- #1 Supernormal
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Realistic 8.5%, Mystery 8.4%
- #2 Anomalies Detective
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Multiple Endings 23%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 14.6%
- #3 INDUSTRIA
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,117 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.5%, Surreal 15.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Horror 7.6%
- #4 The Medium
94% matchVery Positive89% of 9,958 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.1%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Dark 12.5%, Adventure 9.7%
- #5 SCP – Containment Breach
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 942 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: Surreal 18.6%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Dark 9.4%
- #6 Inside Depth 6
94% matchVery Positive85% of 247 reviews2021
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Realistic 9.4%
- #7 Unholy
93% matchMixed64% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Duality GamesPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.7%, Dark 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 10.5%, Realistic 10.4%
- #8 SCP: Fragmented Minds
91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,323 reviews2025
Dev: HST StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 10.2%
- #9 A.I.L.A
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,262 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Cinematic 18.4%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.9%, Realistic 10.5%
- #10 ROUTINE
90% matchVery Positive92% of 7,023 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 7.3%
- #11 Fear the Spotlight
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Surreal 18.1%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #12 The Rule Of SHE
88% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 14.7%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 13%, Mystery 13%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #13 Whitehaven
89% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Dark 16.2%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #14 Amnesia: Rebirth
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,236 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Horror 12.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 9%
- #15 BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 261 reviews2026
Dev: Serafini Productions
Windows
BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW is a first-person psychological horror game that explores the impact social media has on mental health through the story of Anne, a victim of bullying trapped in a surreal nightmare where she must solve a dark mystery and confront sinister creatures.
Why similar: Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 10.1%
- #16 Subversive Memories
85% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Dark 13.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Horror 11.4%
- #17 SCP: Daybreak
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 392 reviews2022
Dev: SquiffyDev
Windows
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.4%, Realistic 14.5%, Dark 11.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 10.5%
- #18 Empty Gauge
84% matchNo user reviews96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Playnova Studio
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Horror 8%
- #19 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
83% matchVery Positive94% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Detective 10%
- #20 Reflection of Mine
84% matchVery Positive81% of 247 reviews2017
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Reflection of Mine is a dark puzzle video game about the dissociative identity disorder. The entire game takes place in the broken mind of Lilly Witchgan and the goal is to discover who is real – Lilly herself or one of her many personalities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Dark 9.6%
- #21 Obsessed : Night Shift
81% matchVery Positive90% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #22 The Cabin Factory
80% matchVery Positive91% of 3,623 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 22.5%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10%
- #23 Phantom Project
82% matchVery Positive83% of 234 reviews2021
Dev: Astravelari LLC
Windows
Phantom Project is a psychological horror game that encourages you to put your deerstalker on and unravel the supernatural mysteries around you. This game is a prototype and is subject to major changes and improvements.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.6%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Realistic 12.6%, Investigation 12.3%
- #24 Overtime Anomaly
81% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
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: Investigation 17.2%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.7%, Realistic 8.4%
- #25 Our Secret Below
82% matchVery Positive87% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Mystery 13%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #26 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
77% matchVery Positive86% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: YAPPub: Yet Another Publisher
Windows · Mac
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Realistic 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Dark 10.7%
- #27 Confabulation: Homestead
79% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.6%, Surreal 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 10.1%
- #28 The Way Home | 집으로 가는 길
77% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: DeepDarkSpot
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in the remote countryside of South Korea in the 1990s. Over the course of just three days, you will encounter a series of mysterious events and come face-to-face with an unseen, encroaching threat
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #29 God's Basement
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Surreal 8.3%
- #30 Nightmare Shift
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Story Rich 11%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #31 Outlying Islands
75% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 10.9%
- #32 SIGNALIS
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Cinematic 13.6%, Dark 12.3%, Mystery 12.3%
- #33 Rise of Insanity
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 16.2%, Surreal 15%, Dark 10.9%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #34 Fragile
78% matchMixed64% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Dark 14.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #35 Mists of Aiden
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Mystery 11%, First-Person 8.4%, Dark 6.9%
- #36 Seek
74% matchVery Positive83% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: cloud_li
Windows
In this game, you play as Alice, an girl trapped in a twisted, ever-changing world. Survive a frozen orphanage filled with lurking horrors, eerie classical music, and unsolved mysteries. Scavenge, evade monsters, and uncover the truth. But can you face the brutal reality—or remain trapped forever?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #37 Shifting To The Backrooms
73% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 11.5%, Cinematic 10.2%, First-Person 8.1%
- #38 Bad Omens: 8th Apartment
74% matchVery Positive89% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Flamingo Games
Windows
You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #39 REVEIL
72% matchVery Positive87% of 926 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Surreal 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.9%
- #40 INDIKA
71% matchVery Positive90% of 8,070 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Cinematic 15.2%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 8.5%
- #41 Martha Is Dead
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Cinematic 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Horror 10.2%, Mystery 9.8%
- #42 Backrooms: Lost Tape
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,343 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Investigation 14.1%, Surreal 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Cinematic 9.1%, Dark 8.9%
- #43 White Room Protocol
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 16.8%, Realistic 15.1%, Dark 14.7%, First-Person 9%
- #44 Vesnith Tapes
70% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Realistic 12.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #45 Who Knocks
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Who Knocks is a first person psychological horror game that will make your nightmares come true. You have just moved into a new home. Welcome the presences that will knock at your door. Solve puzzles, explore the environment and fight your nightmares.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Realistic 8.9%
- #46 Psych
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 346 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 13.2%, Realistic 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #47 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
67% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.9%
- #48 ZERO PROTOCOL
68% matchVery Positive84% of 597 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Mystery 13.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 8.9%
- #49 SCP: Descent
70% matchMixed56% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Drip Games
Windows
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Realistic 14.7%, Dark 13.6%, Puzzle 13.1%, Surreal 12.6%
- #50 The Painscreek Killings
70% matchVery Positive91% of 6,095 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Horror 7%, Realistic 6.2%
- #51 Hollowbody
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,582 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Realistic 11.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Dark 9.8%
- #52 The Signifier Director's Cut
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 19.2%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Dark 10.1%
- #53 The Method of Hiding a Body
66% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Mystery 25.8%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Multiple Endings 23.7%, Story Rich 16.2%, Female Protagonist 2.5%
- #54 Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence
63% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: _atfs
Windows
A new home. A new family. A nightmare waiting inside. Adopted into a new family, Maria soon realizes she was never meant to feel safe there.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.2%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #55 Broken Pieces
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: Elseware ExperiencePub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Cinematic 14.4%, Surreal 13.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #56 Sanity of Morris
68% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanity of Morris: a psychological horror adventure game. Your flashlight reveals the clues you need to stay sane in the search for your father. Discover the truth. Could aliens be real?
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 9%
- #57 SCP: Blackout
66% matchMixed68% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, First-Person 15.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #58 CLeM
64% matchVery Positive92% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Investigation 13.4%, Detective 12.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #59 Luto
63% matchVery Positive85% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Dark 12.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 7.7%