- #1 Choice
97% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: OlympicPub: Concepts
Windows
Hardcore first-person game. You're going to die at every step. There are no checkpoints and mercy. Only suffering and pain.
Why similar: Gore 39.3%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 26.3%
- #2 Plan Z Chapter 1
96% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Kongmeng Yang
Windows
Plan Z is a true-to-life post-apocalyptic zombie survival game that includes an imminent nuclear meltdown, which shapes your every decision in the game to survive. Players will follow Gary Gannon from his home city of Green Bay, WI on his journey across a zombie-infested country to reach the west coast, where his father resides.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #3 The Mystery Room
95% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: CypicsPub: Moim
Windows
This game is a game where you solve the puzzle problem and escape the room. When you start the game, you will be able to solve the puzzle problem and ask for reasoning ability. Unlock all secrets in 8 rooms and escape. Tense music and a mysterious background await you. Puzzles of various difficulty await you.
Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #4 The Adventures of Sam Carlisle: The Hunt for the Lost Treasure
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Givit Game Studios (Pty) Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
My name is Sam. Sam Carlisle. I have a normal life. A life that I really enjoy. It is simple really. I go to work, come home and work on a secret project. A project that will make me millions. A lost treasure. A treasure too big for one man, one man alone.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #5 Red Town
93% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Dari1168
Windows
Welcome to Red Town! This is an old small village in which the villagers live calmly, contacting with environment very seldom. But despite this they are very glad to tourists! Be sure: the locals are eager to help you!
Why similar: Adventure 41%, Indie 31.4%, Gore 23.2%, Horror 4.4%
- #6 GRIM - Mystery of Wasules
94% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: StudioBACKSTAGE
Windows
GRIM - Mystery of Wasules is a first-person, story-driven mystery. To uncover the truth behind the deaths, you will investigate Wasules as Oswald GRIM.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #7 Empty Sharp
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Meltdownergames
Windows
Play the part of Rosalie, a wicked girl forced to take a long journey due to an unexpected tragedy. Leave Lanya capital and go searching yourself; ask mysterious entities, dark creatures and mere humans to find a way to heal.
Why similar: Gore 45.2%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 23.4%
- #8 To the Hell
91% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: 森林纵火犯
Windows
This is a nerve-racking, stimulating, exciting, and even crashing horizontal version game. In this personal adventure, you have to use the easiest operation to move on in the hardest level.
Why similar: Gore 46.4%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 23.7%
- #9 The Inevitability
91% matchMixed58% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...
Why similar: Gore 47.9%, Adventure 25.9%, Indie 17.5%, Horror 8.7%
- #10 彼岸画廊/Nether Gallery
89% matchVery Positive86% of 206 reviews2019
Dev: HongShou Studio
Windows · Mac
《Nether Gallery》 is a cross-section puzzle-solving horror game in which players play a social animal and solve puzzles in the interlaced environment of dreams and reality. The style of background art is similar to that of contemporary China, and the living condition of the protagonist has a lot of resonance with the young people of...
Why similar: Gore 38.9%, Indie 25.6%, Adventure 25.2%, Horror 10.2%
- #11 Solaria Moon
90% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: 3y3.netPub: Tizona Interactive
Windows
Solaria Moon is a space adventure in 3D with an outstanding script full of challenging puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover.
Why similar: Adventure 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #12 Wire Lips
87% matchVery Positive87% of 451 reviews2020
Dev: AIHASTOPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Leta’s life changed in one moment. She and her friend Lina found an old music box in the mountains... and soon Lina disappeared, leaving behind only a photograph and the ominous music box. Uncover the secrets in atmospheric third-person horror game.
Why similar: Gore 34.9%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 19.8%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #13 Maska's Masks
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIRO-CO Studio
Windows
The brother and sister that destiny joins, the illusion that emerges ceaselessly and weird masks...What is the true face of mysterious person maska after all? Here, players will explore dreams, illusions, absurdity and reality with Ayr.
