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Experience this first-person horror game in a tiny Guatemalan home. As a journalist, you investigate a mysterious villa after your long-lost friend Eddie calls. Grim halls, monsters, and rusty mailbox blood await. The four chapters include spooky stories, jump scares, and difficult riddles.

Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Thriller 11.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 9.5%

A single-player psychological survival horror. At the end of an ordinary day, a routine subway ride leads you into a bizarre, endless alternate reality. Survive against overwhelming dread and surreal creatures by utilizing your surroundings.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 12.4%, Surreal 10.5%, Exploration 9%

Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.1%, Surreal 12.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 9.7%

Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.

Why similar: Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 8.7%

Navigate Oak City’s eerie nights, solving puzzles and escaping chained rooms to survive. Uncover the dark plan of the relentless predator in this immersive adventure. Each step tests your wits and courage. Can you escape, or will you become the next victim?

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival 10.7%, Puzzle 9.9%

A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Thriller 10.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 9.5%

While Jonathan is driving, his car suddenly stops. His cell phone doesn't work either. Jonathan doesn't know where he is. He sees a farm nearby. He goes to the farm in hopes of finding someone to ask for help.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Thriller 21.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%

Backrooms: The Exit is a single-player adventure game based on theme of backrooms.Inside the game you will need to avoid all threatening entities and find the cutscenes (exits) for each level, and perhaps many unexpected ways out of a level.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 12%, Surreal 11%

Witness a little girl’s distorted memories of the past and her fantasies of a future that never happened. All she wants is a family… this time, of her own choice.

Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Thriller 18.9%, Surreal 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 5.2%

You wake up in your familiar home, only to find yourself completely locked inside. Search for clues, evade an unknown presence, and piece together forgotten memories... In this confined space, the real terror is only just beginning. A intense 30-minute psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 10.3%

On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 10.6%

A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Thriller 13%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 8.3%

Psychological horror about a girl captured by an insane family.

Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 10.5%

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 30.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 6.8%, Gore 5.1%

An immersive horror-adventure game. Betrayed by a trusted friend, Baxter finds himself trapped in an abandoned gold mine. Set traps, gather creature samples, and make life-or-death decisions to survive. Can you face the horrors lurking in the darkness of the night?

Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Thriller 16%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 8.4%

Fall into the Mirror Backrooms, alone or with up to 3 friends. Two corridors look identical, but something is always wrong. More than 100 Crawlers and ever-changing room laws make your eyes, your memory—even “identical” itself—impossible to trust. The exit is ahead. Where does it lead?

Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17%, Surreal 10.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Thriller 9.1%

Project ROSS is a horror/puzzle game where you play as Jason who is struggling to overcome the absence of his father. Explore the abandoned testing facility where he was supposedly last located and uncover the mystery of what really happened all those years ago. Just try to keep your head on!

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Thriller 11.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Adventure 9.8%

Infiltrate a locked house as Daniel to secure a deadly virus. In this first-person stealth horror, you have no weapons, your only hope is to hide, solve environmental puzzles, and find keys to reach the basement lab before you are caught. Can you survive the tension?

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Thriller 21.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 9.4%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 9.6%

You wake up in an abandoned place, with no memory, trapped in a location that defies logic. As you explore, violent hallucinations stalk you, and a mysterious figure whispers unsettling words. What is real? Only you can uncover the truth before it’s too late.

Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Thriller 17.3%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 8.4%

Black Shadow is a first-person survival horror game built with Unreal Engine 5. Players take on the role of investigator Eric Stone, venturing deep into a core area filled with dark matter. In the dark underground, you must explore, move stealthily, evade unknown threats, and uncover the secrets.

Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Thriller 18.7%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Abstract 19.2%, Surreal 16.2%, Puzzle 15.4%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 8.7%

Enter Smiley Steel Factory, explore a hidden underground circus beneath Nexora, solve mysteries, and uncover the truth behind an experiment that should have never begun

Why similar: Exploration 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Puzzle 13%, Thriller 12.6%

Once a family home, now stands silent. The past still whispers through every room. You are looking for inspiration for a film, but you will find much more than just a story. Whether the lights are on or off... it doesn't matter. Olivia will find you.

Why similar: Horror 17%, Surreal 16.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Abstract 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 8.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Thriller 8%

"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 14.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Surreal 10.4%, Mystery 9.3%

THE LAST PORTRAIT is a haunting adventure that leads you into the abandoned Ashwood Manor. You are a lawyer who has inherited the house from a client and wants to uncover its secrets. Solve tricky puzzles and escape the spirit that guards the estate!

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Thriller 11.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, First-Person 9.7%

Following the instructions on your phone, in an infinite loop, find the anomaly and continue moving forward, ultimately "escaping" through the safety exit. But who is instructing you on your phone, and is he really trustworthy? Have you really escaped

Why similar: Abstract 23.7%, Horror 15.3%, Thriller 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.8%

First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Gore 10.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%

Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.

Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 11.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Gore 9%

Drawn back to his haunted home, Dave must solve eerie puzzles, uncover forgotten lore, and survive the shadows that stalk every corner of its decaying halls - a past that refuses to let go.

Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Surreal 17.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%

Investigate a disturbing murder case in a world shaped by guilt, trauma and fractured memories. Explore unsettling locations, solve puzzles and uncover a truth your mind desperately tried to bury.

Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 9.1%

Out of Place: Origin is a survival game built on attention and observation. In a diner where reality quietly collapses, notice the anomalies, capture them on camera, and survive… Because sometimes, the thing watching you isn’t a mistake.

Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Thriller 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 12.5%, Mystery 9.9%

How far are you willing to go?

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Surreal 9.7%, Exploration 7.4%

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!

Why similar: Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 11.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Gore 9%

After a tragic event changed his life forever, Ethan moves to Rottenpine with his mother. As strange occurrences begin to shake the town, the boundary between reality and nightmare slowly starts to crumble.

Why similar: Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Gore 14.4%, Mystery 8.9%, Thriller 8.9%

Mnemosyne is an atmospheric psychological horror and anomaly hunting game that pushes your observation skills to their limits. Trapped in a dark, shifting dungeon, use your camera to document subtle changes and trust your memory to break the endless loop.

Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Thriller 16%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 8.7%

Apartment 203: HongKong is a first-person horror adventure game set in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. The story follows a young man who returns from abroad to investigate his sister's mysterious disappearance by moving into her former residence in an old tenement building.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 9.9%

Ethan returns to his cousin's old family house, deep in the forest, a place he hasn't set foot in for five years, ever since the family who lived there vanished without a trace.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Thriller 10.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Adventure 10%

Step into the story of a young girl tormented by her past. Discover dark mysteries and solve complicated riddles on a scary school campus. The unsettling atmosphere, important clues, and Lily's broken recollections await you. Can you help her find comfort in darkness?

Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 14.1%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 11.9%

Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?

Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Thriller 13.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Abstract 8.2%

Explore an abandoned candy factory once known for its Sweet Door attraction. Unlock zones, solve mechanical puzzles, and survive hostile creations as you search for what was lost the day the factory mysteriously shut down.

Why similar: Adventure 16.5%, Horror 14%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

In this game, you will find yourself in a hostel in the middle of a mysterious forest. You will discover terrifying and mysterious things, from murders to challenging puzzles. Use your skills to uncover the hidden secrets in the hostel. Get ready for an exciting and hair-raising experience!

Why similar: Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Mystery 8.7%, Puzzle 7.6%

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

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 7.1%, Puzzle 7%

A first person horror adventure game where you play as a timid protagonist- experiencing a near death experience caused by his bullies sending him to a ghost realm. To reduce your character's fear, take all necessary steps, such as covering your ears.

Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Thriller 9.4%, Exploration 7.1%

Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Thriller 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Adventure 12%, Mystery 11.8%

One night, young Lily wakes from a nightmare — unaware that her real nightmares are only just beginning. Uncover the secrets hidden behind closed eyes.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 14.1%, Thriller 12.4%, First-Person 9.1%

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: Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Thriller 10.1%, Mystery 6.2%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%

Trapped in the endless liminal spaces of the Backrooms by accident, your only way out is to uncover the truth. Explore over 30 unique locations, unravel the dark experiments of the F.O.T. foundation, and piece together Arthur Penn’s story—all while fighting panic attacks to maintain your sanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 10.1%

A futuristic psychological thriller escape room adventure taking you through the once full apartment that you are responsible for.

Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Thriller 19%, Psychological Horror 15%, Puzzle 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%

Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.

Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 12.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 9%

This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.

Why similar: Horror 17.2%, Thriller 15%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 11.3%

Inside My Mind is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, and uncover through notes who you are, why you are here, and the hospital’s dark past.

Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Thriller 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Adventure 7.6%

The Last Shift is a first-person adventure horror game. At midnight, demons roam the amusement park while you are alone on the night shift in the security booth. Collect clues, solve puzzles, face your enemies, and strive to survive the night!

Why similar: Horror 27%, Adventure 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%

Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Exploration 9.8%

As I reached adulthood, a village bully murdered me and abandoned my body in a temple. Instead of seeking revenge, my fearful parents arranged a ghostly marriage to appease my soul. But the pain will never cease, and my hatred will never fade.

Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, Thriller 11.4%

Play as Amaya and Will, navigating a forsaken orphanage where secrets lurk in the dark. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden truths, and survive a psychological horror tale where innocence twists into nightmare and shadows patiently wait to strike.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Surreal 11.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Puzzle 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

A first-person psychological puzzle horror where you escape control using a TV remote. Explore surreal rooms filled with CRT televisions, switch channels to solve logic-based puzzles, and uncover a haunted smart home system that constantly observes you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Surreal 15.4%, Puzzle 13.1%, First-Person 9.6%

In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Mystery 8.9%