Games Like HEKA

A narrative-driven psychological horror game inspired by Turkish mythology. Explore a desolate Anatolian village, uncover forbidden truths, and confront an ancient entity rising from beneath the earth. Entirely developed by a solo developer.

Why similar: Mythology 52.5%, Horror 20%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 7%, Stylized 3.8%

TAMU Open your eyes to a dark world and confront your deepest fears. TAMU drags you into a terrifying adventure where nightmares reign and reality blurs with dreams. In this mansion filled with horror and uncertainty at every corner, are you ready to fight for survival?

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Mystery 21.1%, Dark 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

“Kupala” is a dark, non-linear horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Little Anya arrives at a village on the eve of Kupala Night — the sacred night of the ancient Slavs. In the quiet old house, her grandmother tells her tales of unclean spirits crossing into the living world...

Why similar: Mythology 37.7%, Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Dark 8.1%

Take on the role of Phillip in this light action/horror FPS. They kidnapped your daughter, SAVE HER. Aim, shoot, run, jump, defend yourself. Do everything you can to stay alive, explore the area and complete the objective.

Why similar: Mythology 44.8%, FPS 13.8%, Shooter 13.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Dark 6.3%

Blind Silence is a top-down psychological survival horror game about a blind protagonist who uses sonar to navigate darkness, solve environmental puzzles, uncover Indian folklore-inspired secrets, and survive terrifying monsters.

Why similar: Mythology 44%, Horror 20%, Mystery 12.3%, Stylized 8.4%, Story Rich 5%

The Rewinder 2 is an action adventure game inspired by eastern mythology. Explore cursed villages, dungeons. Unlock new skills and meet all sorts of ghosts and monsters.

Why similar: Mythology 54.9%, Mystery 24.7%, Story Rich 15.1%, Action 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Psychological first-person horror. Fate brings you to your grandfather’s house, left abandoned after his mysterious disappearance. Explore it and uncover the dark secret hidden within.

Why similar: Mythology 42.8%, Horror 27.9%, Dark 12.5%, Stylized 7.5%, Indie 4.7%

Get ready to see life through the eyes of a young man trying to escape Xipe Totec an ancient deity venerated across Mesoamerican civilizations and later embraced by the Aztecs. A chaotic experience full of horror and survival mechanics awaits.

Why similar: Mythology 47.6%, Horror 17.1%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 8.1%, FPS 7.4%

Find your way back home before Metsänpeitto, an otherworldly plane of existence, consumes you. Lempo is a psychological horror game inspired by Finnish mythology with an emphasis on exploration.

Why similar: Mythology 48.4%, Horror 21.4%, Mystery 17.9%, Dark 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Locating Echo is a narratively driven first person walking sim. Explore a world painted by sound, avoid getting caught, and solve puzzles to uncover Echo's past, heal, and ultimately retrieve her voice.

Why similar: Mythology 63.6%, Story Rich 19.1%, Stylized 15.5%, Indie 1.8%

Step into a dark survival horror rooted in Greek mythology. Navigate a deadly labyrinth and evade the relentless Minotaur while seeking a way to end the beast’s reign.

Why similar: Mythology 56.6%, Horror 27.4%, Dark 8.1%, Action 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Loch Ness is a 1-4 Player Co-Op Horror Hunter. You and your team must navigate precarious waters, use your equipment to hunt for Nessie’s feeding ground and lay bait to lure her out. But be careful, for lurking deep beneath the lake is a creature more ancient than all mankind…

Why similar: Mythology 40.7%, Horror 18.2%, Mystery 16%, Investigation 15.3%, Dark 8.2%

A visual novel based on Slavic myths! Nina finds herself back in the village of her childhood to discover the reasons behind her lost memory and encounter ghosts of the past. Solve the riddles of memory, learn about Slavic mythology and strike up a romance with one of the charming local boys.

Why similar: Mythology 40.7%, Horror 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Magic 8.6%

Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

Why similar: Mythology 33.3%, Horror 17%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Dark 9.5%

This place is his little hell. After everything that was done, he will spend as much time here as his personal devil wishes. The only problem is that his brain turned completely to mush. He doesn’t remember what happened. He doesn’t even remember his own name.

Why similar: Mystery 25%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Horror 19.3%, Dark 15.2%, Story Rich 15.2%

Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.

Why similar: Mythology 49.1%, Horror 23.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 7.2%, Dark 5.6%

Cast your spells with Edessa's unique spellcasting. Destroy the demons that have plagued the earth. Witness how Göbeklitepe shaped the history. Let the mythical creatures lead your way. Solve the puzzles and find what destiny has in store for you.

Why similar: Mythology 32.6%, Horror 18.7%, Shooter 11.6%, FPS 11.1%, Mystery 9.3%

Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.

Why similar: Mythology 30.9%, Horror 22.1%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 10.3%

Join Cerys Baker in the gloomy Oak Sanatorium, discover its secrets and keep your sanity. Solve puzzles, resist dark forces and experience suspense, horror and mystery in this captivating exploration game. Are you strong enough?

