- #1 Pathologic 2
97% matchVery Positive92% of 12,223 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.5%, Survival 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choices Matter 12%, Open World 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its brutal resource management, desperate town exploration, shifting threats, and suffocating surrealism create a survival-horror experience as oppressive as Darkwood.
- #2 Look Outside
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Horror 21%, RPG 18.7%, Dark 8.9%, Exploration 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its pixel-art survival-horror RPG structure centers on scavenging a grotesquely transformed building, managing supplies, and facing disturbing encounters.
- #3 Fear & Hunger
96% matchVery Positive94% of 22,918 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 34.2%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Dark 11%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Darkwood's merciless atmosphere, scarce resources, hostile exploration, and feeling that every risky decision may permanently ruin a run.
- #4 Amnesia: The Bunker
95% matchVery Positive93% of 12,671 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Supernatural 11.9%, Survival 11.2%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dangerous semi-open horror sandbox built around conserving tools, scavenging supplies, and repeatedly returning to a fragile safe room.
- #5 Gloomwood
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,461 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: Survival Horror 47.2%, Dark 17.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Action 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Although first-person, its exploration-heavy levels, limited equipment, stealth, and decaying horror atmosphere deliver similarly methodical survival tension.
- #6 The Consuming Shadow
94% matchVery Positive95% of 430 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.1%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down cosmic-horror roguelite combines investigation, limited supplies, procedural travel, and mounting dread in a way that strongly echoes Darkwood's lonely uncertainty.
- #7 Pathologic Classic HD
93% matchVery Positive88% of 4,618 reviews2015
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
Why similar: Survival 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This earlier Pathologic is equally strange and oppressive, with time pressure, survival needs, disease-ridden exploration, and a deeply hostile world.
- #8 The Long Dark
92% matchVery Positive89% of 123,946 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Survival 37.1%, Open World 24.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Survival Horror 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It trades monsters for wilderness but captures Darkwood's lonely scavenging, environmental danger, resource planning, and constant sense of vulnerability.
- #9 SIGNALIS
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 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: Survival Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its deliberately limited inventory, environmental puzzles, bleak sci-fi setting, and psychologically disturbing storytelling make it an excellent survival-horror counterpart.
- #10 This War of Mine
91% matchVery Positive94% of 97,826 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 56.5%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Story Rich 8.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: The day-and-night rhythm of shelter management and dangerous scavenging expeditions closely mirrors Darkwood's core cycle of preparation and desperate survival.
- #11 Chernobylite Complete Edition
90% matchVery Positive82% of 15,629 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, Survival 16.9%, Supernatural 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its radioactive exclusion-zone expeditions, base management, crafting, and supernatural horror make for a more shooter-oriented but compatible alternative.
- #12 Project Zomboid
89% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Survival 42.6%, Open World 29.8%, Survival Horror 17%, RPG 6.9%, Adventure 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its sandbox survival systems let you scavenge ruined settlements, establish a defensible home, and survive escalating danger with little room for error.
- #13 The Last Stand: Aftermath
89% matchVery Positive81% of 6,818 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Survival 46.2%, Dark 19.8%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Action 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down post-apocalyptic survival roguelite where supply runs, crafting, infection, and harsh choices sustain Darkwood-like tension.
- #14 Mundaun
88% matchVery Positive93% of 1,516 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden FieldsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 18.8%, Dark 18.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Exploration 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A slow-burning folk-horror journey through a remote mountain landscape, with unsettling exploration and a distinctive hand-drawn atmosphere.
- #15 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,585 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Dark Fantasy 21%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, RPG 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its bleak urban nightmare, tight survival resources, branching exploration, and unforgiving RPG encounters suit players drawn to Darkwood's cruelty.
- #16 Penumbra Overture
87% matchVery Positive90% of 4,186 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its lonely underground setting, physical puzzles, and emphasis on avoiding danger rather than overpowering it align with Darkwood's helpless tension.
- #17 The Evil Within
86% matchVery Positive85% of 33,760 reviews2014
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Survival 9.4%, Dark 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A harsher, more action-driven survival-horror game, but one still defined by scarce ammunition, nightmarish environments, and psychological grotesquerie.
- #18 The Forest
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 28.2%, Open World 20.9%, Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Exploration 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror sandbox combines gathering, crafting, exploration, and defending a home from increasingly terrifying nocturnal attackers.
- #19 Witch Hunt
85% matchVery Positive88% of 2,455 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Supernatural 17.4%, Horror 12.4%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its forest setting, folklore horror, exploration, and sense of being stalked through an unforgiving wilderness make it a fitting atmospheric alternative.
- #20 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
83% matchMixed63% of 8,753 reviews2025
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.
Why similar: RPG 16.7%, Survival 15.6%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its hostile anomalous world rewards cautious exploration, scavenging, and immersion in a bleak landscape where danger can come from anywhere.
- #21 BELOW
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,372 reviews2018
Dev: Capybara Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Why similar: Open World 26.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down viewpoint, harsh survival mechanics, sinister unknown depths, and punishing risk-reward exploration make it a strong mechanical fit.
- #22 Don't Starve
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,517 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Survival 53%, Open World 15.2%, Survival Horror 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It lacks Darkwood's explicit horror focus but shares the crucial loop of gathering by day, crafting defenses, and dreading what arrives after dark.
