- #1 INDIKA
97% matchVery Positive90% of 7,865 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.3%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 14.7%, Story Rich 12.6%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and narrative-heavy psychological journey that shares the seed game's focus on cultural identity and hallucinatory experiences.
- #2 Infliction
96% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.1%, Demons 11.1%, Realistic 9.6%, Walking Simulator 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same feeling of exploring a haunted, domestic space while dealing with intense psychological trauma.
- #3 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 7.2%, Realistic 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply unsettling first-person psychological horror experience that excels at creating a suffocating, atmospheric environment.
- #4 Layers of Fear
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.6%, Supernatural 10.4%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully uses shifting environments and hallucination-based mechanics to mirror the internal mental decay of the protagonist.
- #5 Martha Is Dead
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 12.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic and disturbing psychological horror game that explores trauma and supernatural elements through a grounded, first-person perspective.
- #6 Find Yourself
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,285 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.7%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Realistic 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the psychological aspect of being trapped in a disorienting, atmospheric environment, much like the seed game.
- #7 Befriended Curse
93% matchVery Positive94% of 275 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: Supernatural 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Dark 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the atmospheric, supernatural, and psychological horror elements that define the core experience of the seed game.
- #8 The Demon Within Me
92% matchMixed67% of 60 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: Supernatural 17%, Demons 16%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror title that mirrors the seed game's focus on internal demons and supernatural interference.
- #9 Confabulation
91% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Demons 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.1%, Supernatural 12.1%, Dark 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes first-person exploration to delve into psychological mysteries and surreal, unsettling scenarios.
- #10 Lost in Vivo
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Horror 30.7%, Atmospheric 16.6%, First-Person 14.3%, Indie 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and claustrophobic first-person horror game that leans heavily into psychological themes and bizarre, dream-like imagery.
- #11 Observer: System Redux
90% matchVery Positive85% of 2,866 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Story Rich 15.4%, First-Person 15%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dense, atmospheric, and surreal horror experience that forces players to navigate through fragmented realities.
- #12 Delirium
89% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Dark 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A focused psychological horror experience that relies on atmosphere and walking-simulator mechanics to keep the player on edge.
- #13 Reflection
89% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
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: Supernatural 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 12.5%, Realistic 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the psychological aspect of horror through a realistic and atmospheric first-person perspective.
- #14 Cry of Fear
88% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 49.3%, Psychological Horror 29%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person psychological horror game that centers on the protagonist's mental state and hallucinations.
- #15 The Cursed Tape
87% matchVery Positive81% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Supernatural 15%, Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Realistic 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the psychological dread of first-person exploration within an atmospheric, cursed environment.
- #16 Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 634 reviews2025
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Why similar: Demons 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 14.2%, Realistic 14%, Walking Simulator 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a realistic, found-footage style to deliver a grounded yet deeply psychological horror experience.
- #17 BABULYA
85% matchVery Positive85% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
BABULYA – that’s what grandchildren affectionately call their beloved grandmother. But what if your BABULYA is no longer human, but a bloodthirsty monster? You came to taste her pies… and she wants to taste you instead…
Why similar: Supernatural 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Demons 14%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, first-person psychological horror game that shares the seed game's focus on unsettling, simulation-like interactions.
- #18 Paratopic
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Dark 10.6%, Walking Simulator 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, low-poly aesthetic and fragmented narrative perfectly capture the disorienting vibe of a psychological nightmare.
- #19 10:59
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You wake up with a bad hangover and don’t recognize your home. You see a boy and you understand... that something is wrong with him. Someone's presence causes anxiety, fear and is about to plunge you into the realm of horror. But you don’t lose hope and try to get out of this nightmare.
Why similar: Supernatural 16%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Dark 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a tight, psychological horror experience centered on atmosphere and the passage of time.
- #20 Family curse
83% matchVery Positive91% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Demons 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 14.7%, Psychedelic 12.9%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines puzzle-solving with psychological horror to explore dark, generational secrets in a first-person setting.
- #21 My Sleeping Girlfriend
82% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Dark 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A thriller-focused psychological horror game that deals with the disturbing intersection of relationships and nightmares.
- #22 Who's at the door?
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,538 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Realistic 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends simulation and adventure with psychological horror to create an immersive and unsettling experience.
- #23 Dreamless
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.4%, Supernatural 10.3%, Realistic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the dark, atmospheric, and psychological themes that make the seed game so disorienting.
- #24 Lust for Darkness
84% matchMixed68% of 4,821 reviews2018
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Dark 6%
Why You'll Like It: A mature psychological horror game that explores dark, supernatural themes within a surreal and occult-focused narrative.
- #25 NightGhast
81% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 23.9%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Realistic 12.4%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy psychological horror game that utilizes a walking-simulator structure to build dread.
- #26 RESTORER
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 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: Psychedelic 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Realistic 11%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a psychedelic and atmospheric psychological horror experience that challenges the player's perception of reality.
- #27 Burial
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
A videographer receives the task of filming a wake in an old Soviet apartment. But he soon realizes that something terrible is lurking within these walls. And in the middle of the room there is a closed coffin...
Why similar: Demons 16.9%, Supernatural 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.3%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the atmospheric and supernatural elements of psychological horror in a first-person perspective.
