- #1 Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy
97% matchVery Positive90% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Arrow GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
Why similar: Adventure 52.7%, Horror 47.3%
- #2 Witch's Doll
96% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Adventure 33.6%, Atmospheric 16%, Indie 14.8%
- #3 9 Childs Street
96% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Indie 25.5%, Adventure 23.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%
- #4 Hide Alone
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Indie 25.8%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Adventure 15.6%
- #5 The House of Toys
94% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Old School Bros
Windows
The House of Toys is a horror game in which the player ventures into an old mansion filled with seemingly harmless toys. His mission is to explore each room, searching for clues to discover which of the toys is cursed. To free the soul trapped in this toy, the player must solve intricate puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 19.3%, Casual 8.9%
- #6 The Demon Within Me
94% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, Atmospheric 24.9%, Casual 16.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #7 MUZY
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Indie 28.6%, Horror 24.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #8 Poppy Playtime
91% matchVery Positive88% of 132,662 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 65.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #9 Cursed Bet
92% matchMixed59% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Adventure 30.1%, Atmospheric 16%, Indie 15.3%
- #10 Dolls
91% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Fake Fox
Windows
Dolls is a first-person horror game in which the player must escape from a dark school inhabited by seemingly lifeless dolls. Confront your fears, unravel the mysteries, and survive this suffocating environment in order to return to reality.
Why similar: Horror 61.8%, Atmospheric 22.8%, Indie 15.4%
- #11 Lost Alone Ultimate
90% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Adventure 39.4%, Atmospheric 16.2%
- #12 When The Devil Takes Hold
89% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
When The Devil Takes Hold is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shoes of James Davidson, a fearless content creator whose search for views leads him to a cursed location. Explore the haunted grounds and solve puzzles to uncover the dark past.
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 20.7%, Atmospheric 19.7%
- #13 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,810 reviews2019
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Every kid has that one toy that scares them, imagine if it came to life. You play as Ruby, a young girl who has a fear of her handmade toy called Mr. Hopp. Things take a dark turn when Ruby sees that Mr. Hopp, who usually sits motionless in the corner of her room, is gone.
Why similar: Horror 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #14 Blasfemia
87% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Adventure 34.1%, Indie 19.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #15 Nocturia The Game
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Adventure 29%, Casual 21.9%, Atmospheric 18.4%
- #16 East Wood Carnival
86% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Indie 27.2%, Adventure 26.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #17 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
84% matchVery Positive90% of 10,232 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 45.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 15.1%, Casual 13.7%, Atmospheric 10%
- #18 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Adventure 26.8%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Indie 6.9%, Casual 3.7%
- #19 Arruyo
85% matchMixed55% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arruyo is a 3D first-person horror game, where the player is inside a farmhouse with different monsters that will try to kill him/her. To survive and discover the mystery of that place, the player will have to hide from these monsters while investigating the farmhouse.
Why similar: Horror 52.2%, Casual 34.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%
- #20 A Lonely Cabin Trip
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Adventure 32.3%, Atmospheric 22%, Indie 7.3%
- #21 Ghost Stories
84% 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: Adventure 39.7%, Indie 28.9%, Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #22 A.I.L.A
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,218 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Horror 63.3%, Atmospheric 36.7%
- #23 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
81% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Midnight Games
Windows
Nightmare Horror Story an adventure game from the first face in a horror genre provides you to take a trip in a huge and dark city full of dummies. You would have a possibility to figure out in a weird atmosphere when alive people are missed and everything that had remained is the dummies.
Why similar: Horror 51.3%, Adventure 48.7%
- #24 Palmyra Orphanage
81% matchVery Positive89% of 705 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 47.5%, Indie 25.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #25 Knock On The Window
78% matchVery Positive90% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window.
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Adventure 19.6%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Casual 15.4%, Indie 12.4%
- #26 Traumada
80% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: James Horn
Windows
Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Adventure 39.5%, Atmospheric 19.8%
- #27 Wooden Floor
82% matchMixed49% of 213 reviews2015
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Wooden Floor is a first person horror game full of visual trickery ... Not being able to predict what is going to happen next you need to make your way through the haunted house.
Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Indie 30.6%, Horror 23.3%
- #28 [Bober Bros] It's Just A Prank
77% matchVery Positive88% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
It's Just A Prank is a first-person horror game about kids playing pranks on each other until a PRANK GOES WRONG. Experience suspense, fear, and unexpected twists as a simple joke becomes a nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Adventure 27.9%, Casual 25.7%, Atmospheric 16.5%
- #29 Fear of Clowns
79% matchMixed64% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: Mikhail Nevsky
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
You woke up in the middle of the night from the doorbell's sound. Someone wants to play with you...
Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, Horror 31%, Indie 30.1%
- #30 Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
76% matchVery Positive96% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
Why similar: Horror 46%, Casual 26.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.4%
- #31 Incoming Evil
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 25.3%, Atmospheric 13.7%
- #32 Don't Be Afraid
75% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 20.2%, Atmospheric 14.6%
- #33 The Baby In Yellow
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,146 reviews2023
Dev: Team Terrible
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?
Why similar: Horror 66.8%, Atmospheric 33.2%
- #34 Astray
77% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Adventure 34.7%, Horror 28.9%, Indie 25.4%, Atmospheric 11%
- #35 BOKKIE
75% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: AJB GAMES STUDIO
Windows
Dare to enter the world of "BOKKIE" where the line between childhood innocence and supernatural terror is blurred, and every corner hides a secret waiting to be unveiled. Will you brave the haunting whispers of the abandoned toys, or succumb to the darkness that lurks within?
