- #1 Aperture Desk Job
97% matchVery Positive95% of 24,858 reviews2022
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.
Why similar: Funny 23.1%, Action 18.5%, Shooter 17%, First-Person 12%, Singleplayer 11%
Why You'll Like It: A short, funny, and meta-narrative experience that serves as a promotional piece for a larger universe.
- #2 Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
96% matchVery Positive93% of 10,125 reviews2015
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, First-Person 25%, Funny 14.5%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same meta-humor and behind-the-scenes perspective on game development as Devolverland Expo.
- #3 Off-Peak
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,819 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, First-Person 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric walking simulator that captures a similar dreamlike and slightly unsettling vibe.
- #4 The Stanley Parable
95% matchVery Positive92% of 45,581 reviews2013
Dev: Galactic Cafe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, First-Person 21.9%, Funny 12.5%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-game that constantly breaks the fourth wall and comments on the nature of player agency.
- #5 The Beginner's Guide
94% matchVery Positive88% of 23,113 reviews2015
Dev: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.4%, First-Person 18.1%, Indie 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal and meta-narrative exploration game that challenges the player's perception of game design.
- #6 Only If
94% matchMixed62% of 5,959 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle adventure that shares the free-to-play, indie, and slightly eerie exploration feel.
- #7 Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
93% matchVery Positive94% of 8,156 reviews2014
Dev: Necrophone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
Why similar: Funny 23.8%, Adventure 20.7%, First-Person 18.3%, Indie 15.7%, Walking Simulator 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person comedy game that thrives on absurdity and environmental storytelling.
- #8 When the Darkness comes
92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.8%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking simulator that uses surreal environments to tell a haunting story.
- #9 The Magic Circle
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,499 reviews2015
Dev: Question
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?
Why similar: First-Person 23.4%, Adventure 22%, Action 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Indie 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-commentary on the game development process where players manipulate the world around them.
- #10 Accounting+
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 981 reviews2018
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.
Why similar: Action 27.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Indie 18.8%, Horror 17.3%, Simulation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A bizarre and hilarious surrealist experience that pushes the boundaries of first-person interaction.
- #11 Superliminal
89% matchVery Positive95% of 33,369 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: First-Person 31.3%, Horror 17.9%, Funny 15%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 13%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal first-person puzzle game that plays with perspective and reality in a way that feels experimental.
- #12 Indigo Park: Chapter 1
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 23,226 reviews2024
Dev: UniqueGeese
Windows
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, First-Person 16.5%, Gore 12.6%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game set in an abandoned theme park that mirrors the exploration of a closed venue.
- #13 The Complex: Found Footage
89% matchVery Positive93% of 9,790 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Multiplayer 17.9%, First-Person 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror experience that leans into the liminal space aesthetic found in abandoned locations.
- #14 Fingerbones
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,597 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Violent 17.6%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 13%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric indie horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and first-person exploration.
- #15 SLUDGE LIFE
87% matchVery Positive91% of 5,466 reviews2021
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
Why similar: FPS 26%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, First-Person 11.8%, Funny 9.6%, Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world, first-person exploration game filled with surreal characters and a distinct, gritty aesthetic.
- #16 Inscryption
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 145,832 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Horror 64.5%, First-Person 25.9%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A genre-bending meta-horror game that constantly shifts its mechanics and narrative to surprise the player.
- #17 Pony Island
86% matchVery Positive95% of 18,009 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Indie 15.8%, Gore 10.3%, Funny 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror game that disguises itself as a simple arcade title, much like the deceptive nature of Devolverland Expo.
- #18 Transmissions: Element 120
86% matchVery Positive95% of 9,931 reviews2016
Dev: ShokuninPub: Self Published
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?
Why similar: FPS 25.8%, Horror 14.5%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Shooter 11.3%, First-Person 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, high-quality action-horror mod that captures the intense, first-person shooter feel of indie projects.
- #19 PAPERHEAD EP.0
83% matchVery Positive93% of 3,482 reviews2024
Dev: Paperhead te4mPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?
