- #1 SIMULACRA
97% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Point & Click 13.7%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It pioneered the 'found phone' genre, requiring you to investigate a missing person by scouring their digital life and personal files.
- #2 The Operator
96% matchVery Positive92% of 8,890 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 19.5%, Crime 16.7%, Immersive Sim 11%, Point & Click 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: You play as a computer operator using a simulated terminal to investigate crimes, mirroring the core gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #3 Home Safety Hotline
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,959 reviews2024
Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the analog horror aesthetic by tasking you with navigating a retro database to identify supernatural threats.
- #4 Stories Untold
95% matchVery Positive87% of 5,533 reviews2017
Dev: Screen BurnPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 21.4%, Point & Click 18.8%, Retro 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive retro-computer horror experience, utilizing text-based interfaces and analog equipment to tell a chilling, fragmented story.
- #5 Who's Lila?
94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Point & Click 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, retro-styled point-and-click horror game that emphasizes player choice and unsettling psychological themes.
- #6 The Case of the Golden Idol
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 19.4%, Crime 14.3%, Point & Click 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An exceptional detective game that requires deep observation and logical deduction to solve complex, macabre mysteries.
- #7 The Roottrees are Dead
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,219 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 31.4%, Investigation 21.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant investigative puzzle game that requires you to cross-reference documents and databases to solve a complex family mystery.
- #8 Her Story
93% matchVery Positive89% of 10,424 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Detective 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Point & Click 9%
Why You'll Like It: This classic investigation game forces you to piece together a dark mystery by searching through a database of fragmented video clips.
- #9 Dingir OS
91% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Point & Click 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A horror game built entirely around a retro operating system interface that mirrors the aesthetic of the seed game.
- #10 The Signifier Director's Cut
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 27.9%, Surreal 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal investigation game where you explore the memories of the deceased using a high-tech computer interface.
- #11 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
90% matchVery Positive90% of 15,585 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Investigation 51.6%, Choices Matter 26.1%, Simulation 11.9%, Detective 4.4%, Interactive Fiction 2%
Why You'll Like It: This surveillance-based investigation game tasks you with digging through personal data to uncover the truth behind a terrorist attack.
- #12 Unheard - Voices of Crime
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,052 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Crime 18.2%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Point & Click 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An innovative audio-based detective game where you must listen to conversations to reconstruct crime scenes.
- #13 Abscission
89% matchVery Positive94% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 18.9%, Crime 16.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Horror 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that focuses on detective work and making difficult choices in a dark, atmospheric world.
- #14 SIMULACRA 2
88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,691 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Point & Click 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Surreal 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel expands on the original's found-phone investigation mechanics with a darker, more complex crime to solve.
- #15 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,313 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Retro 21.7%, Point & Click 19.6%, Story Rich 13.9%, Simulation 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural visual novel that features deep investigation and a dark, atmospheric mystery set in Japan.
- #16 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 12.8%, Point & Click 12.8%, Story Rich 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: You play as an investigator tasked with solving paranormal cases, blending visual novel storytelling with mystery-solving.
- #17 For Your Tranquility
87% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Crime 23.7%, Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 14.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie detective game that emphasizes mystery and point-and-click exploration in a tense environment.
- #18 Neon Hearts City
84% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 17.1%, Crime 15.6%, Point & Click 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game with a retro aesthetic that focuses on mystery and puzzle-solving.
- #19 Interrogation Simulator
84% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 18%, Investigation 14.9%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Point & Click 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the psychological aspect of detective work, requiring you to read suspects and make choices to uncover the truth.
- #20 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Crime 20.5%, Detective 18.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that puts you in the shoes of a detective working through a dark and atmospheric mystery.
- #21 Telling Lies
85% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 16%, Point & Click 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9%
Why You'll Like It: Similar to Her Story, this game uses a non-linear video database to uncover a conspiracy through careful investigation.
- #22 Iron Lung
81% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Horror 32.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Surreal 10.5%, Exploration 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic analog horror experience that relies on limited sensor data and a retro interface to build tension.
- #23 Desktop Explorer
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 17.8%, Detective 17.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #24 Endacopia
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 7,578 reviews2026
Dev: Andyland
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Why similar: Surreal 16%, Point & Click 15%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
- #25 Pink Noise
80% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Point & Click 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Horror 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that emphasizes player choices and a dark, unsettling narrative.
