- #1 Don't Look
97% matchMostly Negative40% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DygoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don't Look is a horror game where you are being hunted by things that can only move when you see them. With no explanation or recollection of where you came from your only objective is to survive and make it out of that hell and hopefully uncover some secrets on the way.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.9%, Horror 37.9%, First-Person 13%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the exact core premise of avoiding eye contact with a creature to survive in a high-tension environment.
- #2 Slender: The Arrival
96% matchVery Positive88% of 9,226 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Why similar: Horror 53.1%, Survival Horror 30.6%, First-Person 10.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive experience for the 'don't look' mechanic, forcing you to manage your gaze while being hunted by a relentless entity.
- #3 Those Who Crawl
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Hush Fin Games
Windows · Linux
Escape an ever-shrinking cave tunnel in this tense spelunking horror. As the stone walls transform into flesh, you'll face perilous claustrophobic spaces, flooded passages, and twisted inhuman creatures.
Why similar: Underground 32.7% ★, Horror 25.7%, Survival Horror 19%, First-Person 15.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the underground, creature-focused survival gameplay found in the seed title.
- #4 Lost in Vivo
95% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.9%, Horror 36.7%, First-Person 13%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully captures the claustrophobic, underground horror experience with a heavy emphasis on psychological dread.
- #5 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
94% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 54.7%, Survival Horror 29.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational survival-horror game that relies on flashlight management and hiding from creatures you cannot fight.
- #6 Dark Deception
94% 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 52.4%, Survival Horror 28.2%, First-Person 12%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on maze-like navigation and avoiding terrifying creatures that pursue you through confined, dark spaces.
- #7 Iron Lung
93% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 71.2%, First-Person 21.2%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a masterclass in extreme claustrophobia and limited visibility, forcing you to navigate a terrifying environment with almost no sensory input.
- #8 Vigil
92% matchVery Positive86% of 2,025 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
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: Survival Horror 33.4%, Horror 30.6%, Underground 17.6% ★, First-Person 12.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that focuses on navigating dark, unsettling environments while being hunted.
- #9 Cry of Fear
91% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 53.9%, Survival Horror 34.8%, First-Person 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty first-person horror game that utilizes flashlight mechanics and intense, dark environments to keep the player constantly on edge.
- #10 The Mine
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: IanPub: M.I.M
Windows
You find yourself lost in a mine, the only objective is to find a way out. But something lurks in the shadows, following. Hunting you. Good luck. It's simply a game of cat and mouse. You can run and hide, but your ultimate goal is to find the key and escape the mine. While avoiding the monsters.
Why similar: Horror 82%, Indie 18%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the underground setting and indie horror aesthetic of the seed game.
- #11 Penumbra Overture
89% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Survival Horror 30.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a dark, underground facility, this game emphasizes physics-based interaction and stealthy avoidance of hostile creatures.
- #12 It follows you
90% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.9%, Horror 34.2%, First-Person 15.9%, Casual 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being pursued by an unstoppable force in a first-person perspective.
- #13 Monstrum
88% matchVery Positive91% of 3,664 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.5%, Horror 41.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that traps you in a confined space with a deadly creature, requiring constant stealth and resource management.
- #14 Visage
86% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 53.3%, Survival Horror 32.2%, First-Person 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply atmospheric experience where managing your light source is essential to maintaining your sanity and surviving the darkness.
- #15 Alien: Isolation
86% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.9%, Horror 40.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for creature avoidance, where the constant threat of a superior predator forces you to play cautiously and quietly.
- #16 Nyctophobia
89% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Horror 76.6%, Indie 23.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the focus on darkness and the fear of the unknown that defines the survival-horror genre.
- #17 Black Rose
87% 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 55.4%, Survival Horror 28.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a dark, hostile setting.
- #18 SOMA
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.5%, Horror 37.5%, First-Person 14%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines atmospheric, first-person exploration with terrifying encounters that require you to hide rather than fight.
- #19 The Night Shift
84% matchMixed58% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.9%, Horror 34.5%, First-Person 14.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, first-person horror experience that relies on atmosphere and sudden, frightening encounters.
