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  1. #1 Dark Watching Chapter 2
    97% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Cannedheart's studios
    Windows

    After crossing the bunker, you reach the shopping mall, but you quickly realize that there is even more of the virus there…

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Blood 8.1%

  2. #2 Clausum
    96% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
    Dev: Marius Popa
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 21.1%, Dark 11.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  3. #3 MADiSON
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 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: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 21.7%, Dark 12.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Survival Horror 7.1%

  4. #4 Squawky
    94% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
    Dev: Spark Labs Gaming
    Windows

    A mascot horror game where a rubber chicken is your flashlight. Enhance it with strange energies to progress, survive twisted enemies, and whatever you do, don’t let Squawky catch you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 20.6%, Puzzle 14.9%, Action 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%

  5. #5 Incoming Evil
    95% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
    Dev: CodelessMan
    Windows

    A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 20.2%, Dark 13.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%

  6. #6 Jorogumo's Cradle
    94% 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 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Dark 11.5%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%

  7. #7 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
    93% 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: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 26.2%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%, First-Person 6.5%

  8. #8 Madness in the dark
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Enfain
    Windows

    Monsters hide in the darkness - shoot to light up the room. But be careful - shots attract new enemies. Will you be able to find your way to the light?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 20.5%, Dark 13.5%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%

  9. #9 Wake Up: Liminal
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TheVladORPub: TheVladOR GDS
    Windows

    How far are you willing to go?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 22.3%, Dark 16.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Puzzle 7.3%

  10. #10 Horror Tale 2: Samantha
    91% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoria Games
    Windows

    Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.

    Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 12.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.1%

  11. #11 Circustime
    90% 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: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 26.2%, Dark 18.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Adventure 7.1%

  12. #12 Unsealed: The Mare
    89% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2026
    Dev: Gamhalla
    Windows

    A challenging first-person psychological horror game where you play as Vera, trapped in a nightmare tied to her family’s tragic past. Burn the cursed teddies, restore lost memories, and break sealed doors to survive The Mare.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 22.6%, Dark 18%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%

  13. #13 Neverending Nightmares
    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
    Dev: Infinitap Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 27.2%, Blood 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Gore 6.1%

  14. #14 Honey Time! with Pooh!
    88% matchPositive85% of 48 reviews2024
    Dev: Highlander Interactive
    Windows

    Honey Time with Pooh is a game about survival and escape. Pooh has invited you for honey. He recently went through the trouble of gathering it all for you. Please come by and show your appreciation.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 13.3%, Survival Horror 8%, Action 6.5%

  15. #15 Second Shift
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lead Game Studio
    Windows

    SECOND SHIFT is a first-person game that immerses the player in a deep and intense horror atmosphere. Using a mysterious clock, you must uncover terrifying secrets while trying to escape the mine. Solve puzzles, pay attention to your surroundings, and most importantly, survive.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 20%, Dark 13.7%, Puzzle 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

  16. #16 Birthday Boy
    86% 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: Psychological Horror 31%, Horror 28.5%, Puzzle 13.6%, Action 12%, Adventure 7.8%

  17. #17 Bad Trip
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Pedro Hertz
    Windows

    A first person survival horror where escape is an illusion. No flashlight, no inventory—just your instincts… and what lurks behind you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 18.1%, Dark 14.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Survival Horror 8.2%

  18. #18 The Darkest Paths: The House
    85% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: AtranonStudios
    Windows

    The Darkest Paths - The House is a Psychological Horror Game in which you slip into shoes of Michael Holster, a journalist going back to his old hometown, Ravens Hollow, to investigate weird and mysterious cases, hoping to get fame, money, and maybe even closure.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 21.1%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Puzzle 7.2%

  19. #19 As Duty Demands
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Rabbit Bay Games
    Windows

    A first-person narrative psychological horror game focused on exploration and environmental storytelling, set in a decaying naval retirement home ruled by a tyrannical former admiral, where you play as Coral, a newly hired nurse who must navigate shifting environments and uncover hidden truths.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 16%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

