
A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Singleplayer, Indie, Puzzle.

A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

Yes, No, Goodbye
Yes, No, Goodbye is a haunting word game where you play as an exorcist attempting to send off a spirit clinging to their old apartment. Unscramble the truth and seek out solace for the dead.

HANGMAN
The purpose of the puzzle is to guess the unknown word by adding the correct letters. For every unsuccessful attempt, a part of the human body will appear on the gallows.
Yes, No, Goodbye is a haunting word game where you play as an exorcist attempting to send off a spirit clinging to their old apartment. Unscramble the truth and seek out solace for the dead.
Why similar: Word Game 56.6%, Horror 27%, 2D 9%, Casual 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
The purpose of the puzzle is to guess the unknown word by adding the correct letters. For every unsuccessful attempt, a part of the human body will appear on the gallows.
Why similar: Spelling 22.6% ★, Word Game 22.3%, Dark 17.4%, Horror 9.4%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
Project H is a horror escape room game. Solve various puzzles while being haunted by a spirit that would prefer you not to leave.
Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Dark 25.4%, Puzzle 23%, 2D 7.7%, Linear 7.2%
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dark 21.5%, Hand-drawn 13%, Puzzle 10.5%
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Psychological 31.6%, Puzzle 24.2%, Dark 20.1%, Horror 12.5%, 2D 6.6%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Word Game 42.1%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Horror 9.4%, 2D 4.2%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Dark 28.2%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Minimalist 18.4%, Horror 15.6%, Puzzle 10.6%
You have been dispatched for a 911 call. From the moment you step inside the apartment, you realize something is really wrong with the place. You are gonna make Him the last dosage. He needs his medicine.
Why similar: Dark 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 18.7%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Puzzle 9.8%
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Dark 34.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 18.5%, Puzzle 15.4%, Indie 8.7%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Dark 26.9%, Horror 20%, 2D 12.9%, Casual 4%
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Dark 23.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Minimalist 14.7%, Psychological 12.8%, Puzzle 9%
Slip into the role of an unusual HERO and find the last letter to restore hope in a merciless world.
Why similar: Word Game 48.7%, Side Scroller 21.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 3.2%
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
Why similar: Dark 23.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Hand-drawn 16%, Puzzle 13.2%, Horror 8.1%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Word Game 41.4%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Psychological 22.8%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Minimalist 44.7%, Puzzle 20.5%, Linear 10.9%, Stylized 10.3%, 2D 9.6%
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Dark 44.9%, Psychological Horror 34.4%, Horror 17.1%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.
Why similar: Minimalist 29.6%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Linear 8.5%
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Dark 17.4%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Puzzle 10.3%
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: Puzzle 37.2%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Horror 28.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Minimalist 38.4%, Puzzle 25.9%, Linear 12.7%, 2D 12.1%, Stylized 11%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 37.8%, Dark 26.3%, Horror 17.8%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Psychological 19.3%, Dark 19%, Minimalist 13.3%, Horror 13.2%
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
Why similar: Minimalist 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Horror 14.3%, Puzzle 13.9%
Phil Alone is a horror/puzzle game based on old Escape The Room games. Try solve this huge puzzle with a lot of different endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Puzzle 20.3%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Linear 11.2%
"You're a demon child. Someday, you'll be burning in hell for your sins.". This is the fourth and final title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Will was running away from home with his mouse buddy Pop, until the two of them wandered into an abandoned building. What secrets lie hidden within?
Why similar: Dark 31.3%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 21.7%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 5%
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Dark 27.7%, Puzzle 21.3%, Stylized 7.7%, Indie 6.5%
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Why similar: Word Game 33.7%, Puzzle 25.1%, Minimalist 22.7%, Psychological Horror 7%, Stylized 5%
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Dark 29.4%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Linear 8%
Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.
Why similar: Word Game 55.7%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Puzzle 18.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Horror 29.4%, Dark 18.6%, Psychological 14%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Dark 29.1%, Puzzle 18.1%, Psychological 16.7%, Horror 16.3%, Side Scroller 14.2%
In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Dark 27.6%, Horror 18.3%, 2D 15%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Dark 35%, Hand-drawn 27.2%, Linear 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Stylized 7.6%
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 26%, Dark 23.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Linear 3.8%
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 30.9%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dark 21.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Horror 12.3%
Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Puzzle 17.1%, Horror 16.1%, Stylized 9.7%
This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Dark 40%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 25.2%, Indie 1.9%, Casual 1.2%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 37.7%, Dark 26.6%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Horror 15.2%, Casual 1.7%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 63.8%, Horror 24%, Indie 12.2%
Wuxia archive: Crisis escape is a text adventure puzzle game. The player will play a knight who is trapped in an unknown dungeon, get clues with other trapped characters, use the props in the scene to solve the puzzle and get out of danger.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Dark 18.7%, Minimalist 18%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Horror 12.2%
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Dark 35.9%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Puzzle 17.7%, Horror 16.8%, 2D 8.3%
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Minimalist 38.4%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 20%, Psychological 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
An eerie horror game set in a weird hotel plagued with bizarre beings and interesting characters. The game utilizes a never-used before environment alongside brand new horror mechanics, one of a kind graphics/art style, and an unnerving story with rich lore to create a unique experience for players.
Why similar: Dark 32.6%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Horror 14.4%, 2D 6.1%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Dark 51.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, 2D 15.9%, Stylized 7.9%, Casual 2.9%
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 19.1%, Puzzle 16.9%, Linear 3.9%
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: Psychological Horror 34%, Minimalist 28.4%, Puzzle 23.6%, Linear 5.8%, Horror 4.3%
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37%, Horror 29.9%, Psychological 16.4%, Linear 12.7%, Casual 3.9%
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Dark 50.5%, Psychological 35%, Indie 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Dark 30.4%, Horror 28.8%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Dark 37.9%, Psychological Horror 36.2%, Horror 20.9%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 39%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Puzzle 15.8%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 3.7%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Minimalist 25.9%, Dark 25.8%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Psychological 15.8%, 2D 6.8%
Matthew Nate, a middle-aged man plagued with mental health problems whose home has become a site of unexplainable paranormal activity and a malevolent female entity is pursuing him to his death.
Why similar: Dark 34.4%, Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological 12.2%, Linear 8.2%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 31.3%, Horror 19.5%, Puzzle 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, 2D 9.5%
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Dark 51.5%, Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Linear 7.2%, Indie 3.7%
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
Why similar: Dark 47%, Puzzle 42.6%, Stylized 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness
Why similar: Horror 39.7%, 2D 20.1%, Puzzle 18.1%, Linear 16.2%, Indie 3.8%
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.1%, Dark 36.1%, Horror 19.8%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 0.9%