- #1 Oniwaki Village -Horror game-
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: GoodLuck3 Inc.
Windows
"Oniwaki Village" is a first-person Japanese horror adventure game set in a Japanese village that has been abandoned due to an incident. Players endure horror as they explore the village and pursue the mystery of the incident....
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 25%, Dark 19.8%, Adventure 18.7%, Action 6.5%
- #2 Stranger Watch
96% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: GoodLuck3 Inc.
Windows
In 'Stranger Watch' players step into the shoes of an elementary school student in a town plagued by recent sightings of suspicious figures. As they make their way home, it’s up to them to spot and report these lurking dangers
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 24.1%, Dark 22%, Adventure 19.3%, Action 6.8%
- #3 Tsugunohi -The Chamber of Phantom Name-
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
"Tsugunohi -The Chamber of Phantom Name-" Launches on Steam! A new graduate, Kana Sakuragi, begins her new life in a renovated old house, "Akembara House." What seemed like a shiny, ideal property soon turns into a nightmare, as she is plagued by strange phenomena every night...
Why similar: Horror 26%, Cinematic 19.8%, Dark 19.1%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 11.4%
- #4 Notes To Myself
95% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Spy On The Wall
Windows · Linux
The horror began when you wrote your first note.
Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Action 15.4%, Adventure 14.1%, First-Person 7.5%
- #5 Domovoy
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Horror 29.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Action 8.6%, First-Person 8.4%
- #6 While Sleeping
94% 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 32.7%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Dark 23.7%, Action 4.1%, Adventure 4%
- #7 Teddy Won't Help
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
One night, your plushies whisper a warning: Three monsters from under the bed will come for you before dawn. The only way to survive is to play their games… and win. Fail, and you won’t live to see the morning.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Dark 15.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 10.4%
- #8 Last Half of Darkness
92% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 14.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #9 Hektor
91% matchMixed62% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 7.4%
- #10 The Asodium
90% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: BlackNoise Games
Windows
The Asodium is a bite-sized atmospheric horror experience focused on exploration, tension, and survival. Navigate a decaying asylum, avoid unseen threats, and uncover fragmented truths hidden within its walls while struggling to escape an unsettling reality
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Dark 20.5%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #11 Stairs
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 361 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Action 13.7%, Indie 4.7%
- #12 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Horror 32.5%, Adventure 11%, Dark 8.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #13 Poseidon
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Henmova
Windows
Poseidon is a ghost ship horror game. Recover cursed pirate gold, survive vengeful spirits, and escape a drifting nightmare before you become part of its legend.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Action 22.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 7.8%
- #14 The Railroad Crossing
88% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 27.9%, Dark 20%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 5%
- #15 New Zombie Era
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VM Games
Windows
A visionary tyrant shattered civilization with an engineered airborne pathogen, ruling the ruins with an infected horde and elite mercenaries. As one of the rare "Immune" you must fight through the chaos, shatter his empire, and unleash the cure to reclaim our future.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 23.9%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #16 Subjectivation
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ADC-AX
Windows
Subjectivation is a first person horror adventure game set in a snow-covered town frozen in time. Solve puzzles, manage your body heat, and defend yourself from the warped inhabitants of the frostbitten city. Explore the town’s past - and shape its future with your actions.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 19.9%, Adventure 15.6%, Dark 11%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #17 Grandpa Nightmare
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wally7Pub: Wally seven studio
Windows
A tense escape game set inside a strange house ruled by a quirky but dangerous grandfather. Solve clever puzzles, avoid being caught, and face thrilling chase moments. Multiple endings await based on your choices. Can you outsmart the grandfather and escape the house?
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 23%, Adventure 16%, Action 15.6%, Family Friendly 8%
- #18 Vorozhey
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Vorozhey is a psychological horror inspired by Slavic mythology. It tells the story of an artist haunted by terrifying visions and ancient forces.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Horror 27.2%, Action 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, First-Person 7.9%
- #19 Red Light White Light
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: overthrown interactive
Windows
Red Light White Light is a first-person, single-player horror reimagining of the classic childhood game where one wrong move seals your fate. Stay in the Light… or Die in the Dark.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Dark 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Action 16.7%, Adventure 10.5%
- #20 Asylum 45
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ury
Windows
You are trapped in an abandoned asylum with no end. Every corner hides something strange. Capture the anomalies with your camera before the loop traps you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 22.6%, Cinematic 17.5%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Action 7.5%
- #21 Mr Wonder
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fume Software
Windows
Explore an abandoned creator’s studio in this dark psychological horror experience. Survive lethal traps and twisted challenges. Uncover hidden secrets and the truth behind Mr Wonder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 23.3%, Action 11.9%, Cinematic 11.2%, Adventure 11.1%
- #22 Spiritus Sancti
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divider Studios
Windows
Spiritus Sancti is a first-person psychological horror where your voice is your weapon. Speak sacred rites through your microphone to repel, stun, and exorcise the forces of darkness. Every encounter is real-time, every word a test of faith. An experience like no other.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 15.6%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.2%
- #23 The Smile Friends
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Smile Dev
Windows
You are an employee of a school that closed three years ago. Now, you have been anonymously invited to explore the premises, but apparently, you are not alone from the school...