Why similar: Gore 41.6%, Adventure 29%, Indie 21.5%, Horror 7.9%
- #14 Diastone: Confusion
88% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Souluted GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
A short story about a mysterious incident in the North of Transylvania and the punishment suffered by his culprit. Get ready to be a part of this story and learn its solution.
Why similar: Gore 50%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 17.5%, Horror 9.5%
- #15 Sullen: Light is Your Friend
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2017
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
FIVE YEARS AGO IN THIS FOREST.. A journalist wanted to go there.And of course he didnt come back. Few days later,he called his best friend.He just said to him "Come Here" and line dropped. You're the best friend of this guy.You listened your friend and you went there. LET THE GAME BEGIN
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Indie 27.1%, Gore 24.3%, Horror 15.4%
- #16 Spectrum Break
86% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Jason Hein
Windows · Mac
Spectrum Break is a synth-infused physics platformer, where you reshape levels with neon light. Blocks in each level float in zero gravity and can be pushed around by the player, causing them to light up in a burst of vibrant color and sound. Light up all blocks to win.
Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Indie 44.5%
- #17 The Hospital: Allison's Diary
86% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: KR GamesPub: Star Consult S.r.l.
Windows
"The Hospital: Allison's Diary" is a new horror virtual reality experience, putting the user alone in an abandoned hospital searching for the unknown with only the help of a single torch. You will face true fear in a way you had never thought possible.
Why similar: Gore 54.1%, Adventure 26%, Indie 19.9%
- #18 Telekinetic
85% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: AntonyStiv
Windows
You come to your senses in a strange place, around the damaged bodies of people and a lot of blood, you have a head pierced and, instead of the left hand, its mechanical likeness, which is endowed with an interesting feature - telekinesis.
Why similar: Adventure 35.6%, Indie 27.2%, Gore 26.7%, Horror 10.5%
- #19 One Night 2: The Beyond
84% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Dark Gaia Studios
Windows
A Lovecraftian survival horror adventure game inspired by the classics of the 90s.
Why similar: Gore 55.3%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 19.4%
- #20 Nystagmus
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: LGDC
Windows
An island, shrouded with darkness and clouds of mystery, is your only hope for salvation. In this first-person horror game, your character, an engineer in search for his fiancee, arrives at the suspicious island you’ve only ever heard about.
Why similar: Gore 55.3%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 19.4%
- #21 krAsAvA Shot
82% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: MIGALOO GAMES
Windows
2079 planet Earth. Together with the spacecraft conducting the expedition on Mars, the earth gets an unknown virus. Almost the entire population of the planet exposed to infection and mutated into zombies.
Why similar: Gore 56%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 19.6%
- #22 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
81% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Indie 29.6%, Gore 21.9%, Psychological Horror 4.9%, Horror 4.5%
- #23 Unnamed Experiment
74% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Ke Zhou
Windows
A point-and-click puzzle game with no textual guidance at all, relying solely on cryptic symbols and mundane objects given an alien twist. An atmospheric journey awaits. Lean on your sensation and gut instinct, but don't get lost.
Why similar: Gore 54.8%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 20.2%
- #24 The Sunset that day, あの日見た夕陽
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: 誰かを思いやる心
Windows
This is a completely original, full-color visual novel. More than 700 stills for the full version (more than 400 for the demo version). ※This work contains very extreme and grotesque language. There is no sexual content.
Why similar: Adventure 43.8%, Indie 33.5%, Gore 22.6%
- #25 Locked Fears
82% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 41.5%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.8%
- #26 Golden8bits
81% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Vicente FleitasPub: Criptomedia Studios
Windows · Mac
Golden8bits is a minimalistic game and Fantasy console. The game includes the possibility of creating graphics, levels, animations and music like chiptune with our own tracker; all in the same environment. No programming knowledge is needed.
Why similar: Adventure 55.4%, Indie 44.6%
- #27 Red Flu
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Kostrov Games
Windows
The game "Bird flu" - is a shooter (with elements of horror game) first-person. The action takes place in the USSR in the nineteen eighties.
Why similar: Gore 54.8%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 20.1%
- #28 Little Terror
79% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Tainted Games
Windows
Little Terror is an interactive exploration Horror simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there.
