- #1 Nightmare of Decay
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,343 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Zombies 15.7%, 1990's 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 11.5%
- #2 EBOLA VILLAGE
96% matchVery Positive81% of 419 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
Why similar: Zombies 16.1%, 1990's 15.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Gore 12.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #3 CULTIC
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,459 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: Shooter 16.5%, Gore 15.4%, Old School 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 11.4%
- #4 Deathbloom: Chapter 1
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Inspired by classic survival horror. Bachman Manor sprawls into a maze of corridors, bedrooms, foyers, and more. Filled with puzzles, traps, and hidden passageways that explore the secrets of its dark history and occupants.
Why similar: Violent 23.5%, Zombies 12.3%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Gore 8.9%
- #5 Echoes of the Living
94% matchVery Positive84% of 956 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
Why similar: Zombies 20.8%, 1990's 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #6 Living Dead Outbreak
93% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Battle your way through the dense zombie crowds as you struggle to survive! Inspired by classic zombie movies and FPS games from the 90s, the overwhelming combat will keep you on your toes!
Why similar: Zombies 19.4%, Gore 15.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Violent 12.2%, Horror 11.8%
- #7 Wounded - The Beginning
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.
Why similar: Violent 15.5%, Gore 15%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.2%, Zombies 12.1%
- #8 Invention 3
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 25.2%, Shooter 14.6%, Gore 10.3%, Violent 8.6%, Survival Horror 7.9%
- #9 Killing Time: Resurrected
91% matchVery Positive92% of 357 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you'll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, First-Person 18.4%, 1990's 14.7%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 9.1%
- #10 The Hotel
91% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Gore 15.9%, Violent 12.2%, Zombies 10.3%
- #11 Post Trauma
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Zombies 19.2%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Gore 17%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Horror 11.7%
- #12 Daymare: 1998
90% matchMixed69% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Why similar: Zombies 27.1%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 14.6%, Gore 13.9%, Violent 10.6%
- #13 KINGDOM of the DEAD
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 414 reviews2022
Dev: DIRIGO GAMESPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Immerse yourself in a dreadful hand-drawn horror world and push Death’s armies back to the underworld!
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Horror 18.5%, Gore 14.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Violent 10.4%
- #14 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,952 reviews2024
Dev: KillPixel GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Why similar: Gore 19.7%, Violent 16.3%, 1990's 12.3%, Action 11%, Old School 9.6%
- #15 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,323 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Violent 19%, Shooter 12.5%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 11.2%
- #16 DEAD TRASH
86% matchVery Positive88% of 411 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
Why similar: Shooter 15.6%, Horror 14.2%, Violent 12.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%
- #17 Putrefaction
88% matchMixed70% of 492 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Gore 22.3%, Horror 17.3%, Zombies 12.8%, Action 10.6%, Shooter 10.5%
- #18 Beneath
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 290 reviews2025
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.
Why similar: 1990's 16.8%, Zombies 15.4%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.4%, Shooter 8.9%
- #19 You Will Die Here Tonight
84% matchVery Positive91% of 661 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Zombies 26%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #20 Eternal Evil
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 585 reviews2022
Dev: Honor Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.
Why similar: Zombies 17.7%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Gore 14.6%, Horror 12.2%, Violent 11.4%
- #21 Mansion of the Dead
81% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Caicai Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness. Find hidden clues, solve intricate puzzles, and outsmart the relentless zombies that roam the estate. Will you make it out alive, or will you too vanish without a trace?
Why similar: Gore 20.4%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.8%, Violent 12.4%, Zombies 11%
- #22 EBOLA 2
83% matchMixed69% of 280 reviews2021
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
EBOLA 2 is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Zombies 17.3%, Gore 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.3%, Violent 10.9%
- #23 Flesh Made Fear
79% matchVery Positive94% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
Why similar: Zombies 21.2%, 1990's 19.1%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #24 PATHOGEN X
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 294 reviews2024
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
Why similar: Zombies 21.2%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Horror 13%, Gore 12.9%, Shooter 11.2%
- #25 project BLARI
82% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: MaxEstLa
Windows
Try to survive in this semi open horror game inspired by the ps1 graphic era.
Why similar: Zombies 23.3%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 18.6%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #26 Dead of Darkness
80% matchVery Positive87% of 214 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 25.2%, Horror 19.7%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Violent 15.5%, Dark 8.4%
- #27 Synthesis of Corruption
79% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: 1990's 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Zombies 12.2%, Gore 10.4%
- #28 Dead Purge: Outbreak
82% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Gore 24%, Violent 19.2%, Zombies 16.8%, Survival Horror 8%, Shooter 7.4%
- #29 Heavy Metal Death Can
77% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Krufs Productions
Windows
Heavy Metal Death Can is an old-school survival horror game set on a Swedish Cold War–era submarine. Trapped beneath the ocean, you must fight against the terrifying Sludge which has turned your crew into Zombies. Look for survivors and uncover the truth behind the madness.
Why similar: Zombies 21.7%, Survival Horror 18.3%, 1990's 14.4%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 8%
- #30 Them and Us
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,616 reviews2021
Dev: TendoGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Zombies 14.9%, Horror 13.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Shooter 10.1%
- #31 The Scarlet Harvest
76% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.
Why similar: Gore 15.2%, Zombies 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Violent 11%, Horror 9.8%
- #32 Bloodhound
77% matchMixed68% of 383 reviews2023
Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.