- #26 Anomalies Detective
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Immersive Sim 28.7%, Horror 22.2%, Exploration 17%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that focuses on exploration and psychological horror elements within a mysterious setting.
- #27 Dead Dreams
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Detective 22%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 13.2%, Retro 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that uses 2D puzzle mechanics to explore dark, psychological themes.
- #28 No Return
82% matchMixed48% of 438 reviews2024
Dev: BlameTech
Windows
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
Why similar: Crime 15.2%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Surreal 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that deals with themes of isolation and mystery.
- #29 and yet, we dream
78% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.6%, Choices Matter 25.8%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 9%
- #30 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
79% matchVery Positive94% of 12,785 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Choices Matter 23.2%, Story Rich 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surveillance simulation game where you observe strangers through cameras and piece together their secrets.
- #31 Sinheritance
77% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: STIM GAMES
Windows
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 21.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Immersive Sim 10%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #32 Homicide Desk
77% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Crime 18%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 14%, Point & Click 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #33 [Redacted] The Safehouse
74% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Heartbeast
Windows · Linux
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Investigation 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Story Rich 9%, Retro 6%
- #34 Project Looking Glass
74% matchVery Positive100% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MORPH
Windows · Mac
1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #35 FAKEBOOK
75% matchVery Positive91% of 889 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 10.7%, Detective 10.1%
- #36 Observer: System Redux
76% matchVery Positive85% of 3,032 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, Investigation 17.5%, Detective 15%, Surreal 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
- #37 New Folder
73% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Evicted Games
Windows
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 34%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Puzzle 12.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Retro 6.9%
- #38 Horns of Fear
76% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Investigation 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #39 The Occult Detective
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 42.7%, Story Rich 17.1%, Puzzle 16.1%, Exploration 9.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #40 Angels Cove
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 107 reviews2021
Dev: CG Cowboy Studios
Windows
Investigate an abandoned island and its haunted estate in this first-person psychological horror game. Recover paranormal equipment, unlock new areas, follow environmental clues, and uncover the history behind an escalating supernatural presence.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Detective 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 9.3%
- #41 Office Hours
72% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Point & Click 24.6%, Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #42 White Room Protocol
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.5%, Horror 30.7%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #43 Hope Deferred
72% matchPositive98% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Tell All
Windows
Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Surreal 27.1%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 19%, Choices Matter 18.9%, RPG 10.6%
- #44 This is Interesting
71% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #45 Things Too Ugly
71% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Professor Space GamesPub: Baltoro Games
Windows
Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Immersive Sim 16%, Retro 16%, Investigation 14.1%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #46 Care
70% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
- #47 Insight
70% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 33.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #48 No, I'm not a Human
66% matchVery Positive93% of 31,055 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 21.3%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Retro 11.6%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #49 When The Devil Takes Hold
71% matchMixed67% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
When The Devil Takes Hold is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shoes of James Davidson, a fearless content creator whose search for views leads him to a cursed location. Explore the haunted grounds and solve puzzles to uncover the dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 24.8%, Retro 22.6%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #50 Sector 404
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 19.2%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Choices Matter 15%, Exploration 9.3%
- #51 HOMESICKNESS
68% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Point & Click 24.8%, Horror 15.3%, Story Rich 13.5%, Exploration 12.7%
- #52 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, Detective 19.4%, Point & Click 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Horror 9%
- #53 The Corruption Within
70% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Point & Click 19.7%, Retro 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #54 What Awaits, Aleksey?
68% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: JKBC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.9% ★, Detective 16%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 12.3%, Retro 8%
- #55 Free Will
68% matchVery Positive96% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
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: Puzzle 19.8%, Story Rich 18.3%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Horror 14.9%
- #56 Saint of Chains
67% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Retro 18%, Surreal 17.9%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #57 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
69% matchVery Positive94% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Point & Click 19.7%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #58 Last Report
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,536 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 21.3%, Point & Click 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #59 Psych
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Crime 23.4%, Dynamic Narration 23.2% ★, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #60 The Horror at Highrook
66% matchVery Positive90% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Investigation 41.2%, Horror 22.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.1%
