Games Like Days Under Custody

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the blend of platforming, puzzle-solving, and being hunted by larger, terrifying entities.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Indie 40.5%, Adventure 33.3%, Horror 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that focuses on physics-based puzzles and a dark, atmospheric horror setting.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.1%, Horror 27.2%, Adventure 21%, Indie 16.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar side-scrolling perspective with high-tension stealth sequences and environmental puzzles.

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Horror 34.6%, Indie 27.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a strong psychological horror narrative paired with intricate environmental puzzles in a claustrophobic setting.

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Horror 31.6%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the feeling of being stalked in a confined space while solving puzzles to progress.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Survival Horror 25.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-horror experience that relies heavily on physics-based puzzles and avoiding relentless threats.

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 51.5%, Survival Horror 28.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for players who enjoy the combination of puzzle-solving and the helplessness of being pursued.

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same indie horror DNA, focusing on exploration and puzzle-solving while being stalked by threats.

Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.7%, Horror 28.9%, Adventure 23.5%, Indie 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that focuses on uncovering a dark history within a mysterious, shifting environment.

DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...

Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Indie 32.6%, Horror 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title is built entirely around escape-room style puzzles within a dark, horror-themed narrative.

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Horror 36%, Adventure 34.5%, Indie 29.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused puzzle-adventure experience set in a tense, atmospheric environment that mirrors the mystery of the seed game.

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Horror 30.4%, Indie 29.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar indie horror experience focused on exploration and survival in a hostile environment.

After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.1%, Horror 36.3%, Indie 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer that incorporates horror elements and puzzle-solving in a dark, oppressive world.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Indie 21.6%, Adventure 18.5%, Survival Horror 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D horror game masterfully uses atmosphere and puzzles to explore a dark, supernatural history.

Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.

Why similar: Adventure 41.6%, Indie 32.1%, Horror 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses photography as a core mechanic to solve puzzles and reveal hidden threats in a horror setting.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Horror 45.4%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 23.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a surreal, unsettling horror story with classic point-and-click puzzle mechanics.

Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.

Why similar: Adventure 41.1%, Indie 31.8%, Horror 27.1%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror adventure that tasks players with solving puzzles to survive a dangerous mansion.

Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.

Why similar: Adventure 31.5%, Horror 27.7%, Indie 20.6%, Survival Horror 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a tense, first-person horror experience with a focus on narrative and survival.

Shadows 2: Perfidia is a survival horror game inspired by classics like the Penumbra series and Layers of Fear. Explore a darkened office complex and uncover the truth behind the horrifying events that have befallen its inhabitants.

Why similar: Adventure 56.3%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.5%, Indie 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic indie horror experience with a focus on exploration and survival against stalking enemies.

Made in Construct2, Settled is a story driven game with hints of exploration. As you progress, subtle changes appear. Memories and nightmares act as new areas, although still remaining in the confines of the house. When you reach the end, the conclusion may not be what you expected.

Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Horror 31%, Indie 30.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a distinct pixel-art style and focuses on the tension of surviving in a horror-filled environment.

Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.

Why similar: Indie 29.5%, Adventure 27.6%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Horror 20.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a survival-horror experience that emphasizes atmosphere and the tension of being hunted.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival Horror 42%, Horror 33.5%, Adventure 24.5%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival horror game emphasizes resource management and the constant threat of enemies in the dark.

Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.

Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Adventure 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Indie 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-horror game that uses exploration and puzzle-solving to reveal a dark, unsettling story.

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Adventure 31.5%, Horror 31.3%, Survival Horror 27.9%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This noir-inspired horror game relies on light-based puzzles and stealth to survive against supernatural threats.

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: Horror 51.3%, Indie 21.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Survival Horror 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological horror and exploration, creating a sense of dread similar to the seed game.

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Horror 64.8%, Adventure 35.2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that utilizes 2D puzzle mechanics to drive its psychological narrative.

Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.

Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Horror 30.3%, Indie 29.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique horror game that uses audio-based puzzle mechanics to uncover the history of a haunted location.

Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.

Why similar: Indie 37.8%, Adventure 32.1%, Horror 30.1%

BUDDY is a horror adventure based on a little girl Mary’s story nightmare. Will you able to distinguish the real story from the girl's fantasy?

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Indie 26.4%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Adventure 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: This indie horror title focuses on atmosphere and the constant threat of a stalker in a confined space.

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.8%, Adventure 31.9%, Horror 19.4%, Indie 11.8%

Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.

Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Survival Horror 28.2%, Horror 27.8%, Indie 12.1%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Horror 74.4%, Adventure 25.6%

Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 46.9%, Horror 30.2%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 4.7%

"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.

Why similar: Survival Horror 54.2%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 17.9%

Adventure horror with many puzzles and an interesting story.

Why similar: Adventure 46.4%, Indie 31.8%, Horror 21.8%

Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Horror 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 13%

Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 26.6%

Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness

Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Horror 37.6%, Indie 11.7%

Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.

Why similar: Horror 86.2%, Adventure 13.8%

Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Adventure 27.5%, Horror 26.8%, Indie 18.1%

Uncover the mystery behind a terrifying kidnapper in this story-driven horror adventure. Solve puzzles, explore eerie locations, and help Tom and his friends survive in 1990s America. Horror Tale is a creepy escape game full of twists and suspense.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.8%, Horror 27.8%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 16%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Horror 28.8%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 16.4%

Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.

Why similar: Survival Horror 43.2%, Horror 32%, Adventure 24.8%

Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.

Why similar: Horror 68.2%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 6.1%

How far would you go if your daughter didn’t come home? Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is a first-person psychological horror. This story-driven game offers enhanced features, an improved story, and additional content. Enter the woods if you dare and begin a search you’ll never forget.

Why similar: Horror 49.4%, Adventure 32.6%, Indie 18%

Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?

Why similar: Horror 55.1%, Adventure 44.9%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.5%, Horror 32.8%, Indie 19%, Adventure 11.7%

Curse of Anabelle is a story driven adventure-horror/puzzle game which players can experience in the first person perspective. The storyline is based on real world myths and legends.

Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Indie 39.2%, Horror 9.9%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Horror 51.8%, Adventure 33%, Indie 15.2%

The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

Why similar: Horror 48.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 15.7%

Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.

Why similar: Survival Horror 42%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 24.9%

As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.

Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Adventure 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Indie 20.1%

Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 25.8%

Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.

Why similar: Indie 60.8%, Horror 39.2%

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.4%, Horror 28.5%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 16.2%

A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.

Why similar: Horror 53.5%, Adventure 31.3%, Indie 15.1%

Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39%, Adventure 28.5%, Horror 19.5%, Indie 13%