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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Horror, Survival Horror, Action.

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psychological thriller / horror game in first person, you wake up in a strange and unfamiliar place, apparently wearing special clothes, you need to find out where you are as soon as possible because your oxygen level is running low!

Reviews: 4 user reviews — 25% — of 4 reviews
Released: 2020-04-17
Developer: Claudio Rainho
Publisher: C.R Game Studio
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Travel through dark dingy apartments and cold stone basements. Stay away from the many creatures following you around every corner. Find collectibles and outlast the demons. walk this first-person horror experience through twisting mazes and search for keys. Outlast the demons and find any way out.

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  3. #3 Deliverance
    96% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2015
    Dev: TBDTS Games
    Windows · Mac

    Deliverance is a first-person survival horror game in which you are put into the captivity of a deranged man dawning a serial killing streak with no plans to stop. Play as "Victim #3" and try to find your way out of your captor's imprisonment as you explore a maze-like abandoned asylum.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Indie 20.3%, Horror 19.2%, Action 16.3%, Casual 16%

  4. #4 Frosty Nights
    95% matchMostly Positive73% of 267 reviews2017
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    Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Horror 18.8%, Survival 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Indie 12.6%

  5. #5 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
    Dev: K Monkey
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    84% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2025
    Dev: STUDIO DYD
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    A simple survival horror set in a hilly town where you must escape from a ghost. There are no puzzles, item usage, or complex controls. If you fail, try again, memorize the roads, and find your way to the goal.

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    92% matchMostly Negative30% of 40 reviews2018
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    Windows
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    85% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    When Matilda Stockwood's partner is abducted her only hope is to follow the trail back to her childhood home, but the once idyllic town of Raven's Point isn't exactly how she remembers.

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    89% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
    Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
    Windows

    The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.

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  10. #10 Woodlands
    91% matchMostly Negative29% of 295 reviews2017
    Dev: Acuze Interactives
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    Survive. Build shelter. Build a fire. Scavenge and kill for materials. Craft. Eat and drink. Do what you need to do to survive.

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    91% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
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    Windows

    SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.

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    88% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2020
    Dev: Genene Game
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    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
    Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
    Windows

    Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.

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  14. #14 Protocol Nightmare
    81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  15. #15 Hush Hush - Unlimited Survival Horror
    90% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2016
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    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%

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    Why similar: Indie 26.2%, Survival Horror 26.1%, Action 24%, Surreal 23.6%

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    86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    89% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2016
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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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  27. #27 Dark Days of Horror
    81% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
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    Windows

    Dive into this survival horror game where your hero kill zombies and have also to destroy the laboratory in which they are being produced. Complete tasks to move to the next level.

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    78% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2019
    Dev: Nicola Gaeta
    Windows · Mac

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    79% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    66% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Re:Oblivion Games
    Windows

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    70% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    67% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
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    Windows

    The Dark Way is a single-player, action-adventure horror game. After He Lost in mysterious village you need to keep alive before Red Night!

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    75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    Median: 12 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%

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    Dev: SVSdGAMEs
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    Windows

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  41. #41 Gone Astray
    76% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
    Dev: Tom-Erik Nielsen
    Windows

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    66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
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    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!

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    72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
    Dev: MelloDev
    Windows

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    65% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    60% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2026
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    Windows

    Diving into Abyss is a cave diving horror game with Photorealistic graphics. It's not just a diving simulation. It's a deep-sea survival horror that needs to survive suffocating closure fears and unidentified beings.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34.4%, Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Indie 13.5%, Action 6.6%

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    71% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
    Dev: OkawariHakumai
    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2018
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    Windows

    Witchkin is a first person 'hide-and-sneak' survival horror game in the vein of Slender.

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    75% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
    Dev: Teveru
    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Positive70% of 382 reviews2015
    Dev: Ape Law
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    57% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    64% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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  52. #52 Wrong train
    68% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2022
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    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?

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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 309 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%

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  54. #54 Lost Room: Escape
    59% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Fantastica Games
    Windows

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    62% matchNo user reviews2026
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    55% matchVery Positive83% of 134 reviews2025
    Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
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    Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".

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