Games Like House

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, 2D 4.8%, Gore 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like House, this game relies on deceptive pixel art to deliver brutal, unexpected traps and a deeply unsettling atmosphere.

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Violent 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares House's penchant for dark, twisted domestic horror played out from a top-down pixel perspective.

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Surreal 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Survival 11%

Why You'll Like It: This classic horror adventure features similar exploration of eerie environments with puzzle-solving and tragic narrative outcomes.

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: Horror 38.7%, Gore 23.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Violent 4%

Why You'll Like It: Both games explore nightmarish, looping domestic spaces filled with psychological dread and sudden violence.

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!

Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Survival 9.7%, Gore 8.4%, Adventure 7.7%, Violent 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers intense survival horror gameplay where hiding, stealth, and quick decisions are paramount.

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.3%, Horror 23.9%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Beneath its cute visual style lies a deeply psychological and genuinely terrifying horror experience reminiscent of House's tonal shifts.

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Gore 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same brand of shocking, gore-filled pixelated horror where making the wrong move leads to gruesome ends.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Gore 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Surreal 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Both games master atmospheric dread and oppressive environments centered around domestic and institutional trauma.

In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, Atmospheric 7%, Adventure 6.5%, Survival 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This indie psychological survival horror game captures a similarly bleak, surreal tone and desperate struggle for survival.

One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Gore 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Violent 9.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into retro pixel-art horror tropes with sudden threats and multiple outcomes.

My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Gore 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Surreal 13.4%, Violent 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar dark, story-driven pixel-art style with unsettling narrative twists.

Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!

Why similar: Horror 24%, Gore 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Violent 14.1%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It matches House's classic 2D perspective and grim, occult-tinged exploration of a deadly dwelling.

Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.

Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Multiple Endings 5.7%, Psychological Horror 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art horror RPG-maker game captures a similarly eerie, unpredictable vibe within a confined space.

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

Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Puzzle 7.1%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Both games test your resourcefulness and survival instincts as you try to escape a hostile, killer-infested home.

If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.

Why similar: Gore 21.8%, Horror 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Violent 9.9%, Psychological Horror 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This creepy adventure game utilizes a familiar retro aesthetic to tell a deeply disturbing psychological story.

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 54.6%, Gore 10.8%, Adventure 8%, Psychological Horror 7%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends deceptively cute visuals with escalating horror and relentless pursuit mechanics.

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Gore 20%, Violent 15%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Female Protagonist 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the claustrophobic, cat-and-mouse tension of trying to survive inside a dangerous domestic setting.

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 49.5%, Gore 22.4%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Adventure 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a terrifying first-person survival experience focused on a hostile, labyrinthine environment.

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Horror 24%, Surreal 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the surreal, unsettling exploration of liminal spaces that heavily influenced games like House.

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: Horror 28%, Gore 24.7%, Violent 13.6%, Surreal 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It explores the dark side of domestic life through supernatural terror and psychological trauma.

Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Why similar: Gore 30.9%, Violent 17.5%, Horror 16.7%, Surreal 8.6%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This dark indie title matches the grim themes and gritty atmosphere found in House.

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Gore 21.6%, Survival 16.6%, Violent 13.4%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Both games put you in the role of a desperate captive forced to survive a sadistic environment filled with puzzles.

Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.

Why similar: Gore 33.8%, Violent 22.8%, Horror 12%, Surreal 8.9%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides short, brutal, indie-style slasher action reminiscent of House's violent sandbox nature.

Worse Than Death is a scary, action-adventure horror game about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong! Run for your life, hide from terrifying enemies, and solve devious puzzles to uncover the dark secrets of your wretched home town.

Why similar: Gore 26.1%, Horror 20.1%, Violent 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features tense, horror-adventure gameplay with pixel aesthetics and constant danger.

Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.

Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Gore 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Action 7%, Roguelike 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers pixel-art horror action with a heavy emphasis on survival and grotesque monster designs.

As a terrible storm rages on, a young girl tries to survive in a HOUSE hell-bent on killing her and her family...

