Games Like Escape from Darkness

Tenebris is a single player horror puzzle game. Traverse through eerie abandoned subway station while avoiding a mysterious creature to try and escape. Players have to manage your flashlight battery and noise carefully as they navigate a procedurally generated maze.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Stealth 20%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 9%, First-Person 7.3%

Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.

Why similar: Stealth 20.5%, Survival Horror 20%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Dark 8.4%

Psych Rift is an action-adventure set in a secret research facility overtaken by a dark entity, where you must survive reality-breaking encounters, terrifying monsters and impossible mazes. Avoid deadly traps, solve puzzles with physics, and employ peculiar devices in a one-of-a-kind adventure.

Why similar: Stealth 19.1%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 9.6%, Physics 8.8%

Something is hunting you in the dark. Descend into buried Egyptian tombs in a first-person psychological survival horror, where your only light is a dwindling candle and your only hope is whatever scraps you can scavenge and craft before it finds you.

Why similar: Stealth 21.9%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Horror 13%, First-Person 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%

Freak Accident is a first-person survival horror game. Stay silent and hidden to escape a violent serial killer. Explore to uncover the mystery behind a killer’s past and the tragic events that fell on his family. Find clues and items to escape an intense nightmare of being hunted by a psychopath.

Why similar: Stealth 21.6%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 9.4%, Gore 7.4%

SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Stealth 14.8%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.5%, Realistic 7.1%

It Reaches is a first person horror game, captured through the lens of a police officer’s body cam. Trapped inside the facilities of an abandoned hospital, find a way to escape the horrors lurking underground. Uncover a dark mystery left behind and don't get caught! They will reach for you…

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.4%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 12.8%, Realistic 10.6%, Gore 5.1%

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Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Stealth 16.4%, Dark 13%, Horror 12.6%, Realistic 8.2%

Silent Whisper is a single-player horror game that takes you into an abandoned school with a haunting past. What begins as simple exploration turns into a nightmare. Navigate its decaying halls, uncover dark secrets, and do whatever it takes to escape—or risk becoming another victim.

Why similar: Stealth 21.6%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8%

An unmissable survival horror experience with satisfying physics, haunting ambience, and terrifying encounters. Can you escape the horrors of Shaw Well Manor?

Why similar: Stealth 20.4%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 15.7%, Physics 10.8%, Puzzle 8.8%

Hazy and disoriented, you awake in a prison cell with no memory of who you are or why you're here. Break free of your isolation and explore the abandoned hallways for a way out, guided by mysterious messages warning you to avoid the basement.

Why similar: Stealth 21%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 7.8%

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵, 𝘙𝘶𝘯. Play as Abigail in her quest to find her grandmother in a cursed forest. Use your spellcasting abilities to hide from various dangers. Will you survive the night?

Why similar: Stealth 20.4%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Horror 15.8%, Gore 10.1%, Dark 7.1%

Take on the role of a defenseless man in this survival-horror game and experience frightening evil firsthand: A trap leads you straight into a gloomy mansion where gruesome things are going on. A creepy life and death adventure begins that will take you to dark cellars, jails and even worse places..

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Stealth 15.3%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 7.4%

Escape is a single player horror game that challenges players to find their way through each maze, collecting items to escape, and avoiding creatures of the night. Any turn may be the wrong one.

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Stealth 15.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Survival Horror 9%, Puzzle 8.4%

SECOND SHIFT is a first-person game that immerses the player in a deep and intense horror atmosphere. Using a mysterious clock, you must uncover terrifying secrets while trying to escape the mine. Solve puzzles, pay attention to your surroundings, and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 12.8%, Exploration 8.1%, Stealth 7.7%

a horror like game you scavenge batteries and rescue playful clownlings while sneaking, puzzling, and hacking your way to destroy the firewall. But beware for unforeseen IT security rooming and destroying all anomalies.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25%, Stealth 23.4%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.5%, Gore 5.1%

HELLSEED is a first-person horror adventure that combines puzzles, action, and a chilling narrative. In a dark world full of supernatural threats, you’ll need to solve complex puzzles and manage your sanity. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it's a journey into the depths of terror.

Why similar: Stealth 21.3%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 7.8%, Exploration 7.3%

Portens is a first-person survival horror game based on the urban legends of Buenos Aires. Set at Pasco 2100, an abandoned Line A subway station. Explore its corridors, manage your resources to survive, solve the mysteries it hides, and escape the threats lurking inside.

Why similar: Stealth 23.3%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 6.2%, Dark 5.8%

Porcupine's Fate is an atmospheric first-person sci-fi horror shooter with puzzles, mysteries, and melancholic undertones. This is Chapter 1 in a six-chapter game.

