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Games Like Endoparasitic

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival Horror, Horror, Action, Adventure.

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Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.

Reviews: Very Positive — 94% — of 3,096 reviews
Released: 2022-10-24
Developer: Miziziziz
Publisher: Deep Root Interactive
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 65%

Overview

Endoparasitic is a uniquely punishing survival-horror game defined by its frantic mouse-drag movement mechanic, grotesque body horror, and claustrophobic top-down perspective. These recommended games capture its tense atmosphere, desperate struggle against parasitic or mutated threats, and claustrophobic survival mechanics. Whether through similar top-down tactical horror or oppressive sci-fi environments, these titles offer a matching blend of dread and grit.

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  1. #1 Endoparasitic 2
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 667 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: Lovecraftian 16.9%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Space 9.8%, Zombies 8.1%, Horror 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Direct sequel carrying forward the unique dragging mechanic, gross-out body horror, and frantic top-down survival gameplay.

  2. #2 EMPTY SHELL
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 861 reviews2023
    Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Horror 22.8%, Top-Down 22.1%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Dark 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, top-down industrial setting where you must cautiously survive and shoot through creepy mutated horrors.

  3. #3 Nightmare of Decay
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 reviews2022
    Dev: Checkmaty
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 33.4%, Zombies 29.1%, Horror 21.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Action 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Embraces the same gritty, low-budget retro survival horror charm and zombie-killing action found in Endoparasitic.

  4. #4 EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 1,410 reviews2023
    Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE 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: Horror 25.8%, Top-Down 25%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Action 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A standalone slice of top-down industrial survival action matching the grim, claustrophobic atmosphere.

  5. #5 SIGNALIS
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
    Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 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: Survival Horror 37.6%, Lovecraftian 33%, Dark 11%, Puzzle 5.8%, Action-Adventure 5.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Shares the oppressive, low-fi sci-fi survival horror aesthetic and desperate resource management of a doomed mission.

  6. #6 You Will Die Here Tonight
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
    Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.

    Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 10.8%, Top-Down 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Captures the classic survival horror tension, puzzle-solving, and harrowing combat against relentless zombie threats.

  7. #7 Dead of Darkness
    93% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2025
    Dev: Retrofiction Games
    Windows

    Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Survival Horror 22%, Horror 12%, Top-Down 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a top-down, atmospheric survival horror experience full of dark corridors and lurking monsters.

  8. #8 Stay Out of the House
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,893 reviews2022
    Dev: Puppet Combo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 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: Survival Horror 37%, Stealth 27.6%, Horror 19.9%, Puzzle 7.5%, Action 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A tense, retro-styled survival horror game where you must evade terrifying threats with limited mobility and high stakes.

  9. #9 Heaven Dust 2
    91% matchVery Positive90% of 861 reviews2022
    Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies. Heaven Dust 2 is a love letter to classic survival horror games featuring exploration, action, puzzles, and resource management.

    Why similar: Zombies 33.3%, Survival Horror 25.9%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 7.7%, Action-Adventure 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers tight, puzzle-box survival horror gameplay centered around surviving a sinister research facility outbreak.

  10. #10 ROUTINE
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 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: Survival Horror 21.8%, Stealth 19.9%, Space 14%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.4%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, sci-fi horror experience that captures the helpless feeling of being hunted in an isolated retro-future base.

  11. #11 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,306 reviews2012
    Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 36.1%, Horror 26.1%, Zombies 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Dark 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines a bleak psychological atmosphere with desperate survival horror elements in a twisted setting.

  12. #12 Starless
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2022
    Dev: MouseDeer
    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: Survival Horror 19.6%, Stealth 19.1%, Space 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Top-Down 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A bleak, sci-fi horror game focusing on survival, stealth, and managing desperate conditions in deep space.

  13. #13 Kohate
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 58 reviews2020
    Dev: DarkStone Digital
    Windows

    Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.

    Why similar: Stealth 24.2%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 15.8%, Space 11.1%, Dark 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Puts players in a high-tension, claustrophobic environment relying heavily on stealth and evasion to survive.

  14. #14 PATHOGEN X
    87% matchVery Positive81% of 308 reviews2024
    Dev: BraveCat'Studios
    Windows

    An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 33.7%, Zombies 30.9%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 8.6%, Action 4.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on fighting off grotesque viral outbreaks and zombies within confined, dangerous quarters.

  15. #15 Syndrome
    88% matchMixed64% of 373 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: Survival Horror 28.6%, Stealth 24.7%, Space 15.5%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 8%

    Why You'll Like It: Traps you on a desolate sci-fi research vessel crawling with terrifying mutants that demand stealth and scarce ammo.

