- #1 Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered
97% matchVery Positive93% of 16,190 reviews2022
Dev: Basically GamesPub: Basically Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!
Why similar: Parody 21.1% ★, Survival Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.5%, 1990's 8.9%, Surreal 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct inspiration for the seed game, featuring the same core educational horror mechanics.
- #2 Baldi's Basics Plus
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,679 reviews2020
Dev: Basically GamesPub: Basically Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Baldi's Basics® Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist! Play Hide & Seek with Baldi as he chases you through procedurally generated levels while using your surroundings, items, and game knowledge to shift chaos in your favor.
Why similar: Parody 22.8% ★, 1990's 11.6%, Horror 8.5%, Surreal 7.8%, Retro 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The expanded, roguelike version of the original inspiration offers more procedural chaos and strategic depth.
- #3 Kindergarten
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,258 reviews2017
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 55.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
Why similar: Funny 38.8%, Pixel Graphics 24.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Horror 11.1%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the dark, satirical take on school life with its unique humor and bizarre character interactions.
- #4 My Friendly Neighborhood
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,340 reviews2023
Dev: John SzymanskiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 16.4%, Funny 15.3%, First-Person 13.2%, Exploration 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends mascot horror with educational television tropes in a first-person survival setting.
- #5 S.U.M. - Slay Uncool Monsters
95% matchVery Positive93% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
In S.U.M. you'll put your Quick-Math skills to test! Fight very Uncool Monsters using Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division. Level up and progress in the Campaign(s), or show your prowess in Endless Mode with Leaderboards.
Why similar: Family Friendly 22.4%, Retro 18.6%, Arcade 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Funny 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: It directly incorporates math-based logic and arithmetic into its core combat and strategy gameplay.
- #6 Amanda the Adventurer
93% matchVery Positive94% of 7,110 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Old School 25.2%, 1990's 24.8%, Horror 19.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Colorful 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential educational horror parody that twists innocent children's media into something deeply unsettling.
- #7 Broken Reality
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,227 reviews2018
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!
Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Retro 12.6%, 1990's 12.1%, Colorful 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a surreal, low-poly aesthetic that perfectly matches the psychedelic and retro visual style of the seed game.
- #8 Garten of Banban
92% matchMixed53% of 12,613 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 14.5%, First-Person 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A popular mascot horror game that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving within a colorful, surreal school-like facility.
- #9 The Classrooms
91% matchVery Positive90% of 2,977 reviews2022
Dev: Xefier Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.
Why similar: 1990's 22.2%, Surreal 19.6%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, liminal-space exploration game that mirrors the unsettling, empty-school atmosphere of the seed game.
- #10 Harold's Walk
90% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Vincent
Windows · Linux
Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, 1990's 15.1%, Arcade 12.9%, Colorful 8.4%, Old School 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused indie title that shares the simple, arcade-like movement and walking-simulator feel.
- #11 Midnight Shift
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Old School 13.5%, 1990's 13.4%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person walking simulator that excels at building tension through simple, repetitive tasks in a confined environment.
- #12 Five Nights at Roner's: Remastered
89% matchVery Positive97% of 445 reviews2024
Dev: Roane VaydichPub: RedShift Interactive
Windows
You are an ambitious paranormal investigator searching for his big break. When you're presented the opportunity of a lifetime--$25.99, to be exact, you jump at the offer. But everything comes with a catch, and Roner and his friends are keen to teach you that...
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Horror 34.6%, Action 17%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror parody that combines strategy and point-and-click mechanics with a comedic, low-budget feel.
- #13 Employee of The Month
88% matchVery Positive95% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Projeckt Skeleton
Windows
An atmospheric retro inspired survival horror game. Enjoy the late shift at 'The Month' in an abstract and unsettling night of terror, spooks and convenience.
Why similar: Old School 28.3%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Survival Horror 22%, Funny 11.5%, Exploration 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled indie horror game that uses low-fidelity graphics to create an atmospheric and meme-heavy experience.
- #14 Super Algebrawl
87% matchVery Positive92% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: PUNKCAKE Délicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Add up, multiply, clone, and divide your party members to beat the monsters on your path!
