- #1 Visage
97% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 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 16.6%, Dark 9.6%, Walking Simulator 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for psychological horror, featuring a shifting, claustrophobic house that mirrors the disorienting nature of Dark Fracture.
- #2 Infliction
96% matchVery Positive81% of 962 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Demons 10.5%, Surreal 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal and terrifying exploration of a suburban home that captures the same 'tormented soul' narrative style found in the seed game.
- #3 Layers of Fear
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,706 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Dark 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at the same reality-warping mechanics where the environment changes behind your back to reflect the protagonist's crumbling psyche.
- #4 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
95% matchVery Positive95% of 35,628 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 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 25%, Lovecraftian 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Dark 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title in the genre, it perfectly captures the feeling of helplessness and psychological instability in a first-person perspective.
- #5 MADiSON
94% matchVery Positive87% of 3,425 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 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 18.8%, Survival Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Dark 11.4%, Demons 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This intense psychological horror game uses a camera mechanic to bridge the gap between the living and the dead, offering a similar sense of dread.
- #6 SOMA
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,486 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 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a profound psychological narrative combined with atmospheric exploration that questions the nature of human identity.
- #7 Mirror Forge
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 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 14.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Demons 10.9%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same essence of navigating alternate realities and psychological torment within a first-person horror framework.
- #8 The Beast Inside
92% matchVery Positive83% of 12,117 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 20%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, First-Person 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of historical mystery and modern psychological horror with shifting timelines and intense first-person exploration.
- #9 Lost in Vivo
91% matchVery Positive91% of 3,974 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 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 17.7%, Survival Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic and surreal experience that leans heavily into psychological trauma and unsettling, dream-like environments.
- #10 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
91% matchMixed60% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 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 11.8%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Surreal 10.3%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a strong focus on atmospheric exploration and psychological horror in a small, isolated town setting.
- #11 Martha Is Dead
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,915 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.5%, Mystery 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This dark, narrative-driven game explores deep psychological themes within a realistic setting, mirroring the mature tone of the seed game.
- #12 Fractured Minds
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 502 reviews2019
Dev: EmilyMGamesPub: Wired Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 15%
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 32.1%, Indie 30.3%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Adventure 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short but poignant exploration of mental health that uses first-person perspective to visualize the struggles of anxiety and isolation.
- #13 When the Darkness comes
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 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 25.2%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 9.9%, Psychological 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological experience that excels at creating surreal, dream-like sequences that challenge the player's perception.
- #14 Observer: System Redux
88% matchVery Positive85% of 2,998 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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 19.7%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a surreal, high-tension psychological experience where you delve into the fractured minds of others in a dark, dystopian setting.
- #15 The Mortuary Assistant
86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,717 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Supernatural 18.4%, Demons 15.8%, Surreal 10.2%, Mystery 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines intense psychological pressure with first-person investigation, forcing you to question your surroundings at every turn.
- #16 Cry of Fear
86% matchVery Positive89% of 86,798 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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychological 12.3%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie classic that focuses on the protagonist's mental state, using gritty, first-person exploration to deliver genuine psychological terror.
- #17 Scauage
85% matchVery Positive91% of 856 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 11.3%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Demons 10.4%, Psychological 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a survival-horror experience that emphasizes supernatural threats and psychological tension.
- #18 Doorways: Prelude
87% 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 25.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Psychological 8.9%, Dark 8.1%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic first-person horror experience that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a dark, unsettling environment.
- #19 Chorus of Carcosa
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 203 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 12.6%, Surreal 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that excels at building a dark, atmospheric, and psychological experience for the player.
- #20 Traumada
84% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: James Horn
Windows
Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.2%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 9.8%, Supernatural 9.5%, Psychological 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on puzzle-solving and navigating a dark, psychological landscape.
- #21 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Supernatural 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror experience that uses multiple endings to encourage exploration and replayability.
- #22 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
83% matchVery Positive95% of 74 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 14.9%, Supernatural 13.7%, Horror 12.5%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the psychological aspects of horror through atmospheric exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #23 Summer of '58
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,931 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie psychological horror title that relies on atmosphere and environmental storytelling to create a sense of unease.
- #24 Amnesia: The Bunker
79% matchVery Positive93% of 12,386 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 14.8%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror title emphasizes player agency and atmospheric tension in a confined space, keeping the psychological pressure high.
