- #1 SIGNALIS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Third-Person Shooter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive modern survival horror experience that perfectly captures the isolation and psychological dread found in classic genre staples.
- #2 Crow Country
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, Third-Person Shooter 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Third Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully recreates the 90s survival horror aesthetic with a focus on exploration, puzzles, and atmospheric tension.
- #3 Tormented Souls
96% matchVery Positive90% of 8,214 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Third-Person Shooter 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Third Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A direct love letter to the original Resident Evil and Silent Hill games, featuring fixed camera angles and challenging environmental puzzles.
- #4 Heartworm
95% matchVery Positive86% of 502 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent AdinolfiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Third-Person Shooter 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Third Person 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the specific PS1-era aesthetic and psychological dread that makes Hollowbody feel so authentic.
- #5 Fear the Spotlight
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,323 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Third Person 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-heavy horror game that uses a distinct retro visual style to build tension.
- #6 Them and Us
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,665 reviews2021
Dev: TendoGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.8%, Third-Person Shooter 21.4%, Third Person 14.2%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Shooter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, classic survival horror experience with a strong emphasis on resource management and third-person combat.
- #7 Post Trauma
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 703 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Third Person 13.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on fixed-camera psychological horror that excels at building a surreal and unsettling atmosphere.
- #8 Alisa
92% matchVery Positive89% of 1,598 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
Why similar: Survival Horror 48.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Horror 9.1%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival horror game that utilizes tank controls and pre-rendered backgrounds to evoke the feeling of 90s classics.
- #9 Echoes of the Living
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,042 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Shooter 8%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated tribute to the classic survival horror formula, focusing on urban decay and intense resource-based combat.
- #10 The Chant
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,272 reviews2022
Dev: Brass TokenPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Third Person 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural survival horror game that balances action-adventure elements with a heavy focus on psychological themes.
- #11 Hollow Cocoon
90% matchVery Positive92% of 931 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"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: Survival Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Dark 10.2%, Realistic 9.9%, Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that prioritizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a dark, isolated setting.
- #12 Resident Evil 2
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 224,292 reviews2019
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.3%, Third Person 16.5%, Horror 10%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern third-person survival horror, offering a masterclass in pacing, exploration, and resource management.
- #13 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Third Person 15.4%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Dark 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fixed-camera horror game that emphasizes exploration and the constant threat of an unkillable, stalking entity.
- #14 Beyond Hanwell
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 755 reviews2024
Dev: Steel Arts Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Shooter 12.1%, Realistic 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world horror game that emphasizes the feeling of urban decay and psychological tension in a hostile city.
- #15 Cry of Fear
87% matchVery Positive89% of 87,694 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Survival Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 20.8%, Shooter 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, low-fi psychological horror game that perfectly captures the feeling of navigating a decaying, hostile urban environment.
- #16 ROUTINE
84% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Dark 11%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror game that focuses on isolation and atmospheric tension within a decaying, futuristic setting.
- #17 GYLT
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,297 reviews2023
Dev: Haven MediaPub: Parallel Circles
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.1%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Third Person 12%, Puzzle 12%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure that blends horror themes with a narrative-driven journey through a distorted reality.
- #18 Daymare: 1998
86% matchMixed69% of 4,297 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.2%, Third-Person Shooter 22.1%, Third Person 15.4%, Horror 10.6%, Shooter 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the classic survival horror loop of inventory management and tactical combat against grotesque enemies.
- #19 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,958 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Horror 13%, Third Person 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror experience that relies on stealth, puzzle-solving, and a pervasive sense of vulnerability.
- #20 Lost in Vivo
84% matchVery Positive91% of 4,007 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Survival Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Shooter 12.4%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic psychological horror game that excels at building dread through its surreal and oppressive environment.
- #21 SILENT HILL f
82% matchVery Positive80% of 29,564 reviews2025
Dev: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Pub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Horror 7.7%, Third Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly anticipated psychological horror title that shares the core DNA and thematic focus of the genre's most iconic entries.
- #22 The Medium
83% matchVery Positive89% of 10,319 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Third Person 15.7%, Horror 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dual-reality puzzle-horror game that excels at building a haunting atmosphere through its unique perspective mechanics.
- #23 A.I.L.A
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,420 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Realistic 12.1%, Horror 9.2%, Futuristic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in a digital nightmare.
- #24 Observer: System Redux
82% matchVery Positive85% of 3,032 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story 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: Cyberpunk 41.5%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the tech-noir and cyberpunk atmosphere found in Hollowbody, focusing on investigative horror in a decaying world.
- #25 Tormented Souls 2
78% matchVery Positive88% of 2,210 reviews2025
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, Third-Person Shooter 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9%, Third Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that continues the classic survival horror tradition with improved mechanics and a haunting new setting.
- #26 Evil Tonight
80% matchVery Positive87% of 558 reviews2021
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.6%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Action-Adventure 16%, Exploration 9.4%, Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival horror experience that uses pixel art to deliver a tight loop of inventory management and exploration.
- #27 Ground Zero
77% matchVery Positive89% of 786 reviews2026
Dev: Malformation GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fight through post-apocalyptic South Korea in this retro survival horror. Uncover the truth behind the devastating meteor impact that left the country in ruins and turned every living organism into a terrifying monstrosity. Fight. Solve puzzles. Upgrade gear. Make every bullet count.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Third-Person Shooter 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Third Person 11.5%, Shooter 8.9%
- #28 Hideout: Face your fears
81% matchMixed69% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Better in RedPub: ESAT
Windows
In this third person stealth game set in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by an artificial intelligence, you will take on the role of May in her quest to save her brother. Avoid the robots, explore the town and find its secrets!
