- #1 Don't Remember
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 18.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #2 The Somnus Fracture
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adhiraj Bhagawati
Windows
A psychological horror adventure where you explore shifting dream worlds, solve immersive environmental puzzles, and unravel the mysteries of your fractured mind inside a surreal facility.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 18.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Realistic 7.4%
- #3 Before The Haunting
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Frenchy Pal Protocol Pub: Frenchy Pal Protocol
Windows
A psychological horror interactive fiction focused on atmosphere, investigation, and player choices. Explore an unsettling environment where every decision shapes the story and the truth behind a disturbing presence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.8%, Investigation 21.6%, Horror 20.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #4 The Evaluation
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnicornGames
Windows
A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Investigation 20%, Horror 18.8%, First-Person 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #5 Backrooms: Exploration
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 22.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Realistic 13.9%, First-Person 8.2%
- #6 Urban Pulse: Nightwatch
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rendrify Interactive
Windows
Monitor the city from your window. Identify anomalies, capture proof, and file reports before Exposure spikes. Miss too much, and what you’re watching starts watching back.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Investigation 24%, Horror 17%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Mystery 7%
- #7 Recovered Occurrence
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dylan MacDonaldPub: Repentant Minds Interactive
Windows
A new home owner begins to experience and capture unsettling occurrences around his property.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Horror 12.9%, Realistic 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #8 Friday Night
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Priskon
Windows
Investigate the abandoned mansion where your family died, use your voice to speak to the spirit and collect evidence about the truth. Keep the camera rolling, no matter what you encounter.
Why similar: Investigation 23.7%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Realistic 7.7%
- #9 Midnight Overtime
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EXS
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror experience where hidden clues and impossible spaces draw you deeper into a place that should not exist.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 22.6%, Investigation 20.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Mystery 7.4%
- #10 Crimson Asylum
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Panzo GamesPub: Downmeadowstreet
Windows
Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 19%, Investigation 18.2%, Realistic 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #11 August Night
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 17.8%, Realistic 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #12 Dead Air
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Feather
Windows
Isolated in a forgotten Canadian forest, you must unravel the truth behind E.C.H.O. Track down lost cassettes, solve cryptic puzzles, and evade the creatures lurking in the fog. Piece together the secrets of a defunct organization.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Horror 18.1%, Realistic 9.8%, First-Person 6.7%
- #13 Putridum Horror
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: RedLightsStudio
Windows
Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Horror 24.4%, Atmospheric 13%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 7.4%
- #14 Static
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suraj M.
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 21.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 11.6%
- #15 Folcroft Monastery
87% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Black Knife Games
Windows
You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 17.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Realistic 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #16 The Hauntings: Dark Passenger
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Cuff Studio
Windows
Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 23.5%, Realistic 11.9%, First-Person 7.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #17 Backrooms: Found Footage
86% matchVery Positive82% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.1%, Realistic 12.9%, Adventure 11.7%
- #18 Escapism: The doll house
85% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Motazin
Windows · Linux
First-person psychological horror escape-room: You're a caregiver in a house where reality fractures and memories melt into the architecture. Read the environment, solve puzzles, and confront the blurred line between truth and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 18.9%, Investigation 11.9%, Realistic 7.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #19 Victor's Video Vault
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Stingbot Games
Windows
It's 1995. The video store is alive. When the last customer leaves, the final rental rewrites reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Investigation 22.4%, Horror 20.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 7.3%
- #20 Anomaly Directive
83% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Grewler Games
Windows
Assigned to monitor live surveillance feeds, you must identify and report anomalies before the threat escalates beyond containment.
Why similar: Investigation 28.3%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 20.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Puzzle 7%
- #21 THE LAST PORTRAIT
82% matchMixed57% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: LOCKDOWN Adventures
Windows
THE LAST PORTRAIT is a haunting adventure that leads you into the abandoned Ashwood Manor. You are a lawyer who has inherited the house from a client and wants to uncover its secrets. Solve tricky puzzles and escape the spirit that guards the estate!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 21%, Realistic 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 7.8%
- #22 Gallery : Moa's Room
84% match4 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Lee Geon Jae
Windows
Gallery: Moa's Room is a puzzle first-person single horror game. Wandering through the museum, you were trapped in a hidden room. You should find a way to escape the room by following some precautions prepared by the museum.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.3%, Horror 23.6%, Realistic 14.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #23 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
80% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 21.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 7.7%
- #24 Soul Street
82% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: DululuPub: BD Games
Windows
Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #25 Hearing Voices
79% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Fuupu
Windows
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.2%, Investigation 31.6%, Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #26 Solo Path
81% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: JMG
Windows
Enter at night in an abandoned place in the middle of the forest.Realize that you are trapped inside.Trying to escape to survive ...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 17.7%, Investigation 17%, Realistic 9.6%, Adventure 6.5%
- #27 Phylakterion
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Lich Again Games
Windows
Phylakterion is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game in which you’ll enter different locations in search of a possessed vessel. Search, Identify, and Destroy the vessel and the entity inhabiting it – before the entity finds YOU!
