- #1 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
97% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
Windows
An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.
Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Adventure 23.5%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Story Rich 16.8%
- #2 Montas
96% matchMostly Negative37% of 169 reviews2014
Dev: Organic Humans
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Montas is a first person survival horror adventure that focuses heavily on exploration, immersion, atmosphere, story and interactivity. The player is cast into a dark and mysterious world with little introduction, and must do what is necessary to survive on a twisted ride full of intrigue and drama.
Why similar: Horror 49.5%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 21.6%
- #3 ALONE?
96% 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: Horror 36.3%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 23.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #4 Familiar Stranger
94% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Indie 24.4%, Adventure 20.3%, Story Rich 14.9%
- #5 Vernon's Legacy
95% matchMixed57% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: TripleBrick
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.
Why similar: Adventure 32.2%, Horror 28%, Indie 25.3%, Story Rich 14.5%
- #6 The Alien Cube
94% matchVery Positive81% of 550 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.
Why similar: Horror 36%, Adventure 18.9%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Story Rich 18.6%, Indie 7.7%
- #7 Lethe - Episode One
93% matchVery Positive85% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Adventure 30.8%, Indie 23%, Atmospheric 14.5%
- #8 Project Liminal 2
91% 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 66.7%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Indie 13.6%
- #9 Like Clay
92% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Horror 36%, Indie 34.9%, Adventure 29.1%
- #10 DREAM LOGIC
90% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Adventure 22%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #11 Ghost of Tomorrow: Chapter 1
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Ed Lioni
Windows
Experience a horrifying time-traveling adventure in Ghost of Tomorrow
Why similar: Horror 47.7%, Indie 33%, Atmospheric 19.3%
- #12 DYSTHANASIA
89% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Horror 55.9%, Atmospheric 27.6%, Adventure 16.5%
- #13 SILENT BREATH
89% matchMixed69% of 1,156 reviews2024
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Horror 74.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 12%
- #14 Reminiscence
87% matchVery Positive85% of 1,502 reviews2021
Dev: Reminiscence Project
Windows
You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.
Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Adventure 25%, Atmospheric 21.6%
- #15 Trapped
88% 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 31.8%, Horror 29%, Indie 25.8%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #16 Dreamcore
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,505 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 15.6%
- #17 Anomalies Detective
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Adventure 28.3%, Indie 21%
- #18 The Inner Friend
86% 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 49.4%, Indie 36.4%, Atmospheric 14.2%
- #19 NOCLIP
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
Windows
Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Story Rich 22.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.4%
- #20 World of One
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Adventure 22.4%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #21 Shifting To The Backrooms
80% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Story Rich 24.7%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 6%
- #22 Anthology of Fear
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: OhDeer StudioPub: 100 GAMES
Windows
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
Why similar: Horror 80.7%, Atmospheric 19.3%
- #23 Brighter Day
82% matchVery Positive89% of 100 reviews2015
Dev: girl software
Windows · Mac
Probably the most colorful horror game you've ever played. Hide from moaning disembodied eyeballs while facing existential dread, ambient music, and alternative medicine.
Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Indie 34.1%, Horror 20.1%
- #24 Hazy Mind
79% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Adventure 27.8%, Story Rich 26.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Indie 7.2%
- #25 Ghost Stories
81% 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 34.1%, Horror 26.8%, Indie 26.1%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #26 Confabulation
79% 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 45.4%, Indie 20.9%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Adventure 15.5%
- #27 The Echo Paradox
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Atmospheric 23%, Story Rich 20.5%, Adventure 15.4%
- #28 Backrooms: Last Room - Infinite Depths
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: KInTstudio
Windows
Experience the unknown world of utility rooms through a VHS camera, you will have to feel all the fear and anxiety of loneliness, plunging deeper and deeper into the world of utility rooms behind the scenes In search of that very, cherished, last room
Why similar: Indie 57%, Horror 43%
- #29 Demented
77% matchMixed70% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: VisualTech48Pub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Enter the crooked world of Demented, where everything seems to be fine. But it isn't. It's up to you to find out.
