- #1 The Test: Secrets of the Soul
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,558 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Horror 92.5%, Singleplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a psychological test format to explore the player's personality while delivering a tense, narrative-driven horror experience.
- #2 Mr. Pompy's Extravagant Quiz
96% matchVery Positive94% of 310 reviews2024
Dev: Light Thoughts
Windows
Think you're smart? Prove it by stepping into Mr. Pompy's Extravagant Quiz—an educational experience for clever kids and curious minds! Just don't disappoint Mr. Pompy.
Why similar: Trivia 73.2% ★, Horror 24.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the trivia format with psychological horror to create a deeply uncomfortable atmosphere.
- #3 Inscryption
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 77.4%, First-Person 22.6%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends a simple card game interface with deep, unsettling meta-narrative horror.
- #4 TEST RE
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: K App.
Windows
A short 5 minute horror game!
Why similar: Horror 72.2%, First-Person 27.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the seed game's focus on a mysterious, potentially dangerous testing environment.
- #5 Buddy Simulator 1984
94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,239 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Horror 92.9%, Singleplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game simulates an old-school AI experience that slowly descends into psychological horror.
- #6 Pony Island
94% matchVery Positive95% of 17,978 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Horror 88.5%, Singleplayer 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It presents itself as a simple arcade game that is actually a trap set by the devil, featuring heavy meta-narrative elements.
- #7 The Test
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,135 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Horror 89.8%, Singleplayer 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on choices and multiple endings within a simulated testing environment.
- #8 enJoyTyping
93% matchMixed70% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: SeaFortress
Windows
Hey! Daniel here! If you are interested in a job, come take a look at our ad. The job is simple: alll you need to do is to test a typing game. Nothing creepy about it!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a mundane typing task as a vehicle for violent and psychological horror themes.
- #9 EYES ON THE EXAM
91% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Carlos 'Monty' Montamarta
Windows
Keep your eyes on the exam... Study the environment, answer the questions before time runs out, find secrets in the classroom and don't even think about looking directly at that... thing.
Why similar: Trivia 70.2% ★, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: It directly incorporates the theme of taking a high-stakes, horror-infused exam.
- #10 Understanding, The Game
91% matchVery Positive81% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Matias Ezequiel WeschenfellerPub: MatyGexGames
Windows
'Understanding, the game' it's a suspense/investigation horror indie game inspired in classic horror games! Full Game coming as soon we can! Help us grow the game!
Why similar: Life Sim 46.6%, Horror 35.3%, First-Person 18.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers an interactive fiction experience that blurs the lines between a game and a psychological experiment.
- #11 Who's Lila?
89% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Horror 67.7%, First-Person 32.3%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game features a unique face-manipulation mechanic that feels like a disturbing test of identity.
- #12 IMSCARED
90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,794 reviews2016
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
Why similar: Horror 70.1%, First-Person 25.4%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic meta-horror game that uses the desktop and software interface to break the fourth wall.
- #13 Doki Doki Literature Club!
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,125 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Horror 79.1%, First-Person 14.8%, Singleplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: It uses the facade of a cute visual novel to deliver a profound and unsettling meta-horror experience.
- #14 Fallacy Quiz
87% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Tim Krief
Windows · Linux
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies. Everyone likes this game so you must too, right?
Why similar: Trivia 87% ★, Multiplayer 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: It presents a trivia-based challenge that tests the player's logic in an indie-game setting.
- #15 Something Strange
88% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Horror 93.7%, Singleplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a 2D psychological horror experience that feels like a corrupted software program.
- #16 The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 685 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Horror 100%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel continues the psychological testing theme with expanded choices and branching narratives.
- #17 Welcome to the Game
86% matchVery Positive85% of 2,537 reviews2016
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
Why similar: Horror 79.1%, First-Person 16.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being trapped within a dangerous software environment while navigating the dark web.
- #18 Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
85% matchVery Positive81% of 12,512 reviews2020
Dev: Bitbeast Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.
Why similar: Multiplayer 47.1%, Horror 42.1%, First-Person 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a multiplayer horror-puzzle experience that requires investigation and teamwork.
- #19 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 477 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, First-Person 26.9%, Multiplayer 23.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines puzzle-solving with a horror atmosphere in a confined, floor-by-floor progression.
- #20 Greetings
83% matchVery Positive84% of 637 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 100%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric indie horror game that focuses on a singular, unsettling interaction.
- #21 REALITY
84% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 100%
Why You'll Like It: This indie horror title uses a multiplayer format to create a sense of shared dread.
