- #1 The Tension
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Yigit TatlipinarPub: HH Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Tension is a stealth-based puzzle horror game. It's a game where the player can see the character from the top camera view and control it. The main mentality of the game taken from Alien Isolation. You will be controlling a kid who got kidnapped by aliens. You will be trying to escape from their mother ship.
Why similar: Strategy 26%, Stealth 23.7%, Puzzle 18.6%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 9%
- #2 10 Seconds
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Puzzle 20.8%, Stealth 18.6%, 3D 10.2%, Strategy 9.2%
- #3 It's All Connected
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ClockTurnGames
Windows
confront anomalies, solve eerie puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Jump scares and psychological horror await in this 3D, realistic, indie horror game. Are you ready to explore the darkness, because it sure is ready for you.
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Puzzle 19.3%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, 3D 9.5%
- #4 Warehouse Job
95% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nathan SmithPub: Clockwork Oblivion
Windows
A short horror game where you sort shipping containers in a warehouse.
Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Puzzle 24.3%, Horror 18.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #5 Trust Me, I Work Here
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Youri
Windows
Trust Me, I Work Here is a heist game where you wear disguises and rob unique locations
Why similar: Strategy 29.1%, Puzzle 18.2%, Stealth 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%
- #6 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse HD
94% matchVery Positive81% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Step back into the unsettling world of Mr. Hopp's Playhouse where every child's nightmare becomes a chilling reality.
Why similar: Strategy 33.6%, Puzzle 19%, Horror 14.8%, Stealth 12.9%, Linear 9.5%
- #7 Escape The Buildings
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Level Loop Studio
Windows
Escape The Buildings is a tense escape game where you search rooms for hidden keys, crack color and number codes, and solve clever puzzles to break free. Every door hides a new challenge—can you escape before it’s too late?
Why similar: Strategy 40.9%, Puzzle 21.7%, Horror 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, 3D 10.5%
- #8 An Empty Void
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ResetPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
An Empty Void is a short horror game that blends puzzle-solving with adventure. Trapped in an ancient temple, surrounded by darkness, you must use the magic of a mystical amulet to reveal what's hidden, uncover the truth and escape.
Why similar: Strategy 38.8%, Puzzle 20.9%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 14.2%, 3D 7.4%
- #9 There was something in that room
91% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Enrique M.
Windows
Move through the rooms of the lab in this short but replayable horror game. Debug the computers in each room, watch out for errors, and fix sabotages. Make sure you always know where you are... and where other things are.
Why similar: Strategy 33.6%, Horror 23.4%, Puzzle 17.2%, Choices Matter 11%, 3D 6.9%
- #10 Hello Guest: Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha
91% matchVery Positive89% of 797 reviews2020
Dev: Eerie GuestPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Hello Guest, beloved Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha, a stealth horror thriller with an advanced, self-learning AI. You take the night shift as a security guard at an abandoned Golden Apple Amusement Park where a creature is hiding in the shadows. What can go wrong?
Why similar: Stealth 22.6%, Strategy 22.3%, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 17.3%, 3D 8%
- #11 EraPuzzle: Grid & Glory
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JakeMakesGames
Windows
A casual tile-based puzzle game about resource management and strategic building. Harvest trees, construct villages and towers, defeat goblin camps, and chain your way across the map to reach the goldmine. Beautiful, relaxing, and satisfying to solve.
Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, Puzzle 25.4%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Linear 15.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #12 Dash Dot Die
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Interactive Games
Windows
Dash Dot Die is a first-person Morse puzzle game set in a maze of forgotten rooms, hallways, and airducts. Your past has caught up with you. Someone is determined to make you suffer just as they once did. Trapped in their twisted game, you must endure the same fate and overcome every challenge.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.3%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Linear 14.2%, 3D 11.1%, Dark 8.8%
- #13 Nebraska
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Nebraska takes place as a journalist writing a book about mid-west America, who runs out of gas in a rural area of Nebraska. Players will explore and uncover the secret facility that lies beneath the attraction and discover the terrible experiments that have taken place there.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.2%, Horror 16.8%, Artificial Intelligence 15.4%, Stealth 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #14 Kidnapped
88% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Bundle LLCPub: Bundle
Windows
Solve the mysterious kidnapping of beloved actress Sebastiana Sax. In this one-player mystery game, you must decipher clues and interrogate witnesses to get to the bottom of this heinous crime. Can you solve the mystery in time?
Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, Puzzle 30.2%, 3D 9.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #15 DianQi 典妻
86% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: 雪鸽工作室
Windows
The protagonist played by the player was suddenly shouted by the name of recognizing his ancestors, and suddenly found that everything seemed to be as simple as imagined ...
