- #1 THE MUTE HOUSE
96% matchVery Positive81% of 296 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.7%, Gore 34%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #2 Grave Prosperity - part 1
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Dark Room Games
Windows
Grave Prosperity is an Action/ Horror title that focuses heavily on player reflex. Take on the role of Amber Ridge, a character who is as mysterious as she is dangerous, and fight your way through the accursed halls of Prosperity.
Why similar: Gore 71.7%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Indie 10.9%
- #3 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,732 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Gore 36%, Survival Horror 34.1%, Female Protagonist 22.7%, Indie 7.2%
- #4 House
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,156 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Gore 75.4%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Indie 11.7%
- #5 Fear the Spotlight
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,264 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 61.7%, Female Protagonist 38.3%
- #6 Sinister Entity
94% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: Gore 47.9%, Survival Horror 42.8%, Indie 9.4%
- #7 Eldervale
93% matchVery Positive88% of 137 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 42.9%, Gore 31.7%, Female Protagonist 25.3%
- #8 Home Sweet Home
92% matchVery Positive87% of 3,773 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Survival Horror 45.4%, Gore 44%, Indie 10.5%
- #9 The Fear Business
91% matchVery Positive93% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival horror mixed with found footage elements. Unveil the secrets of a dark satanic cult and solve the Solomon Manor puzzles while hiding from the deadly Goat Face.
Why similar: Gore 48.7%, Survival Horror 45.5%, Female Protagonist 3.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #10 Wounded - The Beginning
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.
Why similar: Gore 40.8%, Survival Horror 38.2%, Indie 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #11 The Method of Hiding a Body
89% matchVery Positive91% of 89 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: Gore 73.4%, Indie 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.8%
- #12 Fragile
90% matchMixed65% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
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 70.6%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Indie 11.1%
- #13 Slit Mouthed - 口裂け女
89% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Nyxtales
Windows
Slit Mouthed - 口裂け女 is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling, stealth and decision making, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Survival Horror 54.4%, Gore 38.4%, Indie 7.2%
- #14 Wayward Harbor
88% matchVery Positive83% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Daniil ShashenkovPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.
Why similar: Survival Horror 45.8%, Gore 30.3%, Female Protagonist 18%, Indie 5.9%
- #15 DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,168 reviews2016
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a new standalone horror game that takes place in the DreadOut universe. In this missing chapter, you will help Linda face the challenges of the DreadOut world with even more dangers lurking within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.8%, Female Protagonist 25.8%, Gore 24.3%, Indie 11.2%
- #16 The Witch's House MV
86% matchVery Positive95% of 4,019 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Survival Horror 36%, Female Protagonist 32.2%, Indie 17.3%, Gore 14.5%
- #17 Selene's Unbearable Night
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 160 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: Survival Horror 56.7%, Female Protagonist 32.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #18 Paranormal Night Shift
84% matchVery Positive97% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: Gore 62.7%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Indie 17%
- #19 SPACE-FRIGHT
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: R I MAD
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
SPACE-FRIGHT is a cute stealth horror game.
Why similar: Gore 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #20 It Happened At Night
83% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 95.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #21 Dollhouse
84% matchMixed51% of 174 reviews2019
Dev: Creazn StudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Gore 42.5%, Survival Horror 29.4%, Female Protagonist 20%, Indie 8%
- #22 Paranormal VHS
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Gore 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #23 Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,580 reviews2017
Dev: Angry Demon Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Gore 46.8%, Survival Horror 28.4%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Indie 12.4%
- #24 Stay Out of the House
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,838 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Survival Horror 82.1%, Indie 17.9%
- #25 Nightfall: Escape
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: ZeenohPub: Zeenoh Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price.
Why similar: Gore 62.9%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Indie 13.3%
- #26 Obsessed : Night Shift
78% matchVery Positive90% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 71.8%, Indie 28.2%
- #27 House of Necrosis
77% matchVery Positive95% of 584 reviews2025
Dev: Warkus
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Survival Horror 69.4%, Female Protagonist 30.6%
- #28 Found Horror Game 101.exe
81% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...
Why similar: Gore 54.2%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Indie 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #29 Horror Girl Puzzle
79% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Horror Girl Puzzle - exclusive erotic puzzle with horror girls (biomechanics and bloody surrealism styles). Various puzzle mechanics and mini-games!
