
Go Home 1986 is a retro first-person maze game focused on navigation, time pressure, and atmosphere. Navigate abstract labyrinths, manage limited tools, and reach the exit before time runs out.
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Go Home 1986 is a retro first-person maze game focused on navigation, time pressure, and atmosphere. Navigate abstract labyrinths, manage limited tools, and reach the exit before time runs out.

Nitrogen Narcosis
Nitrogen Narcosis is a thalassophobes deep diving nightmare, set in sinking and sunk abandoned facilities. You and up to 7 other employees wearing the cheapest deep-dive suit money can buy are sent in to recover old materials from these facilities and return it to your captains submarine!

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Indie anomaly-detection game set in a bleak Eastern-European stairwell. 11 floors, 40+ anomalies, minimal horror, maximal tension.
Nitrogen Narcosis is a thalassophobes deep diving nightmare, set in sinking and sunk abandoned facilities. You and up to 7 other employees wearing the cheapest deep-dive suit money can buy are sent in to recover old materials from these facilities and return it to your captains submarine!
Why similar: 1980s 38.4%, Psychological 23.9%, Exploration 19.7%, Atmospheric 9%, First-Person 8.1%
Indie anomaly-detection game set in a bleak Eastern-European stairwell. 11 floors, 40+ anomalies, minimal horror, maximal tension.
Why similar: Psychological 33.7%, 1980s 31.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Linear 5.6%
A sci-fi escape room with a job simulator twist.
Why similar: Psychological 31.2%, Futuristic 29.6%, Exploration 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
Urban exploration turns into a nightmare. Your friends vanished inside a cursed cave haunted by a witch’s spirit. Enter the forbidden site, uncover the truth, and survive a presence that won’t let anyone leave alive. Developed by a small independent studio — our first solo-developed game.
Why similar: 1980s 50.6%, Psychological 25.2%, Exploration 14.6%, Linear 4.7%, First-Person 2.7%
Will.exe, a game whose character no longer wants to be played. Not anymore.
Why similar: 1980s 41.3%, Psychological 39.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%, First-Person 5.8%, Indie 2.7%
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: 1980s 38.1%, Psychological 23%, Exploration 18.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 7.5%
An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.
Why similar: 1980s 30.1%, Psychological 25.2%, Procedural Generation 15%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Explore derelict ship. find out why there is a missing crew. And be careful of things that could be lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: 1980s 34.3%, Futuristic 24%, Exploration 18.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Retro 6.5%
A short horror game about wandering through vaguely familiar memories while something endlessly follows you. It moves when you do, and you need to get out before it catches up.
Why similar: Exploration 25.9%, Psychological 25.4%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Linear 14.3%, First-Person 9.3%
Exit the museum is a game highly inspired by "Exit 8". You are the security guard of a museum and have to go through nine appearingly similar rooms. There is a ~30% chance of nothing beeing wrong in comparison to the first "Showroom".
Why similar: Psychological 49.4%, Linear 27.6%, First-Person 16.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 2.8%
Something crawled up the kitchen sink drain. Now it is your responsibility. Make choices that will affect its growth in this short disturbing first-person psychological horror walking simulator.
Why similar: 1980s 34.7%, Psychological 32%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Retro 7.8%
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Psychological 53.7%, Atmospheric 17.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Exploration 12.8%, Indie 3.2%
Your thirst for solitude has taken you to the farthest reaches of the universe. Will your wish be granted?
Why similar: 1980s 52.3%, Futuristic 18.1%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Decomposition is a psychological horror and survival game in which you will face a deadly cult, solve challenging puzzles and explore claustrophobic environments as you fight to save your life and stop the Decomposition of the world.
Why similar: Psychological 32.6%, 1980s 32.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Retro 6.7%
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 47.1%, Exploration 15%, Linear 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 8.3%
A system-driven psychological horror game where every threat has a pattern and every death has a reason.
Why similar: Psychological 56%, Exploration 20.1%, Atmospheric 14.5%, First-Person 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
90s EGA Point and Click adventure
Why similar: 1980s 47.5%, Psychological 24.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%, First-Person 5.2%
A Sci-Fi First Person Horror Game where you explore an abandoned Space Station //
Why similar: Futuristic 34.4%, Psychological 20.4%, Exploration 16.6%, Linear 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. An FBI intern leaked special investigation tapes before suddenly disappearing. The first tape of the series contains found footage from O'Brien State Park revealing the true events that were covered up in the 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 42%, Psychological 19%, Linear 16.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: 1980s 38%, Psychological 29.9%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 5.6%
COLD CALL is a first-person retro horror game based on a dying Earth full of unexplained mysteries. Escape Northbridge's research facility as you explore and uncover the truth behind a dying world.
