Games Like Don't Be Afraid

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Gore 8.4%, Survival 7.8%, Walking Simulator 7.8%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 7.8%, First-Person 7.1%

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Gore 16.5%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Violent 11.5%

Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Gore 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 11%

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Gore 10.7%, Survival 8.8%, First-Person 8.7%

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: Violent 17%, Horror 16%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Gore 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Violent 16.4%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Gore 10.8%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival 9.6%, Violent 8.6%

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: Horror 36.6%, Violent 20.1%, Gore 18.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Realistic 5.4%

Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Thriller 11.4%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.4%

Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Survival Horror 11%, Inventory Management 10.5%, Horror 10%, Survival 9.7%

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Gore 15.3%, Thriller 13.7%, Survival 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Simulation 7%

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Thriller 9.1%, Violent 9.1%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Violent 11.7%, Gore 10.4%

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: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Realistic 10%

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: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, First-Person 12.1%, Realistic 7.3%

Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 9.1%

At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.2%, Survival 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Realistic 11%

Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, Gore 11.4%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 8.9%

Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Realistic 13.1%, First-Person 9.8%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Thriller 14.7%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 7.4%

Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.

Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Action 8.9%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.8%, Thriller 12.5%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.

Why similar: Survival Horror 13.8%, Gore 10.6%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Horror 9.4%

Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Thriller 12.2%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

Don't Look is a horror game where you are being hunted by things that can only move when you see them. With no explanation or recollection of where you came from your only objective is to survive and make it out of that hell and hopefully uncover some secrets on the way.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Horror 18.8%, Survival 17%, Thriller 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Gore 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, First-Person 8.2%

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.7%, Gore 13.4%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Survival 10.8%

Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.

Why similar: Gore 16.2%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.7%, Thriller 10.7%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 10.2%

Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 11.2%, Violent 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...

Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Psychological Horror 28.9%, Adventure 12.1%, Action 10.1%, Indie 9.1%

The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

Why similar: Violent 15.8%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Gore 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

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: Survival Horror 24.6%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 6.5%

George Dinescu kidnapped you in his home in Romania. Get out alive while utilizing a V.H.S camera to film everything that happens inside. Torture, murder, and dismemberment take place inside the house, exposing the frightening legacy of a serial killer's decade of terror.

Why similar: Thriller 16%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.7%, Survival 12.6%, Realistic 12.2%

Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 11.3%, Gore 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Violent 11%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Thriller 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Gore 14.5%, Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 8.2%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Realistic 9.6%

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: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Thriller 10.1%

Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Gore 15.1%, Violent 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%

One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.

Why similar: Gore 22.3%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Violent 13%, Story Rich 8.9%

A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Violent 11.6%, Survival Horror 9.4%

This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.7%, Thriller 15.5%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Survival 8.4%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, First-Person 8%

SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.5%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Thriller 10%, Survival 9%

"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Gore 13.8%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 11.1%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 5%, Atmospheric 3.4%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Gore 9.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Realistic 8.6%

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: Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 20.2%, Gore 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Survival 11.2%

Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first-person stealth game, an intense thriller combining intense psychological terror with the point of view of a defenseless boy.

Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, Adventure 16.8%, Action 15.6%, Indie 11%

Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.

Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Realistic 10.1%

First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

Why similar: Gore 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 13.1%, Thriller 8.8%

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Gore 21.9%, Survival 16.6%, Violent 13.4%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

Born Into Fear is a first-person horror game set in an evacuated neighborhood. You'll have to complete task and avoid enemies to destroy the evil Buffer.

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, First-Person 12%, Realistic 11.4%, Exploration 11%

Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Realistic 9%

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: Walking Simulator 22%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Realistic 12.6%, Thriller 11.4%

You wake up on a cold floor in an unknown house, missing a kidney, and realize you’ve been kidnapped. Your one goal is to escape at any cost. Choose where to go, where to hide, and how to build your path to freedom. Every decision brings you one step closer to escape.

Why similar: Thriller 18.9%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Realistic 13.1%, First-Person 11.6%

Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Realistic 9.7%

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: Survival Horror 19.7%, Thriller 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.7%, Realistic 9.2%