Games Like Joe's Diner

Do not even try to close your eyes. You can't let the fear go. It is real. It is more real than you can imagine... "Statues" is a mix of survival-horror and action-adventure developed by Room710Games. The game based on the creepy enemies that only move when you're not looking at them.

Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Action 16.7%, Indie 16%

Why You'll Like It: A fellow indie horror title that utilizes similar first-person exploration and supernatural threats to build tension.

A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

Why similar: Horror 61.1%, Action 34.8%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the eerie, isolated night-shift atmosphere that defines the core appeal of Joe's Diner.

The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!

Why similar: Adventure 54.5%, Indie 45.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the direct thematic premise of surviving a terrifying night shift in a secluded environment.

Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.

Why similar: Horror 41%, Adventure 33.2%, Indie 25.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person indie horror game that relies on exploration and atmosphere to create a sense of dread.

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Survival Horror 39.6%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a gritty, retro-inspired indie horror experience that feels right at home with the low-budget aesthetic of the seed game.

The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.

Why similar: Indie 38%, Horror 37.9%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same era and indie horror sensibilities, focusing on survival in a hostile, first-person environment.

You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...

Why similar: Horror 30%, Adventure 26.9%, Action 22.8%, Indie 20.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the indie horror spirit with a focus on atmospheric storytelling and supernatural encounters.

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 42.6%, Horror 35.9%, Indie 11.8%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tense, first-person survival horror game that emphasizes being trapped in an isolated, hostile environment.

Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.

Why similar: Survival Horror 41.5%, Horror 30.6%, Adventure 14.5%, Action 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep, atmospheric survival-horror experience that leans into the psychological and demonic themes.

Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Survival Horror 29.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 13.7%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror title that focuses on survival and exploration in a dark, unsettling environment.

A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Survival Horror 32.8%, Action 15.1%, Indie 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the night shift setting while providing a first-person perspective on supernatural events.

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Horror 66.4%, Survival Horror 27.7%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric indie horror title that focuses on mystery and supernatural encounters in a secluded setting.

From the sick mind behind Bloodwash, Jordan King, comes his latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night of the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood dripping, neon soaked, flesh rotting experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 44.7%, Horror 36%, Indie 12.7%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic, supernatural-focused indie horror experience with a strong emphasis on first-person action.

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: Survival Horror 35.1%, Horror 35.1%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 11.4%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized indie horror game that uses its unique setting to create a sense of isolation and dread.

If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.

Why similar: Horror 81.7%, Adventure 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes atmospheric tension and the fear of the unknown, which is central to the Joe's Diner experience.

Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.

Why similar: Horror 62.8%, Adventure 18.9%, Action 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror title that uses a creepy, isolated setting to deliver its scares.

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 58.8%, Survival Horror 29.1%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 4.1%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: While more polished, it remains a pillar of first-person psychological horror that excels at creating an oppressive, isolated atmosphere.

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Adventure 11%, Indie 7.6%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a strong, first-person indie horror experience rooted in supernatural folklore.

The Spirit Underneath is a first-person horror game. You wake up in an unknown, creepy looking environment which you soon discover is hell. The problem? You don't remember what happened before waking up there, and don't know your way out. Are you ready to visit the most terrifying depths of hell?

Why similar: Indie 64.9%, Adventure 35.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that relies on a dark, violent atmosphere to keep the player on edge.

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: Horror 72.6%, Adventure 27.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror experience that focuses on environmental storytelling and psychological tension.

A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.

Why similar: Survival Horror 42.7%, Horror 29.6%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 8.2%

Start your new job in a store overrun by maniacal consumers and their unrelenting thirst for customer service. RETAIL IS HELL!

Why similar: Survival Horror 44.2%, Horror 39.6%, Action 15%, Indie 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stress night shift horror game that captures the frantic nature of working in a retail environment gone wrong.

Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Horror 51.6%, Adventure 24.7%, Survival Horror 23.7%

A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.

Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Indie 15.3%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Action 11%, Adventure 10.5%

It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Adventure 20.7%, Action 19.2%, Indie 11.2%, Survival Horror 8.4%

The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...