- #25 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,080 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.1 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: Lovecraftian 18.9%, Psychological 13.1%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a persistent, intelligent entity that forces you to explore carefully, mirroring the tension found in Dark Fracture.
- #26 Detention
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,802 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 29.3%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Dark 11%, Surreal 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: While featuring a different camera perspective, its deep psychological themes and surreal atmosphere are perfectly aligned with the seed game's tone.
- #27 Inferis: Dead Below
79% matchVery Positive87% of 125 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 13.6%, Psychological 13.3%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Demons 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that delivers a visceral, psychological experience through its dark, first-person perspective.
- #28 Silent Still
81% matchMixed53% of 270 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 15.7%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Demons 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a story-rich, first-person horror experience that focuses on atmospheric tension and psychological depth.
- #29 Necrophosis
77% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 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 22.3%, Surreal 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #30 Black Light Kills
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Atacan PRODUCTIONS
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 14%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #31 6 Floors
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychological 11%
- #32 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 54.6%, Adventure 28.1%, Indie 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into atmospheric, psychological horror with a focus on thriller elements and exploration.
- #33 The Guest II
76% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest II is a first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.5%, Psychological 14.4%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Supernatural 9.5%
- #34 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
75% matchVery Positive81% of 138 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 21%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 9.1%
- #35 MIRROR MIRROR
76% matchMixed70% of 73 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 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Psychological 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.2%
- #36 Death Frame
75% matchVery Positive97% of 59 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 12.7%, Psychological 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #37 Haze of Lucidity (Halu) - The Fracture
74% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: HwayePub: Hwaye Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game about Ryan, a man living alone in his apartment. As disturbing events blur the line between reality and illusion, explore, survive, and uncover the nightmare hidden within his fractured mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.4%, Horror 38.1%, Indie 7.1%, Simulation 5.6%, Adventure 4.3%
- #38 Project Liminal 2
73% matchVery Positive82% of 70 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 16.9%, Exploration 15.3%, First-Person 14.1%, Action 12.2%, Dark 11.7%
- #39 Dark Memories: Prologue
74% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 13.8%, First-Person 12%
- #40 Letherfall
72% matchVery Positive84% of 104 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 17.2%, Psychological 14.8%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Supernatural 11.7%
- #41 Mirrored Phantoms
73% matchMixed70% of 233 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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 11.4%, Psychological 10.1%
- #42 Reflection
71% matchVery Positive83% of 260 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 16.1%, Supernatural 15.5%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.1%
- #43 White Room Protocol
72% 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 18.4%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Supernatural 12.3%, Dark 11.3%
- #44 Whispering Fog
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 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: Horror 12.5%, Supernatural 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Surreal 11.3%
- #45 From The Other Side
70% matchVery Positive82% of 55 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 9.4%
- #46 Ad Infernum
70% matchVery Positive94% of 89 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 14.5%, Demons 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #47 Confabulation
70% matchVery Positive91% of 104 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 14.6%, Horror 12.1%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Supernatural 11.1%
- #48 Delirium
69% matchVery Positive87% of 92 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 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 8.9%
- #49 Obscula
71% matchMostly Negative37% of 65 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 14.1%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.1%
- #50 Ad Infinitum
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,676 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 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 19.9%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 11.7%, First-Person 10.3%
- #51 Shattered Lights
69% matchVery Positive87% of 435 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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Dark 7.3%
- #52 Doorways: Old Prototype
69% matchVery Positive86% of 670 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Lovecraftian 13.4%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Surreal 8.4%
- #53 Unanswered
65% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Exploration 9.4%
- #54 Dark Atlas: Infernum
66% matchVery Positive86% of 76 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 16.7%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 10%, First-Person 9.4%
- #55 Deceived Of Joy
66% matchVery Positive86% of 56 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 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%
- #56 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
64% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14%, Mystery 9.6%, Dark 8.4%
- #57 Implements of Hell
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 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 17.5%, Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 10%
- #58 Honey Are You There?
67% matchVery Positive81% of 107 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 9.8%, Horror 9.7%, Dark 9.3%
- #59 Luto
63% matchVery Positive85% of 1,351 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 18.8%, Psychological 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 12.8%, Mystery 9.2%
