- #1 Inside the Backrooms
97% matchVery Positive80% of 46,110 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Multiplayer 17%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Co-op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same multiplayer survival-horror essence with a heavy focus on puzzle-solving and navigating unsettling, confined environments.
- #2 From The Darkness
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,460 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar low-budget, high-tension atmosphere that relies on psychological horror and exploration of abandoned, dark spaces.
- #3 Labyrinthine
95% matchVery Positive84% of 17,307 reviews2023
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A co-op horror game like no other... Play with 1-8 players online as you solve puzzles, collect items and run from the horrors that lie within. Follow in the footsteps of Joan in the story mode or tackle procedurally generated maps that scale with your level and bring a fresh experience each game..
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Co-op 12.7%, Realistic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the same cave and maze-like exploration mechanics, offering a terrifying co-op experience that mirrors the dungeon-crawler feel of the seed game.
- #4 The Door in the Basement
96% matchVery Positive88% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Underground 22.4% ★, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific thematic focus on exploring dark, hidden locations that lead to psychological disturbances.
- #5 Echoes of Dread
94% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.
Why similar: Hidden Object 16.3%, Horror 16%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Survival 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same first-person psychological horror and hidden-object exploration found in the seed game.
- #6 Penumbra Overture
94% matchVery Positive91% of 4,100 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 33%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, First-Person 8.7%, Dark 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the genre, it perfectly captures the feeling of being trapped in a dark, mysterious underground facility with limited resources.
- #7 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
93% matchMixed47% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Sushi Studio
Windows
If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar multiplayer survival-horror experience with a focus on exploration and atmospheric dread.
- #8 Cry of Fear
92% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 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 30.7%, Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Co-op 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes dark, urban, and subterranean exploration.
- #9 Lost in Vivo
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 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: Survival Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 23.3%, Survival 9.5%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully creates a claustrophobic, psychological horror experience that feels like a more polished version of the seed game's core loop.
- #10 DEVOUR
89% matchVery Positive91% of 87,391 reviews2021
Dev: Straight Back Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Psychological Horror 8%, Co-op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the multiplayer survival aspect, forcing players to work together while being hunted in a terrifying, enclosed environment.
- #11 Silent Rain
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: 2Brains&CoffeePub: Seedlers Interactive
Windows
Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiplayer 10%, Survival 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a similar blend of atmospheric, first-person horror and multiplayer cooperation.
- #12 The Empty Eyes
89% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Hidden Object 8.2%, Dark 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the psychological and mystery aspects of indie horror, matching the tone of the seed game.
- #13 Doorways: Prelude
91% matchMixed62% of 636 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 33.9%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Dark 8.3%, Survival 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror adventure that focuses on first-person exploration and disturbing environments.
- #14 Phasmophobia
87% matchVery Positive95% of 829,384 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Co-op 10.9%, Dark 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the investigation and exploration mechanics while providing a high-stakes multiplayer horror experience.
- #15 Fungiman
88% matchVery Positive91% of 500 reviews2022
Dev: svinoman
Windows
Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.9%, Hidden Object 17.7%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the niche exploration and survival-horror themes, making it a direct thematic parallel.
- #16 The Forest
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 30.2%, Horror 27.1%, Survival Horror 21.1%, First-Person 7%, Exploration 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: While it features survival crafting, its deep cave exploration and terrifying subterranean inhabitants align closely with the seed game's setting.
- #17 Dark Deception
84% matchVery Positive89% of 23,549 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 11%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game turns the dungeon-crawler concept into a high-speed, first-person horror experience with a focus on maze navigation.
- #18 Pacify
84% matchVery Positive86% of 42,492 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Co-op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strong multiplayer horror game that relies on exploration and completing specific tasks while being pursued by an entity.
- #19 Dead Blue Rose
85% matchMostly Negative33% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: ColdBones
Windows
A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Co-op 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a free-to-play multiplayer survival-horror experience that mirrors the psychological intensity of the seed game.
