- #1 Lost in Vivo
97% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Horror 22.7%, Violent 22.3%, Gore 15.5%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same claustrophobic, surreal psychological horror and dimension-shifting dread found in IMMURE.
- #2 Infliction
96% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Gore 32.6%, Violent 25.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 16.6%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a deeply personal, story-driven psychological horror experience set within a domestic space filled with dark secrets.
- #3 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Psychological Horror 40.8%, Horror 39.4%, Violent 16.8%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in mansion-based psychological horror with intense, reality-bending sequences that mirror the unsettling atmosphere of the seed game.
- #4 Layers of Fear
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,635 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.4%, Horror 31.4%, Mystery 24.2%
Why You'll Like It: The shifting architecture and psychological descent of this title perfectly complement the mansion-exploration mechanics of IMMURE.
- #5 SOMA
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Gore 37.4%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 21%, Mystery 11%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a profound psychological horror experience that challenges the player's perception of reality and identity through a dark, narrative-heavy lens.
- #6 Inmates
95% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 68.5%, Indie 31.5%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological thriller focuses on a protagonist trapped in a nightmarish facility, mirroring the sense of isolation and mystery in the seed game.
- #7 Detention
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,710 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 32%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Gore 17.6%, Violent 12.2%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A haunting, atmospheric psychological horror game that uses surreal imagery and historical mystery to create a deeply unsettling experience.
- #8 Cry of Fear
92% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 55.7%, Psychological Horror 39.3%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: This gritty, indie psychological horror title excels at creating a visceral, gore-filled world that reflects the protagonist's internal trauma.
- #9 Mists of Aiden
91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Violent 31.3%, Horror 20.1%, Gore 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Mystery 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This indie horror title emphasizes atmospheric exploration and the uncovering of dark, hidden secrets.
- #10 Martha Is Dead
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.4%, Horror 27.5%, Mystery 23.6%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines intense psychological trauma with graphic, visceral horror in a way that aligns well with the themes of the seed game.
- #11 The Cat Lady
89% matchVery Positive94% of 6,142 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: Psychological Horror 45.7%, Horror 42.6%, Indie 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a dark, surreal narrative filled with tormented souls and psychological depth that resonates with the tone of IMMURE.
- #12 Locked in my Darkness
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Gore 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Violent 21.7%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, psychological exploration of a dark and mysterious environment.
- #13 SIGNALIS
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41%, Violent 38.4%, Mystery 20.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends surreal, psychological horror with a sense of being trapped in a dimension where reality is breaking down.
- #14 Deluded Mind
88% matchMixed61% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Gore 33.7%, Violent 32.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.1%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a first-person psychological horror experience that centers on the protagonist's struggle with their own reality.
- #15 Misery Mansion
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.3%, Horror 35.7%, Mystery 18%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the classic mansion-horror trope with a focus on psychological tension and survival.
- #16 The Dark Occult
86% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Gore 29.8%, Violent 29.3%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Indie 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the mystery and horror of exploring a cursed location, matching the investigative nature of IMMURE.
- #17 Fran Bow
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,182 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.5 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: Psychological Horror 44.1%, Gore 29%, Horror 20.6%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The game's focus on dimensional travel and psychological trauma provides a thematic bridge to the core mechanics of the seed game.
- #18 Amnesia: The Bunker
81% matchVery Positive93% of 11,778 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.2%, Horror 45.8%
Why You'll Like It: The intense feeling of being trapped in a confined, dangerous space with a relentless threat mirrors the core tension of IMMURE.
- #19 Observer: System Redux
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 52%, Horror 48%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, mystery-driven psychological horror experience that delves into the fractured minds of its characters.
- #20 Blackbay Asylum
85% matchMixed57% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: TAD Productions ABPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
Why similar: Gore 52.9%, Violent 28.7%, Horror 12.8%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie horror experience that focuses on the psychological breakdown of the protagonist within a confined, hostile environment.
- #21 Fragile
84% matchMixed64% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Gore 41.6%, Violent 33.4%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie horror game that focuses on the feeling of vulnerability and psychological distress.
- #22 Locked Fears
84% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 50.8%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.6%, Indie 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct, action-oriented horror experience that highlights the violent and gore-focused elements of the genre.
- #23 The Evil Within
81% matchVery Positive85% of 32,856 reviews2014
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Why similar: Gore 44.1%, Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 26.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features surreal, shifting environments and visceral, gore-filled horror that aligns with the seed game's dimensional themes.
- #24 The Tape
82% matchMixed55% of 486 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
Why similar: Gore 33.8%, Violent 30%, Horror 24.7%, Indie 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A focused, atmospheric horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling to build tension.
- #25 Tormenture
78% matchVery Positive88% of 210 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: Horror 53.1%, Mystery 46.9%
- #26 Madness inside
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.
