- #1 Stories Untold
97% matchVery Positive87% of 5,426 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, 1980s 15.6%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the retro-tech, meta-narrative horror experience through a series of interconnected, text-based adventures.
- #2 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 56.9%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, First-Person 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-intensity, psychological horror experience that focuses on environmental storytelling and disturbing, surreal events.
- #3 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 10,709 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 47%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building claustrophobic, atmospheric dread through the lens of a cursed, malfunctioning piece of technology.
- #4 Who's Lila?
95% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Casual 6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, meta-horror experience that challenges the player's perception of reality through unique psychological mechanics.
- #5 Murder House
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,305 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Horror 48.3%, 1980s 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Psychological 4.6%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title delivers an authentic 80s slasher aesthetic with the same lo-fi, VHS-inspired horror feel found in Duck Season.
- #6 Inscryption
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Horror 64%, Psychological 25.1%, First-Person 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the 'cursed game' trope, blending deck-building mechanics with an unsettling, meta-narrative mystery.
- #7 Lost in Vivo
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Psychological 12%, FPS 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological horror game that uses claustrophobic environments and surreal imagery to mirror the feeling of being trapped in a nightmare.
- #8 Stay Out of the House
92% matchVery Positive95% of 1,805 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 38.9%, 1980s 20.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a gritty, VHS-style presentation to create a tense, immersive horror experience centered on exploration and survival.
- #9 Fears to Fathom - Carson House
91% matchVery Positive92% of 2,681 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.
Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Atmospheric 14%, Casual 4.9%, First-Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This anthology-style horror game relies on realistic, psychological tension and atmospheric storytelling to unsettle the player.
- #10 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,995 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Horror 61.1%, First-Person 20.7%, Atmospheric 18.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends mundane simulation with surreal, retro-tech horror elements that feel strikingly similar to the cursed cartridge vibe.
- #11 SEPTEMBER 1999
90% matchVery Positive84% of 2,473 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Why similar: Horror 52.2%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Indie 8%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the raw, found-footage aesthetic of late 90s horror with a brief, intense, and mysterious narrative.
- #12 Andy's Apple Farm
89% matchVery Positive89% of 678 reviews2021
Dev: M36 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Play minigames and discover the hidden truth in this retro-style horror game
Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, 1980s 14.8%, Casual 7.5%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses the facade of a friendly, retro children's game to hide a dark, psychological horror narrative.
- #13 Dread X Collection 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Shooter 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: An anthology of indie horror games that captures the experimental and varied nature of the genre.
- #14 Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
88% matchVery Positive82% of 1,405 reviews2016
Dev: Escalation StudiosPub: ForwardXP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, VR 22%, Casual 17.4%, Indie 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-puzzle game that rewards curiosity with increasingly bizarre and unsettling consequences.
- #15 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,991 reviews2019
Dev: Steel Wool StudiosPub: ScottGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
Why similar: Horror 49.7%, VR 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the mascot-horror and VR-centric design elements that make the original Duck Season so iconic.
- #16 the static speaks my name
87% matchVery Positive82% of 5,749 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, First-Person 10%, Indie 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and deeply psychological indie horror experience that focuses on the unsettling nature of obsession.
- #17 Paratopic
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 52.3%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Indie 10.5%, First-Person 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly aesthetic and fragmented, surreal narrative create a uniquely disorienting and atmospheric horror experience.
- #18 POOLS
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.4%, Atmospheric 22%, First-Person 20.2%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on liminal space horror, creating an atmospheric and disorienting experience that relies on environment rather than jump scares.
- #19 God's Basement
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Psychological 14.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and a sense of being watched.
- #20 The Closing Shift
84% matchMixed67% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Psychological 24.4%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in VHS-style psychological horror that builds tension through the mundane routines of a late-night job.
- #21 Revenge Of The Colon
83% matchVery Positive85% of 411 reviews2023
Dev: Lilou Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Revenge of the colon is a story driven, single-player, atmospheric, body horror game with multiple endings. Perform colonoscopies on five patients and discover the horrors concealed deep within them. PS1 horror style!
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 16.9%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and bizarre horror experience that prioritizes a unique, unsettling visual style over traditional gameplay.
- #22 Doorways: Prelude
84% matchMixed62% of 636 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 58%, First-Person 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Psychological 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic first-person horror experience with a focus on exploration and uncovering dark, hidden secrets.
- #23 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,269 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Psychological Horror 33.6%, Psychological 20.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological experience that uses meta-commentary and unique visual styles to explore mental instability.
- #24 Night At the Gates of Hell
81% matchVery Positive90% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
From the sick mind behind Bloodwash, Jordan King, comes his latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night of the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood dripping, neon soaked, flesh rotting experience.
Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, 1980s 14.2%, FPS 11.5%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the retro, VHS-horror aesthetic with campy yet terrifying encounters that feel like a classic horror movie.
