- #1 Check-In, Never Out
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HogletNovaGames
Windows
You checked into a hotel to get some rest—but it wasn’t an ordinary place. Gather clues, unlock sealed doors, evade the pursuit, and escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Horror 28%, First-Person 21.6%, Violent 13.1%, Indie 4.3%
- #2 Domovoy
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Horror 30.9%, First-Person 25.3%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 3.5%
- #3 A Possum's Favorite Game
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Through The Peephole
Windows
Plagued with wrath, Matthew is forced to confront the traumas of his childhood while battling with a Sinister Force.
Why similar: First-Person 27.9%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 26%, Violent 12.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #4 Strange Night
95% matchMixed60% of 476 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 32.2%, First-Person 23.2%, Indie 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #5 Static
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suraj M.
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, First-Person 32.6%, Horror 25.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 2.4%
- #6 Vorozhey
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Vorozhey is a psychological horror inspired by Slavic mythology. It tells the story of an artist haunted by terrifying visions and ancient forces.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.1%, Horror 28.5%, First-Person 24%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 3.6%
- #7 Hektor
94% matchMixed62% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, First-Person 22.8%, Indie 4.3%
- #8 Creepytape Rewind - Not From Here
92% matchNegative0% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Refinery66
Windows
A change of environment, isolation in a remote area, and a chain of seemingly random events can leave the mind vulnerable. But what will your imagination create when you're met with hostility from the locals?
Why similar: First-Person 40.3%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 22.4%, Casual 11.6%, Indie 2%
- #9 Knock
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: shanethehippoPub: Shanethehippo Productions
Windows
A short story psychological horror game about answering visitors at the door while being home alone after your brother goes out to buy pizza. During a time of a record-breaking number of serial home break-ins, you must decide whether or not to answer the knock at the door.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 33.4%, First-Person 25.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #10 Notes To Myself
91% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Spy On The Wall
Windows · Linux
The horror began when you wrote your first note.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 34.7%, First-Person 24.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 2.4%
- #11 TRY
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: the barri tree
Windows
A quiet evening turns into something far more unsettling. What begins as a normal night at home slowly changes as strange events, memories, and unexplained encounters begin to unfold.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, First-Person 30.6%, Horror 28.8%, Casual 7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #12 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Horror 35.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Casual 7.9%, Indie 4.4%
- #13 Chat, Is This Real?
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Retroverse Studio
Windows
Chat is this Real? is a first-person psychological horror game. Play as a streamer in an abandoned hospital during a livestream. Uncover the hospital's dark past, follow the clues in the chat, and survive a nightmare that should have remained buried.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 29.4%, First-Person 22.1%, Violent 9.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #14 On My Behalf
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WRONGEST SYSTEM
Windows
A normal night trip taking photographs for a contest, Turns quickly into an unexpected nightmare. Where you go through hell, face your past in order to survive in a Story-rich, Immersive, First person horror settings
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 28.3%, Violent 18.8%, First-Person 18.1%, Indie 2.7%
- #15 Home4Us
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zahair
Windows
A different kind of horror experience one built on confrontation rather than running or hiding. Follow the rules strictly. Act quickly to stay alive in every encounter. Maintain your focus. Watch your surroundings. Don’t exhaust your resources. And complete the primary objective you’re there for.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 32.5%, First-Person 18.4%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #16 Shadow Of The Abyss
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jimmybear Studios
Windows
Shadow Of The Abyss is a psychological horror game where you play through the eyes of a bodycam. As a security guard, your job is to survey an office building during a night shift, until you fall into the hands of fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.2%, Horror 29%, First-Person 22.5%, Casual 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #17 Shadow Corridor
86% matchVery Positive90% of 2,172 reviews2019
Dev: Space Onigiri Game LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Now on Steam, revamped with brand new content! Immerse yourself in the latest chapter of the popular, Japanese indie horror title, Kageroh: Shadow Corridor. Survive against the onslaught of horrors that lie in wait in eerie, traditional Japanese locales that change with every playthrough.
Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, First-Person 18.8%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #18 The Last Tape: Before The Mine
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stealth StudiosPub: Stealth Studios UE
Windows
Mia Jane disappeared in 1990 during a camping trip. Years later, Gabriel finds her recording while searching for a cure for her infection at the Lurmont facility. Explore two timelines, uncover the hidden truth, and survive the presence that lurks in the shadows of Black Wood.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 32.3%, First-Person 25.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Indie 3%
- #19 Don't Drop The Cake: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive86% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: Midoriyama
Windows
Let’s deliver the cake. To reach your goal, you must cross a space crawling with monstrous creatures. If fear makes you tremble or you panic and drop the cake, it’s all over. This challenge isn’t for cowards. Only the brave and composed will make it through. Are you up for it?
