- #1 Squirrel Stapler
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,377 reviews2023
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.2%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Shooter 10%
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 38,851 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 16%, Psychological 12.9%, Gore 11.2%, Horror 9.4%, Surreal 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 1,893 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 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 33.6%, Retro 30.5%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, retro-horror aesthetic with intense survival mechanics and a focus on disturbing, gore-filled scenarios.
- #4 Critters for Sale
95% matchVery Positive94% of 1,917 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
Why similar: Surreal 29%, Gore 25.5%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Story Rich 6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychedelic experience that leans heavily into dark, bizarre imagery and psychological horror.
- #5 Cruelty Squad
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,057 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 29.6%, Dark Humor 22.4%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Shooter 10.6%, Retro 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similarly grotesque, retro-inspired aesthetic paired with surreal, dark-humored, and disturbing gameplay.
- #6 Skinwalker Hunt
93% matchVery Positive91% of 873 reviews2022
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 29.8%, Shooter 20.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Exploration 10%, 3D 8.9%
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 2,200 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 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 21.1%, Retro 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
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 4,007 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 20.5%, Psychological 18.8%, Horror 15%, Surreal 12.6%, 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 372 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 29.8%, Retro 24.2%, Gore 21.9%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted in a claustrophobic, dangerous environment.
- #10 The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game
91% matchVery Positive88% of 202 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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 11%, Retro 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the investigative, atmospheric, and psychological aspects of hunting anomalies in a confined space.
- #11 ORDER 13
90% matchVery Positive86% of 1,536 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 28.1%, Horror 20.9%, Simulation 13%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Mystery 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival-horror experience that leans into psychological themes and a dark, gritty atmosphere.
- #12 JANITOR BLEEDS
89% matchVery Positive86% of 276 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 15.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Thriller 14%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique retro-game-within-a-game mechanic to build psychological tension and surreal horror.
- #13 Bloodwash
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,398 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 24.6%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 19.5%, Story Rich 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a quintessential retro-horror experience with a focus on gore, mystery, and an oppressive, dark atmosphere.
- #14 SIGNALIS
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 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 44.5%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Shooter 10.4%, 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.
- #15 The Cat Lady
88% matchVery Positive94% of 6,305 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 19.6%, Psychological 17.8%, 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.
- #16 Plastomorphosis
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 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 16.3%, Horror 13.2%, Surreal 12%, Thriller 11.5%, 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 126,636 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 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 25.1%, Horror 20.7%, Gore 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Surreal 9.4%
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% matchMixed70% of 165 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 20.9%, Gore 13.2%, Horror 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%
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 747 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 16.4%, Retro 12.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Linear 8.5%
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 Positive95% of 91 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 25.9%, Horror 16.3%, Shooter 13.6%, Surreal 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%
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 423 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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Retro 12.7%, 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 DREDGE
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 57,198 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.2 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 18.8%, Psychological 14%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on fishing, it captures the same eerie, atmospheric dread of collecting and interacting with surreal, eldritch creatures.
- #23 Lethal Company
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 511,107 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends dark humor with the high-stakes, atmospheric task of scavenging and surviving against bizarre, deadly creatures.
- #24 Iron Lung
81% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 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 29.8%, Horror 27.7%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Surreal 8.5%, Mystery 6.7%
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 Positive97% of 3,905 reviews2026
Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.9%, Horror 17.5%, Retro 14.2%, Surreal 13.4%, Simulation 11.9%
- #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 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Thriller 15%, Gore 12.8%, Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on atmosphere and a sense of dread to keep the player engaged.
- #27 Circus of Pain
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 84 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 31.1%, Gore 26.4%, Horror 22%, Simulation 9.3%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, singleplayer psychological horror game that focuses on adventure and disturbing, surreal themes.
- #28 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
78% matchVery Positive92% of 244 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 31.9%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Story Rich 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%
- #29 The Floor Above
77% matchVery Positive90% of 271 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: Simulation 16%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Thriller 13.3%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 12%
- #30 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%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Gore 12.2%, Surreal 10.2%, Thriller 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, retro-styled psychological horror game that focuses on building a deeply unsettling atmosphere.
