- #1 Reflection
97% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
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: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 32.2%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #2 Trapped
96% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Horror 19.2%, Adventure 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #3 CAPTURED
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.7%, Horror 34.5%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Action 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #4 Despair
96% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Indie 57.7%, Horror 19.1%, Action 9%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #5 Terror Lab
95% matchMixed55% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone.
Why similar: Indie 41.1%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Adventure 19.2%
- #6 Escape From Monster
94% matchMixed67% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: Thunder Games
Windows
You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.
Why similar: Horror 48.9%, Action 15.7%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 15%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #7 Captive
93% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Inside Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"Captive" tells the story of a woman who awakens badly hurt in an unknown cell, without any memories about herself. Will you be able to escape?
Why similar: Indie 60.9%, Horror 25.8%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #8 CAPTURED 2
90% matchVery Positive99% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #9 A Night in Prison
92% matchMixed54% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: STuNTPub: STuNT
Windows
You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 31.8%, Action 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 10.7%
- #10 Inmates
91% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Indie 38.9%, Horror 30.8%, Adventure 23.3%, Atmospheric 7%
- #11 House of Empty Names
89% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Sordar Studios
Windows
You wake up on a cold floor in an unknown house, missing a kidney, and realize you’ve been kidnapped. Your one goal is to escape at any cost. Choose where to go, where to hide, and how to build your path to freedom. Every decision brings you one step closer to escape.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 33%, Action 18%, Atmospheric 15.2%
- #12 Hollow Head: Director's Cut
91% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac
You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Indie 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #13 [SUBJECT]
87% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Psychological Horror 33.4%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Adventure 13.2%
- #14 At Home
89% matchMostly Negative21% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: BisquitPlay
Windows
At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.
Why similar: Indie 25.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Action 13.2%
- #15 Escape until Friday
86% matchVery Positive82% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: Poly anchor studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You are kidnapped by a maniac who keeps you locked up in his basement. You have to get out of the kidnapper's house at any cost until Friday.
Why similar: Indie 53.9%, Action 27.4%, Horror 18.7%
- #16 The Backrooms
88% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Indie 22.7%, Horror 17.6%, Conspiracy 17.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Casual 12.2%
- #17 BUTTON PRISON
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: daimaGAME
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a mysterious room upon awakening. Surrounding you are sparse pieces of furniture, mannequins, and countless buttons. Can you safely escape this room?
Why similar: Indie 51.2%, Horror 45.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #18 Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth
86% matchMixed57% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: GoManga InteractivePub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth is a first person horror game. You play the role of Katherine, a young girl lost in the eerie hallways of a building she believes to be her school.
Why similar: Indie 40.1%, Action 21%, Adventure 21%, Horror 17.9%
- #19 Confabulation
83% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Indie 26.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 8.4%
- #20 Help
85% matchMixed55% of 300 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Indie 27.2%, Action 15.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
- #21 Deluded Mind
84% matchMixed61% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Indie 35.3%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18.4%, Adventure 18.2%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #22 Ghost Stories
82% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Adventure 20.2%, Action 18.6%, Horror 17.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #23 God's Basement
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Indie 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 10.8%
- #24 While Sleeping
79% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Indie 28.1%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Adventure 5%, Action 4.9%
- #25 Darkness Assault
82% matchMixed53% of 675 reviews2015
Dev: Black Lime Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The number of missing in the city increased. People talk about the experiments on human beings. And now, only you can figure out if it was true. Especially because you have no choice. Mysteriously, you find yourself in a terrible location 40 meters underground. Your name is Katrine, and you do not remember anything about your past.
Why similar: Indie 45.1%, Horror 20.1%, Action 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #26 Buried
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 11%
You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 31.8%, Casual 14.2%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #27 Last Floor
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 369 reviews2020
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.
Why similar: Indie 36.8%, Adventure 19.5%, Action 19.3%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #28 Mortal Decay
79% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 7.3%
- #29 DYSTHANASIA
76% matchVery Positive90% of 322 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 9%
- #30 Hard Place
81% matchMixed50% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Red twice potato
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
You are stuck in a huge room and have no idea what to do. You only option is to survive.