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Gore 27.9%, Indie 26.1%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Horror 5.7%
- #29 잭과 콩나무: 숨겨진 이야기
77% matchMixed62% of 311 reviews2020
Dev: JAB team
Windows
원작 동화 '잭과 콩나무' 를 모티브로 한 게임. 전쟁으로 황폐해진 마을에 살고 있는 잭은, 어느 날 한 마녀로부터 알 수 없는 콩을 받는다. 다음 날, 잭은 마당에 자란 콩나무 줄기를 타고 올라가게 되는데.. 잭은 그곳에서 신비로운 콩나무 성을 탐험하게 된다.
Why similar: Adventure 46.4%, Indie 34.3%, Gore 12.6%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #30 Behind You
79% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: OxDev
Windows
Behind you Can you control your nerve ? Do you have what it takes? From the depths of the manor house to the atmospheric underground and garden. It is always there just waiting, watching you, do you dare open the next door ?what awaits you ? And more importantly can you escape it ?
Why similar: Adventure 28.9%, Gore 25.2%, Indie 22.1%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #31 Going Nowhere: The Dream
78% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Nowhere Town
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loren's on a journey through an urban dreamscape, in search for a way to reunite with her long lost friend, Violet. Explore a story in the fray of space and time, where a heightened sense of adventure will lead to many curiosities.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #32 They Are Beasts
76% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Tarakan Game Studio
Windows
They Are Beasts is a third-person shooter in which you will fight an army of undead, led by the most vile creatures of darkness, and wrest your soul from the demon's tenacious claws. Do not forget to recharge!
Why similar: Gore 45.7%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 24.4%
- #33 GHOUL
78% matchNegative13% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Miracle StudioPub: Miracle Studio
Windows
What would you say regarding what you have been through; happenstance, or result of your actions ? We can not expect good things to happen to a thief who works with contracts, but this time what she will experience is even different from what you imagine.
Why similar: Gore 35.9%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 20.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #34 Baru and the Spirit Prince
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Tingly, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Only the brave can see the magic of Elenav! Heroes of the Kingdom of Locria set on an adventure in search of Elenav, a heavenly fruit that appears only once every thousand years. In the village of Lucril, Baru finds himself in the middle of a skirmish by evil hero Vasil.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #35 Archers
76% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Stabbarey
Windows
Hop into the world of archery and acrobatics. Play in modes of 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3. Create servers with your friends or play versus random players. Pick up different arrow types and use your abilities to eliminate your foes. Make precision longshots or get up close and personal with your enemies.
Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Adventure 30.8%, Indie 23.6%
- #36 The Family Skeleton
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pixelful
Windows · Mac
Family Skeleton is a narrative driven horror game, where you visit your childhood home and discover the truth behind the events that tore your family apart. A story-rich experience where you
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 35.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%
- #37 TheNightfall
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 139 reviews2018
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Victoria moves with her family to a new city to start her new job. But the first night in her new house is completely different than expected.
Why similar: Gore 40.4%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 14.9%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #38 Suite 776
70% matchVery Positive90% of 741 reviews2019
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.
Why similar: Gore 28.7%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 23.4%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #39 Employee Recycling Center
75% matchMostly Negative29% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: Idea Cabin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Abandoned by your co-workers after a terrible accident in the factory, you are trapped. Interact with your environment, solve puzzles and unlock up to 500 achievements in this new adventure for PC and Virtual Reality Headsets.
Why similar: Gore 52.9%, Adventure 24.2%, Indie 22.9%
- #40 Stary
72% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Yars
Windows
Death is the inevitable and logical conclusion of life. All people, one way or another, understand this, but until the end they dare to accept only a few. Stary - the story of the traveler
Why similar: Gore 55.3%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 19.4%
- #41 Of Evil and Darkness
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Jay CarvajalPub: CinemaComics Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A group of paranormal investigators with their own television show head to a remote island to film an episode. Once there they encounter the evil that was let loose upon the island, long ago.
