- #1 Psycholytic
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D-BUG Games
Windows
Reality and illusion are a thought apart. Switch worlds, solve puzzles, and reshape your perception in the first-person puzzle game Psycholytic.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Surreal 17%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Psychological 12.1%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #2 Lumenile: Found Footage
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: thedevvdude
Windows
a found footage style phycological horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.4%, Realistic 11.1%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 9.8%
- #3 My Last Friday
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gadan Digital
Windows
My Last Friday is a first-person horror-adventure game with a disturbing atmosphere, clever puzzles, body horror, and tense combat. Explore a twisted world, confront terrifying enemies, and endure the nightmarish challenges ahead.
Why similar: Surreal 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Realistic 9.7%
- #4 Back To School
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Franco Hernandez
Windows
In an attempt to pick up your daughter from school, you must face your past and overcome your deepest fears. This is a psychological horror game where you are a parent going back to school.
Why similar: Surreal 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #5 The Charity Shop
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal, first-person puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, the place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.
Why similar: Surreal 30.7%, Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #6 Goodnight, Sweetie
93% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: The Queen
Windows
One day, the protagonist begins to have strange dreams. He’s chased by bizarre dolls, and the cozy attic from his childhood feels unrealistically large. He must navigate between dream and reality to understand why this happens. Always treat Teddy with respect; he loves you and remembers everything.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 12.8%, Surreal 11%, Horror 10.8%
- #7 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
A wrong turn leads investigative reporter Nancy to the Paradise Motel. Explore its dark corridors, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover the disturbing secrets hidden beneath.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Horror 11%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #8 Escapen't
90% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Kaffeklubben Games
Windows
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE - I made sure of that. Solve puzzles, gather clues, don’t crawl into ventilation shafts, and realize how trapped you are in this comedy-horror escape room, my magnum opus.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Surreal 13.6%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 8.3%
- #9 6th Floor
91% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Sombra Games
Windows
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Surreal 14%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 9.3%, Psychological 8.7%
- #10 Pregnant
91% matchMixed57% of 47 reviews2021
Dev: Pregnant
Windows
In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Linear 10.2%
- #11 The Hauntings: Dark Passenger
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Cuff Studio
Windows
Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Realistic 10.1%
- #12 I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
88% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
Why similar: Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 10.5%, Horror 9.7%, Linear 8.6%
- #13 Room 13
89% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Tyler L
Windows
You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.4%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.2%
- #14 The New Apartment
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Paul Thomas Games
Windows
A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.
Why similar: Surreal 22.9%, Horror 19.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Realistic 8.3%
- #15 VHScape
86% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11%, Psychological 8.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #16 Hui-Shuo
85% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: 时光茶馆TeaTimePub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
Don't wait any longer, escape from school before night falls. This game is a point and touch horror decryption game with the theme of escape. Players will be transported into a fictional high school campus, unable to leave the teaching building restroom with rumors of strange stories on a dark day
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 14.1%, Surreal 13.8%, First-Person 9.4%
- #17 Epilogue
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nexavor Studio
Windows
In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings
Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Dark Humor 16.5%, Exploration 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #18 Office 8
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #19 Atrium Mortis
83% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Hectic
Windows
Trapped in an endless Roman corridor, you must observe carefully, solve eerie puzzles, and survive horrors in this roguelite puzzle-adventure.
Why similar: Roguelite 17.1%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%
- #20 Saintless
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chocho Co.
Windows
Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.
Why similar: Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.6%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.8%
- #21 Lost in Voice
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: beforeyouknowgames
Windows
A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.
Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Realistic 8.6%
- #22 Daddy's Long Milk Run
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: ZoomerDev
Windows
You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.
Why similar: Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #23 The Exit Project: Backstreets
81% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: NOSTRA.GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in an endlessly repeating place that looks ordinary at first glance. Observe your surroundings carefully, identify subtle anomalies, and make the right choices to escape the loop.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological 9.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #24 Everloop
81% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 10.6%, Realistic 8.7%
- #25 CoRoT
79% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Realistic 8.5%
- #26 Mirrored Phantoms
80% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 19.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Surreal 8.8%, Psychological 7.8%
- #27 Silent Pathways
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SkillerGameDev
Windows
Drawn back to his haunted home, Dave must solve eerie puzzles, uncover forgotten lore, and survive the shadows that stalk every corner of its decaying halls - a past that refuses to let go.
Why similar: Surreal 20.7%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 7.9%
- #28 Lost in Anomaly
78% matchMixed64% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Aximus Games
Windows
In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 13.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #29 Nightmare Within
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Pankov
Windows
Nightmare Within - Immerse yourself in the dark and unsettling atmosphere of psychological horror. Explore shifting locations, uncover fragments of memories, and reveal a story where reality fractures under the weight of guilt.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Realistic 8.6%
- #30 DEVIL'S WAY
77% matchMixed43% of 233 reviews2024
Dev: Rose Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror game that tests your wits, courage and dark sense of humor. Solve puzzles to survive in a world full of dark secrets, but beware - there could be something waiting around every corner!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Dark Humor 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Realistic 7.9%, Exploration 7.2%
- #31 They See You
75% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: MengEXE
Windows
A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 11.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, First-Person 7.8%
- #32 MIRROR MIRROR
76% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Horror 10.8%, Realistic 9.3%
- #33 Kenophobia
77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: BeamCRASHPub: UGGPL Games
Windows
A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Psychological 14.9%, Surreal 9.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #34 Whispering Fog
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Snow Games
Windows
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
Why similar: Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological 9.7%, First-Person 8.7%
- #35 Deadhead: Autorail
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frantic Ego
Windows
E.C. Railways inc. is looking for detail oriented, service minded workers to help run our award winning trains! Apply now to be a part our groundbreaking "Autorail", the future of transportation. Life insurance is not provided.
