- #1 Nyctophobia
97% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Indie 41.4%, Horror 30.2%, Adventure 28.4%
- #2 Fear of Clowns
96% matchMixed64% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: Mikhail Nevsky
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
You woke up in the middle of the night from the doorbell's sound. Someone wants to play with you...
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Indie 32.7%, Adventure 30.8%
- #3 Night Blights
96% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2016
Dev: Trapdoor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
It's 11pm. Your parents are asleep and Teddy is guarding the end of the bed. Something's moving in the darkness. The wardrobe is creaking and there's laughter behind the door. Night Blights, cruel and mischievous monsters have invaded your home. Can you survive till morning and protect your family?
Why similar: Indie 53.3%, Horror 46.7%
- #4 BlackShadows
95% matchVery Negative17% of 169 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Indie 37.2%, Adventure 33.5%, Horror 29.3%
- #5 Home Security
94% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Toshihiko Kikuchi
Windows
A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.
Why similar: Indie 58.4%, Horror 41.6%
- #6 Nocturia The Game
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Horror 61.1%, Adventure 38.9%
- #7 Wooden Floor
94% matchMixed49% of 213 reviews2015
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Wooden Floor is a first person horror game full of visual trickery ... Not being able to predict what is going to happen next you need to make your way through the haunted house.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Indie 34.3%, Horror 28.2%
- #8 Almost Home Now
91% matchVery Positive85% of 782 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 59.6%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 14.3%
- #9 Strange Night
92% matchMixed60% of 472 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Indie 46.6%
- #10 It Happened At Night
91% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Horror 75.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 5.2%
- #11 123 Slaughter Me Street
90% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 66.2%, Indie 33.8%
- #12 Out of Sight VR
89% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Flat2VR Studios
Windows
Out of Sight VR pulls you into a chilling nightmare where you see through the eyes of a child’s only comfort: her teddy bear. Guide Sophie through a sinister mansion and evade the lurking horrors that stalk her every move. The shadows are watching. And Sophie is counting on you.
Why similar: Adventure 51.2%, Horror 32.3%, Indie 16.5%
- #13 Strange Night ll
89% matchMixed46% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Indie 61.7%, Horror 38.3%
- #14 Unwelcome
88% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Why similar: Horror 71.8%, Adventure 28.2%
- #15 White Night
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 399 reviews2015
Dev: OSome StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!
Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Adventure 37.6%, Indie 14.6%
- #16 It follows you
86% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Horror 70.5%, Adventure 29.5%
- #17 Goodnight, Lily
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Something EdgyPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Escape the dark by navigating through nightmares made reality. Follow the light and find your way home as you are hounded by your worst fears.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #18 Find Me: Horror Game
86% matchMixed55% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: KalaOh GamesPub: Junkyard Media
Windows
"The malign spirits always try to manifest themselves". Host one of these demons through its summoning. Does finishing the ritual is the solution to your problems? 3:00 AM, the ritual begins; hide out and survive to the hide and seek game with a possessed doll. Do you dare to play?
Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Indie 25.7%, Adventure 21.4%
- #19 Hide Alone
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
Why similar: Horror 53.8%, Indie 32.1%, Adventure 14.1%
- #20 Nightwatch: Closer
83% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Quokkariki
Windows
"Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.
Why similar: Horror 45.5%, Adventure 33.9%, Indie 20.6%
- #21 August Night
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 46%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 18.4%
- #22 Don't Look
84% matchMostly Negative40% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DygoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don't Look is a horror game where you are being hunted by things that can only move when you see them. With no explanation or recollection of where you came from your only objective is to survive and make it out of that hell and hopefully uncover some secrets on the way.
Why similar: Horror 56.2%, Adventure 28.1%, Indie 15.6%
- #23 Corner Shop: NightShift
81% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Horror 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%
- #24 Welcome Home
81% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Stalker StudiosPub: ITU Games
Windows
Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome
Why similar: Horror 64.8%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 8.8%
- #25 My Sleeping Girlfriend
79% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Horror 67.9%, Adventure 32.1%
- #26 Blackout
82% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2019
Windows
You will be lost in the labyrinthine house and chased by the devil in the blacked out house. You will experience tremendous fear, stress and madness playing this game and something invisible makes you get panicked and lost your mind.
