- #1 Scratches - Director's Cut
97% matchVery Positive83% of 436 reviews2011
Dev: Nucleosys
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.1%, Horror 24.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Mystery 11.4%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like Corrosion, this is a classic first-person point-and-click horror game that relies heavily on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
- #2 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
96% matchVery Positive83% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: Shadow Tor StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Somewhere deep within the woods of Cornwall, a timeless force is stirring. Unseen beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakens. Use archaeology to discover that the barrow is more than just a collection of forgotten standing stones.
Why similar: Point & Click 37%, Adventure 26%, Horror 22%, Indie 15%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same investigative, first-person puzzle-solving DNA set in a remote, eerie location.
- #3 The Lost Crown
96% matchVery Positive83% of 520 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Adventure 25.4%, Horror 19.7%, Indie 13.8%, Mystery 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of supernatural mystery and point-and-click adventure mechanics in a moody, atmospheric setting.
- #4 The Painscreek Killings
94% matchVery Positive91% of 6,095 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Mystery 36.2%, Horror 26.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the investigative aspect of horror, requiring players to piece together a dark mystery through exploration and document analysis.
- #5 Dark Fall: The Journal
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 298 reviews2013
Dev: Darkling RoomPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
This Myst-style horror-adventure game will bring fear into your heart. From the very beginning you are exposed to an overwhelming but invisible ghost presence – strange calls, footsteps, voices from nowhere. In order to help your brother and survive you will need to solve the mystery of this abandoned, haunted place. And remember!
Why similar: Point & Click 40.1%, Horror 22.2%, Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 12.6%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same feeling of exploring a haunted, abandoned location through a classic point-and-click interface.
- #6 The Corruption Within
94% matchVery Positive94% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Mystery 19.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strong narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that mirrors the dark, investigative tone of the seed game.
- #7 Decay: The Mare
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,051 reviews2015
Dev: Shining Gate SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Horror 28.3%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 11.4%, First-Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic horror adventure features the same point-and-click mechanics and psychological tension found in Corrosion.
- #8 Penumbra Overture
92% matchVery Positive91% of 4,100 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 49.7%, First-Person 17.7%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 9.2%, Story Rich 6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a more immersive, physics-based take on the first-person horror mystery genre that fans of Corrosion will appreciate.
- #9 ColdSide
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 526 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Horror 29.6%, Indie 21.7%, First-Person 17.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror experience that captures the feeling of being trapped in a facility with a dark, hidden past.
- #10 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
91% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.6%, Horror 22.5%, Mystery 16.4%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a rich, atmospheric narrative experience that rewards players for exploring every corner of its mysterious setting.
- #11 Conarium
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,252 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 36.2%, Adventure 27.4%, First-Person 17.5%, Indie 13.1%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This Lovecraftian horror game focuses on first-person exploration and puzzle-solving within a mysterious, isolated facility.
- #12 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
89% matchVery Positive88% of 8,955 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: Mystery 34.7%, Horror 21.5%, First-Person 16.1%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more modern, it shares the core focus on uncovering a dark, localized mystery through careful environmental observation.
- #13 UnderDread
90% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 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 25.7%, Adventure 24.3%, Mystery 18.1%, Indie 17%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror adventure that focuses on exploration and survival in a dark, mysterious environment.
- #14 Forgotten Hill The Third Axis
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension
Why similar: Point & Click 32.3%, Adventure 19.8%, Horror 19.8%, Mystery 10%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and unsettling point-and-click adventure that focuses on escape-room style puzzles and dark lore.
- #15 Chasing Static
86% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Mystery 25.4%, First-Person 19.4%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique narrative-driven approach to horror that feels very similar to the investigative mystery found in Corrosion.
- #16 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
88% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.5%, Adventure 24.6%, Horror 24.6%, Indie 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward point-and-click adventure that focuses on uncovering secrets in a mysterious, isolated environment.
