- #1 DreadOut
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,628 reviews2014
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Third Person 15.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 3.4%
- #2 Silent dream
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: GeuktePub: Dreamforest Entertainment
Windows
In the dark corridor as wide as a labyrinth, avoiding numerous pursuers who are aiming for their lives. Will you be able to save the missing person and escape safely!?
Why similar: Horror 50.5%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, Action 13.2%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 1.7%
- #3 Refund Me If You Can
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: Sungame Studio
Windows
One maze, one monster tracking you down, will you have the courage and dexterity to escape this nightmare in less than two hours ?
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Female Protagonist 31.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 11.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #4 Fear the Timeloop - Prologue
95% matchVery Positive85% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: TacoEatersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Action 26.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Third Person 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #5 Purgatory -NARAKU-
94% matchVery Positive98% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: NamaPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
This is a survival horror action game in which a young girl "Enri" tries to escape from a mysterious facility filled with blood and madness.
Why similar: Adventure 49.6%, Horror 45.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #6 Wayward Harbor
94% matchVery Positive83% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Daniil ShashenkovPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Adventure 22.3%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Action 10.7%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #7 Scary School Simulator 2
93% matchMixed57% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: Scary Creepy Pasta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Escape from horror anime ghost story in your school's classroom!
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Female Protagonist 33.4%, Third Person 30.2%
- #8 Escape From School
92% matchMixed61% of 1,617 reviews2021
Dev: Tudor Sandru
Windows
Confused, you wake up sucked into an empty classroom. You have to try to escape from school by solving puzzles and discovering secrets.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Adventure 30%, Action 13.3%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #9 Hellkind
91% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Motamot
Windows · Mac
You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Female Protagonist 27.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 11.6%, Indie 4.1%
- #10 Selene's Unbearable Night
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: Farelas
Windows
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Third Person 21.9%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Action 16.5%, Adventure 14.5%
- #11 Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth
91% matchMixed57% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: GoManga InteractivePub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth is a first person horror game. You play the role of Katherine, a young girl lost in the eerie hallways of a building she believes to be her school.
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Adventure 31.6%, Horror 24.6%, Indie 9%
- #12 Garden of Oblivion
89% matchVery Positive87% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Horror 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #13 Lucid Dream
88% matchVery Positive92% of 1,017 reviews2020
Dev: sizrit
Windows
Lucid Dream is Point and Click horror game. The girl dream of being trapped in a weird place even though you fell asleep as always. Collect the item and Find clues! Escape and wake up from the dream!
Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 9.1%
- #14 TEST RE
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: K App.
Windows
A short 5 minute horror game!
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Adventure 26.8%, Action 25.9%
- #15 Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
Why similar: Third Person 30.2%, Female Protagonist 27.8%, Horror 27%, Action 15%
- #16 Ghost Stories
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
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: Action 33%, Adventure 32.6%, Horror 25.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #17 Almost Home Now
83% matchVery Positive85% of 782 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 49.2%, Third Person 24.1%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #18 Fragile
84% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Adventure 29%, Female Protagonist 26.9%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #19 Rogue Reaper
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 406 reviews2019
Dev: Fireroot Studios
Windows
Rogue Reaper is an action-adventure game, taking place at the end of the Dark Ages during the rise of the plague. Trying to relieve her father from his work of managing the massive influx of souls, the daughter of the Grim Reaper sets out on an adventure to find and destroy the cause of the plague.
Why similar: Third Person 26.6%, Action 25.7%, Adventure 21.6%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #20 Banshee
82% matchMixed49% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoX
Windows
The game is about escaping from a house where “Banshee”, a frightening looking fairy, wanders around, exploring the surroundings and using the items found to escape.
Why similar: Horror 44.5%, Adventure 30.9%, Action 18.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Indie 2.9%
- #21 Granny Remake
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,900 reviews2023
Dev: FerriteLabs
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Granny Remake is a gripping horror game where you must escape from a sinister house chased by a cunning and relentless Granny. Choose from multiple escape routes: drive away in a car, call the police, or unlock the main door
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Female Protagonist 32%, Action 21.6%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #22 Numbra
80% matchVery Positive85% of 409 reviews2025
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
In a desolate and ominous world, a young girl faces dark creatures that lurk in every shadow. With each step, the danger grows. But there is only one rule: stay awake.
