- #1 Nightmare Reaper
97% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 39.5% ★, FPS 18.9%, Roguelite 13.7%, Shooter 9%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the looter-shooter and roguelite progression systems found in Deformed while maintaining a fast-paced, visceral combat loop.
- #2 The Persistence
96% matchMixed67% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Firesprite Ltd
Windows
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Why similar: FPS 50%, Female Protagonist 30.7%, First-Person 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi horror title features a similar roguelite structure where death forces you to navigate a dangerous, monster-filled facility.
- #3 RIPOUT
95% matchMixed61% of 1,205 reviews2024
Dev: Pet Project GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Why similar: FPS 29.4%, PvE 18.7%, Shooter 17%, Character Customization 13.3%, First-Person 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core theme of fighting mutated horrors within a derelict, procedurally generated facility.
- #4 Syndrome
96% matchMixed64% of 361 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: FPS 40.4%, Shooter 25%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, First-Person 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the same claustrophobic, underground laboratory horror experience where resources are scarce and enemies are deadly.
- #5 PATHOGEN X
94% matchVery Positive80% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
Why similar: FPS 48%, Shooter 27.9%, First-Person 15.6%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic survival-horror FPS experience that aligns well with the monster-slaying gameplay of Deformed.
- #6 Selaco
93% matchVery Positive94% of 4,889 reviews2024
Dev: Altered Orbit Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
Why similar: FPS 38.1%, Female Protagonist 24%, Shooter 23.4%, First-Person 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical shooter features a highly detailed, industrial facility setting with advanced AI enemies that demand careful exploration.
- #7 Wrought Flesh
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 809 reviews2021
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.
Why similar: FPS 37.3%, Exploration 15.7%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Shooter 13.7%, 3D 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similarly bizarre, retro-inspired FPS aesthetic that leans into grotesque body horror.
- #8 Dead Space
91% matchVery Positive91% of 63,544 reviews2023
Dev: MotivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 51.1%, Shooter 18%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Third Person 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: As a definitive lab-horror experience, it captures the same dread of fighting grotesque abominations in a confined, industrial setting.
- #9 Prey
92% matchVery Positive91% of 53,291 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: FPS 45.6%, Exploration 20.2%, First-Person 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an immersive, high-stakes combat experience within a sprawling, monster-infested research station.
- #10 Cruelty Squad
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: FPS 27.1%, Dark Humor 18.6%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Shooter 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, gritty aesthetic and focus on brutal, fast-paced combat make it a strong thematic match for the weirdness of Deformed.
- #11 Viscerafest
90% matchVery Positive85% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.
Why similar: FPS 23.3%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Shooter 18.5%, First-Person 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a frantic, high-speed shooter experience with a focus on intense combat and gore.
- #12 Withering Rooms
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,431 reviews2024
Dev: Moonless FormlessPub: Perp Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Withering Rooms is a challenging 2.5D horror RPG set in a procedurally generated Victorian mansion that changes each night. Explore Mostyn House to collect the perfect items for your build and face a huge cast of overgrown undead, invisible ghosts, devious witches, and more.
Why similar: Souls-like 56.4%, Female Protagonist 29.8%, Action RPG 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a dark, roguelite-inspired horror experience that emphasizes exploration and survival in a shifting environment.
- #13 Prodeus
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,026 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Why similar: FPS 67.3%, Shooter 24.1%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a modern, gore-heavy shooter experience that emphasizes the same high-octane combat intensity found in Deformed.
- #14 CULTIC
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: FPS 46.4%, Shooter 26.6%, First-Person 14%, PvE 6.6%, 3D 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at creating an oppressive, atmospheric horror environment while providing satisfying, punchy shooter mechanics.
- #15 F.E.A.R.
88% matchVery Positive94% of 18,784 reviews2010
Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Why similar: FPS 64.9%, Shooter 17.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This classic combines intense, tactical gunplay with a dark, facility-based horror narrative.
- #16 Absolute Insanity
86% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Chris Danelon
Windows
Kill strange creatures with crazy weapons. The more you kill the more unlocks you gain, don't let them get close to you.
Why similar: Roguelite 40.5%, Shooter 28.1%, FPS 16.1%, First-Person 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an arena-style, roguelite shooter experience that mirrors the chaotic monster-slaying gameplay of the seed game.
- #17 The Wailer
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Ethan RobichauxPub: Vultive Entertainment
Windows
A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Perma Death 28.9%, FPS 20.1%, Action RPG 17%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and perma-death mechanics within a dungeon-like, atmospheric setting.
