- #1 Shadows At Bay
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Locus Games
Windows
This is a first-person horror game where you find yourself trapped in a haunted hedge maze at night, chased by a terrifying ghost. You need to use the voice activated lamps to protect yourself and find the way out.
Why similar: Thriller 32.2%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 18.8%, 3D 13%, Adventure 5.4%
- #2 Out of Place: Origin
96% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Karma Studio
Windows
Out of Place: Origin is a survival game built on attention and observation. In a diner where reality quietly collapses, notice the anomalies, capture them on camera, and survive… Because sometimes, the thing watching you isn’t a mistake.
Why similar: Thriller 30.3%, Horror 20.6%, First-Person 19.2%, 3D 16.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #3 The Archivist
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Archivist GamesPub: Olympos Games
Windows
A VHS-themed psychological horror where each tape drags you into a new nightmare. Explore haunted hospitals, schools, forests, and liminal spaces. Solve puzzles, uncover the Archivist’s secrets, and survive a house that grows darker with every tape you watch.
Why similar: Thriller 19.8%, Horror 18.8%, Linear 17.4%, First-Person 17.4%, 3D 14.9%
- #4 DeathStairwell99F
95% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 做阴游的林某
Windows
You are trapped in a stairwell, and as you delve deeper, the stairwell becomes increasingly abnormal and dangerous. Abnormal event, unknown monster, can you escape alive.
Why similar: Thriller 25%, Horror 22.1%, Linear 19%, First-Person 17.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #5 Darkroom
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: BitBorne Games
Windows
A short, experimental horror game about developing increasingly disturbing photographs in a darkroom.
Why similar: Thriller 24.5%, Horror 21.2%, First-Person 15.6%, Linear 10.7%, Indie 9.4%
- #6 Deep Sleep
94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Default Game
Windows
If sleep is a long torment...
Why similar: Thriller 36.2%, Horror 23.3%, First-Person 21.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 8%
- #7 ESCAPE FROM 8-12
93% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: EineLitschi
Windows
This time, you're trapped in a convenience store, and it’s nighttime! The difficulty has been raised—find every anomaly and escape through the correct door.
Why similar: Thriller 35.4%, Horror 22%, 3D 15.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%
- #8 The Ritual
92% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Brian Benitez
Windows
A exploratory based game in where you find a key to be able to leave the room. Avoid that monster and see clearly.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, First-Person 22.4%, Linear 21%, 3D 18.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #9 Safelight
91% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: BiMonocle Games
Windows
Safelight is the debut first-person puzzle horror game from BiMonocle Games. Navigate through a vacant cruise ship stuck at sea, as you uncover the mystery of how entire portions of the ship have vanished.
Why similar: Thriller 31.3%, Horror 23.4%, First-Person 17.8%, Linear 10.7%, Atmospheric 6%
- #10 No Customers Left
91% matchMixed65% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Mave DevelopmentPub: Mave Studios
Windows
Andy, a night shift security guard at a game console store, expected a quiet shift in the nearly empty mall. But as the hours passed, an unsettling presence made itself known. Flickering lights, and distant echoes—something was watching. Little did he know, the night was just beginning.
Why similar: Thriller 37.6%, Horror 20%, Linear 11.4%, First-Person 7.4%, 3D 6.2%
- #11 Thin Line
90% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Zweig Lynn
Windows
A short time before fading away.
Why similar: Horror 31.9%, First-Person 26.2%, Linear 14%, 3D 9%, Indie 7.8%
- #12 Unknown Rules
89% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 风山渐Pub: 非想天
Windows
Unknown Rules is an independently created multiplayer online horror game that supports 1-4 players.
Why similar: Thriller 35.3%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 20.6%, 3D 17.9%, Indie 3.6%
- #13 Peril in the Pines
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Slippyfop Games
Windows
Peril in the Pines is a short & simple first-person horror game where the player is trapped on an island with strange creatures. The player must collect the resources to fix their boat before being caught and getting trapped forever.
Why similar: Thriller 39.8%, Horror 28.2%, First-Person 13.2%, 3D 12.3%, Indie 3.7%
- #14 Medieval Nightt - Part 1
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Asclepia Games
Windows
Medieval Nightt is a first-person horror game where, as a young adventurer, you explore an ancient medieval empire in ruins, facing restless spirits and paranormal creatures while unraveling the dark secrets of a lost civilization.
Why similar: Thriller 39%, Horror 25.5%, First-Person 18.2%, 3D 6.3%, Adventure 5.5%
- #15 Night Trail
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IZ Games
Windows
In Night Trail, you play as Adrian Holt, a 30-year-old man drowning in debt, who takes a job as a security guard at the abandoned Night Trail motel.
