Games Like Dead Tapes: Fading Father

The Arcade is a PSX-style psychological horror story game. You play as Trevor, an owner of a dying arcade in the early 2000s. As Trevor struggles to keep the arcade running, memories of his past begin to haunt him. What happened to the place he left behind? And why does he blame himself for it?

Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 22%, 1990's 12.2%, Retro 10.5%, Adventure 8.6%

After years of missing out on life, the journeys, the friendships, the experiences, you are prescribed an experimental medication to help you reclaim your life. The side effects were supposed to be minor, but as you drift off to sleep, you wake up in your childhood home.

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Dark 16.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 8%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 23.7%, Dark 17.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%

The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 26.8%, Dark 18.6%, Adventure 12.4%, 3D 4.7%

Unfound Footage is a short, atmospheric psychological horror game where you must survive inside a mysterious mansion after a strange disappearance.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 21.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Retro 15.3%, Dark 8%

A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 31.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Dark 7.9%, Atmospheric 3.8%

A short first-person horror game set in Tbilisi. A late-night walk to the metro turns tense as a slow-moving car tracks your every step. When you find the station closed, a desperate fight to escape begins.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 24.7%, Dark 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%, First-Person 6.5%

"Oniwaki Village" is a first-person Japanese horror adventure game set in a Japanese village that has been abandoned due to an incident. Players endure horror as they explore the village and pursue the mystery of the incident....

Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 26%, Adventure 20.8%, Dark 20.2%, Indie 1.9%

Your sister has recently gone missing at the nearby metro station. After several more reports of weird occurrences, it is agreed to abandon and close the platform. From hearing the news of losing your sister, every night you have been searching the platform for any clues on her disappearance.

Why similar: Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, 1990's 18.2%, Stylized 9.5%, Adventure 9.5%

Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 16.1%, 1990's 15.5%, Retro 8%

Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Retro 9.4%, 1990's 8.9%

A short story-driven horror game with a worn VHS finish. Move into the last house on Sycamore Street, unpack, meet the neighbor, and find out why the dog won't go near the attic. After dark, hide in the wardrobe, watch through the slats, and try to get a phone signal.

Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 23%, Adventure 13.8%, 1990's 10.4%, Retro 8%

Noah had run from his past, from his sins. But they had other plans for him. The mind always harbors its deepest dread, and when the time comes, you must face it. For Noah, that time has come.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 15.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Retro 9.2%

In 'Stranger Watch' players step into the shoes of an elementary school student in a town plagued by recent sightings of suspicious figures. As they make their way home, it’s up to them to spot and report these lurking dangers

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 25.8%, Dark 22.9%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 1.9%

A horror almanac that tells the story of events in the city of Intown, built around a science station. The town is caught up by nightmares that in the future will affect the lives of every resident, follow how the impact of the nightmares on Intown will change over time.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 18%, Retro 13.1%, Dark 10.2%, 1990's 8.1%

A terrifying VHS-style horror game. You're trapped in a cursed house haunted by a failed ritual. Stay silent, your microphone is always listening. Speak, and something will hear you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 19.9%, Adventure 14.5%, 1990's 11.3%, Retro 8.5%

Dive deep into a chilling and emotionally charged short horror experience that tells a story about a girl living with her abusive mother.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 27%, Dark 11.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Retro 8.6%

Stuck in a wheelchair with a bell in your hand. They watch you in the dark and move closer when you're not looking. Find them. Ring the bell. Escape the nightmare. Wake up.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Dark 13%, Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 8%

Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, 1990's 14.6%, Dark 12.2%, Adventure 8.2%

A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Horror 29.7%, Retro 14.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 24%, Dark 18.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%

You're trapped in an abandoned bunker with no way out. Collect items and solve puzzles to escape, but be careful, because The Bunker Freak is always watching...

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, 1990's 15.5%, Retro 15.3%, Adventure 8.4%

A dark children's rumor: Mr. Rabbit grants midnight wishes. Strange events haunt this grim old house. Fabric rustles echo, blurry silhouettes flash, lights flicker without warning. A brother and sister face eerie phenomena here. Explore this secret house, inspect clues, seek shadow beings.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Dark 11.9%, Retro 7.1%

A 2000s psychological horror game about a young girl who uncovers a box of cursed 90s VHS cartridges in her new home. Play eerie PSX-style retro games on a CRT monitor while simultaneously managing threats in your dark bedroom. Balance nostalgic retro gameplay with real-time survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 17.8%, 1990's 14.8%, Retro 12.6%, Dark 10.2%

Wake up alone in the grand Colorado Hotel, a place where memories fade and reality distorts. Explore oppressive hallways, solve puzzles, and try to understand why you are here. Will you find the exit before the hotel forgets you?

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Retro 17.4%, Stylized 9.7%, Adventure 8.6%

One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 21.6%, 1990's 16.2%, Retro 15.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%

The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Retro 14%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%

You work as a delivery driver/package handler for "Fed-ups". You're loading the packages into your truck as usual when someone next to tells you, they're being stalked.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.2%, Retro 20.9%, Horror 17.2%, Adventure 15.3%, 3D 8.6%

A chilling psychological horror experience. Alone at home, you receive a cryptic message: "Congratulations! You got a haunted service." What starts as a prank quickly turns into a terrifying night as sinister events unfold. Will you survive until your parents return?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Horror 26.4%, Dark 12.3%, Linear 9.3%, First-Person 5.8%

A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.

Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Dark 24.2%, Adventure 4.4%, Indie 3.5%

Hide and Sink series is a retro horror anthology chronicling short stories of uncanny childhood events. Part 2: Hide and Sink is a first-person psychological horror game. What starts as an innocent game of after-school hide-and-seek quickly unravels into an uncanny terror.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Retro 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%

"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.

Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Dark 20%, Adventure 13.3%, 3D 3.5%

The Quiet Flat is a first-person psychological horror game set in an atmospheric Soviet apartment. Uncover the mystery of your father’s death as your familiar home slowly transforms into a nightmare

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 20.2%, 1990's 16.2%, Retro 11%, Dark 8%

A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Psychological Horror 30%, Dark 11.7%, Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 7%

One night, your plushies whisper a warning: Three monsters from under the bed will come for you before dawn. The only way to survive is to play their games… and win. Fail, and you won’t live to see the morning.

Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Dark 16.2%, Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 6.7%

PISO 6 is a first-person psychological horror game with a low-poly aesthetic. After his father’s death, Tomás returns to the apartment where he grew up. What seemed like a simple search for a will turns into a nightmare that pulls him back into the past.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, 1990's 17.4%, Retro 16.8%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 10.4%

You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Suspected Scam” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 29.5%, Adventure 25%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Indie 2.1%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Dark 10.9%, First-Person 5.6%

Rumors of a serial killer stalking your local town are all over the news, and you have a meeting with your counselor in an hour. The problem is, the walk there is long and dark.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Retro 14.6%, Dark 11.4%, Adventure 11%

A sick mother and her young son move into the home of a lonely old woman. A tragic story inspired by the dark puppet animations of the 80s and 90s.

Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Adventure 14%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 5.2%

A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 22.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.

Why similar: Horror 39%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Dark 15.1%, First-Person 4.5%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 27.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Retro 9.3%, Dark 7.5%

「心霊旅館」は廃旅館から脱出する3Dホラーゲーム。 謎を解き、恐怖を乗り越え脱出を目指しましょう！

Why similar: Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Retro 22.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 1.8%

Experience a unique psychological horror set in the 90s with retro style. Solve complex puzzles and uncover ominous rituals of a secret society. Immerse yourself in someone else's past and feel deep emotional pain and fears. Face your own demons and uncover dark secrets that will keep you on edge.

Why similar: Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, 1990's 16.3%, Retro 16%, Dark 10.3%

A challenging first-person psychological horror game where you play as Vera, trapped in a nightmare tied to her family’s tragic past. Burn the cursed teddies, restore lost memories, and break sealed doors to survive The Mare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 27%, Dark 19.7%, Adventure 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.5%, Horror 37.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%

In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Retro 16%, Adventure 8.2%, Dark 8.2%

Following the last of the Salem Witch Trials, a Puritan father claims to have had a vision showing a place where his missing son might be, and suspects a witch is behind his abduction.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 17.9%, Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 5.7%

A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 25.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 10.2%

Trapped in a dark mansion, you must solve cryptic puzzles, evade mind-warping horrors, and descend into a PSX-inspired nightmare. Will you escape, or will you spiral into oblivion in SOMNIFUGE?

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Retro 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 13.6%, Adventure 11%

ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 27.1%, Adventure 22.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%, First-Person 6.8%

The air is poison. A liminal city is buried in toxic fog. Try to salvage what remains. Get her out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 23.3%, Retro 16.7%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Pinewood Inn is a story-driven horror game in which you run a haunted hotel as its owner and try to scare your guests. But playing with fear spirals out of control!

Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Constitución, CABA. 3 AM. You leave a party, feeling defeated because the girl you liked didn't even look at you. You go to wait for the last "39" bus of that night. You try to stop it, but it goes straight away. Tomorrow you have the exam that defines whether you graduate or not. Good luck.

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 23%, Retro 19.5%, Adventure 10.3%, First-Person 7.6%

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Dark 15.1%, Adventure 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.6%

An atmospheric first-person horror where you play as a forest ranger investigating a series of bloody events. Search for clues, monitor the perimeter through surveillance cameras, and keep your shotgun at the ready: an unfathomable horror lurks in the nocturnal gloom…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 12.5%, Retro 10.7%, 1990's 9.9%

Forbidden Tapes is a game consisting of three different horror stories. In the first episode, discover Jeremy Winterroad's recording, an urban exploration enthusiast searching for abandoned places full of stories. He won't be disappointed when he explores the old McNale house.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Dark 17.1%, Adventure 15.4%, First-Person 3.8%

このホラーゲームでは、プレイヤーは先端恐怖症になった看護師として、病院内で業務を進めながら彼女の先端恐怖症の原因を探ります。 しかし、深く掘り下げるにつれ、驚くべき事実が明らかになり、衝撃的なラストへと導かれます。 小規模ながらもプレイヤーを引き込む深いストーリーと、緻密な演出による臨場感あふれる恐怖体験を提供しています。

Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Dark 15.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Retro 7.9%