- #1 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
97% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
There is a monster living in your apartment.
Why similar: Word Game 20.4%, Noir 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Point & Click 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact thematic focus on monstrous domestic cohabitation and interactive narrative styles.
- #2 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
96% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: CRPG 23.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same surreal, experimental horror vibe through a point-and-click visual novel framework.
- #3 Who's Lila?
96% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, unsettling psychological horror experience with point-and-click mechanics and a focus on identity.
- #4 My Head On Your Body
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This experimental title focuses on body horror and psychological themes within a visual novel structure.
- #5 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,252 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Story Rich 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly surreal and psychological visual novel that mirrors the unsettling, intimate atmosphere of the seed game.
- #6 Mouthwashing
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,381 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Horror 33.4%, Story Rich 12.3%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy psychological horror game that excels at creating surreal, claustrophobic, and deeply uncomfortable scenarios.
- #7 a pet shop after dark
94% matchVery Positive89% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.3%, Point & Click 18.2%, Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hidden Object 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, interactive fiction experience that uses point-and-click elements to build a sense of dread.
- #8 Life Eater
92% matchVery Positive83% of 378 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Point & Click 26.2%, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines simulation and interactive fiction to create a disturbing, horror-focused narrative experience.
- #9 Darkness Under My Bed
91% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Underground 27% ★, Horror 17.7%, Point & Click 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Directly explores the fear of what hides beneath the floorboards in a classic horror setting.
- #10 my eyes deceive
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 936 reviews2024
Dev: nouhidev
Windows
Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, RPG 12.4%, First-Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that uses pixel art to explore psychological horror and unreliable perspectives.
- #11 This Is Not Your House
90% matchVery Positive87% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
Windows
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal interactive fiction game that plays with the concept of home invasion and psychological displacement.
- #12 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
89% matchVery Positive87% of 2,470 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Horror 47.7%, Psychological Horror 25%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric indie horror game that shares the theme of isolation and hidden secrets within a domestic space.
- #13 Buddy Simulator 1984
89% matchVery Positive93% of 4,346 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 22%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative horror game that uses interactive fiction to manipulate the player's sense of safety.
- #14 Stay Out of the House
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 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: Horror 56.8%, Multiple Endings 23.4%, First-Person 19.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that focuses on the terror of being trapped in a house with a dangerous presence.
- #15 Stories Untold
87% matchVery Positive87% of 5,505 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Point & Click 30.3%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Story Rich 7%
Why You'll Like It: An anthology of interactive fiction horror stories that masterfully uses retro aesthetics to build tension.
- #16 the static speaks my name
86% matchVery Positive82% of 5,796 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 36%, First-Person 13.1%, RPG 8.7%, Exploration 3%
Why You'll Like It: A brief, surreal, and deeply psychological experience that captures the same feeling of isolation as the seed game.
- #17 Paratopic
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 62.6%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental, low-poly horror game that relies on surreal imagery and disjointed narrative to unsettle the player.
- #18 Haunted Property
83% matchVery Positive93% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction walking simulator that explores the eerie history of a specific location.
- #19 Inscryption
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,054 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Point & Click 23.2%, Story Rich 15.7%, First-Person 10%, 3D 6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses meta-horror and surreal narrative elements to create a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere.
- #20 The Door in the Basement
84% matchVery Positive88% of 188 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Underground 38.3% ★, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric exploration and the mystery of what lies hidden in the dark.
- #21 It follows you
85% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Hidden Object 29.6%, Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted in a confined space.
- #22 Moving Houses
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 261 reviews2024
Dev: Gordon Little
Windows
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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Exploration 19.6%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses the setting of a house to explore themes of displacement and fear.
- #23 WORLD OF HORROR
81% matchVery Positive90% of 9,835 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Horror 33.7%, Point & Click 29.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, RPG 10.8%, 2D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that uses point-and-click mechanics to explore cosmic and psychological dread.
- #24 The Cat Lady
81% matchVery Positive94% of 6,285 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Point & Click 27.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Story Rich 10.2%, Exploration 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological adventure game that deals with heavy themes and surreal, dreamlike horror.
- #25 Iron Lung
79% matchVery Positive92% of 11,191 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Psychological Horror 27%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 12%, 3D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in claustrophobic, short-form horror that focuses on the terror of the unknown.
- #26 UnderDread
84% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Exploration 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-exploration game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in an underground, unsettling environment.
- #27 Fatum Betula
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,178 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, First-Person 19.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Casual 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal indie game that focuses on exploration and unsettling, dreamlike environments.
- #28 Cryptmaster
78% matchVery Positive93% of 2,281 reviews2024
Dev: Paul HartPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?
Why similar: Word Game 52.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, RPG 10.5%, First-Person 10%, 3D 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique word-based mechanics that make it a standout in the interactive fiction and RPG space.