Why similar: Investigation 28.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 17.8%, Realistic 10.4%, Mystery 7.5%
- #28 The Last Tale Told: Spam
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Zignus
Windows
You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Suspected Scam” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 26.5%, Adventure 19.8%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #29 REDSHIFT
78% matchVery Positive80% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Gravity Interactive
Windows
A short solo developed psychological narrative horror game where you close your eyes to reveal a hidden layer of reality, the REDSHIFT. Uncover the secrets of the facility, Tower 7, and survive what hunts you within the REDSHIFT.
Why similar: Investigation 40.6%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 26.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #30 Lumenile: Found Footage
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: thedevvdude
Windows
a found footage style phycological horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 23.9%, Realistic 13.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #31 Seclusion: Islesbury
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Game House
Windows
Seclusion: Islesbury is a mystery/horror adventure game with a focus on creating an absorbing journey. In this journey, you will explore various locations with countless mysteries to solve while trying to stay out of the madness that surrounds the town.
Why similar: Investigation 23.3%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #32 Occupancy
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mawfix
Windows
A detective is interviewing a survivor about a night that doesn't add up. Step into their fading memory, swap between survivor and detective to find what doesn't match the evidence, and help them remember what really happened. Something is keeping the night buried, and it knows you're looking.
Why similar: Investigation 25.9%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 18.1%, Realistic 9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #33 The Remains of Dahlia
76% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: STUDIO PUZU
Windows
In the early 2010s, a housewife known as “Dahlia” was reported missing after running away from home. Her husband, Bowo, filed a report with the police, but the investigation yielded no results. With no clear answers, Bowo decided to investigate the case on his own.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Investigation 24.5%, Horror 18.8%, Realistic 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #34 Neurophobia 神经恐惧
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 金银花社团工作室Pub: 花落游戏
Windows
Neurophobia is a personal first-person decryption exploration. In order to get rid of neurological symptoms, the protagonist woke up from a coma for unknown reasons and has come to the research institute. As one of the former researchers, he came to explore the true face of it.
Why similar: Investigation 27.2%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 7.2%, Realistic 6.7%
- #35 Anomaly Mansion
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinholic Games
Windows
Locked in the main room of a mansion, avoid becoming insane by removing randomly appearing anomalies. You start at 12:00 AM and can leave at 06:00 AM.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Investigation 20.4%, Horror 15.8%, Realistic 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #36 Mirrored Phantoms
75% matchMixed70% of 232 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Horror 26.9%, Atmospheric 9%, First-Person 8.5%, Realistic 8.1%
- #37 Where Is Mommy
73% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Calm Hyena Interactive
Windows
Trapped in a bazaar that twists with every turn, you are a lost child searching for your mother. Watch for subtle anomalies in the shifting environment to survive the loop. In this retro-inspired world, nothing is as it seems. Can you find her before the cycle swallows you whole?
Why similar: Investigation 31.6%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 8.3%, First-Person 8%
- #38 Fading Reality
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fracture Tone Studio
Windows
Haunted by the disappearance of his wife Emily, Thomas returns to an abandoned place where reality and nightmares begin to merge.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Horror 22.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 9%
- #39 Doors More Doors
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ATTG Studios
Windows · Linux
Doors Moor Doors is a game involving the lengthy process of opening doors testing the mentality of anyone who dares to play it.
