- #1 One Night Two Crazies
97% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: chris_antoni
Windows
Enjoy a simple, fun, and occasionally frightening simulation. Fun for all ages provided you can handle the scares. No gore, no violence. Just girlish yells followed immediately by nervous laughter.
Why similar: Strategy 42.4%, Simulation 38.6%, Indie 19%
- #2 Fear of the Light
96% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Jakob FereniusPub: Team Fuve
Windows
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: Simulation 51.8%, Action 48.2%
- #3 The Fabulous Fear Machine
94% matchVery Positive90% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Simulation 39.2%, Indie 19.3%
- #4 Boogeyman
95% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2015
Dev: Clockwork Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.
Why similar: Strategy 48.3%, Indie 26.1%, Action 25.6%
- #5 Midnight Murder Club
94% matchMixed66% of 439 reviews2025
Dev: Velan StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A heart-pounding and hilarious horror party game set in a pitch-black mansion. Armed with a flashlight, a revolver, and proximity chat, you and up to five friends sneak, shout, and stumble your way through tense shootouts, chaotic traps, and total darkness.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #6 Lost in a Forest
93% matchMixed50% of 88 reviews2015
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This game is a parody of horror games, rather than running and hiding from the monster you are now able to fight back!
Why similar: Action 54.3%, Indie 45.7%
- #7 Kill The Bad Guy
92% matchMixed61% of 356 reviews2014
Dev: Exkee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Track the Bad Guys, be brutal and smart in your planning, and eliminate them one by one. But bear this in mind: each criminal’s death has to look like an accident. In each level, you’ll have the chance to splatter and destroy the Bad Guy using various weapons and traps.
Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, Simulation 25.8%, Indie 17.9%, Action 14.6%
- #8 Bear Haven Nights
91% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 58.4%, Action 22.4%, Indie 19.2%
- #9 KAREN SEES
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Sluggioh
Windows
KAREN SEES is a stealthy horror game where you must use weapons, vehicles and traps to survive the monstrous KAREN breaking into your mall at night!
Why similar: Strategy 71.8%, Action 16.2%, Indie 11.9%
- #10 OVERDOSE
89% matchVery Positive86% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: For Fun GamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Survive the night in a deadly asylum—deliver sinister meds, keep the insane in line, and outwit a killer hiding in the dark.
Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Simulation 40.8%, Indie 17.9%
- #11 Five Nights At Skibidi Toilets
90% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: CITADELE
Windows
FNAST offers a unique gameplay that combines elements of strategy, survival and horror. Will you be able to solve the mystery of this mysterious building and prove the truth of the information from the newspapers?
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Action 23.1%, Simulation 22.1%, Indie 13.5%
- #12 Doll Impostor
87% matchVery Positive93% of 1,019 reviews2024
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Doll Impostor is a horror game where 1-4 players take on the role of guardians of possessed dolls. Work together to identify the impostor doll before 9 a.m, or face dire consequences. Every hour counts in this tense, fear-filled race against time.
Why similar: Strategy 61.6%, Action 29.1%, Indie 9.3%
- #13 123 Slaughter Me Street
89% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Action 52.9%, Indie 47.1%
- #14 One Room Nightmare
86% matchVery Positive83% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: RenKon
Windows
Turn-based strategy horror. Terror in a confined space. Manage your limited power and time to protect yourself from the oncoming enemies and survive until dawn.
Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, Simulation 39%, Indie 17.4%
- #15 Foglight Online
88% matchMixed52% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: DangerousBob Studio LLC
Windows
Foglight Online is a multiplayer horror survival game. One player plays as the Legendary Farberto, a monster with a bloodhounds nose, that can smell the other players. The other players have to hide or fight back in this intense nail-biting multiplayer experience!
Why similar: Action 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #16 Five Nights at Roner's: Remastered
85% matchVery Positive96% of 398 reviews2024
Dev: Roane VaydichPub: RedShift Interactive
Windows
You are an ambitious paranormal investigator searching for his big break. When you're presented the opportunity of a lifetime--$25.99, to be exact, you jump at the offer. But everything comes with a catch, and Roner and his friends are keen to teach you that...
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Action 27.1%
- #17 Ghost Master: Resurrection
84% matchVery Positive86% of 349 reviews2026
Dev: Mechano Story StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Command an army of specters, unleash terror on the town of Gravenville, and solve puzzles to unlock mysteries in this strategic adventure game of resource management and supernatural mayhem.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #18 Frosty Nights
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Strategy 52.1%, Action 26.5%, Indie 21.4%
- #19 At Dead Of Night
83% matchVery Positive94% of 3,362 reviews2020
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
At Dead Of Night is part horror film, part horror game and part ghost hunt. It blends live-action and graphics to create a unique immersive horror experience like no other.
