Games Like Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

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: Investigation 12.9%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a haunted arcade cabinet mechanic that forces you to play a game-within-a-game to survive the environment.

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Why similar: Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Dark 13.7%, First-Person 10%, Mystery 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror experience centered around playing a cursed game that manifests terrifying events in your room.

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 32.8%, Dark 27.5%, Puzzle 18.8%, First-Person 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in meta-horror that uses a card game interface to trap the player in a sinister, evolving narrative.

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

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Retro 13.9%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic collection perfectly captures the retro-computer aesthetic and meta-narrative dread found in your seed game.

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: Dark 15.6%, Horror 14.4%, Retro 12.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An 80s-inspired horror game where you must navigate a retro console game while being stalked in your own home.

This is a small free prequel to the Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. An old cabin deep in the dense forest, a strange computer, and a game that's trying to kill you!

Why similar: Escape Room 33.8% ★, Investigation 7.8%, Horror 7.7%, Dark Fantasy 7%, Dark 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The direct prequel that establishes the core mechanics and tone of the series.

SUFFER THE NIGHT is a first-person survival horror experience. Alone in a secluded cabin during a violent storm, horror illustrator Stacey Linden discovers the true meaning of fear. Explore a constantly changing world and solve puzzles; but above all: survive!

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Mystery 22.4%, Puzzle 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A text-adventure horror game where the software you are playing begins to bleed into your physical reality.

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: Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 9%, Investigation 8.9%, Mystery 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, first-person puzzle-adventure that shares the same unsettling, claustrophobic atmosphere as the seed game.

you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.

Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Retro 15.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the eerie, liminal space of an abandoned multiplayer server with a heavy focus on retro atmosphere.

In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?

Why similar: Escape Room 47.5% ★, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, First-Person 7.3%, Investigation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A polished escape-room experience that emphasizes environmental storytelling and intricate puzzle-solving.

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 27.1%, Horror 25.2%, Retro 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Exploration 6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a simulated AI companion to create a deeply unsettling meta-horror experience that evolves beyond its simple interface.

Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.

Why similar: Escape Room 41% ★, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Old School 7.7%, Logic 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines classic survival horror puzzles with modern atmospheric tension and inventory management.

"I need a Heart in order to open it"

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A pioneer of the meta-horror genre that actively interacts with your computer files to create a sense of digital intrusion.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Horror 24%, Retro 18.1%, Puzzle 13.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Old School 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival horror game that excels at creating a sense of dread through its immersive, claustrophobic setting.

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

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 20%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on claustrophobic, computer-monitored navigation in a terrifying environment where you cannot see the outside world.

You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???

Why similar: Escape Room 62.1% ★, Investigation 11.8%, Puzzle 10%, Dark 7.3%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the escape-room aspect with a dark, investigative narrative that keeps the player on edge.

CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

Why similar: Escape Room 36.8% ★, Mystery 9.6%, Investigation 9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game that blends exploration with a dark, mystery-filled narrative and a unique art style.

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

Why similar: Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Puzzle 15%, First-Person 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a unique facial-expression mechanic that challenges the player's agency and perception.

Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.

Why similar: Escape Room 29.5% ★, Investigation 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that relies on investigation and puzzle-solving to uncover a dark, hidden truth.

In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 13.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes exploration and psychological tension in a first-person perspective.

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Escape Room 41.4% ★, Mystery 8.8%, Horror 8.8%, Puzzle 7.1%, First-Person 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style escape room game that focuses on exploration and solving complex puzzles in a dark, atmospheric mansion.

Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.

Why similar: Escape Room 51.2% ★, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 8.6%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated puzzle game that challenges the player to bypass security systems in an increasingly mysterious environment.

You're trapped inside Mr. White's huge dark creepy house. You have to find a way to escape without getting caught.

Why similar: Escape Room 47.9% ★, Horror 12%, Retro 7.9%, Dark 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed escape room game with multiple endings that rewards careful observation and hidden-object searching.

Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

Why similar: Horror 14.9%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Retro 8.8%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses pixel graphics to create a dark, oppressive atmosphere.