Why similar: Linear 30.2%, 3D 20.9%, First-Person 18.1%, Horror 15%, Adventure 8.9%
- #16 Unsettled : NIGHT SHIFT
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bongduck Games
Windows
Unsettled: NIGHT SHIFT is a horror game about the terrors of daily life experienced by someone who has moved to a new city to live alone.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, First-Person 19.1%, Thriller 18.4%, Linear 14%, 3D 9.1%
- #17 Bite Size Terrors: see no FEAR
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
A roadtrip ends abruptly, causing yourself to go down a spiral of horror.
Why similar: Thriller 35.1%, Horror 24.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Linear 6.9%
- #18 Bleeding Roots
85% matchVery Positive93% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Mechanikoi
Windows
Bleeding Roots is a free fifteen minute horror game about a man taking care of his plants throughout the seasons.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Linear 23.7%, Thriller 21.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, 3D 9.3%
- #19 The Train Station
84% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Sitting Elephant
Windows
As a Stationmaster of a sleepy English station, it is your duty to carry out the nightly tasks and tend to the customers, but can the customers be trusted?
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Thriller 20.1%, 3D 13.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #20 MazeSlug
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 做阴游的林某
Windows
This is an immersive first-person single-player horror game. Players will take on the role of an ordinary person returning home late at night, who inexplicably steps into a special space on a familiar path. You must explore and move forward in this space filled with unknown fears.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Thriller 22.3%, Linear 18.3%, First-Person 15.8%, 3D 8.9%
- #21 Backrooms: Lost Place
82% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: POBEDYNSKYI
Windows
Single-player horror game based on the backrooms universe. Your task is to pass levels, puzzles and try not to die during all this.
Why similar: Thriller 29.4%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 13.5%, Linear 10.1%, 3D 9.2%
- #22 因缘
84% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Shansheng Network Technology
Windows
YinYuan is a first person horror adventure decryption game based on Oriental culture. Everything around him is different from what he remembered before he was unconscious. The bizarre process of finding the protagonist with his family and gradually revealing the reason for him to leave here.
Why similar: Thriller 40.3%, Horror 26.8%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 9.4%, Adventure 7.1%
- #23 Inside My Mind
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beelze Studio
Windows
Inside My Mind is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, and uncover through notes who you are, why you are here, and the hospital’s dark past.
Why similar: Thriller 37%, Horror 26%, First-Person 19.6%, 3D 9.5%, Adventure 3.9%
- #24 Downstairs
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Levienze Games
Windows
Developed and published by Levienze Games, this game is a short story based horror and thriller game.
Why similar: Thriller 38.7%, First-Person 27.2%, Horror 27.2%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #25 Alteratio
80% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Tersalos Studios
Windows
After arriving home, you find that no one is home. Strange events begin to happen and you realise that you are not alone. Investigate, search for clues, solve puzzles and find out what has happened to your family.
Why similar: Thriller 36.2%, Horror 21.4%, First-Person 13.5%, 3D 10.5%, Linear 8.6%
- #26 Cave Crawler
81% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Thriller 18.3%, First-Person 16.5%, Linear 15.2%, 3D 12.7%
- #27 Devi5e: FEARS
79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Susachiman
Windows
Devi5e: Fears is a psychological horror game. You play as Diti who is now exploring a convenient store where she has to face the fears of someone else's past experiences. Gather answers regarding incidents that took place which were deemed inhuman or even supernatural.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Horror 19.7%, First-Person 18.5%, Linear 15.8%, 3D 15.1%
- #28 Sweet Nibbles
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Revolt Interactive
Windows
Fight possessed souls, solve deadly puzzles, and master movement abilities like wall running to infiltrate a sinister factory built to control everyone. Survive the sweet world of Mr. Shrine’s candy empire in this action-horror adventure. Uncover dark secrets, meet mysterious characters, and gods.