Why similar: Strategy 75%, Indie 25%
- #20 Zardy's Maze
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,570 reviews2021
Dev: Full Trek Media
Windows · Mac
Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 34.7%, Indie 13.6%
- #21 Death Tractor
84% matchMixed70% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: Exato Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
This totally serious, 100% accurate to life corn harvesting simulation experience will get your adrenaline pumping and nerves excited. You'll never be able to farm for corn in the same light again! How much corn will YOU harvest before your eventual death by tractor?
Why similar: Simulation 48.6%, Action 29.4%, Indie 21.9%
- #22 Deep Sixed
82% matchVery Positive84% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Simulation 31.3%, Action 19%, Indie 15.4%
- #23 STRANGER
82% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Lost Frame Development
Windows
STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Simulation 34.6%, Action 21%
- #24 Ghost Keeper
79% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Quest CraftPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #25 Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,008 reviews2024
Dev: Moldy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered is a strategy-based indie game inspired by Baldi's Basics, featuring chaotic and intense gameplay mixed with an old-school psychedelic artstyle. Solve math problems, meet Dave's friends, and uncover the secrets of Dave's school.
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Action 27.4%, Indie 21.8%
- #26 Silly Survivors
77% matchVery Positive95% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: DenaZ
Windows
Silly Survivors - a casual roguelike where you play as an adorable furry fox, armed with… a flashlight! Survive waves of suspiciously silly ghosts who keep trying to get close (and pull some kind of silly stuff). Light is your main weapon.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #27 Intensive Exposure
81% matchVery Positive87% of 210 reviews2016
Dev: Intensive Exposure Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Intensive Exposure is a fast paced game in which you have to expose yourself as many times as possible without getting caught by security.
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Action 30.2%, Indie 19.5%
- #28 123 Slaughter Me Street 2
80% matchVery Positive83% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
In this exciting prequel to the hit game "123 Slaughter Me Street", we find out the deep dark secrets that lead up to the madness of this series. You find yourself confused with blood on your hands in a dark house with only a flashlight to guide you.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Action 37.6%
- #29 HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror
78% matchMixed55% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations.
Why similar: Simulation 64.3%, Action 35.7%
- #30 Golden Light
76% matchVery Positive86% of 3,902 reviews2022
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Eat weapons, be scared and question your own mind in this Survival-Horror FPS Prop Hunt Roguelike about meat. Walls are watching you!
Why similar: Action 68.2%, Indie 31.8%
- #31 Fear the Spotlight
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Action 100%
- #32 PLEASE STOP CRYING
75% matchVery Positive95% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Konrad PawlikowskiPub: Cloudless Studio
Windows
PLEASE STOP CRYING is a lighthearted horror game about a father taking on housework and babysitting all at once.
Why similar: Action 55.8%, Simulation 44.2%
- #33 FLIGHTMARE
78% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Action 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #34 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
75% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Strategy 66.9%, Action 33.1%
- #35 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
73% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Simulation 66.7%, Indie 33.3%
- #36 Bunker Invaders
73% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: Kelecik
Windows
A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Simulation 29.4%, Action 24.4%, Indie 13.3%
- #37 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 540 reviews2023
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.
Why similar: Simulation 48.4%, Action 38.8%, Indie 12.8%
- #38 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,290 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Simulation 65.1%, Indie 34.9%
- #39 Death by Game Show
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Oointah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Death by Game Show is a frenetic strategy game where your reactions and decisions matter. There is no hand of god, instead you're dropped into the action against a 26th century chaos droidgasm. Prove your smarts, win your freedom, and survive Death by Game Show.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 26.7%, Indie 21.5%
- #40 Attack of the Earthlings
74% matchVery Positive84% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
Why similar: Strategy 71.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #41 Trapped Dead
77% matchMixed41% of 786 reviews2011
Dev: Crenetic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!
Why similar: Strategy 65%, Action 35%
- #42 Lights Off!
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
- #43 Ghoul Kid
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2016
Dev: Specter Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play as Ghoul Kid, a mischievous ghost who possesses household objects to scare visitors to death. In this wave based game, Ghoul Kid cannot be seen by humans. Use your wits and abilities to manipulate household objects so you can scare people to death! Happy haunting!
Why similar: Strategy 70%, Indie 30%
- #44 DeathWatchers
68% matchVery Positive87% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Swain Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players
Why similar: Strategy 92.5%, Action 7.5%
- #45 SwarmZ
71% matchMixed66% of 401 reviews2019
Dev: Mutiny Software
Windows
Face massive zombie swarms in this funny post-apocalyptic tactical sandbox! Do you know what it's like to be surrounded by 100,000 zombies? Well, you're about to find out!
