- #1 Murder House
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,293 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: 1980s 31.5%, Horror 18.5%, Retro 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Cinematic 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the 80s slasher aesthetic with its PS1-style graphics and intense, stalker-driven gameplay.
- #2 The Night of the Scissors
96% matchVery Positive94% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: 1980s 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Cinematic 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a PS1-style aesthetic to deliver a tight, narrative-driven slasher experience that feels like a classic horror film.
- #3 Bloodwash
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,359 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?
Why similar: 1980s 26%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a distinct VHS-filter and 80s slasher tropes that mirror the cinematic feel of the seed game.
- #4 Night At the Gates of Hell
95% matchVery Positive90% of 856 reviews2022
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: 1980s 22.8%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Retro 14.2%, FPS 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the grindhouse and slasher cinema aesthetic with its retro presentation and high-tension atmosphere.
- #5 Stay Out of the House
94% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: 1980s 30.3%, 1990's 20.5%, Horror 16.7%, Retro 16%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential slasher horror experience that emphasizes stealth and survival against a deranged killer in a retro environment.
- #6 Christmas Massacre
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,065 reviews2021
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.
Why similar: 1980s 50.6%, Horror 25%, Retro 18.7%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at capturing the 80s slasher vibe with its violent, fast-paced gameplay and retro visual style.
- #7 Among Ashes
93% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, FPS 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Retro 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror game that uses retro aesthetics to create a deeply unsettling and atmospheric psychological experience.
- #8 Tormenture
91% matchVery Positive88% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: 1980s 29%, Retro 18.4%, Horror 16.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends retro pixel-graphics with dark, psychological themes to create a unique horror experience.
- #9 Post Trauma
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Cinematic 27.6%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 16.3%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic survival horror that maintains a high level of atmospheric tension and retro-inspired design.
- #10 Power Drill Massacre
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
A DRILLING good time!... a VHS era, Lowpoly Slasher
Why similar: 1980s 30.6%, Retro 16.6%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in retro-styled slasher horror, focusing on claustrophobic environments and relentless pursuit.
- #11 The Scarlet Harvest
90% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 17.3%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Survival 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This indie horror title focuses on psychological tension and a dark, narrative-driven experience.
- #12 Hollowbody
87% matchVery Positive86% of 1,556 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 14%, Atmospheric 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This modern survival horror game captures the classic PS1-era atmosphere and tension perfectly.
- #13 Massacre At The Mirage
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 472 reviews2024
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 26.4%, Survival 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: A slasher-themed horror game that emphasizes psychological thrills and survival in a retro setting.
- #14 Paranormal VHS
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, Cinematic 9.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: The VHS-filter and found-footage style align perfectly with the 80s/90s slasher inspiration of the seed game.
- #15 Blood Camp
89% matchMostly Negative35% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"Blood Camp" is a horror game inspired by the horror movies of the 80's. With ps1 graphic style and a classic story from old cult movies.
Why similar: 1980s 31.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Retro 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It directly tackles the summer camp slasher trope with an emphasis on action and exploration.
- #16 Dead Format
86% matchVery Positive83% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 18.5%, 1990's 15.9%, 1980s 14.3%, Survival 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the PS1-style horror aesthetic with a focus on surreal, psychological terror.
- #17 Crow Country
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,186 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: 1990's 25.1%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Retro 15.6%, Stylized 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully recreates the survival horror gameplay and aesthetic of the 90s with a focus on exploration and atmosphere.
- #18 No Players Online
85% matchVery Positive84% of 564 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: 1980s 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Horror 12.7%, Retro 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This retro-horror title uses the aesthetic of early internet gaming to deliver a haunting and atmospheric experience.
- #19 Joyville
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
Why similar: 1980s 28.5%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Retro 7.6%, Survival 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a nostalgic 80s/90s environment, this game combines puzzle-solving with survival horror elements.
- #20 Lost in Vivo
84% 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: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 20.2%, Retro 14.4%, FPS 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply psychological and claustrophobic experience that mirrors the retro-horror aesthetic of the seed game.
- #21 East Wood Carnival
82% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: 1980s 40.2%, Horror 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Atmospheric 5.9%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This indie horror game provides a dark, narrative-driven experience set in a classic horror location.
- #22 Coffin Mall
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
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: 1990's 17.7%, Retro 14.5%, Horror 14.4%, 1980s 13.4%, Stylized 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a stylized, retro aesthetic to create a unique and eerie horror environment.
