- #1 Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
97% matchVery Positive84% of 6,023 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
"Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories" is a series of co-operative escape-room style puzzle scenarios. Each one is sure to test your wits as you try to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of your escape.
Why similar: Escape Room 30% ★, Multiplayer 22.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Investigation 9.9%, Horror 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a high-quality, free-to-play cooperative escape experience that mirrors the investigative puzzle-solving of the seed game.
- #2 We Were Here
96% matchVery Positive90% of 32,607 reviews2017
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?
Why similar: Escape Room 29.5% ★, Multiplayer 20.3%, Horror 14.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Puzzle 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: As a cornerstone of the co-op puzzle genre, it requires constant communication to solve complex escape-room challenges in a snowy, eerie environment.
- #3 Escape Simulator
96% matchVery Positive94% of 19,146 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Why similar: Escape Room 36.2% ★, Multiplayer 28.9%, Puzzle 18.4%, Investigation 7.9%, First-Person 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a polished, first-person escape room experience with a wide variety of community-created levels and cooperative support.
- #4 In Sink: A Co-Op Escape Prologue
95% matchVery Positive90% of 5,870 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Out GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Play an early version of the first level for free! Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.
Why similar: Escape Room 40.4% ★, Multiplayer 28.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, Logic 6%, First-Person 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on synchronized puzzle-solving between two players, capturing the collaborative spirit of the seed game.
- #5 Inside the Backrooms
94% matchVery Positive80% of 46,225 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Multiplayer 40.6%, Horror 29.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, First-Person 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends intense psychological horror with escape-room mechanics, perfect for players who enjoyed the creepy atmosphere of their colleague's trap.
- #6 We Were Here Forever
93% matchVery Positive91% of 18,345 reviews2022
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?
Why similar: Escape Room 34.5% ★, Multiplayer 19.2%, Puzzle 12.6%, Detective 9%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: The most expansive entry in its series, offering deep, atmospheric puzzles that require perfect coordination to escape.
- #7 Unsolved Case
92% matchVery Positive88% of 6,471 reviews2022
Dev: Eleven Puzzles
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A new lead turns up old doubts about an 'Unsolved Case'. A trap, or a copycat killer? In this co-op puzzle game prequel to the award-winning Cryptic Killer series, put on your detective badges as you collaborate and communicate to crack the codes, solve the riddles, and catch the Cryptic Killer.
Why similar: Escape Room 29.3% ★, Multiplayer 17%, Investigation 13.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Detective 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This prequel to the We Were Here series offers a free, bite-sized co-op puzzle experience that tests your ability to work together under pressure.
- #8 Tales of Escape
94% matchMixed60% of 2,190 reviews2017
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
"Tales of Escape" is a series of 6 person multiplayer escape room adventures for virtual reality or desktop pc! Gather your friends and choose a story to play!
Why similar: Multiplayer 34.1%, Puzzle 20.3%, Horror 20.1%, Investigation 16.1%, First-Person 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of distinct, free-to-play escape rooms that capture the classic 'locked-in' feeling of the seed game.
- #9 Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist
91% matchVery Positive86% of 527 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a master thief who has been hired to rob a mysterious mansion, filled with various puzzles. Do you think you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that await you in the mansion.
Why similar: Escape Room 28.8% ★, Multiplayer 18.8%, Investigation 13.9%, Detective 10.4%, Puzzle 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A well-crafted cooperative escape game that emphasizes logic and exploration within a detailed environment.
- #10 First Class Escape: The Train of Thought
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 495 reviews2021
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"First Class Escape: The Train of Thought" is a co-operative atmospheric escape room puzzle game, set in a beautifully realized vintage train. Do you think you have what it takes to solve the puzzles and escape the train?
Why similar: Escape Room 27.1% ★, Multiplayer 17.3%, Investigation 17.1%, Detective 9.5%, Puzzle 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a thematic escape room experience that relies on environmental clues and teamwork to progress.