Why similar: Stealth 17.4%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 9.8%, Gore 9.5%

An infinitely replayable stealth horror game set in high school. Try to escape alone or with up to five friends as you navigate destructible environments and randomized level layouts. Face off against a smart AI opponent that develops new abilities the more you play.

Why similar: Stealth 23.4%, Survival Horror 19%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 7.9%, Action-Adventure 6.4%

An atmospheric first-person survival horror set in an abandoned industrial wasteland overtaken by tall grass. Listen closely to the mysterious sounds of the night, hide from a relentless predator, scavenge for key items, uncover the secrets of this place, and find a way to escape.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Stealth 23%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%, Dark 8.4%

A free survival horror game set in a cornfield. Sneak around on the farm, solve puzzles and uncover the mysteries of the past! Try not to get lost in the corn...

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Stealth 18.8%, Physics 11.2%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.4%

A survival horror game set in a seemingly abandoned space ship by Intellicialis. An A.I. has gone rogue. You encounter a mysterious dark figure, highly intelligent monsters, and more questions than answers. To survive, you must explore, collect items, craft, solve puzzles, hide, run... and pray.

Why similar: Stealth 20.3%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 11.2%, Physics 9.6%, Dark 8.8%

Strapped to a bodycam, you must escape a giant snake across isolated environments. Use various power‑ups to formulate an escape strategy, rely on the map and compass to locate your extraction pod, and don't get digested.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.6%, Stealth 18.2%, Horror 12.3%, Realistic 9.6%, Physics 8.8%

You wake up alone on a mysterious subway train. Can you find the true story ? Solve puzzles and escape… before the thing in the shadows finds you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 15.8%, Stealth 14.4%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 8.9%

Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.6%, Stealth 16.3%, Horror 12.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 7.8%

Explore the Archaeological Park in Sardinia in search of Ellie, your girlfriend who vanished after her work shift. Uncover the dark connection between Lithus Corporation and Ellie’s fate and stay silent: something is hunting you.

Why similar: Stealth 26.7%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%

35 dead students, dozens of silenced parents, and one police coverup later you decide it's time to take matters into your own hands. You descend into the depths of your high school to figure out what really happened to your classmates.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Stealth 12.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 9.4%

Fear and anxiety ravage your mind in Head Worms, a survival horror filled with perpetual terror and disorienting challenges.

Why similar: Stealth 24.1%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 15.8%, Action-Adventure 6.4%, Gore 5.7%

Noiseless is a first-person survival horror game. You follow the story of a freelance investigative journalist who tries to uncover the secrets of the Gaudium Hospital.

Why similar: Stealth 20.6%, Survival Horror 19%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.9%, Realistic 8%

90s VHS Found Footage Survival Horror in Paris Catacombs. Relive Paris' dark memories and relive the lost explorers experience through the recording itself. See if you can alter the outcome.

Why similar: Stealth 20.2%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 12.2%, Gore 8.8%, Dark 7.2%

Uncle's Basement is a survival horror game with puzzle solving elements. In it you will have to go through all the difficulties and find a way out of the place of confinement.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Dark 13.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 10.2%

A first-person stealth horror where your actions don’t just alert the enemy — they transform him. Explore, hide, and adapt as he mirrors your every move.

Why similar: Stealth 24.5%, Survival Horror 23%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 5.6%

Zack has a simple choice.. Run. Escape. Survive. With lots of puzzles to solve, Keys to find, Puzzle items to obtain to help progress through the game to lead to your escape. Will you live to tell the tale of JJ Randalls Orphanage?

Why similar: Stealth 22.7%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Dark 8.7%, Realistic 8.4%, Exploration 8.3%

Descend into the depths of the Blocker Library, a place where darkness and terror intertwine. Solve puzzles, confront unique and horrifying monsters, and uncover the chilling story of this establishment. Will you find a way out, or will you become another dark page in this twisted tale of horror?

Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Dark 15.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Puzzle 9.4%

A police detective returns to his abandoned hometown, where he must confront his past and an unsolved case draped in shadows. Follow Peter Bennet through a first-person, puzzle-solving horror game, and sample the mystery and heavy atmosphere of Westwood Shadows.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Horror 13.2%, Stealth 12.1%, Dark 10.3%, Gore 9%

Immerse yourself in the dark atmosphere of the horror game 'Run Away'. You will have to explore a hospital where terrible secrets and evil monsters are hiding. Solve puzzles, fight for your life to uncover the dark truth hidden within these walls.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Stealth 16.7%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.2%, Gore 8.7%

Blender would love to have you for dinner. Dinner is served at 6 o' clock. You have until then to escape.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Stealth 25.4%, Horror 20.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 5.5%

Desperate and out of options, you break into what you thought was an empty house, but little do you know the owner is home, and you're his prey. LOOT, HIDE, SURVIVE and ESCAPE alone or with a friend.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Stealth 15.8%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 14%, Realistic 9.1%

You have to escape Granny and Grandpa...You have five days...

