60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Horror, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric.
A HUD-only psychological horror. You are an operator on a night shift that never ends, watching a frozen Arctic station through a dead man's terminal. No body, no camera, no music — only the interface, and the thing learning to use it back. Fully playable text-only.
Minerva
first-person exploration game, explore the forbidden exoplanet, uncover the dark secrets.
Whisperstring
Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?
first-person exploration game, explore the forbidden exoplanet, uncover the dark secrets.
Why similar: Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%
Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Minimalist 10.4%
Your first assignment alone. An island where no one has lived for thirty years. A lighthouse that stopped shining. The job was only supposed to take a few hours.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 8.9%, Dark 8.5%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 11.4%
Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17%, Investigation 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 7.6%
Beneath the Frost is a short, single-player, psychological horror game set on a frozen, desolate planet. You take on the role of the sole survivor of a spacecraft crash, using a robot companion to gather parts for an SOS device while uncovering an eerie mystery that suggests they may not be alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
Explore the abandoned trails and forgotten cabins of Wolfstone Pine by day and survive the night by staying in doors. Search for supplies, uncover the park's buried history and stay hidden until sunrise as you plan your escape from the strange national park.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Investigation 11.1%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 7.1%
A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 9.4%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Horror 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.4%
Welcome to the Anomaly Helpline, Operator! You are responsible for handling incoming calls from civilians experiencing an anomaly! Using the catalogue, identify the anomaly and work out the correct items to dispatch as a care package. Succeed and you will be rewarded. Fail, and you will be punished.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Lore-Rich 9.6%, Linear 7.2%
You are the last operator of a remote radio station. A storm is distorting reality. You monitor transmissions. You file reports. Then a voice cuts through the static. Not yours. Not possible. Something is listening back. You answered. You shouldn’t have.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Linear 8.6%
The Final Shift is a psychological horror game where you work as a night janitor in a quiet corporate building haunted by its own history.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Minimalist 11.6%
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Minimalist 11.1%, Horror 10.3%
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 10.4%, Minimalist 10%, Linear 7.8%
Separated by Nightmares: Where Duty Dies merges first-person puzzles with a poignant narrative. A driven lieutenant, haunted by hidden grief, confronts a sudden blackout. Clues force him to face buried truths, while a lurking darkness waits in the shadows.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Investigation 8.8%, Text-Based 7.6%
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 26%, Horror 16.8%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Follow an anomalous signal into a forgotten theatre beneath a drowned world, and descend through a shifting labyrinth of memories, imagined lives, and fractured identities in this first-person psychological sci-fi horror game about grief, guilt, and obsession.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 10.2%, Horror 8.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 9.6%, Text-Based 9.5%
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Horror 14.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 8%
Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 13.4%, Minimalist 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 9.7%
In this first-person horror-lite game, investigate your way through different locales such as the theatre, forests, and urban areas. Solve puzzles and unravel the story behind what happened at the community theatre.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Investigation 13.1%, Lore-Rich 9%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 10%, Linear 8.8%
Operator, you have one hour. Remotely control the VENERA 31 rover on the surface of Venus. Tag rocks, dust, and anomalies for computer vision training before battery depletion. For undefined creatures, use tag "HARVESTER". Previous operators reported similar sightings. No further action required.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Investigation 15.2%, Horror 12.9%, Minimalist 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%
Your sister disappeared 15 years ago. Now you're back and whatever took her is still there. First-person psychological horror, no combat. Survive entities that each hunt differently. Relive her memories as playable experiences. Connect your real phone to detect and face threats.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 14%, Horror 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
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 24.7%, Investigation 22.3%, Minimalist 12.1%, Text-Based 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 9.2%
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 25.7%, Horror 16.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%
A psychological horror game where you play as a medium investigating the disappearance of a family. Explore a house with an oppressive atmosphere, close your eyes to hear the beyond, use your mirror to see what should not exist and uncover the truth hidden within its walls.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Mystery 14%, Dark 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Investigation 10%
The air is poison. A liminal city is buried in toxic fog. Try to salvage what remains. Get her out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Mystery 8.4%
The Bright Blue Sky... Is Hiding Something.
Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9.8%
You find yourself alone in a place that feels familiar… but not quite right. Wander aimlessly or with purpose, it won’t matter. Is there an end? Has anyone been here before you? Time feels slow. Or maybe it's frozen. Or maybe… you’re not meant to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dark 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Minimalist 8.2%
The colorful lights of the carnival, laughter, and the sound of music. Everything seems ordinary as you serve your customers from your hotdog truck. But as the night grows deeper… the crowd fades, the lights go out and something starts watching you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Dark 8.1%
Silent Ward is a free short horror experience: explore a ruined asylum from a wheelchair, uncover what happened during your coma, and survive blind monsters that hunt by sound—escape with one of multiple endings.
Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 15%, Dark 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Exploration 7.4%
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%
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 20%, Horror 15%, Investigation 13.3%, Mystery 8%, Linear 8%
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Investigation 13%, Horror 10%, Mystery 9.6%, Dark 7.7%
A psychological horror puzzle game where forgotten memories, family secrets, and haunting riddles blur the line between reality and madness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 14%, Mystery 10.5%, Minimalist 7.2%
This place is his little hell. After everything that was done, he will spend as much time here as his personal devil wishes. The only problem is that his brain turned completely to mush. He doesn’t remember what happened. He doesn’t even remember his own name.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Dark 13.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Horror 10.4%
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you're cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
Why similar: Investigation 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Horror 11.6%
A first-person psychological horror game set in a childhood home. Explore, uncover four days of missing memory, and survive something that has been listening since you arrived.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Horror 14%, Mystery 8.9%, Dark 8.8%
HELL OF VERDUN is a first person horror game in which you'll experience the horrors of the First World War. Will you manage to discover all the secrets and escape from this hell? It's up to you, soldier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 8%
[Data Expunged], Eastern Bloc, September ██th, 19██A narrative discovery walking game. Slow paced and might get scary at times. (Cozy horror, if you will...) Walk through a soviet hotel. Knock at every door. Hold staring contests with paintings. But don't ever look into a mirror for too long...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.4%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 13%, Mystery 9.6%, Lore-Rich 7.5%
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 23.5%, Horror 19.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Dark 9.6%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 9.7%, Minimalist 9.7%
A first-person psychological horror game set inside a mysterious mountain hotel. Explore the dark halls of Reaven Wood Hotel and uncover the terrifying secrets hidden behind Room 207.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 15%, Mystery 14.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Walking Simulator 9.3%
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 29.5%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 21.9%, Linear 11.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
Purgatorial Learning drags you deep into dreams and nightmares that weave through each other, capturing you into its otherworldly web. Explore this nightmare, find the cracks within and escape from a dream that isn't yours!
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 10%
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 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Horror 18.6%, Investigation 17.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%
A first-person alien horror that magnifies the intensity of 2000s psychological sci-fi thrillers. In this cinematic, story-driven experience, play as local journalist Taylor Fox, sent to investigate reports of terrifying events unfolding at a remote family farm.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Horror 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 22.7%, Horror 16.3%, Atmospheric 6.9%
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Lore-Rich 6.5%
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a house that feels like it knows you. Uncover dark secrets buried within its walls. Something is watching. Something has been waiting a very long time.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Horror 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Walking Simulator 6.9%
