Games Like Grunn

A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Simulation 18.6%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Dark 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Grunn, this game masterfully blends the monotony of a service job with escalating psychological horror and a sense of being watched.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Investigation 22%, Mystery 18.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the niche interest in plant-based mechanics while wrapping the experience in a dark, mysterious narrative that requires careful investigation.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Mystery 18.4%, First-Person 7.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a highly detailed, procedural job simulation with intense supernatural mystery and multiple branching endings.

Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 20%, Mystery 17.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: The hand-drawn aesthetic and focus on exploring a secluded, eerie location create a similar sense of folk-horror mystery.

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Horror 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on a specific job role—a late-night radio host—and forces you to make choices that directly impact the mystery unfolding around you.

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, First-Person 18.4%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.3%, 3D 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game turns a simple fast-food job into a nightmarish experience, emphasizing the same 'mundane job gone wrong' trope.

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 17%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the loop of a relaxing simulation game—fishing—while slowly introducing cosmic horror and atmospheric exploration.

You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.

Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the 'unpleasant job' aspect of horror, tasking the player with maintenance work in a claustrophobic, mysterious environment.

Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Mystery 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the isolation and routine of a night shift job, mirroring the lonely, job-focused atmosphere found in Grunn.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 20%, Horror 17.8%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the interactions and choices made during a mundane shift at a diner, leading to multiple endings based on your decisions.

Discover your sinister purpose in this horror farming game. Your idyllic farm life can't be trusted. Keep up with the façade as you give your crops to the gods. Explore the ominous island and question everything. You must fake your blissful farming days. Your life depends on it.

Why similar: Farming Sim 35.9%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends farming simulation with dark, story-rich horror elements, making it a strong thematic cousin to Grunn.

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Investigation 18%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes exploration and hidden-object investigation, capturing the curiosity-driven gameplay of Grunn.

Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.

Why similar: Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends the simulation of working in a retail environment with horror elements and meaningful player choices.

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: Horror 26.9%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 9.9%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines immersive simulation elements with psychological horror and choices that impact the final outcome.

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%, Simulation 7.8%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential example of job-based horror where the player must balance work tasks with the encroaching threat of the unknown.

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: Multiple Endings 20.2%, Mystery 18%, Horror 17.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It centers on exploration and mystery in a first-person perspective, echoing the investigative nature of Grunn.

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Mystery 19.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, First-Person 11.5%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the manual labor of a specific profession within a horror context, emphasizing immersive simulation.

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 40.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal, first-person experience focuses on fragmented storytelling and an unsettling atmosphere that rewards exploration.

In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Investigation 21.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Mystery 7.6%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the investigation of a specific area, requiring the player to piece together a mystery through observation.

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

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique focus on choices and investigation, where the player's actions and observations significantly alter the narrative outcome.

Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Multiple Endings 16%, Psychological Horror 10%, Exploration 8.5%, Dark 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a dark, psychological horror experience that relies on exploration and a sense of unease.

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 20.3%, Mystery 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the concept of a job-based horror experience where the workplace becomes a source of mystery and dread.

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a first-person exploration experience that focuses on uncovering a mystery in a contained, atmospheric setting.

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 36.9%, Psychological Horror 19%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a claustrophobic, first-person horror experience that relies on exploration and environmental storytelling.

Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and survival-horror elements, providing a tense experience in a mysterious, isolated world.

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: Mystery 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Cinematic 12.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Dark 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on psychological horror and narrative-driven exploration, similar to the investigative flow of Grunn.

The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Mystery 16.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Exploration 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of exploring a strange, empty, and slightly surreal environment where the mystery is the primary driver.

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

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on a claustrophobic, job-like task in a hostile environment, relying on atmosphere to build tension.

You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Mystery 17.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Cinematic 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an atmospheric, first-person exploration experience that focuses on uncovering the truth behind a mysterious event.

A juicy first-person incremental game about growing berries and tossing them down an ominous hole. Earn money and upgrades. Make new friends with sentient berry pals. Grow and control the hole as you unearth why nobody leaves this accursed garden. Bury it all, Berry everything.

Why similar: Farming Sim 38.5%, First-Person 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, 3D 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%

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 26.9%, Mystery 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Dark 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a realistic, atmospheric horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling and investigation.

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

Why similar: Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, First-Person 7.1%

Handyman needed—ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.

Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Mystery 17.6%, Simulation 17.5%, First-Person 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%

You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old high schooler, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Investigation 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Story Rich 7%

Unravel the mystery of The Stoevi Curse, a first-person survival horror game set in rural post-Communist Bulgaria. Protect your farm, save your family.

Why similar: Farming Sim 36.5%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 8.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Psychological Horror 6.8%

A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Horror 16.1%, Choices Matter 15%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%

Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.4%, Horror 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 8.9%

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Investigation 12.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Dark 6.5%

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Simulation 15.5%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 8.8%

Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.

Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Mystery 13.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

In Newspaper Day, you take on the role of a newspaper delivery person in a seemingly quiet neighborhood. Every morning, you carry out your job, delivering the day's news to your neighbors' doors. However, you soon realize that things are not what they seem.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 9.8%

You wake up in a strange cabin deep in a mysterious forest, axe in hand, with only one way forward—through. Chop trees, sell logs, purchase and upgrade gear, and uncover the secrets hidden deep in the forest.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.3%, First-Person 15.5%, Simulation 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 9.3%

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Horror 24%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Simulation 13.1%, First-Person 12%, Psychological Horror 11%

Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 15.8%, Psychological Horror 9%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 9.9%

Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.

Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.5%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%

It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%

The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.

Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Investigation 7.8%

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 18.9%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.4%

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Mystery 14%, First-Person 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8%

Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Mystery 16%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 9.9%

Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Multiple Endings 23.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 9%

You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Simulation 12%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 7%

A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.5%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Mystery 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10%