  16. #16 project BLARI
    86% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2020
    Dev: MaxEstLa
    Windows

    Try to survive in this semi open horror game inspired by the ps1 graphic era.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Zombies 18.2%, Lovecraftian 16.9%, Horror 13.2%, Stylized 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival horror game that emphasizes desperate resource gathering and evasion against hostile terrors.

  17. #17 ZERO PROTOCOL
    85% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
    Dev: R_Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 41.9%, Stylized 15.2%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 9.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Features tight survival horror mechanics and psychological dread set inside a dark, atmospheric sci-fi facility.

  18. #18 The Consuming Shadow
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 430 reviews2015
    Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.9%, Survival Horror 25.9%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 5.6%, 2D 4.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends Lovecraftian dread and survival mechanics in a desperate race to stay alive against eldritch horrors.

  19. #19 Ad Infernum
    84% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
    Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Lovecraftian 22%, Stealth 15.8%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10%

    Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival horror experience that challenges players with oppressive dread and dangerous monster encounters.

  20. #20 Iron Blight
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 868 reviews2026
    Dev: Ronesans InteractivePub: Rock Paper Publisher
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Iron Blight is a survival horror game set in a cold, rainy Eastern Bloc town. You are trapped in a room as abominations claw at your door, with nowhere to run. You must survive the feverish night, uncover the horrors lurking in the shadows, and above all, find your wife, Valeria.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 44.8%, Zombies 17.1%, Horror 13%, Dark 9.9%, Stylized 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival horror game that demands meticulous inventory management and tactical combat against horrors.

  21. #21 Synthesis of Corruption
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2026
    Dev: VidyGames
    Windows

    Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Zombies 22.6%, Horror 21.7%, Puzzle 7.8%, Exploration 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A gritty sci-fi survival horror title packed with hostile mutations and claustrophobic corridors.

  22. #22 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2026
    Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
    Windows

    Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 30.5%, Zombies 29.1%, Horror 19.2%, Dark 14.8%, Action 3.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Delivers brutal, dark survival horror gameplay with a heavy focus on grotesque monster combat.

  23. #23 The Tower on the Borderland
    83% matchVery Positive86% of 72 reviews2024
    Dev: DascuMaru
    Windows

    A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland. Explore, survive and escape from a mysterious tower, inhabited by ghouls and monsters.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Survival Horror 21.4%, Zombies 18.9%, Horror 8.5%, Stylized 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines Lovecraftian horror themes with grueling survival combat and dark, oppressive exploration.

  24. #24 Antarctica 88
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 277 reviews2020
    Dev: Euphoria Games
    Windows

    Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.​

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A freezing, monster-infested horror adventure revolving around survival, puzzle solving, and combating grotesque creatures.

  25. #25 Decarnation
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,131 reviews2023
    Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.5%, Puzzle 7.9%

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  26. #26 DOCTOR VISCERA
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 126 reviews2025
    Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Stealth 27.2%, Horror 14.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Puzzle 8%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends survival horror and stealth mechanics in a tense, isolated environment.

  27. #27 Look Outside
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.2%, Survival Horror 29.1%, Horror 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Dark 5.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark, lo-fi survival horror game dripping with cosmic dread and eerie atmosphere.

  28. #28 Parasitic Evil
    79% matchVery Positive91% of 717 reviews2023
    Dev: R'sPub: Playmeow
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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    Why similar: Exploration 27.2%, Puzzle 26.9%, Action 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Involves battling hostile parasitic entities in a dark, atmospheric shooter setting.

  29. #29 Wrought Flesh
    80% matchMostly Positive74% of 816 reviews2021
    Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.

    Why similar: Horror 44.7%, Exploration 20.5%, Action 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Features extreme body horror themes where harvesting enemy flesh is key to surviving a hostile environment.

  30. #30 RATUZ
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 375 reviews2022
    Dev: Bad Coffee Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.

    Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, 2D 11%, Action 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie horror experience that challenges players to survive punishing and claustrophobic trials.

  31. #31 House
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,237 reviews2020
    Dev: Bark Bark Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

    Why similar: Horror 51.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Action 10.1%, 2D 9.7%, Puzzle 6.1%

  32. #32 SCP – Containment Breach
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,971 reviews2026
    Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
    Windows

    A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 29.5%, Horror 23.8%, Dark 10.1%, Stylized 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%

  33. #33 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
    77% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
    Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.

    Why similar: Zombies 27.7%, Survival Horror 27.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 6.4%

  34. #34 Deformed
    75% matchVery Positive95% of 176 reviews2024
    Dev: Deformed Studios
    Windows

    Single player horror game set in an underground lab. Kill monsters and escape.