- #20 Nocturia The Game
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Horror 56.5%, First-Person 25.3%, Singleplayer 9.6%, Casual 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and atmospheric horror, perfect for those who enjoy the tension of the seed game.
- #21 SEEING THINGS
82% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Survival Horror 33.7%, Singleplayer 8.7%, Casual 7%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that plays with the player's perception and vision to create scares.
- #22 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
81% matchVery Positive90% of 10,232 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 67.3%, First-Person 17%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Indie 4.6%, Casual 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building tension through realistic, atmospheric horror and the constant threat of an intruder.
- #23 The Mortuary Assistant
80% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 77.1%, First-Person 14.1%, Singleplayer 5.4%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes first-person tension and limited visibility to create a deeply unsettling horror experience.
- #24 Nightwatch: Closer
81% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Quokkariki
Windows
"Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.
Why similar: Horror 51%, Survival Horror 22.6%, First-Person 15.6%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Indie 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that focuses on the tension of being trapped in a dark, dangerous location.
- #25 Fear in Hospital
83% 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: Survival Horror 45.1%, Horror 36.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses dark, confined environments to build tension and fear.
- #26 Sub Terra
79% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Horror 57.6%, First-Person 21.8%, Casual 9.7%, Singleplayer 7.7%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic, first-person horror game that emphasizes the struggle for survival in a dark, enclosed space.
- #27 Cave Crawler
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,108 reviews2022
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.
Why similar: Casual 56.6%, Singleplayer 43.4%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the underground, claustrophobic setting and first-person perspective of the seed game.
- #28 123 Slaughter Me Street
82% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 84.8%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that relies on quick reactions and managing your environment to survive.
- #29 Fear of the Light
78% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Jakob FereniusPub: Team Fuve
Windows
A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!
Why similar: Survival Horror 54.3%, Horror 32.6%, First-Person 13.1%
- #30 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
77% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Horror 73.7%, First-Person 18.4%, Singleplayer 7.9%
- #31 Cassiculus
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: Craig LawrencePub: LockleyGames
Windows
This terrifying first-person horror experience immerses the player into a world of isolation, fear, paranoia and claustrophobia as you make your way through the Oberon Cave. Throughout the game, you will experience atmospheric environments, disturbing audio and horrifying visuals.
Why similar: Underground 53.9% ★, Horror 28.8%, First-Person 14.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #32 Cave Crawler
76% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 68.4%, First-Person 24.2%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #33 DON'T FACE UP
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: tesakiza
Windows · Mac
DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game. Never make eye contact with them. They may appear and disappear. They may be standing in the direction you suddenly turn your eyes. Even in such a situation, you must proceed with your search for the building. Therefore, "DON'T FACE UP."
Why similar: Horror 74.1%, First-Person 16.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 4.5%
- #34 Escape from Hornhead
75% matchVery Positive97% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Escape from Horn head is 3D horror game. You need to find the keys and potions before he catches up with you. Explore the rooms, look for objects and avoid the pursuer. Try to find the best way, remember the movement of the Horned-headed demon chasing its victim, that is, you.
Why similar: Horror 47.6%, First-Person 25.5%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #35 SCP: Observer
73% matchVery Positive93% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: Maximilian Fischer
Windows
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Survival Horror 45.6%, Horror 33.8%, First-Person 14%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 2.6%
- #36 Refund Me If You Can
75% 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: Underground 60.6% ★, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #37 EYES ON THE EXAM
73% matchVery Positive93% of 72 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: Survival Horror 39.5%, Horror 36.8%, First-Person 15.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 2.1%
- #38 The Wailer
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Ethan RobichauxPub: Vultive Entertainment
Windows
A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Horror 68.9%, First-Person 31.1%
- #39 The Closing Shift
73% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
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 93.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Indie 2.7%
- #40 Wayward Harbor
74% 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: Survival Horror 38.1%, Horror 37.5%, First-Person 16.5%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #41 Seek Or Die
76% matchMixed67% of 174 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 62.5%, Survival Horror 15%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 7.5%, Casual 7.3%
- #42 One Room Nightmare
72% matchVery Positive83% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: RenKon
Windows
Turn-based strategy horror. Terror in a confined space. Manage your limited power and time to protect yourself from the oncoming enemies and survive until dawn.
Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Survival Horror 37.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #43 10 Seconds
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Horror 56.7%, Survival Horror 16.9%, First-Person 15.3%, Singleplayer 7.6%, Indie 3.5%
- #44 Backrooms: Found Footage
70% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 55.7%, First-Person 33.5%, Singleplayer 6%, Indie 4.8%
- #45 Banshee
71% 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: Survival Horror 45.5%, Horror 38.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #46 Siren Head: Awakening
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 918 reviews2020
Dev: Prisma Games L.L.C.
Windows · Mac
Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Survival Horror 38.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #47 Minds Eyes
72% 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 61.6%, Survival Horror 29.5%, First-Person 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 2.3%
- #48 In Our Parlor
68% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Justin WoottenPub: Wickwire Game Studio
Windows
In Our Parlor is a short, horror walking simulator. The player must make their way through a mysterious manor to unfold the story, find the parlor, and escape this nightmare. Navigate a series of dark set pieces and follow the music to discover the path forward.
Why similar: First-Person 37.6%, Horror 35.2%, Singleplayer 16.3%, Casual 10.9%
- #49 頭痛
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 205 reviews2021
Dev: MONZEN
Windows
頭痛【資料館編】 行方不明者を探しに資料館へ... 廃墟の資料館に隠された謎を解く一人称視点の探索系ホラーゲームです。
Why similar: Underground 48.6% ★, Horror 21.5%, Survival Horror 14.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Casual 3%
- #50 Obscula
70% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Horror 58.4%, Survival Horror 21.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Casual 7.4%
- #51 Only Faces Remain
66% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Santiago Garcia
Windows
ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.
Why similar: Horror 54.7%, First-Person 25.3%, Singleplayer 8.6%, Casual 8.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #52 DON'T LOOK AWAY
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 288 reviews2022
Dev: DMNT
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A frightening asymmetrical multiplayer experience! Survive as the Human or terrorize as the Entity that can only move when it isn't being watched.
Why similar: Survival Horror 49.1%, Horror 39.4%, First-Person 11.5%
- #53 Zardy's Cave
67% matchVery Positive83% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Full Trek Media
Windows
Beneath the farm something terrible awaits. You fell down a giant hole into a dark world full of terrifying scarecrows and monsters. Now you must make your way through the tunnels deep underground while watching your back. Solve puzzles, find tools, and most importantly… Stay alive!
Why similar: Underground 50.3% ★, Horror 23.8%, Survival Horror 16.9%, First-Person 9.1%
- #54 AfterHours
68% 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 74.7%, First-Person 15.7%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Indie 3%
- #55 Mirrored Phantoms
67% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 63.5%, First-Person 24.2%, Singleplayer 8.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #56 Slendrina Remake
67% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: GearMech
Windows
Slendrina Remake is a scary survival game set in a dungeon where you must gather items, solve puzzles, and evade the sinister Slendrina herself to make it out alive. Experience the atmosphere of fear and tension in this gripping horror adventure.
Why similar: Underground 42.6% ★, Horror 27.5%, Survival Horror 16.4%, First-Person 13.5%
- #57 The Door in the Basement
68% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Underground 47.5% ★, Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 17.5%, First-Person 7.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #58 Watertight
65% matchVery Positive88% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Studio
Windows
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Horror 79.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Singleplayer 8.7%
- #59 The Luminist
69% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Lucid DreamPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
An inconvenient electrical failure turns into an unspeakable nightmare as Dietrich becomes trapped in an abandoned subterranean mining town full of horrid creatures.
Why similar: Underground 56.4% ★, Horror 34.4%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #60 Flicker of Hope
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,026 reviews2020
Dev: Studio Whip
Windows · Mac
Flicker of Hope is a suspense thriller where you play as a small candle in the ruins of a dark cathedral. Though the halls are littered with victims of a mysterious plague, you are not the only soul left. Use the properties of a candle, and a trusty douter to prevent yourself from being discovered.
Why similar: Horror 51.1%, Survival Horror 36.4%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 5.9%