Why similar: Roguelite 17.5%, Dark Humor 15.4%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Exploration 10.2%
- #36 Room
76% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: HUMEY Studios
Windows
In ROOM players find themselves trapped in an unnerving and ever-shifting nightmare where escaping one room only leads to the discovery of another, each more sinister than the last.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, Psychological 14.9%, Horror 13.9%, Realistic 11.6%
- #37 Last Stop House of Horror
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Rogelio Palomo
Windows
A delivery job turns into a nightmare as you enter a two-story haunted mansion where something hunts you from the shadows. A short, intense first-person horror experience with jump scares, atmosphere, and a relentless enemy.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 12.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #38 Finnish Cottage 8
73% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 12%, First-Person 10.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 9.2%
- #39 Moving Houses
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: Gordon Little
Windows
A silly little physics-based game about moving on... or is it? Be neat, be careful, or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours. But be warned, not all is as it seems in this quiet little house.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Horror 10.7%
- #40 The Night Is Long
72% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #41 Mind Loop
72% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: MoonSoft
Windows
Enter the endless hall where reality distorts. Spot anomalies, correct them, and uncover the dark truth—miss one, and you may be lost forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Surreal 14%, Psychological 12.1%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #42 20 Doors
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Leeroy GysiPub: Malingoh Studios
Windows
20 Doors is an exploration, action and puzzle solving adventure where strange events and environments make you question your sanity.
Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #43 COLD CALL
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
COLD CALL is a first-person retro horror game based on a dying Earth full of unexplained mysteries. Escape Northbridge's research facility as you explore and uncover the truth behind a dying world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 14.8%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 12.1%, Linear 10.6%
- #44 Allophobia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.3%
- #45 Infinite Innocence
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: UnDivision
Windows
Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?
Why similar: Surreal 17%, Exploration 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Horror 9.7%
- #46 Seductive Solitude
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astra Studio
Windows · Mac
Seductive Solitude is a horror psycho game. Where you need to escape from the family Smiths house, because this house is not normal. The more time you are there, the crazier it gets. Can you escape the Smith family before it's too late and uncover their secret?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.5%
- #47 RE-EXIT
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Nullworx
Windows
RE-EXIT is an anomaly horror game that challenges your perception and attention to detail. Your mission is to observe your surroundings carefully, survive, and report any anomalies.
Why similar: Surreal 16.1%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #48 Anomaly Mansion
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinholic Games
Windows
Locked in the main room of a mansion, avoid becoming insane by removing randomly appearing anomalies. You start at 12:00 AM and can leave at 06:00 AM.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 10.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #49 Backrooms:The Exit
70% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: XXE Games studio
Windows
Backrooms: The Exit is a single-player adventure game based on theme of backrooms.Inside the game you will need to avoid all threatening entities and find the cutscenes (exits) for each level, and perhaps many unexpected ways out of a level.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 20.2%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 9.7%
- #50 Unseen: 2002
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Impact Group
Windows
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Surreal 15.3%, Exploration 14%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12%, First-Person 10.7%
- #51 CAPTURED
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 526 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 14.5%, Horror 12.6%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Exploration 9.9%
- #52 Dark Gaze - Curse of the Black Nazar
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Death Crush StudiosPub: Kittens in Timespace
Windows
It is nighttime at the occult museum. As a curator, you have acquired a strange artifact. Unaware of its dark nature, you place it on its reserved spot between other artifacts. You notice strange events starts to occur. Eventually realizing that you, might not be the only living creature inside.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.1%, Surreal 10.4%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #53 Whisper Of The Curse
68% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Amonesus Games
Windows
"Whisper of the Curse" is a 4-player online co-op psychological horror game where you and your team will perform various rituals and spells to eliminate the curse and fend off cursed entities. At the same time, you'll need to avoid being hunted by these malevolent entities.
Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #54 Trapped: Family Vacation
67% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Surreal 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 12%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.2%
- #55 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
69% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 10%, First-Person 8.4%
- #56 The Curse Of Grandfather
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: MED Game
Windows
You are trapped in your grandfather's house on a dark night. You can whisper into your microphone or stay silent; every sound affects the creature. Solve puzzles, unlock hidden rooms, and find the keys to try to escape.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, Surreal 13%, Puzzle 9.5%, Realistic 8.7%, First-Person 8.3%
- #57 Stalker from Willowfield St.
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossy Games Studio
Windows
A stalker is terrorizing the neighborhood, and you’re next. Watch for signs he’s been inside your house and make the right choices to avoid becoming his next victim. Test your observation skills in this Exit 8-style game where the threat isn’t supernatural, but a real man and you have three choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Realistic 8.7%
- #58 Luna Anomaly
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Gamefan
Windows
A restless spirit twists the town around you. Luna Anomaly is a psychological horror game where only those who spot the anomalies can escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 8.5%
- #59 Motel Nightmares
65% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KOZARI
Windows
Trapped in an eerie, forgotten motel, you must uncover dark secrets and escape the nightmares that haunt every room. Motel Nightmares is a first-person psychological horror experience filled with mystery, tension, and atmospheric dread.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 9.1%