- #1 Onka
97% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: YajinPub: YajinGameProject
Windows
Explore the mansion and escape in this 3D horror game. Solve the riddles and escape from the ghosts that roam the mansion!
Why similar: Escape Room 46.7% ★, Horror 16.1%, Stealth 9.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Exploration 6.6%
- #2 Liminal:The Forgotten Maze
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: King Studio
Windows
Liminal The Forgotten Maze is a first-person psychological horror survival game. Elias is pulled into a space outside of reality. He awakens in a place that shouldn't exist—a network of endless, yellowed corridors lit by buzzing lights, where time and space seem to fold in on themselves.
Why similar: Escape Room 28.4% ★, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.3%, Stealth 8%, Dungeon Crawler 7.5%
- #3 Room231
96% matchMixed50% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Genie Games
Windows
Room231 is a single player horror game, which is based on the famous creepy pasta called "Backrooms". Player must find an exit to leave room231 and reach the truth of room231.
Why similar: Escape Room 23.4% ★, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #4 Backrooms: Impending Doom
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FD Team
Windows
The research team is gone. You're next. A first-person psychological horror in the Backrooms - explore ruined levels, keep your Synchronization steady, and uncover what destroyed your research team. Free demo: the Prologue.
Why similar: Escape Room 23.3% ★, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.8%, Stealth 9.8%, First-Person 8.6%
- #5 The Patient - can you escape?
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: toby madePub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
-OFFICIAL DEMO COMING VERY SOON- "The Patient - can you escape?" is an escape game in ego perspective where you find yourself in a German Sanatorium in the 1930s. Explore the mysterious location with subtile horror elements and solve cunning Puzzles. But stay alert, you are not alone!
Why similar: Escape Room 47.3% ★, Horror 14.9%, Stealth 13.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 7.1%
- #6 ESKAPI
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: NO-BRAINER
Windows
You are locked in an unfamiliar mansion. Find the "golden key" and "golden door" and escape. "ESKAPI" is a simple escape game where you find the "key" and "door" and proceed to the next stage.
Why similar: Escape Room 50.7% ★, Horror 12.4%, Stealth 12.2%, Exploration 7%, First-Person 5.4%
- #7 UNBOUND
92% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: DMONG Co., Ltd.
Windows
Explore a sealed hospital where staff and patients vanished overnight. Uncover dark secrets through puzzles and survive sudden scares—some brief, others leading to relentless chases. Dive into a single-player psychological horror experience and uncover a secret no one was meant to find.
Why similar: Escape Room 49.5% ★, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Adventure 5.6%
- #8 Project Cabin
93% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: VincentLTowerPub: VincentLTower
Windows
Explore this mysterious cabin and solve how to escape from that place.
Why similar: Escape Room 56.1% ★, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 6.3%, Horror 5.7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #9 Escape.exe
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ESC Studios
Windows
Escape.exe is a gripping escape game for 1-4 players, each offering a unique atmosphere, filled with mysteries and threats. Challenges determine intelligence, and decisions determine survival. Prepare for an uninterrupted experience with each new episode.
Why similar: Escape Room 31% ★, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, First-Person 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #10 Vertical Descent
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Ruhix
Windows
Trapped on the roof of a deserted building, you must solve puzzles on each floor to escape. With every locked door, new secrets unfold. Can you figure out what you must do to descend, or will you be trapped forever?
Why similar: Escape Room 46.6% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Indie 5.9%
- #11 911: Cannibal
89% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
A terrifying first-person hide-and-seek horror escape game. Outsmart a cannibal maniac, solve puzzles, and try to survive his creepy house.
Why similar: Escape Room 40.1% ★, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #12 ENKI
90% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2015
Dev: Storm in a Teacup
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ENKI is a repeatable horror experience about escaping, featuring multiple endings that will ensure you that every playthrough will be a bit different from the previous one. In only 30 minutes find your way to freedom through occult symbolism, mysteries and discoverable secrets... Survive or die!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Escape Room 21.6% ★, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 11.7%
- #13 GET OUT SCHOOL
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tino Technology
Windows
"GET OUT SCHOOL" is a horror adventure game about campus bullying. The game character, on her way home, encounters a strange event that transports her to a different high school in another time and space. As a student there, what will she face? Discover in the game!
