- #1 Victor Lawson
97% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 1tempobro
Windows
Julian Darnell returns to the eerie orphanage he once escaped, only to find it consumed by supernatural phenomena. Guide Julian as he evades a terrifying dark entity and uncovers the grim secrets hidden within these walls in this atmospheric survival horror experience.
Why similar: Animation & Modeling 44.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Action 10.1%, Realistic 6%
- #2 Nightmare Halls
96% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Laser Legend Games
Windows
Nightmare Halls is a short psychological horror game set in a mansion where you have to find your way out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, 3D Platformer 17%, Adventure 14.9%, Action 14.7%, First-Person 6.9%
- #3 Blinkhead
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ThisToeThisTailPub: Unalikeyard
Windows
Blinghead is a dark, surreal first-person psychological puzzle game. Trapped in a shifting, dreamlike world, you must rely on logic and keen observation to solve each mystery and move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 8.2%
- #4 Overtime Pay
95% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: ObazuPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
As the clock strikes midnight, you find yourself trapped within the oppressive confines of a desolate office. Your task seems straightforward: Keep putting the correct paper in the correct place and you might find yourself entitled to overtime pay. And will you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 13%, Horror 8.2%, Gore 7.5%
- #5 Get Them To Safety
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Dream Dimension
Windows
You are a father trying to guide his children to safety through a terrifying, creature-infested world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Adventure 19.6%, Realistic 12.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Gore 7.8%
- #6 Birdcage: A Tale of Sorrow
94% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Box GamesPub: Médicos del Mundo
Windows
After a robbery, you find yourself trapped in a stranger's apartment and must escape without being seen by the police. To do this, you will need to gain the help of its strange resident and unravel the mysteries surrounding her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Adventure 19.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Realistic 9%
- #7 GÖREV
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Alperen sunar
Windows
After a catastrophic accident at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station the entire facility was plunged into darkness and evacuated Critical classified documents were left behind We have been assigned to retrieve them If you knew what hides behind those armored doors you would neveraccept thismission
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, 3D Platformer 18.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Action 10.3%, Realistic 9.5%
- #8 The door you can never open
92% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: MKdir Studio
Windows
Take care of your ailing father while facing a disturbing presence that distorts reality around you in this short psychological horror experience. Your choices matter, and opening the wrong door might be your last.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, First-Person 7.9%, Dark 6.4%
- #9 Look at me
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dream of Guinea Pigs
Windows
"This horror game is inspired by elements of Little Nightmares 2 and SCP. Players must solve puzzles and complete tasks (e.g., entering a password) while being chased by a clown. If you’re looking for a thrill, this game is for you."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Action 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%, 3D 6.8%
- #10 河神:沉溺之流
91% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Screations
Windows
踏上《河神:沉溺之流》的旅程,在那里一个古老的村庄与深入其骨髓的诅咒斗争。揭开一个邪恶祭司的秘密,他的黑暗仪式将村庄与生死界限之外的领域连接在一起。
Why similar: Adventure 18.4%, Action 18.1%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 7.3%
- #11 End of Night
90% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: MakropolPub: Astrea
Windows
1943. You are sitting in a boat with Josef, rowing from Nazi-occupied Denmark to safety in neutral Sweden. As he crosses the ocean, the sea gives way to the streets and people that populate his mind. Your journey becomes a living landscape of recollections from the night of his escape.
Why similar: Animation & Modeling 59.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 5.6%, Indie 0.9%
- #12 HAUNTED STREAMER
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PrankMaker
Windows
Live-stream Japan’s most haunted ruins. Capture ghosts, grow your channel… and survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Adventure 19.5%, 3D Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #13 Get off Work
89% matchMixed50% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: 1tempobro
Windows
After coming home from work, the usual atmosphere is different. Suddenly, someone appears and starts giving you terrifying and strange tasks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Adventure 20.1%, Action 19.9%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #14 This is the last time
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Zelldon
Windows
This is the Last Time is a minimalist first-person narrative game with a dark and heavy atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Adventure 22.3%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #15 The Haunting Eyes
87% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: vivmaxPub: Large Lake Team
Windows
The Haunting Eyes is a game in which you have to break into an abandoned mansion and solve its mystery by collecting bags of gold.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 19.4%, Adventure 16.5%, Action 16.2%, Realistic 8.9%, First-Person 6.8%
- #16 Levana Horror Tale
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Psychedelic 14.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 9.1%, Realistic 7%
- #17 Cursed Hospital
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KaashFusionStudio
Windows
In a haunted hospital, a vengeful ghost kills nurses and doctors. As an investigator, uncover the truth behind the deaths through clues and puzzles. Evade the ghost’s wrath, confront it in a chilling ritual, and banish the spirit to end the terror—or become its next victim.