Why similar: Violent 55.5%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Indie 9.4%
- #27 DOCTOR VISCERA
77% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.1%, Horror 35%, Gore 12.6%, Indie 10.4%
- #28 TRAPPED
79% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Violent 78.5%, Indie 21.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the 'trapped' aspect of the seed game, focusing on atmospheric escape mechanics.
- #29 Chorus of Carcosa
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Gore 31.5%, Violent 26.2%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.1%, Indie 5%
- #30 CAPTURED
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.3%, Horror 34.5%, Mystery 16.2%
- #31 Phobia
80% matchMostly Negative29% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Horror. Nightmare. Fear. Monsters. Madness. And again ... And again ....
Why similar: Gore 43.8%, Violent 41.8%, Horror 7.7%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a straightforward, violent, and gore-filled horror experience for those who enjoyed the intensity of the seed game.
- #32 White Room Protocol
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.6%, Gore 30.3%, Horror 28.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #33 IFU
76% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.4%, Horror 32.3%, Mystery 24.3%
- #34 Luto
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 55.8%, Mystery 30.3%, Horror 7.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #35 Neverending Nightmares
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,996 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Gore 33.3%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 24.2%, Violent 8%, Indie 5.9%
- #36 Moonlight Mansion
77% matchMixed63% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Monocarpic GamePub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
A mother and her son uncover the mystery shrouding the manor in which they are imprisoned. To escape, they need to cooperate without letting panic take over, while the manor – or what haunts it – tries to separate them. In this suspenseful game, will you be able to accept the truths revealed to you?
Why similar: Gore 52.7%, Indie 47.3%
- #37 Everloop
73% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.6%, Horror 28.9%, Mystery 27.6%, Indie 1.9%
- #38 Prison Loop
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.2%, Horror 29.8%, Mystery 25%
- #39 Silent Residence
72% matchVery Positive92% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 27.5%, Mystery 17.7%, Gore 13.7%, Indie 3.9%
- #40 Trapped
74% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 28.4%, Mystery 21.6%, Indie 19.3%
- #41 Unmourned
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: Codebros Studio
Windows
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.2%, Horror 30.9%, Mystery 25.8%
- #42 The Permanent Residence : Souls Kept
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Rizzvix
Windows
Permanent Residence invites players into an episodic journey of psychological horror, where each chapter reveals a sinister short story woven into the eerie legacy of a cursed place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.4%, Horror 31.4%, Mystery 24%, Indie 2.3%
- #43 Reflection
70% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.2%, Horror 32.1%, Mystery 23.2%, Indie 1.5%
- #44 Horns of Fear
73% 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: Gore 30.2%, Violent 26.5%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 9.9%
- #45 Butcherman
68% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.6%, Horror 31.8%, Mystery 25.6%
- #46 CAPTURED 2
67% matchVery Positive99% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.6%, Horror 36.3%, Mystery 16.1%
- #47 The Forgotten Apartment
70% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Umbra Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.
Why similar: Gore 54.2%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 14.1%, Indie 12.2%
- #48 Trap welcome to Beryl Part 1
70% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2018
Dev: JucarPub: Il Pleut
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
After receiving a disturbing letter from his brother, our protagonist decides to go looking for him at the hotel Beryl. He will soon discover the strangeness of the places, the objects, the paintings, the shadows and the terrifying models moving, speaking, living of their own will.
Why similar: Gore 34.5%, Violent 33%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Mystery 7%
- #49 Silent Descent
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.7%, Horror 33.7%, Indie 19.6%
- #50 Inferis: Dead Below
67% matchVery Positive86% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Gore 38.5%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Violent 8.8%
- #51 Doorways: Prelude
71% matchMixed62% of 636 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Gore 26.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Indie 10.2%
- #52 Evil Inside
69% matchMixed62% of 331 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.6%, Horror 27.7%, Mystery 25.4%, Indie 7.3%
- #53 MIRROR MIRROR
67% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
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 Horror 42.4%, Horror 28.4%, Mystery 23.9%, Indie 5.4%
- #54 The Demon Within Me
69% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.5%, Horror 31.5%, Gore 9.7%, Violent 9.2%, Mystery 5.6%
- #55 Omitted
69% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Gore 33.1%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 19.8%, Mystery 15.9%, Indie 2.9%
- #56 The Renovator: Origins
65% matchVery Positive86% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.2%, Horror 39.3%, Indie 11.6%
- #57 MASAGORO
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: DorsalFin Studio
Windows
There is an abandoned Ryokan called "Masagoro" that was closed in the early Showa period. He was locked up in Masagoro where he has got interested to explore. The past of Masagoro has been revealed everytime he found some clues in the residuals.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Gore 23.8%, Horror 23.5%, Violent 22.7%, Indie 3.8%
- #58 Dead Take
63% matchVery Positive88% of 807 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.3%, Horror 36%, Mystery 13%, Indie 8.6%
- #59 Don't Be Afraid 2
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Gore 34%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 16.6%, Mystery 15.4%, Violent 11.6%