Why similar: Psychological 29%, Exploration 27.7%, Linear 15.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%
First-person sci-fi psychological horror set on a secret corporate station. Left alone to secure it, you navigate oppressive corridors where every sound, shadow and choice punishes. "Curiosity always leads you further than fear ever could."
Why similar: Futuristic 31%, Psychological 29.3%, Exploration 21.3%, First-Person 9.2%, Linear 6.7%
There are many places to go! And there is an eye watching you. Travel around in this adventure game overcoming obstacles such as monsters and puzzles!
Why similar: 1980s 30.5%, Psychological 21.6%, Exploration 17%, Retro 13.8%, Atmospheric 7%
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Take care of a cat and a house. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Psychological 47.1%, 1980s 45%, First-Person 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Can you find all 100 Hidden Cats in America?
Why similar: Psychological 52.1%, Exploration 29.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Welcome to a retro-futuristic '80s world of supercars, neon-lit cities, and synthwave beats. Neon Highways is a minimalist casual arcade racer where you cruise through vibrant cityscapes and endless highways, all set to an iconic synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: 1980s 45.5%, Futuristic 23.7%, Linear 10.7%, Retro 9.9%, Atmospheric 9%
Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!
Why similar: 1980s 36.6%, Futuristic 28.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Retro 9.3%, Atmospheric 9%
A minimalist grid-based survival game where every move costs energy. Collect stones to defeat enemies, gather food to stay alive, and survive as many days as possible.
Why similar: 1980s 71.2%, Exploration 23.6%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Psychological 27.3%, 1980s 26.6%, Exploration 21.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 9.3%
Inmersive HORROR sci-fi game. Your exploration module has been damage by a meteor near the Saturn orbit where its an old abandoned spacecraft. Get power back on, explore space and search a replacement for the core of your spaceship
Why similar: 1980s 39.1%, Futuristic 25.3%, Exploration 21.9%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Indie 0.9%
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: 1980s 62.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 7.3%, Indie 5.7%
A timid real estate agent is sent to the abandoned Okugafuchi Shopping District to perform a mysterious ritual for redevelopment. But a wandering female ghost and the town’s cursed past stand in the way. As he uncovers old documents and legends, a buried truth begins to surface.
Why similar: 1980s 63.7%, Exploration 21.7%, First-Person 7.7%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Do you like cars? Driving at high speed? Metal World is a racing game of the endless runner genre, where the player drives flying vehicles in a retrofuturistic world! Test your reflexes and show your skills at high speed!
Why similar: 1980s 28.7%, Futuristic 27.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%
You find yourself lost in a place that shouldn’t exist. Everything feels off — the silence, the looping spaces, the emptiness around you. Instinctively, you begin documenting it all. Liminal State is the beginning of something larger, something unknown — and it all starts here.
Why similar: Psychological 41.2%, 1980s 29.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%, First-Person 7.1%
Tishgorod, 1996. Four friends reunite at a gravesite to face a past they share and a man they lost. Among them, a young woman carries a Blue Book he left behind. Experience firsthand the life of this man and the decisions he made that changed them forever.
Why similar: Psychological 37.9%, 1980s 32.5%, Exploration 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Indie 1.5%
The year is 2101, in a near future where the line between man and machine is fading. Through counseling, the film unravels the disease of inoperability caused by 21g, which has suddenly increased in some androids. It is a PC-98 respect command-click ADV with FM sound music and 20 color dots.
Why similar: Psychological 34%, 1980s 30.5%, Futuristic 17.5%, Retro 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Corrupted Minds is a mind bending single player psychological/Cosmic-adjacent horror game where you must travel through the fragments of a broken man's psyche and make it out whole...
Why similar: 1980s 50%, Exploration 25.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Linear 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Welcome to CHEYNE escape game series, this is the first work, of course, this is only the first chapter, the follow-up will soon update the second and third chapters, Please look forward to it.
Why similar: Psychological 53.6%, Exploration 22.6%, Linear 13.3%, First-Person 7.3%, Indie 2%
Nightmare: Worlds Collide is a unique horror experience that follows Jessica Redford as she recalls her memories after a horrific event causes her to lose touch with reality. Throughout the experience you will be unravelling the mystery as she tries to escape her dark inner secrets.