Why similar: Third Person 34.6%, Female Protagonist 32.8%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #23 I'mitation The Eight Suicide Note
82% matchMixed59% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: 木枯組
Windows
A first-person search-type horror game developed for developers. Use the night vision, rean, slide and other actions to find eight items in the facility. Content that can be gameplayed in a short time.
Why similar: Horror 59%, Action 33%, Indie 7.9%
- #24 Alone in the School
79% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: 티민이
Windows
A girl who has lost her memory must collect five scattered memory fragments in the school to remember the events of that day.
Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Female Protagonist 30.1%, Adventure 22%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #25 Ghost Trap
79% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: WilhelmGStudios
Windows
You've died and landed in purgatory, your options? Unending suffering or finding a way back to your world.
Why similar: Action 81.2%, Indie 11.9%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #26 Yuki「清醒梦」
76% matchVery Positive99% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: visualmemoryunit_
Windows
Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.3%, Adventure 42.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #27 Mortanis Prisoners
77% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Alexey BulgakovPub: Honor Games
Windows
Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare?
Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Female Protagonist 34.2%, Action 21%, Singleplayer 5%
- #28 Fear in Hospital
81% 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 46.6%, Adventure 25.9%, Action 18%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 4.6%
- #29 Scholar's Mate - First Move
78% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Female Protagonist 32%, Adventure 18.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #30 Ceramic Soul
78% matchMixed64% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: Soul SoupPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Within a Victorian manor, wake up as Yu, a porcelain doll, modeled to look like The Mother’s perfect daughter. Solve puzzles with the help of a detachable hand, hide from grievous threats, explore the manor, and search for your past to reclaim pieces of your soul and claim your freedom.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.8%, Third Person 27.3%, Horror 27%, Adventure 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 幽灵高校(Ghost College)
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: 血色双眸
Windows
An average college girl takes an elective class and everything is different. Death, spooky, enveloped her, uncovering the truth, looking for clues, making the right choice was the only way.
Why similar: Horror 61%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 6.4%
- #32 Deformed
74% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: Deformed Studios
Windows
Single player horror game set in an underground lab. Kill monsters and escape.
Why similar: Third Person 50.1%, Female Protagonist 49.9%
- #33 GYLT
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,197 reviews2023
Dev: Haven MediaPub: Parallel Circles
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.
Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Action 16.7%, Third Person 16.3%, Adventure 15.6%
- #34 13 Candles
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: 13 Candles StudioPub: Jamk Games
Windows
13 Candles is an atmospheric horror game where you play as Sara, 13 year old girl who wakes up in an abandoned hospital. Find your way to the light switch and wake up from your nightmare.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.4%, Horror 34.5%, Adventure 22.3%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #35 Veranoia: Nightmare of Case 37
74% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Horrawr
Windows
Play as Vera the gifted detective who can dive into nightmares of deceased to resolve their death mysteries, But.. Things don't always go your way, You're not alone. the threats are greater than your capabilities, are they? 3D Psychological Horror Game Project by the one-person studio "Horrawr".
Why similar: Adventure 34.3%, Horror 30.5%, Female Protagonist 25.3%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #36 Corridor Z
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 472 reviews2018
Dev: Mass CreationPub: We Dig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Be quick or be undead! Ordinary high school, zombie outbreak and the bunch of survivors in a run for life.
Why similar: Action 47.8%, Adventure 40.6%, Indie 11.6%
- #37 School 666
70% matchVery Positive84% of 615 reviews2025
Dev: Lokin
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
School 666 is a 1-4 Player Co-op Survival Horror. You must escape this endless nightmare. Try to identify the correct path and survive the anomalies in this endless school. Some extremely powerful anomalies will catch you to their dimensions. Explore the reason why you are here... and don't die.
Why similar: Horror 48%, Action 25.3%, Adventure 24.8%, Singleplayer 1%, Indie 0.9%
- #38 Despair: Blood Curse
71% matchVery Positive84% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Crimson Sequence
Windows
A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?
Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Third Person 24.4%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 10.7%
- #39 Annie and the Art Gallery
72% matchVery Positive86% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: jswessler
Windows · Mac
After months of waiting, Annie finally snags a ticket to the new art exhibit. However, things take a turn for the worst: she finds herself trapped in the museum's haunted basement. Help her navigate puzzles, traps, and more as she tries to escape - and find out the truth of what's really going on.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.8%, Horror 38.4%, Indie 13.9%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #40 FLIGHTMARE
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Action 46.1%, Horror 26.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #41 Daylight
73% matchMixed50% of 1,577 reviews2014
Dev: Zombie Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
Why similar: Horror 68.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Action 6.6%, Indie 2.5%
- #42 RED NIGHT
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: REDSOFT
Windows
In RED NIGHT, you play as Tess and face a demonic artificial intelligence in a horror anthology game. Each level explores a universal fear through unique and chilling worlds.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.3%, Action 28.7%, Horror 25.2%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #43 Just A Dream
72% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: The Hyper Carries!
Windows
Just a Dream is a fast paced top down action game. You enter a world filled with your worst nightmares and must escape. As you fight across your dream from level to level, you encounter the very things that you dread every night.
Why similar: Action 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #44 Rental
66% matchVery Positive93% of 5,309 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #45 蛊婆 Lady in Tomb
69% matchVery Positive94% of 438 reviews2021
Dev: Magyu Studio
Windows
Gu Lady is a cartoon style third person action game. In the game, you'll have an adventure of nightmares and there are also puzzles for you to solve. You'll act Gu JiuXun, a Miao girl, to explore the grave filled with monsters,puzzles and traps,to save her younger sister!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.6%, Action 22.1%, Adventure 22%, Third Person 19.8%, Indie 5.5%
- #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 69.4%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #47 Fear of Hot Water Ghost
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: nStarcube
Windows
"Watch out! The terrifying sexy water ghost is here!" A survival horror action-adventure where you escape from a nightmarish city that has suddenly gone mad.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Action 18.3%, Third Person 13.8%, Adventure 13.5%
- #48 GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Daev TeamPub: Mothership Loudspeakerz
Windows
An unique blend of retro-fps, metroidvania and adventure. Escape the cyber afterlife you've been trapped into, hop between realities and shoot your way out with the help of your new allies. But are they really your friends? The Arena conspiracy goes deeper than you could possibly imagine...
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Female Protagonist 27.1%, Action 25.5%
- #49 Fear the Spotlight
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Third Person 24.3%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Horror 23.1%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 13.1%
- #50 Nightmare Reaper
67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.1%, Horror 33.9%, Action 23%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #51 DreadOut 2
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,990 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A third-person horror adventure that draws inspiration from Indonesian urban legend. Play as Linda, a high school student with the ability to sense and see ghosts. This spine-chilling sequel expands on the cult hit original, making DreadOut 2 another terrifying addition to the horror genre.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Third Person 23.6%, Action 12.4%, Adventure 10.1%
- #52 Mysterious School
70% matchMostly Negative37% of 1,791 reviews2023
Dev: DuoDuoDog
Windows
"Mysterious School" is a horror game that supports multi player online and single player. Why do girls often cry on campus at midnight? What happened to the once famous No.1 middle school? Take your partner, find out the truth that the young girl has become a zombie, and help the girl reincarnate.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 64.7%, Action 35.3%
- #53 Veneficium
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Quarter Moon GamesPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵, 𝘙𝘶𝘯. Play as Abigail in her quest to find her grandmother in a cursed forest. Use your spellcasting abilities to hide from various dangers. Will you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 56.3%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #54 Eve of Souls: Static Pod
67% matchVery Positive95% of 506 reviews2019
Dev: LighTea Fish StudioPub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
[The pod will break soon. Will she survive the nightmare or find the truth?]
Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Adventure 42.9%, Indie 10.2%
- #55 The Shedding
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: Gem Rose Accent
Windows
The Shedding is a first person horror game.An unsettling dark and disturbing game set in an abandoned prison. The game is short, about 15 minutes.Will you be able to make it through or will The Shedding be a nightmare of terror for you?
Why similar: Action 45.8%, Adventure 42.6%, Indie 11.6%
- #56 Nightfall: Escape
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: ZeenohPub: Zeenoh Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price.
Why similar: Horror 39%, Female Protagonist 28.9%, Adventure 24.3%, Indie 7.8%
- #57 Nirvana
63% matchVery Positive95% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: ESMA - Ecoles Creatives
Windows
Wake up and embrace your new powers. In this Bullet Hell Fast-FPS, dare to take on mystical creatures to defeat the God Raj. Nirvana awaits...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.8%, Action 29.3%, Adventure 25.7%, Singleplayer 6.2%