Why similar: Horror 16.8%, Stealth 16.5%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Dark 10.8%, First-Person 9.1%

20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.

Why similar: Stealth 25.4%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 14.2%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%

Thirty years ago, a tragedy silenced the studio. Now you're back... and so is Mr. Grin. In this first-person survival horror, scavenge badges, rewire circuits, crack safes. Stay out of sight. One sound and you die. He's not hunting you. He's directing you. His script. Your survival.

Why similar: Stealth 27%, Survival Horror 26.7%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 7.7%, First-Person 5%

Down With Fear: is a single-player survival horror game set in the 90s in a military hospital. Your goal is to overcome the enemys who are waiting there for you by hide from them, find items that reveal you new paths and by some enemys there is no other option but to run away to survive!

Why similar: Stealth 20%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Realistic 9.7%

A late-night delivery turns into a PSX nightmare. Trapped in a house with a killer, you must solve puzzles and hide to survive. Multiple endings and authentic VHS visuals. Can you escape the rot?

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Stealth 16.4%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Gore 6.5%

Corduroy Hollow® is a first-person survival horror game set in a decrepit house in the middle of the woods tainted by evil and the occult. Discover the truth. Escape the mansion. Above all, fear the Corduroy Demon…and survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.7%, Horror 15.6%, Stealth 11.3%, Puzzle 9%, Dark 8.7%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.9%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 13.3%, Stealth 8.6%, First-Person 7.2%

EXPERIMENTS is a first person horror game about escaping a research facility while being hunted by a creature

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Stealth 23.5%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 9.8%, Action 6.9%

Speechless is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, emotional storytelling, repetition, and environmental transformation

Why similar: Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, First-Person 9.6%

In Specimen 13 you play as one of five survivors (or a traitor) who find themselves as unwilling subjects in an experiment set on a mysterious island. Alternatively, play as the Specimen and prevent the survivors from escaping through the underground elevator.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Stealth 21.9%, Horror 14.6%, PvE 10%, Exploration 8.9%

Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Horror 16.6%, Stealth 16.6%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 8.9%

Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Survival Horror 17%, Stealth 12.3%, Dark 10.8%, Violent 9.4%

Lightout is a first-person psychological horror game with puzzles, Which takes place in an abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Stealth 17%, Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Dark 11%, Realistic 8.1%

When your wife returns to the cursed village of her childhood nightmares, you follow. As a man of science, you are immune to the forest's hypnotic song, so it sends its monsters instead. Scavenge, hide, and survive in this first-person psychological survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Horror 16%, Gore 15%, Stealth 12.5%, Dark 9.2%

Survive a deadly clown in a haunted amusement park. Solve puzzles, search for items, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park is a first-person horror game with multiple endings, tense stealth, and terrifying moments.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Stealth 18.6%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 9.4%, Puzzle 6.7%

Synthetic Captive is a first-person stealth escape game designed to reveal that the most terrifying monsters originate from the human mind. In this dungeon, escape is nearly impossible. You play as the protagonist, exploring the dungeon prison, struggling to survive and escape.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Stealth 20.1%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 9%, Violent 7.6%

Lurking is a first-person survival horror game set in a building infested by giant spiders. Search for tools and weapons to fight back and survive. Find a way out before you're eaten alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 15%, Gore 13.8%, Stealth 11.3%, First-Person 8.6%

Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.

Why similar: Stealth 22.2%, Horror 20.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, Physics 9.5%, Dark 9.3%

You're trapped inside a series of mazes with a killer clown. Find the 8 playing cards to banish him before he finds you. Can you escape?

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Stealth 24.2%, Horror 17.4%, Exploration 9%, Action-Adventure 5.7%

You have to escape Granny and Grandpa...You have five days...

Why similar: Stealth 21.2%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 12.9%, Gore 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.4%

Co-op horror where the Station watches you. Complete missions, scavenge loot, and upgrade your gear across deadly runs. The Station Director learns your squad's habits, your fears, your greed, your routines, and adapts every run to break them

Why similar: Stealth 21.5%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9%