- #1 Days Under Custody
97% matchMostly Negative39% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: Abraham CarreolaPub: Groupees Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Days Under Custody is a title made as a classic horror adventure game where a dramatic story, unique puzzles and an enemy stalking you all the time, will test and keep you tense to discover the history behind a lot of inexplicable events.
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Puzzle Platformer 27.4%, Horror 22.3%, Indie 21.9%
- #2 Bloodwood Reload
96% matchMostly Negative40% of 428 reviews2015
Dev: Luminy Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
In a small village in central Europe something is happening, the forest growing around has something different. Its wood is red color, unique in the world. This does not pass unnoticed to the world's largest logging company, the White Wood Company
Why similar: Horror 45.5%, Multiplayer 26%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 11.9%
- #3 Bliss
96% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Oruji Productions
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
2D puzzle platforming adventure with a heavy story about life and psychology told without words.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54.5%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 20%
- #4 Baezult
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Baezult is a puzzle/action platformer set in a lost temple hidden for thousands of years behind a waterfall. You play as a brave explorer looking to find riches beyond his wildest dreams. But be careful, the people of the temple have protected their wealth very well.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 45.4%, Adventure 30%, Indie 24.6%
- #5 The Secret of Pineview Forest
93% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The Secret of Pineview Forest is a free prequel to Pineview Drive - Rising Storm. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Horror 28.8%, Indie 21.5%, Multiplayer 19.9%
- #6 Sylvio
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2015
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 26.4%
- #7 The Darkest Woods
91% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: teamsupport
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.
Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Horror 33.8%, Indie 28.4%
- #8 Isolation
91% matchMixed41% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Interactive Gaming Studios
Windows
The plague destroyed the world you once knew. This unknown bacteria destroyed the lives of many people who lived in various countries around the world. When the plague was first identified by doctors, researchers started working on a cure immediately. The infected people were transported into hospitals to isolate them from other people.
Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 24.6%
- #9 Hyss
89% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sunscale Studios
Windows
Angry fairies, a kidnapped herd of cows and a devastated cow queen. Play as Vilde and Grusa, throw Ms. Cowknight and solve the fairies’ tricky puzzles to save the kidnapped cows. Hyss is a lighthearted puzzle adventure with focus on platforming, puzzle solving and throwing cows.
Why similar: Adventure 41.1%, Indie 30.8%, Puzzle Platformer 28%
- #10 BlackShadows
90% matchVery Negative17% of 169 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Horror 33.9%, Indie 29.5%
- #11 Flipping Death
87% matchVery Positive90% of 283 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Puzzle Platformer 33.6%, Indie 26.8%
- #12 Kraven Manor
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 737 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Adventure 20.5%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Indie 14.5%
- #13 A Walk in the Woods
88% matchMixed41% of 551 reviews2018
Dev: Something Dark Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
A Walk in the Woods is a co-op multiplayer game where four players must roam a dark and dangerous forest in search of each other, avoid a terrifying creature, and reunite before the curse is complete.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Multiplayer 35.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 12.3%
- #14 Chicken in the Darkness
86% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Jaesung KimPub: BukGwak
Windows
The game "Chicken in the darkness" is a roguelike-indie-horror game developed by 3 highschool students. The main character, a highschool student who lives in a dorm, plans with his friends to order a fried chicken and get delivered.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Horror 30.9%, Indie 30.7%
- #15 Baezult 2
85% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Baezult 2 is a puzzle platformer that takes place around the ancient temples of Baezult, lost for generations but rediscovered, hidden behind the waterfalls of a reclusive jungle island. It's a single player game and the sequel to Baezult.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51.9%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #16 Nyctophobia
86% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Indie 33.2%, Adventure 31.4%
- #17 Like Clay
84% 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 37.3%, Indie 33.4%, Adventure 29.3%
- #18 Dark Night
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: NighthoodGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Welcome home Amelia, familiar eyes are watching you, and they want to play. Home alone you can feel them. You can hear their footsteps. You need to move. You have limited visibility. Light a matchstick to see in the dark. Close your eyes. Start begging for your life.
Why similar: Indie 34%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 32.9%
- #19 Damnaze
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: INGO
Windows
You were taken into this damn maze, but you are not the first, and you are not the last.Here you do not have friends.You have only hope for salvation. To escape from this place you can use absolutely everything that you have found.
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Indie 31%, Horror 27.6%
- #20 The Final Take
82% matchMixed65% of 506 reviews2016
Dev: HUSH InteractivePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive dark footage recorded from the perspective of multiple characters in this unique first person horror.
