60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Psychological Horror, Horror, Indie.
A dark comedy/horror game by Jesse Barksdale, creator of the static speaks my name. Help a cult complete a ritual in exchange for divine inspiration to finish writing your terrible novel. A story-focused experience which takes around 45 minutes to complete.
the static speaks my name
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.
The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Story Rich 47%, Indie 29.7%, Adventure 23.3%
A thirty-minute childhood-horror walking-sim about toys and a giant rat. A short, single-sitting experience.
A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...
Explore 9 levels of corporate hell as you work to clear your name with the Devil and restore balance between Heaven and Hell.
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Story Rich 36.8%, Indie 13.9%
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Story Rich 82.3%, Adventure 17.7%
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Story Rich 44%, Adventure 32.4%, Indie 23.6%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Adventure 51.9%, Story Rich 43%, Indie 5.1%
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.
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Story Rich 45.2%, Adventure 38.7%, Indie 16.1%
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: Adventure 39%, Story Rich 38%, Indie 23%
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Adventure 58.6%, Story Rich 41.4%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: Story Rich 65.9%, Indie 34.1%
OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!
Only You Can Be The Future Racer 2000
Why similar: Story Rich 50.2%, Adventure 49.8%
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
Why similar: Adventure 43.7%, Story Rich 35.7%, Indie 20.7%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Adventure 51.1%, Indie 33.1%, Story Rich 15.8%
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: Indie 39.2%, Adventure 37.4%, Story Rich 23.4%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Adventure 47.6%, Indie 37.6%, Story Rich 14.8%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Story Rich 37.1%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 28.2%
Embark on a touching and creepy journey about sacrifice and how sometimes a person pays for the sins of another
Why similar: Adventure 53.7%, Indie 37%, Story Rich 9.4%
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
Why similar: Adventure 54.2%, Story Rich 45.8%
Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven is a First-Person comedy horror game about being stuck babysitting while the news is expressing that the world around you is ending.
Why similar: Story Rich 40.9%, Adventure 34.8%, Indie 24.3%
You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.
Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Story Rich 33.3%, Indie 20.1%
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Story Rich 44.2%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Adventure 51.7%, Indie 25%, Story Rich 23.4%
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
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 47.1%, Indie 32.2%, Story Rich 20.7%
Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.
Why similar: Adventure 46.8%, Indie 32%, Story Rich 21.2%
A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.
Why similar: Adventure 82.2%, Story Rich 17.8%
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Suspicious Downpour is a very short single-player comedy horror experience about getting stuck in a storm while out camping. Sit in your tent with your trusty flashlight in the calm rain and just relax. Just be warned If you look for trouble you might find it.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Adventure 53.8%, Story Rich 39.2%, Indie 7%
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Adventure 63.3%, Story Rich 36.7%
THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.
Why similar: Adventure 54%, Story Rich 29.3%, Indie 16.8%
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Story Rich 53.6%, Adventure 39.5%, Indie 6.9%
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Adventure 62.9%, Story Rich 21.4%, Indie 15.6%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Story Rich 56.8%, Adventure 43.2%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Adventure 59.5%, Indie 25.4%, Story Rich 15.2%
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: Adventure 38.6%, Story Rich 33.4%, Indie 28%
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: Adventure 44.9%, Indie 32.3%, Story Rich 22.7%
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Tall Poppy is a fun-house horror experience where you must find your wife's purse and a way off the church property before the prankster ghost gets you!
Why similar: Adventure 63%, Indie 19.2%, Story Rich 17.9%
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.
Why similar: Story Rich 47.6%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 16.2%
Enter a world that’s utterly surreal and eerily familiar. Escape the mundanity of your existence in an experience that will stay with you. Mosaic is a narrative-driven modern adventure game with a story that lasts about 2-3 hours.
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: Story Rich 53.4%, Adventure 46.6%
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: Indie 51.1%, Story Rich 25.3%, Adventure 23.5%
To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.
Why similar: Adventure 39.3%, Story Rich 33.5%, Indie 27.2%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Indie 28.3%, Story Rich 21.2%
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Adventure 64%, Story Rich 30.8%, Indie 5.2%
Your Grandpa descends into madness in a family cosmic horror. Dig cursed relics, meet eldritch beings, and awaken a forgotten God.
Why similar: Story Rich 55.7%, Adventure 44.3%
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: Adventure 44.1%, Story Rich 29.3%, Indie 26.6%
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
Why similar: Adventure 59.6%, Indie 22.6%, Story Rich 17.7%
