Games Like Hektor

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 54.9%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 3%, Indie 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-tension psychological horror game that utilizes shifting, surreal environments to create constant unease.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, First-Person 17.5%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Hektor, this game features environments that shift and change around the player to reflect a deteriorating mental state.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 61.5%, Psychological Horror 18%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 4%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title set the standard for first-person psychological horror, emphasizing vulnerability and environmental exploration.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Why similar: Horror 49.2%, Psychological Horror 22%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, physics-based psychological horror experience that mirrors the isolation found in Hektor.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, First-Person 14.4%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a similar sense of claustrophobic, surreal dread through its distorted, first-person perspective.

STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...

Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Action 9.4%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person horror game focuses on psychological trauma and the exploration of unsettling, surreal locations.

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: Horror 41.4%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 6.8%, Action 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends atmospheric exploration with profound psychological themes and disturbing environments.

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 45.5%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game focused on disturbing environmental puzzles and a constant sense of being watched.

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, First-Person 15.8%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an atmospheric psychological horror experience set within a shifting, war-torn reality.

Albino Lullaby is a horror adventure game that doesn't rely on jump scares or gore. Escape from a surreal psychological nightmare as the world dynamically twists and contorts around you.

Why similar: Horror 48.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 11.3%, Action 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror game that uses a unique, unsettling aesthetic to disorient the player.

Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.

Why similar: Horror 42.1%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 15.5%, Action 14.8%, Indie 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes stealth and atmospheric storytelling in a dark, mysterious world.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, First-Person 12%, Adventure 8%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-based psychological horror game that excels at building a haunting, domestic atmosphere.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 60.8%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, First-Person 7.4%, Action 3.7%, Adventure 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror game that effectively balances action with a deeply unsettling narrative.

The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale 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: Horror 44.9%, Psychological Horror 33%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 6%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features reality-bending sequences and psychological horror set within a decaying, futuristic world.

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 57.2%, First-Person 11%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game focused on exploration and navigating disturbing, atmospheric environments.

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Psychological Horror 32.7%, Indie 6.5%, Adventure 5.1%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game delves into the nature of mental illness through a series of surreal, recurring nightmares.

A one-of-a-kind horror shocker – a game aware of your fear!Check out the improvements introduced with Update 2.0!

Why similar: Horror 69.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 6.1%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that focuses on exploration and building psychological dread over time.

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Psychological Horror 35.9%, First-Person 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game explores shifting dimensions and personal trauma through a first-person lens.

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Action 9.2%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes supernatural tension and exploration within a confined space.

Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Psychological Horror 29%, First-Person 18.3%, Action 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian horror game that prioritizes exploration and building a thick, oppressive atmosphere.

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Psychological Horror 23%, First-Person 15.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on environmental storytelling to convey a sense of dread.

Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.

Why similar: Horror 48%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, First-Person 16.4%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that focuses on psychological tension and environmental exploration.

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 40%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 7%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking simulator that utilizes strong psychological horror elements to unsettle the player.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 66.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that uses a unique perspective to create an unsettling and surreal atmosphere.

The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

Why similar: Horror 91.9%, Psychological Horror 3.7%, First-Person 2.2%, Adventure 1%, Indie 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration horror game that focuses on environmental mystery and a sense of isolation.

12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.

Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Psychological Horror 32%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 7.6%, First-Person 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game based on real-world history that focuses on the fragility of the human mind.

Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.

Why similar: Horror 59.6%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 17.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a unique focus on audio-based investigation and eerie atmosphere.

The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?

Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Indie 9.4%, First-Person 8.8%, Action 7.8%

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: Horror 45.5%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Adventure 5.5%, Indie 4%

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: Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 31.8%, First-Person 15.4%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 5.6%

Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.

Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Action 11.9%, Indie 9.6%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 38.5%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, First-Person 14.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 8.4%

Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 39%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, First-Person 14.9%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 8.5%

The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...

Why similar: Horror 64.4%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 7.4%, Indie 7.1%

Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, First-Person 16.2%, Action 7.1%, Indie 4.8%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Adventure 23.6%, Action 21.6%, First-Person 18.1%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%

An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.

Why similar: Horror 47.7%, Psychological Horror 37.4%, Indie 7.2%, Action 3.9%, Adventure 3.9%

Solarix is a science-fiction stealth/horror game, set in world that overpowers you with unease, insecurity, and desperation, forcing you to confront your own role in the horrors to come.

Why similar: Horror 51.3%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Action 17.4%, Indie 12.7%

Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 3.5%

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: Horror 41.5%, Psychological Horror 32.6%, First-Person 15.9%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 4%

The Guest II is a first-person psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Psychological Horror 31%, Action 7%, First-Person 5.7%, Adventure 5.5%

Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Action 9.9%, First-Person 8%, Indie 5.8%

A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Action 12%, Indie 11.6%

Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Action 20.8%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 16%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, First-Person 15.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 7.4%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 9%, Indie 5.8%

INSTINCT encompasses horror on a whole new level — experience the chilling gameplay and story through the eyes of three different playable characters in this FPS game!

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, First-Person 18.3%, Action 10.2%, Adventure 7.7%

"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: Psychological Horror 38.6%, First-Person 26.2%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 8.4%

Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 8.7%

If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.

Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, First-Person 18.2%, Adventure 9.3%

Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first-person stealth game, an intense thriller combining intense psychological terror with the point of view of a defenseless boy.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 21%, Adventure 15.6%, Action 14.7%, Indie 11.3%

"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.

Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 19.7%, Action 12.2%, Adventure 12%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 52.6%, First-Person 15.6%, Horror 13.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 5.6%

ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.

Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Adventure 15%, First-Person 14.3%, Indie 11.4%

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 5.6%

Mental Hospital is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: First-Person 24.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Adventure 18.6%, Horror 18.3%, Action 18.1%

This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...

Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, First-Person 17.1%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 0.9%

Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.

Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 7.1%, Indie 4.7%