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 24.3%
- #21 Etherian
80% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Simulacrum Interactive
Windows
Traverse the fractured scapes to test your skills, uncover the stories of the ancients, or explore the mystical world around you in search of secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Puzzle Platformer 34.8%, Indie 27.9%
- #22 Dragon Perception
81% matchMostly Negative25% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Dragon Perception - 2.5D platformer, in which you will need to play for a small dragon, on whose lands attacked aggressive robots.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.7%, Adventure 30.9%, Indie 24.3%
- #23 UNIDENTIFIED
81% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: DARKSIDEMOON
Windows
Let's play the game in the form of relive the record of the escape that remains as a video.
Why similar: Adventure 42.4%, Indie 31.7%, Horror 25.9%
- #24 Araha : Curse of Yieun Island
77% matchMixed61% of 370 reviews2020
Dev: Palmsoft
Windows
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island is a survival horror game. You will explore the hospital on an island as 'the Boy' who is looking for his sister. Starting from the abandoned hospital, You will journey through the cursed island covering the Sharman's sanctum, Cemetary in the mountainside and more.
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Indie 32.4%, Horror 16.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #25 Glitch
78% matchMixed52% of 379 reviews2018
Dev: ReallyBadOldGamesPub: ReallyBadOldGamesSorry
Windows
Don't you hate it when you are casually walking through the forest when you fall 60 feet into a mysterious world? Well... that's what goes down. And now you, must find a way up.
Why similar: Horror 38%, Multiplayer 24.3%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 17.4%
- #26 REALITY
79% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 21.7%
- #27 Walk The Light
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: Anti Crunch Studios
Windows · Mac
A unique puzzle game where you control a mysterious light source to help Charlie escape the caverns he's been trapped in. Use an assortment of light shapes to tackle each puzzle set before you! Overcome traps and pits to reach the exit of each stage! Available on Mac and Windows.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.9%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 23.3%
- #28 Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror
76% matchVery Positive84% of 664 reviews2018
Dev: Storytale
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 117.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A narrative horror game set in the daily lives of Indonesian society. Interact with various mystical objects as you explore haunted places, unravel their lingering mysteries, and experience how Indonesian myth, taboo and culture, combined with your choices, shape the course of your nights.
Why similar: Adventure 32.5%, Horror 32.5%, Indie 25.7%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #29 Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: Shadow Tor StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Follow the Dark Path into a world of Druidic lore and Celtic myths. It is the Autumn Equinox on Barrow Hill, a time of great power, when the ancient standing stones are at their most powerful and dangerous. You have one night to make the offerings, follow the Dark Path and escape Barrow Hill.
Why similar: Adventure 46.6%, Indie 29.8%, Horror 23.5%
- #30 It Lurks in the Woods
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Olivier Leclair
Windows
It Lurks in the Woods is a short first-person horror game based on French Canadian folklore.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Indie 26.1%, Adventure 23.9%, Multiplayer 21.8%
- #31 I am Ball
75% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows
Control a ball that's bouncing non-stop! Gain new powers and explore mysterious worlds! Puzzle platforming goodness at its finest! Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.1%, Adventure 32.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #32 The Renovator
74% matchMixed66% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: mirzagame5
Windows
In this game you’re an experienced restorer currently working in a museum workshop. The restorer’s friend requested him to fix some old exhibits. From that moment his adventure starts.
Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Indie 38.6%, Adventure 19.7%
- #33 Incredible Mandy
73% matchVery Positive92% of 126 reviews2018
Dev: Dotoyou Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Following a tragic event, two siblings lost their memory of each other. Summon up your light sword and traverse eight distinct levels packed with puzzles and boss fight to uncover the truth between the brother and sister.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.3%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 27.1%
- #34 CEREBRUM remastered
60% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Jannikderdschinn
Windows
Fight the nightmare monsters that your friends have become, free them, and awaken a team with unique powers to defeat the evil.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.2%, Adventure 28.8%, Horror 18.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #35 Scamp: High Hat Havoc
73% matchMixed66% of 134 reviews2018
Dev: Big Hat Games
Windows
Join Scamp, the tiny terror with an attitude on his quest to free his master. Explore the big hat mines in this quirky fantasy adventure game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 51%, Adventure 37.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #36 SCP-9735-Alpha: ΔRCH1TECT
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deepwake Studios
Windows
Currently in rework.