- #11 Mad Experiments: Escape Room
90% matchMixed66% of 422 reviews2020
Dev: PlayTogether Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Award-nominated escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.
Why similar: Escape Room 23.5% ★, Multiplayer 23.3%, Investigation 15.7%, Detective 8.9%, Logic 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong narrative focus and atmospheric puzzles that feel very similar to the investigation-heavy gameplay of the seed.
- #12 Escape From School
89% matchMixed61% of 1,624 reviews2021
Dev: Tudor Sandru
Windows
Confused, you wake up sucked into an empty classroom. You have to try to escape from school by solving puzzles and discovering secrets.
Why similar: Multiplayer 30.4%, Escape Room 27.8% ★, Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, First-Person 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines the horror of being trapped in a familiar location with cooperative puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #13 The Experiment: Escape Room
89% matchMixed54% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?
Why similar: Escape Room 40.7% ★, Multiplayer 28.8%, Puzzle 11.4%, Horror 11.3%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused escape game that emphasizes environmental interaction and logic puzzles.
- #14 Escape the Clinic
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 417 reviews2020
Dev: JubleLemonSeed
Windows
A first-person puzzle horror game. Solve clues, find hints, discover keys, and use passwords to navigate the haunted Clinic and find a way out.
Why similar: Multiplayer 38.5%, Horror 34.1%, Puzzle 27.5%
Why You'll Like It: The medical setting and horror undertones make this a direct thematic match for the seed game.
- #15 Escape Memoirs: Safe House
85% matchVery Positive90% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
"Escape Memoirs: Safe House" is a co-operative reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a member of a criminal organization who must break into one of their own safe houses to fetch some important tools. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the puzzles that stand in your way?
Why similar: Escape Room 27.7% ★, Multiplayer 18.7%, Investigation 17.8%, Logic 10%, Puzzle 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A recent addition to the series that focuses on tight, logical puzzle design in a confined setting.
- #16 We Were Here Too
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,043 reviews2018
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Escape Room 28.3% ★, Multiplayer 16.6%, Investigation 16.4%, Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This entry continues the series' tradition of asymmetrical puzzle-solving, where players must describe what they see to their partner.
- #17 Escape First
87% matchMixed66% of 442 reviews2018
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
"Escape First" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
Why similar: Multiplayer 27.6%, Horror 17.3%, Investigation 16.8%, Puzzle 14.6%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A solid, classic escape room simulator that provides multiple scenarios for players to tackle together.
- #18 Escape First 2
86% matchMixed54% of 293 reviews2019
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Horror 17.5%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Logic 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sequel that refines the escape room mechanics, offering more complex puzzles and varied environments.
- #19 First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds
84% matchVery Positive82% of 275 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds" is a co-operative atmospheric escape-room-style puzzle game, set in a beautiful luxury airship. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the challenges that await you on the airship?
Why similar: Escape Room 28.3% ★, Multiplayer 18.1%, Investigation 17%, Puzzle 9.7%, Detective 9%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original train setting with more intricate puzzles and a polished cooperative experience.
- #20 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
82% matchVery Positive90% of 10,672 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Multiplayer 32.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Crime 6.4%, First-Person 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-driven, it captures the psychological horror and tension of being trapped in a vulnerable location.
- #21 Escape First 3
84% matchMixed63% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"Escape First 3" is the third installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
Why similar: Multiplayer 27.3%, Puzzle 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Detective 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the series with high-quality, atmospheric escape rooms that are best enjoyed with friends.
- #22 Malum Escape
83% matchMixed43% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: MalumGames
Windows
Experience a short co-op Escape Room set in the Malum universe. Trapped in an atmospheric horror house, you and your team must solve puzzles to escape. Will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Escape Room 46% ★, Horror 15.8%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed escape room that forces players to navigate dark, puzzle-filled dungeons together.
