- #1 MOLE
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,375 reviews2026
Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?
Why similar: 1980s 12.3%, Dystopian 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.8%, Retro 8.5%
- #2 Snafu
96% 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: Thriller 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.2%, Retro 9.3%
- #3 Unsorted Horror
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,487 reviews2023
Dev: Mike Klubnika
Windows
A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 8%, Emotional 7.3%, First-Person 7%
- #4 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
95% matchVery Positive95% of 426 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Thriller 14.5%, Retro 12.7%, Horror 11.8%, Old School 9.3%
- #5 One and the Same
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BasVekPub: Basvek
Windows
Fall into the unsettling world of One and the Same. Solve puzzles and explore by possessing strange figures. Piece together the history of a forgotten land—and the truth of your own lost past.
Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Retro 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Old School 10.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #6 THE LAST PORTRAIT
94% matchMixed54% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: LOCKDOWN Adventures
Windows
THE LAST PORTRAIT is a haunting adventure that leads you into the abandoned Ashwood Manor. You are a lawyer who has inherited the house from a client and wants to uncover its secrets. Solve tricky puzzles and escape the spirit that guards the estate!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 14.3%, Thriller 13.3%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #7 Arctic Grave
93% 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 17.1%, Horror 14.9%, Thriller 9.1%, Dystopian 7.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #8 Phantom of the Lily
92% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Rolling Spikes
Windows
Phantom of the Lily is a psychological horror game with a dark narrative. Solve mind-bending puzzles, piece together clues in an eerie atmosphere, and reveal the truth in a terrifying world. Can you preserve your sanity and wake up from this nightmare?
Why similar: Thriller 24.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.4%, 1980s 9.6%, Exploration 7.4%
- #9 Dorm 17
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Armudu Games
Windows · Mac
Dorm 17 is a PSX-style first-person psychological horror game about your first night as a dormitory receptionist, where routine tasks slowly turn into disturbing late-night events.
Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 12.5%, Retro 12.4%, Mystery 7.1%
- #10 Stevedore
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WizarDiger
Windows
No more job in the city. Managed to find one in the middle of nowhere. Stevedore. Crane worker. It feels off, but you need money. Stevedore is a short industrial horror game where you take a role of a crane worker. Lift containers, load ships and complete your contract. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Thriller 16.1%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 12.1%, Mystery 8%
- #11 The Confined: Basement
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forcell Games
Windows
Wake up in a dark basement as a victim with no memory of your past. Can you uncover your true identity and solve the mystery of your past by collecting the cryptic notes left by your captor? Face the brutal truths and find a way to escape this nightmare alive.
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Dark 8.5%
- #12 The Evaluation
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GI
Windows
A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 14.5%, Thriller 13.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #13 Convenient: Fiend
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luna Apps
Windows
Quickly dig graves and run for your life while solving puzzles to solve the mystery of the Wendigo
Why similar: 1980s 20.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 10%, Old School 9.2%
- #14 SCP-294: The Coffee Machine
87% 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 19.2%, Retro 13.6%, Horror 12.6%, Thriller 10.5%, Mystery 7.5%
- #15 The Holiday Story
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
Why similar: 1980s 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 12%, Horror 10.3%, Retro 9%
- #16 My Sleeping Girlfriend
86% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.5%, 1980s 10.2%, Retro 9%
- #17 HER VOICE BEHIND
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Cacti Games
Windows
Evade a relentless threat and survive your inner terrors in this atmospheric retro-horror game. Explore a stylized, shadow-drenched world, solve cryptic puzzles, and piece together fractured clues to uncover a disturbing truth in a tense, mind-bending psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Retro 14.5%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 7.8%, Stylized 6.4%
- #18 Folcroft Monastery
85% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Black Knife Games
Windows
You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.4%, First-Person 8.6%, Thriller 8.4%
- #19 Midnight Noodle
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Penjaga Malam Studio
Windows
Behind the warm aroma of a late-night plate of Mie Nyemek, a dark secret lurks in the shadows. Clock into your convenience store cashier shift, whip up orders at a roadside stall, and help Ogik discover where his parents suddenly vanished after a massive argument. Play for FREE now!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Retro 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, Emotional 7.7%
- #20 Neptune Island
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: B0GWALK Labs
Windows
Neptune Island is a short puzzle game where you have been tasked with repairing the light of a lighthouse. The light has been out for some time, and the owner hasn't done anything to fix it. Unbeknownst to you, you have a much more difficult job ahead of you than you anticipated...
