- #1 The Persistence
97% matchMixed67% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Firesprite Ltd
Windows
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Survival 25.2%, Sci-fi 16.5%, VR 15.7%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, roguelike survival horror game set on a doomed space station that shares the seed's focus on stealth and resource management.
- #2 Cosmodread
96% matchVery Positive91% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: White Door Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Survival 24.3%, VR 17.3%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused survival horror game that excels at creating the same claustrophobic, resource-limited tension as the seed.
- #3 Alien: Isolation
96% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Horror 49%, Survival 20.9%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Action 4%, Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact feeling of being hunted on a massive, derelict space station.
- #4 SOMA
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Horror 48.9%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Indie 10%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a haunting, atmospheric sci-fi horror story set in a claustrophobic, isolated environment.
- #5 SIGNALIS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Sci-fi 64.4%, Action 18.7%, Adventure 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in sci-fi survival horror that perfectly mirrors the dread and isolation found in space-based settings.
- #6 Syndrome
94% matchMixed64% of 361 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Horror 40%, Survival 30.3%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Action 8.2%, Adventure 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A direct survival horror experience that traps the player on a derelict ship with limited resources and terrifying threats.
- #7 Monstrum
93% matchVery Positive91% of 3,664 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Horror 64.7%, Survival 17.6%, Indie 10.5%, VR 5.5%, Action 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a procedurally generated ship environment that forces players to scavenge for survival while being hunted.
- #8 Barotrauma
91% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Survival 41.4%, Horror 35.8%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: While set underwater, its focus on managing a complex, failing vessel under constant threat mirrors the core survival loop of the seed.
- #9 Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
91% matchMixed68% of 2,477 reviews2020
Dev: Radiation BluePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Survival 35.9%, Sci-fi 24.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base building and space exploration with intense survival horror elements in a procedurally generated universe.
- #10 CDF Ghostship
92% matchMixed41% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: MadAboutGamesStudios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CDF Ghostship is a science-fiction Old-style shooter featuring an open-world spaceship, space station and colony. Each new game will offer a challenge with random story-lines and narrative, random enemies and multiple endings. Can you escape the Ghostship?
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Survival 19.8%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Action 13.6%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic successor that shares the seed's indie roots and focus on military-grade space horror.
- #11 System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
87% matchVery Positive88% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Sci-fi 27.5%, Action 12.6%, Adventure 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sci-fi horror RPG that defined the genre of surviving on a hostile, derelict space station.
- #12 Phantaruk
90% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Indie 21.8%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 20.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that emphasizes stealth and environmental storytelling on a dangerous space station.
- #13 Scavenger SV-4
89% matchVery Positive91% of 590 reviews2018
Dev: Deric RuhlPub: HoroArch
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy space survival game that captures the feeling of being alone and vulnerable in the vacuum of space.
- #14 Observation
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,063 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Indie 25.9%, Adventure 23.1%, Sci-fi 20.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique perspective on space station horror by placing you in the role of the station's AI during a catastrophic event.
- #15 4089: Ghost Within
89% matchMixed61% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: Phr00t's Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sneak & battle your way through a procedurally generated mothership in this stealth action RPG! Supports user content & the Oculus Rift!
Why similar: Action 30.5%, Indie 28.2%, Sci-fi 22.4%, VR 18.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie FPS that blends roguelike elements with sci-fi exploration, mirroring the seed's focus on procedural space encounters.
- #16 Amnesia: The Bunker
84% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Survival 37.2%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on limited resources and constant, oppressive tension in a confined space, echoing the survival mechanics of the seed.
- #17 The Callisto Protocol™
85% matchMixed65% of 42,820 reviews2022
Dev: Striking Distance StudiosPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
Why similar: Horror 53.9%, Sci-fi 28.8%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A visceral, modern survival horror game that emphasizes combat and atmosphere in a remote, space-based prison.
- #18 Star Shelter
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 435 reviews2018
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
Why similar: Survival 37.5%, VR 28.6%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused survival-crafting game that captures the isolation and resource-gathering loop of space exploration.
- #19 Deadnaut
86% matchMixed64% of 157 reviews2014
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Survival 35.8%, Sci-fi 23%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, atmospheric survival game that captures the dread of exploring derelict ships in deep space.
- #20 Ghost Stories
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Indie 22%, Adventure 21%, Action 20.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure that captures the atmospheric horror and exploration elements found in the seed.