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Investigation 24.7%, Mystery 22.7%, Dark 11.2%, 3D 4.7%

A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Mystery 21%, Investigation 18.3%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Dark 11.6%

The story tells the story of the protagonist who has lost his memory, waking up in a company that houses many non human creatures. While avoiding the ferocious creatures, he seeks a way to escape. Gradually, the protagonist regains his memory but discovers that he has a more important mission to do.

Why similar: Mythology 39.8%, Multiple Endings 19%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, Mystery 10.2%

Prussia 1892, It's been five years since your old man mysteriously disappeared in the woods. After all this time, you decided to search for him. But after a short while, you realise that you are not alone in the woods. Something is lurking in the trees and they will hunt you by night.

Why similar: Mythology 21.2%, Horror 18.9%, Mystery 17.8%, Investigation 13.7%, FPS 8.1%

Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".

Why similar: Mythology 40%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 18.7%, Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 8.1%

Agency 13 is a multiplayer ghost-hunting game. You play as a field agent from Division 13, operating out of Ohiopolis, Ohio. Your mission: investigate paranormal activity, eliminate the threat, and seal the breach between worlds.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Mythology 22.6%, Mystery 21.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Dark 8.6%

SKIN is an otherworldly stealth game where you hunt monsters in a nightmare forest. You are Artemis, and you will summon an Eternal Night.

Why similar: Mythology 55.7%, Dark 13.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Magic 10.4%, Action 3.9%

"No men in this house" is a visual novel set in Thailand. This edge-of-your-seat detective story about mysterious deaths on a touristy island will make you suspect everyone, including yourself!

Why similar: Mythology 44.7%, Mystery 21%, Investigation 13%, Story Rich 11.2%, Dark 7.4%

The Marson Home is a single player, mystery-thriller. Explore the home, find the pieces to the ritual, and rid the place of the tormenting spirit. Keep in mind - your not alone...

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Investigation 26%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Dark 7.9%

Welcome to Inuyo Academy, an all-ages school once filled with joy. Something terrible happened after the school’s mascot staff was revealed to the public, and it’s your job as an officer to investigate the abandoned building, in search of evidence to figure out the truth.

Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Mystery 21.7%, Dark 11%, Investigation 9.3%, Story Rich 6.7%

Gather your strength and find information about your whereabouts. Explore the area. Find and assemble all the puzzle pieces. This way you will learn about the dark past.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Investigation 22.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 6.1%

In a land of old tales and great heroes, the youngest son finally gets his turn. Join Jánoska and The Fox on a magical adventure inspired by Hungarian folktales where you explore cosy villages, enchanted woods, and face the Three Trials in your quest for half a kingdom (and maybe a princess).

Why similar: Mythology 28.9%, Mystery 18.2%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Story Rich 11.6%

UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Mythology 31.1%, Horror 18.9%, Mystery 16.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Story Rich 10.5%

An extreme blogger travels to an abandoned village that, according to legend, was deserted in a single day. While exploring, he encounters rituals and entities rooted in Slavic mythology. But the truth waiting there is far more terrifying than any legend.

Why similar: Mythology 28.8%, Horror 21.9%, Mystery 15.1%, Investigation 14.3%, Story Rich 8.8%

Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole.

Why similar: Mythology 35.4%, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Stylized 7.4%

Real-time horror battler meets tense house defense. As a rogue hunter, explore vulnerable homes, watch window silhouettes, and protect families from an Aswang outbreak. Scavenge bolos and spears, manage controls for each arm, and stop folklore monsters from escaping. Will they survive until dawn?

Why similar: Mythology 64.7%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 12%, Stylized 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

"Silence In The Cabin" is an Open Map Survival Horror Game, where you must survive Dark linear story sections in order to unlock more areas of the world.

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Shooter 14.9%, Story Rich 13.7%, Investigation 12.4%, FPS 9.9%

A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

Why similar: Mystery 21%, Investigation 19.7%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Horror 18.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

Trapped in a deserted Saudi village, you must explore, investigate, and survive as you uncover the dark history buried beneath the sands. You will find clues, solve puzzles and escape from enemies until you find an escape path. Your only way out is through the nightmare.

Why similar: Mythology 44%, Horror 22.4%, FPS 8.7%, Mystery 8.5%, Action 5.7%

Kingdom's ruler falls gravely ill and for the cure the Vizier revealing his true side as the evil sorcerer conjures a spell to summon vile creatures to assail Shahmaran for obtaining her flesh. Shahmaran and her helper friend Jamsab must defeat the evil sorcerer.

Why similar: Mythology 66.4%, Magic 13.7%, Story Rich 12%, Action 6%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A mystery detective game with RPG elements. Cursed by demonic forces, a mysterious island is trapped in a time loop. Leah Glessner, Private Investigator of the Supernatural, uses her unique gift of photographic memory to confront evil. Skill your character. Investigate. Solve the case.