Why similar: Escape Room 40.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%, First-Person 5.4%
- #14 Deep Line
88% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: DrugTank
Windows
Deep beneath the abandoned subway, an unknown threat awaits. Collect gold and find a way out.
Why similar: Escape Room 31.9% ★, Horror 17.3%, Stealth 16%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #15 Backrooms 99
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
More than just running. Backrooms 99 is a story-driven horror thriller offering a completely new Backrooms experience. Play solo or co-op to explore environments handcrafted for this game. Solve puzzles, face terrifying entities, and uncover a deep narrative mystery.
Why similar: Escape Room 32.3% ★, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, First-Person 7%, Stealth 5.7%
- #16 Scholar's Mate
86% matchMixed69% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Scholar's Mate is an immersive first-person horror Escape Room experience that puts you in the shoes of Judith, a young woman who wakes up in the gloomy facilities of a psychiatric hospital.
Why similar: Escape Room 44.2% ★, Horror 12.7%, Stealth 12%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 7.2%
- #17 Beware Tomorrow
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sabr Path
Windows
You must escape a mysterious facility and solve complex puzzles in this psychological horror game. An unseen entity manipulates both you and a deranged man, forcing you to make life-or-death decisions to survive.
Why similar: Escape Room 35.6% ★, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.9%, Stealth 12.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #18 Nightlatch
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NoName-Epic
Windows
A low-to-mid poly horror escape game across 3 different houses. Find the keys you need room by room, hide from a stalking presence, and uncover the story through scattered notes - each house with 4 difficulty tiers of 10 levels.
Why similar: Escape Room 22.7% ★, Adventure 12.5%, Horror 11.7%, Stealth 11.4%, Action 10.5%
- #19 The Kharzov Effect
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doorway Studios
Windows
1985. Your friend has vanished into Professor Kharzov's fog-filled estate. Stalking monsters. Escape-room puzzles. Mysterious lore. Now get him out alive.
Why similar: Escape Room 35.7% ★, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Stealth 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 7.7%
- #20 The Backrooms: Investigate and Escape
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA GamesPub: GoNFTY
Windows
Backrooms Investigate and Escape is action-survival horror experience. You are at the mercy of the entities lurking and must do whatever it takes to survive while completing each level's objectives. Multiple new levels will be added each month as we develop the true Backrooms experience
Why similar: Escape Room 28.4% ★, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 16.1%, Stealth 10.2%, First-Person 8.1%
- #21 LUNA'S EYES
83% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Sirius Air
Windows
A first-person horror adventure set in a red-tinted otherworld. Escape from the otherworldly house by using Luna the cat's cues and clues
Why similar: Escape Room 52.8% ★, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Adventure 3.9%, Exploration 3%
- #22 The Last Tape: Before The Mine
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stealth StudiosPub: Stealth Studios UE
Windows
Mia Jane disappeared in 1990 during a camping trip. Years later, Gabriel finds her recording while searching for a cure for her infection at the Lurmont facility. Explore two timelines, uncover the hidden truth, and survive the presence that lurks in the shadows of Black Wood.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 24.6%, First-Person 14.7%, Stealth 9.1%, Exploration 8.8%
- #23 Murder Castle
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
You are trapped inside a masterpiece of madness. Unravel the chilling mystery of H.H. Holmes Murder Castle. In this atmospheric true crime escape simulator, every room is a puzzle and every document a shocking discovery. Can you escape the architect of death?
