Games Like Keep the Lights On

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Horror 28%, Adventure 21%, Mystery 20.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%

In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!

Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Emotional 15.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Mystery 10.3%

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

Why similar: Adventure 28.8%, Horror 26.6%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Story Rich 6.7%

Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Soundtrack 15.9% ★, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Mystery 10.3%

Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.

Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Adventure 28.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Indie 5.9%

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Platformer 17.6%, Emotional 15.6%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%

Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Emotional 21.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Adventure 22.1%, Mystery 20.8%, Atmospheric 20.4%

Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.

Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Horror 19.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%

Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.

Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Emotional 31.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 4.6%

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Platformer 32.6%, Adventure 18.3%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Puzzle 8.9%

A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Linear 17.8%, 2D 10.6%, Puzzle 9.6%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Adventure 30.3%, Horror 26%, Mystery 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Indie 7.9%

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Platformer 42.4%, Horror 18.9%, Adventure 18.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Indie 6.5%

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Adventure 30.1%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 4.3%

In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...

Why similar: Platformer 52.8%, Puzzle 16.5%, Horror 10.2%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 5.7%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Adventure 25.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Linear 7.7%

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Adventure 19.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Emotional 8.1%, Mystery 6.1%

This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.

Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Adventure 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Indie 0.8%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Mystery 22.9%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 40.1%, Mystery 23.3%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Adventure 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Horror 24%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 8.5%

One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.

Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Mystery 20.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Indie 3.9%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 57.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Linear 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Atmospheric 21.4%, Mystery 18.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Linear 3.9%

Play as a fearsome knight on a journey filled with challenges. Use a variety of abilities and powerups to take down enemies in an abandoned, torn by war castle.

Why similar: Adventure 33%, Platformer 25.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, 2D 7.5%, Indie 7.5%

The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Mystery 19.8%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Adventure 12.1%, Linear 11.3%

Join Sebastian Harrington, an archeology student, on a quest to find his missing professor. Explore ancient temple ruins, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in the Temple of Shadows.

Why similar: Horror 26%, Adventure 20.4%, Mystery 17.7%, Atmospheric 17%, Puzzle 9.4%

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 74.3%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Mystery 19.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Story Rich 9.1%

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 49.7%, Atmospheric 21.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.

Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Puzzle 10.3%

Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?

Why similar: Platformer 27.4%, Adventure 15%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Linear 9.8%

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Adventure 17.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 11.1%

The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 9%

Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.

Why similar: Adventure 32.8%, Platformer 26.6%, Linear 10.5%, Puzzle 7.8%, Indie 7.5%

"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Adventure 28%, Emotional 21.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D 9%

In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Adventure 16.9%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 8.1%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Horror 21%, Mystery 14%, Linear 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 8.9%

Lewis, an intelligent detective, finds himself on a mission to uncover the truth behind the many disappearances including his sister's. With the help of Joy, Lewis is going to explore what lies behind these walls. only to realize that there's much more to discover than he initially thought.

Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Mystery 21.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Permanent Residence invites players into an episodic journey of psychological horror, where each chapter reveals a sinister short story woven into the eerie legacy of a cursed place.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Linear 22.4%, Mystery 18.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.7%

A first person horror game. Fred is stuck in a dead-end job, haunted by hallucinations. A voice on the radio speaks of a green light. It promises peace and freedom. A tale of self-discovery where Fred is willing to find freedom, even at the cost of his life.

Why similar: Emotional 21.8%, Horror 21.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Linear 9.9%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Adventure 22.2%, Mystery 20.1%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Story Rich 6.3%

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

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Adventure 19.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%

THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.

Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Horror 31.3%, Puzzle 14.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Adventure 25.2%, Mystery 13.3%, Puzzle 7.4%, Indie 6.7%

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Horror 45.7%, Adventure 36.1%, Puzzle 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 3%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Atmospheric 19.3%, Mystery 19%, Horror 17.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 12.2%

An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Mystery 12%, Puzzle 9.5%

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

Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Adventure 23.1%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Mystery 19.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.

Why similar: Platformer 58%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Story Rich 13%, Indie 12%, Singleplayer 3.4%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Mystery 18.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Linear 13.5%

Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, 2D 10.4%

Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Mystery 18%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 3.9%

Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!

Why similar: Emotional 24.6%, Adventure 21%, Mystery 18.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Platformer 8.7%

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Adventure 18.5%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Linear 14.2%, Mystery 7.4%

DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Mystery 17.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Linear 10.3%

Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!

Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Mystery 17%, Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Story Rich 11.1%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Mystery 24.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Linear 8%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Adventure 18%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Mystery 11%, Story Rich 4.5%