Games Like Bloodwash

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: 1980s 24.6%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.6%, Old School 13.7%, Gore 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as Bloodwash, this game perfectly captures the 1980s slasher aesthetic and retro survival-horror tension.

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

Why similar: 1980s 26.4%, Survival Horror 26.1%, Horror 16.4%, Old School 12.7%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply immersive and terrifying first-person experience that mirrors the stalker-horror mechanics found in Bloodwash.

From the sick mind behind Bloodwash, Jordan King, comes his latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night of the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood dripping, neon soaked, flesh rotting experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.8%, 1980s 15.4%, Gore 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a gritty, low-poly zombie survival experience that shares the same B-movie horror charm and VHS-style presentation.

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, 1980s 15.7%, Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This short, punchy horror experience captures the feeling of being hunted in a confined, atmospheric space with a distinct retro visual style.

Carol is down on her luck, hitchhiking across the country. She arrives at a small roadside motel but there's something strange about the owner. As the secrets unravel, she finds herself entangled in a long, DEADLY NIGHT! Can she escape from hellish nightmare or will she die trying?

Why similar: 1980s 18.6%, Gore 15.1%, Survival Horror 15%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the 1980s slasher tropes and first-person exploration that fans of Bloodwash will find immediately familiar.

Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.

Why similar: 1980s 33.5%, Gore 22.4%, Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Action 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features the same lo-fi, slasher-movie aesthetic while putting the player in the shoes of a killer, providing a dark and twisted narrative experience.

Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 15.5%, Story Rich 15.1%, First-Person 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and puzzle-solving with a unique, eerie atmosphere that feels like a lost relic from the early days of 3D horror.

A DRILLING good time!... a VHS era, Lowpoly Slasher

Why similar: 1980s 21.4%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Old School 14.4%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential Puppet Combo title that excels at creating relentless, high-stakes pursuit sequences in a retro-horror environment.

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: 1980s 23.2%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Gore 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a similar 3D retro aesthetic to deliver a visceral and psychological horror experience centered on a gruesome urban threat.

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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 18%, FPS 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses low-poly graphics to create a deeply unsettling and claustrophobic world.

Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Crime 12%, Walking Simulator 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic horror game excels at building realistic, grounded tension that mirrors the mundane-turned-deadly premise of Bloodwash.

There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Horror 17.9%, Old School 16.5%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to 80s VHS horror that captures the campy, gory, and retro-obsessed spirit of the genre.

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: Survival Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 10%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title brings a modern, high-quality approach to the classic survival-horror formula, focusing on atmosphere and resource management.

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Psychological Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A staple of the Chilla's Art library, it masterfully uses a mundane setting to build slow-burning, psychological dread.

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 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a short, atmospheric, and highly narrative-driven horror experience that feels like an interactive urban legend.

The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.3%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, FPS 18.7%, First-Person 14.7%, 3D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of a lonely, late-night shift gone wrong, perfectly aligning with the urban horror themes of Bloodwash.

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

Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Dark 14.4%, Atmospheric 13%, First-Person 12.1%, Female Protagonist 6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a unique, mundane job setting with terrifying supernatural occurrences, creating a high-tension gameplay loop.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, First-Person 11%, Dark 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It creates an incredible sense of isolation and claustrophobia within a confined space, echoing the intense focus of Bloodwash.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Gore 15.2%, Survival Horror 13%, Dark 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its 8-bit aesthetic, it delivers some of the most effective and disturbing psychological horror found on Steam.

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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Dark 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and fragmented horror experience that uses its low-fidelity art style to create a sense of profound unease and mystery.

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: Horror 34%, Survival Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 6.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person survival-horror game that excels at urban exploration and psychological terror in a decaying city.

The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.

Why similar: 1980s 22.1%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This liminal space horror game uses its setting to create a constant sense of being watched, much like the laundromat in Bloodwash.

Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.8%, Old School 20.8%, Horror 15.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to 90s survival-horror that features fixed camera angles and a distinct, charmingly retro aesthetic.

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 24.3%, Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Dark 14.5%, First-Person 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the core mechanic of staying quiet while exploring a dark, atmospheric forest, emphasizing pure tension.

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: 1980s 22.6%, Horror 17.1%, FPS 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Old School 9.5%

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.9%, 1980s 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.2%

The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.

Why similar: 1980s 22.4%, Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Gore 7.9%, FPS 7.6%

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 27.6%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Gore 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a terrifying stealth-based horror experience that relies on atmosphere and a constant sense of pursuit.

A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.

Why similar: Gore 15.2%, Crime 13.3%, Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, First-Person 10.7%

Put your forensic skills to the test in She’s Leaving, a first-person survival horror where players investigate brutal crime scenes, analyze blood-spatter evidence, and uncover the truth behind a series of disappearances.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.7%, Crime 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%

Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...

Why similar: Survival Horror 13.6%, Gore 12.7%, Crime 10.4%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.

Why similar: 1980s 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.2%

Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15.3%, 1980s 10.5%, Story Rich 7.6%

The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!

Why You'll Like It: It provides a short, effective horror experience that highlights the vulnerability of working alone at night.

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.6%

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: 1980s 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Gore 14.8%, Old School 11%, Horror 10.6%

Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.

Why similar: 1980s 18.3%, Gore 15%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark 10.1%

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: Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Dark 10.8%, FPS 9.3%

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Crime 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 9.6%

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, First-Person 13%, Female Protagonist 11.5%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, First-Person 11.4%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.9%

Washout is a single-player first-person horror game where the player must escape a flooded maze inspired by the Bathroom Maze aesthetic while avoiding an irrational threat — a Washing Machine whose behavior defies logic and reason.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 16.5%, Dark 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.2%

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 23.3%, FPS 18%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%

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: Horror 41.1%, Psychological Horror 34.3%, First-Person 13.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 16.3%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.6%

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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.5%, FPS 8.9%

Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 16.9%, Old School 14%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Dark 8.6%

You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.

Why similar: Gore 14.7%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 11%, Dark 9.4%

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: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Dark 14.5%, Story Rich 10.5%

It's run or die in a killer car infested city. Dash from dumpster to park bench and don’t make a wrong move. Ice cream trucks, snowplows and dodgy vans all want you dead. Decimate Drive, an indie game, is terrifyingly fast-paced and drenched in atmospheric horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 9.7%

Iron Blight is a survival horror game set in a cold, rainy Eastern Bloc town. You are trapped in a room as abominations claw at your door, with nowhere to run. You must survive the feverish night, uncover the horrors lurking in the shadows, and above all, find your wife, Valeria.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, FPS 12.1%, Horror 11%, Gore 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%

80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.

Why similar: 1980s 24.6%, FPS 13.1%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Dragged into a web of secrets and lies, Samantha seems to be part of a puzzle impossible to solve. What once seemed obvious soon turns into something far more sinister, and the line between villain and victim begins to blur.

Why similar: 1980s 24.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 9%

BrokenLore: DON'T LIE is a Japanese psychological horror game exploring trauma, isolation, and a fractured reality where perception becomes increasingly unreliable.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 18.5%, Female Protagonist 17%, First-Person 15.1%, Story Rich 14.1%