- #1 Layers of Fear
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Horror 55.9%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%, First-Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for atmospheric, first-person psychological horror that utilizes environmental shifts to create tension.
- #2 Inmates
97% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 44.5%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 11.3%, First-Person 4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply unsettling psychological horror experience set in a confined, atmospheric location similar to the seed game.
- #3 Conarium
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Walking Simulator 18%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 8.3%, First-Person 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality Lovecraftian adventure that excels at building atmosphere through exploration and environmental storytelling.
- #4 God's Basement
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%, First-Person 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on psychological dread and environmental puzzles within a first-person perspective.
- #5 Stairs
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 361 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Horror 67.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror title that shares the same era and mechanical feel, focusing on uncovering dark secrets in a first-person view.
- #6 Doorways: Prelude
94% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 65.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 7.7%, Walking Simulator 6.7%, First-Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: An early indie horror title that prioritizes exploration and unsettling environments over combat.
- #7 ColdSide
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 519 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Adventure 22%, Indie 16.8%, Atmospheric 7%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern indie horror game that captures the same sense of isolation and mystery found in early walking-simulator horror projects.
- #8 Montague's Mount
93% matchMixed58% of 429 reviews2013
Dev: PolyPusher Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Montague's Mount is disturbing psychological thriller set in the bleakness of an abandoned Irish island, featuring exploration and challenging puzzle solving. This game is part one of a two part story, some questions are left unanswered and open to interpretation.
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 15.7%, Atmospheric 5%
Why You'll Like It: A moody, atmospheric adventure game that relies on environmental storytelling to guide the player through its mystery.
- #9 Investigator
91% matchMixed69% of 1,025 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct match for the low-budget, atmospheric walking-simulator style that defines the seed game.
- #10 Lethe - Episode One
91% matchVery Positive85% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%, First-Person 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the first-person, puzzle-solving, and horror elements that define the core gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #11 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
89% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 74.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Walking Simulator 5.5%, Adventure 5.4%, First-Person 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive first-person horror experience that established the mechanics of exploration-based survival horror.
- #12 Kholat
90% matchMixed66% of 6,857 reviews2015
Dev: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Why similar: Horror 93.6%, Walking Simulator 2.5%, Adventure 1.1%, Atmospheric 1.1%, Indie 1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking simulator that uses a vast, lonely environment to build a sense of mystery and terror.
- #13 House of Caravan
89% matchMixed67% of 803 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 63%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 14.6%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person mystery horror game that mirrors the seed game's focus on puzzle-solving within a contained, creepy setting.
- #14 The Park®
88% matchMixed70% of 3,168 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Horror 56.7%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Adventure 7.6%, First-Person 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-focused walking simulator that uses a dark, unsettling setting to deliver its horror experience.
- #15 Shutter
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2015
Dev: Cosmic Logic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 19.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short indie horror game that uses photography mechanics to build tension and reveal hidden threats.
- #16 Death Motel
86% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Walking Simulator 22%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the classic indie horror walking simulator formula with a focus on psychological tension.
- #17 Lost in Vivo
84% 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: Horror 69.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Indie 10.8%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric and psychological indie horror game that excels at building dread through its surreal environment.
- #18 My Bones
86% matchMixed46% of 402 reviews2015
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
It is a short but very interesting horror,about a man who woke up in his own grave,next to his family.
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Indie 13.6%, Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie walking simulator that aligns perfectly with the seed game's length, tone, and mechanical simplicity.
- #19 Frightence
84% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Frightence is a short, intense first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 59.4%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Adventure 16.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, single-player horror experience that emphasizes atmosphere and environmental storytelling in a confined space.
- #20 Deep Sorrow
85% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 16.3%, Walking Simulator 14%, Atmospheric 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, first-person horror game that mirrors the indie, experimental nature of the seed game.
- #21 Summer of '58
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Horror 59.3%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 6.6%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, effective indie horror experience that focuses on atmosphere and narrative pacing over action.
- #22 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
81% matchVery Positive88% of 8,931 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Walking Simulator 27.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While less focused on traditional horror, its emphasis on atmospheric exploration and mystery is a perfect thematic match.
