Games Like I'm on Observation Duty 3

A spot the difference -type of puzzle horror game about monitoring live surveillance camera footage and spotting anomalies. Anomalies range from furniture movement to intruders. Fix anomalies by filing reports. You will need sharp eyes and good memory. The goal is to survive the entire night.

Why similar: Sokoban 14.5% ★, Psychological 14.1%, Lovecraftian 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Investigation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel continues the core gameplay loop of monitoring surveillance cameras for supernatural anomalies.

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: Sokoban 17.3% ★, Psychological 14.5%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Hidden Object 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Another essential entry in the series that expands on the anomaly-spotting mechanics with new environments.

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: Illuminati 19% ★, Psychological 14.5%, Lovecraftian 12.2%, Hidden Object 12%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' tradition of testing your attention to detail against increasingly bizarre paranormal events.

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: Psychological 15.9%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Lovecraftian 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: A polished continuation that maintains the high-stakes surveillance gameplay of the original titles.

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: Psychological 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Illuminati 15.1% ★, Hidden Object 12.3%, Horror 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: The latest iteration in the series, offering refined graphics and new, challenging anomaly types.

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: Psychological Horror 36.1%, Horror 31.6%, Puzzle 15.4%, Hidden Object 13.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: The original game that established the surveillance-based anomaly detection genre.

Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.6%, Horror 34.5%, Puzzle 19%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic entry that solidified the series' reputation for intense, psychological surveillance horror.

A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Psychological 18.6%, Hidden Object 16%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mimics the surveillance-based anomaly detection mechanics with a focus on atmospheric horror.

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Hidden Object 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Mystery 12.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on identifying anomalies in a looping environment, mirroring the core gameplay loop of the seed game.

You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Hidden Object 19.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, Horror 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to the anomaly-spotting genre by the same developer as Exit 8.

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Hidden Object 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar point-and-click surveillance gameplay where you must identify supernatural disturbances.

You've been tasked to observe supposedly haunted locations. Observe and log paranormal events and use the tools at your disposal to gather data on any potential paranormal threats and exterminate them if necessary.

Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, VR 15%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Hidden Object 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the surveillance-based horror theme with a focus on identifying supernatural threats.

Can you survive the night watching the haunted house?

Why similar: Hidden Object 20.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.9%, Survival 13.6%, Mystery 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the same watch-and-report mechanic within a haunted environment.

Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!

Why similar: Hidden Object 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, Investigation 10%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game centered on spotting changes in your surroundings.

A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 20.9%, First-Person 16.5%, Exploration 14.9%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on investigating strange occurrences in a static, looping environment.

Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Hidden Object 19.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Puzzle 12.6%, Survival Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the feeling of monitoring a haunted location during a night shift.

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Hidden Object 19.6%, Investigation 17%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14%, Mystery 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration with the need to identify subtle environmental anomalies in a mysterious setting.

Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.6%, Hidden Object 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12%, Survival 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar first-person psychological horror experience with hidden-object elements.

Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?

Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Hidden Object 16%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features atmospheric horror and hidden-object mechanics that align with the observation genre.

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

Why similar: Hidden Object 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Surreal 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that requires careful observation of your surroundings to progress.

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Surreal 9%

Why You'll Like It: A direct take on the anomaly watch gameplay loop within an office setting.

This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

Why similar: VR 16.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the anomaly-spotting subgenre that focuses on identifying changes in a loop.

Ontotis is a psychological horror game crafted by a solo developer focusing on atmosphere, mystery and an engaging story. Uncover scattered clues to unveil the chilling fate of the house's residents, while encountering a mysterious humanlike figure seemingly connected to them in their haunting tale.

Why similar: Psychological 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and observation.

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

Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Hidden Object 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on investigating and monitoring haunted properties for supernatural activity.

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Horror 25.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, First-Person 12.2%, Adventure 5.9%

HINGE is a psychological horror VR adventure. You suddenly find yourself in an abandoned skyscraper, devoid of all your senses and memories. The laws of physics are distorted, and time has collapsed. The only way out is to step into the terrifying unknown and piece together the fragmented clues

Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.7%, VR 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Investigation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar VR-compatible psychological horror experience with a focus on mystery.

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 18.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Dark 9.1%

In an undisclosed location, somewhere on the floor of the Pacific ocean, is Station 117 - a classified research facility doing totally secret work. What you discover will change everything.

Why similar: Puzzle 35%, Adventure 31.3%, First-Person 28.9%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features environmental puzzle-solving and anomaly detection in a mysterious, isolated setting.

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

Why similar: Hidden Object 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 8.5%

UFOPHILIA is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore areas marked by alien phenomena. Use specialized equipment to detect, identify, and photograph aliens—but do so at your own risk... They are watching you too.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 18.6%, Investigation 18%, Mystery 12.9%, First-Person 10.5%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Hidden Object 7.8%

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 21.8%, Hidden Object 17.8%, First-Person 14.1%, 3D 6.8%

İBLİS 3: PHENOMENA is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious house set in realistic, slow-paced, atmospheric, and disturbing environments. It contains no puzzle or exploration elements; it is entirely built on tension and psychological pressure.

Why similar: Psychological 27%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 13.3%, Surreal 11.2%, Mystery 9.8%

"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.2%, Investigation 11.4%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 8.6%

In Fear I Trust is a critically acclaimed first-person horror adventure. Explore eerie locations, solve puzzles and unravel the dark truth behind a secret soviet experiment in this story-driven psychological thriller.

Why similar: VR 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Investigation 14%, Psychological 13.8%, Horror 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that uses puzzle-solving and observation to uncover a dark narrative.

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.1%, Survival 9.9%, Dark 8.6%

The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.

Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.2%, Hidden Object 9.7%, Survival 8.2%

Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the screens.

Why similar: Psychological 26.8%, Investigation 23.2%, Mystery 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 11.9%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Dark 7.7%, First-Person 6.9%

You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 15.3%, First-Person 11.9%

Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Mystery 25.1%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Hidden Object 10.8%, Psychological Horror 6.1%

Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: VR 48.6%, Puzzle 22.7%, Horror 14.5%, Adventure 12%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Survival Horror 30.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, First-Person 8.2%, VR 7.6%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Psychological 17%, Psychological Horror 17%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Investigation 12.6%

DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.1%, VR 16.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.4%

DeathOmen is a short psychological horror Experience that challenges players to maintain their sanity over the nights in a mysterious house that hides mystery and fear, disturbing events and jumpscares.

Why similar: Psychological 23.3%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 8.8%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%

Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

Why similar: VR 24.8%, Survival Horror 13%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 8.4%

You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Psychological 19.6%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%

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

Why similar: Psychological 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Surreal 9.2%

I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.

Why similar: Hidden Object 19.6%, Investigation 18%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 9.9%

A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.

Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Lovecraftian 18.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%

Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.

Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 9.5%

A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.

Why similar: Hidden Object 25.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.9%, Investigation 13.7%, First-Person 7.3%

Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.1%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological 11.1%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

Why similar: VR 18.4%, Survival Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.2%, Mystery 9.5%

Handyman needed—ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.2%, Horror 23.6%, Mystery 16.1%, First-Person 15.5%, Dark 8.7%

The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.

Why similar: VR 31.1%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Puzzle 12.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 10.9%