- #17 Dark Fall: Ghost Vigil
86% matchVery Positive91% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Join the all-night ghost vigil at Harwood House. As part of the 'OPG' paranormal team, explore the haunted buildings and investigate sightings of ghosts, long reported around the area of Wolfenden. Grab the ghost hunting gadgets and solve the mystery surrounding this abandoned building.
Why similar: Adventure 31.7%, Point & Click 31.7%, Indie 21%, Horror 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to the Dark Fall series that maintains the classic point-and-click horror experience.
- #18 Ether One
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, First-Person 25.7%, Indie 19.1%, Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes non-linear puzzle-solving and narrative discovery in a way that aligns with the investigative nature of Corrosion.
- #19 Dead Secret
84% matchVery Positive82% of 591 reviews2016
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Horror 19.1%, Mystery 18.9%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines investigative mystery with psychological horror in a first-person perspective that fans of the genre will enjoy.
- #20 1953 - KGB Unleashed
84% matchMixed58% of 653 reviews2013
Pub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Horror 21.6%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, point-and-click horror game that uses a historical setting to build a tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
- #21 The Horror Of Salazar House
82% matchVery Positive94% of 387 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Horror 22%, Mystery 18.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title uses a unique visual style to deliver a deep, story-rich horror experience that feels like a classic adventure game.
- #22 Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut
81% matchVery Positive85% of 271 reviews2023
Dev: CBE softwarePub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
How far would you go if your daughter didn’t come home? Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is a first-person psychological horror. This story-driven game offers enhanced features, an improved story, and additional content. Enter the woods if you dare and begin a search you’ll never forget.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Mystery 28.2%, Adventure 13.6%, First-Person 12.7%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on exploration, puzzle-solving, and uncovering a dark mystery in a remote, atmospheric location.
- #23 Doorways: Prelude
83% matchMixed62% of 636 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 50.3%, Adventure 19.3%, First-Person 14.1%, Indie 12.2%, Story Rich 4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a more intense, first-person horror experience while maintaining the puzzle-solving elements of the genre.
- #24 In Fear I Trust
82% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Black Wing FoundationPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
In Fear I Trust is a critically acclaimed first-person horror adventure. Explore eerie locations, solve puzzles and unravel the dark truth behind a secret soviet experiment in this story-driven psychological thriller.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.7%, Horror 30.8%, First-Person 16%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game uses a first-person perspective to tell a dark, episodic story filled with puzzles.
- #25 Disease -Hidden Object-
81% matchMixed61% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: OperaHouse CorporationPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Horror 25%, Adventure 22.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Story Rich 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: While it leans into hidden object mechanics, it shares the same dark, psychological horror themes as Corrosion.
- #26 Like Clay
79% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Indie 32.3%, Adventure 29.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie horror adventure that focuses on narrative and atmosphere in a first-person perspective.
- #27 Darkness Ahead
80% matchMixed52% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 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: Adventure 25.1%, Horror 23.3%, Indie 21.4%, Mystery 13.8%, First-Person 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, first-person adventure that focuses on atmosphere and exploration in a way that mirrors the seed game.
- #28 The Empty Eyes
76% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Mystery 26.4%, Indie 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #29 The Derailed
76% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
Windows
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 53.7%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 11.7%, Story Rich 6%
- #30 TRAPPED
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a classic first-person horror experience centered on escaping a dangerous, mysterious location.
- #31 96 Mill
78% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Ethereal Darkness InteractivePub: Strategy First
Windows
Abandoned and marked for demolition, but its infamous legacy refuses to be buried.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.7%, Adventure 30.1%, Horror 20.7%, Indie 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that emphasizes environmental storytelling and puzzle-solving in a confined space.
- #32 Wooden Floor
79% matchMixed49% of 213 reviews2015
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Wooden Floor is a first person horror game full of visual trickery ... Not being able to predict what is going to happen next you need to make your way through the haunted house.