Why similar: Escape Room 51.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 5.5%, Adventure 5.4%
- #24 Black Omens: House of Crimson Silk
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nimbus GamesPub: Organized Chaos
Windows
Black Omens: House of Crimson Silk is a first-person, single-player, escape room puzzle horror game set in a fictional Edo Japan. Assume the role of Idate Chiyo, a paranormal investigator, tasked with investigating an abandoned mansion and unveiling a family's dark and horrifying secret.
Why similar: Escape Room 53.2% ★, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 12.6%, Adventure 5%, First-Person 3.4%
- #25 Backrooms Multi-Verses
81% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Mirrion INC.Pub: Mirrion
Windows
Survival horror with realistic graphics based on Unreal Engine 5. Ten highly detailed levels: liminal world, puzzles and creatures. New levels and content regularly. Experience unbearable horror and find a way to escape from...
Why similar: Escape Room 32.5% ★, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Stealth 12%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #26 holo8
79% matchVery Positive90% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: frog blendPub: holo Indie
Windows
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
Why similar: Escape Room 55.3% ★, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 4.7%, Exploration 4%
- #27 Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonsterAttack
Windows
A psychological horror game inspired by the Backrooms with a unique Yakut cultural atmosphere. Explore abandoned spaces, uncover hidden secrets, and try to survive in a place where reality has long lost its boundaries. But remember: you may not be alone here.
Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 22%, First-Person 11.5%, Stealth 8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #28 Notes To Myself
79% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Spy On The Wall
Windows · Linux
The horror began when you wrote your first note.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 27.9%, First-Person 14.7%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 11.1%
- #29 OBSCURIA
78% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Indie 19.6%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 13%
- #30 Escape the Backrooms
75% matchVery Positive90% of 161,484 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.8% ★, Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 6.5%, Stealth 6.4%
- #31 The Abandoned Levels
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AYMS
Windows · Linux
After personal tragedy, you fall into the nightmarish Backrooms. Navigate handcrafted levels, evade deadly creatures, and cling to your sanity. Find the exit – and the answer to whether survival is worth the struggle at all.
Why similar: Escape Room 19.9% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 10.9%
- #32 Light in the woods
77% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
A horror escape room. Trapped by a demonic entity in an old house, solve puzzles in each room before the candles go out.
Why similar: Escape Room 50.2% ★, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%, 3D 4.4%
- #33 Sphenoid
76% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Kileka Games
Windows
Sphenoid is a first-person horror escape game set in a dark, oppressive prison. Explore, uncover clues, solve challenging puzzles, and survive the terrifying secrets that lurk around every corner.
Why similar: Escape Room 47.4% ★, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 5.1%
- #34 BACKROOMS
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RipperwingPub: Ripperwing Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Escape the backrooms levels as reality warps with every step; listen, for the whispers behind the walls may guide you out. Enjoy an unbelievable co-op Backrooms experience.
Why similar: Escape Room 35.2% ★, Horror 18.6%, Dungeon Crawler 8.4%, Adventure 7%, Action 6.6%
- #35 CAPTURED 2
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 569 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Escape Room 41.2% ★, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 16.7%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 5.5%
- #36 Dimension Omega
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: AdriDev
Windows
Explore, survive and escape the numerous levels of Dimension Omega in order to return to the real world in a creepy, liminal and eerie First-Person-Singleplayer experience while avoiding various terrifying entities that lurk in the shadows, waiting for you...
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Stealth 13.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 9.4%
- #37 Check-In, Never Out
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HogletNovaGames
Windows
You checked into a hotel to get some rest—but it wasn’t an ordinary place. Gather clues, unlock sealed doors, evade the pursuit, and escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 10.1%, Indie 9.8%
- #38 Catawanna Mine Tours
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: copperwaif
Windows
Trapped deep in an abandoned mine, you are not alone. Explore the darkness, solve puzzles, and find a way out.