Why similar: Indie 39.4%, Adventure 20.7%, Action 20.2%, Casual 19.7%
- #31 Somewhere in the Shadow
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 728 reviews2021
Dev: Aydy
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...
Why similar: Horror 58.7%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #32 White Room Protocol
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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 30.3%, Psychological Horror 28.4%, Indie 14.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 8.5%
- #33 Misery Mansion
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Psychological Horror 33.5%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Action 8.7%
- #34 CRUELTY
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: 838s Maniacs
Windows
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Action 10%
- #35 Hatch
77% matchMixed68% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Nekoromorph
Windows
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 21.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #36 Psychopath Massacre
75% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
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: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Action 15.6%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 12.2%
- #37 Heaven Dust
74% matchVery Positive91% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
Why similar: Indie 41.8%, Action 21%, Adventure 21%, Horror 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #38 RAVENOUS
72% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: RAVENOUS TEAMPub: ESMA - Ecoles Creatives
Windows
Ravenous is a psychological horror game in which you play as Louis, a child trapped in a monster's basement. Explore the mysterious abode, solve puzzles to save your little sister and survive the psychological nightmare prepared for you.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Indie 15.3%, Action 12.1%, Casual 11.2%
- #39 Home_0
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 25.5%, Indie 17%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 11.2%
- #40 Backrooms: Lost Tape
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,343 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Psychological Horror 36.6%, Atmospheric 17%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #41 Butcherman
69% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
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: Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 28%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Action 12.9%, Adventure 11.1%
- #42 Scary Game
68% matchVery Positive92% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Indie 25.8%, Adventure 12%, Casual 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #43 Daylight
74% matchMixed50% of 1,577 reviews2014
Dev: Zombie Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
Why similar: Horror 65.5%, Indie 14.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Action 5.2%, Psychological Horror 2.7%
- #44 Stairs
73% matchMixed70% of 363 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Indie 28.4%, Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Action 12.1%
- #45 Forgot
68% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 30.1%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Casual 15.5%, Adventure 2.6%
- #46 Madness inside
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.
Why similar: Indie 36.6%, Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Adventure 16%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #47 Backrooms: Found Footage
68% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Adventure 26.9%, Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Indie 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #48 Horror
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Action 14.5%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 10.7%
- #49 The Door in the Basement
70% matchVery Positive88% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Indie 19.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Adventure 11.4%
- #50 The Inn-Sanity
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,572 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Psychological Horror 34.2%, Adventure 19%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #51 Madness
73% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.
Why similar: Indie 31%, Action 24.3%, Adventure 19.3%, Casual 16.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #52 Blackout
72% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2019
Windows
You will be lost in the labyrinthine house and chased by the devil in the blacked out house. You will experience tremendous fear, stress and madness playing this game and something invisible makes you get panicked and lost your mind.
Why similar: Indie 46.7%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 7.4%
- #53 Ad Infernum
67% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 24.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 15.1%
- #54 Nocturia The Game
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 14%, Casual 12%
- #55 POBEDA
71% matchMixed54% of 240 reviews2017
Dev: RCGPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Representative of the genre Shoot 'em up, performed in the style of retro games. In the game you have to take control of the crew of the KV-2. On the battlefield you will fight with tanks E-100, Tiger II, PzKpfw IV.
Why similar: Indie 69.7%, Casual 15.7%, Action 14.6%
- #56 The Lost Souls
71% matchMixed47% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
Why similar: Indie 30.5%, Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Action 7.8%
- #57 Scream under the house
65% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 24.8%, Indie 17.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Action 8.9%
- #58 The Initiate
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Indie 33.7%, Adventure 17.9%, Horror 14.6%, Action 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #59 Infliction
67% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 26%, Indie 20.8%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #60 The Complex: Expedition
62% matchVery Positive89% of 2,327 reviews2025
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 6.1%