- #1 SPOOKWARE
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 787 reviews2021
Dev: BEESWAX GAMESPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Play through loads of hand-crafted fast-paced microgames based on horror tropes, explore the world of the afterlife and help the skelebros live their death to the fullest.
Why similar: Mystery 17.9%, Comedy 15%, Exploration 14.6%, RPG 14.1%, Horror 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same irreverent dark humor and episodic, experimental approach to horror-themed gameplay.
- #2 Inscryption
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Horror 35%, Story Rich 33%, Puzzle 27.5%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it masterfully blends puzzle mechanics with a dark, unsettling narrative and genre-shifting gameplay.
- #3 10,000,000
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,355 reviews2013
Dev: EightyEightGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
10000000: The Dungeon Crawling Matching Game
Why similar: Match 3 65.3% ★, Puzzle 14.6%, RPG 7.9%, Indie 5.9%, Casual 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a core match-3 RPG hybrid that captures the fast-paced, addictive progression loop found in the seed game.
- #4 WORLD OF HORROR
95% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Horror 23.7%, Mystery 18.3%, RPG 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines RPG elements with cosmic horror and mystery, mirroring the seed game's focus on investigation and atmospheric dread.
- #5 Growing My Grandpa!
94% matchVery Positive99% of 450 reviews2022
Dev: Yames
Windows
Growing My Grandpa! is a Cronenberg-inspired point-and-click adventure game with virtual pet elements that puts a heavy emphasis on exploration and lore.
Why similar: Story Rich 24.5%, Sci-fi 24.1%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Horror 16.4%, Adventure 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the seed game's commitment to psychological horror and a strange, story-rich indie aesthetic.
- #6 DREDGE
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,902 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Exploration 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling mix of exploration and survival horror with a unique, atmospheric mystery at its core.
- #7 Gunspell - Steam Edition
94% matchMixed54% of 347 reviews2014
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: AKPublish pty ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A unique blend of RPG and puzzle await you in this epic adventure! Explore the world of Match-3 battles in this quest playable offline.
Why similar: Match 3 40.5% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, RPG 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct match-3 and RPG hybrid that focuses on the same core mechanical loop as the seed game.
- #8 McPixel 3
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,798 reviews2022
Dev: Sos SosowskiPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.
Why similar: Comedy 23.1%, Puzzle 19.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the absurdist, fast-paced comedy and puzzle-solving nature of the seed game's more humorous moments.
- #9 Rusty Lake Hotel
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,008 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.2%, Mystery 17.9%, Horror 17.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the surreal, puzzle-heavy horror aesthetic that defines the seed game's bizarre world.
- #10 Confabulation: Homestead
91% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
Why similar: Mystery 24.3%, Horror 16.3%, Puzzle 16.1%, Exploration 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A focused mystery-puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #11 The Room Three
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,034 reviews2018
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Mystery 27.5%, Escape Room 20.5% ★, Atmospheric 6.4%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential puzzle-mystery game that provides the deep, atmospheric investigation found in the seed game.
- #12 Strange Horticulture
89% matchVery Positive95% of 15,145 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 31.1%, Mystery 20.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric mystery and puzzle-solving, capturing the investigative feel of the seed game.
- #13 Pony Island
89% matchVery Positive95% of 17,910 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Horror 22.5%, Indie 12.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative puzzle game that uses horror and subversion to keep the player constantly off-balance.
- #14 Who's Lila?
88% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Horror 20.3%, Puzzle 17.6%, Exploration 16.8%, Story Rich 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly experimental, weird, and narrative-heavy puzzle game that mirrors the seed game's unconventional storytelling.
- #15 Riddlewood Manor
86% matchVery Positive93% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows · Mac
Riddlewood Manor is a point & click adventure set in a haunted house that will try to kill you each step of your way. Overcome eerie logic puzzles to uncover a maze of mysterious rooms filled with dark secrets, spooky encounters, and hidden pathways. Optional jump scare warning is available.
Why similar: Escape Room 30.9% ★, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Comedy 9%, Puzzle 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines dark humor with puzzle-solving and exploration in a manor-based setting.
- #16 Dread X Collection 3
87% matchVery Positive92% of 410 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience 12 all-new games made exclusively for this unique horror anthology. Explore a mysterious castle that changes as you play. Keep your wits about you as the line between cute and creepy begins to blur. Uncover the next chapter in the ongoing Dread X Collection storyline.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30%, Horror 16.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Story Rich 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This anthology offers a variety of indie horror experiences that capture the experimental nature of the seed game.
