- #1 ASYLUM
97% matchVery Positive84% of 489 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11.4%, Gothic 10.6% ★
- #2 The Hungry Fly
96% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 11.8%, Retro 11.5%, First-Person 6.6%
- #3 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
96% matchMixed67% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Horror 10.6%, Point & Click 10.3%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #4 An English Haunting
95% matchVery Positive96% of 430 reviews2024
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Point & Click 18.5%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8%
- #5 Helltown
94% matchVery Positive80% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: WildArts Games
Windows
Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12.2%, Retro 10.7%, Horror 9.5%
- #6 The Fridge is Red
94% matchMixed56% of 231 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, 1990's 11%, Retro 10.5%, Horror 9%
- #7 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
93% matchVery Positive89% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.3%, Lovecraftian 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #8 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.4%, Point & Click 22.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #9 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
91% matchVery Positive89% of 3,886 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 40% ★, Point & Click 19%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Horror 6.8%, Retro 6.5%
- #10 Nightmare Frames
90% matchVery Positive98% of 411 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.5%, Retro 9.5%
- #11 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 742 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 21.2%, Abstract 13.8%, Retro 10.7%, 1990's 9.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #12 Decarnation
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,093 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Surreal 27.5%, Lovecraftian 24%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.2%
- #13 Necrophosis
88% matchVery Positive90% of 842 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Gothic 12.2% ★, Horror 8.7%
- #14 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
87% matchVery Positive87% of 2,448 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Retro 9.1%
- #15 Circadial
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: undercoverworm
Windows · Linux
You've been invited to participate in a study for the newly developed Circadial pills, a medicine designed to remedy your life-long insomnia. Explore the empty halls of the facility and the landscapes of your dreams to uncover the source of your night terrors. You will never be the same.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Abstract 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
- #16 Corpo Connections
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Polias Games
Windows
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Point & Click 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 13.1%, 1990's 11.3%
- #17 Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
85% matchVery Positive82% of 419 reviews2011
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 45.8% ★, Point & Click 13.5%, Dark 8.7%, Horror 6.6%, Mystery 6%
- #18 Last Round at the End of the World
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Gothic 10.5% ★, Horror 9.8%
- #19 Shadows of Eldemir
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Point & Click 16.4%, Gothic 15.6% ★, Horror 9.1%, Lore-Rich 6.6%
- #20 The Fog
84% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Horizon Games
Windows
Open your way across a dark open world and fight against what lives within the fog and beyond. The Fog is a survival horror game inspired on the 1980 novella "The Mist" by Stephen King.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 67.1% ★, Dark 9.2%, Horror 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, First-Person 3.6%
- #21 Chorus of Carcosa
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.2%, Surreal 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 10.2%
- #22 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
82% matchMixed68% of 3,337 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.9%, Based On A Novel 34% ★, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 4.5%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #23 Nancy Drew®: The Captive Curse
82% matchVery Positive89% of 231 reviews2011
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
A terrifying myth comes alive in Germany!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 49.4% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Dark 8.7%, Mystery 6%, Retro 5.5%
- #24 Darkness Under My Bed
81% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #25 The Nameless City
79% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Surreal 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Dark 8.9%, Retro 8.9%
- #26 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Gothic 23.6% ★, Lovecraftian 21%, Point & Click 14.2%, Dark 8.2%, Horror 8%
- #27 Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,684 reviews2015
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Gothic 21% ★, Point & Click 16.8%, Surreal 12.4%, Dark 9.8%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
- #28 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Retro 10%, Horror 9.7%
- #29 Please Duology
78% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 9%, Horror 8.6%, Dark 8.5%
- #30 Deeply Dark: Found Footage
77% matchMixed66% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: DALESI
Windows
WARNING: This is not a game, this software was found on the Deep Web and contains interactive material about the phenomenon of backrooms, we have received numerous reports of fatal accidents after its use, many claim that it is cursed so we cannot guarantee your safety.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.2%, 1990's 13%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #31 BUTLER GUILLOTINE
75% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: GOODBYE STATICPub: NECRONOMISOFT
Windows
Butler Guillotine is an absurdist point & click horror about flesh filled puppets in a mishapen hotel. Follow different characters' intertiwining paths and unearth forgotten events from a time long gone. Bring the ceremony to a halt.
