- #1 Fingerbones
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,607 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Horror 47%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 9%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same short, atmospheric, and unsettling first-person investigative style as Blameless.
- #2 Only If
96% matchMixed62% of 5,959 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Puzzle 15.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play first-person adventure that heavily emphasizes puzzle-solving within a mysterious, surreal environment.
- #3 Kraven Manor
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 752 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%, First-Person 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features similar first-person exploration and puzzle-solving mechanics set within a tense, horror-themed environment.
- #4 The Guest
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 976 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Puzzle 20.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Adventure 9.2%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic escape-room style mystery game that focuses on environmental puzzles and a dark, atmospheric narrative.
- #5 Off-Peak
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,848 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
Why similar: Horror 40.1%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 15.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, free-to-play exploration game that prioritizes atmosphere and environmental storytelling over traditional combat.
- #6 the static speaks my name
94% matchVery Positive82% of 5,805 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 54.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free, and deeply atmospheric experience that excels at delivering a psychological horror narrative in a compact timeframe.
- #7 THANATOS
93% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Puzzle 21.4%, Adventure 18.2%, First-Person 13.9%, Psychological Horror 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that leans heavily into mystery and puzzle-solving within a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #8 Marie's Room
92% matchVery Positive93% of 6,711 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: First-Person 17.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Horror 12.5%, Adventure 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more of a walking simulator, it provides a similarly intimate and narrative-heavy experience focused on uncovering a dark mystery.
- #9 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
91% matchVery Positive90% of 11,163 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 56.6%, Multiplayer 18.9%, First-Person 8.9%, Adventure 4.1%, Psychological Horror 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the same grounded, first-person tension found in Blameless through its focus on realistic, narrative-driven horror.
- #10 Paratopic
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,200 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 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: Horror 62.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 8.5%, First-Person 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental, short horror game that uses low-poly aesthetics to build a uniquely unsettling and mysterious atmosphere.
- #11 Joy Land
89% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: MK Creations
Windows
Lewis, an intelligent detective, finds himself on a mission to uncover the truth behind the many disappearances including his sister's. With the help of Joy, Lewis is going to explore what lies behind these walls. only to realize that there's much more to discover than he initially thought.
Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Detective 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%, First-Person 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused horror game that requires players to solve puzzles to uncover the truth behind a mysterious location.
- #12 The NADI Project
90% matchMixed67% of 472 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Multiplayer 22.1%, Adventure 13.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Mystery 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that focuses on exploration and survival in a mysterious, isolated environment.
- #13 Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
89% matchVery Positive93% of 10,188 reviews2015
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
Why similar: First-Person 51.2%, Indie 16.6%, Singleplayer 10.6%, Adventure 9%, Puzzle 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven first-person game that offers a unique, meta-fictional experience similar to the experimental nature of indie adventures.
- #14 Missing Translation
88% matchVery Positive87% of 3,316 reviews2015
Dev: AlPixel GamesPub: GamesBoosters
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 55.8%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Atmospheric 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie puzzle game that challenges players to decipher its world through observation and logic.
- #15 A Date in the Park
87% matchVery Positive88% of 2,059 reviews2016
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Horror 50.2%, Puzzle 16.9%, Mystery 14.5%, Adventure 6.9%, Psychological Horror 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric mystery game that focuses on exploration and uncovering secrets in a confined, unsettling location.
- #16 Disturbed
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,876 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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: Horror 54.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, Adventure 10.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric adventure game that blends puzzle-solving with a grim, narrative-focused horror experience.
- #17 Days Without Incident
82% matchVery Positive94% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused horror game that tasks players with solving puzzles while exploring an unsettling environment.
- #18 Black Rose
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 989 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 64%, Multiplayer 12.4%, First-Person 6.3%, Survival Horror 6.2%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror game that emphasizes exploration and survival within a dark, puzzle-filled environment.
- #19 Transmissions: Element 120
84% matchVery Positive95% of 9,960 reviews2016
Dev: ShokuninPub: Self Published
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Multiplayer 20%, First-Person 12.4%, Puzzle 5.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric first-person game that focuses on environmental storytelling and mystery.
