- #1 Visage
97% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 13.1%, First-Person 6.7%, Realistic 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the definitive P.T.-inspired psychological horror game, it excels at creating a suffocating, supernatural atmosphere within a shifting home.
- #2 Infliction
96% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 21.2%, Realistic 12.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal, first-person horror game that explores themes of domestic tragedy and family trauma through a supernatural lens.
- #3 The Beast Inside
96% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Survival 9.3%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person exploration with a compelling, dual-timeline narrative that keeps the psychological tension high throughout.
- #4 Luto
95% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Narration 15.4%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the claustrophobic, P.T.-style walking simulator experience with a heavy focus on psychological grief and narrative mystery.
- #5 MADiSON
94% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 20.3%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Survival 10.3%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense supernatural puzzles and a unique camera mechanic that mirrors the investigative, high-tension gameplay of Evil Inside.
- #6 Layers of Fear
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 17.9%, Mystery 14%, First-Person 11.5%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses shifting environments to represent the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.
- #7 God's Basement
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 9.7%, First-Person 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, first-person exploration and psychological scares that rely on environmental storytelling rather than combat.
- #8 Martha Is Dead
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Narration 14%, Horror 11%, Mystery 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric, and deeply disturbing psychological thriller that deals with family secrets and trauma in a realistic setting.
- #9 Silver Chains
92% matchMixed69% of 1,327 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, First-Person 7.5%, Psychological 7.4%, Survival 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic horror game that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving within a large, haunted estate.
- #10 Lost in Vivo
90% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 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: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Psychological 20.4%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 15%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a claustrophobic, surreal horror experience that excels at making the player feel vulnerable and psychologically unsettled.
- #11 Horror Story: Hallowseed
91% matchMixed65% of 349 reviews2021
Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 15.6%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Realistic 11%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a tense, atmospheric experience centered on supernatural events and psychological mystery in a rural setting.
- #12 Mirror Forge
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 12%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that blends survival elements with dark, reality-bending exploration.
- #13 The Alien Cube
89% matchVery Positive81% of 550 reviews2021
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Survival 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-inspired horror game that excels at environmental storytelling and building an unsettling, otherworldly atmosphere.
- #14 Insomnis
88% matchVery Positive91% of 272 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 12.1%, Realistic 11.4%, Mystery 11%
Why You'll Like It: Features a heavy emphasis on atmospheric puzzle-solving and psychological dread within a mysterious, shifting house.
- #15 Prognostic
87% matchVery Positive94% of 487 reviews2022
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
Why similar: Realistic 18.2%, Horror 18%, Story Rich 12.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines supernatural investigation with a story-rich, first-person perspective that feels very similar to Evil Inside.
- #16 From The Darkness
86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Survival Horror 9.7%, First-Person 7.7%, Realistic 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short but effective indie horror game that focuses on exploring a dark, abandoned apartment with supernatural undertones.
- #17 Don't Knock Twice
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 706 reviews2017
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 15%, Psychological 14.4%, First-Person 11%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person supernatural horror game based on urban legends that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a haunted house.
- #18 Home Sweet Home
85% matchVery Positive87% of 3,748 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 16%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on stealth and supernatural investigation within a dark, atmospheric environment.
- #19 9 Childs Street
84% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Psychological 8.3%, Realistic 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that focuses on a child's perspective of supernatural events, emphasizing atmosphere and mystery.
- #20 The Park®
84% matchMixed70% of 3,168 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological 15.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Mystery 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven psychological horror experience that focuses on a mother's search for her son in a decaying amusement park.
- #21 Psych
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 340 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 18.3%, Realistic 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror thriller that emphasizes atmosphere and narrative discovery in a first-person perspective.
- #22 Is Simon There?
82% matchVery Positive85% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 20.7%, Realistic 19.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, realistic horror game that focuses on the psychological breakdown of its protagonist.
- #23 Exanimum: The Silent Call
81% matchVery Positive84% of 278 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 22.2%, Realistic 15.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological horror game that focuses on dark, realistic environments and atmospheric tension.
- #24 Silent Nights
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.4%, Narration 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that focuses on building psychological horror through atmosphere and environmental cues.
- #25 The Black Within
80% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: waleedzo
Windows
"The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that takes players on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale where greed, fear, and change intertwine.
Why similar: Psychological 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Narration 12.2%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that explores dark, surreal themes through a first-person narrative.
