- #1 Downcast
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DemOff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Remember the number and placement of cartridges. Then watch as everyone tries to ruin your calculations. Survive by using memory, mind games, and sabotage.
Why similar: Experimental 15.9% ★, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 9.8%
- #2 Void Inside
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
In a world devastated by radiation, the surface of the Earth has turned into a lifeless wasteland. People long ago sought refuge in underground shelters, but even there, death caught up with them through disease. The protagonist is the last survivor in his shelter
Why similar: Psychological 22.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Dark 16.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Horror 11.9%
- #3 Mirrored Phantoms
95% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 20%, Dark 12.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Psychological 10.7%
- #4 The Horologist's Legacy
96% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Cole and Jordan Studios
Windows · Mac
The Horologist's Legacy is a deep dive into the absurd to find your mysterious past in this indie first-person psychological horror experience that rips the floor out from under you and takes your mind places you've never brought it before.
Why similar: Experimental 20.8% ★, Psychological 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #5 Exit Dream
94% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
A free short first-person horror game of dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal, with strange logic.
Why similar: Experimental 17.6% ★, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological 11.3%, Surreal 10.6%
- #6 Death In Your Dice
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: umrę
Windows
Can you outwit fate when your turn comes? From now on, all you care about is the game of dice and its consequences. Observe, investigate, act, defend yourself. Time is ticking away, but death will not wait.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 9.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #7 Assessment
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ignis Byte Studios
Windows
Assessment is a short psychological horror experience focused on tension, atmosphere, and player choice. You are trapped in a confined environment where you must read, think, and respond under pressure. As the test progresses, the situation becomes more disturbing, unpredictable, and dangerous.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Psychological 24.4%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 9.7%
- #8 Parasomnia Verum
93% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.
Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological 15.7%, Dark 9.2%
- #9 Gamble Your Breath
91% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Alice GamesPub: Devotıon Labs
Windows
A claustrophobic click-based survival game where every spin, card, and choice could be your last. Earn oxygen by gambling your fate through charms, curses, and rising debt before the air runs out.
Why similar: Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 10.3%, Surreal 9.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #10 Midnight Taco
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: FrameField
Windows
Step into the shoes of a young girl who must face solitude and mystery while waiting for her mother at the taco stand where she works. It’s a rainy night, but that won’t stop some unwelcome visitors from showing up...
Why similar: Psychological 26.7%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 22.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #11 GAG
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Joshua Roland
Windows
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Experimental 21.8% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological 9.4%, Horror 8.9%
- #12 Cup Or Die
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EVLL Games
Windows · Mac
Survive in a creepy bar playing beer pong against terrifying opponents in roguelite style. Throw the ball into cups with various effects, collect weird items and passive cards, choose doors, play mini-games. Miss a shot — drink. Every cup you drink can give a bonus or kill you.
Why similar: Psychological 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 10.5%, Dark Humor 9.5%
- #13 CloverPit
87% matchVery Positive90% of 22,113 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Psychological 14%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark Humor 10.4%, Dark 9.4%, Horror 8.9%
- #14 Mango
89% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 19.6% ★, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Surreal 11.5%, Psychedelic 11.3%
- #15 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
88% matchVery Positive87% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Experimental 20.8% ★, Psychological 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 11.1%, Dark 10.6%
- #16 DISORDER - Save Your Family
86% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: StonieDudePub: Brokenworld Studios
Windows
DISORDER is a dark, twisted word puzzle horror game where your mistakes hold irreversible consequences. Players will be challenged to play through a series of challenging rounds in an attempt to 'Save Your Family' if the player fails a round they then 'Choose Who Dies'
Why similar: Experimental 19.3% ★, Psychological 14.8%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.7%
- #17 Blackjack Descent
85% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
You're locked in a room where your only chance of survival is to play blackjack against a sinister dealer. Every hand isn't just a gamble, it's a deal with fate. Fail to repay your debt on time, and you'll fall into darkness... or something far worse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Psychological 15.8%, Dark 15.6%, Roguelike 12.6%, Horror 12.5%
- #18 Nightmare Crawler
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hugo Garden
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 20% ★, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Surreal 11.4%, Dark 11.3%
- #19 There are people in your walls
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bad_ideas_digital
Windows
A psychological horror game about paranoia and anxiety. Listen closely for strange noises in your apartment. Find the people in your walls and kill them. You are safe for now, but they will be back tomorrow.
Why similar: Psychological 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 14%, Dark 13.5%, Surreal 10.9%
- #20 Buckshot With Friends
84% matchMixed49% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: yythgim
Windows
Tabletop horror game where you take turns firing a shotgun. The game can be played with friends or a dealer, creating an intense, suspense-filled atmosphere. Russian Roulette reimagined.
