- #1 Turn It Off
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlit Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror set in a decaying hotel that does not want to let you leave. Explore a dark, interconnected environment where sound, lighting, and subtle details drive a slow, relentless sense of dread. You are moving forward, whether you want to or not.
Why similar: Horror 15.4%, Cinematic 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Adventure 10.5%
- #2 Darkness Inside
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
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 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 10.9%
- #3 The Lighthouse Whispers
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HEADWINDS
Windows
In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.
Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Adventure 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #4 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
94% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, 3D 8.7%, Horror 8.6%
- #5 Putridum Horror
95% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: RedLightsStudio
Windows
Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 17%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Indie 11.5%, Walking Simulator 11.1%
- #6 LiDAR Exploration Program
94% matchVery Positive90% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #7 Ling House: Echoes Within
93% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Chaotic System
Windows
Ling House: Echoes Within is a first-person psychological horror experience. Uncover the hidden tragedy beneath the surface of a haunted house. As reality breaks down, your video camera reveals images of an alternate space. You must see through the connection between both worlds to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Cinematic 13%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #8 Obscure Figures
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
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 22%, Horror 16.2%, Adventure 15.6%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #9 ColdSide
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 533 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Adventure 23%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Indie 17.6%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 10.1%
- #10 The Cypress Family : Surprise Gift
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melonnict
Windows
Embark on a surreal journey to find answers hidden within a broken home. Explore shifting realities in this low-poly horror game where the truth is the ultimate price. A meta-horror experience that knows its player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 15.3%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #11 Engraving
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Adventure 15.5%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, First-Person 8.6%
- #12 Trapped
91% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
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: Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16.5%, Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%
- #13 Backrooms: Reminiscence
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Cinematic 10.5%
- #14 The Train Station
89% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Sitting Elephant
Windows
As a Stationmaster of a sleepy English station, it is your duty to carry out the nightly tasks and tend to the customers, but can the customers be trusted?
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Indie 14.8%, Cinematic 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%, 3D 9%
- #15 The Railroad Crossing
86% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.5%, Indie 16.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Dark 10.4%
- #16 Tuya
87% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Horror 20.1%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 14.1%, First-Person 9.3%
- #17 Unwilling Host
85% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 14%, Indie 7.4%
- #18 Obey the Voice™
84% matchVery Positive86% of 737 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.
Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Cinematic 9.7%
- #19 OBSCURIA
84% 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: Indie 24.6%, Adventure 20.6%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, First-Person 10.6%
- #20 Caffeine
86% matchVery Negative19% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Incandescent Imaging
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Caffeine is a quirky first person adventure game with environmental puzzles and a dab of psychological horror. You awaken aboard one of these caffeine mining stations alone. Before long you realize that you are a young boy with no memory of what has transpired on this seemingly empty space station.
Why similar: Adventure 28.3%, Indie 20.9%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.1%
- #21 The Forest Watches
81% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: RanSio
Windows
You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Adventure 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #22 Where's Oswald
83% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: MV JPL
Windows
A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Cinematic 17.9%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #23 The Guest
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15%, Horror 14.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 9%
- #24 Where It Happened
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waycore Studio
Windows
You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 17.1%, Indie 10%, First-Person 9%
- #25 Project Threshold
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Cinematic 15.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #26 INVARIANT
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gorgonize Games
Windows
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Horror 11.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #27 Unanswered
78% matchVery Positive96% of 91 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 20.1%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 11.4%, First-Person 10.2%
- #28 My Friend, the Wickhorn
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Key Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where you care for your cat, maintain an isolated mountain cabin, and uncover the link between your father’s secret past and the ancient curse that has taken hold of your friend.
Why similar: Adventure 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Indie 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.9%
- #29 Darkness Ahead
82% matchMixed52% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Adventure 21.6%, Indie 20.2%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #30 The Unworthy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meetkow
Windows
What if Hell made a mistake? Based on the testimony of a man who survived clinical death, this cinematic psychological horror challenges you to confront your fears and fight your way back to life, while something lurking in the darkness does everything it can to keep you among the damned forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Cinematic 15.3%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #31 Deep Sorrow
80% matchMixed49% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Adventure 21.6%, Indie 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #32 NOMANUAL
76% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: RIPLEY Studio
Windows
NOMANUAL is a first-person single-player horror game. You are a security guard at a hotel and must complete all your duties safely. Refer to the daily rulebook and properly deal with unpredictable abnormalities. As long as you follow the rules, the hotel is safe.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Adventure 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #33 BREACHED: Follow Me
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: dntbshmdPub: GrimHouse Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game with a VHS atmosphere and an Eastern European setting. Explore dark locations, uncover hidden secrets, and discover a story where reality may not be what it seems.