Why similar: Indie 51%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 16%
- #27 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 65.2%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 9.2%
- #28 Dead of Night: Supermarket
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 25.7%
- #29 Score the Fear
76% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: AquaEternity
Windows
The little ghost that appeared before your eyes seems to want to become a proper evil spirit. He'll scare you in a variety of ways, so rate him on whether he was scary or not.
Why similar: Horror 47%, Adventure 31.1%, Indie 21.8%
- #30 The Night Shift
77% matchMixed58% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Why similar: Horror 56.2%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 19.3%
- #31 Daylight
79% matchMixed50% of 1,577 reviews2014
Dev: Zombie Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
Why similar: Horror 76.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 11%
- #32 At Home
80% matchMostly Negative21% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: BisquitPlay
Windows
At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.
Why similar: Adventure 42.2%, Indie 29.9%, Horror 27.9%
- #33 Scary Game
74% matchVery Positive94% of 409 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Horror 53.5%, Indie 25.5%, Adventure 21%
- #34 Vigil
73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,025 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Horror 64.4%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 5.7%
- #35 Infliction
75% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 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 51.4%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 24.1%
- #36 Cling to Blindness
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Abide by three rules. 1. Never remove your blindfold. 2. Don't let Ashioto catch up to you. 3. Collect all five talisman. Cover your eyes, trust your ears, and...Cling to Blindness.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #37 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 540 reviews2023
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.
Why similar: Horror 62.1%, Adventure 25.9%, Indie 12%
- #38 Obey the Voice™
71% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 54.8%, Adventure 32.2%, Indie 13%
- #39 Reflection
72% matchVery Positive84% of 230 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: Horror 67.9%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 5.6%
- #40 The Empty Eyes
72% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Horror 53.2%, Indie 32.1%, Adventure 14.7%
- #41 BLINK: The Last Night
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Abandoned House Studios
Windows
A vengeful entity comes to kidnap the girl you're babysitting. Guide your way through various psychological twists and turns as you begin to realize that not everything is as it seems. BLINK: The Last Night is a short first chapter of a four-chapter psychological horror story.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #42 Out of Sight
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 866 reviews2025
Dev: The Gang
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 60.6%, Adventure 39.4%
- #43 Poltergeist Watcher
70% matchVery Positive95% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: DuckGod
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive the night watching the haunted house?
Why similar: Horror 82.5%, Indie 17.5%
- #44 The House
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!
Why similar: Horror 57.2%, Indie 22.9%, Adventure 19.9%
- #45 Lights Off!
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 70.6%, Adventure 29.4%
- #46 Welcome To The Dark Place
67% matchVery Positive88% of 559 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Indie 41.7%, Adventure 34.3%, Horror 24%
- #47 Who Knocks
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Who Knocks is a first person psychological horror game that will make your nightmares come true. You have just moved into a new home. Welcome the presences that will knock at your door. Solve puzzles, explore the environment and fight your nightmares.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #48 Blasfemia
67% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 23.5%
- #49 Last Lesson
69% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2023
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
It's your first night as the caretaker of a scary quest. The last visitors have gone home. You need to turn off the lights, check the equipment and not die of horror, because someone or something suddenly starts a nightmarish game. With you in the lead.
Why similar: Horror 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #50 Devilry
71% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Indie 60.4%, Horror 39.6%
- #51 Midnight Taco
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: FrameField
Windows
Step into the shoes of a young girl who must face solitude and mystery while waiting for her mother at the taco stand where she works. It’s a rainy night, but that won’t stop some unwelcome visitors from showing up...
Why similar: Horror 75.5%, Indie 24.5%
- #52 ALONE?
71% matchMixed42% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Indie 32.2%, Adventure 31.3%
- #53 While Sleeping
67% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Indie 32.5%, Adventure 10.2%
- #54 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
66% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 73.9%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 12.9%
- #55 Nightmare Shift
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Horror 65.7%, Adventure 34.3%
- #56 Claire
69% matchMixed66% of 414 reviews2014
Dev: Hailstorm Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.
Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Indie 29.5%, Adventure 20.4%
- #57 Deep Sorrow
70% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Indie 36.8%, Adventure 36.8%, Horror 26.4%
- #58 Deadly Night
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Cubyte GamesPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Carol is down on her luck, hitchhiking across the country. She arrives at a small roadside motel but there's something strange about the owner. As the secrets unravel, she finds herself entangled in a long, DEADLY NIGHT! Can she escape from hellish nightmare or will she die trying?
Why similar: Horror 52.5%, Adventure 26.6%, Indie 20.9%