- #1 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
97% matchVery Positive88% of 3,016 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 62.1%, First-Person 20.3%, Atmospheric 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends a deceptively mundane, retro-styled first-person job with unsettling psychological horror and hidden dark lore.
- #2 Lost in Vivo
96% matchVery Positive91% of 4,007 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Psychological 11.8%, FPS 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same tense, atmospheric, retro-styled psychological horror and first-person exploration found in Duck Season.
- #3 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 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 55.9%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, First-Person 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers heavy psychological horror and surreal, shifting domestic spaces reminiscent of Duck Season's creepy house.
- #4 Paratopic
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,200 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 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 52.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Indie 10.4%, First-Person 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a surreal, low-poly retro aesthetic and unsettling first-person narrative full of dread.
- #5 Andy's Apple Farm
94% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
Dev: M36 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Play minigames and discover the hidden truth in this retro-style horror game
Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, 1980s 14.9%, Casual 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a retro, nostalgic exterior to mask a deeply disturbing psychological horror narrative.
- #6 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,159 reviews2019
Dev: Steel Wool StudiosPub: ScottGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 15.5 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 50.1%, VR 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Recreates the tense, nostalgic 80s/90s atmospheric dread and survival mechanics tailored for immersive scares.
- #7 Buckshot Roulette
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 126,636 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Psychological 15.9%, First-Person 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a deceptively simple, arcade-style setup with intense psychological tension and dark, macabre stakes.
- #8 SEPTEMBER 1999
93% matchVery Positive84% of 2,529 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 52.5%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Indie 7.9%, First-Person 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Employs ultra-low-fi retro aesthetics and analog tape vibes to create immediate first-person dread.
- #9 Dread X Collection 2
91% matchVery Positive94% of 690 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 38.9%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Shooter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a curated anthology of retro-infused, experimental first-person horror experiences similar in tone.
- #10 Pony Island
91% matchVery Positive95% of 18,152 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.5%, Horror 37.7%, Indie 10.2%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Funny 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similarly deceptive meta-narrative where a seemingly innocent retro game hides dark, unsettling secrets.
- #11 Inscryption
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.5 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 64.4%, Psychological 24.8%, First-Person 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Plays with the concept of a cursed or unusual game medium that slowly reveals a much darker, psychological meta-story.
- #12 Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,458 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 22.8%, Casual 17.2%, Indie 15.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you in front of a retro puzzle console with unexpected, hidden dark secrets to uncover.
- #13 the static speaks my name
89% matchVery Positive82% of 5,805 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.0 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 44.6%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 7.6%, Atmospheric 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: Explores claustrophobic domestic psychological horror with a heavy focus on unsettling mundane routines.
- #14 Killer Frequency
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,238 reviews2023
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: Horror 38.1%, 1980s 22.1%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a nostalgic late-80s audio-visual atmosphere while blending interactive work duties with psychological tension.
- #15 Iron Lung
86% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 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 47.4%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a claustrophobic, retro-styled vehicle where you must navigate an oppressive, unseen horror.
- #16 I'm on Observation Duty 3
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 370 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 33.3%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Psychological 18.5%, VR 14.1%, First-Person 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your attention to detail in a static environment where subtle, eerie changes spell disaster.
- #17 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
85% matchVery Positive95% of 9,000 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Horror 52.7%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes retro pixel art and lo-fi aesthetics to deliver genuinely chilling psychological and supernatural horror.
- #18 Revenge Of The Colon
86% matchVery Positive85% of 421 reviews2023
Dev: Lilou Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 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 33.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Explores surreal, low-poly psychological horror themes with an uncanny, experimental presentation.
- #19 CANINE
83% matchVery Positive97% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Puko
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.1 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 50.8%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features lo-fi retro aesthetics and stealth mechanics inside an atmospheric, tense environment.
- #20 First Session
84% matchVery Positive81% of 90 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 35%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Psychological 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Employs retro-styled first-person exploration to uncover disturbing narrative secrets in an enclosed space.
- #21 Cooking Companions
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,212 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, Atmospheric 12%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Casual 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Disguises a seemingly innocent visual novel/dating sim as a grim, psychological horror game.
- #22 God's Basement
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,318 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 37.2%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Psychological 14.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers slow-burn psychological horror within a shifting, deeply unsettling domestic architecture.
- #23 Fishing Vacation
82% matchVery Positive95% of 289 reviews2022
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure
Why similar: Horror 60%, Casual 18%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Indie 9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends a casual, relaxing outdoor activity with a deeply unsettling, Lynchian horror narrative.
- #24 Midnight Taco
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 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 39.6%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Psychological 15.8%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a mundane late-night fast-food setting that slowly descends into psychological terror.
- #25 Doki Doki Literature Club!
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.3%, Horror 43.6%, First-Person 4.7%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Subverts a cozy visual novel format to deliver a psychologically harrowing and meta horror experience.
