- #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 40.6%, Horror 30.3%, Adventure 29.1%
- #2 Fear of Clowns
96% matchMixed64% of 203 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 32.1%, Adventure 31.5%
- #3 Night Blights
96% matchVery Positive90% of 134 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 52.8%, Horror 47.2%
- #4 Nocturia The Game
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in the pitch blackness of your own home, you’re a helpless child, alone and pursued by a sinister entity lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, brave ever-shifting environments, and uncover a terrible secret. Your worst nightmares come to life. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 66%, Adventure 34%
- #5 BlackShadows
95% matchVery Negative16% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 17%
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 36.4%, Adventure 34.3%, Horror 29.3%
- #6 Home Security
94% matchMixed51% of 76 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 57.9%, Horror 42.1%
- #7 Almost Home Now
92% matchVery Positive85% of 787 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 59.2%, Adventure 26.6%, Indie 14.2%
- #8 Strange Night
93% matchMixed60% of 477 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 53.9%, Indie 46.1%
- #9 It Happened At Night
91% matchMixed68% of 56 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 75.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 5%
- #10 Out of Sight VR
90% matchVery Positive97% of 67 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 51.9%, Horror 32%, Indie 16.1%
- #11 Wooden Floor
91% matchMixed50% of 216 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 38.4%, Indie 33.5%, Horror 28.1%
- #12 White Night
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 411 reviews2015
Dev: OSome StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.8 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 47.5%, Adventure 38.2%, Indie 14.3%
- #13 123 Slaughter Me Street
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 94.9 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 66.6%, Indie 33.4%
- #14 Strange Night ll
88% matchMixed44% of 86 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 61.2%, Horror 38.8%
- #15 It follows you
87% matchMixed51% of 51 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%, Adventure 30%
- #16 Goodnight, Lily
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 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%
- #17 Step Lightly
84% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Water Leaks Studio
Windows
There’s no place like home - and yours is no home at all. Play as Rosa, a neglected child trying to escape her abusive family. Sneak out, but be ever so quiet. Mom is listening, dad is angry, and your big sister is always watching…
Why similar: Horror 73.6%, Indie 17%, Adventure 9.4%
- #18 Unwelcome
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 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 73.7%, Adventure 26.3%
- #19 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 53%, Indie 25.2%, Adventure 21.9%
- #20 Hide Alone
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 224 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 31.7%, Adventure 14.4%
- #21 Nightwatch: Closer
82% matchVery Positive86% of 63 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 45.3%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 20.1%
- #22 Don't Look
84% matchMixed40% of 60 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 56.1%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 15.3%
- #23 August Night
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 45.8%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 17.9%
- #24 Welcome Home
81% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Stalker StudiosPub: ITU Games
Windows
Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome
Why similar: Horror 64.5%, Adventure 26.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #25 My Sleeping Girlfriend
80% matchVery Positive95% of 124 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 67.4%, Adventure 32.6%
- #26 Corner Shop: NightShift
78% matchVery Positive87% of 277 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 64.2%, Adventure 35.8%
- #27 Unwilling Host
79% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Adventure 31.7%, Indie 21%
- #28 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 50.3%, Horror 33.3%, Adventure 16.5%
- #29 Asleep: Act 1
78% matchVery Positive94% of 564 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Horror 48.2%, Adventure 27%, Indie 24.9%
- #30 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 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 65.4%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 9.3%
- #31 Score the Fear
75% matchVery Positive98% of 230 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 46.9%, Adventure 31.7%, Indie 21.3%
- #32 At Home
79% matchMostly Negative21% of 58 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 42.1%, Horror 29.3%, Indie 28.6%
- #33 Dead of Night: Supermarket
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 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%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 25.2%
- #34 Daylight
77% matchMixed50% of 1,579 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 76.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 10.8%
- #35 The Stalked 3
74% matchVery Positive85% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
A late-night thrill turns into a nightmare. Olivia sneaks into Creepwood Wonderland Carnival with her boyfriend, expecting a fun night alone in the park. But something feels off. Distant footsteps. Faint whispers. Someone else is here… Watching.
Why similar: Horror 64.5%, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 8.3%
- #36 The Night Shift
75% matchMixed58% of 144 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 52.2%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 17.6%
- #37 Scary Game
73% matchVery Positive91% of 961 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 53.9%, Indie 24.5%, Adventure 21.6%
- #38 Vigil
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,170 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%, Adventure 30.2%, Indie 5.7%
- #39 Infliction
74% 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 51.4%, Adventure 25%, Indie 23.6%
- #40 At Night: The Student
73% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Limeless
Windows
Open your eyes, get ready for school, and try to follow your usual routine. With your mother away, the responsibility of getting through the day falls on you.
Why similar: Horror 49.6%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 14.2%
- #41 Cling to Blindness
72% matchVery Positive81% of 150 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%
- #42 Welcome To The Dark Place
70% matchVery Positive88% of 613 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Indie 40.6%, Adventure 35.6%, Horror 23.8%
- #43 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
71% matchVery Positive90% of 558 reviews2023
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.
Why similar: Horror 61.9%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 11.7%
- #44 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: Horror 67.6%, Adventure 27%, Indie 5.4%
- #45 The Empty Eyes
70% matchVery Positive82% of 74 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 53.8%, Indie 31.2%, Adventure 15%
- #46 BLINK: The Last Night
72% 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%
- #47 FLASH AND DIE
68% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: AtmoPixel
Windows
You've been hired by a real estate agency to photograph their listings at night, giving them a unique look online. Grab your camera, explore dark, quiet homes, and capture every required shot before the property notices you. Uncover the truth: why do these listings need to be photographed at night?
Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Indie 26.9%, Adventure 24.7%
- #48 Dread Neighbor
67% matchVery Positive83% of 591 reviews2026
Dev: GhostcasePub: Erabit
Windows
Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.
Why similar: Horror 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #49 Lights Off!
68% 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 67.8%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #50 The House
73% 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 22.4%, Adventure 20.4%
- #51 Out of Sight
66% matchVery Positive95% of 965 reviews2025
Dev: The Gang Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 60.3%, Adventure 39.7%
- #52 Who Knocks
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 80 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%
- #53 The Unfamiliars
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
A rainy night, unfamiliar figures outside your mobile home and the growing feeling that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Horror 70%, Indie 30%
- #54 Horror
67% matchMixed68% of 96 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 64.3%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 13.5%
- #55 Blasfemia
66% matchVery Positive91% of 283 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 46.7%, Adventure 30.4%, Indie 23%
- #56 Devilry
70% 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 59.9%, Horror 40.1%
- #57 Barking from the Dark
64% matchVery Positive87% of 204 reviews2026
Dev: shoftArt
Windows
You’re on duty at crossing #13. Keep an eye on the tracks, repair the sleepers, open the barriers for trains, cars, and people. Something in the woods is barking… and it’s calling you.
Why similar: Horror 55.9%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 13.8%
- #58 Claire
68% matchMixed65% of 420 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 50.2%, Indie 29%, Adventure 20.9%
- #59 Last Lesson
66% matchMixed67% of 166 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 72.3%, Indie 27.7%