Why similar: Horror 56.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.6%, Indie 11.3%

Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!

Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Action 49.3%

Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Adventure 21.8%, Action 18.6%, Indie 5.3%

Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 38.2%, Horror 30.5%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 15.1%

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 67.7%, Action 18.4%, Indie 13.9%

The main character is a truck driver. Along the way, he finds a road that is not on the map and drives along it. On the road, abandoned cars and abandoned gas stations are a place shrouded in horror, secrets and mysteries. Soon the hero realizes that someone is watching him...

Why similar: Horror 88.9%, Indie 11.1%

Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.

Why similar: Horror 57.9%, Adventure 30.5%, Action 11.5%

Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.

Why similar: Horror 74.3%, Adventure 25.7%

Days Under Custody is a title made as a classic horror adventure game where a dramatic story, unique puzzles and an enemy stalking you all the time, will test and keep you tense to discover the history behind a lot of inexplicable events.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Adventure 26.1%, Survival Horror 25%, Indie 20.9%

The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?

Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Indie 20%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 15.3%

A one-of-a-kind horror shocker – a game aware of your fear!Check out the improvements introduced with Update 2.0!

Why similar: Horror 66.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 9.9%, Action 9.4%

Alone at night, working at a petrol station deep in the American wheat belt. Something feels off... are you sure you're alone? A short 10-15 minute horror game with multiple endings.

Why similar: Horror 63.5%, Adventure 36.5%

Last Day of FEAR - the game tells the story about a detective for the County of Rayna. He was not an easy task to deal with the difficult situation. Near highway 66 was the house where it was quite numerous suicide and murder.

Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Indie 29%, Adventure 16.5%, Action 12.9%

Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.

Why similar: Horror 65.9%, Adventure 25%, Indie 9.1%

Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.

Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Survival Horror 29.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Action 10.2%, Indie 9.6%

In a peaceful part of the town, a series of deaths occur, seemingly random at first, but gruesome in their nature. One day, you find an object that doesn't belong in your house. An old, worn-out, stained mirror. You'll come to discover that the simple mirror isn't the only thing that is out of place.

Why similar: Indie 43.9%, Horror 36.5%, Adventure 19.7%

The Last DeadEnd is a game with elements of an adventure, shooter and horror. There is a mysterious atmosphere of a real old city, where the protagonist seeks answers to his questions and fights against the forces of evil.

Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Action 24.5%, Indie 22.1%, Adventure 14.2%

A small town food delivery man receives an order to deliver food to a strange house. When he arrived, he discovered that the house contained a terrifying secret that one who knew it would not be able to escape to tell others.

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Adventure 24.2%, Action 24%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Indie 6.5%

Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Survival Horror 30.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 10.9%, Action 6.3%

Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.

Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Adventure 22.8%, Action 20.6%, Indie 17.7%

A mysterious creature has destroyed a village located near Walden's cabin, killing every person residing on the premises. Now, Walden wants revenge. This is the story of an old hunter who has nothing to lose.

Why similar: Horror 62.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 11.8%, Indie 11.8%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Horror 61.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 14.3%

A starving castaway on a deserted island discovers that a fast food restaurant appears once the sun goes down. As if beckoning him inside in his most desperate hour of need, this stranded soul will have to work for his meal...and for his life!

Why similar: Survival Horror 75.7%, Adventure 24.3%

80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.

Why similar: Horror 35%, Adventure 24.2%, Action 22.2%, Survival Horror 18.6%

Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Survival Horror 30.9%, Action 16.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 1.5%

Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32%, Horror 30.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Action 12.5%, Indie 10.4%

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Survival Horror 34.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Action 11.7%, Indie 1.8%

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Survival Horror 36.6%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 12.1%

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 38.4%, Survival Horror 32.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 12.7%

"DINNERDINNNER" is a horror adventure game set in the modern era. You become a diner staff member and encounter strange events – customers with bizarre stories, engaging in trivial conversations, and discussing incomprehensible matters.

Why similar: Adventure 91.8%, Indie 8.2%

Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.

Why similar: Survival Horror 41%, Horror 40%, Adventure 10.2%, Action 8.8%