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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival Horror, Horror, Adventure, Female Protagonist.

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Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!

Reviews: Very Positive — 91% — of 158 reviews
Released: 2025-12-29
Developer: Norbert Baranyi
Publisher: BEDTIMESTORIES
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,186 reviews2024
    Dev: SFB Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Third-Person Shooter 11.9%, Horror 10.5%, Retro 9.9%, Old School 9.7%

  2. #2 Them and Us
    96% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,574 reviews2021
    Dev: TendoGames Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, Horror 12.3%, Old School 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%

  3. #3 Tormented Souls
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 7,787 reviews2021
    Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 11.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Old School 7.5%

  4. #4 Tormented Souls 2
    95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,893 reviews2025
    Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
    Windows
    Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  5. #5 Fear the Spotlight
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
    Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

    Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 10.4%, Retro 10%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Old School 9.1%

  6. #6 Post Trauma
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.

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  7. #7 Eldervale
    93% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2019
    Dev: Solkitte
    Windows

    Eldervale is a Third-Person Survival Horror Adventure game, made in the style of early 2000's classics. Explore a large, interconnected level, solve puzzles, uncover the story and survive the horrors by strategic use of your resources and fight or flight decisions.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Third-Person Shooter 13.6%, Horror 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Resource Management 8.4%

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    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 149 reviews2024
    Dev: Farelas
    Windows

    A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.

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    91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,556 reviews2024
    Dev: Headware Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  10. #10 Nightmare of Decay
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
    Dev: Checkmaty
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Horror 20%, Zombies 14.5%, Retro 12.6%, Action-Adventure 6.9%

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    90% matchVery Positive95% of 332 reviews2025
    Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows

    Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.

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    89% matchVery Positive81% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: Spectra team
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!

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    88% matchVery Positive87% of 451 reviews2025
    Dev: Vincent AdinolfiPub: DreadXP
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.

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  14. #14 Daymare: 1998
    89% matchMixed69% of 4,164 reviews2019
    Dev: Invader StudiosPub: Destructive Creations
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    87% matchVery Positive82% of 278 reviews2025
    Dev: December Blues Games
    Windows

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    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,819 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Dev: Crimson Sequence
    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Dev: Casper Croes
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,314 reviews2018
    Dev: Stormind Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

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    Dev: MoonGlint Studio
    Windows

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    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,401 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    Dev: Gua
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
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    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Windows
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    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,628 reviews2014
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    77% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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  33. #33 The Dead Thread
    75% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: JSK Games
    Windows

    Survive a 3rd-person horror world facing relentless bosses and alluring undead. Manage your inventory, make every bullet count, craft and repair clothes, which can mean the difference between survival and death. Sometimes, hiding from towering enemies may be your only chance when brute force fails.

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    74% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2025
    Dev: Retrofiction Games
    Windows

    Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

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    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2018
    Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    73% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2024
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    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2020
    Dev: 求道庵(gudouan)Pub: Mediascape Co.,Ltd.
    Windows

    Seamlessly combining 3D action and point-click adventure, "Kwaidan" provides a nostalgic-yet-new experience. Explore old Japanese manor and solve the clever puzzles set there, and fight against monsters called Yoki.

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    76% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2019
    Dev: Euphoria Games
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
    Dev: cloud_li
    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive87% of 518 reviews2021
    Dev: DYA Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,498 reviews2024
    Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
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    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: ZV GAMES
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive95% of 124 reviews2024
    Dev: Jonny's Games
    Windows

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    Windows
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    70% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2025
    Dev: Liminal Road
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 757 reviews2014
    Dev: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,065 reviews2021
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    69% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2024
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    69% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
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    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
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    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  51. #51 Dead Beacon
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2022
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    Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.

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    67% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2025
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    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 898 reviews2024
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    65% matchVery Positive90% of 5,888 reviews2023
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    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: Inventory Management 25%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Retro 16.1%, Horror 15.4%, Survival 7.7%

  56. #56 The Hotel
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
    Dev: IL PALA
    Windows · Mac

    The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 43%, Third Person 15.3%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Zombies 7.2%

  57. #57 Fortuito: Lost History
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
    Dev: FabioPDJ
    Windows

    Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!

    Why similar: Retro 20.4%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Horror 14.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Dark 11%

  58. #58 Heaven Dust
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 681 reviews2020
    Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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: Survival Horror 37.2%, Horror 18.7%, Action 16.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Zombies 11.4%

  59. #59 The Ritual on Weylyn Island
    70% matchMixed65% of 71 reviews2015
    Dev: zemaGamez
    Windows · Mac

    The Ritual on Weylyn Island is a First-Person Survival Horror Story set on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Inspired by classic horror movies, The Ritual on Weylyn Island is a weapons-free, story-driven action adventure game.

    Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Action 28.4%, Adventure 26.3%

  60. #60 Murder House
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,293 reviews2020
    Dev: Puppet Combo
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 19.5%, Retro 16.7%, Old School 15.2%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

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