- #1 Stories Untold
97% matchVery Positive87% of 5,390 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 41.2%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, 1980s 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the feeling of interacting with cursed retro technology and unraveling a dark, meta-narrative mystery.
- #2 Murder House
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,293 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 49.8%, 1980s 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Psychological 4.7%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a distinct VHS aesthetic and 80s slasher tropes to create a tense, retro-horror atmosphere.
- #3 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 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 56.7%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, First-Person 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Indie 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror game that focuses on exploring a haunted home with a heavy emphasis on atmospheric dread.
- #4 Lost in Vivo
95% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 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 29.7%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Psychological 12.2%, FPS 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, psychological horror game that excels at creating an oppressive, surreal atmosphere.
- #5 Inscryption
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 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 63.8%, Psychological 25.3%, First-Person 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Duck Season, it uses a seemingly simple game interface to hide a deep, unsettling, and meta-narrative horror experience.
- #6 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,953 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%, First-Person 20.7%, Atmospheric 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends mundane simulation with mascot-themed horror and a retro-aesthetic that feels deeply wrong.
- #7 Iron Lung
93% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 10%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It creates intense claustrophobia through limited, retro-tech interfaces and a sense of impending doom.
- #8 Who's Lila?
91% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Casual 6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, meta-narrative psychological horror game that challenges the player's perception of reality.
- #9 Paratopic
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 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 51.9%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 10.5%, First-Person 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly, surreal aesthetic and disjointed storytelling create an unsettling experience similar to a fever dream.
- #10 No Players Online
91% matchVery Positive84% of 564 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, 1980s 13.4%, FPS 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, effective meta-horror game about exploring an abandoned multiplayer server that hides a dark secret.
- #11 SEPTEMBER 1999
90% matchVery Positive84% of 2,446 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 26.2%, Indie 8.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Atmospheric 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A found-footage style horror game that uses a strict VHS aesthetic to build immense tension.
- #12 Dread X Collection 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 674 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 38.8%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Shooter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: An anthology of experimental indie horror games that captures the same variety and dread found in cursed-media titles.
- #13 Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Escalation StudiosPub: ForwardXP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, VR 18.7%, Casual 18.1%, Indie 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-puzzle game that rewards curiosity with increasingly bizarre and dark outcomes.
- #14 the static speaks my name
88% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 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 44.2%, Psychological Horror 33%, First-Person 10%, Indie 7.8%, Atmospheric 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and deeply unsettling short horror experience that focuses on psychological themes.
- #15 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
87% matchVery Positive83% of 3,184 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 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%, Psychological 8.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Indie 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a Japanese VHS-style aesthetic to turn a mundane job into a terrifying psychological experience.
- #16 Andy's Apple Farm
86% matchVery Positive89% of 669 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 46%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, 1980s 13.1%, Casual 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A mascot-horror game that hides a dark, meta-narrative story behind a retro, cartoony exterior.
- #17 Stay Out of the House
86% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 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 42.5%, 1980s 19.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a gritty VHS aesthetic and intense stealth-horror gameplay that feels like a classic 80s slasher movie.
- #18 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
84% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Horror 44.7%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly plays into the 'cursed media' trope with its focus on retro-aesthetic horror and multiple endings.
- #19 I'm on Observation Duty 3
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 355 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 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 33.9%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Psychological 19.4%, VR 11.3%, First-Person 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological tension of monitoring surveillance footage for subtle, terrifying anomalies.
- #20 Sub Terra
83% matchVery Positive92% of 78 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%, Psychological Horror 24%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological 8.2%, Casual 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and psychological tension.
- #21 God's Basement
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 36.6%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Psychological 14.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that relies on atmospheric storytelling and unsettling environments.
- #22 SIGNALIS
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 57.8%, Atmospheric 25%, Shooter 12.4%, Singleplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-aesthetic survival horror game that blends psychological themes with cosmic dread.
- #23 Midnight Taco
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 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 21.7%, Psychological 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological horror game that captures the feeling of being watched in a mundane setting.
- #24 First Session
82% 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 34.5%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Psychological 17%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that uses a retro-aesthetic to ground its unsettling narrative.
- #25 The Deadseat
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 593 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 47.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich survival horror game that emphasizes dark, psychological themes.
