- #1 Lost in Vivo
97% 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: Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 15%, Violent 12.5%, Retro 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic and surreal psychological horror game that perfectly mirrors the indie, dream-like atmosphere of Dark Places.
- #2 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
96% 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: Action 60%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 5.5%, Gore 5.4%, Psychological Horror 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational survival-horror experience that excels at puzzle-solving and maintaining a constant state of psychological vulnerability.
- #3 Visage
96% 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: Action 41.9%, Horror 21.6%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Violent 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror game that focuses on environmental storytelling and disturbing, surreal imagery.
- #4 Cry of Fear
95% 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: Action 72.7%, Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 5.2%, Psychological Horror 3.2%, FPS 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic indie title captures the gritty, retro-styled psychological horror and difficult combat found in the seed game.
- #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: Action 63.9%, Horror 8.2%, Violent 5.3%, Survival Horror 4.5%, Psychological Horror 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on puzzle-solving and unsettling, supernatural occurrences to build tension.
- #6 SIGNALIS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Action 75.6%, Survival Horror 6.3%, Violent 5.7%, Psychological Horror 3.3%, Dark 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-styled survival horror that emphasizes complex puzzles and a deeply surreal, psychological narrative.
- #7 Ad Infinitum
93% 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: Action 80.2%, Horror 4.1%, Survival Horror 2.9%, Gore 2.6%, Violent 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that blends historical trauma with surreal, nightmarish creature designs.
- #8 Scorn
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,489 reviews2022
Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Horror 8.5%, Gore 8%, Violent 6.4%, Dark 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric, puzzle-heavy horror game defined by its grotesque, surreal, and biomechanical world.
- #9 Paratopic
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Retro 19.6%, Violent 12.7%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct low-poly, retro aesthetic and a fragmented, surreal narrative that feels very similar to Dark Places.
- #10 Tormented Souls
90% matchVery Positive90% of 7,918 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Action 80.2%, Survival Horror 4.1%, Horror 4.1%, Gore 2.2%, Psychological Horror 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic survival horror that prioritizes fixed-camera angles, challenging puzzles, and dark, atmospheric environments.
- #11 Inner Chains
91% matchMixed48% of 600 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: Action 86.6%, Horror 3.7%, FPS 2.3%, Dark 1.8%, Adventure 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, surreal, and atmospheric world that aligns well with the aesthetic and action-horror elements of the seed game.
- #12 Among Ashes
88% matchVery Positive95% of 431 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Action 73.1%, Horror 4.4%, Survival Horror 3.6%, FPS 2.3%, Psychological Horror 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror experience that incorporates psychological elements and puzzle-solving within a dark, unsettling framework.
- #13 Implements of Hell
89% 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: Action 77.3%, Horror 6%, Psychological Horror 3.1%, Dark 2.8%, Simulation 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that focuses on atmospheric exploration and unsettling, surreal environments.
- #14 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Action 78.5%, Difficult 3.9%, Horror 3.7%, Gore 2.9%, Survival Horror 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror adventure that leans heavily into surreal, disturbing visuals and puzzle-based progression.
- #15 Apartament 1406: Horror
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 715 reviews2023
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.
Why similar: Action 77.7%, Violent 4.9%, Horror 3.9%, Survival Horror 3.1%, Dark 2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on navigating a nightmarish, confined space with puzzle elements.
- #16 Detention
86% 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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Indie 8.1%, Violent 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling psychological horror game that uses surreal imagery and puzzles to explore dark, historical themes.
- #17 The Cat Lady
85% matchVery Positive94% of 6,142 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 11.2%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological adventure game known for its surreal art style and mature, disturbing narrative themes.
- #18 The Story of Henry Bishop
86% matchVery Positive83% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
Why similar: Action 77.8%, Violent 5.1%, Horror 4.1%, Survival Horror 2.4%, Adventure 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror adventure that captures the same low-budget, atmospheric, and violent tone as Dark Places.
- #19 Iron Lung
83% matchVery Positive92% of 10,709 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, claustrophobic simulation-horror game that excels at creating a sense of dread through limited information and surreal surroundings.
- #20 Circus of Pain
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.
Why similar: Action 76.1%, Horror 4.8%, Violent 4.5%, Gore 3.2%, Psychological Horror 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, single-player psychological horror game that focuses on disturbing themes and adventure mechanics.
- #21 Omitted
84% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Action 76.7%, Horror 6%, Gore 3.7%, Psychological Horror 3.1%, Dark 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror title that prioritizes a tense, atmospheric experience over traditional action.
- #22 White Room Protocol
82% 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: Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, FPS 12.3%, Dark 10.7%, Gore 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking-simulator that focuses on building an atmospheric, surreal experience.
- #23 Observer: System Redux
81% 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: Horror 71.5%, Psychological Horror 28.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, cyberpunk-themed psychological horror game that focuses on investigating nightmarish memories.
- #24 Locked in my Darkness
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Violent 19.9%, Simulation 19.7%, Gore 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-based psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a surreal setting.
- #25 Echoes of Dread
81% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.
Why similar: Action 83%, Horror 4.9%, Survival Horror 3.3%, Psychological Horror 2.3%, Dark 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that utilizes supernatural themes and hidden-object mechanics to build tension.
- #26 Saint of Chains
79% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Action 69.3%, Retro 4.8%, Survival Horror 4.7%, Horror 4.7%, FPS 3.2%
- #27 Beyond The Evil
80% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Action 85.7%, Horror 5.9%, Puzzle 2.5%, Indie 2.2%, Adventure 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that blends investigation and mystery with puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #28 Plastomorphosis
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Action 65.4%, Horror 6.6%, Retro 5.3%, Survival Horror 4.6%, Old School 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that features third-person survival mechanics and a surreal, post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
- #29 Schizo Dark
77% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.