Why similar: Family Friendly 34.6%, Colorful 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Indie 16.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy title that uses math-based logic as a core mechanic for its turn-based combat.
- #15 Back in 1995
89% matchMixed67% of 140 reviews2016
Dev: Throw the warped code outPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.
Why similar: Surreal 14.4%, 1990's 12.8%, Old School 11.1%, Horror 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deliberate homage to mid-90s 3D exploration games, capturing the exact retro aesthetic found in the seed game.
- #16 Alisa
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,520 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Old School 18.9%, 1990's 18.8%, Retro 11.6%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that leans heavily into 1990s retro aesthetics and clunky, charming old-school mechanics.
- #17 Paradox Vector
86% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Explore impossible mazes while battling the Ancient Ones and their bio-mechanical servitors in this retro first-person, Lovecraft inspired shooter. Paradox Vector's graphics are inspired by the old-school vector graphics games of the early 1980's.
Why similar: Old School 26.4%, Retro 23.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Exploration 13.6%, 3D 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled FPS that utilizes 3D platforming and surreal, old-school visuals to create a disorienting experience.
- #18 Math Fun
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 163 reviews2018
Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Windows
Math Fun is amazing fun loving app for everyone. This app will let you learn math in an fun and easy manner while playing.
Why similar: Survival Horror 59.1%, Strategy 29.8%, Indie 11%
Why You'll Like It: An educational horror game that focuses on difficult math problems and a cult-classic, surreal atmosphere.
- #19 Buckshot Roulette
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 119,065 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, First-Person 19.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Surreal 11.8%, 3D 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, chaotic strategy game that uses a simple, gritty aesthetic to deliver intense, short-form gameplay.
- #20 Lethal Company
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 507,841 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Survival Horror 26.3%, First-Person 16.3%, Funny 15.1%, Exploration 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, exploration-heavy indie game that thrives on the same kind of unpredictable, high-energy multiplayer moments.
- #21 Coffin Mall
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: 1990's 15.1%, Surreal 14.3%, Old School 13.4%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, stylized horror game that uses a retro aesthetic to build a sense of unease in a public space.
- #22 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
81% matchVery Positive94% of 34,796 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, First-Person 15.6%, Funny 14.2%, Exploration 10.1%, 3D 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative walking simulator that shares the same sense of humor and subversion of player expectations.
- #23 Brutalism22
84% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that emphasizes exploration and story-rich environments within a stark, 3D architectural setting.
- #24 Dadish
83% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas K. Young
Windows
Explore an exciting world, face off with fast-food themed foes, and reunite Dadish with his missing children in this challenging platforming adventure.
Why similar: Retro 21.9%, 1990's 18.8%, Old School 18%, Funny 13.7%, Action 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled platformer that shares the colorful, simple, and humorous tone found in many indie arcade titles.
- #25 The OG Cake Factory
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Glaseeze
Windows
You've woken up in this magnificent cake factory, but soon realize that a crazy chef is after you… Get ready to bake cakes in this stressful First-person Horror game!
Why similar: Old School 25.7%, 1990's 15.5%, Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 14.4%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled point-and-click horror game that relies on difficult puzzles and a classic, eerie atmosphere.
- #26 Content Warning
79% matchVery Positive94% of 159,268 reviews2024
Dev: ZorroPub: Evil Landfall?
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Why similar: Horror 26%, Funny 17.8%, Exploration 17.7%, Survival Horror 16.4%, First-Person 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on chaotic exploration and recording strange events, matching the high-energy, indie-horror vibe of the seed.
- #27 Super 3-D Noah's Ark
81% matchVery Positive88% of 905 reviews2015
Dev: Wisdom Tree, Inc.Pub: Piko Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fast paced, first person adventure aboard Noah's ark!
Why similar: Family Friendly 31.2%, Retro 17.9%, Action 13.3%, First-Person 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: An old-school FPS that provides a nostalgic, retro-gaming experience with a unique, quirky premise.
- #28 Fright Light
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: Chris Antoni
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience an intense, strategy dependent game disguised as a cheesy parody of all those jump scare "games" we love to laugh at. Master the art of tracking up to four intruders at once along with timing your flashlight reloads for maximum protection from your enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 27.8%, Indie 21.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror-strategy hybrid that focuses on managing light and movement to survive against unseen threats.
