- #1 Fran Bow
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,329 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Point & Click 16.8%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 11%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that mirrors Downfall's blend of childhood trauma and grotesque, nightmarish imagery.
- #2 Lorelai
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,632 reviews2019
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Point & Click 16%, Horror 15.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dark 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creator as Downfall, this game shares the same dark, surreal, and emotionally heavy psychological horror DNA.
- #3 The Cat Lady
96% matchVery Positive94% of 6,164 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 17.7%, Point & Click 16.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This essential psychological horror game by the same developer features the same unique art style and mature, disturbing themes.
- #4 Sally Face - Episode One
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,870 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, episodic narrative with a unique art style and deep psychological horror elements that fans of Downfall will appreciate.
- #5 Burnhouse Lane
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,113 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 13.8%, Dark 11.5%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Another title from Harvester Games that perfectly captures the signature unsettling atmosphere and narrative depth found in Downfall.
- #6 DISTRAINT 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,827 reviews2018
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Point & Click 17.7%, Horror 16%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on a dark, introspective story with atmospheric pixel art and point-and-click mechanics.
- #7 Little Misfortune
93% matchVery Positive92% of 13,780 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Point & Click 18.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Horror 11.8%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the dark, whimsical, and tragic storytelling style found in other psychological horror point-and-click titles.
- #8 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
92% matchVery Positive95% of 2,444 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 15.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian point-and-click horror game that relies on atmosphere and mystery rather than jump scares.
- #9 Bad Dream: Coma
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,216 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Gore 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark point-and-click adventure where your choices directly impact the nightmarish world around you.
- #10 Neverending Nightmares
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,013 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.4%, Horror 27.6%, Gore 10%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on disturbing, surreal imagery and the psychological toll of mental illness, mirroring the oppressive atmosphere of Downfall.
- #11 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
90% matchVery Positive89% of 3,842 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Point & Click 31.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 15.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, deeply disturbing point-and-click game that explores intense psychological themes and moral dilemmas.
- #12 Sanitarium
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,336 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 17.5%, Adventure 9%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror adventure that explores the fractured mind of its protagonist in a way that heavily influenced the genre.
- #13 Silence of the Sleep
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 706 reviews2014
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on the internal struggle and dark, atmospheric exploration of the protagonist's mind.
- #14 Decay: The Mare
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,056 reviews2015
Dev: Shining Gate SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click adventure that traps the player in a surreal, nightmarish reality.
- #15 House
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,140 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Gore 13.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Surreal 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal horror game with point-and-click elements that forces you to navigate a dangerous, shifting environment.
- #16 Just Ignore Them
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,558 reviews2017
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 15.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Gore 8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror adventure that focuses on a dark, personal mystery with a strong emphasis on narrative and atmosphere.
- #17 Tokyo Dark
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,343 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Point & Click 22%, Horror 17.9%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven detective horror game that explores psychological themes and features multiple endings based on your sanity and decisions.
- #18 Detention
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,724 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Point & Click 10.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological horror game set in a dark, historical context that excels at building tension through its narrative.
- #19 Rise of Insanity
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,278 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that delves into the themes of madness and tragedy with a focus on narrative immersion.
- #20 Slender Threads
82% matchVery Positive91% of 618 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Adventure 12.3%, Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric point-and-click thriller that focuses on a dark, unfolding mystery in a small, isolated town.
- #21 Bulb Boy
83% matchVery Positive86% of 2,178 reviews2015
Dev: Bulbware
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Dark 9.3%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique, surreal horror adventure that uses point-and-click mechanics to navigate a grotesque and imaginative world.
- #22 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 20.7%, Adventure 12%, Great Soundtrack 8%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-inspired point-and-click adventure that emphasizes investigation and a growing sense of dread.
- #23 STASIS
82% matchVery Positive82% of 2,348 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.8%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric point-and-click horror game that delivers a claustrophobic and gruesome experience similar to the intensity of Downfall.
- #24 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
81% matchVery Positive94% of 977 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Point & Click 34%, Horror 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the atmospheric, dark, and mysterious storytelling of the first season with refined point-and-click gameplay.
- #25 Firewood
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Firewood is a 2D adventure game with psychological horror elements. The game tells the story of an old man who has lost his wife years ago and is still having troubles with his past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Adventure 19%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Horror 15.3%, Indie 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie psychological horror game that explores themes of loss and memory through a point-and-click lens.
- #26 Kathy Rain
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,967 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 98%, Adventure 0.6%, Psychological Horror 0.5%, Story Rich 0.3%, Indie 0.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, mystery-driven point-and-click adventure that features a strong protagonist and a compelling, mature storyline.
- #27 Almost My Floor: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2020
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Linux
A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Point & Click 17.6%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, Dark 8%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that blends reality with nightmarish visions, focusing on the psychological state of the protagonist.
