- #1 Vampy's Big Day
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jerbob
Windows
Sneak through the shadows as a clumsy vampire learning to avoid deadly sunlight with help from a sun fairy. Master stealth mechanics, manipulate shadows to stay hidden, and make moral choices that determine your fate. Will you find redemption or embrace darkness?
Why similar: Stealth 31.2%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Cartoony 13.6%, Cute 8.3%
- #2 Before The Night
96% matchVery Positive95% of 486 reviews2022
Dev: Uneducated Game Studio
Windows
Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!
Why similar: Stealth 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Cartoony 10.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%
- #3 CYAN PROJECT: Today, I Decided to Kidnap a Mermaid
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HOME or AWAY
Windows
An exploration adventure set in a near-future research facility. Progress through the story by solving puzzles with no combat.
Why similar: Top-Down 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #4 100animalease
95% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: sewohayamiPub: woof Inc.
Windows · Mac
An action-adventure game where you work together with a total of 100 animals to escape from a mysterious facility.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Stealth 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #5 Quantum Witch
94% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: NikkiJay
Windows · Linux
A feud between old gods, a missing flock of faer, and every choice has consequences. Ren is in the middle of it all. What will her story be? You will decide in this narrative driven adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Cartoony 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #6 Stay
94% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Spectral Doe
Windows
"Stay" follows the experience of a motel maid, Cas, as she becomes entangled in a twisted tale of obsession, love, and terror. Unbeknownst to her, a deranged stalker harbors a dangerous infatuation with Cas, leading to a series of threatening letters and a deadly game of survival.
Why similar: Gothic 21.2% ★, Stealth 18.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #7 Fervent: Sovereign Struggle
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OutlawHue
Windows
A narrative-driven dark fantasy where your choices shape the struggle between gods and mortals. Navigate hostile territories, survive deadly encounters, and determine who rises to power through brute force and deception.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Stealth 17.3%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%
- #8 War of the Western Deep
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunsgrove Studios
Windows
Explore a lush, hand-animated world as you solve puzzles, meet intriguing characters, and duel nefarious foes in tense sword battles. Join Mirren, a royal courier sent to the dangerous Border Coast on the eve of war, and immerse yourself in this innovative mix of adventuring and cinematic combat.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Exploration 8.5%
- #9 Where's My Body?!
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rajo
Windows · Mac
A top-down stealth game about a vampire’s disembodied soul infiltrating a cursed castle to reclaim her body. Scout as a spirit, possess guards/servants/beasts/contraptions, manipulate light and noise, solve puzzles, and choose when to unleash vampiric power—then vanish back into the shadows.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Stealth 14.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Top-Down 12.2%
- #10 CELLBREAK
91% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Jai games
Windows
In 2062, twenty years after a treaty legalized human cloning for organ harvesting, in Vitacorp’s mega factory an incubator malfunctions and a boy pops out. Opening his eyes for the first time he is Overwhelmed by the sight and pure size of the mega factory. The boy succumbs to his instincts: ESCAPE!
Why similar: Stealth 40.7%, Puzzle 16.3%, Dark 14.1%, Top-Down 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #11 Out of Sight
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 866 reviews2025
Dev: The Gang
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
Why similar: Stealth 27.4%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #12 ECHO
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,805 reviews2017
Dev: ULTRA ULTRA
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
Why similar: Stealth 44.4%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #13 Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek
88% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: PHL CollectivePub: GameMill Entertainment
Windows
Enter the chilling world of Goosebumps in Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek! Unravel eerie mysteries, confront sinister monsters, and navigate haunted locations inspired by R.L. Stine’s legendary books —all while experiencing the Goosebumps signature blend of spooky adventure and playful twists
Why similar: Stealth 23.5%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Exploration 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Puzzle 15.1%
- #14 Sea and Soil
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: seellime
Windows
You're headed to the Sea Breeze Healing Center, the location of the teen winter camp your father signed you up for. Once there, you must explore the hospital, talk to patients, and hold out until your father picks you up...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 12%, Top-Down 10.1%
- #15 Fireflies
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ConIer
Windows
Follow the storyline of Helen while she struggles to save her family from an evil witch and free her family. Helen will use her acrobatics and try to use her tiny size in order to reach locations but be very careful as spiders are lurking about looking for a quick tiny meal!
Why similar: Stealth 37.6%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Dark 6.5%
- #16 The Last Shores
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Black Frog Studio
Windows
🌿 The Last Shores is a chill solar-punk adventure. Clean, explore, and uncover the secrets of a forgotten island while restoring its lost harmony. 🏝️✨
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Top-Down 13.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Cute 10.2%
- #17 Crown of Thorns
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Tangled Web Games
Windows
An atmospheric, top-down mystery/adventure game. Explore parallel versions of an old castle: one pristine, one ruined. Study scripture and lore, solve riddles, unearth secrets, dispel magic barriers. Find, confront, and defeat what lurks beyond the seal in the throne room.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Top-Down 15.6%, Puzzle 15%
- #18 Konekomi Castle
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waiting For Neko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fifty years in the future, the plucky investigator Pandora is caught in a snowstorm. Seeking shelter, she unknowingly enters Konekomi Castle, a mysterious fortress inhabited by one-eyed aliens. You need to earn trust, tell lies, and befriend strangers to unearth the castle's extraordinary secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10.6%
- #19 Isernsmith
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TirazisPub: Bigelo
Windows
Isernsmith is a gothic, crafting-heavy, RPG where you have to explore dungeons, gather resources, and forge new weapons and tools to overcome a tyrannical order that rules through dark forces.
