Games Like Home Safety Hotline

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, 1990's 16%, Horror 16%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a late-night radio DJ acting as an operator for callers, mirroring the high-stakes communication and puzzle-solving found in the seed game.

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

Why similar: Typing 34.4% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the typing-based simulation and bureaucratic horror aesthetic of working a mundane job with supernatural consequences.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Text-Based 33.6%, Horror 22.9%, Point & Click 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic collection of text-based, retro-styled horror games is the closest thematic and mechanical match to the investigative, atmospheric nature of the seed game.

If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.

Why similar: FMV 14.1% ★, 1990's 8.8%, Alternate History 8.7%, Dark Comedy 8.3%, Lovecraftian 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation-horror hybrid tasks you with observing and investigating targets, echoing the methodical, database-driven gameplay of the seed game.

It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Horror 27.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focusing on anomaly detection and identification, this game requires the same meticulous attention to detail and pattern recognition as the seed game.

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: FMV 36.1% ★, Point & Click 16.7%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Mystery 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on uncovering a mystery through the interface of a found mobile phone, similar to the screen-based investigative gameplay of the seed game.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: FMV 28.1% ★, Dark Comedy 18.6%, Alternate History 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Point & Click 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game puts you in the role of a broadcast operator managing live feeds, balancing technical tasks with chaotic, dark-humored narrative events.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: 1990's 32.5%, Alternate History 20.5%, Point & Click 19%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Simulation 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly replicates the 1990s internet aesthetic and UI, providing a nostalgic yet surreal simulation experience.

TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?

Why similar: FMV 30.9% ★, Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Point & Click 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An analog horror experience that utilizes FMV and screen-based interactions to build dread, closely mirroring the aesthetic of the seed game.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Point & Click 21%, Horror 17.8%, Lore-Rich 17%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click investigative horror game that uses unique mechanics to uncover secrets, matching the seed game's focus on discovery and atmosphere.

Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.

Why similar: 1990's 25.4%, Horror 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Point & Click 13.2%, Mystery 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential analog horror game that uses retro media and puzzle-solving to reveal a dark, hidden narrative.

Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...

Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based psychological horror game uses a simulated questionnaire to unsettle the player, sharing the seed game's focus on interactive, text-heavy horror.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A customer-service simulation that forces you to manage a diner while the world ends, focusing on dialogue and choices.

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: FMV 34.4% ★, Lovecraftian 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Horror 8.7%, Mystery 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV-based investigation game where you must type questions to uncover the truth, sharing the text-based interaction style of the seed game.

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

Why similar: 1990's 41.5%, Horror 29%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends mundane job simulation with creeping psychological horror, forcing you to maintain your post while things go wrong.

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: 1990's 20.9%, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 16.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game turns your computer desktop into a horror-filled investigation, mirroring the screen-based interface of the seed game.

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Point & Click 24%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click horror game uses a limited, atmospheric interface to build tension through investigation and discovery.

Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, 1990's 24.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Simulation 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A job simulation game that leans into psychological horror, requiring you to manage a specific station while navigating strange occurrences.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: 1990's 48.9%, Horror 34.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival horror game that captures the same low-poly, 90s-inspired aesthetic and claustrophobic atmosphere.

All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Supernatural 21.3%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: A radio-based horror game where you must guide a survivor through a dangerous environment, emphasizing the operator-victim dynamic.

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Point & Click 15%, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: An investigative mystery game that tasks you with digging through a social media interface to uncover the truth.

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Why similar: Typing 22.6% ★, Text-Based 20.8%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a retro computer interface to simulate a friendship that slowly devolves into psychological horror.

Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 17%, 1990's 16.1%, Simulation 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A job simulation game that explores the horrors of corporate life through a point-and-click, 2D perspective.

Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

Why similar: FMV 33.7% ★, 1990's 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Horror 13.9%, Point & Click 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends the classic card game with survival horror, utilizing a 1990s aesthetic to build tension.

Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

Why similar: FMV 31.6% ★, Dark Comedy 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Horror 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV-based interactive fiction game that focuses on mystery and investigation through dialogue choices.

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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Point & Click 24.7%, Simulation 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled simulation game that uses psychedelic and atmospheric elements to create a surreal experience.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Horror 23.8%, Point & Click 20.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Mystery 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 1-bit, retro-styled investigative horror game that relies on menus and text-based choices to build a sense of impending doom.

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Mystery 13%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Horror 39%, Psychological Horror 25%, Mystery 15%, Simulation 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, focused anomaly-detection game that relies on observation and pattern recognition, similar to the core loop of the seed game.

This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

Why similar: Typing 29.7% ★, FMV 23.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Horror 8%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game focused on hacking and investigation, sharing the atmospheric, screen-based puzzle-solving of the seed game.

An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, 1990's 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Simulation 7.9%

Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)

Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 8.6%

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.

Why similar: Typing 25.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 19.5%, 1990's 14.2%, Supernatural 8.2%

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Lovecraftian 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Mystery 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: You play as the station's AI, acting as an operator for the human crew, which provides a unique perspective on sci-fi horror.

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Alternate History 20.2%, 1990's 19.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Horror 12.3%

Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Horror 16.6%, Point & Click 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 14.7%

Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven is a First-Person comedy horror game about being stuck babysitting while the news is expressing that the world around you is ending.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.9%, Horror 20.5%, 1990's 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 5.2%

The printer is bleeding, the Wi-Fi is haunted, and Ticket #666 just came in. As the latest hire for a company run by cosmic horrors, your job is simple: Swipe to survive. Make binary decisions to survive the night shift in this dark comedy desktop simulator. I.T truly never ends.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.5%, Alternate History 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Horror 9.8%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Point & Click 26.2%, Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%

One room. One hole. One judgement. Watch the guests through your peephole, inspect their documents, dial the telephone, and judge who's normal and who's not. Do your job properly to avoid the demon's punishment.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.2%, Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.3%, Simulation 11.1%

Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Supernatural 17%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Simulation 11.5%

Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Point & Click 23.8%, Text-Based 22.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Mystery 8.2%

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Horror 14.6%, Point & Click 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...

Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Simulation 18%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%

Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, 1990's 21.5%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%

In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Point & Click 19.3%, 1990's 18.8%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 6.9%

Night Bus is a thrilling public transit simulator that costs less than a bus ticket! It's your first night on the job: Pick up passengers, take their fares, enjoy the beautiful countryside, and please ignore That Which Has No Eyes.

Why similar: 1990's 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%

🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?

Why similar: 1990's 24%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Point & Click 27.2%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 4.4%

A silly little physics-based game about moving on... or is it? Be neat, be careful, or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours. But be warned, not all is as it seems in this quiet little house.

Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, Simulation 22.6%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Horror 19.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Horror 28.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Atmospheric 8%

Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 18.6%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 10.2%

A mysterious phone number on a park restroom wall leads to an unknown “voice,” quietly awakening the town’s hidden apparitions. This is a horror text adventure with no jump scares—no loud noises or grotesque surprises—designed for a safe and tension-focused experience.

Why similar: Text-Based 49.6%, Horror 37.1%, Simulation 13.2%

Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.

Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Simulation 21.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Supernatural 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%

Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Supernatural 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 14.3%, Simulation 8.4%

You’re on duty at crossing #13. Keep an eye on the tracks, repair the sleepers, open the barriers for trains, cars, and people. Something in the woods is barking… and it’s calling you.

Why similar: Horror 46%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Simulation 10.4%