- #1 Paranormal Night Shift
96% matchVery Positive97% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 26.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Hidden Object 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #2 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
97% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.7%
- #3 MATRESHKA
95% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: 1980s 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 12%, Survival Horror 10.4%
- #4 Chornobyl Liquidators
96% matchMixed48% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
Why similar: 1980s 29.7%, Survival 17.3%, Historical 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #5 LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill
94% 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 23.4%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%
- #6 Castle of Secrets
94% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 9.2%
- #7 Liquidators
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,204 reviews2020
Dev: Gray Unit
Windows
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
Why similar: 1980s 31.5%, Historical 19.2%, Survival 17.1%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #8 CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 288 reviews2019
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows
1986. Chernobyl disaster. The story that you will see in the game resembles a delusional dream of a man exhausted by radiation. But whether it is nonsense or the nightmarish reality of the Soviet era – you decide.
Why similar: Atmospheric 72%, 2D 28%
- #9 In Fear I Trust
93% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Black Wing FoundationPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In Fear I Trust is a critically acclaimed first-person horror adventure. Explore eerie locations, solve puzzles and unravel the dark truth behind a secret soviet experiment in this story-driven psychological thriller.
Why similar: 1980s 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #10 Echoes of Dread
90% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Hidden Object 17%, Horror 13.9%, Survival 13.6%, Survival Horror 9.6%
- #11 Living Cell
89% matchVery Positive96% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?
Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Hidden Object 16.1%, Horror 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #12 1953 - KGB Unleashed
91% matchMixed58% of 653 reviews2013
Pub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Historical 17.7%, Dark 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hidden Object 11.1%
- #13 Nuclear Day
89% matchMixed67% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.
Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Dark 16.3%, Hidden Object 16%, Horror 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.4%
- #14 SHADOW MANSION
88% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dark 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.2%
- #15 Chernobylite Complete Edition
86% matchVery Positive82% of 15,313 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Survival 28.7%, Horror 20.1%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%
- #16 Nightmares to be
87% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: WolfAndOthers
Windows
A scientific research and development facility based in Norilsk, Flow Crop. is attempting to investigate crimes through people's nightmares. The player gets to walk into a virtual world, and investigate the reason for such nightmares. solve puzzles and face enemies.
Why similar: 1980s 23%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Historical 11.7%, Dark 10.5%
- #17 Quod: Episode 1
85% matchVery Positive85% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: IDTF
Windows
"Quod" unfolds in a 1930s Texas prison. The main character must escape and uncover the truth. Brace yourself for eerie occurrences and solve intricate puzzles to unveil the terrifying secrets of this place.
Why similar: Hidden Object 22%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #18 Left Alone
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 643 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival 12.9%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Dark 8.7%
- #19 Care
84% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 17%, Dark 16.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #20 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Mystery 20.7%, Horror 20%, Exploration 15.9%, Dark 11.7%
- #21 The Paradixion: Son's Room
83% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: GomPangGames
Windows
[The Paradixion: Son's Room] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and find the hidden elements in the game to gather clues about the story.
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Mystery 10.1%
- #22 Confabulation: Homestead
82% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.3%, Mystery 10.4%
- #23 Family curse
81% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 20.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Logic 11%
- #24 Anomalies Detective
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47%, Horror 29.1%, Exploration 23.9%
- #25 The Derailed
78% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
Windows
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 26.1%, Dark 25.1%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #26 Tales from Candleforth
79% matchVery Positive86% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
Windows
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.7%, Hidden Object 15.8%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 9.8%
- #27 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
82% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Horror 39.6%, Psychological Horror 36.1%, Dark 24.3%
- #28 Dead Dreams
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 17.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #29 Shift 87
77% matchVery Positive88% of 208 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Hidden Object 25%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Dark 13.3%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10.6%
- #30 Psych
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 346 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #31 Tormenture
76% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: 1980s 25.9%, Dark 15.6%, Horror 13%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 9%
- #32 DYING: Reborn
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.5%, Puzzle 24.7%, Horror 20.8%
- #33 Summer of '58
76% matchVery Positive89% of 4,888 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 20%, Historical 14%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #34 Joyville
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
Why similar: 1980s 25%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival 11.4%, Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 9.5%
- #35 Rusty Lake: Roots
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,722 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 9.8%
- #36 Shifting To The Backrooms
74% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 10%, Logic 8.3%
- #37 The Third Shift
73% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 19.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Old School 6.9%
- #38 The Devilry Reservation
75% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Dark 18.2%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #39 From The Past
74% matchMixed70% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Exploration 12.5%
- #40 CoRoT
73% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 16.5%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #41 Overtime Anomaly
73% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: 1980s 30.7%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Horror 8.8%
- #42 The Renovator: Origins
71% matchVery Positive86% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.9%, Horror 36.2%, Atmospheric 18.8%
- #43 Sector 404
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 18.9%, Dark 13.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%
- #44 Bad Dream: Coma
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,208 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.6%, Hidden Object 14.1%, Dark 12.6%
- #45 Benny Bash
71% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: 1980s 25%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Mystery 8.8%
- #46 Thekku Island
69% matchVery Positive87% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Ales Devs Games
Windows
A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Exploration 17.7%, Horror 15.7%, 1980s 13.8%, Mystery 9.4%
- #47 Myths of Rules
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,032 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Horror 16.2%, Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 15.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #48 ZERO PROTOCOL
67% matchVery Positive84% of 597 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #49 Whitehaven
71% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Survival 15.1%, Dark 15%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%
- #50 Charon's Staircase
70% matchMixed63% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Dark 18.4%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 12.2%, Mystery 11.7%
- #51 Brutalism22
70% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Exploration 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 15%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #52 The Inn-Sanity
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,572 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 15.9%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #53 Silence Channel
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
A bad incident is like a tangled knot, It sits there, waiting for someone or something to untie it, but until then… scars may be left behind … are you ready for a First person Psychological Horror game based on a true story?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Hidden Object 16.7%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 10%
- #54 Abnormal1999:Sector 49
66% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
Why similar: 1980s 29.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 11.2%
- #55 SEEING THINGS
67% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Hidden Object 18.4%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #56 Chasing Static
67% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Dark 15%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 10%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #57 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,076 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Mystery 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #58 VILLAGE THE SIBERIA
69% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Uncover the terrible secret of Siberia as a little boy in the first person.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 14.2%, Survival 11.9%
- #59 Pyramid Curse
67% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Research materials about the explorers of the mysterious underground pyramid. An analog horror game about found footage tapes.
Why similar: Dark 17.7%, Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Atmospheric 11%
- #60 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
66% matchMixed60% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Dark 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Mystery 11%, Hidden Object 10.3%