Why similar: Escape Room 48.4% ★, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Stealth 10.2%, Action 3.7%
- #39 Hektor
77% matchMixed62% of 970 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, First-Person 14%, Indie 9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #40 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 26.7%, First-Person 14.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #41 Unanswered
71% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 20.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Indie 9.3%
- #42 Domovoy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 27.2%, First-Person 16.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 7.9%
- #43 Emissary Zero
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,128 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Escape Room 33.9% ★, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Stealth 7.8%, First-Person 7.2%
- #44 INROOMS
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Dente
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cooperative psychological horror experience up to four players where you and your friends must survive the deepest, most distorted liminal spaces of the Inrooms, the deepest levels of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Escape Room 31.8% ★, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 7.6%, First-Person 7.4%
- #45 GRUDGE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SV Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror experience where your own house becomes a twisted nightmare. Explore disturbing environments, solve puzzles, photograph hidden clues, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious clown watching you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 23.6%, First-Person 13%, Stealth 12.8%, Exploration 8.4%
- #46 Smiley Steel
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B&XStudios
Windows
Enter Smiley Steel Factory, explore a hidden underground circus beneath Nexora, solve mysteries, and uncover the truth behind an experiment that should have never begun
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 14.3%, Stealth 14%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 13.3%
- #47 Home4Us
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Zahair
Windows
A different kind of horror experience one built on confrontation rather than running or hiding. Follow the rules strictly. Act quickly to stay alive in every encounter. Maintain your focus. Watch your surroundings. Don’t exhaust your resources. And complete the primary objective you’re there for.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 28%, Indie 12.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Action 10.1%
- #48 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,660 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Escape Room 47.7% ★, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 5.6%
- #49 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
71% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
Why similar: Escape Room 47.3% ★, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 6.9%
- #50 The Transference
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KuraishisamaPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Escape from your own house, in which you have been locked up. But be careful, you will not be alone in your captivity. Immerse yourself in this first-person horror adventure, full of family secrets and betrayals. And find out who and why they locked you up.
Why similar: Escape Room 44% ★, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Stealth 12.7%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 7.2%
- #51 Pyrami Head
68% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Tamashii
Windows
We are trying to escape from a dark and extremely disturbing mysterious place. We are trying to rescue our character, who has lost his memory and is waiting to be sacrificed, without getting caught by the enemies around and open the hidden areas of the room by exploring the surroundings.
Why similar: Escape Room 23.3% ★, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.2%, Stealth 10%, First-Person 9.5%
- #52 Atramentum VR
71% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Craplabs
Windows
Atramentum is a horror puzzle game with different locations where you have to solve tasks. In a creepy atmosphere some tricky mysteries are waiting for you....
Why similar: Escape Room 64% ★, Horror 21.1%, Indie 14.8%
- #53 Mountain's Secret
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Waterfall Studio
Windows
This is the sequel to Mountain's Memory. Mountain's Secret is an adventure game where you must escape from mysterious ruins while evading enigmatic dolls. Uncover the secrets left unresolved in the previous story, and reveal the true nature of the mountain.
Why similar: Escape Room 49.2% ★, Horror 15.9%, Stealth 10.2%, Exploration 8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #54 Forgotten Hill The Third Axis
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension
Why similar: Escape Room 56% ★, Horror 16%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 7.9%, 3D 4.9%
- #55 Intrepid
70% matchMixed51% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Miskatonic Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in your cryo-pod. Other crew members are dead. Something is wrong with the spaceship and if you don't use all your wits, you will not leave this place alive...
Why similar: Escape Room 72.7% ★, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 13.6%
- #56 Indian Paranormal Files - Sleepover
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tRoaster
Windows
What starts as a normal sleepover quickly turns into a terrifying paranormal nightmare. Explore the house, investigate strange occurrences, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the haunting before it's too late.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 17%, First-Person 14.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Action 7.8%
- #57 Chained Horror Experiences
69% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: miki
Windows · Mac
This is a point-and-click horror game set in modern Japan. You must carefully explore the stages where items are randomly placed and escape while you have life. It's up to you to solve all the mysteries and stop the chain of fear experiences...
Why similar: Escape Room 59.8% ★, Horror 21.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 4.2%, Indie 3.3%