Games Like Decay: The Mare

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 7.3%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person psychological horror experience that constantly shifts the environment to mirror the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.

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: Horror 41.8%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological 11.6%, First-Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that traps the player in a decaying prison, mirroring the institutional setting and mystery of the seed game.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 49%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Adventure 4.6%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Dark 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, first-person psychological horror game set in a sprawling, shifting house that captures the same dread as an institutional nightmare.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 38%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 7.4%, First-Person 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that focuses on domestic trauma and environmental storytelling through exploration.

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 53.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Puzzle 7.4%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive first-person horror game that relies on environmental puzzles and psychological vulnerability rather than combat.

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Horror 39.6%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 9%, Puzzle 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure that explores the dark corners of the human mind through atmospheric, puzzle-heavy gameplay.

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

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 5.7%, First-Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based, first-person puzzle-horror game that emphasizes exploration and isolation in a dark, underground facility.

Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Psychological 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that captures a surreal, nightmare-like world where choices significantly impact the environment.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.6%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, first-person psychological narrative that uses puzzle-solving to explore existential dread and isolation.

Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.5%, Horror 30.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Psychological Horror 5.6%, First-Person 3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person, point-and-click horror game that excels at building atmospheric dread within a single, mysterious location.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Adventure 19%, Indie 8.7%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, Lovecraftian horror game that relies on puzzle-solving and atmospheric exploration to uncover a dark mystery.

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: Point & Click 27.4%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 18.7%, Puzzle 7.3%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click psychological horror game that features a child navigating a disturbing, dream-like reality.

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: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Puzzle 14.4%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, puzzle-heavy horror game that traps the player in a series of escape-room style environments.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Psychological Horror 31.8%, First-Person 9%, Story Rich 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological, investigative horror game that features surreal, mind-bending sequences similar to the nightmare logic of the seed game.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 60.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Indie 7.3%, First-Person 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that uses surreal, dream-like environments to create a sense of vulnerability.

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror adventure that uses point-and-click mechanics to tell a disturbing and mature story.

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.9%, Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, point-and-click investigative horror game that focuses on uncovering occult mysteries.

'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 34.9%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, puzzle-heavy horror game set in a mysterious hotel that emphasizes atmosphere and logic-based challenges.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, atmospheric mystery game that uses environmental puzzles to piece together a dark, supernatural narrative.

Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?

Why similar: Point & Click 45%, Horror 26%, Adventure 18.6%, Puzzle 6.6%, Story Rich 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, point-and-click adventure game that features a dark, gothic atmosphere and complex puzzle-solving.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Psychological 13.4%, Indie 7.9%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on navigating surreal, nightmare-like spaces.

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 7.5%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, gothic horror game that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving within a haunted, atmospheric estate.

Horror adventure awaits as you step into a place nobody knew existed and hunt for clues around every dark corner and in every scribbled notebook. With a twisted past, and a terrible secret just waiting to be revealed, Cold Winter Farm will leave you questioning whether what you know, is really what you know.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Horror 28.3%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 11.6%, First-Person 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, point-and-click adventure that focuses on atmospheric mystery and environmental puzzles.

You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.9%, Horror 33.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Indie 12.1%, Atmospheric 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror series that explores the concept of being trapped within one's own nightmares.

One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Horror 27%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 7.6%, Puzzle 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click horror game that uses unique visual storytelling to navigate a dark, dream-like world.

1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 4.7%, First-Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, investigative horror game that blends psychological elements with puzzle-solving and mystery.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 52.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Psychological 7%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on survival and navigating a nightmarish urban landscape.

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 5.8%, Multiplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, puzzle-heavy horror game that emphasizes stealth and navigating a terrifying, supernatural environment.

The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.8%, Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 9.5%

Travel to the old train station and hotel, abandoned since 1947, following the 'disappearances'. Unravel the mystery that binds this place, by communicating with the ghosts of the long since dead, both in your time and theirs.

Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Point & Click 29%, Adventure 18.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, point-and-click horror game that relies on solving intricate puzzles to uncover the history of a haunted location.

The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

Why similar: Horror 89.7%, Psychological Horror 3.8%, Adventure 1.6%, Indie 1.3%, Psychological 1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering a mystery in a desolate landscape.

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Point & Click 54.2%, Adventure 25.6%, Horror 9.5%, Indie 6.9%, Story Rich 2.1%

This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Dark 2.6%

A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Indie 12.3%, Adventure 4.5%

Enter a dark, captivating world as the massive evil of Black Mirror Castle is reincarnated with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren's search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity?

Why similar: Point & Click 48.9%, Adventure 21.8%, Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 4%, Story Rich 1.4%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Adventure 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Indie 14.7%, Puzzle 8%

Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..

Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Indie 11.6%, Puzzle 11.2%

A sinister creature has enslaved mankind. Solve puzzles, gather components for a machine you are building, find comfort in your dreams.

Why similar: Point & Click 33%, Adventure 17.8%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 10.3%

You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.5%, Escape Room 12.7% ★, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, Horror 9.3%

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: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Psychological 11.2%, Adventure 7.2%, First-Person 6.3%

An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 7%

Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Horror 25.4%, Adventure 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Indie 9.6%

Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Psychological 7%, Dark 5.4%

Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Horror 22.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Indie 10.1%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Adventure 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Indie 15.3%, Puzzle 7.3%

First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?

Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Psychological Horror 25%, Psychological 13.3%, Indie 6.8%, Adventure 4.9%

As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.

Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Psychological Horror 27%, Indie 15.8%, First-Person 6.2%, Dark 5.4%

Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Psychological Horror 28.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 9.4%, Story Rich 3.2%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Horror 32.7%, Adventure 15.9%, First-Person 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%

You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 24.3%, Adventure 23.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.

Why similar: Horror 39%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, First-Person 7.2%, Dark 6.2%

It's a story about a skeptical detective John who's investigating the abandoned's house massacre where group of teenagers were killed. On early night Detective John arriving to the abandoned house to find out what has happened there but suddenly he realized that he is not alone...

Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Horror 26.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 10.4%, Puzzle 9.7%

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

Why similar: Horror 34%, Indie 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Puzzle 10%, Dark 5.7%

Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Adventure 14.8%, First-Person 5.3%, Dark 4.6%

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Adventure 9%, Puzzle 6.1%, First-Person 5.9%

What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Indie 7.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%

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 30.6%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Adventure 12.2%, Puzzle 10.5%, Psychological 8.8%

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: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 7.3%

A young man discovers through a series of hallucinations that he will grow up to become a violent psychopath. How will he respond to these revelations? Can he change his fate? Can you even... change fate...

Why similar: Point & Click 30.2%, Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Indie 9.9%

You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 13.3%, Psychological 9%