- #1 Unemployment Simulator 2018
97% matchVery Positive85% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Dark Humor 33.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Roguelite 11.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Simulation 8.6%
- #2 Little Lighthouse of Horror
96% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Codiwans
Windows
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Minimalist 37.4%, Story Rich 20.1%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Management 7.4%
- #3 Nonentity Galaxy
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 567 reviews2026
Dev: Brick-Up StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.7%, Roguelite 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Management 9.4%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #4 Void War
94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,757 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Roguelite 24.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Roguelike 13.5%, Perma Death 12.4%, Space 12%
- #5 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
95% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Roguelike 19%, Perma Death 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #6 Dire Echo
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Simulation 19.9%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Space 15.7%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #7 Voyager-19
93% matchVery Positive88% of 989 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Space 33.8%, Space Sim 28.4%, Sci-fi 25.7%, 2D 12%
- #8 The Oily Depths
91% matchVery Positive84% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Ryan R. Burns
Windows
Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.2%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Minimalist 17.2%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 10.6%
- #9 Starless
92% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Petr Sapozhnikov
Windows
In Starless, navigate a space Ark infested with terrifying monsters in this stealth-action game inspired by classic sci-fi. Can you help the colonists survive, or will they be doomed to roam the endless void of space forever?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%
- #10 This is Interesting
91% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Roguelite 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #11 Empty Gauge
90% matchNo user reviews97% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Playnova Studio
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #12 Loop//Error
89% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #13 Anoxia Station
89% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Management 31.3%, Roguelike 29.1%, Simulation 19.8%, Atmospheric 19.8%
- #14 The Floor Above
87% matchVery Positive90% of 237 reviews2026
Dev: Swytapp Games
Windows
A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 30.7% ★, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Minimalist 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 10%
- #15 Duskers
88% matchVery Positive90% of 2,771 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Roguelite 30.9%, Roguelike 19.7%, Space 15.4%, Simulation 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #16 CloverPit
84% matchVery Positive90% of 24,576 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.4%, Roguelite 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Roguelike 14.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #17 No, I'm not a Human
84% matchVery Positive93% of 28,813 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Story Rich 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%
- #18 Self-Isolation
86% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2020
Dev: Dymchick1
Windows
This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.1%, Minimalist 20%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Simulation 11.7%
- #19 DEAD END
85% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.2%, Roguelite 23.5%, Roguelike 19.2%, Atmospheric 16.1%
- #20 Out There: Ω Edition
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,720 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Roguelite 20.3%, Roguelike 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Space 13.5%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #21 [SUBJECT]
82% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40%, Robots 27.4%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%
- #22 Endless
83% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: shademakesgames
Windows · Mac
A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings
Why similar: Psychological Horror 65.6%, Multiple Endings 34.4%
- #23 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Atmospheric 37.8%, Sci-fi 33.9%, Pixel Graphics 28.3%
- #24 Office Hours
81% matchVery Positive80% of 50 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: Dark Humor 29.2%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Simulation 8.1%
- #25 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,391 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.7%
- #26 Deep Sixed
82% matchVery Positive84% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.