Why similar: Retro 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #21 Timber trail
82% 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 18.5%, Thriller 15.3%, Horror 14.3%, Retro 11.9%, First-Person 9.1%
- #22 Pieces of me
81% matchVery Positive88% of 605 reviews2025
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
“Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”
Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 9.5%, Mystery 8.3%
- #23 Alone After Dark: A Short Drive
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tachycardia Games
Windows
Experience the chilling solitude of a nighttime drive through the woods. You are not the only person—or thing—on the road tonight. Drive carefully and try to stay calm behind the wheel. Can you make it to the sunrise?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 12.4%, Thriller 11.1%, 1980s 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%
- #24 Unsettled : NIGHT SHIFT
80% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Bongduck Games
Windows
Unsettled: NIGHT SHIFT is a horror game about the terrors of daily life experienced by someone who has moved to a new city to live alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 18.7%, Thriller 12.6%, First-Person 10.6%, Simulation 9.4%
- #25 LUNATIKA
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: QUIET TOWN STUDIO™
Windows · Mac
You can't sleep, cause of strange noise from somewhere above. Go check it out.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, 1980s 11.7%, Retro 10.9%, Old School 10.4%
- #26 Teddy Won't Help
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
One night, your plushies whisper a warning: Three monsters from under the bed will come for you before dawn. The only way to survive is to play their games… and win. Fail, and you won’t live to see the morning.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.9%, Thriller 13.1%, Dark 12.3%, Adventure 7.6%
- #27 Haus Of Irndrous
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Ryle AfgarnPub: Ryan Afgarn
Windows
Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.
Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, 1980s 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 9.3%
- #28 Whale Flesh
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SUPERita
Windows
A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale
Why similar: Dystopian 25.6%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #29 No Way Out
79% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: bati
Windows · Linux
A nonlinear psychological horror game in which you attempt to free yourself from the constantly repeating daily cycle of life. Explore a total of 7 different endings. Will you be brave enough to take the leap, even if there seems to be No Way Out?
Why similar: Dystopian 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Retro 12.8%, Puzzle 7.4%, Mystery 7.3%
- #30 Decommission Protocol
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Worldspawn Studios
Windows
A short horror game where you control a maintenance space elevator and decommission a derelict space station.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 18.1%, Thriller 11.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 8%
- #31 Ghostprint
77% 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 21.4%, Horror 13.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Retro 9.1%, Thriller 6.5%
- #32 Hotel Mélancolie
75% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Fireball Games
Windows
You wake up alone in a quiet hotel. The corridors loop. The rooms change. Somewhere between the walls and the noise on the radio, a memory is trying to surface. A short, PS1-style psychological horror about guilt, repetition, and the weight of consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Retro 13.5%, Horror 11.3%, 1980s 10.6%, Thriller 7.3%
- #33 Black Void: HXV
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyron Interactive
Windows
You are trapped in a biological research facility critical to global research. You must explore, survive and learn the realities while something breathes down your neck in a complex laboratory enviroment.
Why similar: Thriller 22.7%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #34 Out of Place: Origin
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Karma Studio
Windows
Out of Place: Origin is a survival game built on attention and observation. In a diner where reality quietly collapses, notice the anomalies, capture them on camera, and survive… Because sometimes, the thing watching you isn’t a mistake.
Why similar: Thriller 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 12.3%, 3D 9.3%
- #35 DREADCELL
74% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Dreadcell Studio
Windows
You wake up in a place that feels strangely familiar. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. And it is watching you. Explore, survive, and uncover the truth behind a repeating reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Thriller 16.5%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
- #36 Security Booth: Director's Cut
76% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Why similar: Retro 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11%, Old School 9.6%, Dark 9.5%
- #37 The Yamamura Estate
74% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Kuroki YumePub: Kuroki Yume
Windows
Are you ready to face your nightmares?
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Retro 10.7%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 8.2%
- #38 Inside My Mind
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beelze Studio
Windows
Inside My Mind is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, and uncover through notes who you are, why you are here, and the hospital’s dark past.
