- #1 Protocol Nightmare
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Cauan BuzolinPub: Buzolin Studios
Windows
Survive three nights of absolute terror while more than 10 monsters hunt you down. Explore secret paths, complete tasks, use your flashlight and scanner, upgrade your abilities, and face an intense survival experience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.4%, Horror 25%, Action 23.4%, Indie 15.2%
- #2 Gone Astray
97% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Tom-Erik Nielsen
Windows
Gone Astray is a First-Person survival horror game which features rich atmosphere, believable interior and exterior environments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.4%, Indie 29.6%, Horror 25.9%
- #3 Deadsigns
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Jean-Baptiste Leonelli
Windows
DeadSigns is a first person action game with survival and tower defense features. Go through many nights and beat a lot of monsters with style and get the best score !
Why similar: Survival Horror 30%, Action 27.8%, Indie 21.7%, Horror 20.5%
- #4 Dark Days of Horror
96% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Alexander Casha
Windows
Dive into this survival horror game where your hero kill zombies and have also to destroy the laboratory in which they are being produced. Complete tasks to move to the next level.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Action 33.9%, Horror 21.9%, Indie 9.7%
- #5 LIMINALPHOBIA
92% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Zeta bit
Windows
Travel through dark dingy apartments and cold stone basements. Stay away from the many creatures following you around every corner. Find collectibles and outlast the demons. walk this first-person horror experience through twisting mazes and search for keys. Outlast the demons and find any way out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Action 27.9%, Indie 22.4%, Horror 21.3%
- #6 Seeing Red
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Lyterian Games
Windows
SEEING RED is a first-person survival horror game where isolation and terror reign. As Benjamin, an ex-military detective, return to his haunted hometown to search for his missing sister. Uncover dark secrets and battle grotesque foes.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.2%, Horror 31.4%, Action 15.8%, Indie 9.6%
- #7 Go To Bed: Survive The Night
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 37 reviews2015
Dev: Touchfight Games LLC
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
EVIL WANTS TO TOUCH YOU...TOUCH IT FIRST!A slithering, creeping evil lurks just beyond safety of the light. Indeed, the King of Shadows is up to no good this night, and his beastly minions are getting hungrier by the second. You had better get clicking if you want to live!
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Casual 25.7%, Action 23.9%, Indie 22.7%
- #8 Lost Room: Escape
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastica Games
Windows
As twilight descends and the world plunges into darkness, you, a seasoned police officer, find yourself answering a harrowing call that shatters the peace of a quiet, unassuming neighborhood. The distressed voice on the other end speaks of Lost Apartment, a place steeped in sinister legends.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.9%, Horror 29.5%, Action 23.9%, Indie 7.6%
- #9 Dimmed Light
85% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
Windows
You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.4%, Action 28.8%, Indie 23.2%, Horror 18.6%
- #10 祟り坂 | TATARI Curse road
84% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
A simple survival horror set in a hilly town where you must escape from a ghost. There are no puzzles, item usage, or complex controls. If you fail, try again, memorize the roads, and find your way to the goal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.7%, Horror 31.3%, Action 15.8%, Indie 12.1%
- #11 Joe's Diner
94% matchMostly Negative40% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe’s Diner. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains are laid to rest; while alive each could not stand the other.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Horror 31.6%, Action 18.9%, Indie 17%
- #12 都市伝説.exe
83% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: RainyDollGamesPub: エヌビーゲームズ
Windows
Escape from the terrifying urban myth and strive for survival. Immerse yourself in a heart-pounding and nail-biting escape in this first-person survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.8%, Horror 28.3%, Action 17.3%, Indie 15.6%
- #13 Dark Side
90% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Claudio RainhoPub: C.R Game Studio
Windows
psychological thriller / horror game in first person, you wake up in a strange and unfamiliar place, apparently wearing special clothes, you need to find out where you are as soon as possible because your oxygen level is running low!
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Indie 20.3%, Horror 19.2%, Action 16.3%, Casual 16%
- #14 Enlysia
91% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Teveru
Windows
Destination Enlysia, a dark and unwelcome place. You have been sent there to unravel whatever dark secrets there are to be discovered. Once you have entered there is only one option, stay alive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 34%, Horror 25.4%, Action 22.5%, Indie 18.1%
- #15 Home Security
91% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Toshihiko Kikuchi
Windows
A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.6%, Horror 31%, Indie 30.4%
- #16 Shirazu Yama
86% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: B-Bits
Windows
First-person horror action game. Stranded on a mountain, you can only rely on your lighter to show you the way through the dark forest. Can you overcome your fear and find the way out?