Why similar: Animation & Modeling 46.5% ★, 3D Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle 8%, Action 5.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #18 There Is Nothing There
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lupercal
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Action 15.2%, Realistic 7.5%, Exploration 6.5%
- #19 The Secret of Whispering
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Teo Games
Windows
The Secret of Whispering is a psychological horror puzzle game. The player is lured into an abandoned house by mysterious calls. As he explores the eerie property, he uncovers dark secrets and is drawn into a maelstrom of puzzles and gruesome revelations.
Why similar: Adventure 22.6%, Puzzle 16.6%, Realistic 13.3%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 10.4%
- #20 Yellowcreek Stories - The Cabin Watcher
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Carlos Azuaga
Windows
A masked killer hunts you in the dark. Manage noise and light, hide quickly, and survive this intense 60–90 minute first-person stealth horror experience inspired by classic 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Adventure 15.1%, 1980s 12%, Exploration 8.2%, Realistic 8.1%
- #21 WunderHause
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polygremlin
Windows
Roy Harker is a washed-up journalist at a dying paper when a mysterious informant points him to the infamous Wunderhause Studio. Follow the twisted path to truth in the narrative driven & blood-soaked nightmare of Wunderhause.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Action 14.2%, Realistic 10.7%, First-Person 8.3%, 3D 6%
- #22 Story 210
75% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You arrive home and notice that something very bad has happened to your wife.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.4%, Realistic 7.2%
- #23 Reach the top
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Stefan Videv
Windows
Challenge yourself in this dark-ominous indie game. Navigate 3D world filled with obstacles & diverse movement options. Master platforming & flight as you soar in the air, dodge obstacles and enemies in order to reach the very top.
Why similar: Animation & Modeling 45.2% ★, 3D Platformer 20.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #24 Off Shore
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panic Bot Games
Windows
Off Shore is a first person survival horror game with a nautical theme. You must survive while solving puzzles in hopes of being rescued from a derelict lighthouse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Adventure 17.7%, Action 14.5%, Exploration 8.5%, Realistic 7.8%
- #25 Gion Corridor
73% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Burg Game StudioPub: burg
Windows
Set against the backdrop of a Japanese-style townscape reminiscent of Gion, this exploration-based horror game involves searching for “anomalies” and offering prayers. A work dedicated to those who feel bored with their daily lives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 16.9%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #26 Truth or Dare
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mixa Vision
Windows
What starts as a simple dare quickly turns into a fight for survival as Claire and Jamie explore the dark, abandoned rooms, solve eerie puzzles, and uncover the terrifying truth behind the family’s death. Can they escape, or will they become the house’s next victims?
Why similar: 3D Platformer 26.7%, Adventure 23.4%, Puzzle 17.4%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #27 DEMON COMPASS
71% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 11.2%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 8.6%
- #28 Depth Perception
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Man Symphony
Windows
It’s the 1980s. A rural cop investigates a fellow officer’s disappearance. With limited ammo and failing gear, you'll explore eerie landscapes, piece together clues, and face your own fears; no jumpscares, just tense psychological unraveling. Will you find the truth… or lose yourself?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Psychedelic 14.9%, 1980s 11.9%, Puzzle 8.1%, Realistic 8%
- #29 task: 312
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: qDev
Windows
Standing out with its story and different experience, task wants to see how you can overcome difficult obstacles!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, 3D Platformer 19.6%, Puzzle 12.7%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 7.8%
- #30 Blackhall
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: André ÅkessonPub: Anton Segovia Lundh
Windows
Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Adventure 17.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #31 Clausum
72% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.
Why similar: Puzzle 11.5%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Horror 8.3%
- #32 Backrooms: Realism
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GeorgeisthebestPub: Stuart Dupree
Windows
You’ve slipped into the Backrooms — an endless maze that watches your back. Keep your sanity, hunger, and thirst in check as horrific entities stalk you throughout the halls.
