- #1 Squirrel Stapler
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2023
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.5%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Shooter 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the core loop of hunting and processing creatures in a surreal, unsettling, and dark-humored environment.
- #2 Mouthwashing
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 37,564 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Psychological 13%, Gore 11.1%, Horror 9.2%, Surreal 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and surreal horror experience that matches the dark, narrative-heavy tone of the seed game.
- #3 Stay Out of the House
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,838 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Retro 30.5%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, retro-horror aesthetic with intense survival mechanics and a focus on disturbing, gore-filled scenarios.
- #4 Cruelty Squad
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,218 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 29.3%, Dark Humor 22.6%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Retro 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similarly grotesque, retro-inspired aesthetic paired with surreal, dark-humored, and disturbing gameplay.
- #5 Critters for Sale
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,824 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
Why similar: Surreal 28.4%, Gore 25.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychedelic experience that leans heavily into dark, bizarre imagery and psychological horror.
- #6 Skinwalker Hunt
93% matchVery Positive91% of 860 reviews2022
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Shooter 20.7%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Exploration 10.1%, 3D 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of hunting elusive, supernatural entities in a desolate, atmospheric wilderness.
- #7 Paratopic
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,142 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 29.1%, Horror 21%, Retro 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-styled, surreal psychological horror that focuses on fragmented, unsettling storytelling.
- #8 Lost in Vivo
92% matchVery Positive91% of 3,941 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Psychological 19.1%, Horror 14.8%, Surreal 12.5%, Retro 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic and surreal psychological horror game that excels at creating an unsettling, dream-like atmosphere.
- #9 Cannibal Abduction
91% matchVery Positive96% of 367 reviews2023
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Retro 24.4%, Gore 21.8%, Mystery 16.6%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted in a claustrophobic, dangerous environment.
- #10 The Cat Lady
91% matchVery Positive94% of 6,201 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological 18.1%, Surreal 13.4%, Story Rich 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal psychological horror game that explores heavy themes through a unique, gritty visual style.
- #11 The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game
89% matchVery Positive89% of 193 reviews2026
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.
Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 12.9%, Surreal 10.9%, Retro 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the investigative, atmospheric, and psychological aspects of hunting anomalies in a confined space.
- #12 JANITOR BLEEDS
90% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Thriller 14.1%, Surreal 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique retro-game-within-a-game mechanic to build psychological tension and surreal horror.
- #13 ORDER 13
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,467 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 20.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival-horror experience that leans into psychological themes and a dark, gritty atmosphere.
- #14 Bloodwash
88% matchVery Positive92% of 1,380 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?
Why similar: Gore 24.4%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.4%, Story Rich 14.4%, Atmospheric 12%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a quintessential retro-horror experience with a focus on gore, mystery, and an oppressive, dark atmosphere.
- #15 SIGNALIS
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,267 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.3%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Mystery 15.8%, Shooter 10.3%, Action 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a retro-aesthetic to tell a deeply psychological, surreal story filled with dread and existential horror.
- #16 Plastomorphosis
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Thriller 11.7%, Retro 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct, old-school aesthetic that grounds its psychological horror in a surreal, decaying world.
- #17 Buckshot Roulette
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 121,665 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Why similar: Psychological 25.5%, Horror 20.3%, Gore 17%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, dark, and psychological experience that uses simple mechanics to create an incredibly high-stakes, unsettling atmosphere.
- #18 Manivore
86% matchMixed69% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Thriller 21%, Gore 13%, Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes a realistic, atmospheric, and deeply unsettling narrative.
- #19 The Salesman
84% matchVery Positive82% of 728 reviews2025
Dev: Backstab IndustriesPub: Bad Ideas Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.2%, Retro 12.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Linear 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-based horror game that uses a retro aesthetic to deliver a dark, psychological adventure.
- #20 Ad Infernum
85% matchVery Positive94% of 89 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 26%, Horror 16.2%, Shooter 13.5%, Surreal 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim that blends survival-horror elements with a surreal, demonic, and atmospheric world.
- #21 Skinfreak
83% matchVery Positive88% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
The city’s most disturbing serial killer is at large and has his sights set on Belle. Can she escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches? Or will she lose her skin to this sicko’s collection?
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Retro 12.5%, Gore 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines horror and mystery with a first-person perspective to create an intense, action-oriented experience.
- #22 Lethal Company
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 509,512 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends dark humor with the high-stakes, atmospheric task of scavenging and surviving against bizarre, deadly creatures.
- #23 DREDGE
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 55,333 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Psychological 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Exploration 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on fishing, it captures the same eerie, atmospheric dread of collecting and interacting with surreal, eldritch creatures.
- #24 Iron Lung
81% matchVery Positive92% of 10,973 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 27.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Surreal 8.5%, Mystery 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in claustrophobic, atmospheric horror that relies on limited information to build intense psychological dread.
- #25 MOLE
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,232 reviews2026
Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 16.9%, Retro 14.2%, Surreal 13.6%, Simulation 12.4%
- #26 Omitted
82% matchMixed47% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
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: Psychological 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Thriller 15.1%, Gore 12.6%, Horror 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on atmosphere and a sense of dread to keep the player engaged.
- #27 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
78% matchVery Positive94% of 208 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 32%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Simulation 10.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #28 Circus of Pain
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.3%, Gore 26.1%, Horror 21.8%, Simulation 9.6%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, singleplayer psychological horror game that focuses on adventure and disturbing, surreal themes.