- #23 Emissary Zero
81% matchVery Positive84% of 3,022 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Multiplayer 29.4%, Escape Room 24.6% ★, Horror 21.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, Psychological Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror experience that leans into psychological tension and environmental exploration.
- #24 Evil Inside - Prologue
82% matchMixed67% of 1,044 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Multiplayer 43.7%, Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, First-Person 5.1%, Realistic 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that focuses on atmosphere and investigation, perfect for fans of the seed's darker themes.
- #25 The Hidden Room
81% matchMixed70% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Mario AmatoPub: Emanuele Avallone
Windows
The Hidden Room is an escape room containing various puzzles. Several popular rumors speak of a hidden treasure somewhere in the home of Tom Barkley, an American archaeologist who moved to Germany.
Why similar: Escape Room 34.9% ★, Investigation 18.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, Logic 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on hidden object and logic puzzles within a 3D space, mirroring the investigative nature of the seed.
- #26 Blameless
80% matchVery Positive84% of 5,098 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Multiplayer 30.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, First-Person 5.1%, Detective 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror-adventure that emphasizes investigation and puzzle-solving in a dark setting.
- #27 Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
78% matchVery Positive85% of 11,780 reviews2019
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.5%, Multiplayer 25%, Escape Room 20.2% ★, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique cooperative puzzle game where players must share information across two different screens to solve the mystery.
- #28 Samsara Room
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,040 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Escape Room 36.1% ★, Puzzle 26.7%, Horror 11%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #29 Im Bann Der Dunklen Jagd
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: smi.
Windows
Dive into an immersive co-op horror experience with a friend. As detectives, you’ll search for clues in a sinister area and must survive the horrors lurking within. Work together to find all the objects and escape before doom catches up with you.
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Multiplayer 22.6%, Detective 10.5%, Puzzle 10.4%, Crime 7.6%
- #30 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 480 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Multiplayer 27.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 7.8%
- #31 Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
75% matchVery Positive82% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: Biri Biri
Windows
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...
Why similar: Escape Room 35.4% ★, Investigation 21.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Detective 9.9%, Logic 9.8%
- #32 Fear in Hospital
79% matchMixed48% of 517 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Puzzle 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Realistic 7%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a hospital setting to build horror, providing a similar vibe to the seed's medical-themed mystery.
- #33 Seek Or Die
79% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Multiplayer 50.6%, Horror 45.8%, Casual 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer horror game that adds a layer of survival to the puzzle-solving experience.
- #34 No Way Out
77% matchMixed54% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: JKDL
Windows
"No Way Out" is an intense and thrilling survival horror game where players take on the role of a volunteer trapped in a panic-stricken hospital. Players must bravely face their fears, explore various areas of the hospital, and search for a way to escape while uncovering the truth behind the events.
Why similar: Multiplayer 27.1%, Horror 24%, Investigation 14.3%, Puzzle 13.2%, Detective 9.6%
- #35 Night at the Office
74% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
You work late at the office not long after the death of a colleague. Throughout the night, all sorts of phenomenon begin to terrorize you, slowly uncovering the death of a fellow colleague. Who killed Joseph Anadam and why must you go through this trial to find out?
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Crime 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Realistic 7.2%
- #36 Dead Blue Rose
75% matchMostly Negative34% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ColdBones
Windows
A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.
Why similar: Multiplayer 41%, Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 4.3%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #37 No Way Out
78% matchMixed45% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: Rafael FariasPub: Fiassink Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You are alone. Except for the zombies! But there are guns and some ammo. You can fight, but there is No Way Out of this city infested with hideous creatures that will chase you to the end!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror puzzle game that captures the tension of trying to escape a dangerous, unknown location.
- #38 holo8
72% matchVery Positive90% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: frog blendPub: holo Indie
Windows
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
Why similar: Escape Room 51.7% ★, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Investigation 10.6%, First-Person 3.5%
- #39 Escape from Mutation Station
71% matchVery Positive97% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Jay Marksman
Windows
A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Escape Room 41.5% ★, Puzzle 14.5%, Detective 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Investigation 8.6%
- #40 Escape from Kyoto House
74% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: Taichi Games
Windows
Your party finds themselves trapped in a Japanese-themed room. Solve puzzles, crack riddles and discover hidden secrets in your adventure to Escape from Kyoto House!
