Games Like CANDLES

ISO/2004 is a grounded psychological horror game about guilt, trauma, and disturbing memories rotting inside a decaying provincial home. Step into a suffocating, atmospheric nightmare where raw emotional tension slowly warps reality. Face what you left behind before the shadows consume you.

Why similar: Immersive 46.7% ★, Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Exploration 7.7%, Dark 6.8%

Ashes of Torment is a harrowing psychological horror where reality fractures under a tragic past. Solve mind-bending puzzles and survive the darkness as the lines between memory and madness blur. Will you unearth the roots of this curse, or become just another pile of ashes?

Why similar: Immersive 34.6% ★, Survival Horror 16.8%, Thriller 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.7%

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: Immersive 30.6% ★, Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 9.5%, Linear 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

The Wicker Devil is a first-person immersive horror game about a bloodthirsty cryptid that has caught your scent amongst the snowy mountaintops. Interact with puzzles, fight for survival, and scramble for an escape against the nightmares that pursue you.

Why similar: Immersive 29.8% ★, Survival Horror 24.3%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Linear 8.6%

A psychological horror experience rooted in Indian folklore. A dare gone wrong traps you inside an abandoned construction site where a Churail waits in the dark. Explore, solve environmental puzzles, and survive using stealth — every sound and decision shapes your fate.

Why similar: Immersive 32.9% ★, Survival Horror 16.9%, Linear 10.8%, Horror 8.8%, Exploration 8.7%

RESIDUUM is a first-person psychological horror game set in a decaying research facility. Armed with only a dwindling flashlight and a faulty heartbeat sensor, manage your power, uncover the truth, and escape what hides in the dark.

Why similar: Immersive 36.1% ★, Survival Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.3%, Exploration 6.9%

Immerse yourself in a first-person sci-fi horror experience, trapped in a desolate laboratory. Explore its dark corridors, unveil its horrors and find your way to survival, as you are stalked by atrocious threats. Question yourself, make decisions and discover your destiny.

Why similar: Immersive 42% ★, Difficult 12.7%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Thriller 9%, Horror 8.8%

DARKLING is a bite-sized first-person horror game. Locked inside a haunted house, use your wits to get out.

Why similar: Immersive 46.5% ★, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Linear 8%

Enter a sinister village that wants to keep you trapped forever. Eviltrap: Prologue is a standalone psychological horror experience where the environment shifts with every step. Open the door to an evil you thought had ended, but is just the beginning.

Why similar: Immersive 33.6% ★, Survival Horror 17.1%, Horror 10.2%, Thriller 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Red Door Yellow Door is a first-person psychological horror game. Starting with what seems like a normal ritual but quickly revealing its sinister nature. Beware, something malevolent lurks in the shadows.

Why similar: Immersive 36.6% ★, Survival Horror 14.8%, Thriller 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.5%

A late-night thrill turns into a nightmare. Olivia sneaks into Creepwood Wonderland Carnival with her boyfriend, expecting a fun night alone in the park. But something feels off. Distant footsteps. Faint whispers. Someone else is here… Watching.

Why similar: Immersive 35.1% ★, Thriller 13.9%, Linear 10.8%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 10.1%

Descend into the forbidden French Catacombs in this atmospheric first person horror experience. Explore restricted tunnels, uncover hidden secrets, and venture deeper into forgotten passages where the further you go, the more it feels like something is down there with you.

Why similar: Immersive 35.7% ★, Survival Horror 27.5%, Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 5.9%, Dark 5.7%

This game is made my students from De Montfort University over approximately 7 weeks. You have been invited, but not by your own will, rescue your best friend before HE finds you. Delve into this first-person single-player puzzle game and experience horror segments mixed with challenging gameplay!

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Thriller 18.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 11.4%

STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support

Why similar: Immersive 32.4% ★, Survival Horror 20.9%, Thriller 10.6%, Dark 9.5%, Horror 8.7%

Escaped from Liam's obsession, Kate seeks refuge in her grandpa's mansion. Strange occurrences raise questions about Liam's presence or another figure. Unraveling mysterious letters, Kate embarks on a journey, seeking peace.

Why similar: Immersive 35.4% ★, Thriller 13.6%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 10.2%, Linear 9.9%

Beth returns to her estranged sister’s house in 1963. Explore chilling, richly detailed levels, solve puzzles, and uncover haunting family secrets. Face intense scares and heart-pounding chases, with your choice shaping multiple endings.

Why similar: Immersive 37.1% ★, Survival Horror 19%, Dark 9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 7.7%

"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?

