- #1 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 742 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Abstract 17%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 9.7%, Retro 8.9%, Walking Simulator 7.8%
- #2 Backrooms 95
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeloper Studio
Windows
Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.
Why similar: Surreal 13.7%, Horror 13%, 1990's 12.2%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #3 Tear Factory
96% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Abstract 14.2%, Horror 12.1%, Old School 11.1%, Retro 10.8%, Surreal 9.8%
- #4 Apparatus: Exanimus
95% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.
Why similar: Abstract 14.7%, Horror 12.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Exploration 9.8%
- #5 Swaddle
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
You are a young intern in the maternity ward, and your job is to watch over the newborns on the second floor every night. But something very hungry wants to reach these children and devour them. Stop it immediately. Save the babies.
Why similar: Demons 27.8%, Horror 16.6%, Surreal 9.1%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #6 Melancholia Maze
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Angus Fenton
Windows
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
Why similar: Demons 17.8%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Surreal 12.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #7 Where The Crows Roam
93% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
Where The Crows Roam is a survival horror game made by a sixth grader in his free time. In this game you will get to explore the now deserted Stunig City and its outer ruins. Watch your back because you never know what is watching you. Can you survive?
Why similar: Abstract 24.2%, Horror 15%, Surreal 14.5%, Stylized 11.4%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
- #8 $$$://somnialys i am tired, so i bought a couple of dreams
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doppeldinder
Windows
A surreal adventure through the dreams purchased by an ordinary office worker.
Why similar: Surreal 17.3%, Abstract 15.9%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Retro 9.5%
- #9 Lost in Voice
91% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Beforeyouknow Games
Windows
A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.
Why similar: Surreal 16.4%, Demons 14.5%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.2%
- #10 Sorrow Asylum 2
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 2 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison, as well as a sequel to Sorrow Asylum.
Why similar: Demons 16.4%, Abstract 14.9%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 10.3%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #11 Dye The Bunny
89% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole.
Why similar: Demons 17.6%, Abstract 15.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8%
- #12 HR: Human Remains
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dennisCornerPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
In a broken world ruled by demons, the gears of productivity still turn. Complete tasks, solve puzzles, and explore a society under demonic regime from the perspective of an ordinary office clerk.
Why similar: Demons 22.1%, Horror 14.4%, Retro 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Old School 9.9%
- #13 Queen Anne's Lace
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Pennywhistle Studios
Windows
An anomaly horror game with a big twist: YOU hide the anomalies. As the Night Auditor for the Queen Anne's Lace hotel, your job is to keep your guests checked in. Forever.
Why similar: Abstract 17.1%, Surreal 14.9%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #14 Grandma's Coloring Book
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SimpleShutIn Productions LLC
Windows
GRANDMA'S COLORING BOOK is a psychological horror journey through the dark, tangled history of the Hooklock family using sewing needles and steam.
Why similar: Demons 20.1%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 12%, Old School 9%, Retro 8%
- #15 I Am Emma
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tape Revival Games
Windows
Nevada, 2011. As Emma Carter, doubt your own mind and face a domestic nightmare that breathes the same air as you. In this immersive psychological horror, every shadow hides a twisted secret. Question your sanity and uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Demons 22%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 10.8%, Horror 9.9%, Stylized 9.9%
- #16 Water Delivery
86% matchVery Positive86% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Demons 18.9%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
- #17 Abode: Definitive Edition
85% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Jordon SelwayPub: JordonGameDev
Windows
Abode: Definitive Edition is the updated edition of Abode, it is a short walking simulator horror game, you are stuck in a loop going through a small house, when horror starts happening around you.
Why similar: Horror 13.7%, 1990's 12.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #18 Circadial
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: undercoverworm
Windows · Linux
You've been invited to participate in a study for the newly developed Circadial pills, a medicine designed to remedy your life-long insomnia. Explore the empty halls of the facility and the landscapes of your dreams to uncover the source of your night terrors. You will never be the same.
Why similar: Abstract 19.5%, Demons 13.9%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #19 The Fridge is Red
84% matchMixed56% of 231 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Surreal 12.8%, Horror 12.1%, Retro 11.2%, 1990's 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #20 Next Station
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demcaont
Windows
Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 13.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 8.7%
- #21 Intown Nightmares
81% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: 0-Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror almanac that tells the story of events in the city of Intown, built around a science station. The town is caught up by nightmares that in the future will affect the lives of every resident, follow how the impact of the nightmares on Intown will change over time.