- #18 Dread Templar
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,687 reviews2023
Dev: T19 GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
Why similar: FPS 52.2%, Shooter 30%, First-Person 17.7%
Why You'll Like It: It incorporates roguelite elements and fast-paced shooting that will appeal to fans of the combat loop in Deformed.
- #19 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
84% matchVery Positive84% of 164 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: FPS 39.3%, Shooter 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, First-Person 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on survival-horror mechanics and combat within a confined, atmospheric setting.
- #20 System Shock
82% matchVery Positive91% of 12,269 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: FPS 55.7%, Shooter 24.5%, First-Person 19.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is the quintessential lab-based horror shooter, focusing on exploration and survival against overwhelming odds.
- #21 SCP: Abhorrent
85% matchMixed59% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Black Ivy Games
Windows
Play as Agent Sigma, an operative assigned to a GOC assessment team. In a mission to exterminate an uncontained SCP-363 instance located in an abandoned mining tunnel - the situation suddenly goes critical. With communication broken and fellow agents now assumed KIA/MIA..
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 28.4%, Perma Death 24.4%, Third Person 16.8%, Shooter 15.5%, PvE 11%
Why You'll Like It: This indie title leans heavily into the laboratory-horror theme, focusing on single-player exploration and survival.
- #22 Gloomwood
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,888 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: FPS 35.4%, PvE 18.3%, Shooter 16.9%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends stealth, exploration, and industrial horror in a way that captures the tension of navigating a hostile, enclosed space.
- #23 Chicken Feet
82% matchVery Positive91% of 473 reviews2022
Dev: Dylan BassettPub: Bassett Interactive
Windows
Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 79.2%, 3D 20.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being hunted by a monstrous entity in a facility, prioritizing stealth and survival.
- #24 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.1%, Action RPG 14.7%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, PvE 13%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a survival-horror experience with a focus on third-person combat and exploration.
- #25 S.E.C.U.
80% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Blackridge Entertainment
Windows
S.E.C.U. is a Roguelite FPS Game. descend to the hellish and demon infested lands in Rougelite Mode or Survive against waves of demons in Arenas
Why similar: FPS 32.3%, Roguelite 29.1%, Shooter 18.8%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a gore-filled, roguelite FPS that focuses on fighting demons in a confined, hostile environment.
- #26 CRUEL
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: Perma Death 31.5%, FPS 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Shooter 14.9%, First-Person 12.5%
- #27 Selene's Unbearable Night
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: Farelas
Windows
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 47.5%, Female Protagonist 17%, Third Person 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, 3D 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a third-person horror experience that emphasizes story-rich exploration and combat.
- #28 Cryptid
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: INFLUX Games
Windows
Cryptid is a single-player horror fps game that chronicles an experienced hunter and a creature's encounter from the perspective of the Body Cam.
Why similar: FPS 54.8%, First-Person 21.7%, 3D 15.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a 3D action-adventure experience with a focus on exploration and survival against monstrous threats.
- #29 Nightmare of Decay
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 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: FPS 64.1%, First-Person 21.3%, PvE 14.6%
- #30 SIGNALIS
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.8%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Third-Person Shooter 27.7%, Shooter 12.8%
- #31 Masked Forces 2: Mystic Demons
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: FreezeNova
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Are you ready to explore the underworld and kill hundreds of monsters and demons in the process?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, FPS 30.2%, Shooter 18.2%, First-Person 13%, 3D 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward, indie-style horror shooter experience that aligns with the combat focus of Deformed.
- #32 Dead Estate
76% matchVery Positive95% of 6,426 reviews2021
Dev: Milkbar LadsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Perma Death 41%, Shooter 16.6%
- #33 Butcher's Creek
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,522 reviews2025
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.1%, Lore-Rich 27.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, First-Person 14.7%, Exploration 11.4%
- #34 Crawling Lab
75% matchVery Positive83% of 696 reviews2024
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stock up on ammo, upgrade your guns, defeat the Crawling Queen's minions and escape the lab.
Why similar: FPS 28.8%, Roguelite 20.8%, PvE 18.2%, Shooter 16.7%, First-Person 8.8%
- #35 Ruined Nurse
73% matchVery Positive83% of 568 reviews2024
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Explore the hospital by Thwarting the creatures that are trying to stop you and solving puzzles. Successfully install the internet and surprise customer...
