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Games Like I live under your house.

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, First-Person.

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You are a monster under someone's house.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 305 reviews
Released: 2022-10-31
Developer: SpoocleMacBoogle
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 1.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 2.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 66%

Overview

We live under your house. is a uniquely unsettling experience that blends domestic horror with interactive fiction and surreal, monstrous perspectives. These recommendations focus on games that prioritize psychological dread, experimental narrative structures, and the feeling of being trapped in claustrophobic or uncanny environments.

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  1. #1 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
    97% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows

    There is a monster living in your apartment.

    Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Noir 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Point & Click 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact thematic focus on monstrous domestic cohabitation and interactive narrative styles.

  2. #2 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
    96% matchMixed66% of 56 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%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Horror 11.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It captures the same surreal, experimental horror vibe through a point-and-click visual novel framework.

  3. #3 Who's Lila?
    96% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
    Dev: Garage Heathen
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Horror 12.5%, 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. #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 25.2%, Visual Novel 23%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, 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. #5 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 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 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, 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. #6 a pet shop after dark
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 399 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 21.5%, Point & Click 18.2%, Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Hidden Object 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark, interactive fiction experience that uses point-and-click elements to build a sense of dread.

  7. #7 Mouthwashing
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,133 reviews2024
    Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 33.6%, Horror 33%, Story Rich 12.3%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy psychological horror game that excels at creating surreal, claustrophobic, and deeply uncomfortable scenarios.

  8. #8 Life Eater
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 339 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 30.3%, Point & Click 26.1%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines simulation and interactive fiction to create a disturbing, horror-focused narrative experience.

  9. #9 my eyes deceive
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 830 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 28.9%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, RPG 12.4%, First-Person 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that uses pixel art to explore psychological horror and unreliable perspectives.

  10. #10 Darkness Under My Bed
    91% matchVery Positive90% of 92 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 27.1%, Horror 17.5%, Point & Click 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Directly explores the fear of what hides beneath the floorboards in a classic horror setting.

  11. #11 This Is Not Your House
    90% matchVery Positive88% of 252 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 18.7%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11%

    Why You'll Like It: A surreal interactive fiction game that plays with the concept of home invasion and psychological displacement.

  12. #12 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
    Dev: Marevo Collective
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 47.2%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 13.2%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric indie horror game that shares the theme of isolation and hidden secrets within a domestic space.

  13. #13 Buddy Simulator 1984
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,160 reviews2021
    Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.8 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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative horror game that uses interactive fiction to manipulate the player's sense of safety.

  14. #14 Stay Out of the House
    88% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
    Dev: Puppet Combo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 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 55.5%, Multiple Endings 24.1%, First-Person 20.3%

    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. #15 Stories Untold
    87% matchVery Positive87% of 5,390 reviews2017
    Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

    Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Point & Click 30.8%, Psychological Horror 26%, Story Rich 7%

    Why You'll Like It: An anthology of interactive fiction horror stories that masterfully uses retro aesthetics to build tension.

  16. #16 the static speaks my name
    86% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
    Dev: the whale husband
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 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 38.8%, Psychological Horror 36.3%, First-Person 13.1%, RPG 8.9%, Exploration 2.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A brief, surreal, and deeply psychological experience that captures the same feeling of isolation as the seed game.

  17. #17 The Door in the Basement
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 177 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 38.4%, Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric exploration and the mystery of what lies hidden in the dark.

  18. #18 Haunted Property
    83% matchVery Positive93% of 180 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 34%, Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, First-Person 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction walking simulator that explores the eerie history of a specific location.

  19. #19 It follows you
    86% matchMixed50% of 50 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 29.4%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 12.3%, 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.

  20. #20 Inscryption
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
    Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 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 39.5%, Point & Click 23.1%, Story Rich 15.7%, First-Person 10.1%, 3D 6.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Uses meta-horror and surreal narrative elements to create a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere.

  21. #21 Paratopic
    84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
    Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 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 62.2%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, First-Person 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: An experimental, low-poly horror game that relies on surreal imagery and disjointed narrative to unsettle the player.

  22. #22 Moving Houses
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 251 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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Exploration 19.5%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses the setting of a house to explore themes of displacement and fear.

  23. #23 WORLD OF HORROR
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
    Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 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 33.3%, Point & Click 29.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, RPG 10.8%, 2D 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that uses point-and-click mechanics to explore cosmic and psychological dread.

  24. #24 The Cat Lady
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 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 29.7%, Point & Click 27.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Exploration 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological adventure game that deals with heavy themes and surreal, dreamlike horror.

  25. #25 UnderDread
    84% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
    Dev: Bigzur Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 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 41.1%, Exploration 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Story Rich 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A horror-exploration game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in an underground, unsettling environment.

