- #1 Escape Camp Stranded
97% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: attack_button
Windows
First person, single player horror game with puzzle elements. Solve the puzzles and explore to Escape Camp Stranded.
Why similar: Stealth 16.8%, Dark 16.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, Exploration 12.7%
- #2 INFECTIS
96% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Hazy and disoriented, you awake in a prison cell with no memory of who you are or why you're here. Break free of your isolation and explore the abandoned hallways for a way out, guided by mysterious messages warning you to avoid the basement.
Why similar: Stealth 19%, Adventure 17.3%, Dark 13.8%, Puzzle 11%, First-Person 10.9%
- #3 Nightlatch
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NoName-Epic
Windows
A low-to-mid poly horror escape game across 3 different houses. Find the keys you need room by room, hide from a stalking presence, and uncover the story through scattered notes - each house with 4 difficulty tiers of 10 levels.
Why similar: Adventure 22.3%, Puzzle 15.8%, Stealth 14.9%, Dark 12.9%, Exploration 12.8%
- #4 The Depths
95% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Malicious Tree Games
Windows
The Depths is a First Person Horror puzzle solving game where you fix currents to power up doors, resetting gear boxes to gain access to new rooms and pulling levers to open up completely new areas. All the while hiding or Sneaking past The Depths Beast
Why similar: Stealth 26.7%, Puzzle 17%, First-Person 17%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 11.1%
- #5 Hallowed Faces
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Aces Games
Windows
Returning to the village feels wrong. The wind howls through empty streets, and the lanterns sway like they’re alive. What happened while you were gone?
Why similar: Adventure 23.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Dark 17.4%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 13.7%
- #6 Ungrounded
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows
Ungrounded is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore, observe, and engage with Ungrounded’s mechanisms and machinery. The further you travel, the more uncertain the path home.
Why similar: Adventure 29.5%, Puzzle 27.1%, Exploration 18.6%, First-Person 17.5%, Indie 4.7%
- #7 Celestials Door
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Breakbound Studios
Windows
Celestial's Door is a psychological horror game where you, as a desperate husband, search for your missing wife, Dee.
Why similar: Adventure 23.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, Dark 17.3%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 13.7%
- #8 Echoes Of Despair
92% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: MiddleNightGame
Windows
"Echoes Of Despair" plunges players into the horror of an abandoned hospital, where Sarah, an investigative journalist, must survive supernatural forces while uncovering the dark secrets of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 30.5%, Puzzle 21.8%, Exploration 17.6%, First-Person 17.1%, Horror 11.1%
- #9 The Secret of Whispering
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Teo Games
Windows
The Secret of Whispering is a psychological horror puzzle game. The player is lured into an abandoned house by mysterious calls. As he explores the eerie property, he uncovers dark secrets and is drawn into a maelstrom of puzzles and gruesome revelations.
Why similar: Adventure 25.3%, Puzzle 19%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 14.6%, Dark 13.9%
- #10 Pilfer
91% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A stealth game in which the player explores a small town, breaks into houses, and steals silverware.
Why similar: Adventure 30.9%, Stealth 26%, Dark 17.4%, Indie 13.6%, Exploration 12.1%
- #11 Darklands:Awakening
90% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Limitcore.studio
Windows
You will control the protagonist to come to a mysterious prison and reveal the horrible secrets unknown here!
Why similar: Adventure 25.3%, Stealth 23.7%, Puzzle 18.2%, First-Person 14.2%, Horror 13.4%
- #12 Smiley Steel
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B&XStudios
Windows
Enter Smiley Steel Factory, explore a hidden underground circus beneath Nexora, solve mysteries, and uncover the truth behind an experiment that should have never begun
Why similar: Exploration 18.8%, Puzzle 18.6%, Stealth 18.4%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 14.3%
- #13 House of Caravan
89% matchMixed67% of 814 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 22.2%, Horror 21.9%, First-Person 17.6%, Puzzle 16.5%, Indie 11.5%
- #14 Echoes From The Threshold 2
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holojet
Windows
Welcome to the Threshold, a place where reality is altered, and memories become disturbing, dark reflections of what once was. Find items to help escape, and explore an almost fully interactive environment!
Why similar: Puzzle 25.3%, Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 19.2%, First-Person 16.7%, Horror 13%
- #15 THANATOS
87% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Adventure 29.7%, Puzzle 22%, Exploration 17.4%, First-Person 16.4%, Horror 12.8%
- #16 AKAYASHIKI | あかやしき
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: TREIZE
Windows
AKAYASHIKI is a game where you must escape from a killer roaming the mansion.
Why similar: Stealth 32.4%, Adventure 29.4%, First-Person 18.6%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 4.1%
- #17 From BELOW
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Belowworks_studio
Windows
A first-person mystery horror game where you explore a mysterious mansion, interact with objects, collect evidence and records, and uncover the truth behind a past incident.
