- #1 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
96% matchVery Positive92% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Point & Click 28.3%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This folk horror point-and-click adventure captures the same eerie, atmospheric tension and high-quality pixel art.
- #2 The Charnel House Trilogy
97% matchVery Positive80% of 687 reviews2015
Dev: Owl Cave
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.8%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this is a masterful anthology of interconnected horror stories told through a point-and-click interface.
- #3 The House in Fata Morgana
96% matchVery Positive95% of 6,643 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 29.5% ★, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This gothic visual novel offers a deeply emotional and atmospheric narrative experience that matches the seed game's psychological depth.
- #4 Fran Bow
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,901 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Psychological 11.3%, Dark 11.3%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential psychological horror point-and-click game that explores surreal, dark themes through a child's perspective.
- #5 Strangeland
94% matchVery Positive93% of 975 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Narrative 12.6% ★, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and cryptic point-and-click adventure that mirrors the psychological complexity and dreamlike quality of the seed game.
- #6 The Cat Lady
94% 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: Point & Click 19.5%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Dark 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature psychological horror game that excels at character-driven storytelling and unsettling atmosphere.
- #7 Sally Face - Episode One
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 28,581 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Why similar: Narrative 19.9% ★, Point & Click 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Supernatural 10.1%, Dark 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An episodic psychological horror game with a distinct art style and a focus on dark, character-driven mystery.
- #8 The last door
93% match6 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: AlekseyPub: AlekseyN
Windows
You control a combat robot. Your task is to go through the maze, destroy all the enemy robots and get to the finish line. The passages to the other rooms of the maze are littered with stones. You need to use bombs to free the passages.
Why similar: Adventure 51.9%, Atmospheric 48.1%
Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art horror game relies on atmosphere and mystery, perfectly capturing the classic point-and-click horror aesthetic.
- #9 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
91% matchVery Positive93% of 12,888 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Dark 8.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses a 2D side-scrolling perspective to deliver a poignant and dark narrative.
- #10 Burnhouse Lane
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,151 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Dark 26.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 16.1%, Atmospheric 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: From the creators of The Cat Lady, this game offers a similarly grim, narrative-heavy experience with supernatural elements.
- #11 Downfall
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,699 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Point & Click 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21%, Story Rich 14.2%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, psychological horror point-and-click adventure that delves into themes of guilt and trauma.
- #12 Midnight Scenes: The Highway
89% matchVery Positive89% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows · Mac
Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Supernatural 15.7%, Psychological 11.2%, Dark 10%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An episodic, atmospheric horror experience that feels like a spiritual cousin to the short-form storytelling of the seed game.
- #13 An Outcry
89% matchVery Positive93% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Quinn K.
Windows
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Dark 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12.5%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror RPG that uses pixel art to explore themes of isolation and dread in a narrative-heavy format.
- #14 Mothmen 1966
88% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.8%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural, choose-your-own-adventure style game that captures a similar retro-horror aesthetic.
- #15 Little Misfortune
87% matchVery Positive92% of 14,094 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Story Rich 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-driven adventure that balances whimsical art with heavy, unsettling themes.
- #16 It Paints Me
86% matchVery Positive97% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 27.8% ★, Supernatural 14.1%, Dark 11.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, atmospheric horror visual novel that shares the seed game's focus on dark, artistic storytelling.
- #17 Unavowed
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,607 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Supernatural 16.2%, Gothic 10.5% ★, Story Rich 9.7%, Mystery 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with a strong focus on character stories and supernatural mystery.
- #18 WORLD OF HORROR
84% 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: Point & Click 27.4%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Mystery 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An episodic, Lovecraftian-inspired horror game that uses pixel art to build an oppressive and supernatural atmosphere.
- #19 Nightmare Frames
84% matchVery Positive98% of 431 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Supernatural 12%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10%, Dark 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that focuses on psychological tension and a dark, cinematic narrative.
- #20 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
85% matchVery Positive80% of 4,444 reviews2013
Dev: Cardboard Computer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.3%, Narrative 26.9% ★, Atmospheric 14.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more surreal, its focus on travel, atmospheric storytelling, and melancholic character vignettes aligns well with the seed game.
- #21 An English Haunting
82% matchVery Positive96% of 446 reviews2024
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
Why similar: Gothic 21.6% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Supernatural 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Mystery 8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click horror game that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and historical mystery.
- #22 When the Darkness comes
82% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 13.6%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological, atmospheric walking simulator that explores themes of mental health and surreal horror.
- #23 Midnight Syndrome
81% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure game that blends exploration and horror with a focus on narrative mystery.
- #24 Chronicle of Innsmouth
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 261 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Point & Click 65%, Adventure 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure that uses pixel art to evoke a sense of dread and supernatural mystery.