- #17 Hylics 2
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,405 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: RPG 60.7%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Story Rich 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, claymation-inspired aesthetic and RPG mechanics perfectly match the weird, indie spirit of the seed game.
- #18 Bugsnax
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,817 reviews2022
Dev: Young Horses
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
Why similar: Investigation 24.3%, Comedy 19.8%, Story Rich 14.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deceptively cute game that hides a deep, weird mystery and creature-based exploration.
- #19 SIGNALIS
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-quality survival horror experience with complex puzzles and a dense, atmospheric narrative.
- #20 Interrogation Simulator
85% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 37.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Puzzle 14.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on interactive fiction and puzzle-like dialogue choices to uncover a mystery.
- #21 Cursed Mansion
83% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon EmperorsPub: Nuon Games
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Mystery 20.2%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror RPG that utilizes multiple endings and mystery-solving to drive the narrative forward.
- #22 Crypt of the NecroDancer
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,253 reviews2015
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Why similar: RPG 40%, Indie 35.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines rhythm and dungeon-crawling mechanics into a unique puzzle-like experience similar to the seed game's hybrid nature.
- #23 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.3%, Horror 26.1%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short visual novel experience that captures the unsettling, psychological atmosphere of the seed game.
- #24 LISA: The Painful
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,938 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: Comedy 21.6%, Horror 16.5%, Story Rich 16.3%, RPG 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, humorous RPG that explores a bizarre world, mirroring the seed game's tonal shifts.
- #25 Return of the Obra Dinn
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,398 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Mystery 37.4%, Puzzle 18.3%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Horror 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in investigation and puzzle-solving that rewards players for piecing together a dark mystery.
- #26 Donut County
80% matchVery Positive92% of 11,545 reviews2018
Dev: Ben EspositoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.3%, Comedy 16.1%, Story Rich 14%, Casual 13.7%, Indie 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the absurdist, lighthearted puzzle-solving vibe found in the comedic portions of the seed game.
- #27 Papers, Please
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.5%, Indie 22.3%, Story Rich 20.4%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Singleplayer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes puzzle-narrative game that forces the player to manage complex systems under pressure.
- #28 Kathy Rain
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Mystery 37.9%, Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style mystery adventure that focuses on investigation and a compelling, story-rich plot.
- #29 The Cat Lady
78% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Story Rich 21%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror game that prioritizes story and atmosphere above all else.
- #30 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
77% matchVery Positive88% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Escape Room 38.5% ★, Mystery 12.3%, Investigation 11.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #31 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
78% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 13.7%, RPG 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #32 The Test: Reality Check
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 632 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Horror 22.6%, RPG 18.8%, Story Rich 17.4%, Casual 6.7%
- #33 House of Necrosis
74% matchVery Positive94% of 536 reviews2025
Dev: Warkus
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, RPG 33.3%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #34 Jewel Match Twilight 3 Collector's Edition
76% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Suricate SoftwarePub: Grey Alien Games
Windows
Send shivers down your spine... with this creepy-crawly Match-3 quest that will chill you to the bone and make your flesh crawl. Discover eerie scenes and restore abandoned buildings, but beware of marauding creatures in this dark land.
Why similar: Match 3 55.6% ★, Puzzle 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Casual 4.6%
- #35 Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Escalation StudiosPub: ForwardXP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 34%, Adventure 16.4%, Horror 15.9%, Indie 15%, Casual 14.9%
- #36 I live under your house.
75% matchVery Positive82% of 305 reviews2022
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
You are a monster under someone's house.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Horror 22.7%, Exploration 20.1%, RPG 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #37 Spooky Bonus
76% matchVery Positive96% of 361 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Alien Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Uncover dark forces emanating from the heart of Old Town, and grab spooky accessories for your front yard makeover, too! You’ll be spellbound by this adorably ghoulish horror-themed puzzle game.
Why similar: Match 3 43.1% ★, Mystery 14%, Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 12%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #38 Fuzz Dungeon
75% matchVery Positive100% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.
Why similar: Comedy 33.3%, Exploration 26.4%, Sci-fi 24.6%, Casual 9.2%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #39 Gabenwood 3: 99 Hidden Yen
73% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: KuKo
Windows
New adventure in finding objects at the parallel universe. Gabenwood needs you! Journey to alternative Asia to find all anomalies and save the World from destruction.
Why similar: Exploration 27.8%, Puzzle 25.9%, Comedy 25.8%, Casual 12.8%, Singleplayer 7.8%
- #40 You Can Save Everyone
73% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Caleb Draper
Windows
You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.