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Puzzle 21.4%, Horror 14%, Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #16 Unknown
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: WolfePack
Windows
Darkness. Nothing. There’s no memory of what has become. All you have is a flashlight to navigate the horrors ahead of you. Use your wits to solve the puzzles and escape the levels of the dreaded facility. You don’t seem to be alone though…
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Strategy 20.7%, Puzzle 19.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #17 Fancyland
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
After breaking in to an abandoned indoor amusement park, finding clues and solving puzzles, you soon realize that your investigation is not just a search for answers, but a desperate struggle for survival against a sinister force that lurks within.
Why similar: Strategy 35.2%, Puzzle 19.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Horror 11.6%, 3D 8.1%
- #18 Around - The Game
85% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: TecshieldPub: Story Czar
Windows
Step into a haunted mansion where reality bends. Solve chilling puzzles, offer cherries to speak with the Fiend, and escape before you're consumed by the nightmare.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Adventure 12.3%, 3D 10.3%, Puzzle 9.9%, Horror 9.6%
- #19 House Of Trauma
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Justin ClarkPub: Shooteo Studio
Windows
From Shooteo's YouTube Channel comes House of Trauma, a first person horror game where you play as Gabriel, a CPS worker assigned to a possible case of abuse of a child named David at a mysterious home. You soon find that this house hides much darker secrets than you could've ever imagined.
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Strategy 18.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, 3D 12.5%
- #20 The Green Room Experiment (Episode 1) VR
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Amanclo Video Games
Windows
You're locked in a dream and you need to wake up. This game is designed on an escape game structure, you must solve a puzzle to move on to the next table. You will be transported to a dreamlike, strange universe, mixing exploration, mystery and poetry.
Why similar: Strategy 39%, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 11.9%, 3D 10%, Linear 7.4%
- #21 Fall Asleep
82% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Overthrown Interactive
Windows
Fall Asleep is a tense first-person climbing game where you’re trapped in a nightmare and the only way out is up. See only the platforms in front of you, make every jump count, and try to escape before the dream swallows you whole.
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Horror 19.1%, Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #22 Courage: ZaGame
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ZahirStudioPub: ZahirZone
Windows
Courage: ZaGame is a thrilling 3D adventure where you must craft an elixir to stop a world-threatening monster. Explore eerie environments, solve puzzles, and make critical choices that shape the outcome.
Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Puzzle 25.5%, 3D 19.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #23 Haze
82% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: CLS Studio
Windows
Welcome to a 3D puzzle horror game set in a gothic horror mansion. Evade your zombified grandfather, solve a variety of puzzles to earn rewards, and escape the maze. Immerse yourself in an Edgar Allan Poe–style story where distinctive puzzles and dread intertwine.
Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, Puzzle 20%, Horror 13.8%, 3D 9.7%, Dark 7.5%
- #24 Strange day
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: lss
Windows
Nick must solve various challenges within the events of the past. Can you solve these mysteries? Most people probably can't solve it. Play and journey into Nick's memories!
Why similar: Strategy 42%, Puzzle 22.5%, Horror 12.3%, 3D 10.9%, Dark 7%
- #25 Anomaly Jobs : Data Center
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Imbace
Windows
You work the nightshift at Data Center DC4-31. Something is off this time. Spot the anomaly, take the correct exit multiple times in a row and finish your shift.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.4%, Horror 20.6%, Linear 17.2%, 3D 13%, Adventure 9.5%
- #26 Thalamus
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: trulyDigital
Windows
Thalamus is a First person puzzle and horror Game. You play as Rayan, an average employee that works at a surveillance company, who found out something he shouldn't have. Now with no way out and missing his memory he must team up with a caged mind to complete what he started.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.5%, Horror 17.8%, Stealth 17.4%, Artificial Intelligence 16.3%, 3D 11.5%
- #27 Speechless
81% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: BlazingfallgamesPub: TruemotionStudio
Windows
Speechless is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, emotional storytelling, repetition, and environmental transformation
Why similar: Puzzle 21.3%, Horror 19.3%, Linear 17%, 3D 11.6%, Stealth 8.3%
- #28 Monster Memory
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: DragonCog Interactive
Windows
A stylized card matching memory game based on icons of horror with atmospheric music Relive your childhood with this simple yet fun puzzle game by matching the cards as fast as you can
Why similar: Strategy 38.2%, Puzzle 26.7%, Horror 18%, 3D 11.1%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #29 Ward X
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ni9htByteX
Windows
Ward X is a indie horror puzzle game set inside an abandoned hospital that should have stayed forgotten. Navigate twisted halls and solve puzzles as you search for a way out.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, Horror 26%, Dark 12.6%, Linear 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #30 Unseal
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Unseal Team
Windows
You awaken as Ash: a charred figure with a caged head and a fractured past. Navigate a surreal nightmare world built from your own memories, solve maddening puzzles, and evade the grotesque creatures that hunt you in this atmospheric 3rd-person cosmic horror adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.5%, Horror 28.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #31 Captive
77% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: KennexPub: Kennex Software
Windows
You wake up in a bright, but mysterious room. You don't know what is happening or how you got there.