Why similar: Surreal 17.7%, Point & Click 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Retro 9.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #32 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.1%, Point & Click 21.7%, Dark 9.5%, Retro 9.2%, Horror 9%
- #33 Primordial Genesis
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMM
Windows
THIS GAME IS CANCELED.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Point & Click 14.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #34 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
74% matchVery Positive82% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 10%
- #35 Sanitarium
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,345 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13%, Surreal 9.5%, 1990's 9.2%
- #36 Cold Abyss
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio [notes.]Pub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Abstract 11.3%, Horror 8.7%
- #37 THE DOUBLE
72% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: BadGafiGames
Windows
Tarot meets Blackjack with psychological horror inspired by Dostoevsky. A gore card game based on one of the strangest novels. Gameplay with puzzles, dark themes, surreal horror, cards and black humor. Experimental gameplay blending multiple mechanics
Why similar: Based On A Novel 49.8% ★, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Lore-Rich 8.3%, Horror 5.4%
- #38 Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
75% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 54.4% ★, Point & Click 14.5%, Mystery 6.4%, Retro 5%, Dark 4.1%
- #39 Iter Noctis
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENTHECA studiosPub: Foundate Inc.
Windows
Dishonored in death, a pathless soul not worth of an afterlife seeks escape from the eternal commute.
Why similar: Gothic 34.8% ★, Lovecraftian 30.4%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 7%
- #40 Saint Kotar
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 284 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Gothic 15.1% ★, Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 7.7%
- #41 Nancy Drew®: Legend of the Crystal Skull
74% matchVery Positive91% of 217 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
The Search is on for an Unearthly Artifact in New Orleans!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 51% ★, Point & Click 13.9%, Retro 6.2%, Mystery 6.2%, Dark 5.5%
- #42 Hunt of Dusha
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Demigrz
Windows
A Hunter arrives in a small Polish city expecting a routine investigation. What she finds is anything but. Explore, make choices and confront the entities that have claimed this place before the curse spreads further.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Point & Click 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 7.2%
- #43 6 Floors
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Surreal 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13%, First-Person 9.4%
- #44 Static Dread: The Submarine
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 12.3%, Retro 10.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #45 A Spider to A Fly
71% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: SyineWave
Windows
90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.
Why similar: Surreal 16.7%, Point & Click 16%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Abstract 11.5%, Horror 8.6%
- #46 Kitchen Gore
69% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: xoblins
Windows
You feed it. Locked away in the basement. Every day, her voice sounds more like it used to.
Why similar: Gothic 16.4% ★, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Lovecraftian 12.1%, Horror 9.9%
- #47 Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
72% matchVery Positive93% of 251 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Take a Spin with Danger to Unravel the Mystery of a Ghostly Merry-go-Round!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 55.3% ★, Point & Click 14.8%, Mystery 6.5%, First-Person 5.2%, Retro 5%
- #48 Strangeland
70% matchVery Positive93% of 971 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Surreal 22.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 6.9%
- #49 PERDITION VILLAGE
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUIET TOWN STUDIO™
Windows · Mac
Survival horror adventure with 2D pixel graphics and scary story in an dark abandoned village.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Point & Click 16.6%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 9.2%
- #50 A Place, Forbidden
70% matchVery Positive85% of 449 reviews2020
Dev: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.6%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.1%
- #51 AUTO-CRISIS
67% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Lovecraftian 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 10.8%
- #52 Everliving Town
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vivid Void Studio
Windows
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Surreal 17%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Point & Click 11.2%
- #53 Tormentum II
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure, hand-drawn and crafted over 8 years by a true indie team. Explore nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and unsettling choices, in a haunting vision inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. Return to Tormentum.
Why similar: Gothic 23.3% ★, Point & Click 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Surreal 11.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #54 Dead Tapes: Fading Father
67% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Nektogone
Windows
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.7%, Retro 14.8%, Dark 12.9%, 1990's 12.7%
- #55 Empty Heaven: Liminal Dream
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deep One Games
Windows
A narrative psychological horror settled in dreamlike spaces. Explore, observe, and listen as strange entities, cryptic clues, and discoveries pull you deeper. Inspired by Backrooms and Dreamcore. No jumpscares or chases, only the empty feeling that the world is a dream that you forgot to wake up.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Retro 10.8%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #56 The Night Is Long
67% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 5.5%
- #57 Knock On The Window
66% matchVery Positive91% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 12.3%, 1990's 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #58 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, 1990's 17%, Retro 14.2%, Horror 13.2%, Surreal 10.4%
- #59 Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall
68% matchVery Positive93% of 320 reviews2013
Dev: HeR Interactive, Inc.Pub: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
Some Families Keep Deadly Secrets!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 54.4% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Dark 6.6%, Mystery 6.3%, First-Person 4.8%