Why similar: Immersive 24.1% ★, Thriller 15.5%, Horror 12.3%, Linear 11.7%, Dark 11.6%

A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.

Why similar: Immersive 39.7% ★, Survival Horror 18.4%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Exploration 8.3%

A first-person body-cam horror game where reviewing your own recordings is the key to progression and uncovering a haunting truth.

Why similar: Immersive 38.9% ★, Thriller 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Linear 10.8%, Horror 10.2%

A phenomenon called The Rearranging shuffles the rooms in your house and traps you inside with a monster. You have to explore the shifting layout, gather the right items, and solve one big puzzle to survive. Use the map from your tablet to avoid the monster and survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.8%, Linear 11.9%, Difficult 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Strategy 9.5%

A first-person psychological horror where your own shadow becomes the enemy. Explore dark halls, solve chilling puzzles, and survive what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Immersive 39.3% ★, Survival Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 7.5%

Inch your way through oppressive darkness using only a flashlight and 6th sense in this tense top-down roguelike. Shoot, stun, electrocute, poison and blow-up monsters in abandoned corporate offices where resources are scarce and even the furniture could be trying to kill you.

Why similar: Immersive 42.8% ★, Survival Horror 18.5%, Difficult 11.6%, Top-Down 8.9%, Horror 7.7%

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: Immersive 41.2% ★, Thriller 13.7%, Linear 10.9%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 10%

Trapped in a secret research facility, you discover a terrifying truth- everything was a simulation… until now. Escape mutated horrors, uncover dark experiments, and decide your fate in this mind-bending, atmospheric survival horror.

Why similar: Immersive 34% ★, Survival Horror 20.2%, Thriller 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Dark 8%

"99%" is a first-person survival horror puzzle game set in an eerie research facility. The protagonist, having lost all memories, explores the twisted and terrifying environment in a desperate attempt to escape.

Why similar: Immersive 43.9% ★, Survival Horror 25.1%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 3.8%

Monsters hide in the darkness - shoot to light up the room. But be careful - shots attract new enemies. Will you be able to find your way to the light?

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Enter a dark warehouse where you must monitor cameras and search for anomalies in a realistic environment. Can you spot the unusual events before there are too many? A suspenseful atmosphere and fear at every turn will pull you into this chilling horror experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Difficult 25.8%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 12.2%

The Facility Project is a survival horror game. Navigate the environments by using your photo camera to illuminate dark areas, uncover hidden messages, and evade lurking creatures. Are you truly trapped within the facility, or in something else entirely?

Why similar: Immersive 28.2% ★, Survival Horror 23.7%, Linear 11.7%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 8%

McBelle Manor is a Survival Horror game that takes you to an old, abandoned house that has been turned into the latest Halloween attraction.

Why similar: Immersive 34.9% ★, Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Dark 7%

Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D

Why similar: Immersive 37.4% ★, Survival Horror 20.9%, Dark 9.4%, Horror 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

The witch’s ominous chanting echoes through the corn field, a rogues' gallery of deranged monsters is out for your blood, an eerie mist rolls in from worlds unknown... and you don’t even remember how you got here. Can you escape the Terror in the Corn?

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Immersive 18.3% ★, Horror 13.2%, Thriller 13%, Dark 12.2%

Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.

Why similar: Immersive 42.3% ★, Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 6.2%, Atmospheric 5%

Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Immersive 59.4% ★, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Exploration 6%

Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.

Why similar: Immersive 34.9% ★, Survival Horror 15.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Immersive 59.6% ★, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Exploration 5.5%

An Agonized Mind is a minimalist, survival horror, 2D top down shooter. Explore corridors filled with mutilated human experiments as you run and shoot your way to freedom. Gather resources and upgrade yourself, choosing to be robotic or human as you fight horrors of the compound.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Top-Down 13.3%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10.8%, Linear 9.7%

You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Top-Down 16.5%, Linear 14.1%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 11.6%

Step into a haunted hotel that will test your resolve. Run, hide, and use your resources to survive the dangers that lurk. Every attempt brings you closer to uncovering the way out, but beware as the monsters that hunt you grow more bold. Do you have what it takes to escape this nightmare?

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.4%, Dark 10.3%

The Pale Mimic is an atmospheric horror set in the untamed Alaskan wilderness. As a high profile fugitive on the run, it’s just you and your dog surviving in the chilling forests, until something else shows up uninvited.

