- #1 Shadow of The Forgotten
97% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Shades of Play
Windows
In a long-abandoned mansion of Dr. Victor Grimm, players find themselves trapped after a sudden collapse of the mansion's entrance. As they explore the sprawling, decaying building, they uncover secrets, and disturbing relics of Dr. Grimm's experiments.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.5%, 1990's 16.8%, Dark 16.5%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 10.9%
- #2 The Motorcycle
96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Tobacom
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror game about motorcycle chasing you :)
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Stealth 21%, Dark 18.5%, First-Person 12.3%, 3D 10.2%
- #3 R.A.T#200
96% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Team ShortsPub: Sejong Univ. PandoraCube
Windows
A stealth-based survival thriller where you play as an experimental rat trapped in a laboratory. Hide, observe, and use the environment to escape without being detected.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Dark 21.7%, Stealth 20.7%, Puzzle 19%, Casual 7.4%
- #4 Project H
95% matchVery Positive88% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: HollowPixels
Windows
Project H is a horror escape room game. Solve various puzzles while being haunted by a spirit that would prefer you not to leave.
Why similar: Horror 36%, Puzzle 20.8%, Dark 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Casual 10.2%
- #5 The Depths
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Malicious Tree Games
Windows
The Depths is a First Person Horror puzzle solving game where you fix currents to power up doors, resetting gear boxes to gain access to new rooms and pulling levers to open up completely new areas. All the while hiding or Sneaking past The Depths Beast
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Stealth 24.7%, Puzzle 18.6%, First-Person 14.2%, 3D 4%
- #6 Ward X
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ni9htByteX
Windows
Ward X is a indie horror puzzle game set inside an abandoned hospital that should have stayed forgotten. Navigate twisted halls and solve puzzles as you search for a way out.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Dark 26.3%, Puzzle 23.2%, First-Person 8%, 3D 5.6%
- #7 10 Seconds
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Puzzle 18.4%, Stealth 17.7%, Dark 12.4%, 3D 8.5%
- #8 Leave The Red
92% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Levi VorisPub: LuckBeTheGame
Windows
Puzzle based first-person horror game set on escaping an isolated castle from a powerful red-dressed witch. Features sound-oriented stealth mechanics and physics-based puzzles to escape her bloody clutches.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Stealth 29.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Casual 10.6%, 3D 9%
- #9 Arruyo
91% matchMixed55% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arruyo is a 3D first-person horror game, where the player is inside a farmhouse with different monsters that will try to kill him/her. To survive and discover the mystery of that place, the player will have to hide from these monsters while investigating the farmhouse.
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Puzzle 20.5%, Dark 13.6%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 8.7%
- #10 INSOMNIC
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quickly Games Studio
Windows
Insomnia is a prison built by your own mind. Set in the early 2000s within the walls of a decaying apartment, you struggle to hide from a killer terrorizing the city. But as sleep fades, reality turns into a nightmare, and the line between victim and predator begins to blur.
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Dark 24%, Puzzle 18.3%, First-Person 13.7%, 3D 7.1%
- #11 Escape Camp Stranded
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: attack_button
Windows
First person, single player horror game with puzzle elements. Solve the puzzles and explore to Escape Camp Stranded.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Dark 22.1%, Stealth 16.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, First-Person 13.3%
- #12 Nyctophobia
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matan.N
Windows
Nyctophobia is a first person horror game where you play as a new motel worker who is afraid of the dark. As soon as you step into a dark area you start hallucinating scary faces, your goal is to survive your shift.
Why similar: Dark 23.1%, Puzzle 21.8%, 1990's 21.2%, Horror 19.6%, 3D 10.7%
- #13 The book by the blue
88% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Travel oblivion
Windows
in this First-person horror game you will be discovering what's going on with missing persons and a corrupt scientist. Find items littered around to access locked doors and secret passages.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Dark 26%, Casual 13.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, 3D 6.6%
- #14 AHH!!! MazeZing
89% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Keffny CharlesPub: Dirty Kaneez Gamez
Windows
A first person maze game.
Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Dark 20.3%, Casual 16.9%, First-Person 15.6%, 3D 12.7%
- #15 Good Boy The Long Night
87% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Clanker Games
Windows
A 1st person horror game that lets you see the world from a different perspective. Experience the long night as human`s best friend, a dog. Walk through the long night in search of your owner and discover what secrets and dangers you'll encounter along the way.
