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Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.

Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Survival Horror 24.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Indie 7.4%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core mechanic of using a light source to survive in a dark, hostile environment while being hunted.

Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.

Why similar: Indie 29.5%, Action 28.5%, Adventure 26.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar protagonist who must manage their limited light source to navigate dangerous, dark platforming environments.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Stealth 14.2%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for light-based stealth horror where managing your sanity and visibility is essential to survival.

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Stealth 13%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-tension stealth horror game where managing your camera's battery for night vision is critical to avoiding enemies.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Stealth 20.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based puzzles and stealth mechanics in a dark, claustrophobic environment that mirrors the seed game's tone.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Stealth 21%, Dark 18.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Survival Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same feeling of being a small, vulnerable entity navigating a dark, oppressive, and surreal world.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Dark 18%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Survival 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Masterfully utilizes light, shadow, and resource management to create a terrifying survival experience in a dark, atmospheric setting.

As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

Why similar: Stealth 28.4%, Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Dark 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on light mechanics and stealth in a dark, supernatural setting.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Stealth 8%, Survival Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the vulnerability of a small protagonist navigating a terrifying, dark world where stealth is your only defense.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Survival Horror 27.4%, Stealth 12.4%, Survival 6.4%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural stealth horror game where managing your visibility and sound is key to surviving against a persistent threat.

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Why similar: Stealth 31.2%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Third Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-heavy horror game that emphasizes stealth and exploration in a dark environment.

Witchkin is a first person 'hide-and-sneak' survival horror game in the vein of Slender.

Why similar: Stealth 28.6%, Horror 24%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Indie 12.1%, Action 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that shares the dark, atmospheric, and stealthy tone of the seed game.

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 29.2%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Dark 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-based horror game with a focus on outsmarting a persistent, intelligent threat.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Dark 24.1%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric stealth-horror game that emphasizes hiding from threats rather than fighting them.

Shame Legacy is a first-person survival-horror, set in a forsaken cultist village. You attempt to survive using stealth and escape. By solving puzzles, you unravel the mystery that's h(a)unting you.

Why similar: Stealth 20.2%, Dark 18.9%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person stealth-horror game set in a dark, oppressive environment that requires careful movement.

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Stealth 31.7%, Horror 27.7%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Survival 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate stealth-horror experience where sound and light management are critical to outsmarting a lethal predator.

You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

Why similar: Stealth 25.8%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 14.9%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Survival 8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted in a dark, first-person perspective.

Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Action-Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Dark 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on puzzle-solving and stealth within a confined, eerie setting.

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: Horror 36.4%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Atmospheric 16%, Survival 10.4%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic and surreal horror game that matches the intense, dark atmosphere of the seed game.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Survival 5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, dark, and resource-heavy survival horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted.

It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Dark 14.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, 3D 9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game with a dark, atmospheric setting that provides a similar sense of exploration.

Get ready to explore a movie studio that vanished into thin air, only to find yourself trapped in a twisted, alternate dimension where creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to ensure you never see the light of day again...

Why similar: Stealth 23.8%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused horror game with exploration elements that emphasize the dark atmosphere.

Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

Why similar: Stealth 31.4%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines stealth and puzzle-solving in a dark, atmospheric environment.

A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?

Why similar: Stealth 26.6%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 16%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer with a focus on silence and stealth mechanics.

Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.

Why similar: Stealth 29.5%, Horror 23.6%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Survival 9.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that relies heavily on stealth and atmosphere to build tension.

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 53.6%, Atmospheric 22.6%, 3D 10.7%, Indie 5.4%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive horror game that relies on atmosphere and mystery to keep the player on edge.

Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness

Why similar: Horror 49.7%, Atmospheric 21.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the light-management mechanic in a horror context with a focus on survival.

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Dark 19.6%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Stealth 7.4%

Probably the most colorful horror game you've ever played. Hide from moaning disembodied eyeballs while facing existential dread, ambient music, and alternative medicine.

Why similar: Stealth 43.2%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person stealth-horror game with a dark, atmospheric tone similar to the seed game.

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 29.2%, Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Dark 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%

You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.