- #26 The Repairing Mantis
80% matchVery Positive96% of 140 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%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric walking simulator that leans heavily into psychological and body horror.
- #27 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 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 46.3%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, 1980s 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 7.5%
- #28 Strange Night
81% matchMixed60% of 472 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%, Psychological Horror 25%, First-Person 12.8%, Indie 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person indie horror game that focuses on building tension through its isolated, dark environment.
- #29 Sinister Halloween
79% matchVery Positive84% of 144 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 38%, VR 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, FPS 10.9%, First-Person 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that uses atmospheric, singleplayer exploration to build a sense of dread.
- #30 Duck Season
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,577 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 43.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, VR 13.2%, 1980s 6.3%, First-Person 4.5%
- #31 Mental Hospital VR
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, 1980s 14.9%, VR 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes VR to heighten the intensity of its survival-horror mechanics.
- #32 Mist
76% matchVery Positive81% of 180 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 21.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, First-Person 8.3%, FPS 7.7%
- #33 Revenge Of The Colon
75% matchVery Positive85% of 410 reviews2023
Dev: Lilou Studio
Windows
Median: 2.4 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 33.2%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 17%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 7.1%
- #34 Midnight Crane
74% matchVery Positive88% of 72 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 37.5%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Casual 8.8%
- #35 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
73% matchVery Positive94% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Psychological 14.8%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #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 22.6%, VR 15.6%, Atmospheric 14%, Shooter 12.2%, FPS 9.9%
- #37 CANINE
73% matchVery Positive97% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Puko
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.
Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Psychological Horror 21%, First-Person 13.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Indie 5.5%
- #38 Please, Don’t Touch Anything
75% matchVery Positive89% of 5,501 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 22.1%, Indie 20.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Casual 8.7%
- #39 The Nightmare
77% matchMixed50% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
The Nightmare is a first-person horror game. Dive into the nightmare and try to get rid of that nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 55.5%, First-Person 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Casual 9.1%, Indie 4.2%
- #40 SCP: Blackout
74% matchMixed68% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 49.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, VR 10.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Indie 7.4%
- #41 The Dire
73% matchVery Positive82% of 91 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 34.4%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #42 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,944 reviews2019
Dev: Steel Wool StudiosPub: ScottGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 16.0 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 51.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, VR 12.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #43 Fishing Vacation
72% matchVery Positive96% of 278 reviews2022
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure
Why similar: Horror 59.5%, Casual 18.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Indie 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #44 Overtime Anomaly
71% matchVery Positive84% of 75 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 23.4%, Horror 21.5%, 1980s 16.9%, Psychological 16.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #45 DREAM LOGIC
70% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 9.9%, 1980s 8%
- #46 [Bober Bros] It's Just A Prank
69% matchVery Positive88% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 21%, Psychological 16.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #47 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,506 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.5 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 30.3%, Funny 14.1%, Singleplayer 12.3%
- #48 Cave Crawler
70% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 53.5%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Indie 3.6%
- #49 Blair Witch VR
72% matchMixed67% of 206 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 36.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 16%, Atmospheric 12.7%, VR 7.9%
- #50 Paranormal VHS
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 138 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%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #51 Duck Simulator 2
69% 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 39.7%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Funny 16.8%, First-Person 13%
- #52 Chicken Feet
68% 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 54.8%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #53 A Lonely Cabin Trip
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 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 39.1%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #54 White Room Protocol
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 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 38.7%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, FPS 12%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 9.4%
- #55 Fears to Fathom - Carson House
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,602 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Casual 5%, First-Person 4.6%
- #56 Placid Plastic Duck VR
67% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: turbolento gamesPub: turbolento publishing
Windows
The ultimate virtual reality rubber duck experience for your relaxation.
Why similar: VR 36.9%, Atmospheric 26.8%, Casual 23.1%, First-Person 13.2%
- #57 Shattered Lights
69% matchVery Positive87% of 430 reviews2019
Dev: Team MorbidPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.
Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, VR 11.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%, First-Person 6.7%
- #58 POOLS
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,027 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 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 49.1%, Atmospheric 21.8%, First-Person 20.4%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #59 Exanimum: The Silent Call
66% matchVery Positive84% of 278 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Horror 47.5%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #60 Layers of Fear VR
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2019
Dev: Incuvo S.A.Pub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?
Why similar: Indie 31.8%, Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, VR 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%