- #23 Darkness Ahead
83% matchMixed52% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 18%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, first-person adventure that captures the same indie horror aesthetic and pacing.
- #24 The Tape
82% matchMixed55% of 485 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
Why similar: Horror 66.6%, Indie 17%, Atmospheric 8.3%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric indie horror game that relies on environmental clues and audio to build mystery.
- #25 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 83.5%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Adventure 4.2%, Indie 4.1%, First-Person 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, psychological indie horror game that shares the dark, oppressive tone and first-person perspective of the seed.
- #26 Don't Knock Twice
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 706 reviews2017
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Indie 8.4%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that relies on exploration and jump scares within a confined, atmospheric house setting.
- #27 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,897 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Horror 69.2%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 7%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational indie horror title that emphasizes puzzle-solving and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.
- #28 Narcosis
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Why similar: Horror 56.5%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 9%, Atmospheric 7.3%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, atmospheric survival horror game with a strong focus on narrative and environmental tension.
- #29 TRAPPED
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on escaping a confined, atmospheric environment through exploration.
- #30 NightGhast
76% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...
Why similar: Horror 56.8%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Adventure 16.8%, First-Person 5%
- #31 Trapped
77% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Horror 40.6%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #32 Coffin Mall
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #33 Despair
78% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Horror 44.7%, Indie 27%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Adventure 8.1%, First-Person 5.8%
- #34 Caligo
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,064 reviews2017
Dev: Krealit
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #35 Bad Dream: Coma
74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,195 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Horror 63.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #36 Christmas Nightmare
73% matchVery Positive89% of 348 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Walking Simulator 27.3%, Adventure 17.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #37 Mist
73% matchVery Positive81% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Horror 53.2%, Walking Simulator 20%, Indie 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 6.1%
- #38 UnderDread
76% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Adventure 18.1%, Walking Simulator 15%, Indie 13.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #39 Night Janitor
73% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: batwimp
Windows
A first-person horror game where you clean up after rowdy high school kids while also keeping a lookout for clues as to their disappearance. Scrub, vacuum, clean... die?
Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Adventure 25.5%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #40 It Happened At Night
72% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Horror 53.8%, Walking Simulator 23%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 6.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #41 Silent Nights
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Horror 54.2%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 8.1%, First-Person 5.9%
- #42 The Mortuary Assistant
69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 78.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 4.8%, First-Person 4.6%
- #43 The House
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!
Why similar: Horror 73%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 9.1%, Walking Simulator 7.4%
- #44 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 50.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 4.5%
- #45 White Room Protocol
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 52.3%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 6.9%, First-Person 5.8%
- #46 From The Darkness
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 65.5%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 5.6%, First-Person 4.6%
- #47 Welcome to Kowloon
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Indie 5.9%
- #48 The Last Visit: 98th
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Indie 7.2%
- #49 Shadow of Pharos
69% matchMixed69% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Team Gaivot
Windows
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Horror 60.3%, Walking Simulator 16%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Indie 4.9%, Adventure 4.8%
- #50 it's always monday
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
Dev: Alon Zubina
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%
it's always monday - is a first person exploration game
Why similar: Adventure 95.4%, Indie 1.9%, Walking Simulator 1.6%, First-Person 0.6%, Atmospheric 0.5%
- #51 LiDAR Exploration Program
67% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Walking Simulator 18%, Adventure 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Indie 7%
- #52 Descent - Silence of Mind
71% matchMixed57% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Indie 23.3%, Adventure 20.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #53 Museum of Monoliths
67% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Horror 30.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Indie 10.1%, Adventure 9.5%
- #54 The Renovator: Origins
66% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Horror 64.7%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Indie 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #55 Away
70% matchMixed50% of 1,213 reviews2018
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.
Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Indie 24.3%, Walking Simulator 23.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 6.6%
- #56 Obey the Voice™
64% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 55.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%, First-Person 5.4%
- #57 9 Souls
65% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Sandstorm in a BottlePub: DreamStudios
Windows
An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.
Why similar: Horror 51.1%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #58 I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
71% matchMostly Negative29% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Cats Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.
Why similar: Horror 72.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 12%
- #59 Partum Artifex
66% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Horror 62.7%, Adventure 19.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 4.8%