Games Like Hollow Head: Director's Cut

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: Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.3%, FPS 11%, Dark 8.8%

Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, FPS 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Dark 9.6%

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: Gore 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Dark 7.8%

A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, First-Person 14.7%, Puzzle 12.9%, Dark 11.3%, Realistic 10%

"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 18.6%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 14%, Retro 12.8%, First-Person 11.1%

Wake up inside an abandoned mansion. Uncover the dark fate of a missing family. Survive the presence that stalks you within these walls.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 18.3%, Survival Horror 13.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 9.2%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Demons 13.6%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.2%

You wake up to the smell of rotting flesh in what can only be described as someone's basement. Your memory is blank and your vision impaired, you have no idea where you are. The floors and walls are dirty, it appears there may be other people here as there are dirty sheets on the floor.

Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Indie 23.7%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%

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: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 11.1%, Realistic 9.5%

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 13.1%, Realistic 11.5%

Hollowbrook is a stylized horror experience told through multiple episodes. Each chapter immerses you in the life of a new character, blending personal backstories with chilling encounters that react to your decisions.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Horror 14.1%, Gore 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.2%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Dark 15.4%, First-Person 7.9%

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 25.9%, Gore 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.3%

It's 2009. A 20-year-old Nikolas Rendl wakes up on a bench near a bus stop in an unfamiliar city, without any previous knowledge of what happened. Nikolas has to wander around the cold streets of the city and defend himself from scorched monsters with only one goal: Find answers to all of this.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Horror 9.1%, Gore 8%

You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.

Why similar: Gore 29.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 10%

You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 14%, Dark 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%

Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!

Why similar: FPS 17%, Demons 12.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Retro 9.5%

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 46.9%, FPS 18%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Indie 7.2%

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: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 22.8%, Gore 19.8%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.

Why similar: Gore 16.9%, FPS 13.7%, Horror 11.9%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Dark 10.2%

A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

Why similar: FPS 16.5%, Horror 15.9%, Gore 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Retro 9.8%

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.8%, FPS 15.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 10.9%

First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.

Why similar: FPS 27.2%, Horror 26%, Gore 16.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Adventure 8.6%

You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.

Why similar: Gore 23%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%

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: FPS 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.3%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Demons 8.7%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Gore 16.2%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 11.7%, Walking Simulator 7.2%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Dark 10.4%, First-Person 8.3%

The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 16.9%, Demons 15.8%, First-Person 14.4%, Dark 13.2%

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Survival Horror 12%, Dark 11.3%

Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!

Why similar: Gore 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Demons 12%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 8.8%

Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 13%, Retro 11.3%, Dark 11.1%

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 15.4%, FPS 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Retro 12.1%, Horror 10.9%

A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, FPS 17.2%, Horror 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%, Realistic 9.1%

A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.

Why similar: Gore 29.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 9.6%

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

Why similar: Horror 14%, Gore 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.5%

The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Indie 21.2%, First-Person 17.9%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Adventure 7%

In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?

Why similar: Gore 26.7%, FPS 23.3%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 13.1%, Retro 11.9%

After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 22.8%, Gore 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Adventure 8.9%

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

Why similar: FPS 16.4%, Minimalist 12.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 9.2%

"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Demons 10.3%, Dark 9.4%

Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.

Why similar: FPS 16.8%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Gore 12.7%, First-Person 11.8%

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: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Demons 9.5%

Whisperwind is a short psychological horror experience featuring puzzles, multiple endings, creepy ambience and deep storytelling.

Why similar: Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Gore 12.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

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

Why similar: Gore 14.5%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Demons 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 11.2%

[Bober Bros] The Hole is a first-person horror game that explores the cracks in domestic life. Your neighbor’s drilling starts the nightmare, but the holes reveal dark secrets far deeper than any wall could hide. No cheap scares, only disturbing reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Dark 8.5%

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 15.2%, Demons 14.5%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 11.4%

Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.

Why similar: Adventure 12.5%, Gore 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.2%, Indie 9.1%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Retro 11.5%, Dark 10%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Dark 13.2%, Realistic 9.3%

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

Why similar: Gore 24%, Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 10.8%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 10.6%

One day you wake up and realise that nobody is home. You try to exit the apartment only to wake up again in your room.You are stuck in an endless cycle of loops with only one way out.

Why similar: Action 36.9%, Horror 35.4%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 11.9%

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 22.9%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 9.3%, First-Person 8.7%

You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

Why similar: Gore 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.1%, Survival Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.3%

MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 15.4%, Realistic 11.3%, First-Person 10.6%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 18.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Adventure 6.5%

Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 22.4%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, First-Person 13.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 17.3%, First-Person 15.3%, Realistic 12%, Adventure 7.8%

It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Gore 15.2%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 10.6%

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Horror 13.7%, Gore 12.3%, Dark 9.5%