Why similar: Strategy 38%, Simulation 31.4%, Action 17.3%, Indie 13.2%
- #46 Intruder
68% matchVery Positive90% of 6,905 reviews2019
Dev: Superboss Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.
Why similar: Simulation 54.6%, Action 33.4%, Indie 12%
- #47 White Noise 2
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,868 reviews2017
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Action 28.3%, Indie 19.3%
- #48 Lively Chair Simulator
67% matchVery Positive92% of 403 reviews2023
Dev: Niko Salocin
Windows
Lively Chair Simulator is an indie multiplayer game with strange controls. Let’s see if you are suitable to be a chair.
Why similar: Simulation 43.2%, Strategy 28.8%, Action 15.9%, Indie 12.1%
- #49 The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic
72% matchMixed65% of 72 reviews2014
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: kunst-stoff GmbH
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 12%
Puzzle a shivering jello through 48 levels of a haunted house. But beware! Scary monsters are waiting in the dark! Your only chance of survival is to scare the monsters back before the jello quivers, shivers and faints from fear. Fight evil witches, rattling skeletons and rusty knights with an arsenal of crazy weapons!
Why similar: Strategy 48.1%, Action 27.7%, Indie 24.2%
- #50 One Night at Barneys 3
67% matchVery Positive92% of 197 reviews2023
Dev: IFMGStudios
Windows
A survival horror game based off of Five Nights at Freddy's featuring many iconic characters from Barney & Friends. Defend, upgrade, and discover secrets throughout the one night you will spend trapped in a prison.
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Simulation 40.8%, Indie 7.1%
- #51 Horror Tycoon
69% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Smidge Games LLC
Windows
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Simulation 38.6%, Indie 16.9%
- #52 Time for Bed
65% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: NERDY PENGUIN
Windows
It’s all over if mom catches you playing video games past bedtime. Pretend to sleep through this nightmare, avoid mother’s surveillance, and complete the game at hand.【Genre: First-person horror stealth game】
Why similar: Simulation 61.3%, Action 30%, Indie 8.8%
- #53 Black River
71% matchMixed53% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Black River is a Survival-Horror RPG worth 3-5 hours of intense gameplay where you ultimately have to turn the table on those who want to harm you. It is not about escaping the village of Black River, it's about putting an end to its misery!
Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, Simulation 31.8%, Action 18.5%, Indie 14.9%
- #54 Dodgy Deliveries
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,299 reviews2025
Dev: Tomas GonzalezPub: Deliver Games
Windows
Co-op "Horror" game about running a delivery service with your friends! B̵̨̦͓͖̹̪̥̮͛̀̏̈́̐̔̉Ę̴̤̦̤͓̰̤́͗̚ ̵̨̺͓̱̞͔͉͙̀̂͂͋͠͠Ç̸̫͈̋͋͆̋̾̑̕͜Ä̴̛̟͑͛͋͂̌̕͜͝R̵̛͎̮̜̒̽̈́͂̓̒͘Ę̸͉̙̎̀͐͆Ḟ̶̼͖̭͇̗U̸̡̫͇̤̭̪̦̣̔Ḷ̶̛͖̙͗̋̈̇̕ ̷̡̢͕̦̜͚̌̎̃̔Ā̷̧͇͎̳͔̩̜̤̗͊̋Ţ̸̭̩͚̮͖͇̹̬̾ ̷͍̞̰͈̻̣͚̂̾ͅN̵̛̤͒̏̒͝Ḯ̵̡̘͇̖̏͘Ģ̸̛͙̥̞̽̀͒͜H̶̲̜̺̐̄͋͊̍̈́͘͜T̴̯̲̳̪͚̜̼̈͠
Why similar: Simulation 56.7%, Indie 22.7%, Action 20.6%
- #55 DEVIL'S WAY
68% matchMixed43% of 233 reviews2024
Dev: Rose Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror game that tests your wits, courage and dark sense of humor. Solve puzzles to survive in a world full of dark secrets, but beware - there could be something waiting around every corner!
Why similar: Simulation 61.8%, Indie 38.2%
- #56 Malware
64% matchVery Positive89% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Odd Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
Why similar: Simulation 49.5%, Strategy 46.4%, Indie 4.1%
- #57 Spectator
66% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: Minechan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!
Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, Simulation 40.2%, Action 16.9%
- #58 Hide and Shriek
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,323 reviews2017
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Strategy 43.5%, Indie 6%