- #1 Empty Heaven: Liminal Dream
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deep One Games
Windows
A narrative psychological horror settled in dreamlike spaces. Explore, observe, and listen as strange entities, cryptic clues, and discoveries pull you deeper. Inspired by Backrooms and Dreamcore. No jumpscares or chases, only the empty feeling that the world is a dream that you forgot to wake up.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Retro 11.8%, Horror 10.7%, Surreal 9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #2 SCP-294: The Coffee Machine
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlindEyeGames
Windows
Enter the depths of a silent facility as a D-Class subject. Test the limits of SCP-294, a machine that can produce any liquid imaginable. But remember: in this low-poly PS1-style nightmare, every cup has a price. A short, narrative-driven psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 15.1%, Retro 14.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Surreal 7.2%
- #3 Midnight Snack
96% matchVery Positive87% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Surreal 15.7%, Horror 15.2%, Retro 10.2%, First-Person 7.1%
- #4 The Hungry Fly
95% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Surreal 16.2%, Horror 15%, Retro 12.7%, First-Person 8.6%
- #5 Scary 8 Bits
94% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 15.5%, Surreal 11.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Retro 8%
- #6 Reason Unfound
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tissue Inu
Windows
Your brother's unexpected death leads you to unsettling locations in search of floppy disks with cursed retro games.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 18.7%, Retro 18.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%, First-Person 7.4%
- #7 Hotel 404
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kalyptic Games
Windows
Wake up alone in the grand Colorado Hotel, a place where memories fade and reality distorts. Explore oppressive hallways, solve puzzles, and try to understand why you are here. Will you find the exit before the hotel forgets you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 21.8%, Retro 18.4%, Stylized 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #8 FOGBOUND
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ibrahim HishamPub: Minidevs
Windows
The air is poison. A liminal city is buried in toxic fog. Try to salvage what remains. Get her out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 16.7%, Retro 11.4%, Surreal 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #9 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Surreal 9.1%
- #10 Kenophobia
91% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: BeamCRASHPub: UGGPL Games
Windows
A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 9.2%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological 9.1%, Retro 8.5%
- #11 Fallowind
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zane Pederson
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro psychological horror game that mixes the 3rd person camera of classic horror games and the immersive first person camera used in modern horror games. Elliot comes into contact via walkie-talkie with a mysterious woman, he must search an abandoned coal mining distribution site to find her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Retro 17.2%, Surreal 12.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #12 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 25.4%, First-Person 13.6%, Exploration 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #13 Mirrored Phantoms
88% matchMixed70% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 24.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Surreal 7.2%
- #14 The Fridge is Red
89% matchMixed56% of 231 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Retro 12.9%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12%, Atmospheric 7%
- #15 The Abandoned House in Yeongdeok
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UtanePub: Working Doves
Windows
She was sent to the abandoned house in Yeongdeok as part of a viewer punishment challenge. But the joke ended the moment the door slammed shut.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 22.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%
- #16 Smiglee's Statues: The Cursed Curation
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WoollyOne Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short first-person narrative horror simulator about cataloging and restoring museum statues while uncovering unsettling inconsistencies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Surreal 9.7%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #17 [Vladimere Lhore's] Bone Fire Effigy
85% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Vladimere LhorePub: Haunted Publishing Syndicate
Windows · Linux
A short interpretive narrative about building a fire hot enough to reduce her bones to ash. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.1%, Retro 24.8%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Horror 14%, First-Person 6.6%
- #18 COLD CALL
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
COLD CALL is a first-person retro horror game based on a dying Earth full of unexplained mysteries. Escape Northbridge's research facility as you explore and uncover the truth behind a dying world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Retro 7.5%
- #19 El 39
84% matchVery Positive80% of 381 reviews2025
Dev: Bohemian Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Constitución, CABA. 3 AM. You leave a party, feeling defeated because the girl you liked didn't even look at you. You go to wait for the last "39" bus of that night. You try to stop it, but it goes straight away. Tomorrow you have the exam that defines whether you graduate or not. Good luck.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Retro 19.7%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 14%, Exploration 5.4%
- #20 Arctic Grave
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Palerite
Windows · Linux
Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 20.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Surreal 8.6%
- #21 Sole Mistake
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Calmpkin
Windows · Linux
