- #1 Visage
97% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 30.2%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Dark 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Walking Simulator 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere of a haunted home where the environment shifts to reflect psychological trauma.
- #2 MADiSON
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 22.3%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Dark 17.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Puzzle 7%
Why You'll Like It: Like Blasfemia, this game relies on puzzle-solving and a constant sense of being watched within a confined, terrifying space.
- #3 Luto
95% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Dark 22.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the psychological weight of loss within a home, utilizing similar walking-simulator and exploration mechanics.
- #4 Infliction
96% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 24.1%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Dark 15.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar focus on exploring a haunted household while uncovering a dark, personal history through environmental storytelling.
- #5 The Mortuary Assistant
94% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Dark 17.5%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Exploration 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at creating a tense, confined environment where you must solve puzzles while being stalked by a supernatural entity.
- #6 Layers of Fear
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Horror 19.7%, Dark 16.9%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully uses shifting architecture and first-person exploration to disorient the player, much like the experience in Blasfemia.
- #7 God's Basement
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Dark 19%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strong psychological horror title that focuses on walking-simulator mechanics and environmental puzzles in a dark, mysterious setting.
- #8 Summer of '58
92% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Dark 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense, and highly atmospheric horror game that traps the player in a confined living space with an ominous presence.
- #9 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
91% matchVery Positive90% of 10,232 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 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 41.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Walking Simulator 12%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly replicates the feeling of being trapped in a house while something sinister lurks just outside or within the walls.
- #10 Mirror Forge
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Dark 18%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival-horror elements with a dark, atmospheric narrative that feels very similar to the tone of Blasfemia.
- #11 Don't Be Afraid 2
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 7%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the first-person puzzle-solving and exploration aspects found in Blasfemia.
- #12 Lost in Vivo
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.7%, Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply claustrophobic experience that leans into psychological horror and surreal, confined environments.
- #13 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
89% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 31.5%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Dark 10.6%, Puzzle 6.6%, Walking Simulator 6%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential first-person horror game that established the mechanics of hiding and solving puzzles while being hunted.
- #14 Chorus of Carcosa
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar psychological horror experience with a heavy emphasis on atmosphere and walking-simulator gameplay.
- #15 Apartament 1406: Horror
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 698 reviews2023
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Dark 16.9%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the apartment-based setting and indie horror focus of the seed game.
- #16 It follows you
87% matchMixed50% of 50 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: Survival Horror 25.3%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 14.7%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A focused walking-simulator that prioritizes the feeling of being pursued in a confined, atmospheric environment.
- #17 Reflection
84% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Horror 21.6%, Dark 20.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking-simulator that focuses on realistic, grounded horror elements.
- #18 Stay Out of the House
84% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Survival Horror 42%, Horror 25%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Atmospheric 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being trapped and hunted in a confined space, requiring both stealth and puzzle-solving to escape.
- #19 Locked in my Darkness
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 24.4%, Puzzle 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Exploration 11%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on exploration and puzzle-solving within a dark, surreal environment.
- #20 Psalm 5:9-13
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,774 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 16.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a mystery-driven psychological horror experience that emphasizes exploration and atmosphere.
- #21 Deep Sorrow
86% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Dark 13.3%, Adventure 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, first-person indie horror game that focuses on the same sense of isolation and dread.
- #22 Nocturia The Game
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Horror 20.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar blend of exploration and puzzle-solving within a dark, horror-themed environment.
- #23 Zemblanity
82% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: XenOxygen
Windows
Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?
Why similar: Dark 22%, Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines puzzle-solving with a dark, atmospheric setting that aligns well with the seed game's tone.
- #24 Astray
82% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Dark 14.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person indie horror game that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in a confined space.
- #25 From The Darkness
79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 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 27.9%, Dark 17.2%, Survival Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #26 The Guest
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 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 26.6%, Puzzle 19.3%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the puzzle-solving aspect of first-person horror, set within a mysterious and confined location.
- #27 Implements of Hell
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 17.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator that excels at building tension and psychological horror in a confined setting.
- #28 TRAPPED
79% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Adventure 63.5%, Indie 36.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core premise of being stuck in a dangerous environment and needing to find a way out through exploration.
- #29 The Guest
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 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: Dark 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #30 Don't Be Afraid
77% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Survival Horror 24.5%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #31 Abandoned Souls
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.4%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #32 ROUTINE
72% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Dark 16.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #33 A.I.L.A
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,218 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.9%, Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #34 Trapped
77% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, Indie 9%
- #35 Palmyra Orphanage
76% matchVery Positive89% of 705 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 23%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Dark 14.5%, Walking Simulator 10%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #36 The Empty Eyes
73% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.8%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 14%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Walking Simulator 8%
- #37 Judas
78% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2017
Dev: Studio48
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.
Why similar: Dark 27.4%, Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Exploration 9.2%
- #38 Mists of Aiden
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 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 31.4%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Dark 9.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #39 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,268 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.6%, Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, First-Person 8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #40 Necrophosis
71% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Horror 23.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 9.8%
- #41 Blair Witch
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,865 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 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 23.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #42 White Room Protocol
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 18.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 6.3%
- #43 UFOPHILIA
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 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: Horror 33.1%, Dark 24.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #44 DOCTOR VISCERA
71% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.2%, Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, First-Person 7.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #45 The Dark Occult
75% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Indie 7.8%
- #46 Dark Atlas: Infernum
69% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Dark 19.6%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #47 APT. 407
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #48 Hollow Cocoon
69% matchVery Positive92% of 886 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #49 Who's at the door?
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,538 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 20%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 8%
- #50 Obscula
70% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Dark 20.9%, Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #51 Find Yourself
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,285 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Horror 26.8%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #52 Backrooms: Exploration
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Dark 17.3%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 9%
- #53 Welcome to Kowloon
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 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 25.5%, Walking Simulator 20%, Dark 17.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, First-Person 6.9%
- #54 CoRoT
67% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 15.1%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #55 DYSTHANASIA
66% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Dark 18.1%, Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #56 Among Ashes
65% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Dark 16.8%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #57 Lair of Torment
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: Admia
Windows
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Horror 24.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #58 The Demon Within Me
69% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Dark 27%, First-Person 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #59 Lost Alone Ultimate
67% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Horror 21%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Adventure 7.6%
- #60 August Night
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%