Why similar: Psychological 55%, Exploration 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Linear 10.1%, First-Person 6.7%
Retro-futuristic VR game were you hit energy balls with glowing sabers. Inspired by Beat Saber and Pinball.
Why similar: 1980s 55.5%, Futuristic 31.9%, Retro 8.4%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
A first-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, emotional tension, and exploration. Solve symbolic puzzles, run through eerie spaces, and uncover hidden meanings in a short, haunting journey
Why similar: Psychological 34.9%, Exploration 20.1%, Linear 17.6%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 10.2%
You find yourself lost in a strange, eerie forest with no memory of how you got there. Equipped only with a flashlight and a cassette player, you must survive and recover fragments of your memory. But beware—the trees are watching you.
Why similar: Psychological 30.5%, 1980s 28.5%, Exploration 20.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%
It's a very simple game where you can escape from the library on the 8th floor!
Why similar: Psychological 52.8%, Exploration 29.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Through a strange coincidence, the protagonist 'I' stumbles into the childhood bedroom they once inhabited. It is a world where hazy memories of childhood vividly regain their original form. Will 'I' be able to return to the real world from this labyrinth of memories?
Why similar: 1980s 41.4%, Exploration 23.8%, Psychological 20.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Indie 2.1%
Bit Lost is a single-player atmospheric first-person game set inside a broken digital space. Explore fragments of consciousness to uncover what happened and find a way out. +You can now explore Bit Lost in a special split-screen co-op mode.
Why similar: Psychological 50%, Exploration 25.1%, First-Person 11.2%, Linear 8.4%, Indie 2.8%
A small horror story in the style of old video films, telling about the terrible events that the main character of the game faced, who got a part-time job in a diner.
Why similar: 1980s 35.7%, Psychological 25.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%, First-Person 7.4%
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Exploration 24.6%, Psychological 22.6%, 1980s 14.3%, Linear 13.4%, First-Person 9.2%
Jump and spin the level in this dangerous and rhythmic platformer!
Why similar: 1980s 48.4%, Exploration 24.3%, Linear 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
A refreshing twist on an old classic, mixing arcade gameplay with the roguelike genre. Test your skill, break bricks, make combos, turns balls aflame and electrify bosses in this frenetic experience!
Why similar: 1980s 51.7%, Futuristic 18.5%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Retro 12.9%, Singleplayer 1%
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
Why similar: Psychological 46.8%, Exploration 19%, Linear 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%, First-Person 6%
Enjoy Horror with a breathtaking atmosphere with an emphasis on quality sound processing. Feel the fear through ubiquitous pitfalls and through questions about your own life. The game is based on well-known horror elements such as inventory, batteries and loss of life.
Why similar: Psychological 45.1%, Exploration 22.7%, Atmospheric 16.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Indie 2.1%
A small game about letting go. Stay up late. Smoke cigarettes. Talk to strangers. Think about what you've lost. Someone you used to love? Or someone you used to be?
Why similar: 1980s 32.8%, Psychological 25.3%, Exploration 17%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 8.3%
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 53.6%, Atmospheric 17.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Linear 11%, Indie 3.4%
We bring you 10 short horror/comedy games in this collection. Inspired by the "Tales From the Crypt" series and cult horror movies from the 80's/90's.
Why similar: 1980s 46%, Exploration 21.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 9%, Retro 7.7%
Mechanical Menace is a playable found-footage horror game. Relive the recording of a "Fixer"—a contractor paid to clean up AI messes in the past. Use black market tools to stun those bots, and finish the job. If you die, the footage just rewinds... until you get it right.
Why similar: Futuristic 29.6%, Exploration 23%, Psychological 18.6%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 10.1%
This game is a short Horror experience, which you as the player will explore and travel through the linear story. This game will challenge you to face your fears and travel through creepy corridors and dark forests. Will you find the secrets lurking in the darkness?
Why similar: Psychological 44.9%, Exploration 17.3%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Linear 11.7%, First-Person 8.2%
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 37.7%, Exploration 19.3%, Linear 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.5%, First-Person 10.2%
Live a transient lifestyle and wander a procedurally generated small town America, leave the area at anytime to generate a new town to explore.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 37.5%, 1980s 34%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%
A short horror experience rendered with a real-time VHS filter (grain, scan lines). Freely explore the spaces of a strange yellow maze. Independently created by a 12-year-old developer using UE5, it immerses you in a purely liminal space atmosphere.
Why similar: 1980s 43.4%, Psychological 34.7%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Retro 4.2%