Psychological horror puzzle. Control 16 unique camera feeds to spot escapees, open doors, and trigger sounds, guiding a person through a lab breach where a mistake is not permitted.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Horror 16.8%, Surreal 9.2%, Stylized 8.8%
- #22 Bite Size Terrors: Erobos Heaven
83% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
Unsettling & Disturbing Events Quickly Rise After Being Saved By God.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 22.3%, Surreal 18%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Emotional 9.3%
- #23 Kibreet
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proxy720
Windows
Kibreet | كبريت is a psychological Arab folklore horror game where a single matchbox reveals visions warped by shame and violence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 18.4%, Retro 17.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 8.8%
- #24 Inside Intruder
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: ManLanterna
Windows
Inside Intruder - is a psychological horror game that mostly focuses on atmosphere. Game takes place in your own home, where a uninvited guest comes in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Horror 21.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Stylized 9.4%, 3D 7.3%
- #25 SOMNIFUGE
81% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Donitz Works
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a dark mansion, you must solve cryptic puzzles, evade mind-warping horrors, and descend into a PSX-inspired nightmare. Will you escape, or will you spiral into oblivion in SOMNIFUGE?
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Retro 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Surreal 10.5%
- #26 Backrooms:The Exit
80% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: XXE Games studio
Windows
Backrooms: The Exit is a single-player adventure game based on theme of backrooms.Inside the game you will need to avoid all threatening entities and find the cutscenes (exits) for each level, and perhaps many unexpected ways out of a level.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 25%, Surreal 11.5%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.5%
- #27 Lobotrypo
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skaar Game Productions
Windows
Rumors of a serial killer stalking your local town are all over the news, and you have a meeting with your counselor in an hour. The problem is, the walk there is long and dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 21.8%, Retro 15.8%, Atmospheric 11%, Surreal 10.3%
- #28 The Curse of Beatriz
78% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: DarkPlayerGAMES
Windows
Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 16.8%, Retro 8.6%, Exploration 6.9%
- #29 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
79% matchVery Positive82% of 3,243 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Surreal 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%, First-Person 6.2%
- #30 Mailbound
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Batata Frita Games
Windows
The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Horror 29.3%, Retro 15.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #31 Snafu
78% matchVery Positive95% of 149 reviews2023
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 16.7%, Retro 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 6.9%
- #32 The Blinking Room
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELVA
Windows
One night, young Lily wakes from a nightmare — unaware that her real nightmares are only just beginning. Uncover the secrets hidden behind closed eyes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 17%, Surreal 14.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #33 Exit Dream
75% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
A free first-person horror game about dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal and built on strange logic.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 14.9%, Surreal 13.2%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #34 The Circus That Never Left
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YS Studios
Windows · Mac
Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 22.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Exploration 8.4%
- #35 20 Doors
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Leeroy GysiPub: Malingoh Studios
Windows
20 Doors is an exploration, action and puzzle solving adventure where strange events and environments make you question your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Surreal 16.4%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #36 The Wake Event
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lickbeans Interactive
Windows
Awaken aboard a failing research station and uncover its secrets through terminal-driven puzzles, system routing, and environmental exploration.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 12%, Atmospheric 11.5%, First-Person 9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #37 VHScape
75% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 14.5%, Surreal 13.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #38 Unfound Footage
73% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Frixxy Games
Windows
Unfound Footage is a short, atmospheric psychological horror game where you must survive inside a mysterious mansion after a strange disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 23.9%, Retro 17.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%, First-Person 7.9%
- #39 Timber trail
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diotoons
Windows
An immersive horror set in a forest feared for its disappearances and the Timber Trail murders. Uncover the truth behind your grandfather’s fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 19.2%, Retro 14.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #40 Next Player
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: K4zm0
Windows
Next Player is a short first-person psychological horror game set in a single room. You boot up a mysterious game cartridge on an old CRT TV. As you progress through the game on the screen, the nightmare spills out and begins to seep into your room.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 16.4%, Retro 13.9%, Surreal 13.8%, First-Person 10.5%
- #41 Still Here
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LordOfTheCat Art
Windows
