- #1 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
97% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, First-Person 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title defines the survival-horror subgenre where managing limited light sources is essential to maintaining sanity and avoiding unseen threats.
- #2 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological horror experience that relies heavily on light management and environmental interaction to survive the supernatural.
- #3 Outlast
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 135,249 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 13.3%, Walking Simulator 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: The reliance on a camera's night vision battery creates a similar tension to the limited light mechanics found in the seed game.
- #4 Lost in Vivo
95% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Psychological 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Survival Horror 18.4%, FPS 16.1%, Horror 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic psychological horror game that forces players to navigate dark, tight spaces with limited resources.
- #5 SILENT BREATH
94% matchMixed69% of 1,189 reviews2024
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Perma Death 14.2%, First-Person 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic psychological horror game that captures the same sense of isolation and creeping dread found in the seed game.
- #6 Phasmophobia
93% matchVery Positive95% of 829,384 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Co-op 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the ghost-hunting and creature-collector themes while requiring players to manage limited equipment in dark, haunted environments.
- #7 Cry of Fear
94% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 23.5%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Psychological 13.9%, FPS 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival horror game features intense resource management and a focus on light as a vital tool for survival.
- #8 IMSCARED
92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,794 reviews2016
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 22.9%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Hidden Object 13.2%, First-Person 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-psychological horror game that uses atmosphere and first-person exploration to unsettle the player.
- #9 SOMA
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply atmospheric and psychological narrative that mirrors the dread of being hunted in an isolated, dark environment.
- #10 The Dark Pursuer
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Secrets
Windows · Mac · Linux
You find yourself locked up alone in an abandoned place, but something is nearby, something dark and dangerous. Try to look for ways to get out of there before you can no longer...
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.2%, First-Person 17.8%, Action 15.5%, PvP 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes the cat-and-mouse chase dynamic against a supernatural entity.
- #11 Alien: Isolation
90% matchVery Positive93% of 65,250 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.4%, Horror 27.8%, First-Person 14.8%, FPS 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on stealth and resource management against a relentless, unkillable threat in a dark, industrial setting.
- #12 While Sleeping
88% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.4%, Horror 43.3%, Action 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that captures the dark, psychological tone and first-person exploration of the seed game.
- #13 Stay in the Light
89% matchMixed61% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Richard Cowgill
Windows
Beyond the known world there is an ancient temple of great wealth. The treasure you seek is there, you are certain of it. Those who go there forfeit their lives. You have been warned.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, FPS 25.8%, Horror 19.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Action 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the core mechanic of using light to survive against supernatural entities in a first-person perspective.
- #14 DeathWatchers
87% matchVery Positive87% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Swain Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players
Why similar: Hidden Object 34.5%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 17.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features supernatural investigation and ghost-hunting mechanics that align well with the creature-collector elements of the seed.
- #15 Layers of Fear
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,635 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 25.1%, Horror 19.1%, First-Person 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological walking-simulator aspect, where the environment shifts and changes to reflect the protagonist's mental state.
- #16 Ghost Stories
86% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Action 38.5%, Horror 35.4%, First-Person 26.2%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-horror game that focuses on atmospheric exploration and supernatural encounters.
- #17 DEVOUR
82% matchVery Positive91% of 87,391 reviews2021
Dev: Straight Back Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Survival Horror 23.4%, Multiplayer 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Online Co-Op 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror experience that utilizes light-based mechanics as a primary way to banish ghosts and survive.
- #18 Skull Hotel
82% matchVery Positive80% of 900 reviews2025
Dev: James Hall
Windows
Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator that leans into dark, supernatural themes and atmospheric horror.
- #19 Apparition
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
First-person survival horror with ghosts and demons. Find yourself smack in the middle of a haunted forest in the dead of night. Talk to spirits through your Spirit Board. Capture evidence of the paranormal, but beware, fiercely aggressive demons are on the hunt.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Survival Horror 31.7%, First-Person 19.5%, Action 9.6%, Multiplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A horror game that tasks players with documenting supernatural entities, blending exploration with survival.
- #20 Help
86% matchMixed55% of 300 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Why similar: FPS 32.8%, Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Action 13.6%, First-Person 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that utilizes strategy and action elements to survive against terrifying odds.
- #21 Life after Death
83% matchMixed65% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: ASK_GAMES
Windows
Do you remember the scares that chased you in childhood? How did your limbs shake with fear, take your breath away, and you couldn't do anything about it? I invite you to live it all over again!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Hidden Object 17.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking-simulator that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and supernatural encounters.
- #22 Omitted
84% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 34.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, First-Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror title that uses atmospheric design to build dread and mystery.
- #23 Very Scary Backrooms Game
81% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16.5%, Action 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror experience that focuses on navigating dark, labyrinthine spaces while being hunted.
- #24 Horror
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Hidden Object 24.4%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Psychological 9.9%
- #25 Together After Dark
79% matchMixed54% of 402 reviews2025
Dev: RedForge
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Together After Dark is a co-op horror psychological game with a survival touch for 1-4 players. 4 Teens are stuck in the forest and need to find a way out but they are not alone
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological 14.3%, Perma Death 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #26 Blackberry
81% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: AndeoTEAM
Windows
Psychological Horror. The action takes place in forestry, in which a married couple of foresters stopped communicating with city. You were sent to investigate. But once in the forest, not lose your mind - turns out to be a very difficult task
Why similar: Creature Collector 25.2%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that provides a blend of adventure and psychological tension.
