- #1 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 16.9%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 9.7%, Retro 8.9%, Walking Simulator 7.8%
- #2 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%, Old School 11.1%, Retro 10.8%, Surreal 9.8%
- #3 Apparatus: Exanimus
96% matchPositive97% of 33 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%
- #4 Swaddle
95% matchPositive83% of 29 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 27.7%, Horror 16.6%, Surreal 9.1%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #5 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%
- #6 Lost in Voice
93% matchPositive82% of 33 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 14.4%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.3%
- #7 Where The Crows Roam
94% 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 24.1%, Horror 15%, Surreal 14.5%, Stylized 11.4%, Walking Simulator 8.8%
- #8 Sorrow Asylum 2
91% 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 16.3%, Abstract 14.9%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 10.3%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #9 Queen Anne's Lace
90% 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%, Surreal 14.9%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #10 Dye The Bunny
91% 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%
- #11 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%, Horror 14.3%, Retro 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Old School 9.9%
- #12 Grandma's Coloring Book
89% 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 12.1%, Old School 9%, Retro 8%
- #13 I Am Emma
88% 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 21.9%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 10.8%, Stylized 10%, Horror 9.9%
- #14 Water Delivery
87% matchVery Positive87% of 211 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 18.8%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
- #15 Abode: Definitive Edition
86% 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 13.6%, 1990's 12.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #16 Next Station
85% 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%
- #17 The Fridge is Red
86% matchMixed56% of 230 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 12.7%, Horror 12.1%, Retro 11.2%, 1990's 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #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 19.4%, Demons 13.8%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #19 Intown Nightmares
82% matchPositive91% of 11 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 14.9%, Horror 14.6%, Retro 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Stylized 9%
- #20 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 17.8%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 10.4%, Old School 10%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #21 Phantoms
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 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 26.1%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Old School 10.6%
- #22 ALLON3
83% matchMixed49% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
A phychological horror experience of voices and screams.
Why similar: Surreal 15.8%, Demons 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Abstract 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #23 EPONYMOUS
84% 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 20.3%, Surreal 15.9%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Retro 8.1%
- #24 Midnight Snack
79% matchVery Positive87% of 264 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%
- #25 Coagulation Station: Fleshfall
80% 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 14.7%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #26 Burial
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 168 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%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #27 The Patient: After Hours
81% 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 20.6%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, 1990's 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Surreal 9.4%
- #28 HOLFACE
76% matchPositive100% of 28 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%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Surreal 11.1%
- #29 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%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #30 Lights Off: Director's Cut
78% matchVery Positive90% of 165 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 24.7%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #31 The Room Stalker
77% match7 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 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Surreal 11.4%
- #32 God's Plan
77% 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 24.9%, Abstract 18.8%, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #33 Glimpse
76% 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%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Abstract 12.9%, Surreal 11%
- #34 Don't Be Scared - Episode 1: The Lost Soul
75% 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 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Abstract 15.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #35 Security Booth: Director's Cut
75% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 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 9.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #36 Reel Horror
73% 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%
- #37 Devil's Hideout
74% 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 25.4%, Horror 13.8%, Retro 11.3%, 1990's 9.7%, Old School 7.9%
- #38 Clown Is Hungry
73% matchPositive96% of 46 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 Quiet House Massacre
73% 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%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Retro 10.6%
- #40 Enjoy Your Stay
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kristian Kelloway
Windows
"Welcome to the Hudson Hotel, where our guests are our top priority." — This is not the hotel you remember. This is not the hallway you know. Something here is trying to lead you astray. Observe your surroundings, spot irregularities, and choose the right path. That is, if you really want to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 11.5%
- #41 Coffin Mall
74% 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%
- #42 Escapen't
71% 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 18.3%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, First-Person 8.4%
- #43 Vellar
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHADOW
Windows
Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a terrifying house and uncover the mysteries behind the deaths of its members. Experience intense fear through its chilling atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Demons 15.8%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 10.3%
- #44 CATACOMBS
71% 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 23.6%, Surreal 15.6%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #45 Is Anybody There?
71% 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 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Abstract 10.6%, First-Person 10.5%
- #46 ManneKin: Hessler Storage
70% 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 27.7%, Surreal 16.8%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, First-Person 7.1%
- #47 Daily Note
70% 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 18.7%, Surreal 18.7%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 13.5%
- #48 True Backrooms
70% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: WafflePaws
Windows
The most accurate depiction of the backrooms.
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Retro 17.5%, Surreal 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, First-Person 11.3%
- #49 Scary 8 Bits
69% 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 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Surreal 13.3%, First-Person 10.9%
- #50 Alone in the house
69% 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 23.8%, Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Exploration 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #51 RERODENT
69% 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 27.7%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 9.4%, 1990's 9.1%
- #52 Not Alone at Midnight
68% 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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Exploration 11.8%
- #53 Beef
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Clock in and discover the dark secret behind one of the world’s favorite canned meat brand in Beef, a surreal horror experience like no other.
Why similar: Demons 19.9%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Stylized 8.3%, First-Person 7.9%
- #54 The Hungry Fly
67% matchVery Positive92% of 120 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%
- #55 Framed Fear
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 14%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Surreal 12.3%
- #56 The Demon's Exorcism
68% 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 31.4%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9%, Surreal 8.1%
- #57 Go To Sleep
65% matchPositive81% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: YuRo Games
Windows · Mac
What began as a fun dream has turned into a waking nightmare. Now trapped in your room, you are stalked by a relentless demon. You must keep it at bay. Your only way through this nightmare? Close your eyes... and go to sleep.
Why similar: Demons 17.3%, Abstract 16.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #58 Nevermind This
67% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Flat Surface Studio
Windows
Step into the world of "Nevermind this", a heart-pumping horror where confusion, chaos, fear, distraction and even fun come together for an unique game experience, in a cursed hut from old Lumberjack. Don't let them mess with your mind.
Why similar: Demons 24%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 9.8%, 1990's 9.1%
- #59 They See You
65% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: MengEXE
Windows
A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.
Why similar: Horror 14.7%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, First-Person 8.6%