Why similar: Adventure 17.9%, Action 16.7%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Dark 14.3%
- #24 A Simple Door
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keter studio
Windows
Try to escape from “A Simple Door” by facing your past, your darkest secrets and your fears through the doors.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 27.5%, Action 16.3%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 10.1%
- #25 Liberation
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: WINTERS
Windows
Liberation is a strategy survival horror game. You have to go to the Deathworld and collect crosses to liberate ghosts. Survive from the attacks of various ghosts!
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Action 12.5%, First-Person 8.1%
- #26 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 30.7%, Dark 12.3%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 8%
- #27 Obscure Figures
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 26.4%, Dark 20.4%, Adventure 14.1%, First-Person 3.9%
- #28 Horror Adventure
79% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Windows
Horror Adventure is a interactive experience set in a procedurally generated haunted house. You're a paranormal investigator and you find yourself exploring what appears to be a old abandoned manor.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 27.8%, Action 22.4%, Adventure 19.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #29 Past Due: Midnight
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ebon Crown Games
Windows
Venture through a twisted corporate office in this first-person psychological horror. An ordinary evening of overtime turns into a nightmare. You awaken at midnight, trapped in a place you no longer recognize. Follow the clues, unravel what happened. Can you survive the night and escape alive?
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Dark 17.3%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Cinematic 7.5%
- #30 Orph - The Lost Boy
78% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows · Linux
Orph - The Lost Boy is a first-person horror game where you have to find out what happened with your son. Explore an old orphanage, uncover secrets long forgotten and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 20.4%, Dark 16.3%, Cinematic 12%, Action 8.6%
- #31 Forbidden Tapes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madventure Games
Windows
Forbidden Tapes is a game consisting of three different horror stories. In the first episode, discover Jeremy Winterroad's recording, an urban exploration enthusiast searching for abandoned places full of stories. He won't be disappointed when he explores the old McNale house.
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Dark 17.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
- #32 Project Tape
76% matchMixed67% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Stealth StudioPub: Stealth Studio UE
Windows
Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.2%, Horror 37.9%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #33 Circustime
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moncage
Windows
"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Dark 21.3%, Adventure 13%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #34 Days Without Incident
74% matchVery Positive95% of 484 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 29%, Action 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Zombies 11.7%, Dark 10.9%
- #35 Kindergarten of hell
75% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Twid Entertainment
Windows
You are a detective investigating a case that has been forgotten for 5 years. The case involves finding out why everyone disappeared from a daycare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 23.6%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Action 13.7%, Adventure 11.9%
- #36 Circus of Pain
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 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: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 25.1%, Dark 18.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Action 7.7%
- #37 Strange Night
77% 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 34%, Psychological Horror 31%, Dark 19.5%, First-Person 8%, Indie 5.5%
- #38 Jorogumo's Cradle
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: KiriThrills
Windows
Jorogumo’s Cradle is a short first person horror game. You are stuck in the woods with a monster that attacks you during the night. Explore the area, build tools to fend off incoming attacks, and most importantly, survive until the very end.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Dark 13.4%, Action 10.9%
- #39 Mara
72% matchMixed68% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
You’re a thief! You’ve received a job from a dealer, and now you must steal several artifacts from an ancient tomb recently discovered by archaeologists!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 24%, Dark 18.2%, Action 7.8%, Adventure 6.6%
- #40 In The Backrooms
73% matchMixed57% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18.7%, Cinematic 16.3%, Zombies 10.4%, Dark 9.8%
- #41 The Daughter
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: deotoonsPub: Dead Serious
Windows
The Daughter is a first-person narrative horror game where the line between reality, dream, and memory slowly fades. You search for your missing daughter in a forest, only to find a house and a silent child who offers to help you… on one condition.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Dark 18.4%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 8.8%
- #42 Toxic Harvest
71% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Overthrown Interactive
Windows
Trapped on Halloween night in a chemical plant after a deadly spill, you’re hunted by a mutated creature. Your only escape is blocked, and every push toward freedom alerts your position. Time your movements, manage your stamina, and survive the night.
