- #1 Desktop Explorer
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: 1990's 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #2 VirtuaVerse
97% matchVery Positive82% of 1,116 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.3%, Old School 14.9%, 1990's 13.7%, Futuristic 9%, Retro 8.8%
- #3 98xx
95% matchVery Positive81% of 488 reviews2023
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 27.6%, Puzzle 20%, Mystery 18.6%, Indie 3.1%
- #4 Back in 1995
96% matchMixed66% of 146 reviews2016
Dev: Throw the warped code outPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, 1990's 13.3%, Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 11.3%
- #5 Neon Hearts City
94% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 13.6%, 1990's 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Old School 9%
- #6 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,693 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Retro 13.3%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #7 Paratopic: Overdub
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Before the Backrooms ... before analog horror ... there were the tapes
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Retro 22.5%, Horror 17.5%, Stylized 11.8%, Mystery 11.4%
- #8 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
92% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Disordered Media
Windows
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Mystery 19.5%, Puzzle 16.2%, Exploration 10.7%
- #9 CD-ROM
91% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2026
Dev: monoclelord
Windows
10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey.
Why similar: 1990's 20%, Retro 16.3%, Mystery 15.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #10 Psychroma
91% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
Windows · Linux
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Futuristic 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #11 ZERO PROTOCOL
89% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Old School 14.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #12 No Players Online
89% matchVery Positive84% of 690 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Retro 24.6%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 23.2%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #13 ELEVATOR: AVICI
87% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Retro 21.8%, Horror 20.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #14 Psi Project
90% matchMostly Negative40% of 156 reviews2017
Dev: Vyacheslav ShilikhinPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Psi Project is a hardcore 2D shooter with elements of horror. The main character wakes up in an unknown place. Absolutely remembers nothing. Who he is and how he got here. Throughout search of answers he is strongly plagued by different kinds of hallucinations.
Why similar: Old School 24.4%, Retro 20.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Horror 13.4%
- #15 GAME.exe
88% matchVery Positive83% of 471 reviews2021
Dev: Punx Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 16%
You bought a PC that belonged to a suicidal developer, do you dare to run "Game.exe"?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, 1990's 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Colorful 9.3%
- #16 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
86% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 21.3%, Retro 19.3%, 1990's 18%, Adventure 7.7%
- #17 Ib
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,340 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Exploration 11.1%
- #18 The Abandoned Planet
84% matchVery Positive94% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: 1990's 13.7%, Old School 12.8%, Futuristic 12%, Puzzle 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #19 白昼梦 · 心象病院
85% matchVery Positive84% of 256 reviews2024
Dev: 林檎树Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Futuristic 15.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #20 The Third Shift
84% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?
Why similar: Retro 16.6%, Horror 15.8%, 1990's 13.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Mystery 12%
- #21 Free Will
82% matchVery Positive96% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.4%, RPG 18.6%, Horror 13.1%, Top-Down 10.3%, Exploration 9%
- #22 Plastomorphosis
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Old School 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, 1990's 14.5%, Retro 14.2%, Horror 13.6%
- #23 Fortuito: Lost History
82% matchVery Positive81% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: 1990's 24.9%, Puzzle 16.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Retro 15.7%, Horror 9.9%
- #24 Escape2088
83% matchMixed42% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Escape2088 is an old-school escape room game set in a futuristic, cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Futuristic 9.5%
- #25 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
78% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Mystery 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 11.4%
- #26 macdows 95
81% matchVery Positive92% of 620 reviews2019
Dev: Yunus Ayyildiz
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
you have an update for your operating system...
Why similar: Puzzle 22.6%, Mystery 17.9%, 1990's 17.6%, Retro 16.9%, Indie 10.6%
- #27 Backspace Backspace Backspace
79% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Mystery 9.4%, Retro 8.4%
- #28 Dissonance
79% matchVery Positive92% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Resonance StudioPub: FAFO Studio
Windows
Dissonance is a top-down 3rd person adventure game. Players will encounter supernatural anomalies and creatures. Find and use specialized gadgets to aid you in your journey. Explore the abandoned research facility and reveal the secret of the organization that sent you here.
Why similar: 1990's 26.3%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Mystery 15%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 8%
- #29 Terminal Lucidity
77% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Happy Accident Studios
Windows
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.2%, Puzzle 14.3%, Old School 11.4%, Mystery 8.9%
- #30 DYING: Reborn
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Puzzle 25.2%, Horror 15.9%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 7.9%
- #31 Mycopsychosys: Remastered
74% matchVery Positive98% of 250 reviews2025
Dev: DeltaCat Studio Pub: DeltaCat Studio
Windows
🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?
