- #1 Detention
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,802 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 8%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #2 Home Sweet Home
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,784 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%, Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Gore 9.5%, Walking Simulator 6%
- #3 灵童
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Taolizhixia Studio
Windows
Ling Tong "is a new Chinese style horror suspense puzzle game that combines click to solve puzzles and storyline adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.3%, Horror 27.2%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 8.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #4 The Guest
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 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: Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, First-Person 6%
- #5 SUFFOCATE
94% matchVery Positive84% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Cow
Windows
《SUFFOCATE》is a realistic 3D first-person survival horror game. The plot revolves around family relationships, cult, and the greed that permeates human nature. The game doesn't shy away from violence, gore, and faith in this one-of-a-kind survival horror experience, Taiwanese style.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.2%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Violent 10.4%, Walking Simulator 10%
- #6 Palmyra Orphanage
94% matchVery Positive89% of 713 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Violent 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Gore 7.2%
- #7 The Last Visit: 98th
92% matchVery Positive81% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 14%, Violent 9.6%, Gore 7.7%
- #8 Slit Mouthed - 口裂け女
93% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Nyxtales
Windows
Slit Mouthed - 口裂け女 is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling, stealth and decision making, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Violent 11.3%, Gore 8.2%
- #9 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
91% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 7.4%
- #10 God's Basement
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,317 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14%, Violent 11.6%, Gore 6.5%
- #11 Xi
90% matchVery Positive91% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: HHGame
Windows
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 31%, Puzzle 17.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #12 APT. 407
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Violent 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%
- #13 Visage
89% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 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 31.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 5.7%, Violent 5.5%
- #14 鬼打墙(剧情版)
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: KX GAMES
Windows
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Survival Horror 21%, Puzzle 15.3%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 8.6%
- #15 Lost Child
86% matchVery Positive81% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: ASK GAMES
Windows
Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere. Andrey doesn’t remember who he was, but the walls know the truth. It’s time to remember everything.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18%, Violent 11.9%, First-Person 6.5%
- #16 Dread Flats
85% matchVery Positive83% of 1,663 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 10%, Exploration 6.2%
- #17 9 Childs Street
86% matchVery Positive90% of 815 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Realistic 4.8%
- #18 瞳:祈愿 VR / Pupil: Wandering VR
87% matchMixed67% of 127 reviews2019
Dev: Spoon Network
Windows
Pupil : Wandering is an Asian-style horror VR game. The game focuses on an immersive horror atmosphere. All key items and game hints can only be found using the "Moon Lantern", a main feature that brings to light an extraordinary and truly terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 84.3%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #19 The Maid
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #20 Scarred
84% matchMixed56% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: KOEX studioPub: iterco
Windows
Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 6.9%, Exploration 5.4%
- #21 Befriended Curse
82% matchVery Positive94% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 19%, Exploration 8%, Realistic 7.2%
- #22 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 708 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.3%, Horror 22.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%
- #23 Ikai
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 267 reviews2022
Dev: EndflamePub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #24 Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
82% matchVery Positive82% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Notex
Windows
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 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Gore 11.8%, Exploration 8.4%
- #25 Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror
81% matchVery Positive84% of 673 reviews2018
Dev: Storytale
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 114.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A narrative horror game set in the daily lives of Indonesian society. Interact with various mystical objects as you explore haunted places, unravel their lingering mysteries, and experience how Indonesian myth, taboo and culture, combined with your choices, shape the course of your nights.
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Indie 13.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #26 NightGhast
79% matchVery Positive91% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...
Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Realistic 6.4%
- #27 Abandoned Souls
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Realistic 6.9%
- #28 White Room Protocol
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Realistic 7.9%, Gore 6.8%
- #29 Whitehaven
80% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Violent 6.7%
- #30 Greed Stays Home
77% matchVery Positive88% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Realistic 7.3%, Mystery 6.2%
- #31 Ginkgo
78% matchVery Positive92% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: Ginkgo
Windows
Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Puzzle 15.6%, Realistic 12.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #32 Blue Maiden
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Blusagi Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A slow-burning, psychological horror walking sim set in a haunted Japanese neighborhood.
Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #33 Winter Clothing
76% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Puzzle 18%, Exploration 17%, Mystery 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #34 RESTORER
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 17.9%, Realistic 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #35 Paper Bride
74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,295 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #36 回门 Way Back Home
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 522 reviews2021
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室
Windows
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Puzzle 12.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #37 I'm Still Here
73% matchVery Positive90% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: AIO_Games
Windows
I'M STILL HERE - is a realistic horror game with an interesting plot and horrific screamers.
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Realistic 8.3%, Exploration 6.8%
- #38 The Demon Within Me
74% matchMixed65% of 63 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: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 6%, 3D 5.4%
- #39 Partum Artifex
72% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Puzzle 11%, Gore 7.6%, Exploration 6.9%
- #40 Stay Still
75% matchMixed43% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Stay Still is a first-person horror adventure based on Vietnamese culture. The gameplay is focused on storytelling, puzzles and avoiding dangerous threats & spirits hunting you. Solve various puzzles, watch your surroundings, and of course survive.
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Realistic 9.8%, First-Person 9.6%
- #41 SHE WAS 98
70% matchVery Positive86% of 492 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Violent 9.5%, Realistic 6.2%
- #42 Blood Field | Cỏ Máu
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: TEGA Studio
Windows
Explore a sinister world with environments based on Vietnam culture and a storyline inspired by Vietnam myths and folklore.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.1%, Horror 29.7%, Gore 11.8%, First-Person 8.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #43 Care
70% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Mystery 10%
- #44 Room 404
69% matchVery Positive90% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Horror 14%, Exploration 13.1%, Realistic 6.9%
- #45 Implements of Hell
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Realistic 8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #46 Silent Nights
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, Realistic 5.2%
- #47 Mirror Forge
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 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: Survival Horror 24.7%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Realistic 6.2%
- #48 Astray
73% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Survival Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 8.4%
- #49 Hollow Cocoon
67% matchVery Positive92% of 927 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Realistic 6.2%
- #50 Stay Still 2
71% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 27%, First-Person 11.2%, Realistic 9.6%, 3D 8.1%
- #51 Don't Remember
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 22.8%, Violent 9.4%, Puzzle 8%, First-Person 4.7%
- #52 Revengeful Ghost
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Akumu Yuko/RegistaPub: Regista
Windows
This title is a horror adventure game. The story unfolds mainly through line messages on smartphones. Just like real time, the in-game time is also ticking away, and messages arrive in real time. The player must use mysterious videos and messages as clues to unravel the mystery of the incidents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Gore 10.6%, Violent 8.5%
- #53 Paranormal VHS
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Gore 21.5%, Horror 16%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Realistic 5.5%
- #54 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
69% matchVery Positive80% of 1,382 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.
Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Indie 6.3%, Gore 5.3%
- #55 Foghorns Drown
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Laaya
Windows
You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog. Mysteries and folklore haunt your dreams in this narrative-driven psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 24.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #56 Mist
67% matchVery Positive81% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #57 Welcome to Kowloon
66% matchVery Positive81% of 1,974 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Violent 10%, Gore 8.1%
- #58 Wick
68% matchVery Positive86% of 704 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 35%, Survival Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 7.2%, Indie 4%
- #59 Never Again
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 952 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 13%, Exploration 6.7%
- #60 The Alley
62% matchVery Positive94% of 227 reviews2026
Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Exploration 8.1%