Why similar: Thriller 23.9%, Linear 19.1%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 16.7%, 3D 13%
- #29 A Very Merry Nightmare
78% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Gabrielle Christie
Windows
A First-Person 3D Christmas Thriller Game
Why similar: Thriller 46%, First-Person 16.6%, Linear 15.8%, 3D 13.5%, Indie 3.2%
- #30 Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
79% matchVery Positive85% of 4,786 reviews2019
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years
Why similar: Thriller 41.2%, Horror 38.1%, First-Person 9.5%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 4.5%
- #31 Owl Lights
76% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Grumpi
Windows
Owl Lights is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as 16 year old Paul, who lives in a small town. Your parents are away, leaving you to spend the night alone or so you think. There is something in the wind that night, something unpleasantly quiet.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Thriller 20.9%, First-Person 19.2%, Linear 16.2%, 3D 13.5%
- #32 24H Stories: The Blackout
77% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: LikeGames
Windows · Mac
You are a young boy. Tonight, your parents have gone out, leaving you alone at home overnight. Soon after, strange things start happening: your head inexplicably starts to ache, you realize your brother is missing, and there's a sudden commotion outside the door...
Why similar: Thriller 31.9%, Horror 22.9%, First-Person 22.4%, Linear 9.1%, 3D 8.1%
- #33 Lost in Dread
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aim to Mite
Windows
A first person horror adventure game where you play as a timid protagonist- experiencing a near death experience caused by his bullies sending him to a ghost realm. To reduce your character's fear, take all necessary steps, such as covering your ears.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, First-Person 18.6%, Thriller 17.3%, Linear 12.8%, 3D 11.2%
- #34 Lost Footage : Sound In The Silence
76% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: SupKai
Windows
Sound in the Silence is a horror game where you must find and destroy 10 Totems in a quiet, ominous environment. With each Totem destroyed, more monsters appear and eerie sounds increase, raising the tension. Survive the growing fear and complete your mission before it's too late.
Why similar: Thriller 42.6%, Horror 27.8%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 3.5%
- #35 The Witch
75% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: ssma
Windows
The Witch is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. In it you are a journalist who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the inhabitants of the village of Hoer Verde.
Why similar: Horror 23%, First-Person 21.3%, Thriller 18.1%, Linear 10%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #36 Hulzuyot: Horror Game
75% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You are a salary man who will experience terrifying situations due to a special illness, all while carrying out household chores.
Why similar: Thriller 29.9%, Horror 18.8%, Linear 14.9%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 10.7%
- #37 Late Night Duty
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: toastycedes
Windows
You’re a desperate, untrained night security guard called in at 11.30 PM after the previous guard vanished without notice. With no bag and only two hands, patrol a severely underfunded school. A first-person atmospheric horror about the terrifying mundane... and what hides in the dark.
Why similar: Thriller 30.1%, Horror 19%, First-Person 15.3%, Linear 12.3%, 3D 8.9%
- #38 Timber trail
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diotoons
Windows
An immersive horror set in a forest feared for its disappearances and the Timber Trail murders. Uncover the truth behind your grandfather’s fate.
Why similar: Thriller 23.8%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 17.4%, Linear 13%, 3D 9.2%
- #39 Dark Virus
73% matchNo user reviews
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: Thriller 42.1%, Horror 27.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 7.5%, 3D 7.4%
- #40 Blinding Oversight
71% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: MustangDev
Windows
You play as Emma, who wakes up in an abandoned house without any prior memory of how she ended up there. Investigate your surroundings, uncover the mysteries of the house and connect memories from your past as you try to escape in this short, first person atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Thriller 23.8%, Horror 19.8%, Linear 17.3%, First-Person 14.6%, 3D 9.8%
- #41 Cursed House
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Arafkan Games
Windows
Cursed House is a first-person psychological horror game. It can impress you with a realistic and spooky home environment. Can you lift the curse?
Why similar: Thriller 44.8%, First-Person 23.9%, Horror 23.3%, Indie 4.5%, Adventure 3.5%
- #42 Hallucinations
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: XUZHIHAO
Windows
The protagonist of the game is suspected of suffering from hallucinations. Players need to find different places in the room. Can the protagonist survive the eighth day while being examined?
Why similar: Thriller 26.4%, First-Person 20.4%, Horror 20.2%, 3D 17.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #43 Find The Backdoor
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: RetrowayArts
Windows
Find the Backdoor is a single-player horror game. Go through different sinister levels in order to find the next backdoor. Survive those you meet and discover all the secrets. Will you manage to complete the game?
Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Linear 29.2%, 3D 13.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 5.7%
- #44 Butcher of the North
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Admia
Windows
You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.
Why similar: Thriller 32.6%, Horror 22.1%, 3D 11.6%, Linear 10.9%, First-Person 8.3%
- #45 The Things We Lost
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cottage Interactive
Windows
A slow-paced psychological horror centered on atmosphere and vulnerability. Bound to a wheelchair, you explore an old house under constant mental pressure. There is no combat - only observation, tension, and a decision that can change the story’s direction.