- #20 Medusa's Labyrinth
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,112 reviews2016
Dev: Guru Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a very short mythological first-person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together with modern gameplay. The game let's you explore murky catacombs and follow along a classic, tragic story.
Why similar: Horror 64.4%, Multiplayer 16%, Adventure 7.4%, First-Person 5.7%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-adventure game that uses mythology to create a tense, puzzle-heavy experience.
- #21 Passing Pineview Forest
84% matchMixed65% of 1,699 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 65.6%, Multiplayer 12.1%, First-Person 6.1%, Adventure 4.5%, Survival Horror 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-adventure game that relies on exploration and atmosphere to tell its short, mysterious story.
- #22 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
81% matchVery Positive93% of 15,573 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Horror 67.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Adventure 3.9%, Survival Horror 3.8%, Indie 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror game that uses its environment and pacing to build tension, much like the investigative focus of Blameless.
- #23 All Is Dust
83% matchMixed45% of 1,324 reviews2015
Dev: Mannequin Games LLC
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%
All Is Dust is a first-person horror game for PC and Oculus Rift. Experience the terror of a dust storm in the 1930s and unravel the mystery surrounding your decaying farm.
Why similar: Horror 58.6%, Multiplayer 15.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 4.6%, Survival Horror 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on exploration and survival in a desolate, mysterious setting.
- #24 SORE
82% matchMixed66% of 352 reviews2017
Dev: Bazitov Mikhail
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy indie game that uses a unique visual style to create an atmospheric and mysterious experience.
- #25 Port of Call
80% matchVery Positive88% of 1,284 reviews2015
Dev: Underdog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Horror 49.6%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 11.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental adventure game that focuses on narrative and atmosphere rather than traditional gameplay.
- #26 Devolverland Expo
78% matchVery Positive89% of 5,730 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.
Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Multiplayer 21.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that serves as a unique, atmospheric showcase of indie game culture.
- #27 Sagebrush
79% matchVery Positive95% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Nate BerensPub: Redact Games
Windows · Mac
A first-person narrative adventure game about exploring a cult compound in the remote New Mexico desert. Discover the lives of the former inhabitants -- what brought them together, what they believed, and why they ended it all.
Why similar: Adventure 37.2%, First-Person 30.7%, Indie 21.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-driven exploration game that tasks the player with uncovering the dark history of a cult compound.
- #28 REALITY
81% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 77.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror game that emphasizes exploration and mystery in a first-person perspective.
- #29 Unanswered
75% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Horror 46.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Mystery 7%
- #30 Blackthorne's Manor
76% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Error 404 Studios
Windows
Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Puzzle 20.5%, Adventure 16.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%
- #31 Antenna
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,732 reviews2016
Dev: LWNA
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 150.2 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A machine ponders its loneliness. It scans the radio spectrum for an answer to its question.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.7%, Indie 17.2%, Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Singleplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, atmospheric puzzle game that encourages exploration and observation in a mysterious setting.
- #32 Lust from Beyond: Scarlet
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,491 reviews2020
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Lust from Beyond: Scarlet" is a stand-alone, free introduction to the full version of "Lust from Beyond" - a horror game with elements of eroticism and occultism. This is not a demo version - you won't experience any spoilers here.
Why similar: Horror 53.5%, First-Person 12%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Survival 5%
- #33 Investigator
78% matchMixed69% of 1,056 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Horror 63.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 8.2%, First-Person 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #34 Minds Eyes
77% matchMixed69% of 1,842 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 68.1%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Survival Horror 6.1%, Adventure 4.1%, First-Person 2.7%
- #35 Unlasting Horror
76% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Sowards Games
Windows
Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #36 Lust from Beyond: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,545 reviews2019
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired with the works of Lovecraft, Giger and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to the dark ecstasy.
Why similar: Horror 83.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 2.1%
- #37 Penumbra Overture
75% 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 58%, First-Person 9.6%, Adventure 7.2%, Survival Horror 6.7%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #38 MUZY
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 7.6%
- #39 MANDAGON
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,752 reviews2016
Dev: Blind Sky Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .
Why similar: Adventure 31%, Mystery 19.3%, Indie 18.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #40 Awkward Dimensions Redux
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,962 reviews2016
Dev: StevenHarmonGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...
Why similar: Horror 43%, Multiplayer 12.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 11%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #41 Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1
74% matchVery Positive86% of 640 reviews2015
Dev: Sapphire Dragon Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...
Why similar: Horror 61.7%, Detective 15.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #42 The Monster Inside
72% matchVery Positive88% of 2,116 reviews2017
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Horror 54%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 16.3%, Psychological Horror 5.4%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #43 TELEFORUM
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,569 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Horror 52.1%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
- #44 Bloody Walls
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,536 reviews2016
Dev: L. Stotch
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bio-weapon research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary.
Why similar: Indie 54.9%, Action 26.8%, Singleplayer 18.3%
- #45 When the Darkness comes
69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Horror 49.7%, First-Person 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 6.6%
- #46 The Plan
70% matchVery Positive92% of 23,670 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 5%
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
Why similar: Indie 44.5%, Atmospheric 30.1%, Adventure 13.2%, Singleplayer 12.2%
- #47 Blind Trust
73% matchMixed52% of 1,482 reviews2016
Dev: Viswanath AtluPub: Good Vibration Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Blind Trust is a two-player, cooperative game where the deaf leads the blind on a fantasy island. Navigate using only 3D sound as the blind Oracle, or lead the Oracle with magical sound beacons as the deaf Soldier. Work together to fight monsters, solve puzzles, and reach your ultimate goal.
Why similar: Multiplayer 36.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Horror 14%, Puzzle 12.3%, First-Person 8%
- #48 Incoming Evil
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Horror 45.5%, Puzzle 14.6%, First-Person 14.5%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 5.8%
- #49 Doorways: Old Prototype
70% matchVery Positive86% of 670 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga
Why similar: Horror 56.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Mystery 6.6%
- #50 PRICE
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,176 reviews2016
Dev: YETU GAME
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Puzzle 25.8%, Detective 7.7%, Adventure 6%, Mystery 5.2%
- #51 Dread Flats
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,695 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%, Survival Horror 7.9%
- #52 Scrap Garden - The Day Before
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,009 reviews2016
Dev: Egidijus BachurPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A new chapter of charming 3D platformer about the little rusty robot C4N who unwittingly finds himself in the midst of momentous events in Robo Land. In order to solve the new riddle, Canny will once again need to run and jump a lot, solve puzzles, and fight against enemies who are much bigger and stronger than he is.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.2%, Adventure 27.7%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #53 The Forgotten Ones
71% matchMixed60% of 1,657 reviews2014
Dev: Bernt Andreas Eide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...
Why similar: Horror 63%, First-Person 9%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 3.5%
- #54 Sisyphus Reborn
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,105 reviews2016
Dev: Edwin MontgomeryPub: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Indie 17.6%, Atmospheric 17%, Singleplayer 10.7%
- #55 Conscience
65% matchVery Positive93% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: Bowker Studios
Windows
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.2%, Mystery 23.1%, Detective 19.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 8%
- #56 Gray Dawn
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,184 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 9%, First-Person 8.2%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #57 Silver Chains
68% 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 52.1%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Adventure 8.3%, First-Person 6.8%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #58 Hearing Voices
63% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Fuupu
Windows
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Puzzle 27%, Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Mystery 7.1%
- #59 Tatari: The Arrival
66% matchMixed66% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden Tower StudiosPub: TheGamesFortress
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Take the role of a detective from Tokyo who tries to solve the mysterious case of the disappearance of a young camper. You will try to follow the trail of evidence to guide you through an enigmatic and paranormal case connected with a Japanese urban legend. Can you help until the end?
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Puzzle 14.2%, Mystery 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #60 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive90% of 3,627 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Horror 77%, Indie 6.4%, Mystery 6.1%, Adventure 4.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%