- #1 Poppy Playtime
97% matchVery Positive88% of 132,662 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 49.7%, First-Person 13.6%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Puzzle 5.3%, Psychological Horror 5%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive mascot horror experience, featuring a toy factory setting and puzzle-solving mechanics that mirror Indigo Park's gameplay loop.
- #2 Bendy and the Ink Machine
96% matchVery Positive89% of 34,313 reviews2017
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, First-Person 14.2%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Puzzle 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core theme of a corrupted, mascot-filled environment brought to life through a distinct, stylized art direction.
- #3 Garten of Banban
96% matchMixed53% of 12,506 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
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: Horror 30.3%, First-Person 16%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the mascot-themed park horror genre with its colorful, deceptive characters and exploration-based gameplay.
- #4 My Friendly Neighborhood
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,292 reviews2023
Dev: John SzymanskiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, First-Person 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Funny 6.8%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the 'creepy mascot show' vibe, featuring puppets that turn hostile in a surreal, first-person setting.
- #5 Sparky Marky: Episode 1
95% matchMixed64% of 246 reviews2023
Dev: Clapperheads
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Explore an abandoned children's recreational camp and uncover the dark secrets covered up by its founders. Find clues and apply specific commands in the Discord channel to find out what truly happened. But be careful: Sparky has been activated and the monster inside of it never sleeps…
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, First-Person 18.9%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on mascot-led exploration and puzzle-solving within a facility that feels very similar to the abandoned park in Indigo Park.
- #6 Death Park
94% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2019
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Survive a deadly clown in a haunted amusement park. Solve puzzles, search for items, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park is a first-person horror game with multiple endings, tense stealth, and terrifying moments.
Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, First-Person 10%, Gore 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features an abandoned amusement park setting filled with horror elements and a central, unsettling clown antagonist.
- #7 The Park®
93% matchMixed70% of 3,168 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Horror 45.3%, First-Person 19.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply atmospheric exploration of a creepy, abandoned amusement park that focuses on psychological tension.
- #8 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
92% matchVery Positive93% of 15,344 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 46.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Cute 9.4%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Survival Horror 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the effective transition from cute, harmless-looking environments to intense, terrifying horror encounters.
- #9 Amanda the Adventurer
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,050 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Horror 47.5%, First-Person 20.4%, Puzzle 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Story Rich 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a creepy mascot character guiding the player through media, creating a similar sense of unease through familiar childhood tropes.
- #10 Perfect Vermin
91% matchVery Positive93% of 3,803 reviews2020
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, First-Person 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Indie 6.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person indie horror game that shares the unsettling, uncanny vibe found in mascot-themed horror titles.
- #11 Choo-Choo Charles
90% matchVery Positive91% of 16,941 reviews2022
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Survival Horror 19.5%, First-Person 16.6%, Action-Adventure 6.3%, Psychological Horror 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mascot-based horror with open-world exploration, forcing players to navigate a dangerous environment while avoiding a central antagonist.
- #12 Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game Prologue
89% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Baby Blues Nightmare - Prologue is a small taste of the horrors that awaits in this survival horror game where you play as a toddler going into a little adventure with your tricycle which you can fix, maintain and customize. Paddle, hide and survive but remember; try not to cry when you are scared..
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Cute 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a cute, toy-like aesthetic to build tension, effectively subverting innocent themes into a survival-horror experience.
- #13 Dark Deception
89% matchVery Positive89% of 23,237 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 49.6%, First-Person 12.8%, Survival Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 7%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers fast-paced, maze-like mascot horror gameplay that requires quick thinking and navigation skills similar to Indigo Park's chase sequences.
- #14 Penko Park
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 641 reviews2020
Dev: Ghostbutter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Snap pictures of spooky-cute creatures & explore an abandoned wildlife park.
Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Cute 22.8%, Funny 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a park exploration theme with a cute-but-eerie atmosphere that rewards players for interacting with strange, mascot-like creatures.
- #15 Hello Neighbor
87% matchVery Positive85% of 27,665 reviews2017
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, First-Person 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused mascot horror game that emphasizes stealth and environmental interaction in a stylized, first-person world.
- #16 Ranger Danger
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Reid Annin
Windows
A park ranger's life is changed forever as they discover what really lurks in their national park. A first-person horror, exploration, and stealth-based game.
Why similar: Horror 53%, First-Person 14.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Singleplayer 5.8%, Story Rich 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric exploration and supernatural elements that mirror the investigative feel of Indigo Park.