- #21 Endoparasitic 2
81% matchVery Positive87% of 616 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Sci-fi 30.1%, Action 14%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, claustrophobic survival horror game that emphasizes resource management and combat in a sci-fi setting.
- #22 Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife
82% matchMixed62% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You died in a mysterious seance and have become a Wraith, one of the restless undead. In this VR horror game, use your supernatural abilities to solve the mystery behind your death. But beware of the sinister Spectres lurking in the shadows...
Why similar: Horror 60%, VR 30.6%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A VR horror title that excels at atmospheric tension and exploration, similar to the immersive VR horror elements of the seed.
- #23 SCP – Containment Breach
77% matchVery Positive99% of 497 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 46.2%, Survival 22.5%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Action 10.2%
- #24 ALONE IN SPACE
82% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Survival 27.6%, Horror 23.2%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in a derelict space environment, emphasizing the feeling of isolation.
- #25 Vortex: The Gateway
81% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Survival 51.9%, Horror 15.5%, Adventure 11%, Action 10.9%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a hostile, alien environment.
- #26 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
76% matchVery Positive90% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Why similar: Horror 54.1%, Sci-fi 26.7%, Action 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #27 Wandering in Space VR
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 211 reviews2023
Dev: MOONSEER VR
Windows
Join Wandering In Space, a unique FPS ROGUELITE SCI-FI experience built for VR. With a variety of space weapons, upgradable armory, power ups and unknown superpower, you, a soldier without any memory have to fight the mutants, cyborgs and the rebels to survive in the space of unknown...
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Survival 31.3%, VR 21%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 2.5%
- #28 Blue Effect VR
79% matchVery Positive80% of 135 reviews2017
Dev: DIVR Labs
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Our VR only, Blue Effect is an atmospheric sci-fi wave shooter that will thrill you with excitement, test your endurance and your bravery! Use our unique control system, enjoy outstanding sound design and fight for your survival. Are you ready to face your darkest fears?
Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Survival 21.7%, VR 21.4%, Action 14%, Indie 13.1%
- #29 Moros Protocol
74% matchVery Positive80% of 667 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel ReignPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Face the darkness in Moros Protocol, a pixel-painted sci-fi FPS roguelite. Survive the nightmare alone or with allies as you navigate the decaying warship, stalked by horrors and guided by a voice you don’t recognize. Adapt, upgrade, and push forward. You may be outnumbered, but not outmatched.
Why similar: Horror 56.6%, Sci-fi 27.2%, Action 16.3%
- #30 Death Horizon: Cyberfusion
76% matchMixed64% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon Lab
Windows
Cyberfusion is a VR roguelike, physics-based, full-body FPS that immerses you in a futuristic battlefield. Featuring cybernetic implants and procedurally generated levels, this game challenges you to adapt and survive in a world where your body is your ultimate weapon.
Why similar: Horror 42%, Survival 22.8%, VR 15.8%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 9.6%
- #31 Montas
80% matchMostly Negative37% of 169 reviews2014
Dev: Organic Humans
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Montas is a first person survival horror adventure that focuses heavily on exploration, immersion, atmosphere, story and interactivity. The player is cast into a dark and mysterious world with little introduction, and must do what is necessary to survive on a twisted ride full of intrigue and drama.
Why similar: Horror 55.5%, Indie 15.1%, VR 14.8%, Adventure 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and environmental storytelling in a dark, confined setting.
- #32 System Shock
73% matchVery Positive91% of 12,269 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Sci-fi 24%, Survival 14.7%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 11.5%
- #33 Space Beast Terror Fright
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 51.6%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Action 16.2%, Indie 14.8%
- #34 10 Years After
79% matchVery Negative11% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Rock Paper Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
“10 Years After” Is a survival based horror (Open World) Single Player Adventure ..........After the government rolled out a injection to the general public to stem the violence and quell the human emotion's things were going well ….....
Why similar: Survival 44%, Action 18.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie survival game that focuses on scavenging and staying alive in a hostile, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #35 Vorax
74% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Survival 36.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 11%
- #36 Affliction
77% matchMixed51% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Affliction is a survival horror shooter designed to engage players with a thrilling storyline, surreal environments, merciless foes, a chilling atmosphere, and an unforgettable gameplay experience. Players must explore, scavenge, and fight in order to survive and live to tell the tale.
