- #1 Gynophobia
97% matchMixed66% of 773 reviews2015
Dev: Gua
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.
Why similar: Gore 40.8%, Violent 30.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 13.7%
- #2 Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy
96% matchVery Positive90% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Arrow GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
Why similar: Violent 39.6%, Gore 35.5%, Adventure 24.9%
- #3 Nyctophilia
96% matchMixed64% of 305 reviews2015
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Nyctophilia is 2D psychological thriller about bad things in your head.
Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #4 Wet Nightmares
94% matchVery Positive83% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Demonheart StudiosPub: Kinky Fridays
Windows · Mac · Linux
As another woman joins the list of the missing, deep within a forest, a man living in solitude is visited by a pretty stranger. Wet Nightmares is an Erotic Horror Visual Novel exploring the psyche of a haunted man and his depraved past.
Why similar: Sexual Content 80.6%, Violent 14.1%, Adventure 5.4%
- #5 Just Ignore Them
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,464 reviews2017
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.
Why similar: Gore 41.8%, Violent 24.8%, Sexual Content 16.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 7.2%
- #6 Happy Game
94% matchVery Positive90% of 3,400 reviews2021
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Why similar: Gore 43.5%, Violent 34.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 10.1%
- #7 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Gore 59.9%, Indie 30.4%, Adventure 9.7%
- #8 Adam - Lost Memories
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 233 reviews2020
Dev: Adam DubiPub: AdamDubiGames
Windows
Adam - Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on my personal experiences with child abuse.
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #9 Lights Off!
91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Sexual Content 64.4%, Adventure 35.6%
- #10 Nightmare (Incubo)
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: inngamezstudio
Windows
INCUBO is a side scrolling platform game with a semi-horror theme. We present many ghost from around the world in our game as enemy and bosses. You played as a child in his nightmare and discover the truth about his story.
Why similar: Gore 43.9%, Violent 38.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 8.6%
- #11 Nocturia The Game
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #12 Neverending Nightmares
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 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: Gore 59.6%, Violent 16.3%, Indie 13.5%, Adventure 10.6%
- #13 Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game Prologue
88% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Baby Blues Nightmare - Prologue is a small taste of the horrors that awaits in this survival horror game where you play as a toddler going into a little adventure with your tricycle which you can fix, maintain and customize. Paddle, hide and survive but remember; try not to cry when you are scared..
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #14 Gil's Lucid Dreams
89% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Oblion Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Gil's Lucid Dreams is a FPS horror game based on the story and exploration. Gil use lucid dreams to get away from his unsatisfacting life. He will lose the control of his dreams, becoming completely succubus of his nightmares. Will Gil be able to face his Alter Ego?
Why similar: Gore 68.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 11.9%
- #15 Crying Pony
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: CreSpirit
Windows
Crying Pony is a 2D side-scrolling horror game where the protagonist, Michael, is hunted by the lurking evil in his nightmares. As the nightmare's corruption seeps into reality and even pulls Michael's daughter into its grasp, will he be able to lead them both to escape from the nightmare?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #16 Don't Be Afraid
86% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Gore 46.8%, Violent 37.5%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 6.8%
- #17 9 Childs Street
85% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Indie 39.6%, Adventure 35.2%, Violent 25.1%
- #18 Uncanny Tales: 1992
84% matchVery Positive84% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Gore 45.8%, Violent 43.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 3.8%
- #19 Bulb Boy
83% matchVery Positive86% of 2,046 reviews2015
Dev: Bulbware
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Why similar: Gore 56.5%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 17.1%
- #20 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
79% matchVery Positive85% of 799 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Gore 84.2%, Adventure 15.8%
- #21 Locked Fears
84% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 73.2%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 11.5%
- #22 In Nightmare
81% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Magic Fish Games
Windows
In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.
Why similar: Adventure 92.2%, Indie 7.8%
- #23 Pombero - The Lord of the Night
82% matchMixed64% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Inside Studios
Windows
Overcome fear, solve the mystery behind the story, in this psychological horror game
Why similar: Gore 49.4%, Violent 42.9%, Indie 7.7%
- #24 [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,311 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.
Why similar: Gore 38.8%, Violent 37.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 11.7%
- #25 Interactive Horror Stories
81% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Violent 42.9%, Sexual Content 38.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 7.9%
- #26 ALONE?
82% matchMixed42% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #27 Don't Be Afraid 2
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Gore 82.6%, Adventure 17.4%
- #28 Anthology of Fear
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: OhDeer StudioPub: 100 GAMES
Windows
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
Why similar: Gore 54.6%, Violent 45.4%
- #29 Dead Dreams
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 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: Gore 85.5%, Adventure 14.5%
- #30 Phobia
80% matchMostly Negative29% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Horror. Nightmare. Fear. Monsters. Madness. And again ... And again ....
Why similar: Gore 49.4%, Violent 42.9%, Indie 7.7%
- #31 Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,516 reviews2021
Dev: Codrin Bradea
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Pornește într-o aventură scurtă de uitat în maxim 30min după ce ai închis jocul! Ce mai aștepți? Aventura îl urmărește pe Copilul Albastru și Urât într-o lume bizară, seara. 2D Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.