- #23 Tormented Souls
82% matchVery Positive90% of 8,214 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Survival Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 9.6%, Survival 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modernized classic survival-horror experience with scarce supplies, cryptic exploration, puzzle solving, and a relentlessly grim setting.
- #24 ZERO Sievert
81% matchVery Positive85% of 15,588 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Survival 27.6%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Open World 19.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down extraction survival game focuses on dangerous expeditions, scavenged supplies, hazardous zones, and returning safely to a hub.
- #25 Endoparasitic
80% matchVery Positive94% of 3,096 reviews2022
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.5%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 15.4%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its intensely constrained inventory and health-management systems turn every movement through an infested facility into a desperate survival problem.
- #26 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
81% matchVery Positive95% of 35,783 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 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: Horror 32.9%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers landmark psychological horror centered on helplessness, environmental exploration, and maintaining composure in a deeply hostile environment.
- #27 Crow Country
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.3%, Supernatural 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14%, Exploration 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact retro survival-horror design provides inventory puzzles, guarded exploration, unsettling secrets, and a strong atmosphere of decayed isolation.
- #28 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
79% matchVery Positive85% of 1,306 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.5%, Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Dark 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D psychological survival horror uses limited supplies, ambiguous reality, and eerie urban isolation to build sustained unease.
- #29 Yomawari: Night Alone
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,337 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 71.1%, Adventure 17%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its vulnerable nighttime exploration, hostile spirits, and oppressive sense of being lost in a familiar place turned alien evoke Darkwood's dread.
- #30 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,004 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.8%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 11.4%, Dark 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
- #31 Descending The Woods
78% matchMixed51% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 17%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Combat 9.6%
- #32 Peregrino
75% matchMixed69% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Inverge Studios
Windows
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Dark Fantasy 27%, RPG 12.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #33 Never Forgotten
75% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #34 SOMA
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 53,096 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dark 13.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #35 Forest Horror
77% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
Why similar: Dark 35.6%, Survival 26.9%, Exploration 18%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Action 8.4%
- #36 You Will Die Here Tonight
74% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #37 Dead of Darkness
73% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Dark 9.5%
- #38 Shadows Peak
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 348 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.9%, Supernatural 17.7%, Horror 12.5%, Open World 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #39 Inscryption
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Dark 33%, Story Rich 25.3%, Adventure 3.8%
- #40 Darkest Dungeon®
73% matchVery Positive92% of 162,804 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 43.7%, RPG 17.2%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #41 Bleak Haven
73% matchMixed41% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Hitori De Productions
Windows
Bleak Haven is a cinematic survival horror where faith is twisted, every shot matters, and survival hangs on what you can build. Explore haunted ruins, abandoned villages, and face a cult preparing the world for a god no one should ever witness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #42 DESOLATE
74% matchMixed66% of 8,065 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Survival 29.6%, Open World 27.5%, Horror 22.5%, Survival Horror 5.8%, Adventure 4.5%
- #43 Skinwalker Hunt
71% matchVery Positive91% of 873 reviews2022
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.3%, Supernatural 13.7%, Open World 11.7%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.7%
- #44 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 10.4%, Supernatural 9.3%
- #45 Blasphemous
71% matchVery Positive90% of 67,491 reviews2019
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 61.4%, Horror 18.7%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 7%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #46 Blood West
69% matchVery Positive90% of 6,740 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: Open World 21.1%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 15.6%, Survival 13.2%, Dark 13.1%
- #47 Stygian: Outer Gods
69% matchVery Positive82% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.6%, Supernatural 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Survival 9.3%
- #48 Barotrauma
68% matchVery Positive94% of 90,078 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.8%, Survival 31.1%, Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Action 4.3%
- #49 The Beast Inside
70% matchVery Positive83% of 12,171 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 26%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 6.9%
- #50 Harvest Hunt
68% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Supernatural 20.4%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.9%, Survival 11.8%
- #51 Outlast 2
69% matchVery Positive91% of 64,674 reviews2017
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Dark 11.7%, Survival 9%
- #52 Those Who Remain
70% matchMixed67% of 858 reviews2020
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Survival 11.5%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #53 DarKnot
70% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: DarKnot Team
Windows
In DarKnot, you’ll get to explore the streets of a foggy city, and exterminate the monsters within. Insidious opponents, dynamic battles, and challenging puzzles are waiting for you! Your fate is in your hands, the way you approach those challenges is up to you…
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.6%, Survival 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #54 The Evil Within 2
67% matchVery Positive92% of 31,065 reviews2017
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Open World 12.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #55 Horror inside the forest
67% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Erik García Díaz
Windows
Plunge into the captivating realm of "Horror Inside the Forest," an exhilarating game that tests your bravery. Explore a mysterious forest, confront supernatural forces, uncover secrets, survive the darkness, and escape its shadowy embrace in this immersive horror experience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 49.8%, Action-Adventure 19.2%, Adventure 12%, Exploration 11%, Action 4.2%
- #56 Woodlands
72% matchMostly Negative29% of 295 reviews2017
Dev: Acuze Interactives
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 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.
Why similar: Survival 30.5%, Survival Horror 28%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 12%, Action 11.6%
- #57 Call of Cthulhu®
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,959 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Dark 7.3%
- #58 WORLD OF HORROR
65% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.8%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival 13.2%, RPG 8.3%
- #59 CARRION
65% matchVery Positive94% of 36,063 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Action 17.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Singleplayer 7%
- #60 Blair Witch
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,235 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 13%, Dark 11.6%, Survival 8.3%