- #1 Nightmare of Decay
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 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 22.9%, Horror 16.2%, 1990's 11.9%, Retro 11.2%
- #2 Flesh Made Fear
96% matchVery Positive94% of 419 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 20.7%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Retro 10.6%, Horror 10.5%, 1990's 10.5%
- #3 Post Trauma
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 703 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 17.9%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Thriller 15.5%, Cinematic 9.5%, Horror 9.3%
- #4 Still Wakes the Deep
94% matchVery Positive87% of 13,247 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 27.1%, Horror 16.6%, Cinematic 10.3%, Thriller 10.2%, Dark 9.5%
- #5 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol 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: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Survival Horror 17%, Horror 10.6%, Cinematic 10.1%, Third Person 9%
- #6 Beneath
94% matchMixed70% of 302 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 18%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Zombies 17.1%, Retro 10.7%, 1990's 10.5%
- #7 Static Dread: The Submarine
93% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Retro 15.4%, Horror 15.1%, Thriller 14.7%, Dark 9.1%
- #8 Dead Beacon
92% matchVery Positive89% of 131 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 21.8%, Survival Horror 18.3%, 1990's 14.2%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 8%
- #9 ZERO PROTOCOL
91% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 43.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #10 Iron Blight
90% matchVery Positive93% of 868 reviews2026
Dev: Ronesans InteractivePub: Rock Paper Publisher
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Iron Blight is a survival horror game set in a cold, rainy Eastern Bloc town. You are trapped in a room as abominations claw at your door, with nowhere to run. You must survive the feverish night, uncover the horrors lurking in the shadows, and above all, find your wife, Valeria.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, 1990's 15.6%, Zombies 14.4%, Horror 10.3%, Retro 8.3%
- #11 Ground Zero
89% matchVery Positive89% of 786 reviews2026
Dev: Malformation GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.1 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 24.9%, Survival Horror 23.6%, Horror 11.4%, Retro 9.9%, Third Person 9.5%
- #12 Death Below
91% matchMixed54% of 82 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 7.7%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #13 The Trench
89% matchVery Positive86% of 167 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 30%, Horror 17.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #14 Hell Dive
88% matchVery Positive93% of 81 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 32.2%, Horror 16.8%, Cinematic 16.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Dark 7.7%
- #15 ROUTINE
86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 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 17.7%, Cinematic 13.3%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.2%
- #16 You Will Die Here Tonight
86% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 28.5%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 10.6%, Third Person 8%
- #17 Heaven Dust 2
85% matchVery Positive90% of 861 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 32.9%, Survival Horror 24.6%, Horror 15.9%, Exploration 6.6%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #18 Necrophosis
84% matchVery Positive90% of 909 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 41.2%, Horror 19.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Third Person 12.3%, 3D 4.6%
- #19 EBOLA VILLAGE
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 428 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 22.9%, Horror 12.9%, 1990's 12.4%, Retro 11.2%
- #20 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
82% matchVery Positive86% of 131 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 10%, Action-Adventure 8%, Cinematic 7.5%
- #21 Mortal Decay
84% 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 31.8%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 11.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #22 Plastomorphosis
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 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 18.6%, Thriller 13%, Horror 13%, Retro 12.7%, Third Person 9.8%
- #23 SOMA
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 53,096 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%, Horror 16.5%, Dark 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #24 CRUSH DEPTH
79% matchVery Positive99% of 67 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 20.6%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #25 Echoes of the Living
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,042 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 25.7%, Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 12.9%, 1990's 11.6%, Dark 8.5%
- #26 Carnival Massacre
78% matchVery Positive90% of 228 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 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, Zombies 12.6%, Third Person 6.5%
- #27 Daymare: 1998
81% matchMixed69% of 4,297 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 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 34.6%, Survival Horror 30.2%, Horror 15.9%, Third Person 8.5%, Adventure 5%
- #28 Invention 3
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 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 44%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 10.5%, Action 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #29 Death In Abyss
77% matchVery Positive84% of 164 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 26.4%, Retro 19.4%, Horror 17.9%, Third Person 13.3%, Dark 10.9%
- #30 Sonar Shock
78% matchVery Positive80% of 238 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 28.5%, Lovecraftian 27.1%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 6%
- #31 Subversive Memories
75% matchVery Positive97% of 149 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 19.4%, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Conspiracy 15.5% ★, Retro 11.4%, Horror 9.2%
- #32 Mother Hub
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 139 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 32.6%, Zombies 26%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Action 7.8%, 3D 7.1%
- #33 DOCTOR VISCERA
75% matchVery Positive94% of 126 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 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #34 Them and Us
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,665 reviews2021
Dev: TendoGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Zombies 19.7%, Horror 15.3%, Third Person 11.6%, 1990's 8.2%
- #35 Saint of Chains
73% 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: Survival Horror 29.8%, Retro 18.1%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10%, Exploration 8.3%
- #36 Underwater
76% matchMixed67% 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 22.9%, Dark 8.9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Atmospheric 8%
- #37 The Abyss Below
73% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Broken RelayPub: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.