- #29 Murder House
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,305 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Old School 28.8%, Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 20.8%, Retro 17%, 3D 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled indie horror game that utilizes PS1-era graphics to create a tense, cinematic experience.
- #30 The Roach Hotel
77% matchVery Positive89% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Hawt Combo
Windows
The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.
Why similar: 1990's 17.8%, Old School 17.6%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.9%, Retro 11.4%
- #31 Slender: The Arrival
78% matchVery Positive88% of 9,266 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic exploration-based horror game that defined the genre of being chased through liminal environments.
- #32 Old School
76% matchVery Positive83% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: MDickie
Windows
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
Why similar: Old School 73.4%, 3D 15.6%, Action 11.1%
- #33 Five Nights At Skibidi Toilets
77% matchMixed52% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: CITADELE
Windows
FNAST offers a unique gameplay that combines elements of strategy, survival and horror. Will you be able to solve the mystery of this mysterious building and prove the truth of the information from the newspapers?
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.6%, Strategy 17%, Horror 16.7%, Funny 15.6%, 3D 12.9%
- #34 Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate
75% matchMixed66% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Hurrycat Studios
Windows
Dive into Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate, where your stream turns into a wild, eerie adventure. Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and expect the unexpected in a haunted asylum where nothing is as it seems. Will you brave the madness and reveal the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.1%, Funny 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.9%
- #35 Julian & Friends
73% matchVery Positive91% of 297 reviews2025
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
Join Julian and his friends in this psychological horror experience inspired by point-n-click computer games from the early 2000s. Witness many shenanigans with characters from the infamous 98xx.
Why similar: Old School 33%, Horror 27.5%, Colorful 20.8%, Retro 11.4%, Singleplayer 7.3%
- #36 A Liminal Place Remastered
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Mirage Entertainment
Windows
A Liminal Place RMSTER is a solitary game, and relaxing on some levels. ALPR Uses Body-Cam, Analog Horror and Found Footage style. Including realistic Liminal Spaces, and "Backrooms" levels.
Why similar: Exploration 28.3%, First-Person 24.2%, 1990's 22.9%, 3D 16.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #37 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
73% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...
Why similar: 1990's 22.7%, Arcade 15%, Strategy 13.7%, First-Person 11.2%, Survival Horror 10%
- #38 ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
72% matchVery Positive96% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel ManiacsPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Shoot paint, mix colors, and solve puzzles in this adventure about friendship and redemption. Just don't enter that portal to another universe, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏTʜɪɴɢ will 𝐛𝐞 ᴘEʀ𝐅𝓔ᴄᴛʟʏ 𝒇 𝔦 𝓃 ҽ . • °
Why similar: Parody 30.1% ★, Surreal 15.3%, First-Person 14%, Family Friendly 11.4%, Funny 8.5%
- #39 Water Boiling Simulator
72% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: wolfyer
Windows · Linux
It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Horror 17.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Strategy 10.4%
- #40 Nubby's Number Factory
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,424 reviews2025
Dev: MogDogBlog Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Why similar: Surreal 32.5%, Arcade 20.9%, Strategy 18.2%, Retro 9.7%, 1990's 8%
- #41 Deadly Escape
76% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Deadly Escape is a Survival Horror game made with pixel art graphics, inspired by survival horror games of the '90s.
Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.7%, Retro 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #42 Very Scary Backrooms Game
73% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Parody 17% ★, Horror 15.3%, Colorful 6.7%
- #43 God Damn The Garden
74% matchVery Positive83% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
The FPS Adventure where you're challenged to explore God Damn's World, and ultimately become the successor of Badass Heaven.
Why similar: Old School 21%, 1990's 16.1%, Retro 12.1%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 8.6%
- #44 The Fridge is Red
74% matchMixed56% of 230 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: 1990's 16.7%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Surreal 15.4%, Horror 11.3%, Retro 11%
- #45 Laser Tag Massacre
71% matchVery Positive87% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal Road
Windows
"Laser Tag Massacre" is a narrative-driven horror game inspired by 80s slasher movies, with a PS1-style aesthetic. On Halloween night, five friends throw a party in an abandoned arcade deep in rural Campinas, Brazil. What begins as a fun game of laser tag quickly spirals into their worst nightmare.