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Survival 26.6%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Action 10.6%
- #37 GLOWCOMA: chapter 1
75% matchVery Positive85% of 226 reviews2019
Dev: Tsvetomir Georgiev
Windows
GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.
Why similar: Action 35%, Indie 33.8%, Adventure 31.3%
- #38 Project Silverfish
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Horror 56.6%, Sci-fi 30.1%, Action 13.3%
- #39 Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game
71% matchVery Positive93% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Windswept InteractivePub: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Ghost Signal is a VR action roguelite set in the Stellaris universe, where you captain your ship to battle a multitude of alien species. Partake in dynamic space wars, encounter planet sized creatures, gather valuable loot to conduct research, and more. No journey is the same.
Why similar: VR 28.7%, Action 25.4%, Adventure 23.4%, Sci-fi 22.4%
- #40 PANIC STATION
75% matchMixed41% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Forest Games
Windows
After exploring the new planet, the space crew became infected with an unknown virus. After a long epidemic, the space station plunged into chaos. Various mutations took place with the crew of the ship, which clouded their minds. Make your way to the rescue shuttle through the mysterious danger.
Why similar: Action 28.3%, Horror 24.3%, Survival 16.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Indie 10%
- #41 Echo of the Wilds
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 195 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.
Why similar: Survival 67%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 15.2%
- #42 Skyward Extraction
68% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Clogs
Windows
A light horror roguelike adventure through a post apocalyptic world, with airships.
Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Survival 30.4%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 4.4%
- #43 Project Pulsation
72% matchMixed71% of 377 reviews2015
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Project Pulsation - a sci-fi first person shooter with elements of horror and stealth. The distant space station 'Complex' located nearby Thanatos Asteroid keeps a valuable Artifact. Fight your way through turrets, unknown creatures and mysterious ghosts, survive and try to get back.
Why similar: Action 52.3%, Horror 29.5%, Adventure 18.2%
- #44 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
69% matchVery Positive87% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Horror 53%, Sci-fi 36.5%, Action 10.5%
- #45 Abyss of Neptune
70% matchMixed69% of 221 reviews2021
Dev: Abyssmal GamesPub: Synodic Arc
Windows
Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?
Why similar: Horror 60.7%, Action 15%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 11%
- #46 Project Liminal 2
66% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Action 35.7%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Indie 10.3%
- #47 Niktophobia
67% matchMixed65% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: OldYacht
Windows
NIKTOPHOBIA - sci-fi horror for 1-4 players. The team arrives at the space station to extract alien bio-samples. Players will use various tools and manipulate the station's energy to get out of trouble together.
Why similar: Horror 44%, VR 22.6%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #48 Urge
67% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Survival 38.6%, Action 11%, Indie 9.2%
- #49 Phantasmal: Survival Horror Roguelike
71% matchMixed44% of 364 reviews2016
Dev: Eyemobi Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Experience Terror that is Never the Same Twice with Phantasmal, a Lovecraftian survival horror that evolves every time you play!
Why similar: Horror 72.2%, Survival 16.8%, Indie 11%
- #50 Invasion 2037
69% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Survival 35.7%, Horror 18.6%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 11.8%
- #51 Antarctica 88
67% matchVery Positive87% of 267 reviews2020
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Survival 20.2%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Indie 9.6%, Action 9.2%
- #52 Fear of the Light
66% 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: Horror 33.8%, Survival 32.6%, Sci-fi 21.9%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #53 Paranormal
70% matchMixed56% of 523 reviews2013
Dev: Matt Cohen
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience the horrors of a haunting that's never the same twice. Paranormal is a 3D fully dynamic haunting experience. The player takes the role of Mattel Clarke, an artist who has a haunted house. Mattel decides to film the hauntings with his camera, which is the viewpoint of the game.
Why similar: Horror 76%, Indie 10.2%, Adventure 7%, Action 6.9%
- #54 The Solus Project
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,612 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: Survival 40.3%, Horror 16.5%, Sci-fi 16.4%, VR 14%, Adventure 8.8%
- #55 Witch Hunt
67% 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: Horror 42.1%, Survival 33.8%, Action 10.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 4.8%
- #56 Sailing alone:Aftermath
66% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: MLStudio
Windows
You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Survival 50%, Horror 33.7%, Adventure 16.3%