Why similar: FPS 26.9%, Gore 21.4%, Violent 10.7%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visceral, fast-paced boomer-shooter that emphasizes gore and intense first-person combat.
- #20 Shrine II
84% matchVery Positive92% of 859 reviews2020
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Shrine II is a retro FPS game with a focus on atmosphere and exploration. Explore a nightmarish world and battle great bosses where the surprises never end...
Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Gore 16%, Violent 13.3%, Action 11.2%, Shooter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-inspired FPS that captures the raw action elements found in Devolver Digital titles.
- #21 Blameless
84% matchVery Positive84% of 5,098 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Multiplayer 22%, First-Person 12.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play horror-puzzle game that emphasizes investigation and atmosphere.
- #22 Cruelty Squad
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,867 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: FPS 51.4%, First-Person 13.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person immersive sim that features a deliberately jarring and experimental aesthetic.
- #23 the static speaks my name
82% matchVery Positive82% of 5,762 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental psychological horror game that is free-to-play and deeply unsettling.
- #24 Investigator
82% matchMixed69% of 1,030 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Horror 21.4%, Violent 15.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person walking simulator that focuses on atmospheric exploration in a mysterious, abandoned setting.
- #25 What Remains of Edith Finch
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,174 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, First-Person 17.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in first-person narrative exploration that uses unique mechanics to tell diverse stories.
- #26 Devolver Bootleg
80% matchVery Positive88% of 1,176 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Devolver Bootleg contains eight original rip-offs of Devolver Digital games. Pay money for it now.
Why similar: Gore 34.5%, Violent 28.2%, Action 14.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of parody games that perfectly encapsulates the satirical and chaotic spirit of the Devolver brand.
- #27 Awkward Dimensions Redux
81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,961 reviews2016
Dev: StevenHarmonGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 14.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of surreal, first-person walking simulator experiences that feel like experimental indie art.
- #28 Dead Blue Rose
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ColdBones
Windows
A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.
Why similar: FPS 28.3%, Horror 17.9%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, Action 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and survival in a dark, indie-developed world.
- #29 Firewatch
78% matchVery Positive91% of 97,581 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Horror 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven walking simulator that excels at building atmosphere and character through first-person exploration.
- #30 Days Without Incident
75% matchVery Positive94% of 589 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 27.2%, Action 17.1%, Violent 14.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 7.1%
- #31 Hellbound: Survival Mode
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,923 reviews2019
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 17%
FULL GAME NOW AVAILABLE. GO GET IT! This is the Free Survival Mode for Hellbound: a '90s style First Person Shooter, made 30 years later… but just a glimpse of the full game, go check it out!
Why similar: FPS 23.6%, Gore 22.8%, Violent 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Action 7.7%
- #32 Death Motel
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 14.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #33 Dirty Room
77% matchMixed63% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Tactic Forge
Windows
First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.
Why similar: FPS 29.2%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 12.4%, Violent 10.6%, First-Person 8%
- #34 KUBOOM
77% matchMixed64% of 4,478 reviews2016
Dev: nobodyshot
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Cross-platform hurricane online 3D Shooter
Why similar: FPS 34.6%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Shooter 10%, Action 9.7%, First-Person 8.3%
- #35 Lust from Beyond: Scarlet
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,484 reviews2020
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Lust from Beyond: Scarlet" is a stand-alone, free introduction to the full version of "Lust from Beyond" - a horror game with elements of eroticism and occultism. This is not a demo version - you won't experience any spoilers here.
Why similar: FPS 35.1%, Horror 20.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 9.8%
- #36 Hotel Remorse
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 345 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.
Why similar: Violent 22.2%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 11.9%, Action 8.2%
- #37 Midnight Shift
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: FPS 25.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Horror 10.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Shooter 8.4%
- #38 I'mitation The Eight Suicide Note
75% matchMixed59% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: 木枯組
Windows
A first-person search-type horror game developed for developers. Use the night vision, rean, slide and other actions to find eight items in the facility. Content that can be gameplayed in a short time.