Why similar: Dark 23.2%, Puzzle 21.3%, Stealth 19.3%, Horror 18.6%, First-Person 12.5%
- #16 Anomaly Jobs : Data Center
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Imbace
Windows
You work the nightshift at Data Center DC4-31. Something is off this time. Spot the anomaly, take the correct exit multiple times in a row and finish your shift.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Puzzle 21.7%, Dark 18.2%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 10.4%
- #17 Faceless Residence
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neriverso
Windows
Explore an abandoned mansion shrouded in mystery and danger. Face eerie creatures, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets that could be your key to escape – or something far darker.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Puzzle 24.7%, First-Person 15.7%, 3D 11%, Indie 2.5%
- #18 Ghost House
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: StickFigureStudios
Windows
A puzzle horror game in an old empty house, use the flash from a camera as your only weapon against the shadowy figures. Solve puzzles as you try to escape this nightmare
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Puzzle 23.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Casual 9.7%
- #19 SEDOMAIRI / せどまいり
86% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
SEDOMAIRI is a first-person action horror game in which you wander through a randomly generated world that looks like an old Japanese house. Use the radio that can detect the distance and direction of the enemy to escape from the enemy, catch all the straw figures, and escape from the Sedo.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Stealth 27%, Dark 21.8%, First-Person 9.1%, 3D 7.2%
- #20 Everyday Life Fragments
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enunion Team
Windows
Your daughter is dying. Legal options exhausted. Time to hunt organ donors yourself. Stage murders as suicides. Make accidents happen. Watch your sanity shatter with every kill. The real monster isn't in the dark—it's you.
Why similar: Dark 25.6%, Horror 25.3%, Puzzle 21%, First-Person 13.7%, 3D 10.7%
- #21 ShutEye
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: J*b Application Studios
Windows
Sleepless nights overwhelm Mark as he unsuccessfully balances his career as a writer, and responsibility as a parent. Mentally and physically fatigued, he struggles to stay vigilant as someone unwelcome enters his home.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Dark 32%, 3D 11.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Singleplayer 3%
- #22 MERROR
81% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: TAMAGOSHA
Windows
A short atmospheric puzzle game about symmetry and reflection. Restore order in distorted rooms and break an endless cycle. Estimated playtime: ~25 minutes.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.8%, Dark 16.6%, 1990's 14.7%, Horror 14.6%, Casual 13.3%
- #23 Bonhomme 7 Heures
83% matchMostly Negative39% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: B7H team
Windows
An exploration horror game set in a typical 1850 house which revolve around the myth of Bonhomme 7 Heures, an urban legend from Quebec.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Puzzle 19.8%, Stealth 18.7%, Casual 11.1%, First-Person 7%
- #24 Mirrored Phantoms
79% matchMixed69% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Dark 19.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Stealth 10.2%
- #25 roman owns u
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: roman
Windows
nightmare
Why similar: Horror 24%, Dark 21.3%, Stealth 16.1%, Puzzle 15.5%, First-Person 8.1%
- #26 Strange Night ll
82% matchMixed46% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Dark 27%, Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Indie 9.5%
- #27 iREC
81% matchMixed47% of 396 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.
Why similar: Horror 46%, Puzzle 26.3%, First-Person 17.3%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #28 Last Presence
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DUS
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore your childhood home, solve symbolic puzzles, and uncover a family curse that slowly takes control of your actions.
Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Puzzle 21.3%, Dark 19.5%, First-Person 12.5%, 3D 6.8%
- #29 Inuyo High: Lesson 1
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LoveChirp Entertainment
Windows
Welcome to Inuyo Academy, an all-ages school once filled with joy. Something terrible happened after the school’s mascot staff was revealed to the public, and it’s your job as an officer to investigate the abandoned building, in search of evidence to figure out the truth.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Puzzle 20.2%, Dark 19.9%, First-Person 13.3%, 3D 8.2%
- #30 Time for Bed
76% matchVery Positive96% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: NERDY PENGUIN
Windows
It’s all over if mom catches you playing video games past bedtime. Pretend to sleep through this nightmare, avoid mother’s surveillance, and complete the game at hand.【Genre: First-person horror stealth game】
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Stealth 27.7%, First-Person 12%, Dark 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #31 Uncle's Basement
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TCG InfinitePub: Setfire Ent.