Why similar: Investigation 34.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Puzzle 14.1%, Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #41 Garten of Banban 3
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,878 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embrace the horrors of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve even deeper into the depths of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents and continue the search for your child…
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Horror 17.8%, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 15%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #42 Dig Night
70% matchVery Positive99% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: INUSHIT
Windows
A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.
Why similar: Investigation 42.7%, Exploration 15.4%, RPG 14.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #43 Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2020
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take on a role of a famous scientist drawn into a dangerous game, where the goal is to save the mankind and uncover family secret. Get ready for a pulse-pounding adventure in the world of experiments, mysteries and espionage!
Why similar: Investigation 37.3%, Puzzle 19.8%, Mystery 19.8%, Casual 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #44 Mansion of the Dead
69% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Caicai Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness. Find hidden clues, solve intricate puzzles, and outsmart the relentless zombies that roam the estate. Will you make it out alive, or will you too vanish without a trace?
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Horror 14.3%, Story Rich 12%, Exploration 11.8%
- #45 Mystery of the Malign
69% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 28%, Mystery 21.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Exploration 10.2%
- #46 Cryptmaster
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,188 reviews2024
Dev: Paul HartPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?
Why similar: Story Rich 50.8%, RPG 49.2%
- #47 Cave Quest 2
71% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: MD Studio
Windows · Mac
Fight back against the underworld by acquiring powerful talents and spells on your journey to save your friends in this exciting and clever Match 3 game!
Why similar: Match 3 38.2% ★, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 8.3%, Comedy 7.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #48 Lovelorn sanatorium Ⅲ
72% matchMixed57% of 857 reviews2023
Dev: TUTGamePub: DSGame
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
This is a spoof plot puzzle game. Click the dialogue to advance the plot. There are many puzzle-solving levels in the game. You can find props by exploring and solve puzzles according to the game prompts
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, RPG 29.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #49 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
71% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???
Why similar: Escape Room 51.9% ★, Investigation 19.8%, Puzzle 11%, Story Rich 4.7%, Exploration 4.1%
- #50 I'm on Observation Duty 3
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 355 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Investigation 21.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #51 SHADOW MANSION
70% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 11%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #52 Larry The Unlucky Part 3
70% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Strongshell Software
Windows
Help Larry find a cure for his wife and break his curse of unluckiness by solving riddles and puzzles on his adventures around the whole world.
Why similar: Escape Room 39.2% ★, Puzzle 13.1%, Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%
- #53 ANIMAL WELL
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Exploration 20.4%, Mystery 19.7%, Puzzle 19.3%, Horror 16.1%, Atmospheric 12%
- #54 Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,166 reviews2024
Dev: Beard EnvyPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Come on down to Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, for all your roguelite spaceship repair simulation needs! WARNING: Untested genre not suitable for people with tentacles for arms or an aversion to dying horrifically. Side effects include improved reading comprehension under pressure and a furry fetish.
Why similar: Narrative 43.1% ★, Puzzle 17.1%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #55 Granny 3
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2021
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You have to escape Granny and Grandpa...You have five days...
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Puzzle 18.9%, Comedy 16.7%, Adventure 11.4%
- #56 Meridian 157: Chapter 3
67% matchVery Positive97% of 378 reviews2021
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious laboratories, but be warned, some may not be too welcoming of your presence…
Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Puzzle 20.9%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 14%, Survival Horror 12%
- #57 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor
66% matchVery Positive82% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...
Why similar: Escape Room 42% ★, Mystery 17.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 5.4%
- #58 MatchR: Now Hiring
67% matchVery Positive89% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Delirium Tremens Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight with your colleagues to ascend through the MatchR company in this Match-3, RPG and Roguelike mix! Choose, upgrade and use your skills to emerge victorious! Gain new character traits during your runs which will drastically change the way you plan your matches! Also... Sticker collection!
Why similar: Match 3 53.4% ★, Comedy 15.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, RPG 11.7%, Casual 4.6%
- #59 Tomb of Tyrants
69% matchVery Positive81% of 327 reviews2015
Dev: Jake Huhman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Claim and defend the Tomb of Tyrants against greedy adventurers by matching tiles to build a deadly dungeon full of traps, minions, and more!
Why similar: Match 3 60.3% ★, Puzzle 17.7%, Indie 9.9%, Casual 8.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #60 Unemployment Simulator 2018
65% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Mystery 25.3%, Story Rich 15.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, Comedy 12.6%, Horror 11%