Why similar: Adventure 43%, Indie 32.3%, Horror 24.7%
- #37 Everything is Black and White
74% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Gwaltney
Windows
Everything is Black and White is a minimalist puzzle-platformer developed by Thomas Gwaltney.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 66.7%, Indie 33.3%
- #38 I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
75% matchMostly Negative29% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Cats Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.
Why similar: Horror 54%, Adventure 26.3%, Indie 19.7%
- #39 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
73% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Indie 31%, Horror 27.6%
- #40 Vernon's Legacy
72% 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 37.8%, Horror 33.9%, Indie 28.3%
- #41 Terror Lab
72% matchMixed55% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone.
Why similar: Adventure 26.9%, Horror 26.5%, Indie 23.6%, Multiplayer 23.1%
- #42 Broken Veil
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinistrum Games
Windows
Broken Veil is a puzzle platformer with horror elements. Experience a post-soviet provincial Russian town through the eyes of a young boy and help him search through the faceless crowd for the most important person in a child's life – his mother.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 49.7%, Horror 27.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 5.1%
- #43 Precision of insight
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mtalks Games
Windows
2D puzzle platformer with a lot of puzzles that will push your intelligence and problem-solving skills to the limit.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 68.5%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 12.1%
- #44 Medusa's Labyrinth
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,112 reviews2016
Dev: Guru Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a very short mythological first-person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together with modern gameplay. The game let's you explore murky catacombs and follow along a classic, tragic story.
Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 10.5%
- #45 Dino Dungeon
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: neenaw
Windows · Mac
Dino Dungeon is a 2D physics puzzle platformer with 4 playable characters. Carry and Kick each other to victory in order to escape your demise!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37%, Adventure 36%, Indie 27%
- #46 The Warden
71% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Matteo CillarioPub: Black Mist Studios
Windows
“The Warden” is a first-person psychological-horror game with puzzles.Ephram Elias Barkley is a landowner who , after losing his family , lives his life in a alcoholic loneliness.His life is interspersed with moments of lucidity and states of trance that seem to leave, as only trace, mysterious drawings of dark landscapes in which stands...
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Horror 33.6%, Indie 21.9%
- #47 MUSEUM VOLUME I
69% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Wreck Tangle Games
Windows
'Museum' is a short Puzzle-Adventure saga. The games follow the Security Guard at The Royal Foyer Museum in England. As you wake from a mid-night nap, you notice all the security cameras are down, it's up to you to get them working again.
Why similar: Adventure 42.4%, Indie 31.7%, Horror 25.9%
- #48 Face It - A game to fight inner demons
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,250 reviews2017
Dev: Tlön StudiosPub: Gamestorming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.9%, Adventure 26.9%, Indie 21.3%, Horror 12.9%
- #49 Worst Nightmare
67% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Marca59
Windows
Worst nightmare is a first person horror puzzle game. A game about living through a nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 16.8%
- #50 No Way Out
59% matchMixed55% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: JKDL
Windows
"No Way Out" is an intense and thrilling survival horror game where players take on the role of a volunteer trapped in a panic-stricken hospital. Players must bravely face their fears, explore various areas of the hospital, and search for a way to escape while uncovering the truth behind the events.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.1%, Horror 31.4%, Multiplayer 24.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #51 Shadows
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Logan Apple
Windows
Shadows is a puzzle-based platformer taking place in a mysterious, silhouetted world. Your goal is to construct a beacon of light to call for help and find your way home. Throughout your journey, you will need to balance the powers of light and darkness to keep yourself alive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.4%, Adventure 35.3%, Indie 27.3%
- #52 Sullen: Light is Your Friend
71% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2017
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
FIVE YEARS AGO IN THIS FOREST.. A journalist wanted to go there.And of course he didnt come back. Few days later,he called his best friend.He just said to him "Come Here" and line dropped. You're the best friend of this guy.You listened your friend and you went there. LET THE GAME BEGIN
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 27.5%
- #53 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3
60% matchVery Positive84% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Two young girls must solve puzzles, avoid traps and overcome hellish enemies to find The Six Medallions and put an end to The Entity's reign, once and for all.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.9%, Adventure 25.9%, Horror 21.7%, Indie 7.5%
- #54 Seek Or Die
68% matchMixed67% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Multiplayer 34.8%, Indie 17.9%
- #55 Monolight
64% matchVery Positive88% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: bit paradigm
Windows
MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.6%, Adventure 32.4%, Indie 25%
- #56 Fireflies
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Phanom Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Adventure horror with many puzzles and an interesting story.
Why similar: Adventure 43.4%, Indie 28.8%, Horror 27.8%