- #26 IMSCARED
81% matchVery Positive95% of 3,993 reviews2016
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
Why similar: Horror 47.5%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Indie 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Breaks the fourth wall with a lo-fi aesthetic, using meta-gaming elements much like Duck Season's cursed cartridge.
- #27 Who's Lila?
79% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 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 43.9%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, First-Person 12%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Casual 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses an uncanny, experimental interface and reverse-detective mechanics to explore deeply unsettling psychological themes.
- #28 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,355 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 46.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, 1980s 15.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 7.1%
- #29 The Classrooms
78% matchVery Positive89% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Xefier Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, 1980s 19.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural, liminal space exploration dripping with retro analog horror and psychological tension.
- #30 Sagebrush
79% matchVery Positive95% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Nate BerensPub: Redact Games
Windows · Mac
A first-person narrative adventure game about exploring a cult compound in the remote New Mexico desert. Discover the lives of the former inhabitants -- what brought them together, what they believed, and why they ended it all.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.7%, First-Person 26.4%, Indie 23.9%
Why You'll Like It: Explores an eerie, abandoned compound with a heavy emphasis on 90s nostalgia and psychological discovery.
- #31 The Deadseat
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #32 Duck Season
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,609 reviews2017
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 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 41.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, VR 16.2%, 1980s 6.9%, First-Person 4.2%
- #33 Mist
76% matchVery Positive82% of 194 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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 8.2%, FPS 7.9%
- #34 Midnight Crane
75% matchVery Positive85% of 87 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 38%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Casual 8.7%
- #35 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
73% matchVery Positive87% of 814 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this mascot horror game, you explore an abandoned children’s asylum and solve deceptive puzzles with your plush squid gun. Escape Chompy Chasey, befriend (or avoid) Binky Drinky, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, 1980s 14.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #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 21.6%, VR 19%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Shooter 12.7%, FPS 9.7%
- #37 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
74% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #38 Same Room Same Day
74% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Bugi Games
Windows · Mac
Step into the mind of Rosaline in this psychological horror FPS. Face her fears, engage in intense combat, and help her find peace. Solve puzzles to unlock her psyche's secrets and progress by completing quests
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, FPS 13.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Shooter 10.3%
- #39 Office Hours
72% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Psychological Horror 33.8%, First-Person 14.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #40 Doorways: Prelude
76% 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 58.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Psychological 8%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #41 Paranormal VHS
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 146 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 37.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Indie 12.8%, First-Person 9.8%
- #42 SCP: Blackout
73% matchMixed68% of 337 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.6 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 14.4%, VR 13.6%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #43 Please, Don’t Touch Anything
72% matchVery Positive89% of 5,602 reviews2015
Dev: Four QuartersPub: ForwardXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A brain-racking game about bathroom breaks, screwdrivers and nuclear explosions.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Multiple Endings 22.3%, Indie 20.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Casual 8.6%
- #44 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
71% matchVery Positive82% of 3,323 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 52.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Psychological 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Indie 5.5%
- #45 Chicken Feet
70% matchVery Positive91% of 489 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 55.3%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #46 The Dire
70% matchVery Positive82% of 93 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 34.9%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Psychological 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #47 Unusual Tales: After Bark
68% matchVery Positive90% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: JallPub: Cooler Jall
Windows
You, a simple dog named Mr Peanut, find yourself in a weird cabin full of secrets... Will you be able to warn the family of the dangers? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Funny 6.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #48 Overtime Anomaly
69% matchVery Positive85% of 78 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 21.2%, 1980s 19.3%, Psychological 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #49 Sinister Halloween
71% matchVery Positive83% of 149 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 36.7%, VR 15.5%, Atmospheric 11%, FPS 10.8%, First-Person 9.5%
- #50 The Repairing Mantis
69% matchVery Positive95% of 145 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 42.4%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #51 Mental Hospital VR
71% matchMixed69% of 67 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 31.3%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, 1980s 16.5%, VR 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #52 FEED IT
67% matchVery Positive84% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Games On A ChairPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac
A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.
Why similar: Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #53 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 39%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, FPS 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 9.4%
- #54 No Players Online
67% matchVery Positive84% of 690 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, 1980s 15.2%, FPS 13%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #55 Fears to Fathom - Carson House
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,950 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.9 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 45.2%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Casual 4.9%, First-Person 4.4%
- #56 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,804 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 43.3%, Indie 30%, Funny 14.5%, Singleplayer 12.2%
- #57 Sub Terra
66% matchVery Positive92% of 91 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 43.9%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological 8%, Casual 7.7%
- #58 A Lonely Cabin Trip
69% matchMixed69% of 78 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 39.6%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #59 Duck Simulator 2
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,873 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 40.4%, Psychological Horror 30.3%, Funny 16.6%, First-Person 12.7%
- #60 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
65% matchVery Positive95% of 432 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Psychological 14.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%