- #1 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
97% matchVery Positive82% of 3,227 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Mystery 8.3%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same core gameplay loop of performing mundane tasks during a night shift while supernatural events slowly escalate.
- #2 [Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.4%, 1990's 21.9%, Walking Simulator 15%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly mirrors the feeling of being alone in a workplace at night while a stalker-like presence builds tension.
- #3 [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,318 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: Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Crime 14.3%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same VHS-style aesthetic and focus on a specific, isolated job that becomes increasingly dangerous.
- #4 [Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤
95% matchVery Positive82% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.
Why similar: Crime 13.2%, 1990's 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Supernatural 10%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of a solitary Japanese business setting being haunted by spirits.
- #5 [Chilla's Art] Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,104 reviews2024
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号 is a game set in Japan where players are tasked with finding anomalies in the Shinkansen. (Japanese bullet train)
Why similar: Supernatural 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.2%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Realistic 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes the same liminal space horror and attention to detail found in Japanese public transit environments.
- #6 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,646 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, 1990's 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the modern, isolated horror of digital surveillance and the dangers of being a public figure.
- #7 [Chilla's Art] The Radio Station | 深夜放送
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 490 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The Radio Station | 深夜放送 is a Japanese psychological horror game.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.4%, 1990's 20.3%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Realistic 12.6%, First-Person 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the isolation of working a night shift in a media-related environment with a heavy focus on atmosphere.
- #8 [Chilla's Art] Jisatsu | 自撮
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 611 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Jisatsu | 自撮 is a Japanese found footage mockumentary horror game.
Why similar: Demons 13.7%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 8.1%, Crime 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It maintains the signature Chilla's Art style of blending modern Japanese social issues with supernatural horror.
- #9 [Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件
90% matchVery Positive84% of 547 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.
Why similar: Immersive 43.5% ★, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Horror 15.6%, 3D 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar blend of investigative gameplay and psychological horror within a grounded, realistic setting.
- #10 [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護
91% matchVery Positive81% of 457 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 50.2%, Horror 38.3%, Casual 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the immersive, first-person perspective and the feeling of being trapped in a high-stress, lonely job.
- #11 [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明
89% matchVery Positive84% of 629 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the investigative, atmospheric approach to horror that defines the Chilla's Art catalog.
- #12 [Chilla's Art] The Night Way Home | 帰り道
89% matchMixed66% of 304 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
The Night Way Home is a Japanese survival horror game.
Why similar: 1980s 20.6%, 1990's 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Realistic 11.1%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the vulnerability of walking through familiar, quiet environments at night.
- #13 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
88% matchVery Positive80% of 1,351 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 9.4%, Walking Simulator 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It explores the Japanese cultural fear of haunted real estate, a theme central to many of the developer's works.
- #14 I'm on Observation Duty
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.3%, Horror 40%, Atmospheric 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses entirely on the surveillance aspect of security, tasking players with identifying anomalies in a monitored space.
- #15 The Exit 8
85% matchVery Positive93% of 10,866 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the eerie, repetitive nature of Japanese underground transit spaces, mirroring the liminal horror of the seed game.
- #16 [Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり
86% matchMixed66% of 788 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 16%
Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 14%, Mystery 10%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a short, punchy, and atmospheric horror experience centered on domestic isolation.
- #17 [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 250 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hanako | 花子さん is a Japanese survival horror adventure game.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.4%, Horror 24.7%, Realistic 15.1%, First-Person 13.8%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It draws on classic Japanese urban legends to create a tense, school-based horror experience.
- #18 Home Safety Hotline
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,788 reviews2024
Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: 1990's 27.9%, Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Supernatural 14.1%, Mystery 12%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a job-simulation interface to deliver unsettling, lore-heavy horror that feels grounded in a mundane reality.
- #19 [Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 612 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Mystery 10.8%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is based on a famous Japanese urban legend, focusing on the dread of exploring a cursed, isolated location.
- #20 Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 651 reviews2025
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Why similar: Crime 12.8%, Demons 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, 1990's 9.4%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It uses the 1990s aesthetic and a specific tool-based mechanic to build psychological tension.
- #21 Paranormal Night Shift
81% 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: Supernatural 18.2%, 1980s 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Mystery 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It explicitly focuses on the night security theme, tasking players with surviving a shift while being haunted by entities.
- #22 [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
83% matchVery Positive88% of 1,168 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 10.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a relentless stalker mechanic that creates a similar sense of urgency to the seed game.