Why similar: Thriller 25.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #39 MORTU
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
A psychological horror game about Tom, a man consumed by guilt and the traumatic events that defined his life. Unable to move on from his past, he finds himself trapped in an increasingly disturbing nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Thriller 18.1%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #40 Reason Unfound
73% 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 20.3%, Retro 16.6%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Mystery 7.3%
- #41 There's a Gun in the Office
72% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Ragir
Windows
You've been kidnapped and have to get out but luckily, there's a gun in the office. Unluckily, your captor comes back home every day, so you have to cover your tracks when you go out of your cell. Use each passing day to get closer to the gun until you can finally leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Thriller 14.5%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #42 Next Player
71% 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 18.1%, Thriller 17.4%, Horror 12.6%, Retro 11.7%, Dark 8.7%
- #43 Unseen
70% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Thriller 15.7%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Dark 8%
- #44 Deadlined.
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BlopsterPub: blopsterdev
Windows
a Psychological Horror where you lose yourself while trying to finish your paperwork before the Deadline.
Why similar: Thriller 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, Horror 12.1%, Simulation 9.5%
- #45 Tear Factory
72% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Old School 12.6%, Retro 12.3%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.7%
- #46 Stay With Me
68% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Balambu Games
Windows
The roads are comfortably quiet at night. The only sound to keep you company is the medical equipment rattling behind you. You turn on the radio, but instead of music you hear a growl behind you. A strange being has appeared in the back, eyes pleading for help. It reminds you of someone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Stylized 12.1%, Simulation 11.4%
- #47 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
70% 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 19.4%, Horror 15.3%, Thriller 10%, First-Person 9.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #48 Silent Residence
69% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Thriller 13.8%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 8.9%, First-Person 8%
- #49 SOMNIFUGE
70% 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 15.6%, Retro 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Old School 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%
- #50 The Lightkeeper Is Gone
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zarya Games
Windows · Linux
The Lightkeeper Is Gone is a retro-styled horror adventure set in the 1930's on a lone island. Take on the job of keeping the lighthouse while discovering the story of those that came before.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Thriller 14.9%, Horror 11.8%, Retro 11.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #51 SUBJECT 404
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BESK Entertainment
Windows
A PSX-style psychological horror game where rapid-fire microgames become a system of obedience. Read the Panel’s commands, react before time runs out, and survive each room — or face the Executioner.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Retro 13.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 8.7%, Old School 8.2%
- #52 Lightout 2
71% matchMixed54% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: T.H.L GamesPub: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout 2 is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an Abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Thriller 20%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 9.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #53 Golden Gear
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lajong
Windows
First-person atmospheric horror mystery with retro-inspired visuals. Spend several days on a small isolated island in the North Atlantic, settle in an old cabin, explore an abandoned observatory, and operate rustic equipment to do one final reading and uncover what lurks in the dark... and beyond.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Retro 18.3%, Thriller 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #54 Bite Size Terrors: see no FEAR
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
A roadtrip ends abruptly, causing yourself to go down a spiral of horror.
Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Horror 17.3%, Emotional 14.9%, Dark 12.4%, Mystery 9%
- #55 Evil is near
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sea lighthouse studioPub: Sea lighthouse
Windows
Evil is Near is a game about a young bartender who gets a job at a mysterious bar, where he is visited by the ghost of a former employee. The ghost reveals the secrets of the establishment and warns him to be careful. You will have to mix cocktails, to survive and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Thriller 24.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 9.1%, Simulation 8%
- #56 Phantoms
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Solitude SoftwarePub: TheGamePublisher.com
Windows
"Phantoms" is a retro-styled first-person horror game that takes place on a strange train. Fix an electric box to escape from a level that is random every time... but you're not alone in here. And these "things" will do anything to stop you.
Why similar: Thriller 11.3%, Dark 10.7%, Old School 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Retro 10%
- #57 Vilomah
69% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Disrate Studios
Windows
Play as Jake, a teen Pizza Delivery driver on the late shift - until things get BLOODY! Try to escape this DEMENTED Farm with your life! Features PS1, & OPTIONAL 80's VHS Graphics.
Why similar: 1980s 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Retro 10.4%, Thriller 10.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #58 The DollMaker
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StickyKeysProductions
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned hospital, you must survive the Dollmaker’s twisted test to escape. Solve devious puzzles and outsmart his horrific creations, or risk becoming one of his soulless, Creatures. Will you survive the trial, or will you become his next experiment?
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 10.2%, Stylized 8.7%
- #59 Mysteries Of FangClaw
66% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Two Bites
Windows
An immersive horror-adventure game. Betrayed by a trusted friend, Baxter finds himself trapped in an abandoned gold mine. Set traps, gather creature samples, and make life-or-death decisions to survive. Can you face the horrors lurking in the darkness of the night?
Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 8.3%