Games Like Butcher of the North

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: Thriller 38.4%, Horror 28.4%, Retro 10.7%, 3D 8.6%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, violent holiday horror game that shares the dark, satirical tone of the seed game.

Fight off Krampus on Christmas Eve, in a terrifying, double-barrel-wielding, jump-scaring, thrill ride!

Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Action 10.8%, 3D 10%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense holiday-themed action and survival horror elements that mirror the aggressive pursuit found in the seed game.

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

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Retro 19%, Indie 10.2%, First-Person 9.3%, Action 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a tense, first-person experience focused on navigating a hostile environment while being hunted.

He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad, or good. So be good... for goodness sake... Santa Claws is coming to town.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Horror 26.3%, Dark 10.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A holiday-themed walking simulator that emphasizes exploration and atmospheric horror.

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

Why similar: Thriller 27%, Horror 23.4%, Cinematic 12.2%, Mystery 9.5%, 3D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy psychological horror game that relies on cinematic camera angles and intense, grounded threats.

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: Horror 40.4%, Retro 17.1%, Cinematic 14.6%, 3D 8.9%, Psychological 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-inspired cinematic horror that captures the same home-invasion and stalking dread.

The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Thriller 17.6%, Horror 15%, Cinematic 13.1%, Retro 6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes a holiday backdrop to build a sense of unease and isolation.

Sebastian is a teenager who is waiting for his parents to come back home on a cold Christmas night. Soon he realizes that there is something evil lurking around. Experience Sebastian 's journey into a surreal world like no other.

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Thriller 17.9%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 7.7%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that focuses on survival and exploration within a holiday-themed setting.

Returning to parents' house for Christmas and a regular holiday dinner turns into a bloody hell filled with horror and death.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Horror 18.6%, Cinematic 13%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric walking simulator that explores the sinister side of the holiday season.

Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Cinematic 20.7%, Horror 14%, 3D 8.4%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a 3D exploration-heavy experience that leans into the surreal and unsettling aspects of the holidays.

Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

Why similar: Thriller 18%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Cinematic 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that captures the lonely, atmospheric dread of a holiday gone wrong.

The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.

Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 14.6%, Cinematic 13.5%, Linear 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that emphasizes psychological horror and atmospheric storytelling.

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!

Why similar: Thriller 18.6%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 8.3%, Psychological 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological horror game that shares the dark, thematic focus on gifts and obsession.

Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Horror 21.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Dark 10.1%, Linear 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror game that blends holiday themes with a sense of dread.

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: Horror 35.2%, Dark 14.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A holiday-themed indie horror game that focuses on narrative and environmental storytelling.

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 18.8%, Thriller 17.7%, Dark 8.2%, Mystery 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that focuses on atmospheric, psychological horror and narrative discovery.

Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.

Why similar: Thriller 23.7%, Horror 14.7%, Cinematic 14.5%, Action 11.3%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, action-oriented holiday game that shares the gritty, indie aesthetic of the seed game.

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Thriller 12.3%, Cinematic 10%, Dark 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure game that captures the dark, exploration-heavy feel of the seed game.

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 20.8%, Thriller 16.8%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological 10.1%, Dark 8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that prioritizes a realistic, grounded atmosphere to build tension.

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

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Thriller 17.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Dark 7.4%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A highly cinematic, first-person psychological horror game that excels at building tension through environmental interaction.

He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?

Why similar: Thriller 31.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 8.3%, Linear 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that shares the intense, singleplayer focus of the seed game.

Tragedy! Santa; the toy giving folk-hero, and purveyor of fine Christmas goods, has had enough. Endless requests from greedy children wanting more and more every year, tax increases, pressure from elf unions, bills, reindeer!

Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Funny 25%, First-Person 15.7%, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A satirical take on holiday gore that complements the dark humor of the seed game.

PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological 15.7%, Thriller 13.2%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that blends adventure and action in a surreal, indie environment.

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: Thriller 18.2%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological 12.1%, Cinematic 9.9%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Thriller 22%, Psychological 16.6%, Horror 14.1%, Cinematic 7.8%, Walking Simulator 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that focuses on narrative-driven horror and atmospheric exploration.

What starts as the preparation for a special Halloween night event at a summer camp turns into a nightmare when someone with a bloodied axe ends the lives of all your friends. Will you manage to escape and save yourself?

Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Mystery 13.3%, 3D 11.2%, Retro 11.1%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that utilizes a holiday setting to drive its first-person exploration.

Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.

Why similar: Horror 40.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Indie 9.6%, 3D 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A holiday-themed horror game that focuses on singleplayer exploration and atmosphere.

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: Thriller 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 11.5%, Cinematic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that leans heavily into psychological horror and atmospheric dread.

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: Horror 34.5%, Dark 16.1%, Story Rich 14%, First-Person 11.7%, Action 9.6%

You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...

Why similar: Horror 20%, Thriller 19.2%, Dark 13.5%, 3D 12.3%, Action 10.9%

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 similar: Indie 62.9%, Adventure 37.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on the isolation and psychological strain of a solitary job.