Why similar: Adventure 28.7%, Puzzle 20.9%, Exploration 16.8%, First-Person 15.9%, Horror 12.4%
- #18 Clockwise
86% matchMixed65% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"Clockwise" is an adventure, puzzle, horror game with different playthroughs. It combines the feeling of being watched with the ones of confusion and fear. Will you find a way out of the haunted house?
Why similar: Adventure 35.8%, Puzzle 15.2%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 12.5%, Indie 11.9%
- #19 Vorago
84% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Adam HandschuhPub: Hidden Palm Interactive
Windows
Welcome to the Oracle-Fields. You are AL-1, a droid tasked with assisting research across space stations on the edge of the galaxy. But now, the 'Time-Event' has changed something. Everyone has disappeared. Locate the others. Face the horrors of space. Solve puzzles. Find your way home.
Why similar: Adventure 30.9%, Puzzle 22.7%, Exploration 16.3%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 12.1%
- #20 Darkness Ahead
84% matchMixed52% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Dark 15.1%, Indie 13.2%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 10.9%
- #21 Nightwalker
83% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Nightwalker is a short horror adventure game in which you play as an aspiring investigator.
Why similar: Adventure 27.1%, Stealth 15.3%, Indie 11.5%, Dark 11.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #22 Trapaze
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FragconX Studios
Windows
You play as an adventurer on the lookout for puzzles. Relive the maze as it was built. As the character you play in First Person where you have to find the key to unlock what you hope will be the escape. Dodge traps and have a good sense of direction.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.7%, Adventure 23.4%, First-Person 22.5%, Exploration 19.6%, Indie 6.9%
- #23 OH DEMON! Fix my TV
80% matchVery Positive88% of 488 reviews2026
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.
Why similar: Adventure 27.3%, Puzzle 23.7%, Horror 21.5%, First-Person 18.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #24 The Cullfield Ritual
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Insanctum Games
Windows
Take part in a dangerous ritual game that requires you to travel between reality and the "Spiritual Realm"
Why similar: Adventure 21.9%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Stealth 12.8%, Dark 12.1%
- #25 Box Hard
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: This Is Studio
Windows
Box Hard is a minimalist and challenging game where every room is a puzzle. No tutorial, no hints—observe, experiment, and find the solution to progress. Only the most perceptive will succeed. Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Puzzle 22.7%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 17.3%, Indie 8.5%
- #26 GUILT
81% match8 user reviews0% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: SoleIndie
Windows
GUILT is indie horror game inspired by P.T GUILT contain Jumpscares, Puzzles, Flickering Light, Psychological Atmosphere. Support 32 and 64 bit. Recommend using headphones while playing this game
Why similar: Adventure 33.6%, Puzzle 24.4%, First-Person 18.6%, Horror 11.5%, Indie 9.2%
- #27 Siren Head: The Horror Experience
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas JC IronmongerPub: Ironmonger Games
Windows
Some teenagers have gone camping in the woods far out of town after hearing an old folks tale about a monster lurking within the woods. The monster surrounds its habitat with horrifying and distorted siren noises.
Why similar: Puzzle 15%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 14.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Stealth 13.6%
- #28 Poncik's Little Tragedy
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bratu Games
Windows
Explore an abandoned theater consumed by a mysterious fungal infestation. Use Poncik Bot to solve puzzles, restore power, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Something terrible happened here, and the truth is still waiting to be found.
Why similar: Adventure 22.1%, Puzzle 18.7%, Horror 17.9%, Exploration 13.8%, Dark 12.3%
- #29 Lady Dracula's Mansion
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Stingy Hat Games
Windows
Explore a creepy gothic mansion and survive the night while being hunted down by a lady dracula! Lady Dracula's Mansion is an FPS horror game with retro graphics where you must sneak around and use your wits while scavenging whatever weapons and resources you can find to help you survive.
Why similar: Adventure 28.6%, Stealth 20.4%, Exploration 17%, First-Person 16.1%, Horror 12.5%
- #30 Uncle's Basement
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TCG InfinitePub: Setfire Ent.
Windows
Uncle's Basement is a survival horror game with puzzle solving elements. In it you will have to go through all the difficulties and find a way out of the place of confinement.
Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Puzzle 18%, Adventure 17.8%, Dark 17.5%, Exploration 14.9%
- #31 Maze Sounds
78% matchMixed41% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: AMIDEA Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Maze sounds is a first-person puzzle game where you must focus on sounds that you hear. This is a labyrinth with invisible walls which produce sounds. These sounds help you to locate the walls.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Puzzle 23.5%, First-Person 21.3%, Indie 15%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #32 Whisper Of Anima
75% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: ICAT Game Studio
Windows
Seal spirits in style! Guide cute exorcist Pudtan through stunning low-poly 3D environments in this Top-down horror game. Every playthrough offers new challenges as you gather materials, outsmart chasing ghosts.