Why similar: First-Person 30.1%, Horror 30%, Linear 24.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Singleplayer 3%
- #46 Out of Gear
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OSOK Games
Windows
Work the late shift in a quiet bike shop where routine repairs take a sinister turn. As reality unravels, can you finish your shift—or will the shop break you down? A first-person, PS1-style horror experience from a solo developer exploring atmospheric storytelling.
Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Horror 20.4%, First-Person 18.8%, 3D 16.1%, Linear 15.9%
- #47 HomeWork Is Crazy / 作业疯了
73% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,243 reviews2019
Dev: 三脚猫Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
《Homework Is Crazy》is a game that simulates Chinese primary school students doing their homework. Here you will become a new generation primary school student, and face the mountain of tons of homework. This may be the biggest challenge you have ever encountered!
Why similar: Thriller 55%, Horror 39%, Indie 5.9%
- #48 Cotton Candy's Terror Factory
70% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Artic Wolf Games
Windows
A Sweet and strange horror experience, you are Contestant 9127.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, First-Person 21.8%, Linear 17.2%, 3D 15.1%, Adventure 9%
- #49 Extinction
72% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Royal Games Studio
Windows
Extinction is a singleplayer horror game where you explore The valley of Extinction. Your job is to explore it while also keeping yourself alive from monsters who want to end your life.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Linear 17.9%, First-Person 16%, Atmospheric 11.7%, 3D 9.7%
- #50 Uncanny Stories
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Batuhan Ertan
Windows
Solve mysteries and witness terrifying things. How will your story end in this FPS horror game?
Why similar: Thriller 39.4%, Horror 25.5%, First-Person 11%, 3D 8.9%, Adventure 6.2%
- #51 LiDAR Exploration Program
67% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, First-Person 16.4%, Thriller 12.5%, 3D 12.1%, Linear 12%
- #52 Reflection Of Sin
68% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Old Cave Studio
Windows
You'll see a reflection of your past sins here, Jack. For every sin, there is a consequence. Will you surrender?
Why similar: Thriller 37.1%, Horror 19.1%, First-Person 19.1%, 3D 15%, Indie 5.1%
- #53 Meatmare
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OE Softworks
Windows · Mac
A small meatball shop… Just an ordinary night… Customers come in, place their orders, and you go about your work as usual. But as time passes, you start to feel that something isn't quite right. Small, seemingly insignificant details gradually become more and more unsettling.
Why similar: Thriller 42%, First-Person 22.7%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #54 Nightwatch
69% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Ratkiw Studio
Windows
Nightwatch is a first-person mystery game that plays out in the woods of Rivertidecreek, a walking simulator that features choices of dialogues and different puzzles. The artwork will make you feel absorbed in the game.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Thriller 19.4%, Linear 19.2%, First-Person 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #55 ShutEye
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: J*b Application Studios
Windows
Sleepless nights overwhelm Mark as he unsuccessfully balances his career as a writer, and responsibility as a parent. Mentally and physically fatigued, he struggles to stay vigilant as someone unwelcome enters his home.
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Linear 26.1%, 3D 17.2%, First-Person 16.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #56 Redrum Hotel
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: MetalMana Games Ltd.
Windows
Redrum Hotel is a short, first-person horror adventure game. Roam around the haunted hotel, collecting scattered notes and avoiding the evil presence that seeks to rid you of your sanity.
Why similar: Thriller 37.4%, Horror 27%, First-Person 20.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 4.2%
- #57 Haunted Service
67% 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: Linear 27.5%, Horror 27.3%, First-Person 18.2%, 3D 15%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #58 Color Fear
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: West View
Windows
The Scariest Horror game you will ever experience. Today on The Color Fun Coloring Show they want viewers to help them find out who is breaking into their house! Survive each night against the Intruders and the Horror that comes from The Color Fun Coloring Show!
Why similar: Thriller 23.4%, Horror 20.7%, Linear 19.4%, First-Person 18.3%, 3D 14.3%
- #59 The Bookman
66% match9 user reviews60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Wizard Games
Windows
A reporter uncovers the story, revealing that the hospital staff have fallen victim to a mysterious creature whose face is made of book pages. Traveling through various locations of the hospital, the player will collect clues and solve puzzles to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Thriller 32.5%, Horror 23%, 3D 16%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #60 The Red Window
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hijinx, Inc.
Windows
A first-person body-cam horror game where reviewing your own recordings is the key to progression and uncovering a haunting truth.
Why similar: Thriller 26.5%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 15.8%, Linear 15.5%, 3D 9.5%