- #26 Misery Mansion
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Psychological 19.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.9%, Survival 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that incorporates psychological elements and stealth to build tension in a haunted environment.
- #27 Beyond The Evil
79% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Mystery 21.1%, Realistic 17.1%, Narration 11.3%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie investigation game that blends puzzle-solving with supernatural horror elements.
- #28 MIRROR MIRROR
78% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Realistic 12.6%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological walking simulator that uses realistic visuals to ground its unsettling, supernatural narrative.
- #29 The Hotel
79% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Survival Horror 54.6%, Adventure 17.9%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person walking simulator that relies on psychological tension and atmospheric environmental storytelling.
- #30 Evil Inside - Prologue
78% matchMixed68% of 1,036 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
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: Experimental 19.7% ★, Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Survival 8.1%
- #31 Rise of Insanity
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,266 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #32 The Story of Henry Bishop
77% matchVery Positive83% of 545 reviews2019
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Survival 7.8%, First-Person 7.6%
- #33 ColdSide
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 519 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 14.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #34 The Empty Eyes
74% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 15%, Mystery 13.8%, Realistic 9%
- #35 Mists of Aiden
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Mystery 12.2%, First-Person 9.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #36 Uninvited Guest
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 19.5%, Mystery 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 9.6%
- #37 Supernormal
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,081 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 13.3%, Mystery 12.6%
- #38 MOTHER
74% matchVery Positive88% of 450 reviews2020
Dev: Anya Segarane
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Psychological 17.7%, Horror 16%, First-Person 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.4%
- #39 Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil
73% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Fernando TittzPub: Mr.Skull Game Studio
Windows
In this story focused horror game, you are a priest! And you need to help a family with their cursed house, explore, follow your visions, find the root, and exorcize it!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #40 The Demon Within Me
73% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Realistic 7.2%
- #41 Family curse
70% matchVery Positive91% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 17.2%, Narration 15.6%, Psychological 15.6%, First-Person 10.9%
- #42 COLINA: Legacy
72% matchVery Positive81% of 208 reviews2018
Dev: Chance6 Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.7%
- #43 Deep Inside
69% matchVery Positive83% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Indie 29.2%, Horror 25.8%, Adventure 13.5%
- #44 Madness inside
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.
Why similar: Psychological 26.8%, Realistic 16.3%, First-Person 14.6%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #45 The Dark Occult
72% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, First-Person 11.7%, Adventure 9%, Indie 5.7%
- #46 Silent Residence
67% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Psychological 18.4%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 9.5%, First-Person 9%
- #47 Left Alone
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 641 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11%, Mystery 9.2%, Survival 9%
- #48 Don't Be Afraid 2
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Narration 13.4%, Horror 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #49 Fear Therapy
69% matchMixed67% of 4,728 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: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Psychological 8.2%, Survival Horror 5.7%
- #50 Dark Atlas: Infernum
66% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Narration 12.2%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 9.1%
- #51 DYING: Reborn
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 54%, Horror 21.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 9.7%
- #52 Don't Be Afraid
68% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Horror 14%, Survival 12.9%, Realistic 12.2%
- #53 Reflection
66% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.3%, Realistic 13.6%, Psychological 13.3%, Mystery 10.5%
- #54 The Guest
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 16.7%, Survival Horror 12.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Realistic 7.8%
- #55 Pacify
67% matchVery Positive86% of 42,392 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
There is reportedly an evil inside that house. Something about an old funeral parlor offering a last chance to talk to their dead loved ones. Plus something about lights, laughter, a girl, missing people, etc... You know the same stuff everyone claims. Take a team, and check the place out.
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Mystery 6.6%
- #56 EVIL POSSESSION
71% matchMixed57% of 156 reviews2017
Dev: 2DragonsGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SURVIVAL HORROR in first person. We incarnate an investigator of paranormal events that only with the help of a paranormal activity detector (EMF DETECTOR) and a small oil lamp, we will try to perform an EXORCISM.
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Adventure 9.8%
- #57 Incoming Evil
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 21.1%, First-Person 15.3%, Atmospheric 8%, 3D 5.9%
- #58 Unmourned
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Codebros Studio
Windows
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Psychological 18.1%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 12.4%
- #59 DeathOmen
66% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
DeathOmen is a short psychological horror Experience that challenges players to maintain their sanity over the nights in a mysterious house that hides mystery and fear, disturbing events and jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 15.1%, Survival Horror 13%, First-Person 8.8%