- #27 Water Boiling Simulator
77% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: wolfyer
Windows · Linux
It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 17.6%, Hidden Object 16%, First-Person 13.6%
- #28 Cursed
80% matchVery Positive83% of 765 reviews2016
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Her future, as well as of the whole world depends on her ingenuity and bravery. The path to her fiancé is blocked by ghosts, dragons, demons and other creatures from beyond. Will she overcome her fears? Will she find her beloved? Play "Cursed" and find out!
Why similar: Hidden Object 65.4%, Horror 34.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and a sense of constant pursuit.
- #29 Project Unknown
75% matchVery Positive83% of 905 reviews2025
Dev: PsychoRavensPub: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #30 It follows you
78% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Hidden Object 19.2%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #31 Forest Horror
77% matchMixed54% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
Why similar: First-Person 50.1%, Action 46.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #32 Somewhere in the Shadow
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 728 reviews2021
Dev: Aydy
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Co-op 9.9%, First-Person 8.8%
- #33 HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror
76% matchMixed55% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #34 MISTERY
74% matchMixed64% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Game Frontier
Windows
A multiplayer game of survival and social deduction. You work with others to collect materials, survive the dangers, and complete tasks. Beware of monsters, but more of the alternates disguising as your teammates. They can change into supernatural monsters and attack you at any time.
Why similar: PvP 22.8%, Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Action 12.6%, Co-op 10.8%
- #35 EVIL POSSESSION
78% matchMixed57% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: 2DragonsGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SURVIVAL HORROR in first person. We incarnate an investigator of paranormal events that only with the help of a paranormal activity detector (EMF DETECTOR) and a small oil lamp, we will try to perform an EXORCISM.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Action 16.6%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiplayer 14.9%
- #36 Altar
74% matchMostly Negative37% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Fernino
Windows
A supernatural horror game where you hunt and banish ghosts by locating altars, using tools, and surviving deadly attacks in procedurally generated environments. Play solo or with friends in this tense and dynamic ghost-extermination experience. This is not a finished project. This is build 1.0
Why similar: Action RPG 35%, FPS 27.4%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Action 10.3%
- #37 Abnormality
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 271 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 19.4%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Co-op 8.7%
- #38 Silent dream
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: GeuktePub: Dreamforest Entertainment
Windows
In the dark corridor as wide as a labyrinth, avoiding numerous pursuers who are aiming for their lives. Will you be able to save the missing person and escape safely!?
Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, FPS 18.1%, Horror 17.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #39 Ghost Watchers
67% matchVery Positive86% of 16,181 reviews2025
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Survival Horror 27.4%, Co-op 11%, First-Person 10.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #40 Descending The Woods
72% matchMixed51% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Why similar: Creature Collector 25.4%, Survival Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 9%
- #41 DYSTHANASIA
69% matchVery Positive90% of 322 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Survival Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.8%, Action 5.2%
- #42 SEVERANCE
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 566 reviews2025
Dev: Sykes Games
Windows
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14%, PvP 10.1%
- #43 Mr. White
71% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Miloš LužnjaninPub: Lorex Games
Windows
You're trapped inside Mr. White's huge dark creepy house. You have to find a way to escape without getting caught.
Why similar: Hidden Object 31.9%, Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Action 9.5%
- #44 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
68% matchVery Positive91% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, FPS 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 11.1%
- #45 Blinding Dark
75% matchMostly Negative32% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: Games HutPub: BulkyPix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Blinding Dark is a First Person Adventure horror game. Complete puzzles, collect items and power-ups, fight enemies and do your best to manage the very thin resources you have at your disposal to uncover terrible secrets.
Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Action 30.6%, First-Person 20.5%
- #46 Spooky Men
70% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Bloody Bear
Windows
Spooky Men is a online 1-8 player cooperative survival-horror game. Complete tasks and exorcise the malevolent demon. Use your wits to distract the ghost and survive its attacks as you explore the haunted property. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: FPS 23.7%, Survival Horror 22.7%, PvP 16.5%, Horror 13%, First-Person 9.9%
- #47 Fear of Dark
73% matchMixed51% of 125 reviews2020
Dev: Perfect games
Windows
Can you survive and kill the monster in the night forest? Or fall in a fight with this dangerous creature
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.4%, Horror 24.8%, Action 24.1%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #48 Apartament 1406: Horror
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 715 reviews2023
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 14%, First-Person 11.8%
- #49 You Will Die Here Tonight
68% matchVery Positive91% of 649 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Action RPG 22.4%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #50 Ghost Stories 2
71% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: AK StudioPub: AK Studio
Windows · Linux
This is an exciting adventure in an abandoned house in which you are left alone with ghosts and their heavy stories.
Why similar: Hidden Object 30%, FPS 19.2%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Horror 13.1%, Action 9.6%
- #51 Lights Off!
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, FPS 17.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #52 ORDER 13
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,427 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.9%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 14%, First-Person 12.8%
- #53 Project Liminal 2
65% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: FPS 38.2%, Action 24.2%, First-Person 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 7.7%
- #54 Terrorbytes
65% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: TreetopPub: Over The Moon
Windows
Collect pellets to power the safe room and survive. Solve the mystery of how you were sucked into this haunted arcade machine, and escape.
Why similar: Horror 41.4%, First-Person 36.8%, Co-op 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.7%
- #55 123 Slaughter Me Street
70% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 70.1%, Action 27.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #56 SNAP SNAP
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological 13.5%, First-Person 12.8%