Why similar: FPS 29.5%, Shooter 21.6%, PvE 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 8.3%
- #36 Witchfire
71% matchVery Positive92% of 14,177 reviews2024
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Witchfire is a first-person dark fantasy RPG shooter in which you play as a wicked sinner turned witch hunter on his final mission to reach salvation.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.8%, FPS 17.9%, Roguelite 13.1%, Shooter 9%, PvE 8.9%
- #37 Hollowbody
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,556 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Third Person 14.1%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Shooter 13.1%
- #38 Witch Hunt
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,406 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 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: FPS 35.3%, Shooter 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 12.2%
- #39 Succubus 2069
74% matchMixed48% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: DemonLabs Interactive
Windows
A Sensual Action-Adventure Shooter with a touch of SoulsLike combat, Customize your female protagonist with full body details and sexy outfits. Travel across the futuristic wasteland to defeat the Succubus Queen to save humanity. Unlock new weapons and succubus mods to grow in strength.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.6%, Third-Person Shooter 23.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Character Customization 11.6%, PvE 9.7%
- #40 Endoparasitic
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,893 reviews2022
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
Why similar: Exploration 100%
- #41 Disfigure
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,133 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Brew Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Disfigure is a grim-dark rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs.
Why similar: Roguelite 64.8%, Shooter 35.2%
- #42 Rescue Operation
73% matchVery Positive87% of 297 reviews2021
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Is a first-person shooter game. The game will follow the scenario of the game, and destroy the enemies in its path
Why similar: FPS 35.8%, Shooter 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, First-Person 13.9%, 3D 9.7%
- #43 HOLE
69% matchVery Positive94% of 3,400 reviews2024
Dev: NEGAFISH
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.
Why similar: FPS 44.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Shooter 14.1%, First-Person 9.5%, PvE 6.5%
- #44 Silly Polly Beast
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,079 reviews2025
Dev: AnjiPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An otherworldly, story-driven shooter with aggressive gunfights and terrifying monsters awaits you. This is the story of a girl who, by the will of fate, faced the beast - and in order to become free, she was forced to study its nature. How far can you go in the fight for your freedom?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 46.3%, Shooter 38.8%, 3D 14.8%
- #45 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.
Why similar: First-Person 58.7%, 3D 41.3%
- #46 EMPTY SHELL
70% matchVery Positive88% of 789 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Roguelite 57.3%, Shooter 42.7%
- #47 The Mortuary Assistant
70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: First-Person 30.2%, Female Protagonist 29.5%, Exploration 25.9%, 3D 14.4%
- #48 SUCCUBUS
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,106 reviews2021
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 51.8%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, First-Person 15.6%, Exploration 15.2%
- #49 Letifer
68% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Third Spirit Games
Windows
Take on the demonic threat as Letifer in an action-packed mix of twin-stick shooter, roguelite, and survivors-like gameplay. Gun through brutal Rituals, shape your build with powerful upgrades, and return to base for lasting upgrades to your character and gear.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.4%, Roguelite 23.2%, Dark Humor 21.7%, Shooter 16.6%, Female Protagonist 15.2%
- #50 COVEN
68% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Gator ShinsPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
COVEN is a hyper-violent retro FPS where your path of vengeance will take you across time and space. Destroy your enemies and eat their flesh.
Why similar: FPS 33.6%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Shooter 19.2%, First-Person 11%, 3D 7.7%
- #51 DISORDER
70% matchMixed50% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: GRUMPY
Windows
Escape the department store and uncover the hidden truth in this full 3D roguelike dungeon crawler
Why similar: Perma Death 26.4%, Roguelite 20.5%, Action RPG 19.1%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Third Person 11.7%
- #52 Wicked Seed
65% matchVery Positive94% of 818 reviews2026
Dev: Dead Right Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A modern-day horror RPG with tactical combat and survival horror roots. Customize your loadout, manage limited resources, and exploit enemy weaknesses in tense, strategic encounters.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.9%, Female Protagonist 26.8%, Third Person 18.3%, PvE 16.6%, 3D 7.4%
- #53 Pigsaw
69% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Christopher Yabsley
Windows
Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.
Why similar: FPS 51.5%, Shooter 29.9%, First-Person 18.7%
- #54 Project Liminal 2
65% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: FPS 30.9%, Shooter 24.6%, Exploration 16.5%, First-Person 11.2%, 3D 8.6%
- #55 The Tower on the Borderland
67% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: DascuMaru
Windows
A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland. Explore, survive and escape from a mysterious tower, inhabited by ghouls and monsters.
Why similar: Souls-like 57.4%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Third Person 12.8%, 3D 9.4%
- #56 Project Crypt
67% matchVery Positive85% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: FPS 36.1%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Shooter 18.8%, First-Person 15.2%, 3D 9.1%
- #57 Dark Matter
72% matchMixed45% of 263 reviews2013
Dev: InterWave StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...
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