- #22 There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 25,263 reviews2020
Dev: Draw Me A Pixel
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative masterpiece that constantly breaks the fourth wall and subverts the player's expectations of a game interface.
- #23 Fungiman
81% matchVery Positive91% of 500 reviews2022
Dev: svinoman
Windows
Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?
Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Multiplayer 27.7%, First-Person 23.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features exploration and hidden-object mechanics wrapped in a survival-horror aesthetic.
- #24 SIGame
78% matchVery Positive88% of 4,393 reviews2025
Dev: Vladimir Khil
Windows
Exciting quiz game where you can test your knowledge, compete with friends and smart bots, and explore a variety of topics!
Why similar: Trivia 81.5% ★, Multiplayer 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #25 True or False Universe
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 211 reviews2017
Dev: Vladimir Maslov
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Challenge yourself to learn new and interesting things every day with the new free-to-play trivia game!
Why similar: Trivia 96% ★, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a casual, education-focused trivia experience that serves as a lighter counterpart to the seed game.
- #26 Prison Test
82% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 8%
This is a test game in which you can learn life in the russian prison, prison customs, prison riddles and answers to them, find out who are the prisoners and what they are in prison for, learn the articles and so on.
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy title that uses a test-like structure within a prison setting.
- #27 Tattletail
79% matchVery Positive95% of 4,970 reviews2016
Dev: Waygetter ElectronicsPub: Little Flag Software, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!
Why similar: Horror 65.1%, First-Person 29.9%, Singleplayer 5%
Why You'll Like It: It uses the concept of a 90s toy software interface to create a nostalgic yet terrifying horror experience.
- #28 Autumn Dream
81% matchMixed48% of 234 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You've inherited a small house. The documents say that you will only have a right to own it once you manage to live there for at least few days. But you must not go outside at night and shouldn't open the cellar door. Is there a chance to meet the conditions? Only time will show!
Why similar: Horror 91.3%, Singleplayer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator uses a cinematic approach to tell a haunting, horror-tinged story.
- #29 Trivia Vault: Health Trivia Deluxe
80% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 9%
Welcome to the Trivia Vault contestant! Play as a contestant in a gameshow called Trivia Vault Health Trivia Deluxe and bring your thinking hat. Answer medical and health trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value
Why similar: Trivia 99.2% ★, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward trivia experience that mimics the quiz format found in the seed game.
- #30 Party Quiz
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,609 reviews2023
Dev: White Ink
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play a local Quiz game with your friends and family. Create your own Quiz using the Party Quiz Constructor or use the Steam Workshop to download one of the Quizzes made by the community. Test your knowledge!
Why similar: Trivia 100% ★
- #31 Stairway
76% matchVery Positive94% of 351 reviews2024
Dev: Hungry Games
Windows
Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.
Why similar: First-Person 86.4%, Singleplayer 13.6%
- #32 A Simple Garbage Sorting Game
75% matchVery Positive96% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: KK Studio
Windows
We are recruiting a large number of testers from around the world to participate in an unprecedented secret experiment.. Join us and embark on this journey of exploration that is crucial to survival. In this unknown experiment, your choices will determine the fate of the Earth.
Why similar: First-Person 92.9%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #33 Seek Or Die
78% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 61.2%, Multiplayer 34.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play multiplayer horror game that emphasizes the tension of being hunted.
- #34 True or False
77% matchMixed68% of 1,303 reviews2016
Dev: Vladimir Maslov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Take a quiz to test your intuition and knowledge - and learn some interesting and specific facts along the way!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #35 The Test: Reimagined
74% matchVery Positive83% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!
Why similar: Horror 90%, Singleplayer 10%
- #36 Terroro
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,684 reviews2024
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this psychological horror game about a famous TikToker, you take on the role of her boyfriend to discover that behind their perfect life, nothing is as it seems. Duration 30 minutes.
Why similar: Horror 48.6%, Multiplayer 27.9%, First-Person 20.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #37 Trivia Quiz: All about everything!
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: DuCats Games Studio
Windows
Quiz allows you to learn a lot about the world, develop memory and test your knowledge!
Why similar: Trivia 99% ★, Singleplayer 1%
- #38 Stockwrk7
75% matchMixed69% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: GudeAndi
Windows
A short FREE First Person Horror-Adventure on a single Floor. Explore the Floor and try to solve the riddles. But don't get too deep into it. You don't know what you'll find. There are only englisch subtitles. Sorry.