Investigate a disturbing murder case in a world shaped by guilt, trauma and fractured memories. Explore unsettling locations, solve puzzles and uncover a truth your mind desperately tried to bury.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 17.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Surreal 8.8%, Exploration 7.3%
- #42 Ominous Obscurity
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrunchyFlake Games
Windows
Ominous Obscurity is a single-player horror adventure game set in places from the protagonist's childhood. Solve interesting puzzles, while hiding from insidious horrors waiting for you in the shadows.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 8.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #43 Beyond The Frame
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nash Lawrence
Windows
Beyond The Frame is a first-person linear narrative experience about exploring dreams shaped by childhood anxiety. Journey through eerie, liminal spaces where the familiar becomes distorted by dream logic, and uncover your story through the metaphors within them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Psychological 11.8%, Surreal 10.9%
- #44 Owl Lights
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Grumpi
Windows
Owl Lights is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as 16 year old Paul, who lives in a small town. Your parents are away, leaving you to spend the night alone or so you think. There is something in the wind that night, something unpleasantly quiet.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 22.1%, Surreal 17%, First-Person 12.8%, Retro 7.2%
- #45 Fatberg
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lilou Studio
Windows
You, a lowly janitor, have been forced to go into the sewers to remove blockages that will cause a flood. But the inhabitants of this dark, slimy, stinking, writhing underworld do not like to be disturbed and will not let you leave alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Retro 19.7%, Horror 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Surreal 7.9%
- #46 Hollow Floor
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Nosetic Games
Windows
Hollow Floor is a psychological horror walking simulator set in a looping, scorched apartment. Stalked by a restless corpse, you must unravel the truth before you're consumed by it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 20.7%, Surreal 19.9%, Retro 10.7%, First-Person 7.9%
- #47 Dead Tapes: Fading Father
70% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Nektogone
Windows
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 24%, Retro 18.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Stylized 6.9%
- #48 FATHER
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wetboxteam
Windows
The family lives in isolation, following the strict rules of the father. But the attempt to escape evil turns into a horror that grows from within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 15.2%, Retro 14.9%, Surreal 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #49 Ghostprint
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevRoids
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 12.3%, Retro 11%, Atmospheric 9%
- #50 Saint of Chains
67% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Retro 15.8%, Horror 13.6%, Surreal 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #51 Anomaly 404
67% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Meow
Windows
Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story. Explore 3 levels, find 100+ anomalies, and manage your sanity — mistakes warp reality. Uncover the truth of Project 404!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 14.1%, Surreal 14%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #52 The Hauntings: Dark Passenger
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Cuff Studio
Windows
Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 23.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #53 电梯: 无间 / ELEVATOR: AVICI
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 18.4%, Retro 17.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #54 Birdwatching
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harpia Lab
Windows · Mac
You came to photograph birds at Kûarasy Park. The deserted park, dead birds, and the locals with secrets suggest something darker lurks in the wilderness. Use your camera to uncover the truth behind the folklore.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Surreal 8.4%
- #55 Almost Home Now
70% matchVery Positive85% of 786 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 26.5%, Retro 16.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #56 Dungeon Train
66% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Owen BlackPub: BLACKOUT
Windows
You're a security guard for hire set to work on a train when it is hijacked at night! Take guns and shoot your way through each car until the train is fully liberated.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Surreal 16.5%, Retro 15.1%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, First-Person 9%
- #57 Beyond tht Rain Sound
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ただの犬小屋
Windows
This is a psychological horror game where you (the player) explore a hospital that appears in your dreams, collecting fragments of memories and experiencing what happened to you. Enjoy the various changes that occur within the recurring dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Horror 27.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%, First-Person 8%, Psychological 6.7%
- #58 Murmurs of the Mist
66% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Jenna YourstonePub: JamJam Studios
Windows
In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.8%, Horror 21.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Stylized 5.8%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #59 Knock On The Window
66% matchVery Positive91% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.6%, Surreal 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #60 Family of Choice
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ecevilgames
Windows
Witness a little girl’s distorted memories of the past and her fantasies of a future that never happened. All she wants is a family… this time, of her own choice.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 22.9%, Surreal 17.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 6.7%