Why similar: Action 91.7%, Horror 3.1%, Shooter 1.7%, Old School 1%, Retro 0.7%
- #30 The Dark Occult
78% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Action 83.8%, Horror 4.6%, Violent 4.6%, Gore 2.6%, Adventure 1.8%
- #31 OVERDOSE
76% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: For Fun GamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Survive the night in a deadly asylum—deliver sinister meds, keep the insane in line, and outwit a killer hiding in the dark.
Why similar: Violent 16.3%, Difficult 12.9%, Horror 11.2%, Retro 9.8%, Simulation 9.4%
- #32 Death Park 2
76% matchVery Positive90% of 219 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Shoot terrifying monsters and a killer clown in a haunted city full of nightmares. Explore 8 locations, solve puzzles, switch between dream and reality, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park 2 is a horror FPS with multiple endings and a boss fight.
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Difficult 8.3%, Horror 7%, Survival Horror 5.9%, FPS 3.6%
- #33 Necrophosis
73% 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: Action 86.1%, Horror 6.1%, Psychological Horror 3.4%, Puzzle 2.2%, Adventure 1.3%
- #34 HARD TAPES
78% matchMixed52% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: Free Goos GamesPub: Frederick Marecos
Windows
First person shooter Psychological horror, which is about sick thought experiments that will be seen thanks to some videotapes and demonstrate what dark is the world now.
Why similar: Action 84%, Horror 4.9%, Violent 2.9%, FPS 2.5%, Shooter 1.8%
- #35 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
72% matchVery Positive89% of 526 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 8.3%
- #36 Dark Atlas: Infernum
73% 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: Horror 36.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dark 14.2%, FPS 10.9%
- #37 Dead Purge: Outbreak
77% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Action 81.6%, Violent 5.7%, Gore 3.3%, Horror 1.7%, Difficult 1.5%
- #38 MATRESHKA
72% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Action 84.5%, Horror 3.9%, Survival Horror 3.3%, Adventure 1.9%, Psychological Horror 1.9%
- #39 The Demon Within Me
75% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 16%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Violent 7%
- #40 DOOMED
75% matchMixed56% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Action 84.8%, Simulation 2.6%, Violent 2.3%, Horror 1.8%, Adventure 1.7%
- #41 Doorways: Prelude
74% 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: Action 83.1%, Horror 6.4%, Survival Horror 2.4%, Adventure 2.2%, Indie 1.4%
- #42 Doorways: The Underworld
74% matchMixed69% of 406 reviews2014
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Action 79.5%, Horror 3.8%, Violent 3.6%, Survival Horror 3%, Gore 2.2%
- #43 Left Alone
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 643 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Action 84.8%, Horror 4.2%, Survival Horror 2.7%, Psychological Horror 2%, Puzzle 1.9%
- #44 Antarctica 88
71% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2020
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.
Why similar: Action 82.3%, Horror 4.5%, Dark 2.2%, Survival Horror 1.9%, Adventure 1.8%
- #45 Tormenture
70% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Action 77.2%, Retro 5.4%, Horror 5.3%, Dark 3%, Adventure 2.6%
- #46 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,923 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Action 70.9%, Horror 11%, Adventure 3.8%, Survival Horror 3.6%, Psychological Horror 3.4%
- #47 Psychopathy Assessment
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Action 75.4%, Violent 7.5%, Gore 4.4%, Simulation 2.7%, Horror 1.9%
- #48 Fortuito: Lost History
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: Action 43.3%, FPS 10.3%, Retro 10.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #49 Mental Hospital VR
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Action 83.1%, Violent 4.1%, Horror 3.6%, Survival Horror 3.1%, Psychological Horror 1.9%
- #50 Death In Abyss
67% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
Death In Abyss is an intense flight shooter that challenges you to utilize your maneuverability and explosive firepower to survive against the deep-sea hostilities. In your descent, the nightmares can only get worse.
Why similar: Action 76.4%, Difficult 4.7%, Fast-Paced 3.7%, Horror 3.4%, Retro 3%
- #51 Dark Fracture: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,364 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Action 79.5%, Horror 5%, Survival Horror 3.8%, Simulation 2.8%, Adventure 2.2%
- #52 SANRI
69% matchMixed58% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.
Why similar: Action 69.9%, Horror 5.6%, Survival Horror 4.5%, Violent 3.6%, Gore 2.8%
- #53 CONCLUSE
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 536 reviews2018
Dev: concluse_dev
Windows · Mac
Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..
Why similar: Action 76.9%, Horror 6.3%, Survival Horror 3.2%, Simulation 3.1%, Psychological Horror 2.1%
- #54 Burn Me Alive
69% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Davit Galoyan
Windows
Explore a surreal world, solve puzzles, fight monsters and get to the bottom of the mystery of this compelling horror thriller.
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 15.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #55 Jawbreaker
68% matchMixed64% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...
Why similar: Action 79.7%, Violent 4.5%, Horror 3.4%, Gore 2.7%, Survival Horror 2.6%
- #56 Chorus of Carcosa
66% 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: Violent 16.9%, Horror 14.6%, Gore 11.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.7%
- #57 DOCTOR VISCERA
64% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Action 41.8%, Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Retro 10.8%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
- #58 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
67% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.
Why similar: Action 80.9%, Horror 3.7%, Survival Horror 3.1%, Simulation 2.8%, FPS 2%
- #59 DUSK
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,132 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Action 72.5%, Retro 5.3%, Fast-Paced 4.4%, Horror 4.2%, FPS 3.7%
- #60 Project Liminal 2
64% 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: Action 91.5%, Adventure 2.2%, FPS 1.3%, Shooter 1.3%, Puzzle 1.1%