Why similar: Gothic 27.8% ★, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Top-Down 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #20 Limerick: Cadence Mansion
84% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Jenito Studios, LLC
Windows
Limerick: Cadence Mansion is a detail-rich first-person action-horror adventure with deep lore, intricate puzzles, satisfying combat, and a happy little marionette who really wants to say "hello."
Why similar: Stealth 23.6%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Cartoony 10.8%, Dark 10.3%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #21 Amnesia: Rebirth
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,173 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Why similar: Stealth 28.2%, Gothic 17.2% ★, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #22 Witch girl got killed.
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: AlleyInn
Windows
Witch girl got killed. is a first person fantasy horror action game inspired by Japanese anime. Become a witch girl in training and infiltrate the labyrinth that has appeared in town in order to destroy the structure’s brain.
Why similar: Stealth 37.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #23 Void Martyrs
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mac n Cheese Games
Windows
A grimdark survival horror about a nun in space. Scavenge amongst the drifting space-Basilica, balance your faith with survival, and craft the tools of your salvation.
Why similar: Stealth 21.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #24 ProtoDungeon: Episode I
81% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Spacefarer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use the moonlight spell to trade places with objects and escape from the mysterious nightmare in this short puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Puzzle 15%, Top-Down 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #25 Covert Critter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Tactical. Versatile. Camouflaged. You are the elite reptile operative Koss. Remain out of sight as you evade traps, rescue hostages, and prevent a deadly terrorist group from unleashing the ultimate weapon.
Why similar: Stealth 41.1%, Cartoony 14.7%, Top-Down 11.2%, Cute 11%, Exploration 7.3%
- #26 The Inn at Nightfall
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birbhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage an inn for travelers seeking refuge before nightfall. Interact with diverse guests, each harboring their own secrets. Your choices can forge or fracture relationships, uncovering hidden truths along the way. But beware – the real threat may be hiding among your guests.
Why similar: Gothic 29.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #27 Azalea
79% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
A short, cute puzzle action-adventure through the tense and dangerous Forbidden Forest.
Why similar: Exploration 19.5%, Top-Down 19.2%, Cute 15.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, 2D 8.6%
- #28 Shade
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kazira GamesPub: Judatone Studios
Windows
A top-down stealth immersive sim set inside fractured memories. Stay hidden, manipulate light and shadow, uncover story-rich mysteries, and make choices that shape the truth behind your death.
Why similar: Stealth 41.8%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Top-Down 9.4%, Conversation 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #29 Button Lock 2: Star Carrier
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Strive Continually
Windows
Can you solve the puzzle with the limited amount of moves? Explore the world map. Solve the levels with different gimmicks. Get stars by beating levels to explore more of the world map. Solve over 170 levels in this puzzle adventure game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Top-Down 12.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Exploration 11.6%
- #30 Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition
76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,350 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Embark on this epic adventure in up to 4K 60 fps with improved graphics and audio, a new speedrun mode, updated achievements, and an exclusive anniversary gallery.
Why similar: Stealth 33.4%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Exploration 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #31 Nowhere Manor
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonaramisPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 26.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #32 Easter Bunny
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
Easter Bunny is a 2D top-down stealth action game about an Easter bunny hiding Easter eggs.
Why similar: Stealth 30.5%, Top-Down 19.4%, Exploration 19.3%, Cute 13.2%, 2D 8.1%
- #33 Thy Creature
77% matchVery Positive82% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Gothic 29.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Cute 9.7%
- #34 Cave Story's Secret Santa
76% matchVery Positive84% of 825 reviews2021
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mimiga named Santa must sneak into every house and return the missing packages. Be the Mimiga Who Saves Christmas!
Why similar: Stealth 47.8%, Puzzle 19%, Cute 12.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 6.8%
- #35 Ocular Deprivation
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BDGaming
Windows
Ocular Deprivation is a top-down horror game where you, the player, are blind. The only way for you to find your bearing is through the use of echo-location, and observing how the sound bounces off the walls. Be careful though, for you aren't the only one using sound to their advantage
Why similar: Stealth 36.4%, Lore-Rich 24.8%, Top-Down 11.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Dark 7.4%
- #36 Wait: The Patient
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: rest.less Games
Windows
Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.1%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Top-Down 15.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Exploration 13.5%
- #37 Sentimental Death Loop
74% matchMixed65% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: qureate
Windows
Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Female Protagonist 19%, Stealth 18.5%, Top-Down 9.6%, Cute 8.5%
- #38 Escape from Death
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Gothic 24.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Dark 10.3%
- #39 VOICE
74% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: WTFMAN
Windows
VOICE is a game about the story of living in a dystopian world where speaking is forbidden.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Cartoony 9.4%
- #40 Shirone: the Dragon Girl
73% matchVery Positive99% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: OimolandPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
”Shirone: the Dragon Girl" is a 3D adventure game where you help Shirone solve puzzles and riddles to find a way out of a haunted castle. Escaping the castle is the main objective, and to do that you'll need to make full use of her wings and tail!