Why similar: Gore 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #30 Mists of Aiden
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Gore 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #31 Granny Remake
76% matchVery Positive82% of 2,152 reviews2023
Dev: FerriteLabs
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Live or die in silence. Granny Remake is a tense first-person survival horror in a reimagined, trap-filled house. Search for keys and tools, stay quiet while Granny reacts to noise, and escape by car, police rescue, the front door — or the hidden UFO route.
Why similar: Survival Horror 54.6%, Female Protagonist 33.6%, Indie 11.8%
- #32 The Ritual on Weylyn Island
80% matchMixed65% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: zemaGamez
Windows · Mac
The Ritual on Weylyn Island is a First-Person Survival Horror Story set on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Inspired by classic horror movies, The Ritual on Weylyn Island is a weapons-free, story-driven action adventure game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Deathbloom: Chapter 1
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Inspired by classic survival horror. Bachman Manor sprawls into a maze of corridors, bedrooms, foyers, and more. Filled with puzzles, traps, and hidden passageways that explore the secrets of its dark history and occupants.
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.7%, Gore 36.5%, Indie 21.9%
- #34 The House of E.
76% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Gamenastica Studios
Windows
The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #35 Aunt Fatima - خالة فاطمة
74% matchVery Positive88% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Abdulla Al Hamad (DRTH)
Windows
Aunt Fatima's House: Solve puzzles, find items, and unlock doors while avoiding Aunt Fatima in this scary horror game.Can you escape the deadly house?
Why similar: Gore 82.6%, Indie 17.4%
- #36 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,366 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.
Why similar: Gore 50.9%, Indie 49.1%
- #37 Fragile Reflection
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 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: Gore 43.1%, Survival Horror 35%, Female Protagonist 21.8%
- #38 Subversive Memories
71% matchVery Positive98% of 121 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 60.7%, Female Protagonist 39.3%
- #39 Despair: Blood Curse
73% matchVery Positive84% of 148 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 41%, Gore 33%, Female Protagonist 26.1%
- #40 Escape the Ayurok
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,090 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Why similar: Gore 48.1%, Survival Horror 44.9%, Indie 7%
- #41 FLIGHTMARE
75% matchMostly Negative27% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Gore 84.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #42 Hellkind
71% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Motamot
Windows · Mac
You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.
Why similar: Gore 32.1%, Survival Horror 30.7%, Female Protagonist 28.4%, Indie 8.9%
- #43 Stay Out Of The Farm: Prologue
74% matchMixed57% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Yasha
Windows
Free Prologue to Stay Out Of The Farm, a ps1 styled horror game where you try to escape from a serial killer.
Why similar: Gore 51.2%, Survival Horror 40%, Indie 8.8%
- #44 DOCTOR VISCERA
70% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 70%, Gore 30%
- #45 Shame Legacy
72% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: Fairyship GamesPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Shame Legacy is a first-person survival-horror, set in a forsaken cultist village. You attempt to survive using stealth and escape. By solving puzzles, you unravel the mystery that's h(a)unting you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 79.2%, Gore 17.5%, Indie 3.3%
- #46 Horns of Fear
72% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Gore 100%
- #47 The Horror Of Salazar House
70% matchVery Positive94% of 388 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Gore 59.3%, Survival Horror 28%, Indie 12.7%
- #48 Veneficium
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Quarter Moon GamesPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵, 𝘙𝘶𝘯. Play as Abigail in her quest to find her grandmother in a cursed forest. Use your spellcasting abilities to hide from various dangers. Will you survive the night?
Why similar: Gore 47.3%, Survival Horror 40.5%, Female Protagonist 12.2%
- #49 Asleep: Act 1
66% matchVery Positive94% of 558 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Survival Horror 53.4%, Female Protagonist 36.2%, Indie 10.4%
- #50 Post Trauma
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Gore 55.2%, Survival Horror 44.8%
- #51 Cursed Mansion
67% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #52 Never Again
68% matchVery Positive80% of 942 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Survival Horror 55.3%, Female Protagonist 35.1%, Indie 9.7%
- #53 Christmas Mutilator
67% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
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 68.4%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Indie 12.4%
- #54 Worse Than Death
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
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 58.7%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Indie 16.2%
- #55 Sanguine Sanctum
68% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Modus Interactive Games
Windows · Mac
It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic.
Why similar: Gore 83.6%, Indie 16.4%
- #56 Palmyra Orphanage
67% matchVery Positive89% of 711 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Gore 45.5%, Survival Horror 41.2%, Indie 13.3%
- #57 Lair of Torment
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: Admia
Windows
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 Vesnith Tapes
65% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
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: Survival Horror 57.7%, Gore 35.4%, Indie 6.9%