Why similar: 1990's 26.6%, Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Sci-fi 17%, RPG 12.2%
- #32 回门 Way Back Home
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 524 reviews2021
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室
Windows
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Horror 17.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Retro 14%, Puzzle 13.1%
- #33 The Night of the Scissors
76% matchVery Positive93% of 480 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Old School 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #34 Cursed Mansion
76% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.3%, Mystery 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #35 Consternation II
77% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: CrackedGhostGamesPub: Raster_Entertainment
Windows
After an unfortunate accident at Sorley Paper Mill, the facility was abandoned and left to rot. Multiple urban explorers venture into the facility, never to be heard from again. Police eventually walled off the mill in order to keep trespassers out... Or to keep something in...
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Retro 12.5%, Old School 12%, Puzzle 11.7%, Indie 11%
- #36 Blank Frame
75% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Through TunnelPub: Sumerian Games
Windows
Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar.
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Retro 14.5%, Stylized 13.2%
- #37 Endacopia
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 7,578 reviews2026
Dev: Andyland
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 13.8%, Old School 13.7%, Retro 12.2%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #38 Them
72% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Retro 16.6%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #39 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
73% matchVery Positive94% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: 1990's 33.5%, Horror 18.2%, Old School 11.4%, Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #40 This is Interesting
71% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 11.9%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 10.1%
- #41 Dead Dreams
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Retro 17.3%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 14.8%, Puzzle 12.6%
- #42 First Session
74% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Retro 18.6%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 11.4%
- #43 Bubbaruka!
73% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Benjamin SchadePub: Super Nova Studios
Windows
A survival horror puzzle game about exploring an abandoned children's toy, stalked by the shambling husks of scrapped concepts that pursue you endlessly throughout the environment as you try to solve the cryptic puzzles left behind by the developers and keep your pet alive.
Why similar: 1990's 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #44 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
73% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Old School 32.7%, Puzzle 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #45 Loathful
71% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Dive into a bone-chilling horror experience with PS1-style graphics. Step into the shoes of a Neural Net Solutions employee testing a virtual reality vacation system. Brace yourself for an immersive journey into terror, where the past meets cutting-edge fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Retro 24.5%, Horror 19.6%, Stylized 12.2%, Exploration 8.4%
- #46 The Corruption Within
72% 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: Mystery 17.5%, Retro 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Horror 10%
- #47 UNREAL LIFE
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,999 reviews2020
Dev: hako lifePub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 311.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
And now, for today's story.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 9.8%
- #48 Blackout Hospital
70% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows
When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...
Why similar: Puzzle 15.9%, RPG 13.4%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%
- #49 Nightmare Zapping
70% 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: Horror 18.9%, Retro 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Mystery 15.1%
- #50 Tormenture
69% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Retro 17.4%, Old School 13.6%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #51 愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF
67% matchVery Positive96% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Anonymous
Windows
"NARRENSCHIFF" is a psychological horror puzzle game. Players take on the role of an amnesiac man who awakens in a mysterious mental hospital. As they explore, they unravel a story involving their own origins and the conspiracy brewing within the walls of the mental institution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Puzzle 16.2%, RPG 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Sci-fi 12.5%
- #52 Firework
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 44,473 reviews2021
Dev: Shiying StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Old School 10.8%
- #53 STASIS
71% matchVery Positive82% of 2,377 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.9%, Horror 19.1%, Old School 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Retro 10.1%
- #54 Beyond the Doors
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Error
Windows · Linux
An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building
Why similar: Old School 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Retro 14.6%, Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #55 TOY BOX
68% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 28%, Stylized 13.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, 2D 10.5%
- #56 New Folder
66% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Evicted Games
Windows
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Mystery 22.5%, Puzzle 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Retro 12.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #57 Mythargia
68% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: RunByCoffeePub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows · Linux
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
Why similar: Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Horror 12%, RPG 11.7%
- #58 Paranormal Night Shift
66% matchVery Positive97% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Mystery 22.8%, Puzzle 21.3%, Horror 11.8%, Indie 6%
- #59 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
68% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Retro 22.5%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #60 Return to Shironagasu Island
66% matchVery Positive94% of 4,299 reviews2020
Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Mystery 30.6%, Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Sci-fi 8%