Games Like Greetings

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Horror 71.2%, Atmospheric 22.1%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal, free-to-play exploration game perfectly captures the same sense of atmospheric, dreamlike dread and offbeat humor.

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Horror 72%, Indie 17%, Atmospheric 11%

Why You'll Like It: Like Greetings, this is a short, free-to-play psychological horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling and a haunting atmosphere.

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 83.2%, Indie 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It balances cute visuals with genuine horror and humor, mirroring the tonal shifts found in Greetings.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 74.3%, Indie 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in short-form, claustrophobic horror that focuses on atmosphere and the unknown, much like the exploration-heavy nature of Greetings.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 69.7%, Indie 19.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply surreal, low-poly aesthetic that mirrors the unsettling and fragmented narrative style of experimental indie horror.

Find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 72.5%, Indie 15.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator offers a short, focused horror experience that emphasizes exploration and mystery.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Horror 100%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game features a unique, surreal premise and an unsettling tone that will appeal to fans of psychological indie titles.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Horror 91.8%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This short, surreal experience captures the same feeling of psychological discomfort and bizarre, dreamlike narrative progression.

Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

Why similar: Horror 75.7%, Indie 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and exploration to keep the player on edge.

Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

Why similar: Horror 82.4%, Indie 13.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality, free-to-play horror experience that uses environmental storytelling to build tension in a way similar to Greetings.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 89.5%, Indie 5.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic free-to-play psychological horror game that excels at building a heavy, oppressive atmosphere through its indie roots.

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 73.7%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A focused walking simulator that prioritizes atmosphere and exploration over traditional combat, mirroring the core loop of Greetings.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Horror 91.4%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title subverts expectations with its psychological horror elements, echoing the way Greetings hides deeper, darker themes behind a simple premise.

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Horror 86.2%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel blends casual elements with psychological horror, providing a similar tonal experience to the seed game.

Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game uses immersive simulation elements to build a sense of mystery and unease.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 87.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the liminal space aesthetic and psychological horror themes that define the modern indie horror movement.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 73.1%, Indie 13.9%, Atmospheric 13%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and surreal horror game that focuses on claustrophobic exploration and disturbing imagery.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 77.2%, Indie 14.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a dark, psychological narrative with a distinct art style that resonates with fans of atmospheric indie horror.

Lewis, an intelligent detective, finds himself on a mission to uncover the truth behind the many disappearances including his sister's. With the help of Joy, Lewis is going to explore what lies behind these walls. only to realize that there's much more to discover than he initially thought.

Why similar: Horror 84.4%, Indie 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed horror game that incorporates psychological elements and puzzle-solving to drive its narrative.

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Why similar: Horror 80.6%, Indie 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person indie horror game that focuses on violent, atmospheric encounters within a confined location.

Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.

Why similar: Horror 84.7%, Indie 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that uses environmental interaction and exploration to build suspense.

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 93%, Indie 6%, Atmospheric 1%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play horror game offers a surreal, psychological experience that challenges the player's perception.

A story about dreams. Explore a weird house and find the truth. A short game with mild puzzles and some psychological horror elements.

Why similar: Horror 58.1%, Indie 41.9%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art RPG uses psychological horror and puzzle elements to create a surreal, dreamlike experience.

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Horror 89.7%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features multiple endings and a focus on psychological horror, encouraging the same kind of investigative exploration as the seed game.

It Moves is a horror game that will try to scare you without too many of the typical "screamers", instead relying on atmosphere and suspense. You'll be solving puzzles along the way, and encountering all manner of not-so-friendly creatures.

Why similar: Horror 81.2%, Indie 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art indie horror game that uses simple mechanics to deliver a creepy, atmospheric experience.

Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, atmospheric exploration game that focuses on psychological themes and environmental puzzles.

You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

Why similar: Horror 78.7%, Indie 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Horror 67.9%, Indie 21.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused adventure game that incorporates horror elements and atmospheric puzzle-solving.

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Horror 76.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Indie 11.3%

Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?

Why similar: Horror 89.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Horror 75.9%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-horror setup that focuses on psychological tension and exploration within a confined setting.

You find yourself lost in a mine, the only objective is to find a way out. But something lurks in the shadows, following. Hunting you. Good luck. It's simply a game of cat and mouse. You can run and hide, but your ultimate goal is to find the key and escape the mine. While avoiding the monsters.

Why similar: Horror 72.9%, Indie 27.1%

Why You'll Like It: This short, free-to-play horror game focuses on the dread of exploration in a confined, dark space.

An atmospheric underwater horror game, can you evade and survive?

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror title that emphasizes the feeling of being lost in a hostile, atmospheric environment.

REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.

Why similar: Horror 81.3%, Indie 18.7%

This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.

Why similar: Horror 81.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Indie 7.9%

You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...

Why similar: Horror 82.7%, Indie 17.3%

Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome

Why similar: Horror 95.1%, Indie 4.9%

It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

Why similar: Atmospheric 60%, Indie 40%

Enter the crooked world of Demented, where everything seems to be fine. But it isn't. It's up to you to find out.

Why similar: Horror 73.5%, Indie 26.5%

The Backroom - Lost and Found is a story rich adventure game with some horror elements. Why is there an orphaned room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space? Is it "the backrooms" or something else? CYOA? SCP? Weirdcore? No clipping? And what's with the cute paintings?

Why similar: Horror 73.9%, Indie 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%

All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.

Why similar: Horror 90.2%, Indie 9.8%

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Why similar: Horror 82.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Indie 3.8%

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Horror 93.6%, Indie 6.4%

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 78.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Indie 7.8%

You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 66.5%, Indie 20.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%

There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?

Why similar: Indie 100%

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Why similar: Horror 87.8%, Indie 9.4%, Atmospheric 2.8%

Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.

Why similar: Horror 95%, Indie 5%

Ignited Entry is a full length narrative driven psychological horror game with voice acting, dreamish visuals, and horror elements that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Some doors should never be opened. But you must go in.

Why similar: Horror 71.4%, Indie 18.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.

Why similar: Horror 84.8%, Atmospheric 15.2%

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Horror 82.7%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Indie 2.6%

You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

Why similar: Atmospheric 55.2%, Indie 44.8%

Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

Why similar: Horror 86.3%, Atmospheric 13.7%

The year is 1998. Step into the shoes of a real estate agent, tasked with photographing a seemingly ordinary house for an upcoming sale. Explore the environment, use your camera to take pictur-- wait, what’s that in the last photo?

Why similar: Horror 80.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Indie 3.8%

A short horror- I mean, cute game :) Help a normal, innocent frog get back to his super awesome wizard self!! :O

Why similar: Horror 85.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Horror 57.2%, Indie 32.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

Why similar: Horror 93.8%, Indie 5%, Atmospheric 1.1%

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: Horror 100%