Games Like Choo-Choo Charles

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Trains 59.2% ★, Open World 18%, First-Person 7.9%, Co-op 4.9%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Choo-Choo Charles, this game revolves around upgrading and defending a unique train as you explore a surreal, open-world environment.

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Survival Horror 27.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person horror game features iconic toy antagonists and puzzle-solving reminiscent of the indie horror vibe found in Charles.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Horror 15%, Open World 12.4%, FPS 10.4%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the intense, claustrophobic survival horror and resource management of trying to outsmart a relentless, terrifying creature.

Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Horror 28.5%, First-Person 13%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological Horror 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar stylized, narrative-driven first-person horror experience centered around bizarre characters brought to life.

You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, First-Person 18.5%, Dark 18.2%, 3D 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This eerie anomaly-hunting game captures the strange, repetitive tension of navigating confined train and transit spaces.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 42.8%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though driving a station wagon instead of a train, it shares the core loop of exploring a weird open zone and upgrading your vehicle to survive.

Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?

Why similar: Trains 33.3% ★, Survival Horror 16.1%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.8%, Thriller 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines body horror with animal caregiving, offering a uniquely disturbing and bizarre premise similar to fighting a spider-train.

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Horror 23.8%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: For those seeking the pure psychological dread and dark atmosphere of facing off against a supernatural stalker.

In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.

Why similar: Survival Horror 37.5%, Horror 23.7%, First-Person 12%, Thriller 6.5%, 3D 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers open-area first-person horror where you must constantly evade animatronic threats in a sprawling environment.

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Horror 14.4%, FPS 11%, Shooter 10.8%, First-Person 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that contrasts dark gameplay with a bizarre, puppet-themed world much like Charles' eccentric tone.

Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

Why similar: Trains 39.8% ★, Open World 14.1%, Horror 10%, FPS 9.4%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines train-based base building with survival mechanics and combat against hordes of threats.

You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.

Why similar: Open World 26.4%, Horror 23.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Survival Horror 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world horror game featuring bizarre mutated creatures that you must track down and survive against.

Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 12.4%, Dark 11.3%, Action-Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the atmospheric first-person horror and dark storytelling of the original Bendy title.

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Survival Horror 28.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Open World 9.7%, Psychological Horror 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A thrilling first-person survival horror experience that blends intense pursuit sequences with atmospheric exploration.

Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

Why similar: Trains 63.4% ★, Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Action 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic spin on the train survival concept, offering fast-paced action-roguelike gameplay.

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 39.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, First-Person 12.4%, 3D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game set entirely on a train, focusing on uncanny passengers and unsettling atmosphere.

Fight through a train overtaken by monsters and survive Antarctica’s cold as paranormal special agent Doug Barker in this chilling single-player third-person survival horror roguelike.

Why similar: Trains 40.4% ★, Survival Horror 25.3%, Horror 12.1%, Shooter 9.7%, 3D 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features direct survival horror gameplay centered around navigating and fighting aboard a haunted train.

Continue the story of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve deeper into the bizarre establishment where the place was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents, all while uncovering the truth behind the place…

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the bizarre mascot horror series with more exploration and unsettling encounters.

Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.9%, Open World 18.7%, Horror 15.8%, Shooter 10.8%, Dark 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival horror game featuring strange creatures and intense combat in a post-apocalyptic setting.

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Survival Horror 20%, Dark 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Thriller 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A desolate, atmospheric walking simulator that delivers heavy isolation and psychological dread.

Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 11.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Thriller 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A mascot horror adventure featuring bizarre creatures lurking in a facility, echoing the surreal enemy design of Charles.

Embrace the horrors of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve even deeper into the depths of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents and continue the search for your child…

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 11.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the lore and environment of the spooky kindergarten with additional first-person exploration.

"Anomalous Railroad Crossing" is an escape game where you search for strange happenings, set at Japan's most famous railroad crossing. - You suddenly realize that you're standing on a road leading to a railroad crossing with an ocean view. Escape from a world invaded by strange happenings!

Why similar: Trains 36.8% ★, Horror 11.5%, FPS 7.2%, First-Person 6.9%, Dark 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on supernatural anomalies and environmental alertness around railway tracks.

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brief, atmospheric observation-duty horror game testing your attention to bizarre details.

