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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Singleplayer, Gore, Action.

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Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 128 reviews
Released: 2022-11-18
Developer: SelianiDEV
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Checkmaty
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    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 15.3%, 1990's 14.5%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.6%, Gore 11.6%

  2. #2 Deathbloom: Chapter 1
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2019
    Dev: Vincent Lade
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 23.6%, Horror 12.3%, Zombies 12.1%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Gore 9.1%

  3. #3 CULTIC
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
    Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 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 15.5%, Old School 13.8%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 11.6%

  4. #4 Wounded - The Beginning
    96% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
    Dev: Workbench Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.

    Why similar: Gore 17.9%, Violent 15%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.8%, Zombies 11.5%

  5. #5 EBOLA VILLAGE
    94% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2025
    Dev: indie_games_studio
    Windows

    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 15.8%, 1990's 15.3%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 10.5%

  6. #6 Echoes of the Living
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 841 reviews2025
    Dev: MoonGlint Studio
    Windows

    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 20.6%, 1990's 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8.9%

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    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 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 22.8%, Horror 17.4%, Zombies 12.6%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%

  8. #8 Invention 3
    92% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
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    Windows

    In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.

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    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 25.2%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Gore 16.3%, Violent 12.2%, Zombies 10.2%

  10. #10 Eternal Evil
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 577 reviews2022
    Dev: Honor Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  11. #11 Post Trauma
    90% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 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 18.9%, Gore 17.2%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.7%

  12. #12 Daymare: 1998
    89% matchMixed69% of 4,164 reviews2019
    Dev: Invader StudiosPub: Destructive Creations
    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 26.7%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 10.8%

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    88% matchVery Positive93% of 328 reviews2024
    Dev: Nightdive Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.1 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 22.6%, First-Person 18.5%, 1990's 14.9%, Action 9.5%, Shooter 9%

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    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 407 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Immerse yourself in a dreadful hand-drawn horror world and push Death’s armies back to the underworld!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 18.6%, Gore 14.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Violent 10.4%

  15. #15 DEAD TRASH
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
    Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Dev: BraveCat'Studios
    Windows

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    84% matchVery Positive95% of 106 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?

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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Zombies 21%, 1990's 19.3%, Survival Horror 17%, Horror 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%

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    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    81% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  26. #26 project BLARI
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2020
    Dev: MaxEstLa
    Windows

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    Why similar: Zombies 23%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 18.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

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    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,888 reviews2022
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    Windows
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  28. #28 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,895 reviews2024
    Dev: KillPixel GamesPub: 3D Realms
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.4 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.

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    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  30. #30 The Scarlet Harvest
    77% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    79% matchMixed55% of 131 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 reviews2025
    Dev: Five Finger Studios
    Windows

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    77% matchMixed42% of 224 reviews2019
    Dev: indie_games_studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    74% matchMixed61% of 176 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    73% matchMixed43% of 103 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive82% of 278 reviews2025
    Dev: December Blues Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Zombies 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Gore 12.5%, Horror 11.2%, 1990's 10.6%

  40. #40 Weeping Falls Massacre
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
    Dev: Tainted Pact
    Windows

    80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.

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    71% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2022
    Dev: Ashkandi
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    72% matchMixed68% of 376 reviews2023
    Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    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.

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  44. #44 Lone Leader
    75% 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.

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    69% matchVery Positive90% of 109 reviews2025
    Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
    Windows

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  46. #46 Abandoned Souls
    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows
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  47. #47 Waves of Rotting Flesh
    72% 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.

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  48. #48 Pixel Combat: Zombie Shooter
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2025
    Dev: Avega GamesPub: Brightika, Inc.
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  49. #49 Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2026
    Dev: Mike Schroder
    Windows

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  50. #50 Dead Format
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 134 reviews2025
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  51. #51 Mortal Decay
    70% 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...

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  52. #52 Apparition
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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  53. #53 Aftershock: Coastline
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 62 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.

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  54. #54 Dirty Room
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  55. #55 Carnival Massacre
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 158 reviews2025
    Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
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    Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!

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    Dev: DascuMaru
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    69% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
    Dev: RYM GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 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.

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    70% matchMixed58% of 1,107 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of undead.

    Why similar: Zombies 28.2%, Gore 22.5%, Violent 16.9%, Shooter 10.4%, Horror 8.6%

  59. #59 Mortanis Prisoners
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 67 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 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Zombies 15.1%, Horror 12.4%, Violent 10.3%

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