- #17 SCP: Blackout
86% matchMixed68% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Survival Horror 13%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes intense exploration and puzzle-solving within a high-security facility.
- #18 Mint's Hints
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
Mint’s Hints is a cancelled children’s show, and you’ve found yourself on the old set. Find paw-shaped Hints with special ghost-detecting Flashbrights, and discover the secret behind the show’s closure with your Happy-Go-Lucky Notebook, but be careful, the stars of the show are after you.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Cute 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure horror game that incorporates puzzle elements within a first-person, exploration-heavy environment.
- #19 Passing Pineview Forest
85% matchMixed65% of 1,695 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 62.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Survival Horror 7.2%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an atmospheric horror experience with adventure elements that emphasize the feeling of being lost in a dangerous location.
- #20 Garten of Banban 2
83% matchMixed67% of 4,368 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Continue the story of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve deeper into the bizarre establishment where the place was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents, all while uncovering the truth behind the place…
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, First-Person 16.9%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Puzzle 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the mascot-themed park horror experience with expanded areas and new, unsettling characters to discover.
- #21 RAVENOUS
81% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: RAVENOUS TEAMPub: ESMA - Ecoles Creatives
Windows
Ravenous is a psychological horror game in which you play as Louis, a child trapped in a monster's basement. Explore the mysterious abode, solve puzzles to save your little sister and survive the psychological nightmare prepared for you.
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, First-Person 19.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror title that prioritizes exploration and environmental storytelling in a tense, dark setting.
- #22 East Wood Carnival
82% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: Horror 52.5%, First-Person 14.5%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 8.6%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features an abandoned carnival setting that provides a similar backdrop of decaying childhood wonder.
- #23 Welcome to Hanwell
84% matchMixed47% of 363 reviews2017
Dev: Steel Arts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Gore 8.1%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers open-world exploration in a horror setting that forces players to navigate dangerous, abandoned areas.
- #24 Greetings
82% matchVery Positive84% of 632 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 82.4%, Indie 13.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie, atmospheric horror game that uses a first-person perspective to build immediate, unsettling tension.
- #25 Duck Season
81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,577 reviews2017
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...
Why similar: Horror 56.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 9.2%, Indie 6%, Action 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the 90s mascot and media-based horror nostalgia through a first-person perspective that feels both playful and dangerous.
- #26 Demon Of The Dark
80% matchMixed61% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Green Stream Studio
Windows
A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, First-Person 16.2%, Survival Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Gore 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features first-person exploration and puzzle-solving mechanics that align with the investigative gameplay of Indigo Park.
- #27 Veil of Sanity
79% matchMixed69% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Sphereka
Windows
Veil of Sanity: Echoes of the Carnival (Chapter 1) combines psychological horror with intense gameplay. Keep your sanity intact as you explore a forsaken carnival. More chapters coming soon!
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, First-Person 21.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person exploration and horror, requiring players to solve puzzles while navigating a hostile, mysterious environment.
- #28 Five Nights at Freddy's
79% matchVery Positive94% of 57,765 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Why similar: Horror 51.7%, Survival Horror 15.5%, First-Person 13%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational mascot horror game that established the genre of using animatronics to create dread in a confined space.
- #29 Garten of Banban 0
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,977 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, First-Person 16.9%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Puzzle 6%
- #30 AfterHours
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2022
Dev: Runway Studios
Windows
Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.
Why similar: Horror 59.6%, First-Person 14.1%, Gore 7%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that focuses on exploration and singleplayer survival in a confined, eerie setting.
- #31 Stanley Says
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Patti
Windows
A first-person puzzle horror game set in a defunct children's nursery from 2001. Uncover dark secrets, solve mascot-themed puzzles, and survive the twisted games of Stanley—an animatronic who never stopped playing.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, First-Person 16.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #32 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,820 reviews2017
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 38%, First-Person 12.4%, Cute 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Survival Horror 6.8%
- #33 PENGUIN HOTEL -Chapter 1-
76% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: lemorion_1224
Windows
You have been invited to the popular “Penguin Hotel”. There, you get caught up in a terrifying event. Solve puzzles and battle with a special camera! Experience a very strange penguin horror.
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, First-Person 22.4%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #34 The Man in the Park
76% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Elliott Dahle
Windows
You see a man in the park on your walk home. Will you help him?
Why similar: Horror 51%, First-Person 22.3%, Indie 8%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #35 Uh Oh!
75% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
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: Horror 37.9%, Survival Horror 17.1%, First-Person 17%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #36 MUZY
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Survival Horror 10.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #37 Bureau of Contacts: Mansion
73% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: MIROWIN
Windows
Explore an old mansion full of paranormal dangers alone. Find clues, identify ghosts, collect their dossiers and exorcise them.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, First-Person 17%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Survival Horror 9.2%
- #38 Bushside Rangers
72% matchVery Positive84% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Team Bushside
Windows
Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, First-Person 17.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
- #39 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets PROLOGUE
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: @TonyDevGame
Windows
In this prologue you will step into the shoes of little Eddie, a 12 year old boy who goes to the amusement park with his parents until what would be a fun day out turns into a nightmare. Experience the terrifying atmosphere of what awaits you in Jack Holmes: Master of Puppets!
Why similar: Horror 21%, First-Person 19.3%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12%, Adventure 11.1%
- #40 Feelings Adrift
75% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2016
Dev: Denis Murias
Windows
(Rework in progress)Feelings Adrift is an amusement park with some plays. Each attraction have different environments and different goals. Some more scary than others but always with same intention, make good experience in game with scenes completely frightening.
Why similar: Horror 41.4%, First-Person 26.9%, 3D 7.2%, Action 5.6%, Funny 4.2%
- #41 Fear in Hospital
74% matchMixed48% of 504 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Survival Horror 14%, Gore 10.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #42 The NADI Project
73% matchMixed67% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, First-Person 23.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%
- #43 Rainbow Gate
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: 7EVIL Studio
Windows
Rainbow Gate is a survival horror game set in an abandoned toy factory and amusement park that was once full of joy, but has now become a deadly trap. You are trapped in a twisted game, forced to find a way to escape from the lurking shadows and relentless Animatronics before it’s too late.
Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Survival Horror 16.1%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 7.4%, Gore 6.8%
- #44 Lights Off!
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #45 In Passing
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
A first-person 3D platforming experience through a broken mind turned against you.
Why similar: Indie 37.8%, Adventure 34.5%, Action 27.7%
- #46 Minds Eyes
71% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 63%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%, First-Person 4.5%, Psychological Horror 3.4%
- #47 Fingerbones
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,583 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Horror 37.5%, First-Person 19.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Indie 6.7%, Adventure 5.9%
- #48 Bendy and the Dark Revival
67% matchVery Positive93% of 14,556 reviews2022
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, First-Person 15.4%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Action-Adventure 5%
- #49 Fungiman
69% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2022
Dev: svinoman
Windows
Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, First-Person 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #50 Garten of Banban 4
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the abandoned levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the residents of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, First-Person 16.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #51 FLIGHTMARE
71% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, First-Person 13.6%, Gore 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Action 9.3%
- #52 Zoonomaly
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 898 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTS ARE OFF LLC
Windows
You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, First-Person 18.4%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Puzzle 7.7%, Survival Horror 5.1%
- #53 Kraven Manor
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 737 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 57.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 7.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #54 The Backroom - Lost and Found
68% matchVery Positive89% of 434 reviews2022
Dev: Lollin' Pony
Windows
The Backroom - Lost and Found is a story rich adventure game with some horror elements. Why is there an orphaned room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space? Is it "the backrooms" or something else? CYOA? SCP? Weirdcore? No clipping? And what's with the cute paintings?
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, First-Person 15.4%, Cute 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Funny 6.3%
- #55 Deathbloom: Chapter 1
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by classic survival horror. Bachman Manor sprawls into a maze of corridors, bedrooms, foyers, and more. Filled with puzzles, traps, and hidden passageways that explore the secrets of its dark history and occupants.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, First-Person 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Indie 8.9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #56 Black Rose
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 978 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 58.9%, Survival Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Multiplayer 6%, Indie 4.9%
- #57 Garten of Banban 7
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,589 reviews2024
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
Why similar: Horror 33%, First-Person 16.3%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #58 I Frog-ot
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 727 reviews2022
Dev: Krabby Games
Windows
A short horror- I mean, cute game :) Help a normal, innocent frog get back to his super awesome wizard self!! :O
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Cute 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Funny 8.6%
- #59 The Designer's Curse
67% matchVery Positive88% of 808 reviews2019
Dev: CBGames
Windows · Mac
Chapter 2 is OUT NOW! The first chapter of an unforgettable survival horror experience. Solve puzzles and work your way through this terrifying place. You may be more familiar with it than you initially think.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Survival Horror 16.1%, First-Person 14.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #60 DEMON COMPASS
66% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, First-Person 22.6%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 7.3%, 3D 7.1%