Why similar: Gore 33.1%, Sexual Content 32.7%, Violent 23.4%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 3.1%
- #32 Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 393 reviews2021
Dev: NC Studio
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.
Why similar: Gore 50%, Violent 42.2%, Indie 7.9%
- #33 BUDDY
78% matchMixed56% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Hoshko
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BUDDY is a horror adventure based on a little girl Mary’s story nightmare. Will you able to distinguish the real story from the girl's fantasy?
Why similar: Indie 54.7%, Adventure 45.3%
- #34 HORSE
77% matchMixed54% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: cornthea
Windows
HORSE is a short psychological horror game about a man tormented by his recent past and his sexual alienation. Hiding from the world, his familiar surroundings turn hostile and do their utmost to eat him alive.
Why similar: Sexual Content 70.2%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 12.2%
- #35 Fragile
76% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Gore 49.3%, Violent 36%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #36 Traumada
74% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: James Horn
Windows
Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #37 The Inner Friend
75% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: PLAYMIND
Windows
Descend into an eerie world made of scattered memories and unresolved traumas and explore a nightmarish landscape where you will come face to face with childhood fears and nightmares.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Gore Screaming Show
72% matchVery Positive88% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Black CycPub: JAST
Windows
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #39 No, I'm not a Femboy
71% matchMixed49% of 795 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 15%
The game takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. You experience all the horrors of the apocalypse in your own cozy house on the outskirts of a small town. People may knock on your door in need of your help. Will you be able to save them?
Why similar: Sexual Content 42.8%, Violent 31%, Indie 16.3%, Adventure 10%
- #40 Lust for Darkness
73% matchMixed68% of 4,821 reviews2018
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Sexual Content 54.8%, Gore 19.7%, Violent 19.1%, Adventure 4%, Indie 2.4%
- #41 Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game
70% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Baby Blues Nightmares is a survival horror stealth game where you play as a toddler going into a little adventure with your tricycle which you can fix, maintain and customize. Paddle, hide and survive but remember; try not to cry when you are scared.. or the monsters will hear you and get you.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #42 Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,975 reviews2024
Dev: 2OO2
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 17%
Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..
Why similar: Violent 49.4%, Adventure 39.8%, Indie 10.8%
- #43 Bad Memories
72% matchVery Positive85% of 519 reviews2021
Dev: bmrec
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Imagine having to face old fears and buried memories, would you face them to get a better (and really naughty) life? Let's find out!
Why similar: Sexual Content 85.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 5.7%
- #44 Sad Satan
73% matchMixed44% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: DVGamix
Windows
Sad Satan is a horror and mystery game that takes you on a terrifying journey through dark corridors and locations filled with secrets
Why similar: Sexual Content 37.6%, Gore 29.5%, Indie 17.1%, Adventure 15.8%
- #45 Nightmare Zapping
70% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Violent 76.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 9.9%
- #46 The Archetype
74% matchMixed55% of 132 reviews2015
Dev: Rafael BarretoPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Archetype is a psychological-horror where you'll be in control (or not) of Archty's psychological aspects, like Fear, Despair, Anxiety, Sadness, Jealousy, Anger, Aggression, Libido, Envy, Guilt, Depression and Solitude.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #47 Palmyra Orphanage
69% matchVery Positive89% of 705 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Violent 51.5%, Gore 34.8%, Indie 8.5%, Adventure 5.2%
- #48 KunKunNight
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,507 reviews2023
Dev: EMSRoy
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
This is a fictional story in which you will embark on a thrilling escape experience with a man named KunKun.The game contains scare elements. If you lack courage, please exit in a timely manner.
Why similar: Sexual Content 96.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #49 Cursed Feed
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.
Why similar: Gore 42%, Violent 36.5%, Adventure 21.6%
- #50 Imaginary Friend Asylum
66% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #51 Summer Nightmare
71% matchMixed55% of 554 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Gore 75.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 10.5%
- #52 Boyhood's End
65% matchVery Positive81% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: WSS playground
Windows
Boyhood's End is an adventure horror game following Giovanni, the boy with the lowest human score in the universe, and Campenella, the delinquent genius, and their journey on the galactic railroad regarding the "human" and "inhuman".
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #53 Decarnation
65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #54 Fear in Hospital
71% matchMixed48% of 504 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Gore 48.9%, Violent 34%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 5.8%
- #55 Horns of Fear
69% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Gore 49.8%, Violent 39.8%, Adventure 10.4%
- #56 Gray Dawn
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Gore 40.6%, Violent 35.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 10%
- #57 Try To Fall Asleep
68% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: AmberDrop
Windows
John Herrin survived a horrible accident, damaging his brain and memory. Through falling asleep, he can rediscover his unfortunate past in his dreams, but due to his brain damage he'll start to see visions and hallucinations, and falling asleep won't be as easy as it seems at first...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #58 The Baby In Yellow
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,146 reviews2023
Dev: Team Terrible
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?
- #59 Nightmares to be
68% 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: Adventure 100%