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Gore 22.8%, Violent 15.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%

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: Horror 19%, Gore 15.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 15.3%, Survival 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This indie psychological horror game presents claustrophobic spaces and grim survival scenarios.

Dollhouse is a frightening film noir horror story sure to send shivers down your spine. Survive a horrifying trip into the mind of detective Marie. Piece your past together, but watch your back, as something gravely dangerous is hunting you down.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Gore 18.3%, Survival 13.2%, Adventure 6%, Psychological Horror 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a dark, noir-infused psychological horror atmosphere focused on survival and escape.

Claire's 8-year-old brother is missing. While looking for him during a search party, she finds herself completely lost and alone in the woods. She eventually spots a strange house in the distance... could Daniel be inside?

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Survival 15.8%, Gore 13.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Violent 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a tense exploration of dangerous environments with survival horror elements.

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Gore 23.9%, Violent 16.6%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Both games trap players in haunted, shifting environments where supernatural forces hunt you down.

Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Surreal 21.4%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.

Why similar: Gore 34.3%, Violent 23.1%, Horror 16.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Psychological Horror 4.5%

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Gore 17.7%, Violent 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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: Horror 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 24.3%, Survival 14.6%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn is a first person horror game heavily inspired by Swedish folklore and the Nordic mythology to create the nightmares that's been haunting Swedish children for many generations.

Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Gore 20.9%, Violent 13%, Adventure 5.5%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

Why similar: Horror 37%, Violent 17.9%, Gore 14.8%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Adventure 6.5%

Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!

Why similar: Horror 75.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Action 8.6%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core premise of navigating and trying to escape a malevolent, haunted building.

Any plans for the weekend? There is a great place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and daily routine! We promise a unique experience of horror and despair… if you stay alive, of course. Survive the night in the house from your nightmares!

Why similar: Gore 44.6%, Violent 28.8%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.4%, Female Protagonist 5.8%

Welcome to the house full of secrets and mysteries, the house in which for several years people disappear. Take on the role of a young detective whose idol died here about a year ago.

Why similar: Gore 30.2%, Violent 20.4%, Horror 16.7%, Survival 10.2%, Adventure 6.2%

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 48.9%, Gore 20.9%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Surreal 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Gore 18%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 10.5%, Puzzle 5.9%

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Gore 23.4%, Survival 13.5%, Violent 13%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...

Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Gore 14.6%, Violent 13.1%, Survival 10.7%, Puzzle 4.6%

A haunted house where ghosts and vengeful spirits lurk around every corner. Your courage and wit will be put to the test in order to survive. Use trails and sounds as clues to progress in this exciting new roguelike escape game.

Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Survival 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Action 7.6%, Puzzle 6.7%

You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...

Why similar: Gore 31.9%, Violent 20.9%, Horror 13.8%, Survival 9.1%, Action 6.5%

MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Survival 9.9%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 5.9%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Gore 12.9%, Survival 12.7%, Violent 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

You wander into a mysterious mansion in the woods. A haunted house where sexy monsters roam...

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Pixel Graphics 35.1%, Puzzle 8%, Action 7.2%, 2D 5.9%

Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Gore 22.6%, Violent 14.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Female Protagonist 4.9%

At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Survival 18.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.

Why similar: Horror 69.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Roguelike 6.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%

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: Horror 25.3%, Surreal 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Action 5.9%

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 10.7%, Indie 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%

You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.

Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Violent 16.3%, Survival 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9%, Adventure 7.7%

IT HAS YOUR FACE. Now it wants your life. Hide, seek, and try to kill your clone in this deceptively simple first-person horror roguelite.

Why similar: Gore 29.6%, Horror 28.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%

You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...

Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Action 17.4%, Indie 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%

At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

Why similar: Gore 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 8.1%

Overwrite each other. A story-driven exploration adventure shaped by tragedy. ― I woke up in a research facility. And... someone was already inside me. (I initiated the experiment at this research facility.) (My first—and final—experiment for my sake. I staked everything on it.)

Why similar: Horror 23%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Gore 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Adventure 11%