Why similar: Immersive 39.4% ★, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Exploration 6%

Nightmare is a single-player survival-horror game. Once in a bad dream, you will have to decide: find a way to wake up or stay in it forever.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Horror 14%, Difficult 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.9%

Code Alkonost is a first-person dark fantasy where Slavic myths come alive. Explore a haunted world, face spirits of the underworld, and meet creatures like Baba Yaga and Leshy. Experience a unique blend of horror, mythology, and atmospheric storytelling.

Why similar: Immersive 34.6% ★, Survival Horror 18.3%, Linear 9.7%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Trapped in a sinister post-Soviet basement, uncover the truth behind dark experiments and eerie anomalies. Solve puzzles, find keys, and survive against terrifying entities as you explore this atmospheric survival horror. Can you escape the depths of the KELDER?

Why similar: Immersive 34.3% ★, Survival Horror 24.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 10.2%

Escape a dark, randomly generated mansion where creatures stalk you in the shadows. Outsmart them by manipulating the environment, restoring the power, and scavenging supplies to survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 37.9%, Horror 17.7%, Difficult 9.8%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Trapped in a forgotten underground facility, you must physically crawl and hide to survive a relentless monster. Uncover disturbing secrets and experience the ultimate VR horror.

Why similar: Immersive 35.8% ★, Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Billy's Game Show is a Stealth Horror Game. Play against an AI that watches your moves through security cameras. Your goal is to find the 3 hidden heads and escape the horror of the show.

Why similar: Immersive 40.8% ★, Survival Horror 19.2%, Difficult 12.1%, Horror 9.1%, Strategy 6.2%

It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't said things you would soon regret.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.4%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Strategy 11%

Survive deadly creatures across tense, level-based challenges. Use unique mechanics, manage limited resources, and don’t get caught.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Thriller 15.5%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Linear 8.6%

Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.

Why similar: Immersive 28.2% ★, Survival Horror 27.2%, Thriller 10%, Horror 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%

The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.

Why similar: Immersive 40.9% ★, Survival Horror 21.7%, Thriller 15.1%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Control space-time to fight an evil monster in this terror and science fiction journey set in a shattered but beautiful world. Bend physics, the sky and the earth itself in engaging boss-fight encounters with the full power of Unreal Engine 5 and Nvidia DLSS.

Why similar: Immersive 37.2% ★, Survival Horror 20.4%, Horror 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Dark 8.5%

Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.

Why similar: Immersive 46.8% ★, Dark 11.3%, Linear 10.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Horror 8.8%

Doomed Inheritance is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game set in a decaying Gothic manor where a brain-shaped sanity meter steadily drains. Explore eerie rooms, solve immersive environmental, light-and-shadow, and pattern puzzles, and collect vials to stave off creeping control drift.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Dark 7.6%

In this horror game, mysterious hands drag the hero underground, and the player's task is to get out to the surface to return to your usual work. All the action of the game takes place in dark and stuffy tunnels, in the absence of light.

Why similar: Immersive 34.6% ★, Survival Horror 18.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.9%

A cooperative psychological horror experience up to four players where you and your friends must survive the deepest, most distorted liminal spaces of the Inrooms, the deepest levels of the Backrooms.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.2%, Immersive 30.3% ★, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9.6%

Survive the night shift at an abandoned school. Complete your cleaning tasks before 5 AM, manage your flashlight battery, and avoid the darkness that hunts you. Can you last 5 nights?

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.5%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Dark 9.8%

Some teenagers have gone camping in the woods far out of town after hearing an old folks tale about a monster lurking within the woods. The monster surrounds its habitat with horrifying and distorted siren noises.

Why similar: Immersive 21.5% ★, Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 15.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Dark 11%

This is an atmospheric psychological horror experience, focused on unease and immersion — not a jump-scare–heavy game. As you explore finely crafted museum exhibits, you must rip away talismans sealing dangerous spirits, solve eerie puzzles, evade grotesque creatures, and search for a way out.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Horror 14.4%, Thriller 12.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Shifting Chambers is a first-person horror exploration puzzle game set inside a manor where the room layout shifts when the bell rings. You must explore a constantly changing layout, solve cryptic puzzles, and avoid the enigmatic guardians who brought you here — and won’t let you leave.

Why similar: Immersive 31.9% ★, Survival Horror 18.5%, Difficult 10.8%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 8.9%

Collect the seven letters of the deadly sins and repent for your past in this horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.8%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Top-Down 11.4%

Your mech is all that stands between you and what writhes below. FEED MY MECH is a short horror experience—venture into a dead underground colony and recover lost tech. But something is spreading through the machines… and it’s looking for a way inside your mech.

Why similar: Immersive 36.8% ★, Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 9.5%, Linear 8.7%, Exploration 8%