  26. #26 Iron Lung
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

    Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Exploration 11.9%, 3D 6.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in claustrophobic, short-form horror that focuses on the terror of the unknown.

  27. #27 Fatum Betula
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,092 reviews2020
    Dev: Bryce Bucher
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 35.4%, Psychological Horror 20%, First-Person 19.6%, Casual 12.6%, Exploration 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal indie game that focuses on exploration and unsettling, dreamlike environments.

  28. #28 Cryptmaster
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 2,188 reviews2024
    Dev: Paul HartPub: Akupara Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 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 53.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, RPG 10.3%, 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. #29 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,249 reviews2025
    Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 27.4%, Horror 20.8%, Exploration 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, First-Person 10.6%

  30. #30 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 29.5%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, 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.

  31. #31 The Exit 8
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 10,306 reviews2023
    Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

    Why similar: Underground 39.8%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 9.2%

  32. #32 House
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2020
    Dev: Bark Bark Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 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 57.6%, Multiple Endings 21.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, 2D 9.2%

  33. #33 Uninvited Guest
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
    Dev: AdroVGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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 31.5%, Hidden Object 27.8%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 4.8%

  34. #34 Under the River
    74% matchVery Positive96% of 188 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 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 11.2%, Multiple Endings 5%

  35. #35 Unwelcome
    77% matchVery Positive82% of 66 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 30.8%, Horror 17.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 10.1%

  36. #36 Family curse
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 235 reviews2023
    Dev: Stork Game
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 31.8%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Exploration 20.2%, First-Person 15.2%, Story Rich 8.5%

  37. #37 The Doll's Window
    76% 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 23.9%, Hidden Object 21.7%, Horror 17.4%, RPG 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

  38. #38 BIRDHOUSE
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 178 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 37.7%, RPG 23.3%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Story Rich 6.7%

  39. #39 Lost in Vivo
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
    Dev: KIRA
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

    Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Psychological Horror 34.8%, First-Person 15.7%, Multiple Endings 8%

  40. #40 Sub Terra
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 78 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 34.2%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 6.8%

  41. #41 You Will (Not) Remain
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 2,523 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 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

  42. #42 Escape from Yandere
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 952 reviews2026
    Dev: VorhGames
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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 38.4%, Horror 29.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, First-Person 10.5%, RPG 6.8%

  43. #43 ColdSide
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 519 reviews2020
    Dev: AdroVGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.

    Why similar: Horror 44.7%, Psychological Horror 34%, First-Person 21.3%

  44. #44 Infliction
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
    Dev: Caustic Reality
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 24%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%

  45. #45 You Shouldn't Be Here
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 70 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 34.4%, Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 11.2%, 2D 5.4%

  46. #46 No, I'm not a Voenkom
    71% matchMixed47% of 99 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 25.1%, RPG 16%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

  47. #47 Lakeview Valley
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 745 reviews2019
    Dev: Roope Tamminen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 40.4%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9%, RPG 8.2%

  48. #48 No, I'm not a Human
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
    Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, First-Person 10.3%

  49. #49 FLATHEAD
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 398 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 35.1%, Horror 34.1%, First-Person 15.8%, Multiple Endings 15%

  50. #50 The Sushi House
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 101 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 42.4%, Horror 23.6%, First-Person 14%, Choices Matter 11.6%, 3D 8.3%

  51. #51 Deep Under
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 54 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Horror 21.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%

  52. #52 Tear Factory
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2022
    Dev: Daddysucc5000
    Windows

    A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

    Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  53. #53 Last Neighbor
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 285 reviews2019
    Dev: TrerPlayPub: Edco Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    You play as a young thief who broke into the wrong house, he thought the place was empty because he saw the owners leaving with suitcases, but there was still somebody in the house. It could be dangerous so you have to get out fast.

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, First-Person 12.6%, 3D 7.1%

  54. #54 Confabulation: Homestead
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
    Dev: Authogin
    Windows

    Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 25.5%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Exploration 10.6%

  55. #55 The Underground Man
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
    Dev: Mehsoft
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

    Why similar: Story Rich 37.2%, RPG 28.3%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, 2D 12.7%

  56. #56 MIRROR MIRROR
    67% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
    Windows

    MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.

    Why similar: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 12.2%

  57. #57 Immortal Mantis
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 240 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%

  58. #58 Unemployment Simulator 2018
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
    Windows

    Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

    Why similar: Life Sim 39.8%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%

  59. #59 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
    66% matchMostly Positive73% of 343 reviews2025
    Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
    Windows · Mac

    Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.6%, Hidden Object 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 13%, Story Rich 7.7%

  60. #60 Cave Crawler
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
    Dev: Technomancy Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.

    Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, First-Person 17.8%, 3D 11.6%

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