Why similar: Simulation 26%, Roguelite 23.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Roguelike 11.2%, Space 11.1%
- #27 Cosmodread
80% matchVery Positive91% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: White Door Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Why similar: Roguelike 19.9%, Perma Death 19.4%, Roguelite 17.8%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.8%
- #28 Corner Shop: NightShift
78% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #29 Mouthwashing
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 37,232 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Dark Humor 20%, Story Rich 17.3%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Space 8.6%
- #30 The Test: Reality Check
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Roguelite 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #31 Vessels
79% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2020
Dev: Local Space Survey CorpsPub: Local Space Survey Corps, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.3%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Space 9.8%
- #32 ROUTINE
74% matchVery Positive92% of 7,448 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Atmospheric 18%, Story Rich 16.7%, Space 14.5%, Sci-fi 13.9%
- #33 Effugium
78% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.3%, Atmospheric 38.2%, Space 18.5%
- #34 Endoparasitic 2
75% matchVery Positive87% of 641 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Minimalist 27.9%, Space 21.8%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, 2D 11.3%
- #35 SUNLESS SEA
77% matchVery Positive83% of 9,514 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Story Rich 29.4%, Roguelike 23.1%, Roguelite 21.9%, Atmospheric 20.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #36 Signal Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,028 reviews2018
Dev: Blagovest Penev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Simulation 33.4%, Space 18.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #37 Interdimensional Vending Machine
73% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Neuroticfly Games
Windows
Inspired by SCP-261, you play as a homeless girl struggling to survive in a distorted city using a vending machine that should not exist. Every coin dispenses impossible food that defies biology and logic, and every meal reshapes your fate. How long can you survive before you stop being human?
Why similar: Dark Humor 36.2%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Choices Matter 16.4%, 2D 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #38 Everloop
74% matchVery Positive94% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 69.9%, Atmospheric 30.1%
- #39 Roots Devour
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 557 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Roguelite 20.1%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #40 Surviving the Abyss
73% matchMixed65% of 1,064 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Management 36.2%, Choices Matter 29.6%, Atmospheric 18%, Simulation 16.2%
- #41 ORDER 13
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,447 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.6%, Atmospheric 23.1%, Simulation 22.3%
- #42 Liminal Exit
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Dark Humor 33.4%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Perma Death 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #43 Starship Inspector
75% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 12.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Perma Death 9.7%, Space 9.6%
- #44 PAGER
71% matchVery Positive88% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Dark Humor 33.8%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Simulation 9%
- #45 White Room Protocol
71% 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: Psychological Horror 53.6%, Atmospheric 23.7%, Story Rich 17.7%, Simulation 5%
- #46 Idea Fix
70% matchVery Positive96% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: ZuitLabs
Windows · Linux
Incremental physics based game about pushing levers, clicking buttons and coming to terms with obsession.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Simulation 17.7%, Story Rich 17.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #47 Barotrauma
68% matchVery Positive94% of 87,309 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 55.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Management 30.5%, Simulation 21.2%, Sci-fi 18.2%, 2D 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%
- #48 STASIS
73% matchVery Positive82% of 2,348 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Space 12.7%
- #49 EMPTY SHELL
69% matchVery Positive88% of 822 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Roguelite 34.2%, Roguelike 22.2%, Story Rich 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #50 NO-SKIN
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,329 reviews2025
Dev: NoEye-Soft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Roguelite 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Roguelike 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #51 When the Darkness comes
69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.8%, Dynamic Narration 38.6% ★, Atmospheric 7.6%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Story Rich 6%
- #52 Hell Dive
69% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.9%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #53 The Deadseat
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 614 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: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Story Rich 21.9%, Roguelike 20.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #54 Shortest Trip to Earth
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,434 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Roguelite 26.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Space 12.6%, Space Sim 9.4%
- #55 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
67% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 67.5%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Simulation 10.7%
- #56 Don't Let It Starve
65% matchVery Positive98% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Eduardo ScarpatoPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows · Linux
A horror roguelike bento-builder. You're trapped in an underground kitchen, forced to feed a half-chef monster. Gamble with your life, assemble meals, and master your multipliers. Whatever you do, Don't Let it Starve.
Why similar: Roguelite 34.3%, Roguelike 26.3%, Psychological Horror 21%, Simulation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #57 Dark Moon
68% matchMixed48% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Management 32%, Choices Matter 27.1%, Space 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #58 Locked in my Darkness
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 63.1%, Simulation 29.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #59 HOMESICKNESS
65% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 65.5%, Story Rich 34.5%
- #60 Syndrome
70% matchMixed64% of 364 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Robots 23.5%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Space 15%, Sci-fi 11.8%