Games Like Illusion 幻覚

Echo Chamber is a psychological horror set in endless looping liminal corridors. Inspired by the echo chamber phenomenon, where perception distorts and amplifies itself, each loop leads to disturbing, macabre rooms. Explore, observe, survive… not everything is as it seems.

Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Third Person 21.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

Hide and Sink is a VHS horror game that tells a story about a group of elementary kids whose after-school hide-and-seek becomes uncanny terror.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 9%, Story Rich 6.8%

Mia Jane disappeared in 1990 during a camping trip. Years later, Gabriel finds her recording while searching for a cure for her infection at the Lurmont facility. Explore two timelines, uncover the hidden truth, and survive the presence that lurks in the shadows of Black Wood.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Adventure 7.5%

The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...

Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 7.2%

Set in a sunless town cursed by the Architect, Mysteries of Black Hollow is a shop management and extraction game. Ride your wagon into blighted lands, gather relics, and trade dark heirlooms to restore the church. But beware: every fortune has its price.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Psychological Horror 30%, Simulation 9.9%, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 5.2%

You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Possible fraud” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.

Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Adventure 18.4%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Indie 2.3%

A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Adventure 6.9%

Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from

Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Psychological Horror 39.3%, Adventure 13%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%

A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 35.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.

Why similar: Horror 42.8%, Psychological Horror 26%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Action-Adventure 7.1%

A forgotten file. An echo that repeats. Memories that aren’t yours. The past always finds a way back. Are you ready to remember?

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Psychological Horror 33%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Story Rich 6.9%

An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.8%, Horror 36%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 3.8%, Indie 3.5%

You are alone in an abandoned maze. A monstrous, hairy spider hunts you. To escape, survive three deadly trials hidden within the maze. Experience intense scares and spine-tingling thrills. Player discretion advised - not recommended for players with arachnophobia.

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Third Person 17.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Action-Adventure 6%

A dark tale set in 17th century. You play as Liberty, a young girl living in a cottage with her parents and her loved dog. Unravel their story while something evil is lurking around them

Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 7.9%

She was sent to the abandoned house in Yeongdeok as part of a viewer punishment challenge. But the joke ended the moment the door slammed shut.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%

This 2D horror game is set in Edo period of Japan. The girl notices that her old sister has disappeared. The girl will look for her and clues of her. What will the girl find in end of the story?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Horror 30.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Indie 6.2%

A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 33.3%, Third Person 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 7.4%

On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 28%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Play as Amaya and Will, navigating a forsaken orphanage where secrets lurk in the dark. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden truths, and survive a psychological horror tale where innocence twists into nightmare and shadows patiently wait to strike.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Third Person 13.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10%

Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.

Why similar: Horror 51.6%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Story Rich 4.1%

You are trapped in an abandoned asylum with no end. Every corner hides something strange. Capture the anomalies with your camera before the loop traps you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 26%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%

Control an RC car in an abandoned hospital. Capture eerie anomalies, avoid making noise, and uncover a chilling mystery—before something finds you first.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Exploration 13.3%, Action-Adventure 8%, Adventure 7.4%

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 44.7%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Exploration 5.9%, Adventure 5.5%

“I Want to See My Mom” Niraya of ■■ is a Japanese-style horror adventure. The story follows Yuni, a young child trapped in a strange otherworld, struggling to find the way back to mother. Evade terrifying monsters and uncover the truth that lies beyond the fear— Please… guide this child safely home.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 20.4%, Third Person 17.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

Alone, you are nothing. She is your shield, your sword. Apart, you are nothing but prey. In this psychological horror action-adventure, survival depends entirely on your bond. No one will take her away from you. No one.

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Exploration 9.1%

You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.

Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Story Rich 6.4%

Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Psychological Horror 36.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 6.5%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 11%, Atmospheric 7.7%

408 - The Forbidden Room is a psychological horror game, inspired by a horror movie story, discover the mysteries behind this Hotel, and try not to be just another victim.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 26.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Simulation 6.8%

Apartment 203: HongKong is a first-person horror adventure game set in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. The story follows a young man who returns from abroad to investigate his sister's mysterious disappearance by moving into her former residence in an old tenement building.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 9.5%

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

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Indie 6.5%

Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.

Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological Horror 33.5%, Adventure 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Traverse the sleeper coaches of an apparent empty Indian train—or so it seems. If you see an anomaly, face it and move forward. If not, it may be a trick of the mind—return to the previous coach. But beware, some anomalies will do everything to stop you. Face them or be lost forever.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 8.2%

A first-person psychological horror experience where your own house becomes a twisted nightmare. Explore disturbing environments, solve puzzles, photograph hidden clues, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious clown watching you.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 8.7%

Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.

Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 30.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Exploration 8.9%, Story Rich 5.7%

In Silent Walls: Origins is a narrative psychological horror game where you investigate an abandoned mansion through disturbing visions and mysterious objects linked to the past.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Third Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%

STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...

Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 5.8%

Refraction is a third-person psychological horror experience where you awaken in a strange room, only to find yourself trapped in a haunting time loop, forced to witness a brutal murder replay itself over and over again.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 21.4%, Third Person 18.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.2%

Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?

Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Psychological Horror 37.2%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 3.5%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Story Rich 9.1%, Exploration 8.9%

A third-person stealth adventure set in a quiet, post-human woodland where survival depends on patience, observation, and restraint. Towering ruins, tangled roots, and dimly lit paths create an environment where every movement matters and safety is never guaranteed.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Third Person 19.4%, Exploration 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%

A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.3%, Horror 30.5%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Evil Spirit is a third-person, single-player psychological horror exploration game. As a psychiatrist drawn into a disturbing mystery, players will investigate a friend's disappearance by exploring eerie environments, collecting clues, and confronting unsettling visions to uncover the dark truth.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 16.5%, Third Person 13.5%

You wake in a strangely familiar place. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. You are being observed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.4%, Horror 28.8%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%, Exploration 7.4%

Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

A thirty-minute childhood-horror walking-sim about toys and a giant rat. A short, single-sitting experience.

Why similar: Horror 41%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 8.2%

PAPAO: The Legend of the Bogeyman is a horror game with mascots. Face mystical figures in dark settings, solve mysteries, and use toys as weapons to tackle challenges as you guide a child through an intense, puzzle-filled storyline

Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 28%, Exploration 16%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Indie 2%

Based on real-life haunted tunnels, this is a first-person horror game. Can you escape the tunnel filled with fear and tension and make it back home safely?

Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Psychological Horror 35.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

"urban nightmare" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Simulation 6.7%

In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.5%, Horror 29.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Story Rich 7.4%

A terrifying VHS-style horror game. You're trapped in a cursed house haunted by a failed ritual. Stay silent, your microphone is always listening. Speak, and something will hear you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Horror 25.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%

Spending the first night in a new apartment can be quite nervewracking. New sounds, and thin walls that seperate you from others in the complex. Do you trust your new surroundings?

Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Psychological Horror 37.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Absolute Tenebra is a third-person survival horror game. Play as a mysterious girl trapped in a surreal building, immersed in a living darkness where nightmares come to life. Explore haunted halls, solve puzzles, and evade horrific creatures to uncover the secrets of the Wardheim Museum.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Third Person 10.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Exploration 8.4%

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 6%, Indie 3.4%

A first person horror adventure set on a farmstead. Make yourself at home and unravel the mystery. Solve the puzzles, escape the nightmares, and by all means, stay clear of the fields.

Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 7.3%

Adam Ridgewell is invited to a job interview, but things will get dark.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.1%, Horror 31.4%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 7.9%

A visionary tyrant shattered civilization with an engineered airborne pathogen, ruling the ruins with an infected horde and elite mercenaries. As one of the rare "Immune" you must fight through the chaos, shatter his empire, and unleash the cure to reclaim our future.

Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 8.5%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Psychological Horror 38.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 31.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%