Why similar: Dark 22.9%, Adventure 20.1%, Stealth 18.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12.3%
- #33 Riot of Willy
75% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Too Production
Windows
Is a horror game with an adventure twist. Your task is to solve puzzles and not to get caught by monsters. They all hear and see you, so be careful. Explore the locations and survive in this thrilling horror game
Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, First-Person 22.1%, Horror 21.5%, Exploration 16.4%, Indie 9.4%
- #34 HELPLESS
76% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: HazmatWithAHat
Windows
A small, survival horror game with retro style graphics similar to consoles from the past. Explore, collect items, and hide from any possible danger.
Why similar: Stealth 29%, Exploration 20.1%, First-Person 18.5%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 12.1%
- #35 Wild Unknown
77% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Joe SansonePub: Island Bar Games LLC
Windows
Wild Unknown is a first-person adventure game where players must explore, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in order to piece together the surprising story of the mysterious wilderness in which they awake. Includes DLC: Trial of Antiquity.
Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Puzzle 24.4%, Exploration 21.4%, Indie 16.2%
- #36 Perilous Skies
76% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Rydiossoftware
Windows
Stranded in a dark, mist-filled forest, your only hope is an old communications tower hidden in hostile terrain. Gather scattered toolkits, brave the fog, and evade the shadows that lurk in wait. Every step brings you closer to rescue—or into the abyss. Will you survive Perilous Skies?
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Puzzle 18.6%, Stealth 17.6%, First-Person 15.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #37 Union Vivien
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunight Games
Windows
Union Vivien is a mascot horror game with liminal space elements. You find a passage to the abandoned complex "Union Vivien" beneath your home. Beware of its inhabitants. Dive into lucid dreams to remember what is hidden in the darkness.
Why similar: Adventure 20.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Horror 15.8%, Stealth 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #38 MELLOW
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 小娘Pub: komusume
Windows
A boy named Ito was looking at an illustrated book in the library when he suddenly got trapped inside. And he had lost his face... He meets a girl named Mulberry who wears bones, and they team up to find out what this library is in this exploration-based adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 33.6%, Dark 24.9%, Exploration 20.9%, Horror 13.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #39 The Expansion
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: JMO INTERACTIVE
Windows
A psychological first-person horror experience set in endless Backrooms. Explore abandoned corridors, uncover hidden secrets, evade mysterious entities, and survive a world where every turn leads deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Stealth 26.3%, Exploration 19.9%, Adventure 16.6%, First-Person 16.5%, Horror 13%
- #40 END UP ALONE
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Fast X Play
Windows
In a dark world, in an empty place full of hidden secrets and parasites, you have to try to escape.
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Dark 23.9%, Stealth 19.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, First-Person 11.4%
- #41 Price of Knowledge
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dark Mind
Windows
Start your journey to meet your fears and new knowledge. You are forced to become an adult and learn the truth.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Adventure 21.2%, First-Person 18.3%, Exploration 16.1%, Puzzle 14.6%
- #42 Descent - Silence of Mind
73% matchMixed57% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Puzzle 20.1%, Dark 19.3%, Indie 17.2%, Horror 15.6%
- #43 Unseen Beings
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghoul Games
Windows
A survival horror game inspired by the tense enemy encounters and helplessness of games like Outlast. Avoid or confront invisible entities while exploring, solving puzzles, and overcoming horrors to to pay off your debt. Use special goggles, a taser gun, and your wits to survive the night.
Why similar: Stealth 25.3%, Dark 14.1%, First-Person 13%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 12.4%
- #44 LOCKOUT
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MS Productions
Windows
Taken from your family and abandoned on a remote island, you must survive the horrors left behind. LOCKOUT is a first-person, story-driven horror game about uncovering a secret corporation’s experiments and finding a way home.
Why similar: Adventure 18.6%, Puzzle 16.4%, Stealth 15.9%, Dark 13.6%, Exploration 13.4%
- #45 Temple of the Lost
72% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: dosinis
Windows
Explore the Temple of the Lost, solve occasional puzzles, avoid deadly traps, beat the mazes and find what's hidden. Slowly uncover the secrets of this temple, while listening to ambient, atmospheric music.
Why similar: Adventure 32.7%, Puzzle 20%, First-Person 18.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Indie 13.3%
- #46 The Motorcycle
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tobacom
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror game about motorcycle chasing you :)
Why similar: Stealth 28.4%, Dark 18.9%, First-Person 18.5%, Horror 15.3%, Adventure 12.7%
- #47 Treeker: The Lost Glasses - Classic + Remake Edition
71% matchMixed58% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: Fernando PauloPub: Fernando Paulo (Zefaistos)
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Treeker: The Lost Glasses is a first-person adventure game, with puzzles and platform elements. Use the glasses to see hidden things that will help you solve the challenges. This package includes both the classic and the remake versions of the game.
Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, First-Person 26.2%, Puzzle 19.7%, Indie 16.4%
- #48 Voltus' Neon Nightmare - Colossal Cure
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DarkFox64Pub: Twin Tails Studio
Windows
After the previous events, you realized that this "mall" place was a trap to send you to another dimension, full of liminal and unknown places. Voltus is now controlled by the Core's energy, forced to keep you away from it.
Why similar: Dark 26.2%, Puzzle 20.9%, First-Person 18.9%, Horror 16.3%, Indie 14.6%
- #49 Chased
70% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Pacims
Windows
Enter "Chased" and see if you can survive the ultimate horror experience. A mysterious stranger offers you the chance to reset your computer by playing games, but death in the game also occurs in real life. Can you outsmart the twisted mind behind these deadly games, or will you be the next victim?
Why similar: Dark 23%, Puzzle 21.5%, Stealth 19.3%, Horror 18.6%, First-Person 12.5%
- #50 Mekururi: Dizzying Witch
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SleepingMuseum
Windows
A mysterious adventure game where you spin the witch's eyes round and round to unlock secrets. Escort her without hesitation through fantastical puzzles and action.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.6%, Adventure 26.8%, Dark 22.2%, Horror 16.8%, Indie 4.6%
- #51 Granny 3
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,442 reviews2021
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
You have to escape Granny and Grandpa...You have five days...
Why similar: Adventure 17.9%, Stealth 16.9%, Puzzle 16.5%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 14.7%
- #52 Toy's Playground: The prologue
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeyra Games
Windows
Toy's Playground hides dark secrets. Explore the factory and the play area. Solve puzzles. Avoid the creatures. Don’t get caught. Find a way out before it’s too late.
Why similar: Adventure 28.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, First-Person 17.8%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.3%
- #53 Dark Virus
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Tiger Games
Windows
Infiltrate a locked house as Daniel to secure a deadly virus. In this first-person stealth horror, you have no weapons, your only hope is to hide, solve environmental puzzles, and find keys to reach the basement lab before you are caught. Can you survive the tension?
Why similar: Adventure 22.1%, Stealth 18.7%, Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 14.7%, Exploration 14.1%
- #54 Ward X
66% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Ni9htByteX
Windows
Ward X is a indie horror puzzle game set inside an abandoned hospital that should have stayed forgotten. Navigate twisted halls and solve puzzles as you search for a way out.
Why similar: Dark 25.5%, Puzzle 25.3%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Indie 9.7%
- #55 Escape from Darkness
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Tony GeorgesPub: Georges Games
Windows
Escape from Darkness is a single player, first person survival horror game. After waking up alone in a strange, eerie place. You must plunge into the oppressive darkness ignorant to what awaits. Survival depends on the use of stealth, finding limited resources, and quick wits.
Why similar: Stealth 23.6%, Dark 16.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 11.7%
- #56 Eleusis
69% matchMixed57% of 365 reviews2013
Dev: Nocturnal works
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Eleusis is a 3d first-person adventure game for Windows developed by Nocturnal Works using the technology of the unreal engine. It takes place in a seemingly abandoned village in Greece where the player character, while trying to seek refuge, finds himself in the center of a whirlwind of mysterious events.
Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, First-Person 19.5%, Horror 16.1%, Indie 14.4%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #57 Try 'n Cry - Prologue
69% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Crystalia Games
Windows
Through the ages the Greek and the Latin worlds shaped Europe and left culture, arts and laws... but left also a darker and deeper evil, which was not recognized or fighted by the next dominations. Thus, the ancient stories became Myth; the Myth became Legends, and everything was forgotten.
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Stealth 17.6%, Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Indie 10.6%
- #58 Everyday Life Fragments
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
Your daughter is dying. Legal options exhausted. Time to hunt organ donors yourself. Stage murders as suicides. Make accidents happen. Watch your sanity shatter with every kill. The real monster isn't in the dark—it's you.
Why similar: Dark 22.8%, Puzzle 21%, Adventure 19%, First-Person 17.9%, Horror 12.9%
- #59 The Death Archive
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skyfire Studio
Windows
The Death Archive is a co-op horror game where players explore time-shifted locations, solve puzzles, and coordinate as a team to overcome unique challenges and survive each mission.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.8%, Stealth 20.4%, First-Person 18.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Horror 14.4%
- #60 Unexpected End
68% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Free Time Farmers
Windows
An unknown place. An unexpected event. A discovery adventure through puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Puzzle 29.4%, First-Person 26.6%