  20. #20 Teddy Won't Help
    84% 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: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Horror 22.9%, Dark 15.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Action 8.5%

  21. #21 Obscure Figures
    82% 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 32.7%, Horror 22.8%, Dark 18.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 8.1%

  22. #22 Don't Remember
    83% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
    Dev: Boo! Games
    Windows

    In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 21.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Dark 8.5%

  23. #23 Mirrored Phantoms
    81% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
    Dev: SMU Guildhall
    Windows · Linux

    Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 26%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Puzzle 7.3%

  24. #24 Mists of Aiden
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

    Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Blood 11.5%, Violent 7%, Action 6%

  25. #25 The Hunt In Sanity
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kaboom Games
    Windows

    The Hunt In Sanity is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as Jason searching for his wife. As you explore eerie environments.You must scavenge for supplies to survive relentless attacks from evil Enemies.Find hidden clues, solve puzzles, and delve into the secrets of your wife's past

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 11.8%, Puzzle 10.5%

  26. #26 Deep in the Fields
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Del Campo Studio
    Windows

    With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 24.7%, Dark 19.3%, Puzzle 7.2%, Adventure 5.4%

  27. #27 Circus of Pain
    78% 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 28.9%, Horror 21.6%, Dark 17.2%, Gore 7.9%, Action 5.8%

  28. #28 Palmyra Orphanage
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 705 reviews2019
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

    Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 10.7%, Blood 9.5%, Violent 7.9%

  29. #29 Contact
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nordsong
    Windows

    A first person horror adventure set on a farmstead. Make yourself at home and unravel the mystery. Solve the puzzles, escape the nightmares, and by all means, stay clear of the fields.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 24.1%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 7.6%

  30. #30 Spiritus Sancti
    78% 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 23.4%, Horror 20.9%, Dark 14.7%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%

  31. #31 Shadowless
    77% 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 34.5%, Horror 23.9%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 6.8%, Gore 6%

  32. #32 While Sleeping
    75% 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: Psychological Horror 32%, Horror 31%, Dark 24%, Indie 5.3%, Action 3.4%

  33. #33 Oniwaki Village -Horror game-
    76% 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: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 27%, Dark 21.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 5.8%

  34. #34 Hollowglass
    75% 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: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 25.3%, Dark 16.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Action 5.5%

  35. #35 DENIAL
    77% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2020
    Dev: Ofek Ben Shalom
    Windows

    Denial takes place inside your own dark mind, true or false, illusion or reality... It doesn't matter. It all feels the same and the stains on the walls still remain, maybe now it is time to clean them.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Blood 20.6%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 12.7%, Puzzle 9.2%

  36. #36 The Railroad Crossing
    74% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
    Dev: Garu
    Windows

    The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 25.8%, Dark 19.7%, Indie 7.5%, Adventure 7.5%

  37. #37 Inside The Shadows
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blood Snakes
    Windows

    Inside The Shadows is a first-person psychological horror game with a heavy, realistic atmosphere. Embark on an intimate and unsettling journey as you explore every room of the house, uncovering secrets that shaped your life before you were born and reveal your family’s dark past.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 13.3%, Survival Horror 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%

  38. #38 Silent Descent
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2018
    Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
    Windows

    Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 22.5%, Action 13.8%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 10.1%

  39. #39 The Door Before
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: StormBrew
    Windows

    Step into a haunted hotel that will test your resolve. Run, hide, and use your resources to survive the dangers that lurk. Every attempt brings you closer to uncovering the way out, but beware as the monsters that hunt you grow more bold. Do you have what it takes to escape this nightmare?

    Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Dark 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%

  40. #40 Rite of Osiris
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Time Break Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Explore the tombs beneath Egypt’s desert in a first-person survival horror. Hide from the horrors that stalk the dark, scavenge and craft to progress, and manage your light, tools, and scarce supplies to stay alive.

    Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Dark 8.2%

  41. #41 Book Head Monster
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nursultan Nazarov
    Windows

    Book Head Monster is a survival horror game. You find yourself in an empty metro station after falling asleep after long days of work. Find the key to the car and get to home safely from Head Book Monster!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 23.5%, Dark 15.5%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%

  42. #42 Nameless
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AibsK
    Windows

    A man hides in a remote building deep in a silent forest, where uncertain memories resurface and reality begins to slip. As you uncover the reasons behind his retreat, you’ll gather scrap, buy equipment, and try to survive an intruder who grows more unpredictable each night.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 24.4%, Dark 18%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Survival Horror 8.3%

  43. #43 Stranger Watch
    71% 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 27.7%, Horror 24.5%, Dark 23.9%, Adventure 13%, Action 6.1%

  44. #44 Leak
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Black Point
    Windows

    Leak is a psychological horror game. Except when you return home your family are missing, and there is a corpse of an unknown man hanging from a ceiling in your study. Explore the house and the area, solve riddles and hide from monsters, for saving your family. Be careful - you are being watched.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 18%, Dark 14.7%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%

  45. #45 Orph - The Lost Boy
    72% 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 25.9%, Horror 18%, Dark 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%

  46. #46 Visage
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 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: Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 30.6%, Dark 11.7%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%

  47. #47 Remorses
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Twistedline Games
    Windows

    Investigate the infamous Westbrook Mansion in 1991, deep within the Lakota Territory forests. Learn terrifying witchcraft and uncover its secrets. Sanity? Open windows, or lose it.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 16.5%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Gore 7%

  48. #48 The Asodium
    69% 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 21.5%, Dark 20.6%, Action 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Adventure 9.6%

  49. #49 New Zombie Era
    70% 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 26%, Horror 22.2%, Action 10.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Adventure 7.6%

  50. #50 Soul Street
    69% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
    Dev: DululuPub: BD Games
    Windows

    Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Horror 25.7%, Puzzle 18%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%

  51. #51 Village of the Curse
    68% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2025
    Dev: Leakage Games
    Windows

    Uncover the secrets of an abandoned cursed village. Explore haunted locations, face twisted entities, and perform the final ritual to decide your fate.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 13%, Survival Horror 9%, Gore 7.8%

  52. #52 Songs Without Loneliness
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quickly Games Studio
    Windows

    Songs Without Loneliness is an indie horror game where you play as an engineer sent to LammyComplex to fix the main mascot. But after finishing the job, things go wrong. Escape the dark facility filled with fear and secrets.

    Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 19%, Dark 18.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, First-Person 7.4%

  53. #53 Operation Stutter
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kevir Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In this psychological horror set deep within a top‑secret Cold War research bunker, fear takes form in shadows. Aim your film‑camera and watch reality shift. Solve mind‑bending puzzles, and confront both the specter of global conflict and the creatures lurking in your psyche.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.7%, Dark 13.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Survival Horror 8%

  54. #54 LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: DENYS RUDYI GAMES
    Windows

    A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with Soviet experiments. With a strong focus on atmosphere, uncover a forbidden place inspired by a real location, through fortress tunnels, hidden laboratories, and ancient shrines.

    Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Dark 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%

  55. #55 Miasma
    67% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: GhostMasakiPub: GMRX
    Windows

    Miasma is a first-person psychological horror maze game with a horrific atmosphere, you are trapped in a maze-like prison with a mysterious creature, and your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 26.4%, Dark 17.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  56. #56 Mara
    66% 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 29.3%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 17.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Action 6.1%

  57. #57 Astray
    70% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
    Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..

    Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.4%, Adventure 8.6%

  58. #58 Darkness Inside
    67% 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: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 24.7%, Dark 18.9%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 6.1%

  59. #59 Backrooms: Realm of Shadows
    67% matchMixed42% of 169 reviews2023
    Dev: Cyprus Games
    Windows

    Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Dark 12.4%, Action 12%

  60. #60 Days Without Incident
    64% 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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Puzzle 12.8%, Action 11.2%, Dark 10.4%

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