- #1 MOLE
81% matchNo user reviews
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 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 8.8%, Retro 8.5%
- #2 Unsorted Horror
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,255 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 14%, Dark 8%, Emotional 7.4%, First-Person 7%
- #3 Snafu
76% matchVery Positive95% of 147 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 16%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.3%, Retro 9.3%
- #4 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
73% matchVery Positive95% of 409 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 14.6%, Retro 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Old School 9.3%
- #5 One and the Same
72% 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 20.2%, Retro 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Old School 10.8%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #6 THE LAST PORTRAIT
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOCKDOWN Adventures
Windows
THE LAST PORTRAIT is a spooky adventure that takes you to the abandoned Ashwood Manor. You're on a mission to steal a supposedly cursed painting from the old villa. Solve the difficult puzzles that secure the house and escape the ghost that guards the property!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.3%, Thriller 13.4%, Dark 10.5%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #7 Arctic Grave
71% 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 17.2%, Horror 14.8%, Thriller 9.2%, Dystopian 7.8%, First-Person 7.6%
- #8 Phantom of the Lily
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.3%, 1980s 9.5%, Exploration 7.4%
- #9 My Sleeping Girlfriend
65% matchVery Positive95% of 104 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 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.4%, 1980s 10.1%, Retro 8.9%
- #10 The Evaluation
67% matchNo user reviews
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 22.6%, Horror 14.4%, Thriller 13.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #11 Convenient: Fiend
66% 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 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Old School 9.2%
- #12 PECADO
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Solid Neon SD
Windows
PECADO is a first-person folkloric horror experience set in the “España profunda”. Listen to the word of God.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, 1980s 15.1%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.3%, Retro 10%
- #13 BRAINSHELL
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BRAINSHELL Team
Windows
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to become an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile? A psychological horror experience focusing on immersion, storytelling and audiovisual torment.
Why similar: Dystopian 14.9%, Retro 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Emotional 9.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #14 Haus Of Irndrous
64% 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 18.5%, 1980s 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 9.4%
- #15 Timber trail
65% 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 18.6%, Thriller 15.4%, Horror 14.3%, Retro 11.9%, First-Person 9.1%
- #16 Alone After Dark: A Short Drive
65% matchNo user reviews
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 18.2%, Horror 12.3%, Thriller 11.2%, 1980s 10.2%, Exploration 9.5%
- #17 Neptune Island
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #18 Unsettled : NIGHT SHIFT
65% matchNo user reviews
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 22.4%, Horror 18.6%, Thriller 12.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Simulation 9.5%
- #19 Hotel Mélancolie
63% matchPositive98% of 42 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 17.8%, Retro 13.5%, Horror 11.3%, 1980s 10.4%, Thriller 7.3%
- #20 Teddy Won't Help
65% matchNo user reviews
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 16.8%, Thriller 13.2%, Dark 12.4%, Adventure 7.5%
- #21 Folcroft Monastery
66% 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 16%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.4%, First-Person 8.6%, Thriller 8.5%
- #22 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
A wrong turn leads investigative reporter Nancy to the Paradise Motel. Explore its dark corridors, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover the disturbing secrets hidden beneath.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Thriller 13.5%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 8.8%
- #23 Whale Flesh
64% 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 14.5%, Dark 8%, Adventure 7%
- #24 Out of Place: Origin
63% 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 24%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 12.2%, 3D 9.4%
- #25 Unseen
62% matchVery Positive84% of 68 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 20.6%, Thriller 15.8%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Dark 8%
- #26 Ghostprint
64% 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 21.5%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Retro 9%, Thriller 6.6%
- #27 DREADCELL
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreadcell Studio
Windows
You wake in a strangely familiar place. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. You are being observed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Thriller 16.6%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
- #28 Inside My Mind
63% 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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #29 There's a Gun in the Office
63% 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 11.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #30 Reason Unfound
63% 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 20.4%, Retro 16.5%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Mystery 7.4%
- #31 The Yamamura Estate
63% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Kuroki YumePub: Kuroki Yume
Windows
Are you ready to face your nightmares?
Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Retro 10.7%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.2%
- #32 Silent Residence
61% matchVery Positive92% of 91 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 17.6%, Thriller 13.9%, Horror 13%, Dark 8.9%, Exploration 8%
- #33 No Way Out
64% 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 14.9%, Retro 12.8%, Mystery 7.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #34 The Lightkeeper Is Gone
62% 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 15%, Horror 11.7%, Retro 11.5%, Mystery 8.4%
- #35 SOMNIFUGE
61% matchPositive84% of 25 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 12.1%, Old School 10.7%, Dark 10.3%
- #36 REPOSE
60% matchVery Positive93% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: Bozó Attila BertoldPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.3%, Thriller 15%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.1%, Retro 9.6%
- #37 Mysteries Of FangClaw
61% 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #38 LUNATIKA
62% 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 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, 1980s 11.6%, Retro 10.9%, Old School 10.4%
- #39 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
59% matchVery Positive92% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Dark 7.7%
- #40 Bite Size Terrors: see no FEAR
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
A roadtrip ends abruptly, causing yourself to go down a spiral of horror.
Why similar: Thriller 24.9%, Horror 17.1%, Emotional 15%, Dark 12.4%, Mystery 9%
- #41 The DollMaker
61% 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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.2%, Stylized 8.9%
- #42 SUBJECT 404
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BESK Entertainment
Windows
You wake up as a test subject. A panel gives orders. Obey them — or be executed. Subject 404 is a fast-paced psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Retro 13.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 8.7%, Old School 8.1%
- #43 El 39
59% matchVery Positive80% of 336 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 18.7%, Retro 17.6%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Exploration 6%
- #44 Them
59% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.5%, Retro 10.6%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%
- #45 Security Booth: Director's Cut
63% matchVery Positive90% of 285 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 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11%, Old School 9.6%, Dark 9.5%
- #46 Dead Tapes: Fading Father
60% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Nektogone
Windows
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 18.7%, Retro 15.8%, Dark 12.1%, Stylized 8.3%
- #47 Cell Servant
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FkjahaPub: Fkjaha Games
Windows
Cell Servant is a short first-person psychological horror game. Serve as a cell servant in a dark underground prison holding dangerous prisoners, and explore a mysterious facility with a unique mix of realism and subtle surrealism.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Thriller 18%, Horror 12.8%, Stylized 11.3%, Simulation 9.2%
- #48 Pieces of me
59% matchVery Positive88% of 553 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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #49 Pitfall Protocol
61% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: TwinAction
Windows
Navigate an underground warehouse, approve special items, and eliminate anomalies over a tense 7-day contract or face termination.
Why similar: Dystopian 20%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.6%, Stylized 10.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #50 The Holiday Story
59% matchMostly Positive71% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
Why similar: 1980s 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Thriller 12.9%, Horror 10.9%, Retro 9.6%
- #51 LIMB: Origins
60% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bootur Games
Windows
LIMB: Origins is a dark sci-fi horror game where you must survive in a mysterious parallel world following the disappearance of a research team. Unravel the mysteries of your missing colleagues, explore the world, repair the teleporter, and find your way home.
Why similar: 1980s 19.5%, Horror 13%, Dark 10.9%, Puzzle 8.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #52 MATRESHKA
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, 1980s 12.7%, Horror 10%, Emotional 9.4%
- #53 The Housekeeper
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RatHat Games
Windows
Work a 1900s night shift where routine chores meet an oppressive psychological dread. As a lone caretaker, navigate the heavy silence and unsettling shadows of a dark past. In this atmospheric horror, the terror lies in what remains unseen. Complete your tasks before the shift takes its toll.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #54 THE SUSPENSE
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: M8 WORKSHOP
Windows
How might life inside Artificial Intelligence be like? Is it possible to stop this painful routine? This life even real or not? Try your luck...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.7%, Retro 10.3%, Mystery 7.9%
- #55 Phantoms
61% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 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 11.4%, Dark 10.8%, Old School 10.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, Retro 10%
- #56 HR: Human Remains
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dennisCornerPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
In a broken world ruled by demons, the gears of productivity still turn. Complete tasks, solve puzzles, and explore a society under demonic regime from the perspective of an ordinary office clerk.
Why similar: 1980s 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.8%, Retro 11.3%, Old School 10.5%
- #57 Freja
60% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Retroactive Fort
Windows
Ignorance Is bliss, or is it? Have you ever wondered if living in ignorance is better than to carry trauma? Freja is a first-person psychological thriller exploring this concept. Enter this dark and mysterious world and find out for yourself.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.1%, Retro 7.3%
- #58 Plastomorphosis
61% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 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: Psychological Horror 16%, Old School 13.1%, Thriller 13%, Horror 12.4%, Retro 12.3%
- #59 Fragments of Dread - Late Lines FM
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Late Lines FM is a first-person, story-driven psychological horror experience. Your night shift at 107.9 FM turns into a nightmare with the forbidden 99.9 frequency. When the cursed song plays, you should cover your ears but to find the radio, you must listen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Thriller 15.8%, Retro 11.4%, Horror 11%, Mystery 7.9%