- #23 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Supernatural 24.1%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Realistic 9.7%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the surveillance theme with the specific Japanese cultural concept of stigmatized properties.
- #24 Midnight Crane
80% matchVery Positive86% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a quiet, atmospheric exploration of a night-time environment that feels similar to the seed game's pacing.
- #25 [Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊
84% matchMixed55% of 190 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Realistic 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the classic Japanese ghost story trope of being haunted within a traditional home setting.
- #26 The Cemetery Shift | 墓地の夜勤
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: KIKIPub: KM Studios
Windows
You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Casual 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the night-shift job simulator format, placing the player in a graveyard setting.
- #27 From The Other Side
79% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Demons 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Supernatural 9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being trapped in a mundane environment that is slowly being corrupted by supernatural forces.
- #28 Witch's Doll
78% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2024
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Demons 13.5%, Horror 11.6%, Supernatural 11.1%, Walking Simulator 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a slow-paced, atmospheric horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling.
- #29 The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,290 reviews2024
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Remake is a Japanese horror game that revolves around working at a bathhouse. A complete revamp of the original bathhouse.
Why similar: Demons 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Horror 11.8%, 1990's 8.7%
- #30 Dread Flats
77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,518 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Supernatural 20.5%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Walking Simulator 7.5%
- #31 POOLS
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Immersive 35.7% ★, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Realistic 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #32 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,142 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Immersive 19.2% ★, Horror 14.5%, 1980s 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Demons 9.3%
- #33 [Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 653 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.
Why similar: Crime 20%, Immersive Sim 18%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Detective 12.7%, Walking Simulator 11.9%
- #34 Supernormal
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.2%, Crime 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.5%, Detective 9.7%
- #35 Hollow Cocoon
74% matchVery Positive93% of 899 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 16.2%, 1980s 13.6%, Dark 10.6%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
- #36 Paranormal VHS
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 9.1%, Realistic 9%
- #37 9 Childs Street
74% matchVery Positive91% of 783 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: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.3%, Supernatural 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Dark 9.9%
- #38 Nightmare Shift
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #39 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
72% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Immersive 37.9% ★, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #40 Christmas Nightmare
73% matchVery Positive89% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 13.4%, Realistic 13.1%, First-Person 11.8%
- #41 Psalm 5:9-13
72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,834 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Realistic 8.8%
- #42 The Demon Within Me
73% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.5%, Demons 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 8.7%
- #43 Reflection
69% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Supernatural 17%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Realistic 9.3%
- #44 Security Booth: Director's Cut
71% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Why similar: Mystery 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Dark 10.8%
- #45 Silent Nights
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #46 No, I'm not a Human
66% matchVery Positive93% of 28,177 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 26.5%, Horror 23.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Dark 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #47 Graveyard Shift
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 739 reviews2023
Dev: Darkphobia Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.
Why similar: Demons 16%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #48 Midnight Prowl
71% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Midnight Prowl is a horror exploration game set in a Japanese town, where you will experience the horror that takes place there.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 10.9%
- #49 NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
68% matchVery Positive83% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Taco Al Pastor Dev
Windows
First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Crime 21.9%, Horror 21.4%, First-Person 11.4%, 3D 7.1%
- #50 The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー
70% matchMixed53% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: KM Studios
Windows
The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー is a Japanese-style horror game where you play as a sushi chef working the night shift.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, 1990's 16.4%, Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
- #51 Obsessed : Night Shift
67% matchVery Positive90% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 38.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #52 The Night Cleaner
67% matchVery Positive86% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.1%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%
- #53 DREAM LOGIC
69% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #54 Dead of Night: Supermarket
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Mystery 8.8%
- #55 Silent Still
70% matchMixed53% of 259 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.
Why similar: Demons 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12%, Supernatural 10%
- #56 I'm on Observation Duty 4
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 839 reviews2021
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A spot the difference -type of puzzle horror game about monitoring live surveillance camera footage and spotting anomalies. Anomalies range from furniture movement to intruders. Fix anomalies by filing reports. You will need sharp eyes and good memory. The goal is to survive the entire night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 18.9%, Mystery 17.3%, Supernatural 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #57 Night Janitor
68% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: batwimp
Windows
A first-person horror game where you clean up after rowdy high school kids while also keeping a lookout for clues as to their disappearance. Scrub, vacuum, clean... die?
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.1%
- #58 APT. 407
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 15.5%, Supernatural 12%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
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64% matchNo user reviews96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Playnova Studio
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 11%, Walking Simulator 10.8%