Why similar: Adventure 51.1%, Horror 21.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Indie 12.6%
- #36 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
72% matchVery Positive93% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Casual 25.6%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Adventure 19.6%
- #37 Uninvited Guest
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Horror 40.6%, Adventure 32.9%, Atmospheric 22.9%, Indie 3.6%
- #38 Find Me: Horror Game
76% matchMixed55% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: KalaOh GamesPub: Junkyard Media
Windows
"The malign spirits always try to manifest themselves". Host one of these demons through its summoning. Does finishing the ritual is the solution to your problems? 3:00 AM, the ritual begins; hide out and survive to the hide and seek game with a possessed doll. Do you dare to play?
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 24.6%
- #39 Zemblanity
74% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: XenOxygen
Windows
Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Adventure 36%, Atmospheric 22.7%
- #40 Sinister Entity
73% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Horror 35.6%, Indie 17.3%
- #41 Chaperone
73% matchMixed66% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Bulut ULUPub: FND GAME
Windows
Chaperone is a first-person psychological horror game. The events are completely real. Supernatural events taking place in an atmospheric and constricting closed house, events of unknown cause. You can enjoy being scared to the fullest.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Adventure 24.4%, Casual 21.1%, Atmospheric 20.5%
- #42 Joker Show - Horror Escape
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 737 reviews2023
Dev: Linked Squad
Windows
Your parents left for the night, and you stayed at home alone, you were bored and you decided to call the Jester (Joker), but something went wrong... It looks like you succeeded, now the jester wants to play with you, hide and don't let him catch you, find a way to call the jester away.
Why similar: Horror 49.1%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 15.3%
- #43 Martha's Dolls
71% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: AJB GAMES STUDIO
Windows
Dive into the adventures in " Merphy Town " where Martha's Dolls lives , solve the mystery , prepare yourself for a great horror experience !
Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Horror 32%, Atmospheric 12.6%
- #44 It follows you
72% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Horror 38%, Adventure 23.6%, Casual 21.5%, Atmospheric 16.9%
- #45 Stanley Says
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Patti
Windows
A first-person puzzle horror game set in a defunct children's nursery from 2001. Uncover dark secrets, solve mascot-themed puzzles, and survive the twisted games of Stanley—an animatronic who never stopped playing.
Why similar: Adventure 32%, Casual 26.7%, Horror 20%, Indie 11.2%, Atmospheric 10%
- #46 Trapped
70% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Indie 28.9%, Horror 22.4%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #47 Cursed Feed
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.
Why similar: Adventure 53.4%, Horror 46.6%
- #48 Albino Lullaby: Episode 1
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 382 reviews2015
Dev: Ape Law
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Albino Lullaby is a horror adventure game that doesn't rely on jump scares or gore. Escape from a surreal psychological nightmare as the world dynamically twists and contorts around you.
Why similar: Adventure 34%, Horror 29.8%, Indie 26.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #49 Mental Hospital - Child of Evil
70% matchMixed65% of 62 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: Adventure 62%, Atmospheric 22.6%, Horror 15.5%
- #50 Analog - Skin off
65% matchVery Positive95% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: Adouson
Windows
Skin Off is an analog horror game where you play as a teenager spending a summer night alone at your uncle’s house. As you wait for your friends to arrive the next day, a strange message is broadcasted on national television, signaling the start of a nightmare you can’t escape.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Indie 24.7%, Adventure 23.5%, Atmospheric 17.5%
- #51 ALONE?
71% matchMixed42% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Horror 28.5%, Indie 27.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #52 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Indie 39.2%, Horror 33.8%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Adventure 13.1%
- #53 The Devil is in the Details
66% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: HideWorks
Windows
A survival horror spot-the-difference game set in a twisted Hell gameshow. Demons will distract you, torment you, or try to kill you. The Arbiter is your mysterious guide—sometimes helpful, sometimes...not so much. Spot the anomalies or suffer the consequences.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 24.3%, Atmospheric 18.7%
- #54 ColdSide
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 519 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Indie 27.9%, Horror 22.8%, Atmospheric 11%
- #55 The Inner Friend
68% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: PLAYMIND
Windows
Descend into an eerie world made of scattered memories and unresolved traumas and explore a nightmarish landscape where you will come face to face with childhood fears and nightmares.
Why similar: Adventure 35.5%, Casual 32.1%, Indie 25%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #56 Hello Puppets: Midnight Show
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Otherworld Interactive
Windows
“Hello Puppets: Midnight Show” is a stealth horror adventure set in the 1980s on the set of a children’s TV show. You are a master puppet maker whose prized creations--the Handeemen--have come to life and are hunting you. Play hide and seek against advanced AI that forces you to adapt and improvise.
Why similar: Adventure 34.3%, Horror 30%, Atmospheric 19%, Indie 16.7%
- #57 TRAFFIC
66% matchVery Positive83% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: Laud GamesPub: Laud Publishing
Windows
TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Adventure 28.8%, Atmospheric 25.2%
- #58 Imaginary Friend Asylum
64% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.
Why similar: Adventure 46.2%, Horror 30.8%, Atmospheric 23.1%