Why similar: Gore 16%, Shooter 13.9%, Horror 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 10.8%
- #33 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
76% matchVery Positive87% of 2,448 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, First-Person 17.2%, Dark 15.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 9%
- #34 DOCTOR VISCERA
74% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Horror 15.4%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Gore 9.6%
- #35 The Walking Evil
78% matchMixed55% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Gore 19.2%, Horror 15.1%, Violent 11.9%
- #36 EBOLA 3
75% matchMixed70% of 343 reviews2022
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
EBOLA 3 - is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Zombies 17.7%, Gore 15.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 11.6%, Violent 11.4%
- #37 Comatose
71% matchVery Positive96% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21%, Horror 16.5%, Violent 15.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Shooter 9.2%
- #38 Fortuito: Lost History
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: 1990's 27.7%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, First-Person 14.1%, Horror 10.2%, Zombies 8.3%
- #39 Remorse: The List
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 317 reviews2022
Dev: Ashkandi
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.
Why similar: Gore 17.7%, Violent 13.5%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.1%, Shooter 9.6%
- #40 Bleak Haven
73% matchMixed42% of 130 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 18.9%, Horror 14.8%, Gore 12.4%, Shooter 11.3%, First-Person 11.1%
- #41 Weeping Falls Massacre
73% matchVery Positive89% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: 1990's 23.2%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 10.7%
- #42 THE MUTE HOUSE
71% matchVery Positive81% of 296 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Zombies 15.5%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Gore 12.2%, Horror 11.1%, 1990's 10.5%
- #43 Stay Out of the House
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,838 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: 1990's 24.6%, Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Old School 8.7%
- #44 EBOLA
74% matchMixed41% of 233 reviews2019
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your main task is to find out who is involved in the spread and experiment on the "E" virus - Ebola, you need to stop the spread of the virus, and at the same time survive yourself! Millions of people may die.
Why similar: Zombies 19.7%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 13%, Violent 12.1%, First-Person 10.4%
- #45 Shame Legacy
72% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: Fairyship GamesPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Shame Legacy is a first-person survival-horror, set in a forsaken cultist village. You attempt to survive using stealth and escape. By solving puzzles, you unravel the mystery that's h(a)unting you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, First-Person 16%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 9.7%
- #46 Waves of Rotting Flesh
71% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Chim Ruoi Games
Windows
A wave based FPS where you defend a barricaded house against increasing hordes of the dead.
Why similar: Shooter 18.5%, Zombies 17.8%, First-Person 14.7%, Gore 13.6%, Horror 12.8%
- #47 Heaven Dust 2
69% matchVery Positive90% of 848 reviews2022
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies. Heaven Dust 2 is a love letter to classic survival horror games featuring exploration, action, puzzles, and resource management.
Why similar: Zombies 30.1%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.1%, Shooter 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #48 Mortanis Prisoners
68% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Alexey BulgakovPub: Honor Games
Windows
Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare?
Why similar: Gore 16.2%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Zombies 14.8%, Horror 11.9%, Violent 10%
- #49 Aftershock: Coastline
67% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Alex Rassloff
Windows
A thrilling retro-styled shooter with survival-horror elements, inspired by the design of Resident Evil and the atmosphere of Bioshock. Spend an hour delving deep into a seaside bunker in an uncanny land, uncovering its secrets and surviving against the cosmic terrors which dwell within.
Why similar: 1990's 20.9%, Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Old School 11.3%, Shooter 10.9%
- #50 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
67% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Shooter 14.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%
- #51 Abandoned Souls
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 393 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 14.8%, Dark 11.6%, Exploration 10.6%
- #52 The Dark Occult
70% matchMixed69% of 1,267 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Gore 25.6%, Violent 21.1%, Action 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%
- #53 Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
66% matchVery Positive87% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Schroder
Windows
Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is a full-length co-op survival horror experience inspired by the golden age of zombies. 15+ hours of missions, vehicles, puzzles, with many playable survivors await across a world consumed by the dead. No microtransactions, no shortcuts: just pure survival.
Why similar: 1990's 20.8%, Horror 20.2%, Shooter 18.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Action 9%
- #54 Lone Leader
72% matchMostly Negative35% of 366 reviews2016
Dev: SirGoosePub: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lone Leader is a unique zombie apocalypse survival game. Your only aim in life is to survive. Explore the spine chilling open world map in a quest to survive.
Why similar: Gore 27.2%, Violent 21.7%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 14.9%, Action 10.7%
- #55 Mortal Decay
69% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Survival Horror 20%, Gore 18.7%, Horror 17%, First-Person 13.2%, Dark 9.7%
- #56 Dead Format
66% matchVery Positive84% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Horror 19.3%, 1990's 19.2%, Violent 10.8%, First-Person 7.5%
- #57 Apparition
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
First-person survival horror with ghosts and demons. Find yourself smack in the middle of a haunted forest in the dead of night. Talk to spirits through your Spirit Board. Capture evidence of the paranormal, but beware, fiercely aggressive demons are on the hunt.
Why similar: Gore 21.5%, Horror 19.9%, Violent 14.4%, Survival Horror 14.4%, First-Person 9.8%
- #58 DUSK
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,288 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: 1990's 20.1%, Gore 19.6%, Shooter 15.3%, Horror 14.4%, Old School 11.5%
- #59 Saint of Chains
64% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.5%, Shooter 12%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 10.2%