- #1 KinitoPET
97% matchVery Positive93% of 14,696 reviews2024
Dev: troy_en
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 19.9%, Retro 17.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title features an unsettling AI companion that interacts with your computer in increasingly disturbing ways.
- #2 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,130 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Cute 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for meta-horror, starting as a cute simulation before spiraling into a psychological nightmare.
- #3 OMORI
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 88,316 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.6%, Story Rich 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Horror 12.4%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological RPG that uses a cute, pixel-art exterior to hide a profound and disturbing narrative.
- #4 Inscryption
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,054 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Horror 46%, Story Rich 34%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 4.3%, Adventure 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends retro-style gameplay with a dark, meta-narrative that constantly breaks the fourth wall.
- #5 Stories Untold
95% matchVery Positive87% of 5,505 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, 1980s 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.4%, Retro 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a retro computer interface to deliver a series of interconnected, atmospheric horror stories that feel deeply personal.
- #6 Pony Island
94% matchVery Positive95% of 18,085 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.1%, Horror 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Indie 7.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-horror game that disguises itself as a simple arcade title while trapping the player in a sinister digital world.
- #7 IMSCARED
93% matchVery Positive95% of 3,954 reviews2016
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Retro 9.8%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at using the retro computer aesthetic to create a sense of dread and meta-fictional interference.
- #8 Who's Lila?
92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses unique pixel-art mechanics and meta-narrative elements to challenge the player's perception.
- #9 No Players Online
91% matchVery Positive84% of 681 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: 1980s 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 14.3%, Retro 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, effective meta-horror experience that explores the eerie feeling of being watched in an abandoned digital space.
- #10 Emily is Away <3
91% matchVery Positive91% of 6,769 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Typing 16.5% ★, Story Rich 14%, Simulation 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the simulation of past digital relationships, capturing the emotional weight of retro chat interfaces.
- #11 Andy's Apple Farm
90% matchVery Positive89% of 692 reviews2021
Dev: M36 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Play minigames and discover the hidden truth in this retro-style horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, 1980s 19.2%, Horror 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a retro, cartoony simulation aesthetic to mask a dark, psychological horror story.
- #12 The Hex
89% matchVery Positive94% of 5,534 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Story Rich 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Indie 12.3%, Horror 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A genre-hopping meta-narrative that explores the dark side of game development and player-character relationships.
- #13 Tattletail
89% matchVery Positive94% of 5,038 reviews2016
Dev: Waygetter ElectronicsPub: Little Flag Software, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!
Why similar: Horror 50.9%, Cute 17.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the 1990s retro-horror vibe with a toy-companion theme that feels increasingly menacing as the game progresses.
- #14 SIMULACRA
88% matchVery Positive90% of 4,678 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.1%, Horror 29.3%, Story Rich 16.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Simulates a found-phone experience that draws the player into a dark, interactive mystery.
- #15 Backspace Backspace Backspace
86% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Text-Based 21.4%, Horror 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that plays with the player's role in the narrative.
- #16 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
87% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Story Rich 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative text adventure that plays with the player's expectations of the genre and the game's own interface.
- #17 Hypnospace Outlaw
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,534 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
Why similar: Retro 35.9%, Simulation 19.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Perfectly captures the aesthetic of the early internet, providing a nostalgic yet surreal simulation experience.
- #18 Baldi's Basics Plus
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,562 reviews2020
Dev: Basically GamesPub: Basically Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Baldi's Basics® Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist! Play Hide & Seek with Baldi as he chases you through procedurally generated levels while using your surroundings, items, and game knowledge to shift chaos in your favor.
Why similar: Retro 38.4%, Horror 38.2%, Exploration 10.1%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Subverts the concept of an educational game with retro graphics and a chaotic, horror-filled meta-experience.
- #19 While We Wait Here
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,424 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses a simple simulation setting to explore deep, unsettling themes.
- #20 Desktop Explorer
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click investigation game that uses a desktop interface to deliver psychological horror.
- #21 Killer Frequency
82% matchVery Positive93% of 6,160 reviews2023
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: 1980s 34.5%, Horror 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 11%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive horror experience set in the 1980s that relies on communication and simulation mechanics.
- #22 My Big Sister
83% matchVery Positive93% of 684 reviews2018
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 18%, Story Rich 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror adventure that balances a cute aesthetic with a dark and twisting narrative.
- #23 The Test: Reality Check
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 653 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Horror 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological simulation that forces the player to make choices that impact the narrative in unsettling ways.
- #24 Heartbound
84% matchMixed54% of 3,684 reviews2018
Dev: Pirate Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, pixel-art adventure that focuses on the emotional bond between the player and their companion.
- #25 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
79% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Text-Based 16.7%, Horror 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Story Rich 11%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure that uses pixel graphics to tell a compelling and eerie story.
- #26 Fishing Vacation
81% matchVery Positive95% of 289 reviews2022
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure
Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 10%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, retro-styled horror game that uses simple mechanics to build a sense of unease.