Why similar: Horror 46.6%, Multiplayer 27.5%, First-Person 24%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #39 FPS Game: Dev Test
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,422 reviews2022
Dev: jackal_dev_test
Windows
A Simple, Fun, Multiplayer FPS game, strictly built and packaged for development testing and networking development.
Why similar: Multiplayer 90.7%, Singleplayer 9.3%
- #40 You Are Sick
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: AO Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you like feeling motion sick? Well, this is the perfect game for you! No? There is a baby mode don't worry! Feel the thrill of testing your parkour skills as you overcome simulated sickness. Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #41 The Watson-Scott Test
73% matchMixed67% of 815 reviews2018
Dev: Normal Wholesome Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #42 Smile More
69% matchVery Positive97% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Poxet
Windows · Mac
A short medical simulation horror game with multiple endings where the imperfect are made HAPPY. Perform tasks and operations on sedated patients to fix their defects before submitting your files to the Ministry of Happiness & Peace!
Why similar: Horror 96.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #43 Dr. Carlos' Personality Exam
71% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
It's a nice sunny day in Dubai, and you decide to wander into the shady clinic of Dr. Carlos PhD. Once inside, you are tasked with answering questions that will reveal your true nature...
Why similar: Trivia 98.7% ★, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #44 Gobby McGobblenutz Presents - The Questionably Quirky Quiz Show
71% matchVery Positive99% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Are you Quirky enough to win The Questionably Quirky Quiz Show with Gobby McGobblenutz, and permanently enter your name into the Hall of Legends for other players around the world to see how incredibly awesome you are?! Well then... What are you waiting for?!
Why similar: Life Sim 57%, Horror 43%
- #45 World Capitals Quizzer
71% matchMixed68% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Supergonk Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Guess capitals, flags, countries and geography in this fun and educational trivia quiz. Learn and play your way to becoming a geography master!
Why similar: Trivia 51.7% ★, Software 48.3% ★
- #46 Doors Quest Demo
72% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2018
Dev: Nick Page!
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 12%
Wow, it's Doors Quest Demo! You gotta go through the door if you wanna win the game!
- #47 HorrorToleranceTest
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: うさうさはっぴーげーむず
Windows
A horror game that challenges you to play three different games and diagnoses your tolerance for fear. “Surprise fear,” “hiding fear,” “escaping fear”—are you tolerant of all types of fear?
Why similar: Horror 64.6%, First-Person 30.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #48 Discussion Over Dinner
68% matchVery Positive93% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Eli Stevens
Windows
You receive a dinner invite from an awkward new neighbor and things go great.
Why similar: Horror 79.4%, First-Person 14%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #49 The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
68% matchVery Positive87% of 539 reviews2024
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?
Why similar: Horror 96.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #50 The Test: Reality Check
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #51 qualia
67% matchVery Positive93% of 400 reviews2025
Dev: CMY2K
Windows · Mac
Intellica thanks you for volunteering in this short text-based Research Study. Pay attention to the participants answers, and classify them as either Human or Artificial. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Remember, think happy!
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #52 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 790 reviews2023
Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #53 The Alchemist's House
70% matchMixed69% of 270 reviews2019
Dev: Angry Bunny
Windows
An invitation from a stranger... There's something evil in this house... Will you survive?
Why similar: Horror 80%, First-Person 20%
- #54 Serene Asylum
70% matchMixed57% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: MPlant Games
Windows
Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!
Why similar: Multiplayer 88.8%, Singleplayer 11.2%
- #55 Five Nights at Roner's: Remastered
65% matchVery Positive97% of 445 reviews2024
Dev: Roane VaydichPub: RedShift Interactive
Windows
You are an ambitious paranormal investigator searching for his big break. When you're presented the opportunity of a lifetime--$25.99, to be exact, you jump at the offer. But everything comes with a catch, and Roner and his friends are keen to teach you that...
Why similar: Horror 95%, Singleplayer 5%
- #56 Puzzling Wild IQ Test
68% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Paul BirdPub: Marjupi Games
Windows
Puzzling Wild introduces this IQ Test of logic and visual reasoning. These IQ Tests were developed by a Professor to try to test the intelligence of AI robots. Can you solve all 400 by your self? The puzzles are introduced by our good friends Ginger the Giraffe, and Hugo Hippo.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #57 Horror
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Horror 59.8%, First-Person 26.1%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #58 Play With Me: Escape Room
69% matchMixed63% of 531 reviews2018
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
Why similar: Horror 90%, Singleplayer 10%
