atmospheric 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Explores fractured psyches and shifting hallways through immersive first-person psychological horror.
- #6 Outlast 2
94% matchVery Positive91% of 64,674 reviews2017
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Violent 9.7%, Dark 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Traps you in a desolate, terrifying rural wilderness where you must survive relentless pursuers.
- #7 Those Who Remain
93% matchMixed67% of 858 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 22%, Horror 21%, Survival Horror 12%, First-Person 8.7%, Survival 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Builds psychological dread in a dark, atmospheric town where staying in the light is your only defense.
- #8 Alan Wake
92% matchVery Positive90% of 60,064 reviews2012
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Plunges you into a dark, foreboding forest filled with supernatural terror and psychological dread.
- #9 Call of Cthulhu®
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,959 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Walking Simulator 7.4%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on a gripping investigative narrative steeped in psychological horror and creeping cosmic dread.
- #10 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 127,598 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Violent 10.4%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers first-person survival horror with a heavy focus on oppressive atmosphere and unsettling exploration.
- #11 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 16.2%, Investigation 10.4%, Cinematic 9.9%, Dark 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense atmospheric horror where investigation and survival are deeply intertwined.
- #12 Martha Is Dead
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,957 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 19.4%, Cinematic 11.4%, Psychological 10.4%, Dark 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Weaves a deeply disturbing psychological thriller set against a haunting historical backdrop.
- #13 From The Darkness
89% matchVery Positive89% of 3,540 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Dark 8.6%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: Traps you in a deeply unsettling, dark apartment complex that plays heavily on claustrophobic tension.
- #14 Chasing Static
88% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Cinematic 9.6%, Dark 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses retro-styled audio exploration and a lonely rural setting to build eerie psychological tension.
- #15 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
86% matchVery Positive88% of 8,977 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 21.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a moody, atmospheric woodland investigation where you uncover dark narrative secrets.
- #16 The Park®
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,198 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Psychological 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a short, story-driven psychological horror experience focused on atmospheric dread and maternal desperation.
- #17 Home Sweet Home
86% matchVery Positive87% of 3,788 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Adventure 6.2%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in terrifying stealth-based psychological horror steeped in myth and folklore.
- #18 Infliction
85% matchVery Positive80% of 968 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, Violent 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Dark 7%
Why You'll Like It: Plunges you into a suburban nightmare of domestic tragedy and psychological terror.
- #19 Slender: The Arrival
84% matchVery Positive88% of 9,364 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Walking Simulator 8.6%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your nerves with woodland-based exploration while evading a relentless supernatural pursuer.
- #20 Kona
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,706 reviews2017
Dev: Parabole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Survival 11.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Strands you in a chilling northern wilderness to investigate a mysterious disappearance using keen observation.
- #21 Amnesia: Rebirth
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,356 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Survival Horror 10%, Dark 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a narrative-driven first-person horror experience centered on psychological fragility and dark memories.
- #22 Welcome to Kowloon
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,989 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Violent 9.7%, Dark 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Traps you in a suffocatingly claustrophobic urban environment filled with dread and eerie encounters.
- #23 Blair Witch VR
82% matchMixed68% of 213 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Blair Witch: VR Edition is a story-driven psychological horror game from the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed The Medium. Experience first-hand the toll that fear can take on the mind in an original story inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, designed for Virtual Reality.
Why similar: Dogs 25.5% ★, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Cinematic 11.7%, Investigation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Reimagines the unsettling forest investigation specifically for virtual reality immersion.
- #24 Through the Woods
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,682 reviews2016
Dev: AntagonistPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Survival Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a dark, mythological tale of a mother searching for her lost child in a foreboding Norwegian forest.
- #25 Silent Hill Homecoming
82% matchMixed48% of 4,024 reviews2008
Dev: Double Helix GamesPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In Silent Hill Homecoming, Alex Shepherd has returned to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen to investigate the sudden disappearance of his brother. From Shepherd's Glen to the foggy streets of Silent Hill, Alex will face the darkest of horrors while struggling with his own grip on reality.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Violent 7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers psychological horror and grim monster encounters with a strong focus on troubled family dynamics.
- #26 Don't Be Afraid
79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,016 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Violent 11.6%, Survival Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you with twisted puzzles and dark psychological horror from a first-person viewpoint.