Why similar: Dark 33.6%, Stealth 33.1%, Survival 12.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%, 3D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and a dark, realistic atmosphere that builds tension through isolation.

A co-op survival horror game set in a dark medieval castle. Play as one of four resurrected knights and work together to find hidden runes, unlock the ritual chamber, and escape before the Jester hunts you down. Teamwork, stealth, and survival are your only hope.

Why similar: Stealth 20.5%, Medieval 16.6%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Survival 7.3%

You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

Why similar: Stealth 25.2%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Demons 11.6%

The Candle - Rated R. As night falls and a storm rises over the annual county carnival, you are visited by a mysterious spirit. Tasked with laying his soul to rest, you must brave his long dilapidated manor and avoid the horrifying remnants of his estate staff.

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, 3D 18.4%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Resource Management 9.4%

Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror

Why similar: Stealth 28.6%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Dark 11.9%, Multiplayer 11%, Atmospheric 7.1%

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: Stealth 23.5%, Demons 16.3%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.7%

A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!

Why similar: Stealth 36.7%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 16.4%, Survival 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%

The Flock is an asymmetrical multiplayer thriller, where you get to play as one of the agile monsters that make up the Flock. Hunt down and attack the Carrier to take its place. Survive and fend off the terrifying Flock with the coveted Light Artifact .

Why similar: Horror 42%, Indie 22.9%, Action 18.4%, Multiplayer 16.8%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer horror game that emphasizes light and movement as core survival mechanics.

Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

Why similar: Dark 29%, Horror 28.5%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, 3D 9.9%

A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?

Why similar: Resource Management 37.3%, Horror 28.2%, Dark 18.8%, Survival 14.4%, Adventure 1.2%

Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.

Why similar: Stealth 21.7%, Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Survival 8.8%, Dark 8.8%

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: Horror 36.8%, Dark 32.8%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Adventure 5.4%, 3D 4.9%

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Dark 40.3%, Atmospheric 34.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%

You find yourself locked up alone in an abandoned place, but something is nearby, something dark and dangerous. Try to look for ways to get out of there before you can no longer...

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.9%, Dark 24.9%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Action 10.6%, 3D 5.7%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Stealth 20.8%, Dark 16.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.

Why similar: Demons 36.9%, Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 15%, 3D 11.9%, Adventure 7.6%

You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.

Why similar: Demons 24.2%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 20.9%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%

SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.

Why similar: Resource Management 24%, Horror 18%, Survival Horror 16%, Dark 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.2%

This is a nerve-wracking horror game that puts you in a dark, claustrophobic cave with a relentless creature. Survive by flashing your dying flashlight at the right moments, too soon or too late, and it’s over. You must keep an eye on the creature, but beware: staring too long is just as deadly.

Why similar: Horror 51.1%, Survival Horror 36.4%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 5.9%

A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.

Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Dark 22.5%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Survival 4.6%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Why similar: Stealth 41%, Survival Horror 19%, Resource Management 14.8%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 8%

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Demons 34.9%, Horror 24.8%, Dark 22.9%, Survival Horror 8.3%, 3D 6%

Stifled is a multi-award winning, Sound-based Stealth Thriller Mystery, where SOUND is the only way you SEE and the enemies HEAR your fear through your microphone input. Microphone input and VR Features are optional.

Why similar: Stealth 29.9%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 16.1%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%

You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

Why similar: Stealth 26.8%, Horror 20.5%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Dark 17.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Dark 28.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%, 3D 9%, Adventure 4.8%

Escape the terror lurking in the darkness in this immersive co-op experience. Solve challenges and work as a team using your main tool: your voice. Beware of lurking monsters, which might be closer than you expect.

Why similar: Stealth 29.9%, Horror 23%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, 3D 7.3%

Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.

Why similar: Horror 56.6%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Indie 6.3%, Adventure 5.2%

Bleak Haven is a cinematic survival horror where faith is twisted, every shot matters, and survival hangs on what you can build. Explore haunted ruins, abandoned villages, and face a cult preparing the world for a god no one should ever witness.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Survival Horror 27.2%, Dark 20%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Action 7.1%

Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Dark 15.3%, Survival 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%