Explore the abandoned levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the residents of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.7%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deeper descent into the facility's underground levels while evading creepy mascots.

Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 19.2%, Dark 12.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Further installment of the series featuring eerie chases and puzzle-solving in confined spaces.

Meat Train is a FPS game where you operate a train thats uses MEAT for FUEL. Explore a wasteland where everything wants you dead, scavenge for weapons and loot. Upgrade the train and attempt to destroy an evil AI megafactory.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Open World 20.2%, FPS 15.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access dark fantasy horror experience sharing the stark train-centric imagery.

It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?

Why similar: Trains 20.7% ★, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 12%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Dark 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure game featuring locomotives and exploration with a distinct thematic connection to trains.

Enter the abandoned workshop of Murray’s Costume Manor and unravel the mystery left behind by the reclusive inventor. In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic, you’ll step into a world where every dark corner holds a secret and every flicker of light hints at an ever-present threat.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Horror 27.4%, First-Person 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, 3D 5.8%

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, First-Person 24.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, 3D 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Horror 20.5%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Bendy: Lone Wolf® tests your ability to survive against ever increasing odds. Monsters and obstacles emerge from every direction as you journey into the rubberhose halls of the world's most evil animation studio, set during the events of Bendy and the Dark Revival®. Every day is a challenge.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Thriller 15.6%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Hand-drawn 10.2%

The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.

Why similar: Horror 45.4%, First-Person 32.9%, Psychological Horror 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic atmospheric horror short set within the uncanny confines of a ghost train ride.

Forest Escape: Last Train is a co-op surreal horror game for 1–4 players. Explore bizarre nightmare locations, gather resources, solve the insane Warden's twisted puzzles, and keep your locomotive running as you fight to escape his unhinged world.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.7%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, 3D 6.3%

Finding Frankie invites YOU to a true experience of terror as you compete in a terrifyingly twisted parkour show. Stealthily navigate around horrifying characters and swing through challenging parkour courses. This is one game show you won’t want to miss!

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Dark 17.9%, First-Person 15.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

In this short first-person psychological horror game, falling asleep on the subway takes you to the final station, abandoned and eerie. Explore the area and try to survive the entity chasing you in the darkness. Who is it? Its face looks strangely familiar...

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, Horror 20.4%, Dark 15.8%, First-Person 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

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: Horror 36.3%, Dark 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, 3D 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Open World 27.4%, Horror 15%, First-Person 7.5%, Co-op 5.5%

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.9%, Horror 21.8%, First-Person 13.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, 3D 6.4%

Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Dark 18.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Thriller 16.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Open World 16.7%, Horror 13.7%, Shooter 10.4%, Dark 9.9%

PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. A seventh player controls the monster and is given only one goal: Find and kill everyone.

Why similar: Survival Horror 42.5%, Horror 23.5%, Dark 9.4%, First-Person 8.9%, Psychological Horror 5.7%

Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Thriller 15.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 10%

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Horror 39.8%, First-Person 20.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Thriller 13.7%, Dark 4.1%

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Dark 18.6%, First-Person 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.

Why similar: Horror 57.8%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Dark 10%, Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Trains 64.7% ★, Horror 10.2%, Shooter 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Adventure 4.4%

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Survival Horror 28%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Dark 6.7%

Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Open World 15.4%, Horror 11.6%, Shooter 8.9%, Dark 8.6%

Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 11.9%, FPS 11.1%, Shooter 10.5%, First-Person 7.6%

Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Open World 16.6%, Horror 15.1%, FPS 9.8%, Shooter 8.6%

A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Horror 16.5%, Open World 15.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Live or die in silence. Granny Remake is a tense first-person survival horror in a reimagined, trap-filled house. Search for keys and tools, stay quiet while Granny reacts to noise, and escape by car, police rescue, the front door — or the hidden UFO route.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 12%, First-Person 10.1%, Thriller 9.8%

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Horror 30.3%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological Horror 6.7%

Explore the most obscure levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new deceives and mysteries that await you. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 20.1%, Dark 12%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Horror 13.2%, FPS 11.5%, Dark 10.6%, Shooter 8.9%

Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.

Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Thriller 12%, First-Person 7.2%

Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, First-Person 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Dark 11%

Some things are better left forgotten.

Why similar: Horror 36%, Dark 20.5%, First-Person 18.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 4.9%