- #1 Visage
97% matchVery Positive84% of 10,814 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 26.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: A premier psychological horror experience that focuses on environmental storytelling and a suffocating, atmospheric dread.
- #2 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,677 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 61.7%, First-Person 20.5%, Atmospheric 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly encapsulates the 90s nostalgic aesthetic while slowly descending into a surreal, nightmarish reality.
- #3 Lost in Vivo
96% matchVery Positive91% of 3,941 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 29.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Psychological 11.9%, FPS 9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the claustrophobic, surreal psychological horror found in the deeper, more disturbing segments of Duck Season.
- #4 Inscryption
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 146,532 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 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 64.1%, Psychological 25%, First-Person 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Duck Season, this game presents itself as a cursed piece of media that hides a much darker, meta-narrative layer beneath its primary gameplay loop.
- #5 SEPTEMBER 1999
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,490 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: A short, intense found-footage experience that captures the same 'cursed VHS' vibe found in the seed game.
- #6 Pony Island
94% matchVery Positive95% of 18,036 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.9 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 38.4%, Horror 37.6%, Indie 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Funny 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the 'game-within-a-game' trope, forcing you to break the software to escape a demonic, meta-fictional trap.
- #7 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,049 reviews2019
Dev: Steel Wool StudiosPub: ScottGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 15.7 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%, VR 15.3%, 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 that makes the core gameplay of Duck Season so effective.
- #8 The Hex
92% matchVery Positive94% of 5,504 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 39.2%, Indie 19.3%, Horror 15.5%, Funny 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative mystery that explores the history of game development through various genres, mirroring the nostalgic and experimental nature of Duck Season.
- #9 Dread X Collection 2
91% matchVery Positive94% of 687 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 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 38.8%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Shooter 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This anthology features various experimental horror shorts that capture the same indie, high-concept spirit as the seed game.
- #10 God's Basement
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 36.8%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Psychological 14.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on walking-simulator elements and environmental storytelling to build tension.
- #11 Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,427 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 22.2%, Casual 17.4%, Indie 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-puzzle game that rewards curiosity with increasingly strange and unsettling consequences.
- #12 Andy's Apple Farm
89% matchVery Positive89% of 682 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 25.4%, 1980s 14.8%, Casual 7.6%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: It uses the facade of a friendly, retro children's game to hide a dark, sinister mystery that unfolds as you play.
- #13 Paratopic
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,142 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 52.1%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Indie 10.5%, First-Person 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly aesthetic and fragmented, surreal storytelling create an unsettling atmosphere similar to the hidden secrets of the Duck Season cartridge.
- #14 SIGNALIS
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,267 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 57.2%, Atmospheric 24.8%, Shooter 13.2%, Singleplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled psychological horror game that masterfully blends nostalgic visuals with a deep, existential sense of unease.
- #15 the static speaks my name
88% matchVery Positive82% of 5,768 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 44.4%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, First-Person 10%, Indie 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short-form horror experience that explores themes of obsession and isolation in a way that feels deeply personal and disturbing.
- #16 I'm on Observation Duty 3
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 365 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 33.2%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Psychological 18.7%, VR 13.7%, First-Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game relies on the player's ability to spot subtle, creeping anomalies in a static environment, much like the hidden secrets in Duck Season.
- #17 Chicken Feet
85% matchVery Positive91% of 478 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 55.1%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-tension stealth horror game that captures the feeling of being hunted by an unnatural entity in a first-person perspective.
- #18 Iron Lung
84% matchVery Positive92% of 10,973 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 47.1%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, claustrophobic experience that relies on limited information and a sense of being trapped in a cursed, mechanical environment.
- #19 Who's Lila?
84% matchVery Positive94% of 3,686 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 43.8%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Casual 6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique meta-horror game where you manipulate facial expressions to interact with a surreal, glitchy world.
- #20 Doorways: Prelude
86% 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 58.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Psychological 8%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror experience that focuses on exploration and uncovering dark secrets in an atmospheric setting.
- #21 Mist
83% matchVery Positive81% of 189 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 32.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 8.3%, FPS 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses pixelated graphics to create a haunting, atmospheric world.
- #22 CANINE
82% matchVery Positive97% of 346 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 46.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Dogs 8.1% ★, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused horror game with a retro aesthetic that creates a tense, cat-and-mouse dynamic.
- #23 The Deadseat
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 621 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 47.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich survival horror game that emphasizes atmosphere and a dark, narrative-driven experience.