- #25 I'm on Observation Duty 3
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Psychological 18.8%, VR 13.5%, First-Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes surveillance-based horror, forcing the player to notice subtle, unsettling changes in their environment.
- #26 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,142 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, 1980s 15.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 7.3%
- #27 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
80% matchVery Positive82% of 3,227 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 52%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Psychological 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Another Chilla's Art title that excels at turning a familiar, mundane setting into a source of psychological terror.
- #28 The Dire
79% matchVery Positive82% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpi
Windows
Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Psychological 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses multiple endings and atmospheric storytelling to keep the player on edge.
- #29 Duck Season
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,589 reviews2017
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, VR 15.6%, 1980s 6.9%, First-Person 4.3%
- #30 Strange Night
79% matchMixed60% of 474 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Horror 48.1%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, First-Person 12.9%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A focused, first-person indie horror game that creates a tense atmosphere through its isolated setting.
- #31 Mist
76% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 8.3%, FPS 7.8%
- #32 Chicken Feet
76% matchVery Positive91% of 473 reviews2022
Dev: Dylan BassettPub: Bassett Interactive
Windows
Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.
Why similar: Horror 55%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #33 Please, Don’t Touch Anything
77% matchVery Positive89% of 5,526 reviews2015
Dev: Four QuartersPub: ForwardXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A brain-racking game about bathroom breaks, screwdrivers and nuclear explosions.
Why similar: Horror 27%, Multiple Endings 22.4%, Indie 20.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Casual 8.6%
- #34 Midnight Crane
74% matchVery Positive86% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Casual 8.8%
- #35 No Players Online
73% matchVery Positive85% of 625 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, 1980s 15.1%, FPS 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #36 Legendary Hunter VR
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: LastnOniPub: Frozen Dreams
Windows
Legendary Hunter VR is a VR duck hunting game inspired by the old classic NES game Duck Hunt. Hunt Duck during the day time while surviving vicious crow attacks. And survive the wolves and the crocodiles at night. Enjoy the day / night cycles with dynamic weather and atmospheric surround sound.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, VR 18.3%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Shooter 12.5%, FPS 9.6%
- #37 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
74% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Horror 44.9%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #38 Sinister Halloween
75% matchVery Positive84% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, VR 15%, Atmospheric 11.2%, FPS 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%
- #39 The Deadseat
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 610 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #40 First Session
75% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Psychological 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 8.3%
- #41 Midnight Taco
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: FrameField
Windows
Step into the shoes of a young girl who must face solitude and mystery while waiting for her mother at the taco stand where she works. It’s a rainy night, but that won’t stop some unwelcome visitors from showing up...
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Psychological 16.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #42 Fishing Vacation
72% matchVery Positive96% of 282 reviews2022
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure
Why similar: Horror 59.7%, Casual 18.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Indie 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #43 Overtime Anomaly
71% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 21%, 1980s 19.1%, Psychological 16%, Atmospheric 11%
- #44 SCP: Blackout
73% matchMixed68% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Horror 48.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, VR 13.1%, First-Person 10%, Indie 7.3%
- #45 Sub Terra
71% matchVery Positive93% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological 8%, Casual 7.8%
- #46 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
69% matchVery Positive94% of 380 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Psychological 14.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #47 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,574 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Casual 43.5%, Indie 30%, Funny 14.3%, Singleplayer 12.2%
- #48 [Bober Bros] It's Just A Prank
70% matchVery Positive88% of 396 reviews2024
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 27%
It's Just A Prank is a first-person horror game about kids playing pranks on each other until a PRANK GOES WRONG. Experience suspense, fear, and unexpected twists as a simple joke becomes a nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Psychological 16.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #49 Blair Witch VR
72% matchMixed67% of 208 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Blair Witch: VR Edition is a story-driven psychological horror game from the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed The Medium. Experience first-hand the toll that fear can take on the mind in an original story inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, designed for Virtual Reality.
Why similar: Dogs 36.4% ★, Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #50 The Repairing Mantis
70% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #51 White Room Protocol
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, FPS 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #52 Duck Simulator 2
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,868 reviews2021
Dev: Orius Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A genre-defying phenomenon that will take you on a journey to stop a rubber duck from taking over the developer's game!
Why similar: FPS 39.9%, Psychological Horror 30.3%, Funny 16.8%, First-Person 12.9%
- #53 Mental Hospital VR
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, 1980s 16.4%, VR 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #54 Paranormal VHS
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Horror 49.2%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #55 Welcome to Kowloon
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,881 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 44.7%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, First-Person 9.9%, Multiple Endings 5%
- #56 SEEING THINGS
67% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Psychological 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Casual 6%
- #57 A Lonely Cabin Trip
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #58 CANINE
66% matchVery Positive97% of 338 reviews2023
Dev: Puko
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.
Why similar: Horror 46.1%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Dogs 8.2% ★, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #59 Scream under the house
66% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
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: Horror 35.7%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #60 Family curse
66% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Horror 41%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Psychological 11.1%, Atmospheric 10%