Why similar: 1990's 27.1%, Horror 18.8%, Retro 17.4%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #46 One Night at Barneys 3
71% matchVery Positive92% of 197 reviews2023
Dev: IFMGStudios
Windows
A survival horror game based off of Five Nights at Freddy's featuring many iconic characters from Barney & Friends. Defend, upgrade, and discover secrets throughout the one night you will spend trapped in a prison.
Why similar: Strategy 35.3%, Survival Horror 25%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 14.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #47 Lost Hope: Backrooms
70% matchMixed68% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
Windows
Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 21.3%, First-Person 16.5%, 3D 10%, Exploration 9.4%
- #48 PsiloSybil
69% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2024
Dev: bad_vertex
Windows
An old-school, tough-as nails classic linear 3D platformer with a faithful PS1 cartoony aesthetic. 25 fully original levels, boss fights, collectibles, time-trials, and many secrets.
Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, Retro 15.8%, Old School 13.5%, Colorful 11.9%, Family Friendly 11.7%
- #49 School Teacher Simulator
70% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Eathrabaria
Windows
Become a teacher in a local school. Teach kids, but make sure that your students stay focused during the lesson and react if they misbehave. Each day has unique events. Living school environment with each teacher and student having their own personality.
Why similar: First-Person 49.5%, 3D 39.5%, Singleplayer 11%
- #50 Garten of Banban 0
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,124 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, First-Person 14.4%, Surreal 10.8%
- #51 Let's School
67% matchVery Positive93% of 7,229 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!
Why similar: Family Friendly 25.5%, Strategy 24.8%, Funny 22.9%, 3D 13.8%, Indie 7%
- #52 Corn Defenders
70% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Jackson WynnPub: JC384
Windows
A modern game inspired by many popular 1980s arcade games that depicts a student locked inside of a school. You will need to trade for and collect corn to escape. You will also need to run away from Dr. Small and the teachers
Why similar: Old School 27%, Arcade 22.8%, Action 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Retro 12.7%
- #53 Bear Haven Nights
71% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Horror 28.5%, Action 16.6%, Indie 13%
- #54 Dump of the Dead X
69% matchMostly Positive69% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Drop_Dead_FredPub: Emergency Exit
Windows
Heavily drawing inspiration from the likes of Zombies Ate My Neighbors, DUMP OF THE DEAD X casts you as a guy who’s just chilling in every man’s safe space — the bathroom.
Why similar: 1990's 23.3%, Retro 15.9%, Colorful 11.8%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 11.1%
- #55 RATSHAKER™
65% matchVery Positive93% of 3,634 reviews2024
Dev: Sunscorched Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Horror 14.9%, Funny 12.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 11%
- #56 Last Term
66% matchVery Positive94% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Jakub.T
Windows
You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 13.6%, 3D 9.9%
- #57 OYASUMII
67% matchVery Positive83% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: NEO PROJECT Studios
Windows
Relive the nostalgia with OYASUMII, a horror and exploration game inspired by PSX and N64 classics. Enter liminal spaces and face surreal terrors in an adventure that challenges your skills and sanity. Are you ready to relive the golden age of video games with OYASUMII?
Why similar: Surreal 25.6%, Survival Horror 20%, Horror 17.1%, Retro 15.2%, Exploration 12.4%
- #58 Snotty's Sewer
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Alarming Ladder Studios
Windows
Welcome to Mr Snotty's Sewer! Stealthy explore an abandoned sewer, collect items and activate the only escape in this small indie horror! Just don't get caught by Mr Snotty or any of his friends!
Why similar: 1990's 23.4%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Family Friendly 9.8%
- #59 Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
65% matchVery Positive95% of 4,576 reviews2019
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Surreal 18.4%, Horror 14.6%, Funny 12%, First-Person 11.3%
- #60 Scary Maze Game
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Carrot Studios
Windows
You and up to 5 friends need to find the exit of a maze, beware of the monster that lurks in the shadows.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Arcade 15.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Horror 10.1%