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 28.5%, Dark 20%, Mystery 18.6%, Puzzle 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired survival horror game that masterfully uses puzzles and psychological themes to tell a haunting story.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cosmic horror game that uses turn-based puzzles and investigation to build a sense of impending doom.

Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Retro 9.8%, Puzzle 8.7%

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Adventure 25.7%, Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror game where you play as the station's AI, controlling the environment through computer interfaces.

Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Dark 16%, Mystery 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Puzzle 26.1%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, first-person puzzle-adventure that focuses on escaping rooms filled with macabre secrets.

Riddlewood Manor is a point & click adventure set in a haunted house that will try to kill you each step of your way. Overcome eerie logic puzzles to uncover a maze of mysterious rooms filled with dark secrets, spooky encounters, and hidden pathways. Optional jump scare warning is available.

Why similar: Escape Room 40.4% ★, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Investigation 8.8%, Puzzle 7.4%

Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.

Why similar: Escape Room 42.1% ★, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Mystery 7.9%, Old School 7.6%

A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Escape Room 45.4% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.2%, Puzzle 7.4%

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 27.6%, Retro 18%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, low-poly horror experience that focuses on atmosphere and disjointed narrative to unsettle the player.

In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?

Why similar: Horror 18%, Investigation 13.6%, Retro 12.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%

Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.

Why similar: Investigation 13.8%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.3%, First-Person 9.1%

Are you ready to investigate a mysterious occurrence at a remote lighthouse? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game.

Why similar: Escape Room 49.1% ★, Puzzle 15.1%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Adventure 9.4%

Survive and escape the Oldlake Stalker after being chained in the basement of a convenience store.

Why similar: Escape Room 34.7% ★, Horror 14.1%, Old School 9.6%, Dark 9.4%, First-Person 7.7%

You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.

Why similar: Dark 37.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%

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: Escape Room 29.9% ★, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%

A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat

Why similar: Horror 24%, Investigation 14.1%, Dark 13.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you'll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.

Why similar: Retro 26.9%, Horror 19.2%, First-Person 14.3%, Investigation 8.9%, Atmospheric 7%

Plunge into the captivating realm of "Horror Inside the Forest," an exhilarating game that tests your bravery. Explore a mysterious forest, confront supernatural forces, uncover secrets, survive the darkness, and escape its shadowy embrace in this immersive horror experience.

Why similar: Adventure 37.2%, Exploration 26%, First-Person 24.1%, Singleplayer 7.2%, Action 5.6%

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: Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 15.6%, Mystery 14.1%, First-Person 10.7%

Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.

Why similar: Dark 24.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, First-Person 10.6%

In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.

Why similar: Horror 16.1%, Dark 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Retro 11%, First-Person 10.5%

Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.

Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Old School 9.5%, Investigation 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8%, Puzzle 7.1%

You bought a PC that belonged to a suicidal developer, do you dare to run "Game.exe"?

Why similar: Investigation 30.2%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

Underground Blossom is a new adventure game by Rusty Lake. Fulfil various tasks at every station to find the metro that will take you through each important event from Laura Vanderboom's life.

Why similar: Escape Room 70% ★, Puzzle 10.5%, Mystery 7.9%, Adventure 5.9%, Horror 4.9%

What hides in the depths of the forest?!

Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Dark 10.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Exploration 8.3%

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: Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Dark 15.7%, First-Person 15.6%, Puzzle 11.9%

You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Investigation 14%, Puzzle 12%

Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.

Why similar: Horror 14.6%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 20.9%, First-Person 14.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

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: Investigation 20.1%, Horror 19.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.

Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Retro 13.3%, Dark 12.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 9.7%

"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: Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 14%, Investigation 11.4%, First-Person 10.4%

Step into a realm of mystery and magic with Escape the Dark Tower, a captivating escape room adventure in charming pixel art.

Why similar: Escape Room 47.4% ★, Retro 8.3%, Dark Fantasy 8%, Mystery 7.1%, Old School 6%

An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Retro 19.5%, First-Person 14.4%, Old School 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%