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 59.6% ★, Open World 17.5%, First-Person 8%, Co-op 5%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This survival game features a train as your primary mode of transportation and base, requiring you to expand and upgrade it while traversing a surreal, dangerous world.

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 42.5%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Choo-Choo Charles, this game centers on a vehicle that acts as your mobile base, which you must constantly upgrade to survive a hostile, supernatural environment.

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 13.8%, Horror 10%, FPS 9.3%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on train-based survival in a zombie-infested world, mirroring the core loop of using a train to navigate and survive against threats.

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 33.7% ★, Survival Horror 15.9%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.8%, Thriller 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the creature-horror and management aspects of Choo-Choo Charles, requiring you to survive while dealing with mutated entities in a confined, atmospheric setting.

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Open World 30.8%, Survival Horror 23.7%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: You navigate a hazardous open world in a boat that serves as your primary tool, upgrading it to withstand increasingly terrifying eldritch horrors.

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 15.1%, Open World 12.4%, FPS 10.4%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a persistent, terrifying threat that stalks you throughout the environment, creating a similar cat-and-mouse tension.

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 29.1%, Open World 18.5%, Horror 15.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Dark 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival horror game captures the feeling of being hunted in a large, mysterious environment where you must scavenge to survive.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Open World 30.4%, Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 21%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines open-world survival with the necessity of building and upgrading vehicles to explore deeper, more dangerous areas.

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 14.5%, FPS 11%, Shooter 10.7%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features unique, unsettling creature designs and survival-horror mechanics that feel similar to the strange tone of Charles.

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 33.4%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Dark 11.3%, Action-Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality first-person horror game with a distinct visual style and survival-focused gameplay.

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 27.4%, Open World 16.4%, Horror 15.2%, FPS 9.8%, Shooter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the hunt for a powerful, singular monster in an open environment, emphasizing preparation and tracking.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 14.4%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This short, intense horror experience focuses entirely on navigating a claustrophobic vehicle through a terrifying environment.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Survival Horror 52.9%, Horror 27.4%, Co-op 12%, Psychological Horror 3.4%, Action 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on managing and upgrading a submarine in a hostile alien ocean, emphasizing the importance of your vehicle for survival.

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 16.5%, Horror 13.8%, Shooter 10.3%, Dark 10%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world horror game that captures the exploration and survival elements found in Choo-Choo Charles.

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 28.3%, Horror 23.8%, Dark 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that captures the intense, claustrophobic atmosphere of being hunted.

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

Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Survival Horror 28.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological Horror 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar blend of puzzle-solving and first-person horror exploration.

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 20.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A continuation of the first-person horror puzzle series with similar mechanics.

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 32.8%, Horror 16.7%, Open World 15.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure horror game that features survival elements and supernatural threats in an isolated setting.

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 18.3%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on first-person exploration and puzzle-solving in a horror setting.

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 63.9% ★, Survival Horror 21%, Horror 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic spin-off that utilizes the train concept in an action-roguelike format.

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World 31.1%, Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 23.9%, First-Person 8.5%, Adventure 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at open-world survival and base building while constantly being threatened by aggressive, mutated enemies.

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 27.5%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 11.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Thriller 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A popular first-person horror puzzle game that shares the indie horror aesthetic.

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 37.6%, Horror 23.8%, First-Person 12.1%, Thriller 6.4%, 3D 5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a large, open environment where you must avoid persistent, iconic animatronic threats.

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 21% ★, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 12.1%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Dark 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A train-themed action game that leans into the locomotive aesthetic found in the seed game.

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Why similar: Open World 57%, Co-op 19.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: While less horror-focused, it shares the core mechanic of expanding and upgrading a mobile base to survive in a hostile, open environment.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Open World 17.2%, Horror 15%, Dark 11.2%, Action-Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, atmospheric survival experience where you must fortify your position and scavenge to survive the night.

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 19.2%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: Maintains the series' established gameplay loop of first-person horror and exploration.

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 19.3%, Dark 12.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series, offering more of the same first-person horror puzzle gameplay.

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 19.7%, First-Person 18.8%, Dark 18.3%, 3D 9.5%

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Dark 28%, Open World 24.3%, Horror 23.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric exploration game where your ship is your only lifeline against the horrors of the deep.

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 30.6%, Survival Horror 27.3%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 9.2%, Psychological Horror 5.3%

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 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Thriller 9.4%

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

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, First-Person 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Thriller 13.6%, Dark 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy horror game that focuses on exploration and atmospheric storytelling.

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 25.8%, Horror 20.5%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

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 20.7%, Open World 20%, FPS 15.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

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 13.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%

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%, Choices Matter 13.3%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 7%

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 27.4%, Horror 27.4%, First-Person 13.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, 3D 5.9%

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

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, First-Person 24.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, 3D 12.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%

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%, Horror 23.4%, First-Person 13%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Survival Horror 11.2%

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 27.6%, Horror 20.3%, Dark 15.7%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

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

Why similar: Horror 45.5%, First-Person 33.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%

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 26.5%, Thriller 15.5%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.2%

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 18%, First-Person 15.6%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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 36.9%, Survival Horror 27.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 6.7%

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 36.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Thriller 15%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%

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 31.8%, Dark 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Thriller 16.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%

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 26.7%, Horror 12%, FPS 11.1%, Shooter 10.5%, First-Person 7.7%

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 49%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Thriller 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Explore the forgotten levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new terrors that reside below. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Horror 18.8%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

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 32.1%, Survival Horror 28.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Open World 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

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 13.3%, FPS 11.5%, Dark 10.7%, Shooter 8.8%

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 36.5%, Dark 25.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, 3D 7.9%, Adventure 6.8%

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 38.8%, Psychological Horror 21%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Thriller 12%, First-Person 7.4%

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 16.9%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Thriller 9.7%

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 12.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

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?

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, First-Person 20.5%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%

The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.9%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

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 55.4%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Dark 9.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 4%