Why similar: Adventure 18.1%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
- #34 Unfound Footage
75% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Frixxy Games
Windows
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 19.1%, Horror 18.4%, Adventure 17%, Indie 12.7%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #35 Selling Souls
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Walking Simulator 19%, First-Person 13%, Indie 9.5%
- #36 御祝呪 -oshukuju-
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: TENJO GAMES
Windows
This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.6%, Adventure 13.8%, 3D 9.4%
- #37 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
74% 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 21.2%, Horror 20.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 8.7%
- #38 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
72% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13%, Adventure 11.8%, 3D 10%
- #39 Insider Threat
74% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 14%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 9.6%
- #40 PUREFIRE LIFE STREAM
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NYTRAXPub: Purefire Games
Windows
Purefire Life Stream is a first-person psychological horror game. In recent years, livestreaming daily life has become a worldwide phenomenon. Explore a slow-paced world beginning with a livestreamed penthouse tour expanding into unsettling realism and terror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 11.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #41 地禍駐車場 -The Cursed Underground Parking Lot-
73% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Diabonobbu Game
Windows
After finishing work, the protagonist heads to the underground parking lot to retrieve their car. For some reason, their car is nowhere to be found, and as they search, strange events unfold one after another...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 11.2%
- #42 9 Childs Street
73% matchVery Positive90% of 815 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 9.5%, First-Person 8.8%
- #43 The Rake Sees You
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
Alex and his friends set out for a camping trip deep in the forest. What starts as a fun escape quickly turns into something far darker. This forest hides secrets… and something is always watching. Survive. Escape. Don’t look back...
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Dark 10.6%
- #44 Shadows of Absence
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Harbor Studio
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Dark 9.7%
- #45 Once In Sakartvelo: Out Of Service
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArbiDev
Windows
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 23.9%, Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, First-Person 11.2%, 3D 9.1%
- #46 Effugium
72% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Horror 17.3%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9.1%
- #47 NineHells
71% matchMixed43% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: caffeineline
Windows
NineHells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the Ninehells is going on!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 10%
- #48 Tiny Misery
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Adventure 16%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, First-Person 8.6%
- #49 GhostlyRyokan
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Adventure 24%, Horror 12.2%, 3D 10.6%, First-Person 10.4%
- #50 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Horror 15.9%, Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%
- #51 Just a Stay at the Inn
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Horror 15.1%, 3D 11.8%, First-Person 11.3%
- #52 All Alone
70% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 17%, Adventure 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #53 The Visit: Mizukawa
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
Inspired by Incantation. The Visit: Mizukawa is a first-person psychological horror game following several perspectives tied by a single curse. In a city haunted by tapes, each story brings the ritual one step closer to its end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Indie 8%
- #54 Static
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suraj M.
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Adventure 17.5%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 16.2%, Atmospheric 14.4%
- #55 Kach
69% matchVery Positive81% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Horror 18%, Adventure 16.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #56 Tuun
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voltage Games
Windows
Horror set in the dark and mysterious Yakutia. Explore abandoned villages, uncover Soviet-era secrets, and face unexplained phenomena that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Indie 21.7%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%, First-Person 12.5%
- #57 The Butcher's Village™
66% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Murtaza ErrorPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.8%, Cinematic 11.9%, Adventure 9.3%
- #58 You Were Sent Alone
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fractured Echo Games
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 16.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Dark 8.3%
- #59 Soviet Village
66% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, 3D 9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #60 DREADSHELL
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: .HOLOMANstudio
Windows
DREADSHELL is a first-person psychological horror game set in an underground drilling facility. You are sent to investigate missing workers and continue the operation
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 13%, First-Person 12.6%