- #27 Your Future Self
81% matchVery Positive81% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Retro 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based psychological horror game that explores themes of self-reflection and identity.
- #28 Laser Tag Massacre
78% matchVery Positive88% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal Road
Windows
"Laser Tag Massacre" is a narrative-driven horror game inspired by 80s slasher movies, with a PS1-style aesthetic. On Halloween night, five friends throw a party in an abandoned arcade deep in rural Campinas, Brazil. What begins as a fun game of laser tag quickly spirals into their worst nightmare.
Why similar: 1980s 26.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Retro 14.5%, Horror 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-themed horror game that captures the 1980s aesthetic and atmospheric tension.
- #29 Bubbaruka!
80% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Benjamin SchadePub: Super Nova Studios
Windows
A survival horror puzzle game about exploring an abandoned children's toy, stalked by the shambling husks of scrapped concepts that pursue you endlessly throughout the environment as you try to solve the cryptic puzzles left behind by the developers and keep your pet alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Cute 12.3%, Exploration 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a transition from cute to psychological horror that mirrors the progression of the seed game.
- #30 Dyping Escape
76% matchVery Positive92% of 604 reviews2026
Dev: Heaviside CreationsPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
Why similar: Typing 19.3% ★, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #31 Interrogation Simulator
78% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Text-Based 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that uses simulation mechanics to build psychological tension.
- #32 Creepy Support
75% matchVery Positive90% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #33 Emily is Away Too
77% matchVery Positive93% of 6,228 reviews2017
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #34 Emily is Away
77% matchVery Positive89% of 32,336 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Story Rich 17.7%, Retro 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #35 The Sweet Spot
76% matchMixed54% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: FireRing Studio
Windows
The Sweet Spot is a cozy horror game where you work the last shift at an 80s ice cream shop. Make ice cream, serve customers and watch out for strange things.
Why similar: 1980s 23.8%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 16.9%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #36 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,606 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 25.2%, Cute 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Simulation 8.9%
- #37 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
75% matchVery Positive99% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #38 Gordy
74% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Meet Gordy your very own Feral Human companion. The two of you have become best friends as you wander the woods creating memories of friendship and love amongst the beauty of nature. I really hope nothing bad happens.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 23.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 8.9%
- #39 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
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: 1980s 26.8%, Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Retro 13.5%, Story Rich 4%
- #40 This is Interesting
73% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Horror 13.5%, RPG 10%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #41 New Folder
71% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Evicted Games
Windows
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Retro 9.6%
- #42 PAGER
70% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, Horror 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Exploration 7.9%
- #43 Amanda the Adventurer
70% matchVery Positive94% of 7,259 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #44 obi3011-prologue
71% matchVery Positive92% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: 火鸡头工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
This is a cyberpunk-themed pixelated psychological horror, romance, and adventure game. Amidst a chance encounter in the rain and a forced gathering, an unexpected journey unfolds—a humorous romance and adventure story between you, a robot, and your furry companions.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, RPG 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Simulation 11.9%
- #45 Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, RPG 15.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 9.6%
- #46 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,183 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: 1980s 24.7%, Text-Based 17.3%, Horror 14.6%, Retro 13.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #47 Clown In a House
71% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Krispy Animation
Windows
A lone clown explores a mysterious home. He meets strange inhabitants on his journey to discover why he exists. Join him, and you may discover a thing or two about yourself.
Why similar: Retro 20.9%, Horror 16%, Story Rich 14.5%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #48 BUDDY
74% matchMixed56% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Hoshko
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BUDDY is a horror adventure based on a little girl Mary’s story nightmare. Will you able to distinguish the real story from the girl's fantasy?
Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Indie 18.9%, Story Rich 17.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #49 Outcore: Desktop Adventure
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,245 reviews2022
Dev: Doctor Shinobi
Windows
All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Story Rich 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Cute 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #50 Endacopia
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,841 reviews2026
Dev: Andyland
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 20%, Retro 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Cute 6.1%
- #51 Robot Hospice
67% matchVery Positive100% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: dokogames
Windows · Mac
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Why similar: Retro 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #52 The Holiday Story
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
Why similar: 1980s 25.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 16.4%, Retro 14%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #53 The Summoning
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 18.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Simulation 9.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #54 Ib
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,289 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #55 Julian & Friends
66% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
Join Julian and his friends in this psychological horror experience inspired by point-n-click computer games from the early 2000s. Witness many shenanigans with characters from the infamous 98xx.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Horror 30.9%, Retro 14%, 2D 6.9%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #56 The Test
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,140 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Story Rich 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #57 Something Strange
68% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Text-Based 26.1%, Horror 21.5%, Casual 5.9%, 2D 5.7%
- #58 SELF
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 278 reviews2020
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Indie 20.7%, Adventure 17.3%, Story Rich 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%
- #59 The Boba Teashop
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,362 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.6%, Horror 29%, Simulation 10.1%, Retro 7.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #60 Dingir OS
65% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