- #28 The Grandfather
80% matchMixed55% of 183 reviews2016
Dev: Mikeypoo's Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 33%
One night The Grandfather went to give his wife a good night kiss, she ignored him as usual, this broke his heart every night. He went to sleep in his own bed, full of misery as usual, but this night would turn out to be different than the others.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Point & Click 19.4%, Horror 17%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie point-and-click horror game that focuses on surreal puzzles and a disturbing atmosphere.
- #29 I fell from Grace
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: Deep Taiga
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
I fell from Grace is a retro style adventure game, that blends storytelling and puzzle solving in a branching narrative style. Can you solve the mystery of the strange gift that has cured your wife of terminal illness, but unleashes sinister events before it's too late?
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Gore 28%, Indie 23%, Choices Matter 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, violent, and choice-driven adventure game that explores themes of guilt and consequence.
- #30 LISA: The Painful
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,051 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Horror 12.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Dark 8.7%
- #31 The Blind Prophet
77% matchVery Positive88% of 526 reviews2020
Dev: Ars Goetia
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.
Why similar: Adventure 24.5%, Point & Click 23%, Indie 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Horror 7.4%
- #32 Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
77% matchVery Positive83% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Screaming Void
Windows
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Why similar: Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Gore 13%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Adventure 10.7%
- #33 A Wolf in Autumn
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 463 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Point & Click 11.6%, Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and a sense of unease.
- #34 Rusty Lake: Roots
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,793 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 7%
- #35 BROKEN LIFE
73% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: IKKOSAMA
Windows
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Point & Click 18.5%, Horror 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Dark 7.8%
- #36 I dream of you and ice cream
75% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows
A sinister creature has enslaved mankind. Solve puzzles, gather components for a machine you are building, find comfort in your dreams.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 8.9%
- #37 The Flayed Man
71% matchVery Positive92% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Point & Click 20%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #38 _dive
76% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: lower third
Windows
A story about escapism.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.9%, Adventure 22.9%, Horror 20.4%, Indie 17.8%
- #39 The Dark Inside Me
75% matchMixed65% of 193 reviews2018
Dev: Akçay Karaazmak
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director based on dynamic scenario. The Dark Inside Me, is a very unique psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director Akçay Karaazmak, based on dynamic interactive scenario.
Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Point & Click 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Gore 9.2%
- #40 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
74% 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: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Point & Click 21%, Horror 18.6%, Indie 11%, Dark 6.9%
- #41 The Fall
72% matchVery Positive88% of 3,701 reviews2014
Dev: Over The Moon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.
Why similar: Adventure 19.3%, Point & Click 17%, Story Rich 16.4%, Horror 12.7%, Indie 10.4%
- #42 Silent Descent
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Indie 11%
- #43 Rusty Lake Paradise
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,276 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 11.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #44 Masochisia
73% matchVery Positive84% of 433 reviews2015
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young man discovers through a series of hallucinations that he will grow up to become a violent psychopath. How will he respond to these revelations? Can he change his fate? Can you even... change fate...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Point & Click 23.8%, Horror 21%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 10.1%
- #45 Lucid Dream Adventure
72% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Point & Click 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Horror 10%, Dark 8.1%
- #46 The Horror Of Salazar House
70% matchVery Positive94% of 388 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Point & Click 17.3%, Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Dark 8%
- #47 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,612 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Point & Click 37.6%, Adventure 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Horror 6.3%
- #48 Snowfall's Mystery
67% matchVery Positive85% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.1%, Story Rich 18%, Indie 10.6%, Atmospheric 10%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #49 The Hex
68% matchVery Positive94% of 5,487 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Story Rich 16.8%, Indie 11.7%, Dark 7.8%
- #50 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,766 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.3%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Story Rich 14.2%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 10.4%
- #51 Infliction
70% matchVery Positive81% of 951 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 19.9%, Gore 10.3%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #52 Tiny Bunny
64% matchVery Positive83% of 30,284 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Dark 8.9%
- #53 Disease -Hidden Object-
71% matchMixed61% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: OperaHouse CorporationPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Point & Click 21%, Horror 18.8%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #54 Horns of Fear
69% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 16.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Gore 9.3%, Adventure 8%
- #55 The Initiate
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Horror 14.4%, Indie 11.7%
- #56 Mad Father
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,558 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.4%, Horror 25.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Dark 7.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #57 Keep in Mind: Remastered
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 609 reviews2018
Dev: Little Moth GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Dark 10%
- #58 Bad Dream: Fever
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,325 reviews2018
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 16.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 9.1%
- #59 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
63% matchVery Positive95% of 8,643 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dark 7.6%
- #60 Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,682 reviews2015
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Dark 8.6%