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Third Person 11.2%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, Realistic 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival horror game that emphasizes stealth and puzzle-solving to overcome threats.
- #29 Outliver: Tribulation
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows
A dark history comes calling in this "African Mythology meets Survival-Horror and Souls-like" experience! You play as the soldier who mysteriously ends up in a supernatural realm, of which her only way out is to partake in an ancient ritual... or so she believes.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.2%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Third Person 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Shooter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A third-person action-adventure game that incorporates survival horror elements and intricate puzzle-solving.
- #30 Martha Is Dead
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,957 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological horror game that uses a strong narrative and atmospheric setting to explore dark, mature themes.
- #31 Sorry We're Closed
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,039 reviews2024
Dev: à la mode gamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Shooter 8.2%, Third Person 7.9%
- #32 Mortal Decay
79% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
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: Survival Horror 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Dark 7.9%, Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that focuses on atmospheric dread and environmental storytelling.
- #33 Comatose
74% matchVery Positive97% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Puzzle 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Exploration 8.7%
- #34 Carnival Massacre
75% matchVery Positive90% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
Windows
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Third-Person Shooter 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Third Person 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #35 Fragile Reflection
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Spectra team
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Third-Person Shooter 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Third Person 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #36 Eldervale
77% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Solkitte
Windows
Eldervale is a Third-Person Survival Horror Adventure game, made in the style of early 2000's classics. Explore a large, interconnected level, solve puzzles, uncover the story and survive the horrors by strategic use of your resources and fight or flight decisions.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Third-Person Shooter 19.2%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #37 Selene's Unbearable Night
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: Farelas
Windows
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 19.7%, Survival Horror 19%, Third Person 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #38 ZERO PROTOCOL
73% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #39 Despair: Blood Curse
74% matchVery Positive82% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Crimson Sequence
Windows
A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Third-Person Shooter 17.9%, Third Person 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Shooter 7.8%
- #40 CONCRETE BURIAL
72% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: DreadXP
Windows
Equipped only with a weapon that consumes your own blood, explore an ancient brutalist catacomb. Beware the Eyes of The Whispering Crypt. Find the 4 artifacts of desire. Confront God.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Shooter 15.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #41 Bushside Rangers
71% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Daniella G Games
Windows
Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.8%, Female Protagonist 14%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #42 INDUSTRIA 2
72% matchMixed52% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
INDUSTRIA 2 is a narrative FPS adventure about a woman stranded in a parallel dimension. Explore, scavenge and fight your way through a mysterious boreal landscape consumed by an ever-hungry artificial intelligence to find a way home.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.6%, Action-Adventure 16%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Realistic 6.2%
- #43 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
70% matchVery Positive94% of 3,287 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.6%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 15.6%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Horror 11.5%
- #44 Elise
73% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Stuart White
Windows
Awakened in a bunker amidst a zombie outbreak after a car crash, guide Elise through harrowing challenges, solve puzzles, and face relentless undead hordes and uncovering the bunker's dark secrets
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Third Person 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #45 BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
70% matchVery Positive84% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Serafini ProductionsPub: Wired Productions
Windows
BrokenLore: DON'T LIE is a Japanese psychological horror game exploring trauma, isolation, and a fractured reality where perception becomes increasingly unreliable.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.3%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Horror 11.2%, 3D 9.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #46 MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME
71% matchVery Positive93% of 436 reviews2021
Dev: ENIGMA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 7.9%
- #47 Fear The Timeloop
69% matchVery Positive86% of 592 reviews2026
Dev: TacoEatersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Third-Person Shooter 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Third Person 8.6%, Shooter 6.7%
- #48 Airtight City 密闭之城1.0
71% matchVery Positive96% of 412 reviews2021
Dev: 豆丁儿独立游戏工作室Pub: Little Bean Games
Windows
This is a TPS, horror-type action shooting game. The game will draw players into a terrifying dark world with detailed atmosphere rendering and weird story. Here, you are not defenseless, but even with a gun, you can't suppress the trembling from the heart. Game revenue is used for 2.0 development.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Third Person 11.8%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #49 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.7%, Third-Person Shooter 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Third Person 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #50 Poopy's Playland
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: EmilJoes Games
Windows
Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...
Why similar: Survival Horror 27%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 10.1%
- #51 The Method of Hiding a Body
69% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 66.3%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Female Protagonist 5.4%, Adventure 4.4%, Puzzle 4%
- #52 The Alley
66% matchVery Positive92% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Dark 9.4%
- #53 Burnhouse Lane
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,170 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Dark 11.3%
- #54 Chasing Static
68% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Dark 12.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Horror 10.4%
- #55 Whitehaven
70% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #56 You Will Die Here Tonight
67% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Dark 11.4%, Third Person 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #57 The Painscreek Killings
68% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Exploration 16.4%, Puzzle 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Realistic 13%, Horror 11.1%
- #58 BrokenLore: LOW
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 519 reviews2025
Dev: Serafini Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.7%, Female Protagonist 27.1%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #59 DYSTHANASIA
65% matchVery Positive89% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
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: Survival Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Third Person 14.8%, Dark 8.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #60 Subversive Memories
64% matchVery Positive97% of 149 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Dark 9.2%
