- #1 MADiSON
97% matchVery Positive87% of 3,425 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 18.3%, Survival 9.5%, Dark 6%
- #2 The Night of the Scissors
96% matchVery Positive93% of 477 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 8.9%, 1980s 8.7%
- #3 Dead Take
96% matchVery Positive88% of 840 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 19.3%, Story Rich 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #4 Among Ashes
95% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 6.8%, Dark 6.4%
- #5 Anthology of Fear
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 293 reviews2023
Dev: OhDeer StudioPub: 100 GAMES
Windows
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.5%, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Survival 11.2%, Violent 7.1%
- #6 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
94% matchVery Positive83% of 2,352 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 40.3%, Horror 14.2%, Violent 14%, Mystery 8.9%, First-Person 5.9%
- #7 ZERO PROTOCOL
93% matchVery Positive83% of 628 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #8 Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper
92% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
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 24.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 12.4%, Survival 12%, 1990's 7.9%
- #9 The Story of Henry Bishop
91% matchVery Positive83% of 547 reviews2019
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Violent 12.1%, Survival 7.3%
- #10 Supernormal
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,216 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Dark 6.5%
- #11 Vesnith Tapes
89% matchVery Positive80% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Action 9.4%
- #12 INDICTED
91% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"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 34.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Survival 12.5%, Story Rich 7.2%, First-Person 5.9%
- #13 Crow Country
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,157 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 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 36%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, 1990's 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, Violent 6.6%
- #14 Echoes of Dread
88% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Wake up inside an abandoned mansion. Uncover the dark fate of a missing family. Survive the presence that stalks you within these walls.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.9%, Survival 13.1%, First-Person 5.7%
- #15 Remorse: The List
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: Ashkandi
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.9 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: Survival Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13.8%, Violent 10.8%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #16 Uh Oh!
86% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.2%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival 9.6%, Mystery 8.1%
- #17 Plastomorphosis
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.2%, 1990's 11.6%, Mystery 6.2%
- #18 MATRESHKA
84% matchVery Positive84% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.7%, 1990's 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #19 Abandoned Souls
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 27.9%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.3%, Mystery 8.2%, Dark 6%
- #20 Fortuito: Lost History
84% matchVery Positive80% of 80 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 23.5%, Mystery 15%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, First-Person 8.8%
- #21 Weeping Falls Massacre
83% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: 1990's 13.6%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, 1980s 11.1%
- #22 Dread X Collection 2
82% matchVery Positive94% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.1%, Survival 10.5%, 1990's 10%
- #23 The Wellmonts Case
79% matchVery Positive95% of 233 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 21.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Dark 9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #24 Mists of Aiden
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Violent 14.5%, Mystery 8.7%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #25 Left Alone
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 646 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.3%, Survival 11.4%, Mystery 7.9%
- #26 JANITOR BLEEDS
80% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 20.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, First-Person 7.6%
- #27 Mirror Forge
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 15.4%, Survival 14.6%, Dark 6.6%
- #28 Post Trauma
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 685 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 37.5%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 18.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #29 ALONE?
81% matchMixed41% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Action 15.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Adventure 4.6%
- #30 Alan Sharp
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Mystive Studios
Windows
Alan Sharp is a Detective, Mystery/Horror video game driven by immersive storyline and character development, focused on exploration, survival, puzzles, and open-world investigation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 10.9%, Survival 9.3%, Violent 7.9%
- #31 Paranormal VHS
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Dark 8.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #32 Cannibal Abduction
75% matchVery Positive96% of 371 reviews2023
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.6%, Horror 24.2%, 1980s 15.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Violent 5.2%
- #33 Chasing Static
76% matchVery Positive87% of 513 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Dark 7.3%
- #34 Schizo Dark
74% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Survival 15%, Action 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 5.8%
- #35 Heavy Metal Death Can
73% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Krufs Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Survival Horror 41.2%, Horror 19.2%, 1990's 12.6%, Dark 5.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #36 God's Basement
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,317 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 19.6%, Violent 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 8.6%
- #37 Husk
78% matchMixed46% of 762 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadScoutPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 15.5%, Violent 8.9%, Survival 8.6%
- #38 Witch Hunt
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,445 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 31.6%, Horror 16.6%, Survival 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Gothic 6.7% ★
- #39 Nightmare of Decay
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,395 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: Survival Horror 36.2%, Horror 20.6%, 1990's 14.7%, Violent 8.1%, Survival 7.7%
- #40 Subversive Memories
71% matchVery Positive97% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #41 Finding Anastasia
73% matchVery Positive80% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
Finding Anastasia is a 3D first person horror game. You have to find missing girlfriend Anastasia.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 15.3%, 1990's 13.6%, Mystery 5.9%
- #42 The Last Letter
71% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 26.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%, 1990's 6.9%
- #43 Dead of Darkness
71% matchVery Positive88% of 224 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 33.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.9%, Violent 8.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #44 Dead Beacon
73% matchVery Positive89% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: SelianiDEV
Windows
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.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Horror 19.4%, 1990's 19.1%, Violent 10.9%, First-Person 7.4%
- #45 Dread Flats
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,663 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 19.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 4.9%
- #46 Never Forgotten
72% 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 39.3%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Dark 7.4%
- #47 Omitted
74% matchMixed47% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 21.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Dark 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #48 Necrophosis
69% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, Horror 21.9%, Mystery 16.9%, Gothic 7.2% ★, First-Person 7%
- #49 Unmourned
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 275 reviews2025
Dev: Codebros Studio
Windows
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.6%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 17.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Action 4.9%
- #50 Thekku Island
69% matchVery Positive86% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Ales Devs Games
Windows
A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17%, Mystery 8.9%, 3D 7.1%
- #51 Fear the Spotlight
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,306 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #52 Whispering Lane: Horror
70% matchMixed63% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 15.9%, 1990's 11.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #53 ROUTINE
65% matchVery Positive92% of 8,198 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 7.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #54 Bleak Haven
69% matchMixed42% of 142 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 28.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 14%, Mystery 7.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #55 Joyville
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 344 reviews2023
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.1%, Survival 10.9%, 1980s 10.5%
- #56 The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game
65% matchVery Positive88% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 20.1%, Survival 14.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 8.6%
- #57 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
65% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Survival 18.4%, Dark 6.7%, Action 4.7%
- #58 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
67% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 5.5%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #59 HORROR TALES: The Wine
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 483 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.2%, Violent 8.5%, Mystery 7.1%
- #60 Echoes of the Living
64% matchVery Positive84% of 1,020 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Survival Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 15.7%, 1990's 13.5%, Mystery 8.9%