Why similar: Demons 15%, Horror 14.7%, Retro 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Stylized 8.9%
- #22 Obscure Horrors
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
An obscure collection of 8 surreal and dark horror games.
Why similar: Abstract 17.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 10.4%, Old School 10%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #23 ALLON3
82% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
A phychological horror experience of voices and screams.
Why similar: Surreal 15.8%, Demons 14.4%, Horror 14.1%, Abstract 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #24 EPONYMOUS
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.
Why similar: Abstract 20.4%, Surreal 15.9%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Retro 8.1%
- #25 Midnight Snack
79% matchVery Positive88% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Surreal 18%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Retro 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #26 Coagulation Station: Fleshfall
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Big Onion Institute
Windows
A rustpunk sci-fi horror game with a touch of dark corporate humor. Operate a free-hanging elevator and explore the depths of a horrific alien world made of living tissue.
Why similar: Surreal 15.2%, Abstract 14.8%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #27 Burial
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
A videographer receives the task of filming a wake in an old Soviet apartment. But he soon realizes that something terrible is lurking within these walls. And in the middle of the room there is a closed coffin...
Why similar: Demons 25.1%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #28 The Patient: After Hours
80% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
You are a night worker who has to clean up after a long day of trading at the local mall. But as the night quickly progresses you start to realize that something isn't quite right.
Why similar: Abstract 20.7%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, 1990's 9.7%, Surreal 9.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #29 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Retro 14.8%, 1990's 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, First-Person 8.9%
- #30 Sorrow Asylum 3
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Why similar: Abstract 16.8%, Surreal 14%, Horror 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #31 Lights Off: Director's Cut
77% matchVery Positive90% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Insanctum Games
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.
Why similar: Demons 24.8%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #32 HOLFACE
75% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Jonny's Games
Windows
Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Surreal 11.1%
- #33 The Room Stalker
76% match6 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Manja Studio
Windows · Linux
You are trapped in a hotel room. Find the anomaly and break free from the loop.
Why similar: Horror 13.8%, 1990's 13.6%, Demons 13.3%, Surreal 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #34 Phantoms
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Solitude SoftwarePub: TheGamePublisher.com
Windows
"Phantoms" is a retro-styled first-person horror game that takes place on a strange train. Fix an electric box to escape from a level that is random every time... but you're not alone in here. And these "things" will do anything to stop you.
Why similar: Demons 23.1%, Surreal 12.4%, Horror 12.3%, Retro 11%, Old School 10.2%
- #35 God's Plan
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: NeroGameDev
Windows
Dive into a chilling adventure where horror meets imagination in this first-person thriller. Picture yourself in a maze of puzzles, where the story unfolds based on how you see it. It's not just a game; it's your own twisted journey.
Why similar: Demons 25%, Abstract 18.9%, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #36 Glimpse
74% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Melanzue
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Abstract 13%, Surreal 11%
- #37 The Exorcist's Apprentice
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kali Yuga Games
Windows
A first-person short psychological horror about exorcism. A victim is bound to a bed. A demon lurks inside her. Explore a confined apartment, rely on your mentor's guidance, and discover the precise ritual needed to drive it out.
Why similar: Demons 31.7%, Horror 18.3%, Surreal 13.6%, Retro 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #38 Clown Is Hungry
72% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Clown Is Hungry is a comedy horror game about delivering a pizza to a hungry clown.
Why similar: Demons 16.1%, Abstract 15.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 10.6%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
- #39 Security Booth: Director's Cut
74% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Why similar: Retro 15%, Horror 10.5%, Old School 10%, First-Person 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.2%
- #40 Don't Be Scared - Episode 1: The Lost Soul
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Cursed amulet
Windows
A psychological horror game based on exploration and Storytelling. Complete your work, play minigames and stay alive. Discover all the secrets of this condominium and why there are few residents.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Abstract 15.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #41 Devil's Hideout
72% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Why similar: Demons 25.5%, Horror 13.9%, Retro 11.3%, 1990's 9.7%, Old School 7.9%
- #42 Reel Horror
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #43 Quiet House Massacre
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: NobodyGames
Windows
Quiet House Massacre is a psychological horror game in which you try to find your missing cat. You come across an abandoned house and run in after it. Can you reveal the dark secrets hidden in a familiar old, quiet house? The truth awaits revelation!