Why similar: Experimental 19.2% ★, Psychological 14.7%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #21 Grief Visual Novel
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Tales Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.
Why similar: Experimental 19.2% ★, Psychological 14.1%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychedelic 10.5%
- #22 Fourth Time Around
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pennywhistle Studios
Windows
Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again.
Why similar: Experimental 21.8% ★, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Surreal 13%, Dark 8.2%
- #23 The Daughter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: deotoonsPub: Dead Serious
Windows
The Daughter is a first-person narrative horror game where the line between reality, dream, and memory slowly fades. You search for your missing daughter in a forest, only to find a house and a silent child who offers to help you… on one condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 19.3%, Dark 17.6%, Experimental 10.6% ★, First-Person 10.4%
- #24 ALLON3
82% matchMixed50% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
A phychological horror experience of voices and screams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Psychological 16.9%, Horror 13.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Dark 12.2%
- #25 The Dire
81% matchVery Positive82% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpi
Windows
Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Psychological 20.5%, Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #26 Delirium
79% 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 20.7%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 13.1%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Psychological 9.2%
- #27 Open or Die
78% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: SVGames
Windows
In front of you are boxes. Some contain diamonds, while others contain death. How many times are you willing to take a risk to win in this deadly gambling show? Manipulate the odds and use items to emerge victorious. What will prove stronger, your greed or your instinct for self-preservation?
Why similar: Psychological 15.8%, Roguelike 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.7%, First-Person 11.3%
- #28 Evil Inside
80% matchMixed62% of 327 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Experimental 22.4% ★, Psychological 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #29 Nonplace
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEAD PETAL LLCPub: DEAD PETAL LLC
Windows
You find yourself in the nonplace. Nonlinear, uncanny, maybe in between worlds or time itself. What is your purpose here? Are you just passing through, or are you an intruder surveying a reality that isn't even real?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 18.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 13.4%
- #30 NOX TIMORE REMAKE
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 188 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Official remake of the original Nox Timore, that was released in 2014. A nightmare, that you come back to every night. Mannequins. Darkness. Horror.
Why similar: Psychological 18.1%, Surreal 15.9%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #31 Fremdganger - The Cheating Demon
77% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Mastermind
Windows
In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.
Why similar: Experimental 22.2% ★, Psychological 17%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Surreal 11%
- #32 Sleep
79% matchMostly Negative39% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Black apple
Windows
This has never been scarier. A story in which you will encounter unusual, strange places. Solve the mystery of this whole place and people who have lost their minds.
Why similar: Experimental 24.5% ★, Horror 21.3%, Psychedelic 14.6%, First-Person 13.6%, Dark 7.6%
- #33 Midnight Snack
75% matchVery Positive86% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 15.6%, Horror 15%, Dark 14.7%, Psychological 14.4%
- #34 For Those We Forgot
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
In this first person psychological horror game your concept of what is real will be questioned over and over again while you venture in this old apparently abandoned apartment. Be careful at every corner and every shadow, things may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Psychological 20.3%, Horror 17%, Dark 12.7%, First-Person 11.7%
- #35 CrimeSceneCleaners|特殊清掃
74% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: ribbongamez
Windows
The protagonist, who has taken a job as a special cleaner, goes to his first cleaning site with his seniors. Witnessing the scene of a gruesome death, he begins to feel something that he has never felt before. He begins to feel the presence of something he has never felt before.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Psychological 22%, Surreal 15.8%, Horror 15.7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #36 Blessed be the chamber
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Kingdom
Windows
Blessed be the chamber is a tense russian roulette roguelite. Load the gun, pull the trigger and push your luck as you try to climb the cult ranks. Choose rings and use powerful items to increase your odds because even the most faithful must face the chamber.
Why similar: Experimental 16.2% ★, Dark 13.1%, Psychological 11.5%, Surreal 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #37 Loop Room
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: OOPs.K
Windows
The loop room is a horror game from the first person point of view, and the goal is to operate 5 panels in 100 repeated rooms and escape to the emergency exit. Run away from the endless room through various equipment and items.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 25.1%, Dark 23.5%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 5.2%
- #38 LIMINOUS
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darchive Media
Windows
An exploratory first-person survival horror journey about travelling the gaps in our reality. Risking everything to keep the lab funded and the board members happy.
