Games Like IMSCARED

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Dark 9.2%, Survival Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same retro, lo-fi pixel horror aesthetic while delivering a deeply unsettling and surreal narrative experience.

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, Dark 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-horror game that constantly breaks the fourth wall and tricks the player through its deceptive interface.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Horror 32%, Dark 17.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Puzzle 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dark, atmospheric puzzle-solving with meta-narrative elements that force you to interact with the game's files and environment.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.7%, Horror 26%, Dark 14.5%, Story Rich 4.6%, First-Person 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a seemingly innocent visual novel format to execute a brilliant and terrifying meta-horror subversion of the genre.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Retro 7.5%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: An episodic collection of text-based and desktop-simulated horror that perfectly mirrors the feeling of being trapped within your own computer.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 25.4%, Surreal 15%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, pixel-art psychological horror game that features unique mechanics and a heavy emphasis on meta-narrative mystery.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Dark 7%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational title for first-person psychological horror that emphasizes helplessness and environmental storytelling.

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Retro 9.8%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Simulates a retro AI that grows increasingly erratic and dangerous, directly challenging the player's control over the experience.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Dark 13.1%, Indie 12.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-fictional murder mystery that shifts through various game genres, echoing the experimental nature of IMSCARED.

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: Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 34.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Indie 5.8%, Survival Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a unique, hand-drawn art style to explore themes of mental illness through a series of terrifying, recurring nightmares.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Atmospheric 7.9%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, lo-fi horror experience that relies on limited sensory input to create an overwhelming sense of dread.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 13%, First-Person 8.4%, Dark 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based puzzles and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere that defined the modern era of first-person psychological horror.

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.1%, Surreal 14%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Dark 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, pixel-art adventure that explores deep psychological trauma through disturbing imagery and puzzle-based gameplay.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Retro 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct, low-poly aesthetic and a fragmented, dreamlike narrative that prioritizes mood and unease over traditional storytelling.

An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the player's relationship with the game software through a series of escape-room style puzzles and horror tropes.

Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 16.6%, Surreal 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Dark 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired horror game where the environment itself acts as a haunted arcade machine, blending gameplay with meta-horror elements.

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 25.5%, Horror 22.4%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Surreal 8.9%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that excels at creating surreal, shifting environments that feel deeply personal and disturbing.

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: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Survival Horror 13%, Dark 11%, First-Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that uses a camera mechanic to reveal hidden, terrifying truths in the environment.

Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Dark 10.8%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror game about playing a cursed video game, perfectly capturing the feeling of being watched by the software you are playing.

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 42%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 17.4%, First-Person 5.3%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, psychological horror classic that uses its dated, low-fidelity look to enhance its oppressive and dark atmosphere.

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

Why similar: Horror 34.6%, First-Person 15%, Puzzle 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a desktop-based interface to place the player in a high-stakes, atmospheric horror scenario that feels grounded and interactive.

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, First-Person 9%, Dark 7.9%, Survival Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Starts as a parody of horror tropes before descending into a genuinely unsettling and atmospheric experience.

A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.

Why similar: Jump Scare 41.4% ★, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, Exploration 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, experimental horror game that focuses on exploration and unsettling imagery in a confined, dreamlike space.

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: Jump Scare 36.4% ★, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 5.5%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused psychological horror game that uses its atmospheric setting to keep the player constantly on edge.

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Jump Scare 32% ★, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 9%, Surreal 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror experience that builds tension through isolation and subtle environmental changes.

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival horror game that uses fixed camera angles and limited resources to create a tense, classic experience.

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: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 24.8%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror title that emphasizes mystery and atmospheric storytelling within a dark, confined setting.

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 31%, Jump Scare 20% ★, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8.6%

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 22.3%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Puzzle 7%

Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator style horror game that relies on disturbing visuals and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere to unsettle the player.

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: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 18.4%, Survival Horror 12.1%, First-Person 7.8%, Hidden Object 7.1%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.6%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie horror experience that focuses on delivering a punchy, atmospheric narrative in a first-person perspective.

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: Jump Scare 38% ★, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 9.1%, Dark 7.4%

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: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Dark 9.2%, First-Person 6.1%

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 23.1%, Dark 11.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 7.4%

In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 7%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 21.8%, Dark 13.4%, Survival Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 7.2%

The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.

Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Survival Horror 9.2%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 6.6%

Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 19.7%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 6.8%

There are ghosts in the dark, in order to survive you need to light your way, but all the items for this are limited.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 23%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Hidden Object 13.2%, First-Person 12.5%

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Surreal 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Atmospheric 6%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 23%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Puzzle 8.3%

Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.9%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Dark 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Survival Horror 18%, Indie 7.5%, Adventure 6.5%

Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Dark 10.2%, Difficult 10.1%

Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Action 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%

Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.

Why similar: Jump Scare 34.5% ★, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Dark 6.5%

Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 21.5%, Dark 14%, Surreal 12%, Puzzle 7.3%

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 32.3%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Dark 8.7%, First-Person 5.6%

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 29.1%, Horror 27.5%, Dark 15.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 5.5%

Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 21.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Dark 13.4%, Puzzle 7.5%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 21.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Dark 11.2%, First-Person 9.5%

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 41.7%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Indie 10.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 6.4%

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: Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Dark 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, First-Person 9%

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: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Indie 11.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 10.1%

Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 15.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Puzzle 8.7%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Dark 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%

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 29%, Horror 24%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Puzzle 7.6%, Dark 7.3%