- #27 God's Basement
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,318 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Violent 11.3%, Dark 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a spooky, linear walking simulator experience that probes deep into guilt and psychological torment.
- #28 Layers of Fear
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,749 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 9.7%
- #29 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,958 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Violent 15.2%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features tense stealth and psychological storytelling as you investigate a grim disappearance.
- #30 Silver Chains
78% matchMixed69% of 1,360 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Adventure 9.2%, First-Person 6.7%, Indie 4.9%
- #31 Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,570 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Dark 8.8%, Psychological 7.3%
- #32 Mists of Aiden
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Violent 16.2%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Adventure 7.7%
- #33 SILENT HILL 2
73% matchVery Positive95% of 65,757 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 20.4%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Psychological 7.2%, Violent 6.7%
- #34 The Story of Henry Bishop
77% matchVery Positive83% of 549 reviews2019
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Violent 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Adventure 8.5%
- #35 The Guest
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 8.1%
- #36 Witch Hunt
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,455 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Survival 9.7%, First-Person 8.3%
- #37 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
75% matchVery Positive95% of 35,783 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Survival Horror 9.8%, First-Person 7.2%, Dark 6.6%
- #38 Palmyra Orphanage
74% matchVery Positive89% of 713 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Violent 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 8.3%, Dark 7.4%
- #39 Maid of Sker
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,471 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Violent 15.7%, Survival Horror 9.1%, First-Person 7.3%
- #40 The Cursed Forest
73% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Horror 19.4%, Dark 12.7%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #41 Baisu
72% matchVery Positive84% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: Tripleducks studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Detective Clay Kriest in "Baisu," a chilling tale of family, art, and the haunting unknown. As you arrive at the secluded residence of Maple Street 22, responding to an eerie call for help, you'll find yourself immersed in a quest shrouded in darkness.
Why similar: Dogs 22.1% ★, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.9%, Violent 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #42 The Mortuary Assistant
71% matchVery Positive92% of 8,787 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 58.4%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Adventure 6%
- #43 Moons of Madness
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,944 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #44 Obey the Voice™
68% matchVery Positive86% of 777 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 27.9%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Dark 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #45 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
72% matchMixed70% of 12,174 reviews2013
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 5%, Survival Horror 4.4%
- #46 Witchblood
67% matchVery Positive82% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
Witchblood is a first-person psychological horror game that draws you into the heart of a dark curse. Explore a decaying house where reality begins to unravel. Uncover the truth behind a forgotten family’s tragedy and face what should have remained buried.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 22.8%, Violent 9.6%, Walking Simulator 8.1%, Dark 7.6%
- #47 The Suicide of Rachel Foster
71% matchMixed68% of 6,908 reviews2020
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Dark 13%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 10.8%, First-Person 9.9%
- #48 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
70% matchVery Positive89% of 8,361 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 45.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, Adventure 6.4%
- #49 Penumbra Overture
70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,186 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 9.8%, First-Person 8.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #50 Blasfemia
67% matchVery Positive91% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #51 Lust from Beyond
68% matchVery Positive81% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired by the works of Lovecraft, Giger, and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to dark ecstasy.
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Violent 13%, Survival Horror 6.8%, First-Person 5.3%
- #52 The Quarry
66% matchVery Positive82% of 25,301 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Cinematic 20%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Violent 7.9%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #53 Conarium
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,282 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Adventure 12%, First-Person 9%
- #54 Don't Knock Twice
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 730 reviews2017
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 18.4%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Violent 9.6%, First-Person 8.8%
- #55 Daymare: 1998
69% matchMixed69% of 4,297 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 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: Horror 34.2%, Survival Horror 21.8%, Violent 17.9%, Adventure 11%, Survival 7.7%
- #56 DON'T SCREAM
67% matchMixed65% of 4,873 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 26.4%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Dark 9.7%, First-Person 9%
- #57 Left Alone
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 646 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Investigation 8.9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #58 Tormented Souls
66% matchVery Positive90% of 8,214 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 24.7%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Dark 9.6%, Survival 5.9%
- #59 Rise of Insanity
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,285 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Survival Horror 8.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #60 Husk
71% matchMixed46% of 764 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadScoutPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Violent 10.4%, Psychological 7.6%