- #1 Nightmare of Decay
97% 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: Horror 50.3%, FPS 20%, Action 12.3%, First-Person 6.9%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the retro-FPS survival horror aesthetic with its focus on gore, exploration, and intense combat.
- #2 Dementium: The Ward
96% matchVery Positive88% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 53.7%, FPS 13.9%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor to the seed game, it shares the same DNA of medical-themed horror and first-person survival mechanics.
- #3 Cry of Fear
95% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 76.5%, FPS 7.2%, Action 5.2%, First-Person 4.1%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential survival-horror experience that mirrors the claustrophobic, nightmarish tone and psychological depth of the seed game.
- #4 Roots of Insanity
94% matchMixed67% of 439 reviews2017
Dev: Crania Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.
Why similar: Horror 55.4%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 12%, FPS 10.2%, Indie 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar medical-horror setting and first-person combat mechanics that emphasize survival.
- #5 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 115,718 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Why similar: Horror 68.7%, First-Person 9.3%, FPS 8.9%, Action 7.3%, Adventure 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title sets the standard for modern first-person survival horror, balancing intense combat with a deeply unsettling atmosphere.
- #6 Amnesia: The Bunker
92% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Horror 51.3%, FPS 19.9%, Action 11.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-stakes first-person survival experience where resource management and combat are essential for navigating a confined, hostile space.
- #7 Putrefaction
94% matchMixed70% of 491 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Horror 46%, FPS 24.1%, Action 17.3%, Indie 8.1%, First-Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, gore-filled FPS that leans heavily into the survival-horror aesthetic and fast-paced combat.
- #8 F.E.A.R.
91% 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: Horror 60.1%, FPS 26.2%, Action 10.3%, First-Person 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: It successfully blends high-octane first-person shooting with disturbing, supernatural horror elements.
- #9 Ad Infinitum
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,409 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Horror 60%, Action 13.8%, First-Person 10.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a high-quality psychological horror experience with a focus on disturbing, surreal environments.
- #10 Lost in Vivo
90% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 62.8%, FPS 20%, First-Person 9%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, surreal horror experience that mirrors the fractured, nightmarish reality found in the seed game.
- #11 123 Slaughter Me Street
89% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 75.9%, Action 14.1%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the indie, first-person horror focus with a heavy emphasis on jump scares and building tension.
- #12 Hektor
89% matchMixed62% of 969 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 64.5%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a shifting, nightmarish environment that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #13 The Dark Occult
88% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Horror 63%, Action 12.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 7.3%, First-Person 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, first-person horror with a strong emphasis on psychological tension and exploration.
- #14 Penumbra Overture
87% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 71.7%, Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 7.8%, Indie 5.3%, Action 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-horror title that emphasizes atmosphere, physics-based interaction, and first-person exploration.
- #15 Doorways: Prelude
86% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 66.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Action 10%, Indie 6.4%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The start of a series that mirrors the surreal, adventure-horror style and first-person perspective of the seed game.
- #16 Doorways: The Underworld
86% matchMixed69% of 405 reviews2014
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 55.6%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 9.5%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar surreal, puzzle-heavy horror adventure experience with a focus on disturbing imagery.
- #17 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
85% matchMixed68% of 3,295 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
Why similar: Horror 71.9%, FPS 11.4%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 5.2%, Action 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror title featuring intense combat and a deeply unsettling, Lovecraftian atmosphere.
- #18 Statues
84% matchMixed66% of 301 reviews2015
Dev: Room710Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Do not even try to close your eyes. You can't let the fear go. It is real. It is more real than you can imagine... "Statues" is a mix of survival-horror and action-adventure developed by Room710Games. The game based on the creepy enemies that only move when you're not looking at them.
Why similar: Horror 62%, Action 14.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Uses first-person mechanics to build constant tension in a way that echoes the seed game's survival elements.
- #19 CULTIC
81% 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: Horror 42.4%, FPS 30.3%, Action 13.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, atmospheric shooter that leans into occult horror themes and retro-inspired gameplay.
- #20 DUSK
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Horror 49.5%, FPS 31.5%, Action 9.9%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it captures the retro-FPS horror aesthetic and fast-paced combat perfectly.
- #21 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
83% matchMixed65% of 3,324 reviews2016
Dev: Game Mechanics LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.
Why similar: Horror 77.5%, First-Person 5.8%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 5.6%, Action 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that emphasizes atmospheric dread in a confined, ward-like setting.
- #22 Deluded Mind
84% matchMixed62% of 108 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Horror 51.7%, Adventure 23.2%, Indie 16.4%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that explores fractured realities and disturbing memories through a first-person lens.
- #23 Blackbay Asylum
82% matchMixed57% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: TAD Productions ABPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
Why similar: Horror 57%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the asylum setting and survival-horror gameplay mechanics of the seed game.
- #24 Gynophobia
82% matchMixed66% of 773 reviews2015
Dev: Gua
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.
Why similar: Horror 51.7%, FPS 14.2%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that focuses on psychological triggers and first-person exploration in a hostile world.