- #20 Tunnels of Despair
86% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: BearFighterDev
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Horror 17.9%, Underground 13.7% ★, Survival 12.5%, Hidden Object 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: The title itself reflects the core gameplay loop of navigating dangerous, dark tunnels in a survival-horror setting.
- #21 Visage
82% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Dark 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a premier psychological horror game that emphasizes the slow, methodical exploration of a dark, haunted environment.
- #22 Demon Of The Dark
83% matchMixed62% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Green Stream Studio
Windows
A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Dark 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the investigation and puzzle-solving elements within a dark, first-person horror framework.
- #23 Vigil
80% matchVery Positive86% of 2,103 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 19.7%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that emphasizes singleplayer exploration and action.
- #24 Days Without Incident
79% matchVery Positive94% of 553 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It incorporates exploration, puzzle-solving, and mystery within a dark, horror-themed environment.
- #25 Backrooms Doors
82% matchMixed68% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.6%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 11.4%, Survival 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same first-person, survival-horror mechanics in a confined, maze-like setting.
- #26 Skull Hotel
79% matchVery Positive80% of 900 reviews2025
Dev: James Hall
Windows
Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the walking-simulator and dark atmospheric elements that define the seed game's horror experience.
- #27 Inside Depth 6
81% matchVery Positive85% of 247 reviews2021
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Dark 17%, Realistic 9.4%, Exploration 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a similar psychological thriller experience with a focus on exploration and dark, atmospheric storytelling.
- #28 Ghostbane: Prologue
81% matchMixed54% of 417 reviews2024
Dev: Pi Bit
Windows
"Ghostbane: Prologue" is a multiplayer horror game that you can play with your friends. Detect paranormal activity, collect evidence of ghosts, hunt ghosts by rituals, and conduct detailed investigations about ghosts in your main base.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.5%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Survival 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines multiplayer cooperation with puzzle-solving and horror, similar to the seed game's structure.
- #29 Deep Dark Dungeon of Anglaus
78% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: PanfilovDevPub: Laush Studio
Windows
"Deep Dark Dungeon of Anglaus" is a first-person horror game set in a medieval fantasy world. Face the oppressive fears that haunt you in the darkness. Face unknown opponents in the dungeon of the demon lord Anglaus.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.1%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Survival 14.7%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game directly mirrors the dungeon-crawler and psychological-horror elements of the seed game.
- #30 Slendrina Remake
76% matchMixed68% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: GearMech
Windows
Slendrina Remake is a scary survival game set in a dungeon where you must gather items, solve puzzles, and evade the sinister Slendrina herself to make it out alive. Experience the atmosphere of fear and tension in this gripping horror adventure.
Why similar: Hidden Object 16.7%, Underground 15% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.3%, Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 8.1%
- #31 Godumas
78% matchMixed50% of 198 reviews2022
Dev: Moist Dog studio
Windows
GODUMAS is a co-op horror game for 1-4 players. Explore the strange island, solve location based puzzles, run or sneak your way through local inhabitants and find a way to escape… before you are sacrificed.
Why similar: Hidden Object 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Co-op 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is a co-op multiplayer horror game that focuses on action-adventure elements in a dark, mysterious setting.
- #32 Scauage
73% matchVery Positive91% of 815 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 13%, First-Person 8.5%
- #33 Horror
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Hidden Object 22.6%, Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 7.7%
- #34 Blackberry
77% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: AndeoTEAM
Windows
Psychological Horror. The action takes place in forestry, in which a married couple of foresters stopped communicating with city. You were sent to investigate. But once in the forest, not lose your mind - turns out to be a very difficult task
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.5%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #35 Those Who Crawl
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 177 reviews2022
Dev: Hush Fin Games
Windows · Linux
Escape an ever-shrinking cave tunnel in this tense spelunking horror. As the stone walls transform into flesh, you'll face perilous claustrophobic spaces, flooded passages, and twisted inhuman creatures.
Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Underground 13.5% ★, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.8%, Survival Horror 11%
- #36 Psycho
77% matchMixed57% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
”Psycho” is a 3D horror game that allows you to explore and survive with your friends in the terrible mystery bunker.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 9.5%
- #37 Exanimum: The Silent Call
73% matchVery Positive84% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Dark 13.4%, Realistic 9.2%, Multiplayer 8%
- #38 Shadownest
75% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
Windows
Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror
Why similar: Survival Horror 36%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Dark 9.7%, Dungeon Crawler 9.2%, Indie 5.2%
- #39 Zardy's Cave
72% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Full Trek Media
Windows
Beneath the farm something terrible awaits. You fell down a giant hole into a dark world full of terrifying scarecrows and monsters. Now you must make your way through the tunnels deep underground while watching your back. Solve puzzles, find tools, and most importantly… Stay alive!
Why similar: Underground 27.2% ★, Horror 19%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Dark 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #40 Scream under the house
71% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 19.5%, Dark 11.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Linear 9%
- #41 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
75% 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: Survival Horror 20.6%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Survival 12.4%, Dark 10.7%
- #42 Backrooms: Extractions
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 685 reviews2025
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.1%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #43 Mental Hospital - Child of Evil
74% matchMixed63% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Hidden Object 31.9%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Dark 10.3%
- #44 Aphotic Descent
73% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Broiled Squid Studios
Windows
In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.9%, Horror 24.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 10.7%
- #45 Descending The Woods
71% matchMixed51% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, First-Person 8.1%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #46 The Wailer
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 128 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: Dungeon Crawler 27.8%, Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #47 TERPENIE
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 894 reviews2025
Dev: Chugunovkos
Windows
In the gloomy atmosphere of post-Soviet everyday life, routine tasks like cleaning, cooking, and exploring your own room hide something much darker. Survive and uncover the truth before the maniac comes for you.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Hidden Object 23.2%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #48 Backrooms: Found Footage
68% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 13.8%, Realistic 13.1%, Dark 12.7%
- #49 Passing Pineview Forest
72% matchMixed65% of 1,697 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Survival 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #50 Mirror Forge
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.9%, Survival 11%, Dark 9.4%
- #51 KEEP LOOKING
67% matchVery Positive92% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: Solshade Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a nerve-wracking horror game that puts you in a dark, claustrophobic cave with a relentless creature. Survive by flashing your dying flashlight at the right moments, too soon or too late, and it’s over. You must keep an eye on the creature, but beware: staring too long is just as deadly.
Why similar: Underground 36.9% ★, Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 26.1%, First-Person 8%, Indie 2.1%
- #52 Tales From Hoia Baciu Forest
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Dark 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Action-Adventure 14%, Exploration 13.3%
- #53 Deep the Game
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 946 reviews2020
Dev: Goricina ProductionsPub: Goricina Entertainment
Windows
Welcome to the Deep: Pixelart platformer indie game located deep inside caves. You are a cave explorer who accidentally falls in a pit which leads to a big cave system. After some exploration, you find remains of an old civilization that used to live there and decide to explore it a little further.
Why similar: Multiplayer 39%, Action 33%, Indie 28%
- #54 Cave Crawler
67% matchVery Positive85% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 11.9%, Linear 10.3%, Realistic 8.7%
- #55 MATRESHKA
65% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 12%, Realistic 8.9%
- #56 Lost Hope: Backrooms
65% matchMixed68% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
Windows
Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Survival 7%
- #57 Fear in Hospital
70% matchMixed48% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.4%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 11.2%, Realistic 6.7%
- #58 Misery Mansion
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival 11.1%, Dark 10.3%
- #59 Murky Divers
63% matchVery Positive88% of 5,214 reviews2024
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.8%
- #60 Deep Sorrow
70% matchMixed50% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Survival 13.2%, Dark 11.7%