- #29 No, I'm not a Human
75% matchVery Positive93% of 29,295 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Psychological 15.1%, Horror 13%, Gore 12.9%, Thriller 11.3%
- #30 CAPTURED 2
76% matchVery Positive99% of 487 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: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological 13.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, Surreal 10.2%
- #31 First Session
80% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Gore 12%, Surreal 10.1%, Thriller 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, retro-styled psychological horror game that focuses on building a deeply unsettling atmosphere.
- #32 Butcherman
76% matchVery Positive95% of 144 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: Psychological 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Thriller 15.3%, Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #33 Saint of Chains
77% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Retro 12%, Surreal 12%, Psychological 11.1%, Horror 10.8%
- #34 The Floor Above
75% matchVery Positive90% of 241 reviews2026
Dev: Swytapp Games
Windows
A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Surreal 16.1%, Thriller 15.3%, Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #35 THE MEME HUNTER
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
THE MEME HUNTER is a dynamic first–person shooter in which you will exterminate crowds of evil memes. They're everywhere. They're out for your blood. They will follow you wherever you go…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Shooter 26%, Simulation 18.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Action 8.8%
- #36 Stray
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 174,733 reviews2022
Dev: BlueTwelve StudioPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Why similar: Atmospheric 25.9%, Horror 25.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 11.2%
- #37 Dollmare
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,102 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 19.2%, Thriller 15.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Linear 11.2%
- #38 Typical Nightmare
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 112 reviews2018
Dev: ELECTROSTALIN ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Typical Nightmare is a narrative adventure horror game based on real cases from psychological practice. It tells the story of an ordinary guy named John that is trapped in his nightmares. Find out what force keeps him there and do everything to rescue John from his Typical Nightmare!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 22%, Simulation 15.2%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 12%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-based psychological horror game that explores the dark, surreal nature of dreams and nightmares.
- #39 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
74% matchVery Positive90% of 557 reviews2023
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.2%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.8%, Simulation 7.9%, 3D 7%
- #40 The Night of the Scissors
74% matchVery Positive94% of 466 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.6%, Thriller 17.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 8.8%
- #41 Psalm 2
71% matchVery Positive89% of 489 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Gore 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 13.6%, Thriller 10.4%, Mystery 7.9%
- #42 DOCTOR VISCERA
71% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Retro 18.7%, Horror 17.9%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Gore 11.9%
- #43 Project 13: Taxidermy Trails
73% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: DRYBREADPub: GlacierLTD
Windows
Project 13: Taxidermy Trails, a Walking Simulator set in a mesmerizing Taxidermy Museum. In this immersive experience, you assume the role of an kidnapped Probant forced to find a way to escape. Complete all 13 Walks to get out of this Nightmare.
Why similar: Simulation 24.8%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
- #44 Creatures Of War
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?
Why similar: Gore 22.8%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Shooter 12.9%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #45 Butcher's Creek
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,608 reviews2025
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Dark Humor 19.7%, Gore 17.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.3%
- #46 Ad Infinitum
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Gore 22%, Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #47 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
69% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 17.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Atmospheric 13.8%, 3D 9.2%
- #48 Absinth
72% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: Soulven Games
Windows
A psychological first-person horror experience. Set in California, USA, blurring the line between game and reality. Confront the events which completely changed Zane Zaminsky´s life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Thriller 20.9%, Horror 20.4%, Psychological 16.2%, Gore 10.5%
- #49 Orange Roulette
68% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Mikey HouserPub: Loserville Express
Windows
Trapped in a prison hell, a desperate orange will play a deadly game in the hopes of getting shipped to safer markets. Can he survive what his captors have freshly squeezed for him?
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.7%, Simulation 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Gore 16%, Action 8.4%
- #50 Neverending Nightmares
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,019 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 26.1%, Gore 24.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Psychological 4.8%
- #51 The Repairing Mantis
70% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 15.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #52 PROJECT 13
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2024
Dev: N0NPub: Glacier LTD
Windows
As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Dark Humor 19.3%, Horror 19%, Simulation 13%, Exploration 7.1%
- #53 Pyromaniac
66% matchVery Positive87% of 661 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 16%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Action 7.4%
- #54 Madness inside
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 89 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: Psychological 24.2%, Simulation 21.5%, Thriller 18.9%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #55 GORE
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
GORE is a Lovecraft-inspired horror experience set deep in the Rocky Mountains. Explore the wilderness and uncover the origins of the fleshy entity.
Why similar: Gore 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 14.8%, Linear 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #56 Idols of Ash
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,867 reviews2026
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Physics 16.4%, Simulation 14%, Exploration 7.4%
- #57 In Sound Mind
67% matchVery Positive95% of 6,851 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 24.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Shooter 8.7%
- #58 Dark Places
71% matchMixed56% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Dark Places is a psychological single-player game set in a surreal world filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. Solve puzzles and try to survive.
Why similar: Action 75.6%, Horror 4.8%, Simulation 4.2%, Retro 4%, Gore 3.9%
- #59 Witch Hunt
68% matchVery Positive88% of 2,429 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Gore 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Shooter 11.9%
- #60 Hamster Hunter
65% matchVery Positive95% of 3,222 reviews2023
Dev: Hamuno
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Dark Humor 30.7%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Exploration 7.7%