- #1 SIMULACRA
97% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 29.2% ★, Psychological 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Horror 8.7%
- #2 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,141 reviews2019
Dev: Rhinotales
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Why similar: FMV 37.4% ★, Choices Matter 15.7%, Cinematic 11.9%, Female Protagonist 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #3 Erica
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: FMV 32% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #4 Night Book
95% matchMixed68% of 586 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Why similar: FMV 36.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Mystery 6.9%
- #5 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
94% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 30.5% ★, Psychological 12.3%, Dark 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Mystery 6.1%
- #6 Martha Is Dead
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological 21.6%, Cinematic 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Horror 10.2%
- #7 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
93% matchVery Positive87% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Psychological 14%, Emotional 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Dark 8.3%
- #8 The Painscreek Killings
92% matchVery Positive91% of 6,013 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Mystery 31%, Horror 25.3%, Story Rich 19.4%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Adventure 5.7%
- #9 The Casting of Frank Stone™
91% matchMixed62% of 5,541 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.5%, Cinematic 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 9.7%
- #10 The Signifier Director's Cut
91% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Emotional 16%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Dark 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #11 The Suicide of Rachel Foster
90% matchMixed68% of 6,754 reviews2020
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Dark 17%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #12 Saint Kotar
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Psychological 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Horror 8.6%
- #13 Hazy Mind
87% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #14 Jessika
89% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: FMV 49.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #15 Morph Girl
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Autumn Knight
Windows
Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.
Why similar: FMV 42% ★, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Horror 7.9%, Visual Novel 6.7%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
- #16 The Complex
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,459 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
Why similar: FMV 46.1% ★, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Female Protagonist 4.6%, Adventure 4%
- #17 The Haunting of Joni Evers
85% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Emotional 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 12%
- #18 The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,102 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Why similar: FMV 49.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Cinematic 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Mystery 7.7%
- #19 Heart of the Forest
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Trapped PredatorPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Why similar: FMV 26.9% ★, Cinematic 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #20 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
84% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Mystery 8.8%
- #21 OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
83% matchVery Positive88% of 2,044 reviews2023
Dev: Night School StudioPub: Netflix
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Narrative 18% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #22 Until Dawn™
82% matchVery Positive82% of 4,574 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Cinematic 10%
- #23 Last Days of Lazarus
82% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania WorksPub: GrimTalin
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Dark 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Cinematic 12.5%, Mystery 11.3%
- #24 Bad Omens: 8th Apartment
81% matchVery Positive89% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Flamingo Games
Windows
You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Dark 13%, Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #25 DEAD LAMB WALKING
79% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #26 Late Shift
81% matchVery Positive86% of 9,107 reviews2017
Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Why similar: FMV 45.3% ★, Choices Matter 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #27 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #28 The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek
78% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: Senokos Games
Windows · Linux
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Emotional 11%, Female Protagonist 11%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #29 Perception
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2017
Dev: The Deep End Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Female Protagonist 31.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #30 The Method of Hiding a Body
77% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, Mystery 18.4%, Multiple Endings 18%, Story Rich 14.8%
- #31 The Medium
77% matchVery Positive89% of 9,813 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.3%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 15.1%, Dark 12.2%
- #32 Case #1472
78% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #33 TELEFORUM
75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,393 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: FMV 20.2% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #34 Life is Strange: True Colors
76% matchVery Positive89% of 16,479 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Emotional 10.7%, Narrative 10.4% ★
- #35 Insight
76% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Emotional 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Cinematic 14%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 13.6%
- #36 Without a Dawn
74% matchVery Positive94% of 679 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Emotional 13.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #37 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,008 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 16.3%, Horror 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Emotional 12.7%, Dark 12.2%
- #38 Back:Fade
74% matchVery Positive81% of 243 reviews2025
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: FMV 31.6% ★, Cinematic 12%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
- #39 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
73% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 12.5%, Psychological 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #40 Love Love Mystery Club
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 559 reviews2026
Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
Windows · Mac
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: FMV 38.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #41 Lost in the Woods
72% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: delulu girl
Windows
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #42 What Remains of Edith Finch
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Story Rich 25%, Mystery 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark 7.8%
- #43 Rainy Butcher
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: Genunie Studio
Windows
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Mystery 10.9%
- #44 Dead Reset
70% matchVery Positive88% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Rift HorrorPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
Why similar: FMV 31.6% ★, Cinematic 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 7.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #45 Prognostic
71% matchVery Positive94% of 487 reviews2022
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Story Rich 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Dark 15.4%, Adventure 8%
- #46 INDIKA
69% matchVery Positive90% of 7,865 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Cinematic 18.5%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #47 Portrait of a Torn
69% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: Firenut Games
Windows
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Psychological 23.2%, Emotional 17.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Dark 13.9%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #48 It Happened At Night
70% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Horror 16.4%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Psychological 12.6%
- #49 Luto
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Cinematic 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 12.8%, Emotional 11.4%
- #50 The Butterfly Collector
67% matchVery Positive89% of 870 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Horror 19.1%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #51 Whitehaven
71% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 16.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #52 Rainswept
70% matchVery Positive87% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: Frostwood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Psychological 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Emotional 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #53 SIMULACRA 2
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 39.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #54 IMMORTALITY
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,884 reviews2022
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Half Mermaid
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 31.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Emotional 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Horror 8.1%
- #55 BURIED STARS
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,079 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Psychological 14.8%, Cinematic 11.6%, Emotional 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #56 Siberian Way
67% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Psychological 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Dark 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%
- #57 The Rainman
67% matchVery Positive98% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Copperbolt
Windows
Watch your back in the small peaceful town of Crystalpine Grove, as it is haunted by The Infamous Rainman.
Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #58 My Sleeping Girlfriend
65% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 21.7%, Dark 12.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #59 Afterdream
66% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%