Why similar: Exploration 22%, Horror 19.7%, Retro 16.2%, 1990's 14.5%, Adventure 7.2%
- #38 DEAD TRASH
72% matchVery Positive89% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Exploration 18.8%, Retro 15.8%, Zombies 14.4%, Dark 11.8%
- #39 JANITOR BLEEDS
74% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Thriller 27.1%, Horror 16.9%, Retro 13.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Dark 9.1%
- #40 Aphotic Descent
74% matchMixed63% of 80 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 34.1%, Horror 19%, Exploration 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #41 SENARA: The Sacrament
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Influsion Inc.
Windows
A claustrophobic ocean liner, relentless cultists, and horrific monstrosities. Inspired by classic survival horror like Resident Evil, gather clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. Where fanaticism and salvation collide, you must make choices beyond mere survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Zombies 18.1%, Lovecraftian 18%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 8.1%
- #42 PATHOGEN X
72% matchVery Positive81% of 308 reviews2024
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Zombies 29%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 6.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #43 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
70% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Zombies 25.9%, Horror 16%, Thriller 13.3%, Dark 10.7%
- #44 Synthesis of Corruption
71% matchVery Positive85% of 66 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 15.9%, Horror 14.3%, 1990's 12.4%, Retro 10.8%
- #45 Dead Format
69% matchVery Positive83% of 200 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 41.3%, Horror 19.2%, 1990's 12.5%, Dark 5.7%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #46 Cronos: The New Dawn
67% matchVery Positive88% of 11,957 reviews2025
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Horror 17.6%, Third Person 11.2%, Dark 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #47 The Hotel
71% matchVery Positive84% of 144 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 38.8%, Third Person 17%, Zombies 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 8.9%
- #48 Crisol: Theater of Idols
66% matchVery Positive86% of 4,316 reviews2026
Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 17%, Cinematic 13.3%, Dark 9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #49 Heaven Dust
70% matchVery Positive91% of 696 reviews2020
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.6%, Zombies 18.6%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Action 12.1%
- #50 System Shock
67% matchVery Positive90% of 13,021 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.2%, Horror 27.2%, Adventure 10.2%, Action 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #51 Gloomwood
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,461 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.7%, Lovecraftian 19.3%, Retro 14.3%, Exploration 10%, Dark 8%
- #52 NEDRA
68% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.7%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Conspiracy 13.8% ★, Horror 10.4%, Cinematic 7.7%
- #53 Dead of Darkness
67% matchVery Positive87% of 225 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 26.5%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Horror 14.1%, Action-Adventure 6.6%, Exploration 6.4%
- #54 Hollowbody
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,618 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.1%, Third Person 15.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Horror 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #55 Endoparasitic 2
66% matchVery Positive87% of 667 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 25.6%, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Zombies 13.8%, Horror 13%, Exploration 8.2%
- #56 Tunnels of Despair
70% 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 24%, Horror 17.5%, Adventure 6.7%, Dark 5.6%
- #57 Antarctica 88
68% matchVery Positive87% of 277 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 20.2%, Horror 16.8%, Soundtrack 15.3% ★, Survival Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.1%
- #58 Living Dead Outbreak
64% matchVery Positive92% of 86 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 38.5%, Horror 19.8%, Retro 13.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 7.7%