- #1 Visage
97% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Dark 9.4%, Walking Simulator 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same oppressive atmosphere and psychological tension found in Dark Fracture through its exploration of a haunted, ever-changing home.
- #2 Infliction
96% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Demons 10.5%, Surreal 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A domestic psychological horror game that mirrors the tormented soul narrative and exploration-heavy gameplay of the seed game.
- #3 Layers of Fear
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,635 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 15%, Supernatural 12.4%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Dark 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive experience for players who enjoy environments that shift and warp in real-time to reflect a character's deteriorating mental state.
- #4 Mirror Forge
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Demons 10.8%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the psychological horror genre with surreal dimensions and a focus on survival-horror mechanics.
- #5 MADiSON
94% matchVery Positive87% of 3,329 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Dark 11.6%, Demons 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply immersive psychological horror experience that relies on puzzle-solving and a constant sense of unease.
- #6 SOMA
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.7%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a masterclass in existential and psychological horror, focusing on the fragility of identity and reality.
- #7 Martha Is Dead
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 10.6%, Mystery 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a dark, mature narrative set in a realistic yet haunting environment that emphasizes psychological exploration.
- #8 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
93% matchMixed59% of 176 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Demons 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Surreal 10.4%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes exploration and an ever-changing environment governed by an intelligent AI.
- #9 Lost in Vivo
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.6%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Psychological 13.5%, Horror 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, claustrophobic horror game that perfectly captures the feeling of descending into a personal nightmare.
- #10 Observer: System Redux
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Horror 19.6%, Surreal 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines dark, surreal imagery with a first-person perspective to explore the boundaries between reality and digital madness.
- #11 The Beast Inside
90% matchVery Positive83% of 12,010 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological thriller features shifting environments and a dual-timeline narrative that keeps players questioning their surroundings.
- #12 When the Darkness comes
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 10%, Psychological 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, free-to-play walking simulator that focuses on the abstract and psychological aspects of horror.
- #13 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
89% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Supernatural 13.8%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: It features puzzle-heavy gameplay within a psychological horror framework that mirrors the surreal nature of the seed game.
- #14 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 477 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological 12.6%, Supernatural 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror game that uses a confined, changing environment to build tension.
- #15 Traumada
87% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: James Horn
Windows
Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.1%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.7%, Supernatural 9.6%, Psychological 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in a nightmare.
- #16 Doorways: Prelude
88% 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 25.7%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Psychological 9%, Dark 8.1%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror experience that focuses on exploration and uncovering dark secrets in a surreal setting.
- #17 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,035 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 11%
Why You'll Like It: While featuring a different camera style, it excels at creating an atmospheric, dread-filled experience where the environment itself is the enemy.
- #18 Ad Infernum
85% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.7%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Demons 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dark 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival-horror game that focuses on demonic themes and psychological tension.
- #19 Scauage
84% matchVery Positive91% of 815 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.5%, Supernatural 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Demons 10.3%, Psychological 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological survival-horror game that focuses on supernatural elements and exploration.
- #20 Cry of Fear
84% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychological 12.3%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, free-to-play psychological horror game that masterfully depicts a descent into a nightmarish, distorted reality.
- #21 Chorus of Carcosa
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological walking simulator that uses atmosphere and dark themes to immerse the player in a nightmare.
- #22 Reflection
82% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Supernatural 15.6%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that focuses on realistic, atmospheric horror and psychological themes.
- #23 The Town of Light
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,772 reviews2016
Dev: LKA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
Why similar: Psychological 22.9%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Exploration 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological, exploration-focused game that deals with the trauma and mental instability of its protagonist.
- #24 Mirrored Phantoms
81% matchMixed69% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and singleplayer tension.
- #25 Whispering Fog
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Snow Games
Windows
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
Why similar: Supernatural 12.4%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Surreal 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on dark, surreal environments.
- #26 Detention
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,710 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Dark 11.1%, Surreal 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A haunting, surreal psychological horror game that uses its unique setting to explore themes of guilt and madness.
- #27 Necrophosis
77% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Surreal 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #28 Silver Chains
80% matchMixed70% of 1,340 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Demons 10.2%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-driven horror game that excels at building tension through exploration of a dark, haunted estate.