Why similar: Survival Horror 45.1%, Horror 33.2%, Action 21.7%
- #17 Witchkin
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: Coven Games
Windows
Witchkin is a first person 'hide-and-sneak' survival horror game in the vein of Slender.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.8%, Action 26.2%, Horror 24.6%, Indie 22.4%
- #18 Sentenced
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Vitalij Kurjata
Windows
Sentenced combines the oppressive horror atmosphere and the complexity of survival, mixed with its stealth system and permadeath. In the depths of the labyrinth, a variety of monsters will not leave a place where you could relax in safety.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.4%, Indie 31.8%, Horror 27.8%
- #19 Impostor Inside Us
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: Genene Game
Windows
Impostor inside us is a type Social deduction game. Let try !
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Horror 26%, Casual 17%, Action 14.3%, Indie 7.7%
- #20 Hallowed Pumpkins
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: HL
Windows
Hallowed Pumpkins is a simple survival light-horror with shooting and hiding mechanics. For the best experience this game is recommended to be played in multiplayer mode with your friends to fight with or against each other.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38%, Horror 25.9%, Casual 22.9%, Action 7.3%, Indie 5.9%
- #21 The Hilltop Mansion
82% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: OkawariHakumai
Windows
Can you escape from this cursed mansion? Rely on the clues left by the ancestors to break the curse of the mansion and survive through it!
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Indie 32.6%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 10.9%
- #22 Climb up the down
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.6%, Action 27.3%, Horror 26.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #23 Phantaruk
84% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Action 28.2%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Horror 24.4%, Indie 22.2%
- #24 Block Granny Horror Survival
80% matchMixed50% of 44 reviews2019
Dev: Polantronic
Windows
Survive on the island and protect your family. Granny comes to hurt your wife or child. Craft weapons (bow, club, arrows) and fight Collect the food and feed your family.
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.1%, Horror 30.3%, Action 28.6%
- #25 Ben The Exorcist
81% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: WraithStudio
Windows
Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34%, Action 23.6%, Horror 23.4%, Indie 19%
- #26 Shut Eye
81% matchMixed59% of 134 reviews2016
Dev: HUSH InteractivePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Keep her calm. Keep her safe. Keep her in the light.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Action 25.9%, Casual 24.5%, Indie 20.9%
- #27 Fear the Dark Unknown: James
76% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Action 28.1%, Indie 22.6%, Horror 18.1%
- #28 Unsure
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GrimTech Creatives
Windows
UNSURE is an asymmetric horror game where players take on the role of survivor or demon. Survivors, trapped in an asylum, must evade one of many possible killers whilst searching for keys hidden on the map. The keys provide their freedom, but one of the keys is faulty, a trap set by the cultists.
Why similar: Action 24.4%, Survival Horror 23.8%, Horror 23.7%, Casual 21.8%, Indie 6.3%
- #29 The Fox's Way Home
60% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: BeXide Inc.
Windows · Mac
Before you know it, you find yourself in the realm between the hidden world and the real world. Rely on the guidance of the Fox Shrine Maiden who lives there, and escape from the otherworld!
Why similar: Casual 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #30 Manor Maze
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fieldtenstein
Windows
Have you ever dreamed about being trapped in a manor where the architecture is a maze? Understandable, but unfortunately that will be happening. Where each maze has its own mechanic, will you be able to decipher them to free yourself from a place where it seems like you have no allies.
Why similar: Survival Horror 45.3%, Horror 31.2%, Indie 23.5%
- #31 Timore Inferno
78% matchMixed58% of 351 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Timore Inferno is the 4th indie horror game in the Timore series. Strange visitors have come to a little girl's house, robbing her home and killing everyone inside... Except her. With dolls holding the anger of her loss, everyone who tries to go there and investigate what happened wind up missing.
Why similar: Action 37%, Horror 35.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #32 Medusa's Labyrinth VR
77% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Guru Games
Windows
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a mythological first person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together in a game that blends horror with stealth into a unique and intense horror experience. Now all this can be seen in VR for the first time!
Why similar: Action 36.3%, Horror 34.5%, Indie 29.2%
- #33 Zomby Soldier
77% matchMixed42% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Dark theme shooter where player character is zombie who needs to kill other zombies and find more blood
Why similar: Action 36.3%, Horror 34.5%, Indie 29.2%
- #34 The Hateful Dead
75% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Sayan
Windows
The Hateful Dead is a voxel style, wave-based, zombie FPS game. Run and gun with a Chainsaw in one hand and Minigun in the other as you stand alone against an army of the undead. Burn, cut, shoot and obliterate limbs from your undead enemies in an intense blood-splattered, shoot em up style. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Horror 32.4%, Indie 30.1%
- #35 Zombie Soldier
74% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Lorag Games
Windows
Face off as the Zombie Soldier against the undead army. Explore graveyards and army bases to eradicate them all. Shoot, jump and destroy in this simple retro styled 2.5D metroidvania throwback game. A casual yet challenging introduction to the Zombie Soldier world.
Why similar: Action 31.8%, Horror 27.6%, Indie 25.6%, Casual 14.9%
- #36 SCP-087: Recovered document
76% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Korovkin Nikita
Windows
SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Survival Horror 33.5%, Action 17.5%, Indie 14.6%
- #37 VR TOON Help Me (살려주세요)
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Dexter Studios
Windows
"Why didn't you open the door back then?" Originated by ‘DEY-Horror Channel”, which is one of the most popular Naver web-comic in Korea. ‘VR TOON HELP ME” is the unique horror VR web-comic, you can feel like you are in the web-comic’s 3D space.