- #31 No, I'm not a Human
74% matchVery Positive93% of 31,055 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 16.1%, Psychological 14.8%, Horror 13.2%, Gore 13.1%, Thriller 11.2%
- #32 Butcherman
76% matchVery Positive93% of 174 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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Thriller 15.2%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #33 CAPTURED 2
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 616 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 22.6%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, Surreal 10.2%
- #34 Desolation Seed
77% matchNo user reviews65% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: ECS Software
Windows
An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Simulation 17.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #35 Saint of Chains
75% matchVery Positive86% of 92 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 17.1%, Surreal 12.1%, Retro 12%, Psychological 11%, Horror 10.9%
- #36 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
74% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Gore 16.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 11.7%, Surreal 10.6%, Retro 10.1%
- #37 Psalm 2
73% matchVery Positive88% of 723 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 13.8%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 7.9%
- #38 THE MEME HUNTER
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 210 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%, Shooter 26.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Action 9%
- #39 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 22.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-based psychological horror game that explores the dark, surreal nature of dreams and nightmares.
- #40 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 22.1%, Simulation 7.7%, 3D 6.9%
- #41 DOCTOR VISCERA
71% matchVery Positive94% of 126 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%, Retro 18.7%, Horror 18.1%, Gore 12.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%
- #42 Box of Broken Nails
71% matchVery Positive97% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: Cdodge
Windows
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Thriller 12.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #43 The Night of the Scissors
73% matchVery Positive93% of 480 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%, Horror 17.8%, Thriller 17.3%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%
- #44 Project 13: Taxidermy Trails
72% 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 24.3%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
- #45 Dollmare
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,183 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 23.8%, Horror 19.4%, Thriller 15.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Linear 11.2%
- #46 Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Rotten Flesh is a cosmic horror survival game where you have just lost your dog named Roy and you have to find him by shouting for "ROY" on your microphone. Venture deep into the sewers where your dog was lost - however, something else can also hear your screams in the tunnels.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 23.7%, Shooter 15.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Adventure 6%
- #47 Orange Roulette
69% matchVery Positive96% of 153 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 30.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Simulation 19.8%, Gore 16.3%, Action 8.6%
- #48 Idols of Ash
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,529 reviews2026
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 31.8%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Physics 16.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Exploration 7.5%
- #49 Creatures Of War
69% 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 23%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #50 Neverending Nightmares
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,046 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 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 29.7%, Horror 26.2%, Gore 24.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Psychological 4.7%
- #51 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
68% matchVery Positive96% of 78 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 22.5%, Horror 17.8%, Thriller 14.4%, Atmospheric 13.6%, 3D 9%
- #52 In Sound Mind
67% matchVery Positive95% of 7,016 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 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 28.8%, Horror 24.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Shooter 8.8%
- #53 Absinth
70% matchMixed69% of 100 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 26.5%, Thriller 20.7%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological 16%, Gore 10.7%
- #54 The Repairing Mantis
68% matchVery Positive95% of 145 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 20.2%, Surreal 16.6%, Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 9%
- #55 Madness inside
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 95 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 24.1%, Simulation 21.1%, Thriller 18.9%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #56 Hamster Hunter
65% matchVery Positive95% of 3,796 reviews2023
Dev: Hamuno
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.1 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 30.5%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 17.5%, Atmospheric 8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #57 That Which Gave Chase
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,154 reviews2023
Dev: AslakPub: Fremmed
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A first-person dog sledding horror game. Play as a sled dog musher hired to transport a scientist deep into the unforgiving wastes of the arctic.
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Horror 19%, Psychological 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Linear 8.9%
- #58 PROJECT 13
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 201 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%, Horror 19.3%, Dark Humor 19.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Exploration 7.1%
- #59 Butcher's Creek
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,681 reviews2025
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 19.4%, Gore 17.7%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 12.4%
- #60 The Dark Occult
69% matchMixed69% of 1,271 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Gore 31.3%, Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Action 6.6%, Adventure 5.9%