Why similar: Escape Room 44.5% ★, Multiplayer 23.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 6.5%
- #41 The Last Job
73% matchMixed66% of 392 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Multiplayer 33.2%, Horror 32%, Puzzle 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 6.1%
- #42 Stairway
71% matchVery Positive93% of 365 reviews2024
Dev: Hungry Games
Windows
Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Puzzle 23.7%, Logic 21.2%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, First-Person 10.8%
- #43 Scholar's Mate - First Move
73% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.
Why similar: Escape Room 48.6% ★, Investigation 21.6%, Horror 9.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
- #44 Fear Therapy
73% matchMixed67% of 4,733 reviews2021
Dev: Black Flag Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.
Why similar: Multiplayer 46.8%, Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Investigation 4.8%, First-Person 1.8%
- #45 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
69% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Investigation 21.1%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 5.1%
- #46 Stockwrk7
72% matchMixed69% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: GudeAndi
Windows
A short FREE First Person Horror-Adventure on a single Floor. Explore the Floor and try to solve the riddles. But don't get too deep into it. You don't know what you'll find. There are only englisch subtitles. Sorry.
Why similar: Multiplayer 26.9%, Horror 23.2%, Puzzle 19.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 6.6%
- #47 Escape From Mystwood Mansion
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,300 reviews2023
Dev: Lost Sock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Why similar: Escape Room 36.6% ★, Investigation 12.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Detective 12.2%, Logic 10.2%
- #48 Escape From Crimson Manor: Trapped Together
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Work together to escape the manor in "Trapped Together", a narrative co-op puzzle campaign where logic reigns and death is not an option. Communicate, trade items via dumbwaiter, and solve intricate riddles.
Why similar: Escape Room 25.7% ★, Multiplayer 16.3%, Investigation 13.4%, Puzzle 9.8%, Logic 8.3%
- #49 The Room Syndrome
71% matchVery Positive95% of 362 reviews2019
Dev: Jesse CarradinePub: Jesse Carradine?
Windows
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.9%, Psychological Horror 32.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Casual 10.8%
- #50 Dark Hours: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive88% of 5,835 reviews2024
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Dark Hours: Prologue is a free co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.
Why similar: Multiplayer 45.4%, Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Exploration 3.4%, Atmospheric 3%
- #51 Exit Together
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Why similar: Multiplayer 24.7%, Horror 20.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 6.9%
- #52 TELEFORUM
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,488 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Multiplayer 26.1%, Puzzle 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #53 Office Hours
67% 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: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 33%, First-Person 16.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #54 Backrooms: Found Footage
67% matchVery Positive83% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 26%, Investigation 23.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #55 Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: VulpesoftPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.
Why similar: Escape Room 40% ★, Detective 15.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Logic 13.7%, First-Person 5%
- #56 Serene Asylum
70% matchMixed57% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: MPlant Games
Windows
Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!
Why similar: Multiplayer 37.7%, Puzzle 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Casual 3.4%
- #57 Escape the Backrooms
62% matchVery Positive90% of 148,533 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
Why similar: Multiplayer 35.5%, Horror 29%, Escape Room 19.9% ★, Psychological Horror 7.8%, First-Person 3.7%
- #58 Effugium
68% 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: Horror 48.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Exploration 8%
- #59 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
66% matchVery Positive88% of 914 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Escape Room 32.2% ★, Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Logic 8.4%
- #60 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface
64% matchVery Positive98% of 212 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
This is a small free prequel to the Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. An old cabin deep in the dense forest, a strange computer, and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Escape Room 34.7% ★, Investigation 19.7%, Horror 16%, Puzzle 9.8%, Logic 7.9%