Why similar: Mystery 29.4%, Adventure 28.9%, Horror 23.3%, Indie 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal, atmospheric horror experience that relies on exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #33 Investigator
77% matchMixed69% of 1,029 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 42.9%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 19.7%, First-Person 8.1%
- #34 DARKLIGHT
74% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: polytely games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you ready to investigate a mysterious occurrence at a remote lighthouse? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game.
Why similar: Point & Click 34%, Horror 17.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 13.4%, Mystery 13.3%
- #35 Wooden Floor 2 - Resurrection
77% matchMixed51% of 73 reviews2016
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The sequel to "Wooden Floor". Reveal the truth hiding in the dark, haunted mansion of Blackdust Field. A mysterious and horrific adventure game by Pheenix93.
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Mystery 33.4%, Indie 27.1%
- #36 CoRoT
73% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, First-Person 22.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Indie 9.3%
- #37 The Wellmonts Case
71% matchVery Positive95% of 211 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Mystery 27.1%, Adventure 21.8%, First-Person 7%, Story Rich 6%
- #38 Left Alone
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 643 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Mystery 24%, First-Person 21.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #39 Family curse
73% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Horror 45.8%, First-Person 27.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #40 Doorways: The Underworld
75% matchMixed69% of 406 reviews2014
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, First-Person 19.3%, Adventure 19%, Mystery 14.2%, Indie 13%
- #41 Lethe - Episode One
74% matchVery Positive85% of 403 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 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 32.1%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 20.3%, First-Person 17.7%
- #42 From The Past
72% matchMixed70% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Adventure 22.7%, First-Person 22.2%, Mystery 11%
- #43 Synthesis of Corruption
71% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: Horror 46.2%, First-Person 28.1%, Adventure 13%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #44 Trapped
73% matchVery Positive83% of 160 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: Adventure 25.5%, Horror 24.4%, Indie 18.9%, Mystery 17.8%, First-Person 13.4%
- #45 Narrow Woods Hotel
71% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.5%, Horror 23.8%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 13.9%, First-Person 11.7%
- #46 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
70% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Mystery 26.8%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #47 Shutter
72% 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: Adventure 38.6%, Horror 33.7%, Indie 27.7%
- #48 Mists of Aiden
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Indie 12%, First-Person 11.8%
- #49 KRAMPEN
68% matchVery Positive91% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: GMD13
Windows
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Point & Click 37%, Horror 29.3%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 10.7%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #50 Charon's Staircase
70% matchMixed63% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Mystery 28.1%, Horror 26.2%, Adventure 24.3%, Indie 11.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #51 TheSilentSnowfall
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
The Silent Snowfall is a first-person horror game.Embark on a dark Christmas journey where the silence of a winter night hides blood-chilling secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, First-Person 39.8%, Indie 14.4%
- #52 Inferis: Dead Below
66% matchVery Positive86% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Mystery 21.6%, First-Person 18.1%, Indie 13.8%, Adventure 12%
- #53 Coma: Mortuary
70% matchMixed57% of 1,010 reviews2014
Dev: Naga Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Coma:Mortuary is the introduction part of a trilogy about events in the world of the dead. The game`s genre is Adventure-Ambient with Horror-quest element.
Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 16.4%, First-Person 7.3%
- #54 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.5%, Horror 28.3%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 8.5%, First-Person 6.3%
- #55 The Moon Sliver
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,158 reviews2014
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Point & Click 20.7%, First-Person 18.8%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 10.4%
- #56 Darkness Under My Bed
67% matchVery Positive91% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Point & Click 22.4%, Mystery 18.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Adventure 10.7%
- #57 Effugium
67% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Horror 49.1%, First-Person 25%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 10.8%
- #58 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,603 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Point & Click 47.4%, Adventure 27%, Indie 7.6%, Mystery 7.4%, Horror 6.8%
- #59 The Guest
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 953 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Mystery 25.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 15.2%, First-Person 12.5%