- #1 Beneath
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 290 reviews2025
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.9%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Zombies 17%, Retro 10.8%, 1990's 10.6%
- #2 Dead Beacon
96% matchVery Positive88% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: SelianiDEV
Windows
Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.
Why similar: Zombies 21.7%, Survival Horror 18.3%, 1990's 14.4%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 8%
- #3 Death Below
96% matchMixed53% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Soft
Windows
Death Below - is a third-person action adventure with elements of survival horror. The plot of the game is based on the legend of the Soviet experiment of the 1940s.You will plunge into a dark world, and begin an exciting investigation, fighting on your way with thousands of distraught people
Why similar: Zombies 28.9%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 12.6%, Third Person 7.6%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #4 Flesh Made Fear
94% matchVery Positive94% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
Why similar: Zombies 20.6%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Retro 10.6%, Horror 10.5%, 1990's 10.5%
- #5 The Trench
95% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2022
Dev: Omar Chapa Hernandez
Windows
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Lovecraftian 29.9%, Horror 17.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Dark 4.6%
- #6 Hell Dive
94% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32%, Horror 16.8%, Cinematic 16.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Dark 7.8%
- #7 Echoes of the Living
92% matchVery Positive84% of 956 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 12.9%, 1990's 11.7%, Dark 8.6%
- #8 Plastomorphosis
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.5%, Thriller 13.1%, Horror 13%, Retro 12.7%, 1990's 9.8%
- #9 Nightmare of Decay
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,343 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.3%, Zombies 23.1%, Horror 16.1%, 1990's 12%, Retro 10.8%
- #10 Post Trauma
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Zombies 17.8%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Thriller 15.6%, Cinematic 9.5%, Horror 9.3%
- #11 Mortal Decay
91% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #12 CRUSH DEPTH
89% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Earth Giant
Windows
CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Exploration 20.7%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #13 Sonar Shock
87% matchVery Positive80% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Raphael Bossniak
Windows · Linux
Submarine’s haunted! Hunt and be hunted in this horror dungeon crawler inspired by the decay of the Soviet Union (and immersive RPGs from the 90s).
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Lovecraftian 27%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 5.9%
- #14 Aphotic Descent
88% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Broiled Squid Studios
Windows
In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.2%, Horror 19.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #15 Still Wakes the Deep
85% matchVery Positive88% of 12,360 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27%, Horror 16.6%, Thriller 10.2%, Cinematic 10.2%, Dark 9.6%
- #16 EBOLA VILLAGE
86% matchVery Positive81% of 419 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
Why similar: Zombies 23.4%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Horror 12.9%, 1990's 12.6%, Retro 11.3%
- #17 Invention 3
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 43.9%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 10.5%, Action 8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #18 Death In Abyss
84% matchVery Positive82% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
Death In Abyss is an intense flight shooter that challenges you to utilize your maneuverability and explosive firepower to survive against the deep-sea hostilities. In your descent, the nightmares can only get worse.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Retro 19.5%, Horror 17.8%, Third Person 13.3%, Dark 11.1%
- #19 Mother Hub
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Zombies 25.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Action 7.7%, 3D 7.2%
- #20 SOMA
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,711 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: Survival Horror 23%, Lovecraftian 22.1%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #21 Saint of Chains
82% matchVery Positive84% of 76 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: Survival Horror 29.7%, Retro 18%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%
- #22 Underwater
84% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.5%, Lovecraftian 22.8%, Dark 9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #23 Synthesis of Corruption
81% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Zombies 15.8%, Horror 14.3%, 1990's 12.5%, Retro 10.8%
- #24 DOCTOR VISCERA
79% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.2%, Retro 18.4%, Horror 15.5%, Action-Adventure 8%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #25 The Hotel
81% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Survival Horror 39%, Third Person 17%, Zombies 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 8.8%
- #26 ZERO PROTOCOL
79% matchVery Positive84% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.4%, Exploration 14.8%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #27 Aftershock: Coastline
78% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Alex Rassloff
Windows
A thrilling retro-styled shooter with survival-horror elements, inspired by the design of Resident Evil and the atmosphere of Bioshock. Spend an hour delving deep into a seaside bunker in an uncanny land, uncovering its secrets and surviving against the cosmic terrors which dwell within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Retro 11%, Horror 11%, 1990's 10.6%
- #28 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
78% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Horror 21.4%, Zombies 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Cinematic 7.5%
- #29 Tunnels of Despair
80% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: BearFighterDev
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Zombies 23.9%, Horror 17.5%, Adventure 6.6%, Dark 5.7%
- #30 NEDRA
77% matchMixed67% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Conspiracy 13.9% ★, Horror 10.4%, Cinematic 7.7%
- #31 Dead Format
75% matchVery Positive84% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.1%, Horror 19.2%, 1990's 12.6%, Dark 5.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #32 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,059 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.2%, Third Person 7.4%
- #33 Heaven Dust 2
76% matchVery Positive90% of 848 reviews2022
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies. Heaven Dust 2 is a love letter to classic survival horror games featuring exploration, action, puzzles, and resource management.