- #25 Detention
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,802 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Point & Click 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Dark 12.8%, Story Rich 11%
Why You'll Like It: A haunting, atmospheric horror game set in a historical context that mirrors the seed game's focus on emotional storytelling.
- #26 Kathy Rain
80% matchVery Positive92% of 4,001 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 97.7%, Mystery 0.5%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Supernatural 0.3%, Psychological Horror 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click mystery that excels at building a compelling, character-focused narrative in a dark setting.
- #27 Marie's Room
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,688 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Story Rich 31.6%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven walking simulator that focuses on emotional storytelling and atmospheric discovery.
- #28 Oxenfree
78% matchVery Positive91% of 12,110 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.7%, Story Rich 19.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Horror 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural thriller that relies on dialogue and atmospheric tension to tell a deeply personal story.
- #29 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Why similar: Mystery 26.3%, Atmospheric 23.4%, Story Rich 20.6%, Psychological Horror 20%, Adventure 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric exploration game that prioritizes mood and narrative discovery over traditional gameplay.
- #30 The Flayed Man
76% matchVery Positive91% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Dark 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Horror 9.1%
- #31 Slender Threads
75% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 9.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #32 Train of Afterlife
81% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Dark 14.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Adventure 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that shares the train-based setting and supernatural, emotional themes of the seed game.
- #33 The Corruption Within
77% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.3%, Psychological 17.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #34 Saihate Station
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,153 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 18.1%, Dark 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #35 A Date in the Park
77% matchVery Positive88% of 2,056 reviews2016
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11%
- #36 Carnival
73% matchVery Positive100% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Supernatural 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 9%
- #37 Football Game
76% matchVery Positive92% of 331 reviews2018
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...
Why similar: Point & Click 15.7%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Psychological 13.2%, Emotional 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #38 Nightmare Zapping
74% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.7%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #39 Darkness Under My Bed
75% 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: Supernatural 18%, Psychological 12.9%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.3%
- #40 Off-Peak
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,838 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Atmospheric 29.7%, Adventure 23.6%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #41 Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
73% matchVery Positive87% of 204 reviews2023
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Narrative 21.2% ★, Point & Click 13%, Supernatural 12%, Psychological 7.6%, Dark 6.7%
- #42 Slender Threads: Prologue
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 519 reviews2021
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Dark 13.7%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 11%
- #43 Channel 4 Midnight
70% matchVery Positive88% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: foolkien
Windows
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 24%, Psychological 16.2%, Dark 10.2%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #44 Our Wonderland
69% matchVery Positive100% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: CarrotPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 14.8%, Story Rich 13.4%
- #45 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
71% matchVery Positive87% of 392 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 17.4%, Emotional 16.1%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #46 Welcome To The Dark Place
69% matchVery Positive88% of 613 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Mystery 21.4%, Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 10.5%
- #47 Midnight Scenes: Among Graves
70% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Emotional 9.8%, Dark 9.5%, Narrative 8.7% ★
- #48 Inversed
71% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Psychological 16.1%, Point & Click 15.1%, Emotional 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 11.4%
- #49 Horns of Fear
72% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.8%
- #50 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
67% matchVery Positive95% of 622 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Supernatural 16.4%, Psychological 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 8.4%
- #51 Deathless Death
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 878 reviews2024
Dev: Dream Delivery CenterPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.2%, Psychological 23.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #52 SIMULACRA
69% matchVery Positive90% of 4,678 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 13%, Dark 9.4%
- #53 Land of Ghosts
66% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: brutal_vap
Windows
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Psychological 15.3%, Story Rich 14.5%, Dark 14.5%
- #54 Game For Anna
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 131 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Hello Anna. I made a game for you. We can play together as we used to.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Supernatural 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological 10.7%
- #55 Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus
66% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus drags you into a sordid world of mirrors and shadows where the demon lurks. Dare to take on this macabre pixel-art graphic adventure of horror and madness. Solve puzzles and explore two parallel timelines.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Dark 8.6%
- #56 White Night
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 411 reviews2015
Dev: OSome StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!
Why similar: Horror 67.2%, Adventure 25.7%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #57 The Plague Doctor of Wippra
67% matchVery Positive89% of 393 reviews2022
Dev: ElectrocosmosPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!
Why similar: Narrative 34.1% ★, Point & Click 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #58 Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story
66% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Under The Bed Games
Windows
Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story is a point & click puzzle adventure with hand-drawn 2D graphics and a cozy horror setting that tells a short story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.1%, Horror 18.5%, Mystery 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 9.4%
- #59 My Friend is a Raven
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2020
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 17%
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Point & Click 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #60 Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
65% matchVery Positive95% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Point & Click 13.6%, Supernatural 12.5%, Psychological 7.8%, Dark 6.4%