- #29 Remorse: The List
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 311 reviews2022
Dev: Ashkandi
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that incorporates psychological elements and exploration to create a disturbing experience.
- #30 Black Light Kills
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Atacan PRODUCTIONSPub: TallGrass Tapes Interactive
Windows
Welcome to the darkness of the town; here, you walk a fine line between reality and dreams, questioning your sanity. Black Light Kills takes you deep into Aiden’s mind, where nightmares begin as reality fades.
Why similar: Demons 13.9%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological 11.3%, Horror 8.4%, Mystery 8.3%
- #31 EvilTrap: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Jeff Winner
Windows
Enter a sinister village that wants to keep you trapped forever. Eviltrap: Prologue is a standalone psychological horror experience where the environment shifts with every step. Open the door to an evil you thought had ended, but is just the beginning.
Why similar: Psychological 15.5%, Demons 15%, Supernatural 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.3%
- #32 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
76% 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: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 9.2%
- #33 Cursed
78% matchVery Positive83% of 765 reviews2016
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Her future, as well as of the whole world depends on her ingenuity and bravery. The path to her fiancé is blocked by ghosts, dragons, demons and other creatures from beyond. Will she overcome her fears? Will she find her beloved? Play "Cursed" and find out!
Why similar: Horror 54.8%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 17.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that prioritizes psychological tension and exploration in a dark setting.
- #34 Halu - The Fracture
75% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.6%, Horror 38%, Indie 7.1%, Simulation 5.7%, Adventure 4.2%
- #35 MIRROR MIRROR
76% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Supernatural 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.2%
- #36 Death Frame
75% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #37 Project Liminal 2
74% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 15.5%, First-Person 14.3%, Action 12.2%, Dark 11.9%
- #38 Letherfall
73% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Mnemonic Monkey StudioPub: AIV - Accademia Italiana Videogiochi
Windows
Letherfall is a first-person horror video game with Lovecraftian elements: the player must make their way through monstrous entities and intricate puzzles while exploring the abandoned village of Letherfall. Some nightmares don’t fade. They’re just waiting for you to open the wrong door.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Supernatural 11.8%
- #39 White Room Protocol
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Supernatural 12.4%, Dark 11.4%
- #40 Delirium
72% matchVery Positive88% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 9%
- #41 From The Other Side
73% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Demons 13%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #42 Inferis: Dead Below
71% 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: Supernatural 13.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Demons 9.1%
- #43 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
70% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, First-Person 6.8%
- #44 Obscula
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Surreal 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.2%
- #45 Confabulation
70% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Demons 14.5%, Horror 12%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Supernatural 11.2%
- #46 Silent Still
71% matchMixed53% of 259 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12.4%, Demons 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #47 Fractured Minds
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 488 reviews2019
Dev: EmilyMGamesPub: Wired Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues. Embark on a journey through the human psyche to experience the everyday challenges associated with these conditions.
Why similar: First-Person 32.2%, Indie 30.3%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Adventure 12.1%
- #48 Ad Infinitum
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,511 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 10.3%
- #49 NineHells
70% matchMixed41% of 330 reviews2024
Dev: caffeineline
Windows
Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.3%
- #50 Doorways: Old Prototype
69% matchVery Positive86% of 670 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga
Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #51 Dark Atlas: Infernum
66% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 9.4%
- #52 Honey Are You There?
68% matchVery Positive82% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Psycho
Windows
Matthew Nate, a middle-aged man plagued with mental health problems whose home has become a site of unexplainable paranormal activity and a malevolent female entity is pursuing him to his death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Demons 9.7%, Horror 9.6%, Dark 9.3%
- #53 Luto
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 12.9%, Mystery 9.3%
- #54 Implements of Hell
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.1%
- #55 Deceived Of Joy
66% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: LevelBound Studios
Windows
Step into a Psychological Horror Experience where you live in an apartment complex where the walls between reality and nightmares are crumbling. Run for your life, solve small puzzles and use items to help you survive.
Why similar: Surreal 18.5%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 12.9%
- #56 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
66% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10%
- #57 Shattered Lights
67% matchVery Positive87% of 432 reviews2019
Dev: Team MorbidPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Dark 7.4%
- #58 Horror
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 8.9%