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, First-Person 21%, Violent 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #20 The Dark Occult
84% matchMixed69% of 1,267 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.2 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 36%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Violent 20%, First-Person 13.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #21 Tuun
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voltage Games
Windows
Horror set in the dark and mysterious Yakutia. Explore abandoned villages, uncover Soviet-era secrets, and face unexplained phenomena that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 29.7%, First-Person 27.1%, Indie 8.5%
- #22 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.1%, Horror 34.4%, First-Person 25.4%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.1%
- #23 Haunted Service
82% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Daring Cat Studio
Windows
A chilling psychological horror experience. Alone at home, you receive a cryptic message: "Congratulations! You got a haunted service." What starts as a prank quickly turns into a terrifying night as sinister events unfold. Will you survive until your parents return?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.7%, Horror 29.5%, First-Person 20.9%, Casual 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #24 A Simple Door
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keter studio
Windows
Try to escape from “A Simple Door” by facing your past, your darkest secrets and your fears through the doors.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, First-Person 32.2%, Horror 30.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 2.3%
- #25 The Cypress Family : Surprise Gift
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melonnict
Windows
Embark on a surreal journey to find answers hidden within a broken home. Explore shifting realities in this low-poly horror game where the truth is the ultimate price. A meta-horror experience that knows its player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Horror 27%, First-Person 19.1%, Violent 11.4%, Indie 3.8%
- #26 At Death's Door
79% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Azimyth Studios
Windows
At Death's Door is a psychological horror game focused on eerie exploration and puzzle-solving. As a ghost hunter in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, use specialized tools to capture paranormal evidence and save your TV show, all while navigating atmospheric, non-linear environments.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 27.3%, First-Person 27.1%, Violent 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #27 TheMemory
80% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: TeamNPC
Windows
Find the lost memories and escape from Mor's Asylum.
Why similar: Horror 38%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, First-Person 23.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #28 Hopeless
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: landlucian
Windows
HOPELESS is a first-person psychological horror game where players explore looping, distorted environments, observe subtle changes in reality, and survive an ever-shifting space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, First-Person 27.3%, Horror 26%, Violent 10.7%, Indie 5%
- #29 地禍駐車場 -The Cursed Underground Parking Lot-
78% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Diabonobbu Game
Windows
After finishing work, the protagonist heads to the underground parking lot to retrieve their car. For some reason, their car is nowhere to be found, and as they search, strange events unfold one after another...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.8%, Horror 34.2%, First-Person 25.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 2.2%
- #30 Loop Room
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: OOPs.K
Windows
The loop room is a horror game from the first person point of view, and the goal is to operate 5 panels in 100 repeated rooms and escape to the emergency exit. Run away from the endless room through various equipment and items.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 33.1%, First-Person 24.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #31 Visage
77% matchVery Positive84% of 10,814 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 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 40.8%, Psychological Horror 35.8%, First-Person 13.5%, Violent 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #32 How to Survive the Night shift
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amos
Windows
As you begin your night shift in the aged warehouse, an unsettling atmosphere descends. Shadows flit in your peripheral vision, strange whispers echo around you. Finding a mysterious list of rules, you wonder: prank or something serious? Nervously, you step into the dimly lit warehouse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 34.9%, First-Person 23.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%, Indie 2.3%
- #33 The Curse of Beatriz
75% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: DarkPlayerGAMES
Windows
Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, First-Person 31.2%, Horror 30%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 2.1%
- #34 Putridum Horror
76% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: RedLightsStudio
Windows
Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.4%, Horror 31.7%, First-Person 25.5%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #35 Remorses
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: Twistedline Games
Windows
1991. Investigate the witchcraft rumors at Westbrook Mansion. The air is slowly killing you. Open the windows to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 28.7%, First-Person 20.2%, Violent 14.7%, Singleplayer 3%
- #36 ColdSide
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 529 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 33.3%, Horror 30.1%, First-Person 24.6%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #37 GRUDGE
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SV Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror experience where your own house becomes a twisted nightmare. Explore disturbing environments, solve puzzles, photograph hidden clues, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious clown watching you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 30.8%, First-Person 22.8%, Violent 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #38 Door(2/3)¹³
74% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Cabin Computer Entertainment
Windows
Door(2/3)¹³ is a first-person escape horror game. Three doors stand before you. Your survival probability is 2/3. Choose incorrectly, and you die. Use your luck and intuition to escape the loop of death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 25.8%, First-Person 13.3%, Violent 11.7%, Casual 10.2%
- #39 Mortified
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreadworks
Windows
Welcome to the hell...
Why similar: First-Person 28.1%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 26%, Violent 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #40 Fearsome Night
73% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro FreitasPub: ASF Games
Windows
An anonymous email leads you to your recently deceased grandmother's house, asking you to find something hidden inside. Someone wanted you there. Something else was already waiting. Investigate, solve disturbing puzzles and survive the horrors lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: First-Person 32.5%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 22%, Violent 17.7%, Indie 4.5%
- #41 Honey Time! with Pooh!
72% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Highlander Interactive
Windows
Honey Time with Pooh is a game about survival and escape. Pooh has invited you for honey. He recently went through the trouble of gathering it all for you. Please come by and show your appreciation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, First-Person 25.4%, Horror 25%, Violent 15.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #42 Junkyard File
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aihz
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration & environmental interaction, where a mysterious “free” pendrive game begins to affect your surroundings. Try them all while you still can.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, First-Person 28.9%, Casual 6.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #43 Cave Of Evil
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2HEADSTUDIOS
Windows
Cave of Evil is a horror game in which a desperate father becomes obsessed with recovering his daughter who died in an accident through a strange ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 30.9%, First-Person 30.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 2.5%
- #44 PsyPro
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sector13Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where your own mind is the enemy. Face intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, and distorted realities and fight to keep your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41%, Horror 30.1%, First-Person 22.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Indie 2.4%
- #45 Jorogumo's Cradle
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: KiriThrills
Windows
Jorogumo’s Cradle is a short first person horror game. You are stuck in the woods with a monster that attacks you during the night. Explore the area, build tools to fend off incoming attacks, and most importantly, survive until the very end.
Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, First-Person 25.1%, Violent 10.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #46 The Deepest Shift
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Friendly Bug Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game about working night shifts in a remote underwater facility, maintaining equipment, completing tasks, and making it through another night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.4%, Horror 30.6%, First-Person 21.6%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Indie 2.2%
- #47 Backrooms (2026)
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Games, LLC
Windows
An ultra-realistic co-op Backrooms experience for 1–6 players. Backrooms (2026) offers a mix of “classic” and brand-new, all original levels. Explore the levels, discover hidden routes, and cooperate with your team to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, First-Person 31.6%, Horror 30.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 2%
- #48 Project Tape
69% matchMixed68% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Stealth StudioPub: Stealth Studio UE
Windows
Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.2%, Horror 42.8%, Singleplayer 6%, Indie 5%
- #49 The Dreaded Forest
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kacper Cezary Krzak
Windows
Do you like spotting anomalies? in this game you can! BUT with a twist, here you spot them via a drone that you fly around the map, and navigate around trees and obstacles!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.4%, Horror 30.9%, First-Person 30.4%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.3%
- #50 the static speaks my name
70% matchVery Positive82% of 5,768 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.8%, Horror 29.9%, First-Person 17.3%, Violent 5.3%, Indie 4.4%
- #51 AKAZU Off limits
69% matchMixed65% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
I found myself lying in a strange place. I had no idea where I was or why I had come here. The only thing I knew was that I had come looking for something.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Psychological Horror 33.9%, First-Person 23.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #52 Love, Sam
70% matchVery Positive95% of 599 reviews2019
Dev: Korean Linguistics Lab
Windows
Alone in your room, you see a diary sitting on your desk. It wants to tell you a story: a story about a high school crush. A story about small town romance. A story about how everyone is against you and nobody will ever love you again.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Violent 29%, Horror 28.8%, Indie 5.3%
- #53 Hollowglass
67% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: BeetleGame
Windows
Try to survive in the desert for at least a few more moments and let neither thirst, nor jackals, nor death stop you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.8%, Horror 32.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Violent 12.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #54 From The Darkness
68% matchVery Positive89% of 3,495 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 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 38.9%, Psychological Horror 32.7%, First-Person 15.8%, Violent 7.7%, Indie 3%
- #55 PLAYOVER
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: .HOLOMANstudio
Windows
PLAYOVER is a first-person psychological horror game set in an underground drilling facility. You are sent to investigate missing workers and continue the operation
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, First-Person 30%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #56 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Horror 27.5%, First-Person 23.4%, Casual 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #57 HGPP
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: joid
Windows
a p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.4%, Horror 45.2%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #58 The First Nightmare
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Jorge Andres Restrepo Castro
Windows
John will embark on a dangerous adventure, in search of his mother in the place he once called home and is now a terrifying place with a bloodthirsty enemy, he will have to discover the signs that will lead him to wake up from this nightmare, will he find his mother?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 26.8%, First-Person 26.6%, Violent 13.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #59 Unsettled : NIGHT SHIFT
66% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Bongduck Games
Windows
Unsettled: NIGHT SHIFT is a horror game about the terrors of daily life experienced by someone who has moved to a new city to live alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 34.1%, First-Person 25.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #60 BeyondThere
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Regen
Windows
Beyond There is an immersive first-person horror game where you explore the eerie house of a missing friend. As you uncover dark secrets and confront terrifying encounters, your sanity will be tested. Can you uncover the truth behind their disappearance, or will the house consume you too?
Why similar: First-Person 34.4%, Psychological Horror 31%, Horror 29%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.6%