Why similar: Action 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 14.3%
- #43 Pirates Never Die
71% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Konvenant
Windows
Pirates Never Die is a third-person horror zombie game set in a chilling, atmospheric world where players must uncover the mysteries of a cursed island. Play as Deacon, a young pirate in search for his brother after rumors of his disappearance. Faced with a new reality the fight for survival begins.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Zombies 16.9%, Cinematic 12.7%, Action 9.4%
- #44 Birthday Boy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Experience the birthday party from hell. Face your demons - both psychological and mechanical. Kill plush toys, evade demonic animatronics and possessed puppets… Aaaannnnnd…discover the truth about your evil clown father. Yes, your own father…
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Psychological Horror 33.4%, Action 16.3%, Adventure 14%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #45 Anaria
70% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: VOIDEMBER
Windows
Trapped in a shifting house lit only by candlelight, you must follow whispers, face your mind’s decay, and survive the presence watching you. ANARIA is a solo-developed psychological horror built to haunt long after it ends.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 16.3%, Dark 14.3%, Action 9.8%
- #46 The Disappearance of the Mitchells
71% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Cupfox Studio
Windows
A short horror game about the sudden disappearance of a husband and wife, leaving their house and all of their belongings.
Why similar: Action 24.5%, Adventure 23.9%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 22.1%, Indie 6.7%
- #47 The Weald
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elliott Dahle
Windows
Following the last of the Salem Witch Trials, a Puritan father claims to have had a vision showing a place where his missing son might be, and suspects a witch is behind his abduction.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 24.2%, Dark 18.9%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 6.6%
- #48 The Silence
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: BlackArtStudios
Windows
You are in a labyrinth of silent corridors and abandoned hospital rooms where darkness envelops every corner. The echo of your footsteps echoes through the empty hallways as you frantically search for a way out.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Dark 19.3%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #49 Wrong train
70% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
What if you got on the wrong train that you were waiting for and fell asleep, and woke up to find that there are no people around anywhere else, and the train itself is endless? Will you be able to return home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 23.1%, Action 19.8%, Adventure 17.6%, First-Person 8.6%
- #50 the static speaks my name
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Horror 27.2%, Dark 20.4%, Adventure 7.1%, First-Person 5.4%
- #51 Dark Watching Chapter 1
67% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Cannedheart's studios
Windows
your goal is to find your sister that went missing. Solve simple puzzles and avoid being found by the Watcher.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 26.8%, Dark 16.4%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #52 Shadowless
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ultron01
Windows
Shadowless is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a creepy house marked by tragedy, where dark entities and the past haunt you. Defenseless, you face a nightmare that consumes you before you can escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Horror 28.3%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 12.2%, First-Person 5.4%
- #53 Darkness Inside
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Dark 20.5%, Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 6.4%
- #54 心霊旅館
67% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: WoodTableStudio
Windows
「心霊旅館」は廃旅館から脱出する3Dホラーゲーム。 謎を解き、恐怖を乗り越え脱出を目指しましょう!
Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Action 19%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 2%
- #55 Hollowglass
67% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: BeetleGame
Windows
Try to survive in the desert for at least a few more moments and let neither thirst, nor jackals, nor death stop you...
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Dark 17.9%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Action 7.4%
- #56 Loop Room
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: OOPs.K
Windows
The loop room is a horror game from the first person point of view, and the goal is to operate 5 panels in 100 repeated rooms and escape to the emergency exit. Run away from the endless room through various equipment and items.
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 30%, Dark 24.2%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #57 Psycho World
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLX Studios
Windows
Stranded in a desolate Alpine region post-catastrophe, survive the silence, uncover secrets, and brave the wilderness. Will you emerge from the shadows of the mountains?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 28.5%, Adventure 16%, Action 15.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #58 Kuchisake Onna - 口裂け女
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: George ConstantinouPub: Constantinou
Windows
Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 35.7%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #59 The Binding Hour
64% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Vale StudioPub: Twisted Joy
Windows
The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 23.2%, Dark 15.5%, Cinematic 14.6%, Action 8%