- #24 SCP: Blackout
82% matchMixed68% of 334 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 14.4%, VR 13.2%, First-Person 10%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused horror game that places you in a facility filled with anomalous entities, emphasizing tension and survival.
- #25 Revenge Of The Colon
79% matchVery Positive85% of 416 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 33.5%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 16.8%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric horror game that leans heavily into the psychological and bizarre.
- #26 Blair Witch VR
81% matchMixed68% of 211 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: Horror 28.1%, Dogs 22.3% ★, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes the VR medium to create an immersive, psychological journey through a forest filled with supernatural threats.
- #27 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
79% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Horror 45%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of short horror experiences that focus on player choices and multiple endings, mirroring the branching nature of the seed game.
- #28 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,216 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 46.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, 1980s 15.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%, First-Person 7.3%
- #29 Midnight Taco
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 73 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 39.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, Psychological 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person atmospheric horror game that focuses on the mundane turning into the terrifying.
- #30 Strange Night
81% matchMixed60% of 476 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 48.2%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, First-Person 12.8%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that focuses on a single, unsettling location and the slow buildup of psychological dread.
- #31 Paranormal VHS
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 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%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Indie 12.9%, Psychological 12.9%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A found-footage style horror game that leans into the aesthetic of low-quality, mysterious recordings.
- #32 Midnight Crane
76% matchVery Positive85% of 82 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 23.2%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Casual 8.8%
- #33 POOLS
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,447 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 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 42.9%, Atmospheric 20.4%, First-Person 17.5%, VR 10.3%, Indie 5%
- #34 Duck Season
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,597 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 17.6%, VR 15.8%, 1980s 6.9%, First-Person 4.2%
- #35 Office Hours
74% matchVery Positive80% of 55 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: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 33.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Multiple Endings 7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #36 Fears to Fathom - Carson House
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,803 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.3 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 44.9%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Atmospheric 14%, Casual 4.9%, First-Person 4.5%
- #37 First Session
75% 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 34.8%, Psychological Horror 23%, Psychological 16.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 8.3%
- #38 Legendary Hunter VR
76% 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 18.5%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Shooter 12.5%, FPS 9.6%
- #39 Sinister Halloween
75% matchVery Positive82% of 147 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 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%, FPS 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%
- #40 Overtime Anomaly
72% 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 21.1%, 1980s 19.2%, Psychological 15.9%, Atmospheric 11%
- #41 The Dire
73% 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 34.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Psychological 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #42 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,255 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 5.7%, Indie 5.4%
- #43 [Bober Bros] It's Just A Prank
71% matchVery Positive88% of 408 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 20.9%, Psychological 16.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #44 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
69% matchVery Positive94% of 396 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Psychological 14.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #45 Sub Terra
70% matchVery Positive92% of 87 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 43.7%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological 8%, Casual 7.8%
- #46 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,718 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 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 30.1%, Funny 14.4%, Singleplayer 12.2%
- #47 The Repairing Mantis
71% 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 42.2%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #48 No Players Online
69% matchVery Positive85% of 649 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, 1980s 15.1%, FPS 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #49 White Room Protocol
70% 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 23.1%, FPS 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #50 Fishing Vacation
70% matchVery Positive96% of 285 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%
- #51 Mental Hospital VR
72% 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 31.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, 1980s 16.4%, VR 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #52 Psalm 2
67% matchVery Positive89% of 489 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Indie 9.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #53 Duck Simulator 2
68% 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 40.1%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Funny 16.8%, First-Person 12.9%
- #54 A Lonely Cabin Trip
71% 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 39.4%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #55 SEEING THINGS
68% matchVery Positive96% of 78 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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Psychological 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Casual 6%
- #56 Scream under the house
66% matchVery Positive83% of 75 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 35.8%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #57 Family curse
67% matchVery Positive91% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 41.1%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, First-Person 13.1%, Psychological 11%, Atmospheric 10%
- #58 Smile Dog
66% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Sweet Sennin Games
Windows
A desktop psychological horror inspired by the Smile Dog creepypasta. Open the attachment, read your emails, and survive a real nightmare spilling out across your screen.
Why similar: Horror 54%, Psychological Horror 36.6%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #59 Please, Don’t Touch Anything
67% matchVery Positive89% of 5,555 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%, Multiple Endings 22.3%, Indie 20.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Casual 8.6%
- #60 Dead Take
64% matchVery Positive88% of 823 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Atmospheric 12%, Psychological 10.4%, First-Person 5.5%