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Cute 16.1%, Puzzle 15.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #41 Light of Veilendor
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NALYCAN
Windows
In the realm of the Norse monsters, the last survivor of the mighty crystal wolves embarks on an epic adventure to overthrow an ancient evil and rekindle the light of Veilendor.
Why similar: Stealth 22%, Gothic 21.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #42 Lone Chef
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Project Moreum Inc.
Windows
Set off on a flavorful adventure in Lone Chef, an action Metroidvania where hunting, cooking, and exploration come together. Discover a vast world, meet unforgettable companions, and chase after the most mouthwatering dish imaginable.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Lore-Rich 19%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Cartoony 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #43 Mina the Hollower
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yacht Club Games
Windows
Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
Why similar: Gothic 32.7% ★, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Top-Down 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #44 Rootless
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Guardian Studios LLC
Windows
Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #45 Strange Labyrinth
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Foxgear GameDev
Windows
Amy is pulled into a dimension of labyrinths by the villain Ayashii Meiro, who mysteriously appears on her TV. Now, Amy must solve the puzzles of the labyrinths and defeat Ayashii Meiro to return to her world, collecting fragments of her soul along the way.
Why similar: Stealth 34.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Cartoony 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
- #46 Labyrinth of Crystal Princess
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: move the hearts
Windows
Labyrinth of Crystal Princess is a “escape the labyrinth by detecting the unseen” horror adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Top-Down 10.8%, Conversation 9%
- #47 Kohate
71% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
Why similar: Stealth 34.5%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Dark 9.7%
- #48 The Manor
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Ehab NasirPub: HEROCREEP
Windows
Another day in the office. Exorcising Demons!
Why similar: Puzzle 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Top-Down 13%, Exploration 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.6%
- #49 The Brave
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 六日Crystin
Windows
This is an RPG game that breaks the conventional JRPG settings. You successfully complete puzzles, battles, and quests, and finally defeat the evil dragon as in the legend. But the game is far from over... You suddenly realize that what you have learned is not the true set of rules of this world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Cute 11.3%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #50 Project Space Hunter
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BBN Game StudiosPub: BBN Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Space Hunter: Fear in Space is a singleplayer horror Game from BBN
Why similar: Stealth 21.5%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Dark 9.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #51 Until Sunset
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: DemoPub: 14BitsStudio
Windows · Mac
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
Why similar: Stealth 36.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Dark 12.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #52 SeaRing
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SeaRing Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D, top-down, action/puzzle game with absolutely no ghosts.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.4%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Top-Down 14.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Cute 10.7%
- #53 Silverblood
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidehead Studios
Windows
Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 16%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
- #54 SCP: Nemesi - Alpha Testing
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Lunar Lighthouse Studios
Windows
SCP: Nemesi is a multiplayer survival-horror game where one player takes on the role of the SCP (anomalous creatures, each with its own abilities and appearance), and the other four players play as Humans, each with their own personal goals and tasks that may branch into different paths.
Why similar: Stealth 30.8%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #55 The Curse We Made
66% matchPositive94% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Potion Pixel
Windows
A short ride into a cursed town — a hand-drawn puzzle adventure where ghouls and monsters haunt every corner, and gentle, relaxing puzzles slowly bring life back to the world and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Gothic 34.6% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Dark 12%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Lore-Rich 8.7%
- #56 Project Fiend
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maverick Castle
Windows
Project Fiend is a first person horror game where you must solve puzzles to gain key items to unlock new areas. Inspired by other horror games of the same genre as well as horror films.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Stealth 19.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #57 琉奈と悪夢の館
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZephyrStudio
Windows
One day, the unlucky girl "Runa Ichiya" wakes up in a haunted house.
Why similar: Gothic 35.9% ★, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Cute 14.5%, Exploration 14.1%, 2D 6.2%
- #58 Lost Episodes Alone
65% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: GosuGames
Windows
Lost Episodes Alone is a short first person indie survival horror game. Save your friends from an evil nun named Valak. Collect items and solve puzzles to escape the nightmare. Inspired by games like Resident evil, Slenderman and other horror titles!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Stealth 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #59 Fate of New Albans
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: OTB Games
Windows
Engage with the townsfolk and native people to make decisions and choices, your actions will decide the fate of New Albans. With multiple endings, solve puzzles, speak to NPCs and explore the land in this story adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Top-Down 13.3%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 12.6%
- #60 The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Retrowave Studios
Windows
Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Top-Down 15.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 12.8%