Games Like Downfall

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 19.3%, Horror 15.6%, Point & Click 14.4%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creator, this game shares the distinct art style, dark psychological themes, and heavy emotional narrative found in Downfall.

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 27.8%, Point & Click 16.8%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 11%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal psychological horror game features a similarly disturbing atmosphere and a young protagonist navigating a nightmare world.

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 22.6%, Point & Click 14.8%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: As the final entry in the Harvester Games trilogy, it perfectly captures the same bleak, surreal, and deeply personal horror experience.

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 24.3%, Point & Click 18.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Sharing the same universe as Fran Bow, it offers a dark, story-rich experience that balances whimsical charm with unsettling horror.

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 26.9%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 15.4%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in pixelated atmospheric horror that relies on sound design and mystery to create a sense of dread similar to Downfall.

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 14.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic horror game features a dark, gritty aesthetic and a focus on uncovering disturbing secrets through point-and-click exploration.

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%, Horror 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Point & Click 9.7%, Story Rich 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric horror game excels at blending historical trauma with supernatural psychological elements in a 2D point-and-click format.

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 38.3%, Horror 28%, Gore 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the focus on mental illness and trauma through a unique, hand-drawn art style that feels like a living nightmare.

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 18.1%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Gore 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that emphasizes player choices and features a bleak, surreal world filled with unsettling imagery.

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 26.7%, Point & Click 17.7%, Horror 16%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game explores themes of regret and redemption through a dark, story-driven 2D adventure.

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 25.6%, Horror 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on the protagonist's internal struggle and features a somber, lonely atmosphere.

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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 15.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational classic of psychological horror that forces players to confront disturbing themes and difficult moral choices.

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 22.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 9.4%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure features a haunting, dark-fantasy aesthetic that emphasizes atmosphere and surreal puzzle-solving.

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 21.4%, Horror 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Adventure 8%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into psychological horror, utilizing a dark, atmospheric setting to explore the nature of madness.

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 24.1%, Point & Click 22.1%, Horror 17.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed horror game that uses a branching narrative system to explore the psychological toll of the protagonist's decisions.

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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal puzzle-adventure offers a uniquely dark and cryptic narrative that feels right at home with the atmosphere of Downfall.

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 21.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, indie point-and-click horror game that focuses on a man trying to escape his own psychological demons.

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 22.4%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror adventure that explores the fractured mind of a man trapped in a surreal, nightmarish reality.

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

Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Gore 12.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Surreal 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, survival-horror adventure that uses multiple endings and a creepy, shifting environment to keep players on edge.

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 24.1%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Story Rich 10.5%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric horror game provides a claustrophobic, gritty, and deeply disturbing narrative experience that fans of dark adventures will appreciate.

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 24%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 20.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-inspired horror adventure that focuses on investigation and the slow unraveling of the protagonist's sanity.

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 24.3%, Point & Click 18.4%, Horror 13.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Dark 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on a story-rich narrative and the unsettling nature of the protagonist's memories.

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 21.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Dark 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-adventure game that uses a dark, comic-book art style to tell a story about the intersection of reality and nightmare.

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 20.6%, Point & Click 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Horror 10%, Dark 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that explores a dark, dreamlike world filled with psychological symbolism.

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 34.2%, Horror 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the atmospheric, Lovecraftian horror of the first season with an even deeper focus on psychological unraveling.

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 14.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 8.8%

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 23.2%, Adventure 18.9%, Horror 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie psychological horror game that captures the feeling of isolation and mental decay in a 2D space.

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: While more of a mystery, its dark themes and focus on past trauma make it a strong narrative companion to Downfall.

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Story Rich 15.1%, Horror 14.3%, Point & Click 12.7%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that uses a ghost-story premise to explore dark secrets and personal loss.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique perspective on psychological horror by placing the player in the shoes of a child navigating a terrifying world.

Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 17%, Story Rich 13.5%, Dark 12%, Adventure 9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and atmospheric adventure that draws on folklore to create a deeply unsettling and unique horror experience.

A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.

Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Point & Click 22.4%, Indie 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Horror 7.5%

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 13.9%, Gore 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Adventure 10.6%

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 24.2%, Point & Click 20%, Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.5%

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 20.8%, Point & Click 19.5%, Horror 17%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Adventure 10.6%

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 36.4%, Gore 27.4%, Indie 23.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%

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 25.5%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 8.9%

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 22.6%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.7%

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 19.7%, Horror 15.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Dark 8.5%

A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Point & Click 21%, Horror 18.5%, Indie 11.1%, Dark 6.9%

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 14.3%, Story Rich 12.7%, Dark 8%

A story about escapism.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.1%, Adventure 22.6%, Horror 20.4%, Indie 17.9%

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%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 11.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Story Rich 6.4%

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 28.6%, Point & Click 23.8%, Horror 20.8%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 10.1%

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 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mature 12.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 11%

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 31.3%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 16%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Indie 11.1%

Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 14.2%, Point & Click 11.6%, Mature 11.1%, Gore 8.4%

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 29.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Story Rich 16.8%, Indie 11.8%, Dark 7.9%

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 10.7%, Atmospheric 10%, Choices Matter 9.3%

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 37.4%, Adventure 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Horror 6.4%

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%, Point & Click 17%, Story Rich 16.4%, Horror 12.7%, Indie 10.5%

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 64.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 8%, Story Rich 3.9%, Adventure 2.8%

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 24%, Point & Click 21%, Horror 18.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 7.3%

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 26.8%, Horror 20.1%, Adventure 12.9%, Dark 9.3%, Indie 7.5%

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 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Horror 14.5%, Indie 11.9%

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 28.3%, Horror 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dark 7.7%

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Point & Click 18.3%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 11.2%, Mature 9.1%

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Story Rich 15.7%, Dark 10.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 8.7%

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 28.9%, Horror 19.8%, Gore 10.3%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 7.7%

The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.1%, Story Rich 21.3%, Adventure 16.3%, Drama 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%