Why similar: Mythology 28.9%, Investigation 19.1%, Mystery 18.7%, Horror 16.1%, Magic 9.6%

Medusa’s Labyrinth is a very short mythological first-person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together with modern gameplay. The game let's you explore murky catacombs and follow along a classic, tragic story.

Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Mythology 29.1%, FPS 5.2%, Action 3.8%, Indie 2.9%

One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.

Why similar: Mythology 41.1%, Horror 17.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Stylized 7.9%

A forgotten asylum. A missing daughter. A man with nothing left to lose. In Asylum 1966, descend into a decaying institution where reality bends and shadows whisper secrets. What you uncover will test your sanity and your choices will shape your fate.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Investigation 18.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Story Rich 12.4%

First-person boat through the River of Wangchuan, lantern in hand—cut through the fog and chase scattered memory shards. You ferry a General toward the far shore, only to witness the massacre he committed to resurrect the Princess. In the end, who are you—the ferryman, or the General himself?

Why similar: Mythology 50.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Dark 9.6%

Major update coming July 29, 2022"Ten national languages。PAGUI is based on a true story from Taiwan's history. One day, by chance, an orphan raised at a temple learned of his family background. From then, he decided to set out on a journey to uncover the secrets of his family and identity...

Why similar: Mythology 45.1%, Horror 22%, Investigation 16.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, Action 2.5%

A first-person survival horror mystery set in Burntwood, a quiet 1990s rural town where a paranormal investigation turns into something far worse. Search local haunts, question guarded townsfolk, follow physical clues, manage your supplies, and uncover what Burntwood is hiding.

Why similar: Mythology 25%, Horror 19.1%, Investigation 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Mystery 10%

A story-driven exploration horror adventure set in a fictional modern-day Japan. Experience a quiet tale of psychological horror as two schoolgirls confront folklore, curses, and choices that lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Mystery 20.3%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 1.6%

Occult Chambers is a third-person action-horror game set in the India, where players follow protagonist Dhruv on his quest to find his missing father. Along the way, he uncovers a sinister world of occult rituals and fantastical creatures from deep Indian mythology.

Why similar: Mythology 37.6%, Horror 25.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Magic 8.9%, Dark 6.9%

Uncover the mysteries lurking in the wilderness. Team up with friends to find a creature that is stalking people. Gather evidence using stealth or confront the creature head-on in this thrilling co-op survival adventure.

Why similar: Mythology 39%, Horror 18.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Dark 7.7%

"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.

Why similar: Mythology 33.1%, Horror 18.6%, Mystery 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Story Rich 8.4%

Input Taoist hand seals, chain spell formulas, and exorcise jiangshi and restless spirits in a 2D Chinese folk-horror combat game. Read each battle, manage supernatural states, and decide when to destroy a spirit， or help it let go.

Why similar: Mythology 33.9%, Horror 22.4%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Magic 12.6%

Silent Ward is a free short horror experience: explore a ruined asylum from a wheelchair, uncover what happened during your coma, and survive blind monsters that hunt by sound—escape with one of multiple endings.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Mystery 26.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Dark 12%, Story Rich 5.5%

A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Mystery 21.3%, Multiple Endings 20.9%, Investigation 16.5%, Story Rich 4.8%

A town flourished with woodworking and mining, "Babel's Hill Top". A Ruggles family who contributed greatly to the development of this town several centuries ago. The tragedy that happened at the residence of them. In this residence where blood and hatred are ingrained, their nightmare begins.

Why similar: Horror 62.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Dark 8.6%, Story Rich 8%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Step into a brutal, early-medieval nightmare. As a Holy Warrior and Shaman, you are the final arbiter between humanity and the ancient horrors of Central European & Nordic mythos. Negotiate treaties with supernatural gods or deliver a bloody verdict. In this brutal world, every choice leaves a scar.

Why similar: Mythology 44.1%, Horror 23.8%, Story Rich 14%, Dark 10.3%, Indie 2.9%

There's a passenger who's gone mad from the fog, and a captain who's gravely injured inside the near-deserted airport. Counter the madman, follow the captains instructions and get your aircraft fueled to ESCAPE WITH YOUR LIFE.

Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Mystery 33.5%, Multiple Endings 22.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Indie 2%

A psychological horror game where you play as Hannibal, a father trapped between two terrifying worlds. After stealing a mysterious compass, he’s pulled into a distorted mansion inhabited by supernatural entities from the jinn realm. Can you survive and save your daughter before it’s too late?

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Mystery 20.7%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, Investigation 9.1%

Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?

Why similar: Mythology 37.5%, Horror 17.4%, Mystery 16%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 8.8%

Do you LOVE Steamboat Willie? Great! He's in this game! Do you HATE Steamboat Willie? great! He's gross and scary and you are trying to dodge him and ultimately get away from him! So basically no matter what this game is for you!

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Mystery 19.8%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Dark 12.1%, Story Rich 9.6%