- #29 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,839 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Horror 21.2%, Exploration 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, First-Person 10.5%
- #30 Scream under the house
78% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, First-Person 12%
- #31 A House Inside Me
77% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Multiple Endings 21.9%, 2D 9.2%
- #32 Clown In a House
79% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Krispy Animation
Windows
A lone clown explores a mysterious home. He meets strange inhabitants on his journey to discover why he exists. Join him, and you may discover a thing or two about yourself.
Why similar: Exploration 29.9%, Horror 29.7%, Multiple Endings 20.5%, Story Rich 14.3%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich exploration game that uses the domestic setting to build a sense of unease.
- #33 FEED IT
76% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: Games On A ChairPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac
A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #34 The Exit 8
74% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Underground 38.7% ★, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 9.2%
- #35 Uninvited Guest
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 350 reviews2021
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Hidden Object 28%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 4.7%
- #36 Under the River
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 543 reviews2026
Dev: 夜火游戏(Night Fire Game)
Windows
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots. To survive, you must devour her. One begs you to eat her. One begs you to stay human. What will you choose?
Why similar: Word Game 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, RPG 11.3%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #37 Unwelcome
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Why similar: Hidden Object 31.7%, Horror 17.7%, Exploration 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 9.9%
- #38 No, I'm not a Human
70% matchVery Positive93% of 30,435 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 29.2%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, First-Person 10.1%
- #39 SUBSUMED
73% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: HazzyPub: adjective noun
Windows
A claustrophobic first-person horror game about crawling through a dark, winding cave system in search of three missing divers.
Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Underground 22.4% ★, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Exploration 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #40 Escape from Yandere
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,403 reviews2026
Dev: VorhGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Yandera has locked you in your house and is asking for a declaration of love. You can stay with her or try to escape. Explore the house, but be careful, Yandera can kill you.
Why similar: Life Sim 35.5%, Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 9.8%, RPG 5.5%
- #41 ACCIDENTALLY
73% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: M&K WORKSPub: Storytaco
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chance encounter. An inevitable murder. The truth always hides where you least expect it. Survive the night in this mansion.
Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #42 The Doll's Window
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ujumiru
Windows
A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Hidden Object 21.9%, Horror 17.5%, RPG 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #43 Family curse
73% matchVery Positive91% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Exploration 20.3%, First-Person 15.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #44 BIRDHOUSE
71% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: HELLLST4R
Windows
A short narrative-driven horror game made in RPGmaker featuring hand-drawn graphics and animated cutscenes. Players navigate the house and its backyard, interacting with the environment and collecting key items to progress the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, RPG 23.4%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #45 FLATHEAD
71% matchVery Positive94% of 412 reviews2024
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 34.6%, First-Person 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.9%
- #46 House
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,179 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: Horror 58.2%, Multiple Endings 21%, Psychological Horror 12%, 2D 8.8%
- #47 Sub Terra
70% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #48 You Will (Not) Remain
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,556 reviews2022
Dev: Bedtime PhobiasPub: No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher
Windows
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Point & Click 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #49 You Shouldn't Be Here
69% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, First-Person 11.1%, 2D 5.3%
- #50 Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek
74% matchMixed51% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: GameXP.com
Windows · Mac
Trip to a abandoned mansion led to an imprisonment inside the maniac’s house
Why similar: CRPG 31.4%, Hidden Object 21.7%, Horror 13.8%, Point & Click 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #51 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,550 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Point & Click 22%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #52 No, I'm not a Voenkom
69% matchMixed46% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, RPG 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #53 Coincidences?
65% matchVery Positive91% of 376 reviews2026
Dev: FogTime
Windows
After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Exploration 7%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #54 The Sushi House
67% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Noirbit
Windows
On your first day at the sushi shop, everything seemed normal. But a subtle sense of unease begins to seep into your daily routine. And slowly, you find yourself drawn toward something hidden within.
Why similar: Life Sim 41.8%, Horror 24.6%, First-Person 14%, Choices Matter 11.4%, 3D 8.3%
- #55 Horripilant
64% matchVery Positive92% of 2,914 reviews2026
Dev: Alexandre Declos Pub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows · Linux
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Point & Click 23.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Exploration 13.7%, RPG 9.8%
- #56 Lakeview Valley
69% matchVery Positive83% of 759 reviews2019
Dev: Roope Tamminen
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Murder rpg set in the small town of Lakeview Valley. Become the most popular home-owner or succumb to your dark desires. The choice is yours.
Why similar: CRPG 40.5%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9%, RPG 8.3%
- #57 Tear Factory
68% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #58 Infliction
68% matchVery Positive81% of 962 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.2%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #59 Immortal Mantis
67% matchVery Positive95% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: BitlifePub: Bitlife
Windows
Discover secrets, solve puzzles and survive the serial-killer in this pixelated topdown. You are Akin, an exterminator, who bought a house in a rural area, but the past of this house will affect your present.
Why similar: Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Hidden Object 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #60 Deep Under
66% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Horror 21.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Story Rich 6.6%