Why similar: Casual 37.7%, Horror 31.4%, Indie 30.8%
- #38 Adventure Of Thieves
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Binarystudio 54
Windows · Mac
Platformer Lovers !!! Dare to accept the challenge? Player vs Player addicted? Train your skills in single player and join in PvP arena.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #39 SKIMMERZ
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Harrison Went
Windows
Battle the enemy 3 rounds at a time in SKIMMERZ. Utilise game changing abilities to turn the tide and unlock each unique skimmer as you progress through colourful arena style maps.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #40 ALUMNI - Escape Room Adventure
62% matchMixed68% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: M9 Games
Windows · Mac
An escape room inspired adventure. Play as a scientist transported back in time to memories of college, trying to escape the nightmare reality. Explore areas and take in your surroundings. Use all of your puzzle solving skills to make your way through Ridgeway College and return back to the present.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #41 Siege And Destroy
78% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Makketron LLC
Windows
You are the Captain in charge of controlling a colossus cannon on planet X Alpha 52. The enemy placed hostile cannons behind the mountain. With the wind speed changing, control your cannon to shoot projectiles above the mountains to hit the enemy. You do that by analyzing the information on 3D mini-map.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #42 Ship It
72% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Think On Labs
Windows
Fast-paced block stacking VR fun in a playful factory setting. Pack a box with colorful shapes, then ship it to earn your wage. Filling VR boxes is physically satisfying as you grab blocks, rotate them with you hands, and smash them home.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #43 Kapsul Infinite
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Luke O'Connor
Windows
Pilot your tiny space capsule through an endless series of procedurally generated challenges. Physics-based action gameplay that is easy to learn, but very difficult to master. Try and try again as you soak up the soothing atmosphere and striking abstract visuals.
Why similar: Casual 35.9%, Action 34.8%, Indie 29.3%
- #44 Mystery of Mortlake Mansion
60% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Best Games CollectionPub: HH-Games
Windows
Mystery of Mortlake Mansion is a hidden object adventure game with a deep and interesting story. The player is summoned to Mortlake Mansion by an elderly gentleman, who was so obsessed with magic that he dedicated his entire life to tracking down and learning the secrets of his favorite magician.
Why similar: Casual 49.4%, Horror 35.5%, Indie 15%
- #45 Wick
70% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.1%, Horror 36.4%, Action 13.6%, Indie 11.9%
- #46 Kanna Maze
51% matchVery Positive89% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
- #47 Boinks
68% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2017
Windows · Mac
Boinks is a fiendishly difficult game of skill. Hold down the mouse button to inflate your balls. Fill up the screen to level up. Don’t get hit. Don’t run out of balls. Sounds simple. Doesn’t it? WARNING: May contain contagious laughter for big kids.
Why similar: Casual 35.9%, Action 34.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #48 OM6N
54% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: CJWorks
Windows · Linux
A Brutal, Action Horror FPS. Fight for your survival against a malevolent omen that has awoken. Will you stop this Evil... or fall victim like the rest?
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Survival Horror 27.2%, Action 21.4%, Indie 9.9%
- #49 Devilry
71% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Action 38%, Indie 31.9%, Horror 30.1%
- #50 Sleeping Dawn VR
68% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Effimera Studio
Windows
Sleeping Dawn VR is a survival horror cooperative game up to 4 players in virtual reality. Join into this confusing procedural maze with your friends, cooperate with them, make quick choices while facing your deepest fear in first person. Get lost... has never been so real.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Action 23.3%, Casual 22.9%, Indie 18.7%
- #51 Welcome to Hanwell
71% matchMixed47% of 363 reviews2017
Dev: Steel Arts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Horror 27.6%, Action 15.7%, Casual 14%, Indie 13%
- #52 WackIt
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Ross GramboPub: Grambo Games L.L.P
Windows
WackIt is a wacky action packed VR whacking experience. The goal is simple, whack moles with your mallet. If you do a good enough job, you will progress to more difficult levels, and if you do a really good job, you will get the tools to whack like you've never whacked before.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #53 Soldier Killer
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: SQUIX Games
Windows
Soldier Killer is a simple game based on killing opponents. You are a member of a secret organization and you have the task of liquidating all those who have betrayed the organization.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #54 Smells Like a Mushroom
51% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Red Limb StudioPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Boomer jokes ✅ Vegetable puns ✅ Strange characters ✅ Join the Aveggers to fight through the solar system in a dynamic third-person platformer shooter and defeat the alien mushroom invasion. 99% silly, 100% vegan!
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
- #55 You are a torpedo AI
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Navigate a torpedo in environments filled with obstacles and DESTROY YOUR TARGET.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.8%