- #1 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
97% matchVery Positive83% of 3,184 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 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 35.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Indie 5.6%, Mystery 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is a hallmark of the genre, focusing on mundane settings turned terrifying through slow-burn psychological dread.
- #2 Murder House
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,293 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Gore 17.8%, Violent 17.8%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Retro 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the PS1-era survival horror aesthetic and intense, slasher-inspired tension found in Chilla's Art titles.
- #3 [Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,053 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: Survival Horror 34.3%, Anime 19.5%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at building suspense through realistic, everyday scenarios that slowly devolve into a nightmare.
- #4 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
95% matchVery Positive80% of 1,343 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 25.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Psychological 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the investigation of cursed locations, perfectly matching the investigative and eerie tone of Yuki Onna.
- #5 Lost in Vivo
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological 15.5%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Violent 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply psychological, claustrophobic experience with a retro aesthetic that mirrors the unsettling atmosphere of Japanese indie horror.
- #6 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,621 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 42.7%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Anime 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game explores modern anxieties through a lens of psychological horror, consistent with the developer's signature style.
- #7 [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
93% matchVery Positive88% of 1,149 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Violent 20.2%, Horror 20%, Gore 15.4%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Strategy 5%
Why You'll Like It: It is a direct adaptation of a classic Japanese urban legend, maintaining the signature VHS-style horror of the seed game.
- #8 Stay Out of the House
91% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Gore 26.9%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 19.3%, Retro 12.2%, First-Person 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a gritty, low-poly survival horror experience that emphasizes stealth and environmental storytelling.
- #9 [Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件
91% matchVery Positive84% of 537 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: Horror 29.2%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Retro 9.8%, Violent 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on high-stakes narrative horror with multiple endings, mirroring the desperation found in the seed game.
- #10 [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
90% matchVery Positive89% of 946 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Mystery 15.1%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The game builds incredible tension through its immersive, repetitive gameplay loop in a lonely, dark environment.
- #11 [Chilla's Art] Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,085 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: Horror 44%, Psychological Horror 28.4%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Anime 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, atmospheric journey that relies on subtle environmental changes to unnerve the player.
- #12 [Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊
89% matchMixed54% of 186 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 18.9%, Psychological 17.3%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the Japanese ghost story tradition, providing a classic, terrifying experience.
- #13 [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
88% 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: Violent 20.1%, Horror 16.8%, Gore 14.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being watched in a mundane setting, a core pillar of the Chilla's Art style.
- #14 [Chilla's Art] The Radio Station | 深夜放送
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 485 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: Anime 34.4%, First-Person 23.8%, Exploration 21%, Adventure 20.7%
Why You'll Like It: The game uses a confined, eerie setting to build a slow-burn mystery that keeps the player constantly on edge.
- #15 [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護
86% matchVery Positive81% of 445 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.
Why similar: Horror 43.2%, Survival Horror 42.6%, Exploration 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends time-management mechanics with supernatural horror to create a uniquely stressful and atmospheric experience.
- #16 [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明
86% matchVery Positive84% of 615 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 23.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Psychological 10%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the investigative, rescue-mission premise of the seed game, focusing on the search for lost individuals.
- #17 [Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 603 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.6 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 24.8%, Psychological 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is based on a famous Japanese urban legend, providing a short but effective dive into local folklore horror.
- #18 [Chilla's Art] Jisatsu | 自撮
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 604 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: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Anime 12.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title explores dark, modern themes with a realistic, immersive-sim approach to horror.
- #19 [Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり
84% matchMixed66% of 778 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 15%
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%, Psychological 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Adventure 7.5%, Anime 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the domestic horror of a family setting, creating a deeply personal and unsettling narrative.
- #20 [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 249 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hanako | 花子さん is a Japanese survival horror adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Survival Horror 23.7%, Anime 13.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Action 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title brings a classic school-based Japanese urban legend to life with the developer's signature retro style.
- #21 [Chilla's Art] The Night Way Home | 帰り道
82% matchMixed66% of 300 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
The Night Way Home is a Japanese survival horror game.
Why similar: First-Person 37.5%, Adventure 34.8%, Atmospheric 27.7%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on the simple, terrifying act of walking home, emphasizing atmosphere and subtle environmental storytelling.
- #22 Palmyra Orphanage
81% 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 28.4%, Horror 17.6%, Gore 13.8%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a traditional, violent, and indie-focused horror experience that fits well with the seed game's tone.
- #23 Paratopic
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Violent 16.8%, Retro 15%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in surreal, low-fi horror that prioritizes atmosphere and fragmented storytelling over traditional mechanics.
- #24 Iron Lung
79% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Mystery 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a claustrophobic, low-fi experience that relies on limited visibility to create intense psychological pressure.
- #25 [Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 651 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: Horror 48%, Psychological Horror 31%, First-Person 21.1%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a confined, moving environment to create a sense of isolation and inevitable dread.
- #26 Cry of Fear
79% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre, this game provides a deep, psychological horror experience with a distinct retro-industrial aesthetic.
- #27 Fragile
80% 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: Violent 29.5%, Gore 28.9%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 10.7%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a gritty, retro-inspired horror game that focuses on survival and gore in an unsettling, dark world.