- #25 Blood West
78% matchVery Positive90% of 5,888 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: Horror 50.7%, FPS 28.6%, Action 10.7%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror FPS that emphasizes resource management and careful combat in a dark, occult-themed world.
- #26 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 55.6%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 13.3%, First-Person 9.2%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the surreal, disturbing journey of the series with a focus on grotesque environments and exploration.
- #27 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
78% matchVery Positive85% of 9,231 reviews2009
Dev: MonolithPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
Why similar: Horror 63.2%, FPS 22.3%, Action 10.7%, First-Person 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the blend of intense FPS combat and psychological horror found in the first entry.
- #28 Grimind
80% matchMixed64% of 289 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Indie 20.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Action 11%
Why You'll Like It: An indie title that blends horror elements with atmospheric exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #29 DOCTOR VISCERA
76% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Horror 61.2%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 9.9%, FPS 7.7%, Action 7%
- #30 Silent Descent
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Horror 48.2%, Action 19.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on survival and exploration in a hostile, unsettling environment.
- #31 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: K Monkey
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are.The game is inspired by classic roguelike games which include 100% procedural-generated maps and permadeath.
Why similar: Horror 66.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 12.6%, Indie 8.2%
- #32 Minds Eyes
76% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 80.5%, Action 6%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 3.5%, First-Person 2.1%
- #33 HorrorToleranceTest
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: うさうさはっぴーげーむず
Windows
A horror game that challenges you to play three different games and diagnoses your tolerance for fear. “Surprise fear,” “hiding fear,” “escaping fear”—are you tolerant of all types of fear?
Why similar: Horror 68.8%, Action 15.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Indie 5.1%
- #34 Neverending Nightmares
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 78.7%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 8%, Action 4.6%
- #35 Pigsaw
73% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Christopher Yabsley
Windows
Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.
Why similar: Horror 47.7%, FPS 26.2%, Action 16.2%, First-Person 9.9%
- #36 Blinding Dark
77% matchMostly Negative32% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: Games HutPub: BulkyPix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Blinding Dark is a First Person Adventure horror game. Complete puzzles, collect items and power-ups, fight enemies and do your best to manage the very thin resources you have at your disposal to uncover terrible secrets.
Why similar: Horror 60.9%, Action 17.8%, Adventure 15.6%, First-Person 5.7%
- #37 Ghost Stories
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Adventure 20.7%, Action 20%, Indie 13.3%, First-Person 6.5%
- #38 Pneumata
72% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Horror 59.5%, FPS 25%, First-Person 9.1%, Action 6.4%
- #39 Joe's Diner
75% 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: Horror 56.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.6%, Indie 11.3%
- #40 Wounded - The Beginning
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.
Why similar: Horror 53%, Action 15.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #41 Into the Dark: Ultimate Trash Edition
74% matchMixed43% of 232 reviews2014
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Intr Studio Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Expect the ultimate B-Movie Trash experience! Don´t even dare to hope for state-of the art graphics, a proper balancing, professional voice acting or breathtaking script-writing. This here is 100% pure trash, an adventure / shooter hybrid with gazillions of bad jokes, dozens of pop culture references and a hidden, dense net of...
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Indie 19.3%, FPS 13.2%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11.6%
- #42 Project Liminal 2
68% 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: Adventure 30.2%, Action 28.8%, FPS 26%, First-Person 9.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #43 Fortuito: Lost History
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, FPS 30.7%, Adventure 19.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Action 2.1%
- #44 Hollow Head: Director's Cut
72% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac
You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.
Why similar: Horror 47.3%, FPS 17.8%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 10%, Indie 7.4%
- #45 Infliction
70% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Horror 69.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 8.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #46 Forest Asylum 2
68% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!
Why similar: Horror 67.6%, Adventure 26.1%, First-Person 6.3%
- #47 Ruined Nurse
67% 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: Horror 55.1%, FPS 22.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Action 7.7%, First-Person 6.5%
- #48 Mortal Decay
70% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Horror 69.7%, First-Person 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 7.5%
- #49 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
68% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 80.7%, First-Person 6.4%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 3.7%, Action 3.6%
- #50 Delirium
67% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Horror 76.9%, Adventure 12.3%, First-Person 10.7%
- #51 White Room Protocol
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 59.5%, FPS 19.8%, First-Person 8.3%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 4.8%
- #52 FLIGHTMARE
70% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Action 28.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%
- #53 Kidnapped
71% matchMixed56% of 563 reviews2015
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Adventure 16.3%, FPS 14.9%, Action 13.8%, Indie 9.1%
- #54 The Beast Inside
66% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 71%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 8%, First-Person 7%, Indie 4.4%
- #55 Syndrome
69% 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: Horror 52.6%, FPS 22.7%, Action 9.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #56 Madness inside
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.
Why similar: Horror 55.2%, First-Person 17.4%, Adventure 15%, Indie 12.5%
- #57 Confabulation
66% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Horror 67.3%, First-Person 12.5%, Indie 10.7%, Adventure 9.5%
- #58 Locked Fears
69% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 55.5%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 10.6%