Why similar: FPS 25.8%, Gore 21.5%, Horror 21.2%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Action 10.3%
- #39 The Looker
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,788 reviews2022
Dev: Subcreation Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, First-Person 23.9%, Funny 18.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #40 AfterHours
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 613 reviews2022
Dev: Runway Studios
Windows
Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Gore 16.6%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 9.5%
- #41 Lust from Beyond: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,542 reviews2019
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired with the works of Lovecraft, Giger and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to the dark ecstasy.
Why similar: Gore 33.6%, Violent 26.6%, Horror 25.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Psychological Horror 3.6%
- #42 PSYCHO
73% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: LTZinc
Windows
PSYCHO - is an exciting 3D shooter with hardcore elements where you will explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital playing as a fighter SWAT.
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Shooter 19.5%, Action 15.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 9.3%
- #43 LOEK
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,060 reviews2020
Dev: Ulbe
Windows
LOEK is a FPS where the goal is to shoot farm animals with a rocket launcher.
Why similar: Gore 19.4%, FPS 19.1%, Violent 17.8%, Action 10.2%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #44 Skull Hotel
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,068 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: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Horror 18%, First-Person 13.5%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #45 There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: Draw Me A Pixel
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 8%
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Indie 31.9%, Funny 22.5%, Singleplayer 5.8%, Psychological Horror 2.8%
- #46 Consternation II
72% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: CrackedGhostGamesPub: Raster_Entertainment
Windows
After an unfortunate accident at Sorley Paper Mill, the facility was abandoned and left to rot. Multiple urban explorers venture into the facility, never to be heard from again. Police eventually walled off the mill in order to keep trespassers out... Or to keep something in...
Why similar: Gore 25.6%, Action 20.6%, Indie 13.5%, Horror 13.2%, Simulation 9.3%
- #47 Image
71% matchMixed52% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel SemanPub: Galactic Games
Windows
Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.
Why similar: Violent 23.9%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 12%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #48 Workaholic
70% matchVery Positive88% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Workaholic STEAM TEAMPub: Danvik FHS
Windows
Workaholic is a frantic rouge-lite FPS where you go on a rampage through a hellish office space as your grasp on reality crumbles.
Why similar: FPS 38.8%, Gore 16.5%, Violent 14.9%, Action 10.7%, First-Person 10.3%
- #49 Blood Facsimile
66% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Rene McCarthy
Windows
An immersive FPS adventure set in a dark and surreal sci-fi world
Why similar: FPS 40.5%, Violent 10.6%, Horror 9.5%, Action 8.7%, Shooter 8.6%
- #50 Unlasting Horror
71% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Sowards Games
Windows
Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.
Why similar: FPS 31.8%, Gore 16.8%, Horror 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.1%, First-Person 10.8%
- #51 Pyromaniac
65% matchVery Positive89% of 514 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.1%, Gore 10.9%, FPS 10.8%, Horror 10.1%, Action 9.9%
- #52 -256
68% matchVery Positive82% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: CorpsePickle
Windows
The last scenery you faced was a quite unfamiliar hotel office. Leaving all the uncertainties behind, you have to perform significant or insignificant tasks from here on out. -256 is a pixel graphics first-person mystery hotel walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.9%, Adventure 12.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #53 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,252 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8%
- #54 Effugium
69% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #55 Waifu vs Evil
70% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Boom Team
Windows
Waifu vs Evil is a first-person action horror game set in a small abandoned town that has been attacked by an alien.
Why similar: FPS 42.1%, Horror 20.9%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Shooter 7.9%
- #56 廃病院探索
68% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: カニお@VtuberPub: vkanio_game
Windows
This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Gore 29.3%, FPS 24.1%, Horror 18.2%, Violent 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #57 SuchArt: Creative Space
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,150 reviews2021
Dev: Goose MindedPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Why similar: First-Person 26.7%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Funny 16.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Simulation 10%
- #58 High Hell
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,541 reviews2017
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).
Why similar: FPS 29.1%, Action 14.2%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 12.6%, Indie 8.7%
- #59 East Wood Carnival
65% 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 32.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 12.5%