Why similar: Strategy 55.3%, Adventure 21.7%, Puzzle 21.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #32 Ocular Deprivation
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BDGaming
Windows
Ocular Deprivation is a top-down horror game where you, the player, are blind. The only way for you to find your bearing is through the use of echo-location, and observing how the sound bounces off the walls. Be careful though, for you aren't the only one using sound to their advantage
Why similar: Stealth 24.2%, Horror 22.9%, Strategy 15.7%, Puzzle 14.7%, Story Rich 11%
- #33 The Loopholes Chronicles
77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Jérémy BeuchotPub: Scroow
Windows
The Loopholes Chronicles is an escape game in virtual reality. In a futuristic fantasy universe, you will travel through time and time to solve unique riddles.
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, Puzzle 25.9%
- #34 Labyrinthian: Lost 'Til Dawn
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Geddy Wenzinger
Windows
'Labyrinthian: Lost 'Til Dawn' is a horror maze/puzzle game where the player advances deeper into the maze-like forest to maintain survival, trying to last until day. This game uses mouse and keyboard controls (WASD), with other keys gaining functionality as the game progresses.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Strategy 28.2%, Puzzle 27.2%, 3D 11%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #35 In Her Image
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio MHB
Windows
A psychological horror game about descent through grief.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.9%, Horror 23.9%, Choices Matter 22.5%, 3D 14%, Adventure 11.1%
- #36 False God
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiaofanchuan Games Inc.
Windows
Delve into the depths of a supernatural temple, unearth forbidden lore, and outwit cosmic horrors in a narrative-rich journey where each level blends classic Lovecraftian themes with the secrets of Chinese mythology.
Why similar: Stealth 18.8%, Puzzle 18.6%, Horror 17.2%, Linear 14.3%, 3D 10.3%
- #37 Banana Co.
74% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: S.GPub: Faaq
Windows · Mac
Banana Co. is a first person horror game in which you're placed into a terrifying banana factory where you have to avoid the dangers that await you. You're given no instructions but to collect bananas around the factory.
Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, Horror 19.2%, 3D 12.9%, Dark 11.1%, Adventure 9.3%
- #38 Watcher from the Void
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Travel oblivion
Windows
You’re a night-shift nurse called to help a deaf patient after an accident. But as you explore his house, strange things happen. In Watcher from the Void, you must collect key pieces to escape while avoiding a deadly presence. Use stealth and distractions to survive the night In this horror game.
Why similar: Strategy 39%, Horror 20.6%, Stealth 18.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, 3D 9.7%
- #39 Zen! Slider
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Space River
Windows · Mac
A minimalistic puzzle game where you will have to use all of your brain capacity to pass the levels.
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Puzzle 30.6%, Choices Matter 23.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #40 Out of Sight
71% matchVery Positive95% of 905 reviews2025
Dev: The Gang
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
Why similar: Stealth 20%, Puzzle 18%, Horror 16.5%, Linear 10.4%, Dark 8.8%
- #41 Escape The Evil
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Big Bird Games
Windows
You're trapped in the dark with a killer psychopath. You must escape by solving clues, unlocking doors and completing puzzles. You only have 5 lives! NEW story mode added!
Why similar: Strategy 37.4%, Puzzle 20.7%, Horror 10.8%, 3D 10.2%, Stealth 8.8%
- #42 You Belong Here
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Twisted Flower
Windows
Family man Philip Oakes wakes up with a piercing headache, unable to remember his past. Dazed, he explores an old home, receiving guidance from a caller on the phone. As Philip walks through the familiar rooms, he uncovers a reality better left forgotten.
Why similar: Strategy 31%, Horror 22.3%, Puzzle 20.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #43 No One Leaves Lindenfield
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CMole
Windows
A first-person stealth horror where your actions don’t just alert the enemy — they transform him. Explore, hide, and adapt as he mirrors your every move.
Why similar: Stealth 24.1%, Horror 23.3%, Strategy 18.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #44 City Folding
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LittleMaruPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
The city begins to fold! Find the key items that will help you escape before it's too late!
Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, Puzzle 21.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, 3D 5.4%
- #45 The Crosley Tower Horror
70% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: ithinknotm8!
Windows
An Urban exploration horror puzzle, you must navigate a building heavily inspired by the real life Crosley Tower to reach the mysterious 16th floor all while avoiding the asbestos filled dangers within.