- #28 Christmas Mutilator
78% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.
Why similar: Violent 32.2%, Gore 26.6%, Horror 6.5%, Survival Horror 6%, Adventure 5.5%
- #29 Yoko no Hanashi
75% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: MerendaTeam
Windows
Yoko no Hanashi is a first-person survival horror game where you need to survive in an abandoned college with one of your chosen yandere: Yoto (male version) and Yoko (female version)
Why similar: Violent 19.5%, Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Gore 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #30 Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,565 reviews2017
Dev: Angry Demon Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn is a first person horror game heavily inspired by Swedish folklore and the Nordic mythology to create the nightmares that's been haunting Swedish children for many generations.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Violent 21.1%, Gore 18.8%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #31 TheSilentSnowfall
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
The Silent Snowfall is a first-person horror game.Embark on a dark Christmas journey where the silence of a winter night hides blood-chilling secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Adventure 20.7%, First-Person 19.2%, Exploration 17.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #32 Yuki「清醒梦」
73% matchVery Positive99% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: visualmemoryunit_
Windows
Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Mystery 23.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Anime 11.9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #33 Don't Be Afraid
76% 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: Violent 20.9%, Gore 18.7%, Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #34 Yomawari: Night Alone
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,266 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Violent 14.8%, Gore 14%, Anime 11.5%, Adventure 9.7%
- #35 DYSTHANASIA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Anime 12.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #36 The Dark Occult
77% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Violent 27%, Horror 22.4%, Gore 21.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Action 5.8%
- #37 The Night of the Scissors
72% matchVery Positive94% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Exploration 7.3%
- #38 Cannibal Abduction
71% matchVery Positive96% of 358 reviews2023
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Gore 16.1%, Retro 12.5%, Violent 11.8%
- #39 Disappearance - Takeshi. You were right. That Abandoned Village is Too Bad
71% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: HAZECODE
Windows
"Disappearance - Takeshi. You were right. That Abandoned Village is Too Bad" is a first-person horror-comedy game in which you search an abandoned Japanese village for your missing best friend.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Violent 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Adventure 8.2%, First-Person 7.8%
- #40 Thekku Island
69% matchVery Positive89% of 111 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: Horror 23%, Exploration 14%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Adventure 11.7%
- #41 Uventa
74% matchMixed52% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: BlackRat
Windows
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Why similar: Gore 24.4%, Violent 24%, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #42 Uncanny Tales: 1992
68% 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: Violent 25.1%, Gore 18.8%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Survival Horror 6.9%
- #43 Snowsquall Grip
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Escape the snowy nightmare or be trapped forever — your call.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Retro 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 8%
- #44 Maid of Sker
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,386 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Why similar: Violent 21.8%, Gore 18.6%, Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #45 Omitted
72% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Gore 19%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 7.9%
- #46 Saiko no sutoka
69% matchVery Positive92% of 3,709 reviews2021
Dev: Habupain
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Saiko No Sutoka is a Horror Survival Game where you as a Protagonist must escape and avoid the crazy yandere girl who wants you dead.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Anime 12.5%, Psychological 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Violent 11.6%
- #47 ALONE?
74% 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: Horror 35.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Action 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Indie 12.7%
- #48 Wick
71% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #49 House
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Gore 24.2%, Violent 23.5%, Adventure 5.4%, Action 5.2%
- #50 Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
70% 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: Violent 24.7%, Gore 21%, Horror 13.9%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Mystery 5.7%
- #51 ALPEN GHOUL: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: BrocBois
Windows
ALPEN GHOUL is an exploration/stealth game. Your goal is to reach the summit alive, but you are not alone. Play smart and tread lightly if you plan on outmaneuvering this relentless hunter.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Survival Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 8.6%
- #52 Jorōgumo - じょろうぐも
68% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Nyxtales
Windows
Embark on a perilous journey through the haunting depths of the forest in Jorogumo, a gripping stealth and puzzle game. When your brother vanishes in the eerie woods, you must summon your courage and venture into the heart of darkness to unravel the enigma surrounding the ancient legend of Jorogumo.
Why similar: Violent 21.9%, Horror 18.2%, Gore 18.1%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #53 Incantation
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,098 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?
Why similar: Violent 20.8%, Horror 19.2%, Gore 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, First-Person 7.3%
- #54 My Grandparents' Christmas Mystery
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #55 Last Light
67% matchVery Positive83% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Team Corn FieldPub: HIKE Inc.
Windows
En route to a scare game, Lumi realizes that she is suddenly alone. Then, appears the old abandoned hospital... Explore throughout the tragedy-stricken hospital. Search for the student IDs of Lumi's classmates. And find out what really happened. Maybe all you need is the courage to "flee?"
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Mystery 10.8%
- #56 GORE
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
GORE is a Lovecraft-inspired horror experience set deep in the Rocky Mountains. Explore the wilderness and uncover the origins of the fleshy entity.
Why similar: Gore 25.7%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Retro 7.2%
- #57 Weeping Falls Massacre
67% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Horror 16.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Action 8.8%