    Why similar: Exploration 100%

  35. #35 HYPERVIOLENT
    75% matchMixed58% of 529 reviews2025
    Dev: nfoPRINCEPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  36. #36 GARAGE: Bad Trip
    76% matchMixed67% of 818 reviews2018
    Dev: Zombie DynamicsPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Mac
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  37. #37 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 131 reviews2025
    Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
    Windows

    Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.

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  38. #38 Zombie Shooter
    76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,346 reviews2009
    Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%

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  39. #39 The Lacerator
    71% matchVery Positive99% of 203 reviews2025
    Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: DreadXP
    Windows

    Lose a limb? You’ll adapt in THE LACERATOR! A titillating mix of survival horror and trashy 80’s film.

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  40. #40 Hidden Deep
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,101 reviews2022
    Dev: Cogwheel SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

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    74% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: Anxious Neck Games
    Windows

    You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!

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  42. #42 DYSTHANASIA
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 362 reviews2025
    Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
    Windows

    You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

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    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2026
    Dev: Influsion Inc.
    Windows

    A claustrophobic ocean liner, relentless cultists, and horrific monstrosities. Inspired by classic survival horror like Resident Evil, gather clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. Where fanaticism and salvation collide, you must make choices beyond mere survival.

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  44. #44 OVERWRITE
    72% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2023
    Dev: ツノウサギの家
    Windows

    Overwrite each other. A story-driven exploration adventure shaped by tragedy. ― I woke up in a research facility. And... someone was already inside me. (I initiated the experiment at this research facility.) (My first—and final—experiment for my sake. I staked everything on it.)

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  45. #45 It Steals
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,409 reviews2020
    Dev: Zeekerss
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

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  46. #46 Subterrain
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,399 reviews2016
    Dev: Pixellore Inc
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

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  47. #47 Dark Matter
    74% matchMixed45% of 265 reviews2013
    Dev: InterWave StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 41.6%, Action 30.8%, Horror 27.6%

  48. #48 Lost in Vivo
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,007 reviews2018
    Dev: KIRA
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Lovecraftian 32.9%, Horror 21.4%, Stylized 7.7%, Atmospheric 4.7%

  49. #49 Project Liminal 2
    68% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
    Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
    Windows

    Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

    Why similar: Minimalist 26.4%, Action 14.7%, Puzzle 14.2%, Stylized 12.8%, Exploration 10.3%

  50. #50 Ex Vitro
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 154 reviews2024
    Dev: Evolver Dynamics
    Windows

    EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

    Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Exploration 18.7%, Dark 15.9%, 2D 14.2%, Action 10.6%

  51. #51 JANITOR BLEEDS
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
    Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

    Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Dark 19.2%, Puzzle 14.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

  52. #52 CULTIC
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,749 reviews2022
    Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.

    Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Dark 17.4%, Stylized 13.8%, Action 12.5%

  53. #53 Voyager-19
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,023 reviews2024
    Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 30%

    A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Space 24.9%, Horror 23%, Puzzle 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%

  54. #54 Never Forgotten
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
    Dev: Cody Hodge
    Windows

    A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 13.6%, Minimalist 11.2%, Dark 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

  55. #55 Idols of Ash
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,529 reviews2026
    Dev: Leafy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.

    Why similar: Horror 45.4%, Dark 25.7%, Exploration 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Action 7.7%

  56. #56 Super Lone Survivor
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2022
    Dev: SuperflatPub: Superflat Games
    Windows

    The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, Stealth 23.4%, Horror 14.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 6.3%

  57. #57 Tunnels of Despair
    70% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
    Dev: BearFighterDev
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Zombies 21.8%, Stealth 17.2%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 6.3%

  58. #58 Infectious
    69% matchMixed66% of 83 reviews2020
    Dev: Ziggy Makes Games
    Windows

    Play as a lethal virus infecting various organs in your host's body while trying to outsmart the immune cells that seek to eliminate you and your kind. Generate clones and watch them propagate, infecting cells and taking down bosses.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 46.9%, Stealth 38.7%, Action 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%, 2D 3.4%

  59. #59 Operator8
    66% matchVery Positive80% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: Aligned Games
    Windows

    An unparalleled alien invasion has overwhelmed the Mining Block Facility on the moon Triton, leaving only death and horror in its wake. You are a mercenary known as Operator8 and you alone have been called in to bring a stop to this fierce attack. Destroy the hive mind at all costs!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 36%, Space 21.6%, Horror 17.3%, Noir 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

  60. #60 The Heilwald Loophole
    66% matchVery Positive97% of 373 reviews2022
    Dev: Jan Malitschek
    Windows

    The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Stealth 24.5%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 11.6%, Exploration 5.8%

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