Why similar: Horror 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #30 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
75% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Story Rich 19.8%, Adventure 18.9%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Indie 13.1%
- #31 A Day Without Me
78% matchMixed69% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Gamecom Team
Windows
You wake up in an unknown city. A city without people, a city completely deserted. But you’re not alone. There's something out there, something strange, something terrifying. Somehow, you know your only way out is to figure out why you're the only one left when everyone else is gone.
Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Story Rich 28.2%, Adventure 18.9%
- #32 Insomnis
74% matchVery Positive91% of 272 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Adventure 29.4%, Indie 22.8%
- #33 Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting [Enhanced Edition]
76% matchMixed68% of 266 reviews2015
Dev: Viperante
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Horror adventure awaits as you step into a place nobody knew existed and hunt for clues around every dark corner and in every scribbled notebook. With a twisted past, and a terrible secret just waiting to be revealed, Cold Winter Farm will leave you questioning whether what you know, is really what you know.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 24.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #34 LIMINAL SHIFT
72% matchVery Positive82% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Adventure 31.6%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Indie 14.2%
- #35 Dark Fracture: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,356 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Horror 43%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 17.2%, Atmospheric 17.1%
- #36 UnderDread
76% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 21.8%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 10%
- #37 Caligo
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,064 reviews2017
Dev: Krealit
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.
Why similar: Adventure 27.3%, Indie 22%, Horror 21.6%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Story Rich 14%
- #38 Paranormal
75% matchMixed56% of 523 reviews2013
Dev: Matt Cohen
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience the horrors of a haunting that's never the same twice. Paranormal is a 3D fully dynamic haunting experience. The player takes the role of Mattel Clarke, an artist who has a haunted house. Mattel decides to film the hauntings with his camera, which is the viewpoint of the game.
Why similar: Horror 70.6%, Indie 15.2%, Adventure 14.2%
- #39 White Room Protocol
71% 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 42.6%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 9.8%
- #40 Hektor
73% 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 58.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Indie 18.9%
- #41 Museum of Monoliths
71% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Atmospheric 29.9%, Horror 27.7%, Indie 21.9%, Adventure 20.5%
- #42 Grimind
74% 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: Indie 33.3%, Horror 28.1%, Adventure 26.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #43 Limoria
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Atmospheric 32.2%, Horror 28.6%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 12.8%
- #44 Project Silverfish
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Horror 67.1%, Atmospheric 32.9%
- #45 TAPE: Unveil the Memories
70% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: BlackChiliGoat StudioPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Story Rich 19.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #46 Hollowbrook - Apartments
67% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Yetiface Games
Windows
Hollowbrook is a stylized horror experience told through multiple episodes. Each chapter immerses you in the life of a new character, blending personal backstories with chilling encounters that react to your decisions.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 19.8%, Atmospheric 17.2%
- #47 Ridge
72% matchMixed62% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Yakovlev VladislavPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of ruthless and mysterious world of Ridge, in order to all the secrets have finally been revealed. Not everyone dares to wade through.
Why similar: Adventure 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #48 Gevaudan
71% matchMixed55% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: Microids Indie
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.
Why similar: Indie 35.4%, Adventure 32.6%, Horror 32%
- #49 Hide Time
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Midnight_Games
Windows
Hide Time is a story-driven horror game where you play as new employee of Passion Oasis. Explore that huge complex, do your tasks and uncover mysteries of your past.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Story Rich 21.9%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Indie 17.5%, Adventure 5.8%
- #50 Investigator
69% matchMixed69% of 1,025 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: Horror 37.2%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 19.6%, Atmospheric 16.6%
- #51 Reflection
66% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Atmospheric 21%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 2.5%
- #52 DEMON COMPASS
67% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Adventure 27.1%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Indie 12.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #53 Into The Unknown
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?
Why similar: Adventure 57%, Indie 43%
- #54 The Renovator: Origins
65% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Horror 55.1%, Atmospheric 23.5%, Indie 21.3%
- #55 Disminal
65% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Atmospheric 50.7%, Indie 30.6%, Adventure 18.6%
- #56 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
65% matchVery Positive81% of 1,175 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 18.7%, Atmospheric 18.2%
- #57 Liminalcore
64% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Adventure 48.1%, Atmospheric 46.3%, Indie 5.6%