Why similar: Investigation 27.3%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 8.1%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #40 You Were Sent Alone
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fractured Echo Games
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 22.3%, Investigation 19.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #41 Restcue
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
You wake up in your familiar home, only to find yourself completely locked inside. Search for clues, evade an unknown presence, and piece together forgotten memories... In this confined space, the real terror is only just beginning. A intense 30-minute psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 24%, Adventure 15%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Mystery 7.4%
- #42 Dawn Sanatorium
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BHS GAMES
Windows
A childhood you don't remember arrives on an old film reel. Step into the Dawn Sanatorium — a first-person psychological horror where a projector rewrites reality, a horned figure watches from the dark, and the truth about who you are waits at the very bottom.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Horror 18.6%, Investigation 10.9%, Realistic 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #43 St. Agony's Rest
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huy Ngo
Windows
You were with her. Then you weren't. Push an elderly woman's wheelchair through the shadowed halls of a Croatian monastery turned hospice. She is dying. She sees what you cannot. What do you owe the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 18.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Atmospheric 9%, Realistic 7%
- #44 Compromised
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pokey Studios
Windows
Compromised is a first-person psychological horror game about surviving a night under constant pressure. Manage failing systems, track moving threats, and make split-second decisions while danger closes in. Every sound matters. Every mistake costs time you don't have.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Horror 21.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Realistic 8.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #45 Fooling Dead
70% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Horror 26.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #46 Engraving
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 28.5%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #47 House Of Nowhere
70% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Glassroot Interactive
Windows
Survive a merciless hunt in the House of Nowhere. Alone in a haunting home that no longer feels like your own, you must solve puzzles to escape into a vast, silent forest. Scavenge for your life and uncover the truth before the ancient thing hunting you turns your story into a forgotten legend.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 19.4%, Realistic 10.5%, First-Person 8.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #48 Train 113
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vincent FranzePub: Wake Up Games
Windows
Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 25.7%, Realistic 16.1%, Atmospheric 9%, First-Person 6.5%
- #49 Backrooms: Reminiscence
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 24.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Realistic 8%
- #50 All Alone
71% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 23.1%, Realistic 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 8.9%
- #51 Stay Sane
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HalfPasTwo Productions
Windows
You stay up until late at night, trying to gather evidence of the anomalies you have been witnessing the last months. The more photos you can capture, the better, but don't forget: you are not alone. There's something with you, constantly watching you, just waiting for you to miss out on an anomaly.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 28.3%, Realistic 18.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 5.7%
- #52 Who Killed The Streamer?
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bozhidar Petrov ValchevPub: BossyFi
Windows
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 11%, Adventure 8.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #53 Still Hope
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MKs Indie
Windows
An investigation becomes a nightmare when Sam searches for missing Jess. Explore a private research facility and confront his story-rich, emotional journey into psychological horror.
Why similar: Investigation 34.4%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 8.8%, Realistic 7.1%
- #54 Liar Masks
67% match7 user reviews75% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Minus555
Windows
Two masks guard your escape—one always lies, one sometimes lies. Question both, spot anomalies as clues, and identify the absolute liar to choose the correct door to Escape.
Why similar: Investigation 29%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 20.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Realistic 4.9%
- #55 Incident Reports: Millers Residence
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faint Signal Games
Windows
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Investigation 25.7%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 18%, Atmospheric 7.9%, First-Person 6.9%
- #56 The Host's deadly games
66% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: DaV Studios
Windows
The Host's deadly games is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a mysterious house, uncover its dark past, and solve puzzles to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.1%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Adventure 8.5%, Realistic 7.5%
- #57 Shadow Of The Abyss
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jimmybear Studios
Windows
Shadow Of The Abyss is a psychological horror game where you play through the eyes of a bodycam. As a security guard, your job is to survey an office building during a night shift, until you fall into the hands of fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.2%, Horror 25.2%, Realistic 17.8%, First-Person 9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #58 No Exit : Anomaly
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beoru Studio
Windows
A single-player psychological survival horror. At the end of an ordinary day, a routine subway ride leads you into a bizarre, endless alternate reality. Survive against overwhelming dread and surreal creatures by utilizing your surroundings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Horror 25.7%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Realistic 7.2%
- #59 Circustime
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moncage
Windows
"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.1%, Horror 28.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Realistic 10.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #60 Veil of Sanity
67% matchMixed67% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Sphereka
Windows
Veil of Sanity: Echoes of the Carnival (Chapter 1) combines psychological horror with intense gameplay. Keep your sanity intact as you explore a forsaken carnival. More chapters coming soon!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Investigation 20.4%, Horror 19%, Realistic 11%, First-Person 8%