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Dark 11.6%
- #39 The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
This software is not a game. A cross between a walking sim and a tarot card reading, TSOTG asks you to find 12 evocative dioramas and answer a single question : What do you see? Answer instinctively and receive one of five different endings and a final reading meant to stimulate self-reflection.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.9%, Psychological 13%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 10.5%
- #40 BeyondThere
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Regen
Windows
Beyond There is an immersive first-person horror game where you explore the eerie house of a missing friend. As you uncover dark secrets and confront terrifying encounters, your sanity will be tested. Can you uncover the truth behind their disappearance, or will the house consume you too?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Dark 23.3%, First-Person 19.4%, Horror 19.2%, Simulation 9.5%
- #41 Haunted Service
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Daring Cat Studio
Windows
A chilling psychological horror experience. Alone at home, you receive a cryptic message: "Congratulations! You got a haunted service." What starts as a prank quickly turns into a terrifying night as sinister events unfold. Will you survive until your parents return?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 13.3%, First-Person 12.6%, 3D 7.9%
- #42 Cherophobia
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Worst Event
Windows · Mac · Linux
You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.
Why similar: Experimental 25.4% ★, Psychological 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 11.1%
- #43 Last Stop House of Horror
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Rogelio Palomo
Windows
A delivery job turns into a nightmare as you enter a two-story haunted mansion where something hunts you from the shadows. A short, intense first-person horror experience with jump scares, atmosphere, and a relentless enemy.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Psychological 19.2%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 13.6%, First-Person 11.6%
- #44 Zeizen
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ultra-violent point & click set in Shanghai, China.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 10.6%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Dark 10.5%
- #45 You Are Grounded
71% matchVery Positive84% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Romooll
Windows
"You Are Grounded" is a short psychological horror-slasher game from a first-person perspective. A terrifying killer clown terrorizes a teenager and his family on Halloween Eve.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Psychological 21.9%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 8.2%
- #46 Happy Hotel
70% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Nyakuza Games
Windows
Happy Hotel is a mildly horror-themed game where you descend through creepy, handcrafted floors filled with traps, puzzles, and eerie surprises. With randomized challenges and Happy, the sinister mascot, your goal is to escape the hotel. Playtime: 15 mins to 2 hours.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological 12%, Dark Humor 10.8%
- #47 The Railroad Crossing
70% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 22.6%, Dark 21.5%, First-Person 10.1%, 3D 8%
- #48 Swaddle
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
You are a young intern in the maternity ward, and your job is to watch over the newborns on the second floor every night. But something very hungry wants to reach these children and devour them. Stop it immediately. Save the babies.
Why similar: Horror 18%, Dark 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Surreal 8.7%
- #49 Channel 64
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: XejiksGG
Windows
A short psychological VHS horror about routine tape digitizing, where reality starts to feel more and more strange with each new recording.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Psychological 17.6%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 9.9%, Psychedelic 8.4%
- #50 Channel 4 Midnight
67% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: foolkien
Windows
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 23.7%, Psychological 15%, First-Person 12.3%, Dark 8.3%
- #51 Toxoplasma
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SimmeringConcrete
Windows
You are trapped on an abandoned space station, developing a bio-weapon that makes the infected hallucinate demonic entities. Spot any anomalous signs of infection before they kill you, complete your research, and unmask the conspiracy that brought you here.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 19.2%, Dark 15%, First-Person 12.6%, Psychological 10.6%
- #52 Dreamless
69% 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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 14.1%, Psychedelic 8%
- #53 Strange Night
73% matchMixed60% of 472 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 25.7%, Dark 19.7%, First-Person 15%, Indie 7.8%
- #54 Sitter
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Games
Windows
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 14.2%, Psychedelic 8.1%
- #55 Let's Pray
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Let's Pray — an atmospheric horror game with a unique mechanic. Pray into your microphone in any language to save lost souls and banish evil, so that God may light your path… Experience the faith of a young nun in a dark forest filled with spirits, temptations, and her own sins.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 16.6%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Psychological 10.3%
- #56 Whispers to Remember - The New Year
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echo Forge
Windows
Emily Carter, a 25 year old preparing a rented house for New Year’s Eve, arrives one day early. What begins as a quiet night soon becomes something she was never meant to remember.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 21.6%, Psychological 16.7%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #57 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
69% matchVery Positive83% of 3,184 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Psychological 14.7%, Surreal 8.7%, First-Person 6.9%
- #58 Chaosfall
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hypnotic Forge
Windows
Every win makes the machine fight back. Survive the Chaos in this slot-machine roguelite.
Why similar: Psychological 25.9%, Experimental 17.6% ★, Dark 16.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #59 6 Floors
64% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Psychological 17.4%, Horror 17.1%, Surreal 15.8%, First-Person 15.3%
- #60 Image
68% matchMixed52% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel SemanPub: Galactic Games
Windows
Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.
Why similar: Experimental 29.7% ★, Psychological 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%