Why similar: Strategy 37.7%, Puzzle 24.2%, Horror 15.7%, 3D 11.6%, Dark 5.3%
- #46 13 Candles
71% matchMostly Negative32% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: 13 Candles StudioPub: Jamk Games
Windows
13 Candles is an atmospheric horror game where you play as Sara, 13 year old girl who wakes up in an abandoned hospital. Find your way to the light switch and wake up from your nightmare.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.1%, Horror 20.6%, Stealth 17.9%, Artificial Intelligence 16.5%, 3D 11.8%
- #47 Mr. Scientist
70% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: LANSHIFTPub: Blueflame Studio
Windows
Mr. Scientist is a single player horror game. You are a hostage of a mad scientist and now you need to escape from his house.
Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Puzzle 21.6%, Adventure 14%, Stealth 9.2%, Horror 7.6%
- #48 Specular Cranny
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lightno2Pub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
As a firefighter, your mission is to put out a fire in a house. However, the debris from the fire blocks your path. You'll need to make full use of the room's mechanisms and the items you pick up to reach the fire source and successfully extinguish it.
Why similar: Strategy 37.2%, Puzzle 20.6%, Horror 18%, Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #49 FCS: The Bean Heist
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: HaloJury
Windows
A game about Fresh Cut Slim!
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Puzzle 17.9%, Stealth 13.8%, Linear 12%, Strategy 11.7%
- #50 Piatka
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: iwangr
Windows
The game get 490 words to guess. Try to uncover word simply by uncover every single letter. get lot of bonuses from teddy bear and parrot .Play on a single player or multiplayer mode. Have fun training your mind !
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, Puzzle 25.9%
- #51 Russell's Range
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mattia Mazzoli
Windows
Complete tasks and keep the range running while following the rules and avoiding the creatures that lurk in the shadows.
Why similar: Strategy 40.4%, Horror 22.3%, Puzzle 20.2%, 3D 10.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #52 Lost Chronology
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Third Gaming
Windows
A psychological horror puzzle game about a missing child, fragmented memories, and a mind in denial. Explore multiple unsettling locations as the world reacts to you, puzzles reveal the past, and unseen figures quietly watch. The truth isn’t hidden in the dark — it’s buried somewhere.
Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Horror 20.4%, Puzzle 18.8%, Stealth 12.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #53 Creepy Claus
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: LimeYee
Windows
Its your first day on the job but Santa isn't impressed Wrap the presents to escape OR ELSE!
Why similar: Strategy 28.7%, Horror 27.8%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Stealth 14.9%, 3D 5.1%
- #54 The Echoes of Me
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Stefan Atanasoski
Windows
The Echoes of Me pulls you into a nightmare where shadows blur with self. As fragmented memories surface, you must remain cautious and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Stealth 18%, Horror 17.9%, Strategy 17%, Puzzle 13.9%, Linear 10.4%
- #55 The Cost Of Bliss
68% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Andre David Dev
Windows
Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you fight yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.
Why similar: Puzzle 16.9%, Horror 15.4%, Stealth 15.2%, Choices Matter 15%, Linear 12.3%
- #56 Infiltrate & Extract
67% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Carlos GarridoPub: DigiPen Intsitute of Technology
Windows
A top-down 3D stealth game where remaining undetected is of utmost priority. Take down security guards and stay in the shadows to reach the vault and extract a highly valuable relic.
Why similar: Strategy 36.2%, Puzzle 24.6%, Stealth 15%, Linear 12%, 3D 11.5%
- #57 The book by the blue
68% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Travel oblivion
Windows
in this First-person horror game you will be discovering what's going on with missing persons and a corrupt scientist. Find items littered around to access locked doors and secret passages.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Strategy 16.6%, Linear 15.2%, Puzzle 13.8%, Dark 12.2%
- #58 The Designer's Curse Chapter 2 - Forgotten Horrors
66% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: CBGames
Windows · Mac
An unmissable survival horror experience with satisfying physics, haunting ambience, and terrifying encounters. Can you escape the horrors of Shaw Well Manor?
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Stealth 21.8%, Puzzle 20.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #59 The Forgotten Past
66% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: The Midnight Crow Pub: Midnight Crow Studio
Windows
While investigating a forgotten factory, you uncover dark secrets, haunted machines, and a past that was never meant to be found. Strange visions, buried truths… and something watching from the shadows. Be careful, this place isn’t abandoned.
Why similar: Strategy 22.7%, Puzzle 19%, Horror 16.1%, Stealth 11%, 3D 10.4%
- #60 The Depths
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Malicious Tree Games
Windows
The Depths is a First Person Horror puzzle solving game where you fix currents to power up doors, resetting gear boxes to gain access to new rooms and pulling levers to open up completely new areas. All the while hiding or Sneaking past The Depths Beast
Why similar: Stealth 30.4%, Horror 29.9%, Puzzle 24.5%, Adventure 7.4%, 3D 5.7%