Windows
Uncle's Basement is a survival horror game with puzzle solving elements. In it you will have to go through all the difficulties and find a way out of the place of confinement.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Dark 21.3%, Puzzle 19.6%, 3D 9.3%, First-Person 7.9%
- #32 Labyrinthian: Lost 'Til Dawn
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Geddy Wenzinger
Windows
'Labyrinthian: Lost 'Til Dawn' is a horror maze/puzzle game where the player advances deeper into the maze-like forest to maintain survival, trying to last until day. This game uses mouse and keyboard controls (WASD), with other keys gaining functionality as the game progresses.
Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Puzzle 24.3%, Casual 18.9%, 3D 9.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #33 Siren Head: The Horror Experience
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 384 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas JC IronmongerPub: Ironmonger Games
Windows
Some teenagers have gone camping in the woods far out of town after hearing an old folks tale about a monster lurking within the woods. The monster surrounds its habitat with horrifying and distorted siren noises.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Dark 17.7%, Puzzle 16.8%, Stealth 12.9%, First-Person 10%
- #34 Wendigo
76% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Noah Artime
Windows
A stealth horror game in the woods, investigate and progress while drawing as little attention to yourself as possible.
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Stealth 25.9%, 1990's 12.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 9.9%
- #35 Wayward Harbor
75% matchVery Positive83% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Daniil ShashenkovPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Stealth 21.6%, Dark 14.9%, First-Person 13.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #36 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
75% matchVery Positive89% of 8,178 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 61.8%, Dark 10.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Puzzle 6.9%, Stealth 5.2%
- #37 Somniata
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Skeletal Softworks LLC
Windows
Uncover the mystery—turned nightmare—of a missing family in rural Massachusetts. A lone detective must survive the horror unleashed upon a family of four.
Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Puzzle 21.3%, First-Person 17.6%, Casual 11.6%, Indie 2.5%
- #38 Circustime
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moncage
Windows
"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.
Why similar: Horror 39.6%, Dark 29.7%, Puzzle 19.4%, 3D 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #39 Echoes
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jorge Oliveira
Windows
You’re a security guard assigned to protect the entrance to an abandoned mine. You’re not supposed to go beyond your post, but you keep on hearing odd noises coming from within. Investigate their source – and stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Stealth 20.2%, 1990's 15.9%, Dark 12.9%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #40 Loop Room
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: OOPs.K
Windows
The loop room is a horror game from the first person point of view, and the goal is to operate 5 panels in 100 repeated rooms and escape to the emergency exit. Run away from the endless room through various equipment and items.
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Dark 32.8%, First-Person 14%, 3D 6.9%, Indie 2.3%
- #41 Dark Pages
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STGamz
Windows
Descend into the depths of the Blocker Library, a place where darkness and terror intertwine. Solve puzzles, confront unique and horrifying monsters, and uncover the chilling story of this establishment. Will you find a way out, or will you become another dark page in this twisted tale of horror?
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Dark 24.5%, Puzzle 18.5%, First-Person 15%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #42 Grinny’s Playhouse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abnormal Studios
Windows
Enter Grinny’s Playhouse, a once‑lively children’s fun centre now abandoned after its mysterious shutdown. Explore the dark party rooms and uncover what happened here. But be careful… the mascot who once entertained families hasn’t fully powered down.
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Dark 25.6%, Puzzle 21.1%, First-Person 16.7%, 3D 4.7%
- #43 Snuggle Nightmare
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catire Games Studio
Windows
Survive against adaptive AI animatronics in an abandoned theme park. Explore hidden areas, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind its mysterious closure.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Stealth 23.5%, Dark 15.6%, Puzzle 15.2%, First-Person 8.6%
- #44 NIGHTGUARD : SCHOOLHUNT
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumenArcadia
Windows
In NightGard, you’re a night guard in a cursed school, where a deadly entity with a goat skull mask hunts after 2 AM. Uncover dark secrets, solve mystical puzzles, and escape the nightmare before it’s too late. Survival is your only chance.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Dark 21.4%, Puzzle 18.2%, Stealth 16.6%, First-Person 11.8%
- #45 The Maze X: The First Chapter
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Riley GeddesPub: Timothy Geddes
Windows
You return back to the once innocent and carefree escape room on Earth, filled with characters who brought joy to the living children dwelling the mazes walls! Now, it's a blood bath... You must press on! Complete the puzzles, activate the generators and free not just you, but the mazes soul itself.
Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Puzzle 25.1%, First-Person 14.6%, Casual 12%, Indie 2.5%
- #46 Our Little Friend
70% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Xio-Fret Games
Windows
Our Little Friend is a short horror game that follows your "Little Robot Friend" and it's completely trustworthy and reliable instructions for some silly and innocent lil' games!
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Casual 19.4%, First-Person 17.2%, 3D 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%
- #47 Backrooms: 5 Missing Wanderers
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: GeorgeisthebestPub: Stuart Dupree
Windows
Backrooms: 5 Missing Wanderers is a liminal-spaced horror game which is inspired by the backrooms. The player has to solve puzzles and find the exit.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Dark 26.7%, First-Person 15.4%, Puzzle 14.1%, 3D 9.3%
- #48 House of Nightmares B-Movie Edition
73% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2015
Dev: Morphodox Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A B-Movie inspired game with visuals and game play style reflected from the creators childhood
Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Puzzle 28.1%, First-Person 19.5%, Indie 9.7%
- #49 SCP022
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 823 reviews2019
Dev: KL GAMES
Windows
This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.
Why similar: Horror 67.7%, Puzzle 19.2%, First-Person 9%, Indie 4.2%
- #50 LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill
67% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: DENYS RUDYI GAMES
Windows
A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with secret Soviet experiments. Explore atmospheric tunnels, hidden laboratories, and abandoned shrines inspired by real locations—and survive by solving intricate, mind-bending puzzles.
Why similar: Dark 33.2%, Horror 32.1%, Puzzle 17%, First-Person 9.7%, 3D 7.9%
- #51 Keep it shut
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: BrightSpot Games
Windows
Welcome to “Keep it Shut” — a first-person horror game. Game is intended to play with a microphone. You have to stay as quiet as possible and find all notes to beat the game. If you will scream - you lose.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Horror 20.9%, Stealth 17%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 10.6%
- #52 OH DEMON! Fix my TV
66% matchVery Positive89% of 457 reviews2026
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.
Why similar: Horror 49.1%, Puzzle 27.7%, First-Person 16.9%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #53 Mazut
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13.3TEK
Windows
Mazut — you’ll launch it just to look. But you won’t be able to leave. A surreal, liminal world calls you forward. It knows you. You feel it. Mazut has arrived. Now you can’t leave.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Puzzle 28.2%, First-Person 17%, 3D 13.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #54 The New Apartment
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Paul Thomas Games
Windows
A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.
Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Puzzle 20.5%, Dark 16.1%, First-Person 11.8%, 3D 7.5%
- #55 The Lost Village
69% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: CODE BELL
Windows
It's a horror, first-person play game, and investigate the town and uncover the secret behind the town's abandonment. Also, you have to solve and overcome the puzzles created by the devil and the puzzles that require instantaneous agility with your crisis response skills.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Dark 23.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, 1990's 11.6%, First-Person 9.5%
- #56 Penumbra Overture
69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,100 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Stealth 14.7%, Dark 14.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #57 Lost in Nowhere
67% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: WASD Software
Windows
Experience a blend of Action, Adventure, and Horror in "Lost in Nowhere." Solve puzzles in a gloomy labyrinth while creatures hunt you down. Find weapons and survive!
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Dark 22.4%, Puzzle 20.3%, First-Person 12.6%, 3D 6.8%
- #58 The Magician's son ولد الساحر
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dolakh551
Windows
Survive a chilling night in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore eerie environments, search for hidden secrets, and use stealth mechanics to evade a relentless pursuer. Every decision matters as you navigate a dark world of mystery and tension.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Dark 13.7%, 1990's 12.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #59 Incoming Evil
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Dark 21.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, First-Person 14.9%, 3D 8.5%
- #60 Tenebris
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Foundry Games
Windows
Tenebris is a single player horror puzzle game. Traverse through eerie abandoned subway station while avoiding a mysterious creature to try and escape. Players have to manage your flashlight battery and noise carefully as they navigate a procedurally generated maze.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Stealth 22.3%, Dark 16.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, First-Person 11.4%