- #28 Escape from Yandere
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 952 reviews2026
Dev: VorhGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Yandera has locked you in your house and is asking for a declaration of love. You can stay with her or try to escape. Explore the house, but be careful, Yandera can kill you.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Simulation 7.6%
- #29 You’ve Got a Package
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
You are a young and talented writer. One evening, someone leaves a mysterious box on your doorstep. What’s inside will turn your life into a living nightmare...
Why similar: Demons 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 11%, Supernatural 9.1%
- #30 Clink
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Why similar: Psychedelic 13.8%, Demons 12.2%, Supernatural 9.3%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Realistic 9%
- #31 The Mortuary Assistant
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Supernatural 19.9%, Demons 18.6%, Dark 6.5%, Realistic 6.1%
- #32 SNAP SNAP
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.4%, Supernatural 11.5%, Horror 11%, Psychedelic 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #33 The Medium
76% matchVery Positive89% of 9,813 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Dark 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #34 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Dark 13.7%, Realistic 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #35 Witch's Doll
74% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Demons 12.6%, Horror 12.2%, Supernatural 10.6%, Realistic 9.9%
- #36 Blair Witch
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,865 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Dark 10.6%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, First-Person 9.7%
- #37 Writer. Chapter 1
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Demons 13.3%, Horror 11.2%, Walking Simulator 11%, Psychedelic 10.1%
- #38 Psychopomp
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,339 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Your entire life has been a lie. There are catacombs under every home and building, stretching down for miles. Something calls you deeper into the labyrinth. Delve into the depths, and discover the monstrosities below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Horror 21.4%, Supernatural 13.5%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #39 Witch Halloween
75% matchVery Positive82% of 274 reviews2019
Dev: Towndarktales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The day before Halloween, Chelsea is found by her disappeared aunt' lawyer who tells her the last will of his client. Aunt bequeathed all her fortune and Chelsea's house to niece, but she must to stay there exactly one night completely alone. After that, the whole fortune will go to Chelsea.
Why similar: Demons 27.8%, Supernatural 21.6%, Adventure 19.5%, Simulation 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #40 Honey Are You There?
73% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Psycho
Windows
Matthew Nate, a middle-aged man plagued with mental health problems whose home has become a site of unexplainable paranormal activity and a malevolent female entity is pursuing him to his death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Demons 12.9%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.5%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
- #41 Summer of '58
71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Realistic 11%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Dark 9.1%
- #42 SUCCUBUS
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,106 reviews2021
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Why similar: Demons 33.7%, Horror 16.1%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #43 The Inn-Sanity
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13%, Realistic 11.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #44 Banebush
68% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 30.8%, Story Rich 17.7%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Adventure 4.5%
- #45 Please, Forgive Me
72% matchMixed68% of 277 reviews2023
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
"Please, Forgive Me" - is a psychological horror game that tells the creepy story of an overconfident realtor named Pavel. He needs to check the old apartment and rent it to a certain woman. This night will turn into a real nightmare for him.
Why similar: Demons 20.3%, Supernatural 18%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Dark 12.8%
- #46 Witching Hour
73% matchMixed67% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 18.4%, Realistic 18.3%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #47 Kitten Love Emulator
73% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: TruePub: False
Windows
Come explore a disgustingly LOVE-addled world! Solve 'puzzles' in ever-changing, emotion-based, overly-hyphenated levels -- while hunting down the murderer. Experience an ever tightening knot in your stomach as you realize: "Something is terribly wrong here, and I don't want to dig any deeper".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.3%, Simulation 30.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 2.7%
- #48 No, I'm not a Voenkom
70% matchMixed47% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...
Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Story Rich 10.8%, Simulation 10.6%, First-Person 8.2%
- #49 Witch Hunt
70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,406 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Supernatural 27.7%, Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 9.8%
- #50 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
67% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 9.6%
- #51 Silent Still 2
68% matchMixed67% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
Why similar: Horror 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Realistic 12.3%, Simulation 9%
- #52 Midnight Witch
67% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Horror 20.2%, Dark 16.6%, Story Rich 15.3%, Thriller 9.3%
- #53 Restless Dreams
66% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 23%, Story Rich 10.7%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, Dark 9.5%
- #54 MIRROR MIRROR
68% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Realistic 12%, Horror 12%, Walking Simulator 9.9%
- #55 Hollow Head: Director's Cut
71% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac
You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16%, Demons 13.5%, Dark 11.5%, First-Person 10.9%
- #56 Witch 2 Hell Adventure
69% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2021
Dev: Towndarktales
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Trapped in a surreal, diabolical realm, the demon of candlelight encounters Chelsea. He sets her free and gives her a chance to escape from hell. Will Chelsea find the way out? What destiny awaits her in this infernal place? The answers are up to you, and you alone.
Why similar: Horror 55.6%, Atmospheric 27.3%, Adventure 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #57 Haunted Property
66% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #58 DarkHouse
70% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: VD Games
Windows
This is not a typical corridor horror, but a game in a semi-open world with horror elements. You will have to perform a reverse ritual in a psychiatric clinic in order to banish the creepy Doctor back to Hell! Especially in the Nightmare mode, a real hardcore awaits you!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 14.9%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Realistic 10.1%
- #59 From The Darkness
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Dark 13.5%, Walking Simulator 10%, First-Person 7.8%
- #60 Hatch
69% matchMixed68% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Nekoromorph
Windows
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.8%, Realistic 14%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 11.3%