Why similar: Adventure 19.2%, Action 18.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Realistic 10.1%
- #33 Seductive Solitude
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astra Studio
Windows · Mac
Seductive Solitude is a horror psycho game. Where you need to escape from the family Smiths house, because this house is not normal. The more time you are there, the crazier it gets. Can you escape the Smith family before it's too late and uncover their secret?
Why similar: 3D Platformer 16.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 8.6%, Dark 8.5%
- #34 Windows Separate Worlds: Chapter 1
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Raxverse
Windows
Journey through surreal digital realms as a newly conscious bot seeking meaning in existence. Discover this world where the abstract, arcane, and future fuse together in this surrealist environment.
Why similar: Animation & Modeling 48.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, 3D Platformer 14.7%, Psychedelic 6.6%, Realistic 5.5%
- #35 SCHIZOPHRENIA
68% matchMixed70% of 201 reviews2025
Dev: TheCourget
Windows
SCHIZOPHRENIA. A psychological horror game, which will immerse you in a dark, sad, environment. This bastard is knocking, wake up, and open the door now. First game of TheCourget. Created by TheCourget
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, 1980s 13.4%, Realistic 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 8.2%
- #36 공포의 PC방
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Nexroad entertainment
Windows
This is a horror adventure game developed solely by a Korean high school student. This PC room was once incredibly popular, but one day, customers started disappearing, forcing the PC room to close. Years later, someone enters the PC room...
Why similar: Adventure 26.4%, Action 26.2%, Puzzle 18.9%, Exploration 12.7%, 3D 7.9%
- #37 Beneath The Backrooms
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Norman Collonville
Windows
Beneath the Backrooms is an horror and exploration game; Lost in the Backrooms, your character will have to fight his/her mental health problems and monstrous creatures. In the darkness.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.7%, Adventure 19%, Action 18.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Realistic 9.5%
- #38 Orange Life
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bonea Ionut Daniel
Windows
Step into the bittersweet chaos of Orange Life — a narrative-driven game where every choice matters and nothing is quite what it seems
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Adventure 16.8%, 3D Platformer 16.5%, Action 16.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #39 BoltHalt
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BoltHalt Inc.
Windows · Mac
“BoltHalt” is the story of a protagonist being mute upon waking up in a hospital room. Their left and right brain (logical and emotional) speak to them, convincing him/her to make certain logical or emotional driven decisions which progress the story.
Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Action 30.3%, Indie 2.3%
- #40 つめたい夏
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: TA game creators
Windows
This is a new type of ADV game that uses both 2D and 3D. It is important to clear the various stages prepared by the programmer for each stage.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Action 9.7%, Realistic 8.3%
- #41 Crossline
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mor. Game Studio
Windows
You are an ecologist forced onto a sudden rescue mission inside a secret complex. Face parallel worlds and creatures unknown to science. Piece together the events that led to the tragic disaster and uncover the facility's dark secrets before the cold and madness consume you.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Violent 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #42 UNCURSED
66% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: AJB GAMES STUDIO
Windows
A chilling horror experience. Return to your grandmother's house, only to discover a terrifying nightmare. Can you survive the horrors that await you?
Why similar: Adventure 21.8%, Action 21.5%, Realistic 13.9%, Gore 9.3%, Violent 8.5%
- #43 Terror On The Bayou
67% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Murky Water Studios
Windows
Terror on the Bayou is a 3rd person, exploration horror game where you must navigate your canoe through a hostile bog, alone and afraid. Will you take up the mantle of lighthouse keeper to keep the bayou safe, or will you become prey along the way?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Adventure 19.8%, Action 16.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Violent 6.9%
- #44 かいき LoopDown
67% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: KANEGON GAMES
Windows
You wake up in an unfamiliar building. You have to get out of here. You go down the stairs and go down the corridor to reach the same stairs again. The world repeats itself over and over, but each time it repeats itself, something changes. Eternal return. Can you escape from this looping world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Realistic 10.4%, First-Person 8%
- #45 Only A Dream
67% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: FearScape Entertainment
Windows
You go to sleep one night, only to wake up in an unfamiliar cave-like place! Try to escape the strange cave and get back to "reality" in this horror/puzzle adventure game, but beware, for you... are... not... alone....
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Realistic 9.5%, Exploration 9.5%
- #46 Cryphora
66% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: LuN
Windows
A remote mountain cabin, a raging snowstorm, and the line between reality and madness begins to blur. Make difficult choices, explore surreal worlds, and confront what waits in the dark.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Psychedelic 18.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%