You come home for an annual family reunion, only to find your family missing with an eerie note left by your father. After you discover what has happened you SEEK REVENGE!

Why similar: Horror 40.7%, 3D 17.3%, First-Person 14.3%, Action 10.6%, Atmospheric 8%

After a long time in isolation, something appears inside your fridge. Satisfy the meat, or resist it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Thriller 18%, Psychological 14.6%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 8%

Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Thriller 18.5%, Horror 15.4%, Cinematic 14.4%, Story Rich 6.1%

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Why similar: Action 28.5%, Dark 23.7%, Indie 19.8%, Retro 17.2%, Adventure 5.5%

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Why similar: Action 36.2%, First-Person 23.9%, Story Rich 18.4%, Indie 10%, Singleplayer 5.8%

When the clock strikes midnight, the Christmas demon will be at your door. Trapped at home, you must discover what's around you to survive the night and thwart her terror.

Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Mystery 16%, Action 13.7%, Cinematic 12.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%

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: Thriller 23.6%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 7.9%, Linear 5.4%

It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows. It aroused a riot of monsters, he had to clean up this cruel mess, and find out the truth of this crazy world.

Why similar: Thriller 29.6%, Horror 23.5%, Retro 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%, 3D 6.7%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Thriller 22.9%, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 14.1%, Cinematic 9%, Psychological 8.8%

Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Thriller 18.7%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 7.5%, Mystery 6.5%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 22.3%, Thriller 14%, Dark 7.7%, First-Person 5.5%

One small mistake on vacation can lead to big trouble. Are you ready for it? Are you ready to face the Beaver… who’s out for revenge?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.7%, Horror 31.3%, First-Person 10.3%, Story Rich 8.7%, Indie 4.2%

you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 23.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Retro 10.8%, 3D 7.9%

Behind you lies a trail of broken helms, shattered shields. You hold the axe of a fallen foe. Worn and dented, it will suit it's purpose. What lies ahead is still a mystery. Your goal is not.

Why similar: Mystery 37.5%, Action 21.8%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Singleplayer 9%

George Dinescu kidnapped you in his home in Romania. Get out alive while utilizing a V.H.S camera to film everything that happens inside. Torture, murder, and dismemberment take place inside the house, exposing the frightening legacy of a serial killer's decade of terror.

Why similar: Thriller 25.1%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological 15%, Cinematic 11.9%, Linear 8.5%

The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Horror 23.5%, Dark 12.2%, Indie 8.1%, First-Person 7.8%

The Christmas Cackler is a first-person Christmas-themed Comedic Horror game where you play as little Jimmy, lying in bed on the night before Christmas, trying to finish drawing his mother's present and avoid getting grabbed by the Christmas Cackler!

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Thriller 11.7%, Funny 10.3%, Dark 7.1%

Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.

Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Thriller 21.3%, Story Rich 8.9%, Dark 8.3%, Action 6.6%

Embark on a touching and creepy journey about sacrifice and how sometimes a person pays for the sins of another

Why similar: Horror 16%, Action 15%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Indie 13.5%, Adventure 8.3%

The Prophet Abraham has named you his successor. Use his special mask to track down and kill the five chosen ones, as it is the only way to achieve world peace.

Why similar: Thriller 39.2%, Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 20%, 3D 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%

A cozy horror cooking game with a deadly twist. Serve bizarre fantasy creatures and secretly eliminate targets as an assassin hiding in plain sight. Just keep an eye out for those out to get you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Horror 13.8%, Action 12.7%, Dark 9.4%, 3D 8%

Revenge of the colon is a story driven, single-player, atmospheric, body horror game with multiple endings. Perform colonoscopies on five patients and discover the horrors concealed deep within them. PS1 horror style!

Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Horror 18.9%, Story Rich 7.5%, Retro 7.2%

It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.

Why similar: Thriller 32.2%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Horror 12.7%, Cinematic 11.1%, Story Rich 6.6%

Limitless Hunger is a high-adrenaline retro FPS single-player experience.

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, 3D 14.6%, Action 12.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Dark 11.4%

Venture through the Labyrinth Of The Demon King, solving puzzles and fighting fearsome monsters in an epic quest to track down the demon who betrayed your lord and end its life.

Why similar: Horror 46.2%, First-Person 16.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 6.2%

Christmas Story is a horror game filled with Christmas warmth and coziness, where every festive light hides darkness, and the sense of comfort fades with every step you take.

Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological 12.9%, Cinematic 10.7%

You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Thriller 16.5%, Indie 11%, Action 10.5%, Story Rich 8.4%

Santa is dead. Now the remaining bearded men of the Norwegian wilderness must fight to the death. Will you be the next Santa, or die in the snow? Punch, slice, outwit your way to a fulfilling new seasonal job in this online PvP third-person fighter!

Why similar: Funny 48.9%, Action 27.7%, Indie 23.4%

You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.

Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Mystery 7.3%