Why similar: Demons 18.1%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Retro 10.6%
- #44 Enjoy Your Stay
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SuavePuppy Studios
Windows
Navigate the never-ending hallway of the Hudson: A hotel that doesn’t want its guests to leave. Observe your surroundings, spot irregularities, and choose the correct path to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 12%, Exploration 11.4%
- #45 Escapen't
70% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Kaffeklubben Games
Windows
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE - I made sure of that. Solve puzzles, gather clues, don’t crawl into ventilation shafts, and realize how trapped you are in this comedy-horror escape room, my magnum opus.
Why similar: Demons 18.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, First-Person 8.4%
- #46 Coffin Mall
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: Surreal 15.4%, Horror 13.1%, Retro 12.3%, 1990's 11.4%, Old School 9.6%
- #47 Vellar
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SHADOW
Windows
Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game where a family is dead… but the recordings they left behind slowly reveal a version of events that doesn’t match reality. Explore a shifting house filled with impossible rooms, distorted corridors, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried.
Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Demons 15.9%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 10.3%
- #48 ManneKin: Hessler Storage
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dread Passage Studios
Windows
ManneKin: Hessler Storage is a first-person psychological horror. Investigate and explore an abandoned storage facility, uncover the mystery of its previous use, and escape with your life.
Why similar: Demons 27.8%, Surreal 16.8%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, First-Person 7.1%
- #49 CATACOMBS
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Taah
Windows
Roam around the catacombs, collect everything and avoid being found at all cost. Collect rare item drops while doing so.
Why similar: Abstract 23.7%, Surreal 15.6%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #50 Is Anybody There?
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Oni Games
Windows
Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?
Why similar: Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Abstract 10.7%, First-Person 10.5%
- #51 Daily Note
68% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Ahmet Yiğitbaşı
Windows
This is a single player, story driven psychological thriller that follows the mental collapse of a character who has lost touch with reality. As the player, you enter the mind of someone trying to escape a world that is falling apart. Remember the past by reading a diary left behind by your family.
Why similar: Demons 18.8%, Surreal 18.6%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 13.5%
- #52 Scary 8 Bits
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Surreal 13.3%, First-Person 10.9%
- #53 True Backrooms
69% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: WafflePaws
Windows
The most accurate depiction of the backrooms.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Retro 17.5%, Surreal 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, First-Person 11.3%
- #54 RERODENT
68% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: ScinaczPub: Cywinskiweb
Windows
RERODENT is a first-person psychological horror and puzzle game about rats and cultists. You play as Jimmy Rodentim, and one day you get a call from your Uncle Vic, who asks you to clean up his house for 100 bucks. Little did you know that a simple task will get you killed.
Why similar: Demons 27.8%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 9.4%, 1990's 9.1%
- #55 Alone in the house
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: D4avd
Windows
"Alone in the house" is a short horror game. In this chilling horror game, you return to an empty house. Your mother has left a message with tasks for you to complete. As you fulfill each task, eerie events unfold around you. Will you uncover the dark secrets, or succumb to the fear?
Why similar: Demons 23.9%, Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #56 Atrium Mortis
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Let Me Cook Games
Windows
Atrium Mortis is a first-person psychological horror set in a vacant early 20th-century mansion. Plunge into Arthur's nightmare: explore the family estate, solve puzzles, hide from what lurks in the dark, and most importantly... always stay in the light. Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Demons 15.7%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9.2%
- #57 Not Alone at Midnight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ionel Tudorica
Windows
A first‑person psychological horror game trapped in a looping midnight. Explore a haunted house, uncover shifting anomalies, read prayers and burn holy incense, solve ritual‑based puzzles, and manipulate light to survive the demonic presence stalking you.
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Demons 19%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Exploration 11.8%
- #58 The Hungry Fly
66% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Horror 16%, Retro 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10%
- #59 The Demon's Exorcism
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Snow Star Games
Windows
"The Demon's Exorcism" is a first-person psychological horror game that reveals the story of a family trapped in a haunting curse. Immerse yourself in the chilling narrative as you exorcise the demon and break the curse.
Why similar: Demons 31.5%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9%, Surreal 8.1%