Why similar: Zombies 32.8%, Survival Horror 24.7%, Horror 16%, Exploration 6.7%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #34 Depths of Sanity
74% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Bomb Shelter Games
Windows
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Retro 12.9%, Dark 9.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #35 Coffin Mall
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.4%, Conspiracy 19.6% ★, Retro 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, 1990's 13.3%
- #36 Sync Or Sink
71% matchVery Positive92% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Low Effort Interactive
Windows
Trapped in a sinking submarine, two players must communicate through walkie-talkies to solve puzzles, complete tasks, navigate the depths, and escape before time runs out.
Why similar: 1990's 18%, Dark 14.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Horror 11.7%
- #37 Carnival Massacre
71% matchVery Positive91% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
Windows
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Retro 14.4%, Horror 13.5%, Zombies 12.6%, Third Person 6.5%
- #38 Subversive Memories
70% matchVery Positive98% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Lovecraftian 21.7%, Retro 13.5%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 8.7%
- #39 SKYHILL: Black Mist
76% matchMixed46% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Mandragora
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Zombies 20.9%, Horror 12.4%, Third Person 8.3%, Dark 8.1%
- #40 The Dive
74% matchMixed58% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: W0nnaFight
Windows
Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Cinematic 17.9%, Dark 16.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #41 Daymare: 1998
73% matchMixed69% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Survival Horror 30.3%, Horror 16%, Third Person 8.5%, Adventure 4.9%
- #42 Ground Zero
69% matchVery Positive89% of 634 reviews2026
Dev: Malformation GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fight through post-apocalyptic South Korea in this retro survival horror. Uncover the truth behind the devastating meteor impact that left the country in ruins and turned every living organism into a terrifying monstrosity. Fight. Solve puzzles. Upgrade gear. Make every bullet count.
Why similar: Zombies 24.8%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Horror 11.4%, Retro 9.9%, Third Person 9.5%
- #43 Dead of Darkness
70% matchVery Positive87% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.4%, Lovecraftian 22.4%, Horror 14.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Dark 6.4%
- #44 Endoparasitic 2
70% matchVery Positive87% of 645 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Lovecraftian 20.8%, Zombies 13.8%, Horror 13%, Exploration 8.3%
- #45 Abyss of Neptune
73% matchMixed69% of 224 reviews2021
Dev: Abyssmal GamesPub: Synodic Arc
Windows
Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?
Why similar: Survival Horror 47.1%, Horror 24.7%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Adventure 6.5%, Action 6%
- #46 Under: Depths of Fear
72% matchMixed68% of 302 reviews2020
Dev: Globiss InteractivePub: Rogue Games, Inc.
Windows
Enter the mind of traumatized WW1 veteran Alexander Dockter and experience the terrorizing nightmare of trying to escape a sinking ocean liner while being haunted by the most terrifying entities you’ve ever come across.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.9%, Horror 23.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #47 Antarctica 88
71% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2020
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Horror 16.9%, Soundtrack 15.5% ★, Survival Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.2%
- #48 Living Dead Outbreak
68% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Battle your way through the dense zombie crowds as you struggle to survive! Inspired by classic zombie movies and FPS games from the 90s, the overwhelming combat will keep you on your toes!
Why similar: Zombies 38.1%, Horror 19.9%, Retro 13.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Action 7.7%
- #49 INDICTED
72% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.9%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #50 Heaven Dust
69% matchVery Positive92% of 685 reviews2020
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.8%, Zombies 18.5%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Action 12%
- #51 The Black Ice
67% matchVery Positive83% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: RED CRAB GAMESPub: Antelus Games
Windows
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.7% ★, Horror 16.1%, Dark 15.9%, Cinematic 15.1%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #52 THE MUTE HOUSE
67% matchVery Positive81% of 296 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Zombies 19.3%, Lovecraftian 16.8%, Horror 11.8%, 1990's 7.4%
- #53 You Will Die Here Tonight
67% matchVery Positive91% of 661 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Zombies 28.4%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 10.6%, Third Person 8%
- #54 Necrophosis
65% matchVery Positive90% of 842 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Horror 19.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Third Person 12.2%, 3D 4.7%
- #55 Venge
68% matchVery Positive92% of 411 reviews2020
Dev: Costek Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get ready to explore a movie studio that vanished into thin air, only to find yourself trapped in a twisted, alternate dimension where creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to ensure you never see the light of day again...
Why similar: Soundtrack 25.3% ★, Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #56 Project Silverfish
64% matchVery Positive94% of 3,126 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.5%, Horror 18%, Exploration 13.7%, Dark 12.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #57 ROUTINE
62% matchVery Positive92% of 7,662 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Thriller 17.8%, Cinematic 13.3%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.3%
- #58 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 516 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Action 31.8%, Exploration 22.4%, Singleplayer 6.3%