Why similar: Adventure 35.8%, Gore 30.7%, Indie 27.9%, Horror 5.6%
- #42 Blackbay Asylum
75% matchMixed57% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: TAD Productions ABPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
Why similar: Gore 48.9%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 12.4%, Horror 9.5%
- #43 魔光
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Magic Light TeamPub: Magic Light & LittleV
Windows
I am a Milky Way administrator from the Imperial Army. This time I was serving at a small base station 200 light years away from Earth. Although the Zerg had been defeated by the Empire for half a century, some insects still threatened us.
Why similar: Gore 55.9%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 19.6%
- #44 看白海豚的好日子 A Perfect Day for White Dolphin
69% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: 寒蟬
Windows
改編自乾綠郎的小說《完美的蛇頸龍之日》。 在這個時代,人們可以透過SC裝置和植物人進行感應。 感應淺者知道自己正在虛擬世界之中;感應深者,則會分不清虛幻與現實。 即使如此,黃芷欣還是決定和植物人弟弟芷樂進行感應,她必須找出芷樂自殺的原因。
Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Indie 38.4%, Psychological Horror 5.8%, Horror 4.9%
- #45 Hermina Lumen is Only Human
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bad chalk
Windows · Mac
A really miserable story-driven adventure game about small-town 80's witches and a fairly disastrous funeral.
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
- #46 Redium
73% matchMixed43% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: ZovGamePub: Errigar Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Redium it is adventure Action 2D, with the pixel, detailed graphics. In this game you should understand the crimes which began after detection of a crystal with special characteristics. The outcome of all events depends on your actions.
Why similar: Gore 52.8%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 20.5%
- #47 Gil's Lucid Dreams
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Oblion Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Gil's Lucid Dreams is a FPS horror game based on the story and exploration. Gil use lucid dreams to get away from his unsatisfacting life. He will lose the control of his dreams, becoming completely succubus of his nightmares. Will Gil be able to face his Alter Ego?
Why similar: Gore 44.9%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 17.3%, Horror 9%
- #48 The Long Reach
69% matchVery Positive84% of 487 reviews2018
Dev: Painted Black GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.
Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Adventure 25.9%, Indie 18.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Horror 8.1%
- #49 Colony 42™
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Verdict Studios LLC
Windows
Alone, lost and forgotten. You tread the dusty ruins of a deserted, city-sized Nuclear Bunker in search of freedom...
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Gore 28.4%, Indie 28.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%
- #50 Bonbon
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 262 reviews2017
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A thirty-minute childhood-horror walking-sim about toys and a giant rat. A short, single-sitting experience.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Indie 31.1%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 14.6%
- #51 Drifted Tales - Ancestor's Isle
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Course Interactive
Windows
An exploration driven adventure with survival and crafting mechanics but no fighting. Explore a uniquely designed islands in a point and click fashion, gather resources, craft tools and build much needed shelter. Uncover long lost places with a distinct background story and finally manage to escape the island.
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
- #52 Overcoming Pain
70% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
Do you like weapons and ammunition? Do you like action? Do you like adrenaline in the blood and crowds of enemies?
Why similar: Gore 45.3%, Adventure 30.6%, Indie 24.2%
- #53 Trace of the past
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Konev
Windows
In this horror story, you will go to explore the old boarding school to find out a secret of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Adventure 43.1%, Indie 33%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #54 _dive
69% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: lower third
Windows
A story about escapism.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Indie 32.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 12.4%
- #55 Spears 'n' Spades
68% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2017
Dev: LeatherIceCreamPub: Proc Spine
Windows
You walk, you shoot, you discover evil forces corrupting the world. What's not to like?
Why similar: Gore 49.9%, Adventure 32.6%, Indie 17.5%
- #56 The Insider – interactive movie
67% matchMixed41% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Inters Media
Windows
The Insider is an interactive film where a viewer’s choices decide how the story goes. It has five different endings and her fate depends entirely on your choice.
Why similar: Adventure 38.7%, Gore 31.7%, Indie 29.6%
- #57 Layers of Fear VR
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2019
Dev: Incuvo S.A.Pub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?
Why similar: Adventure 50%, Indie 38.5%, Horror 6.2%, Psychological Horror 5.3%
- #58 DownWind
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%