- #23 Carnival Massacre
79% matchVery Positive91% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
Windows
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Retro 21.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that utilizes retro visuals to deliver a tense, slasher-inspired experience.
- #24 Midnight Shift
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: 1990's 18.7%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, FPS 17.6%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides an atmospheric, first-person horror experience that feels like a classic slasher setup.
- #25 Christmas Mutilator
81% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.
Why similar: Cinematic 23%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Retro 13.8%, Adventure 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the violent, slasher-movie tropes that define the subgenre.
- #26 Sinister Halloween
81% matchVery Positive84% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, FPS 13.5%, Action-Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 13%, Survival 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific holiday-themed horror vibe that makes the seed game so engaging.
- #27 Red Valley
80% matchVery Positive81% of 178 reviews2022
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"Red Valley" is a silent hill-inspired short game with 80s trash horror elements.
Why similar: 1980s 25%, Retro 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that blends action and survival elements within a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #28 Bloody Hallowfest
78% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
What starts as the preparation for a special Halloween night event at a summer camp turns into a nightmare when someone with a bloodied axe ends the lives of all your friends. Will you manage to escape and save yourself?
Why similar: 1980s 20.1%, Retro 16.4%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%
- #29 The Holiday Story
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
Why similar: 1980s 22%, Cinematic 18.4%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Retro 10.6%
- #30 Weeping Falls Massacre
79% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: 1980s 21.7%, 1990's 13.9%, FPS 10.4%, Horror 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #31 Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
77% matchVery Positive96% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
Why similar: 1990's 24%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Retro 16.1%, First-Person 6.8%
- #32 Trash Horror Collection 4
77% matchVery Positive84% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
This collection includes 7 games that will bring you 80s trash movie vibes. Plus a story mode including all games in a unique, bizarre and bloody story!
Why similar: 1980s 25.3%, 1990's 16.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Retro 9.4%, Horror 8.2%
- #33 Trash Horror Collection
76% matchVery Positive95% of 518 reviews2022
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to a true 80's trash horror experience. This collection has 10 short horror games that you can freely choose which one you want to play.
Why similar: 1980s 29.4%, Retro 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Horror 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #34 [Bober Bros] It's Just A Prank
75% matchVery Positive88% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
It's Just A Prank is a first-person horror game about kids playing pranks on each other until a PRANK GOES WRONG. Experience suspense, fear, and unexpected twists as a simple joke becomes a nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 22.6%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 9.9%, Retro 9.1%
- #35 Nightmare of Decay
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, 1990's 20.5%, FPS 15.9%, Retro 13.1%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #36 Trash Horror Collection 3
76% matchVery Positive86% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
We bring you 10 short horror/comedy games in this collection. Inspired by the "Tales From the Crypt" series and cult horror movies from the 80's/90's.
Why similar: 1980s 24.1%, 1990's 15.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Retro 8.6%, Horror 7.6%
- #37 Christmas Nightmare
74% matchVery Positive89% of 348 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Cinematic 32.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 9%
- #38 Psychopathy Assessment
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: 1980s 24.3%, Cinematic 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.8%, Retro 11%
- #39 Benny Bash
73% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: 1980s 29.9%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Stylized 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #40 Whispering Lane: Horror
73% matchMixed65% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?
Why similar: Cinematic 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, 1990's 11.6%
- #41 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,543 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Retro 16.9%, First-Person 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #42 Loathful
73% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Dive into a bone-chilling horror experience with PS1-style graphics. Step into the shoes of a Neural Net Solutions employee testing a virtual reality vacation system. Brace yourself for an immersive journey into terror, where the past meets cutting-edge fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Retro 21.1%, Horror 19.3%, Stylized 11.3%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #43 Terrorbytes
71% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: TreetopPub: Over The Moon
Windows
Collect pellets to power the safe room and survive. Solve the mystery of how you were sucked into this haunted arcade machine, and escape.
Why similar: 1980s 25.8%, Cinematic 17.2%, Retro 13.8%, Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 7%
- #44 Viltnemda
70% matchVery Positive83% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: Not In Kansas Games
Windows
You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game
Why similar: Horror 24%, Cinematic 17.6%, 1990's 15.2%, Exploration 11%, Retro 9.7%
- #45 Into The Gloom
72% matchVery Positive82% of 289 reviews2015
Dev: earrgamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 20.2%, FPS 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 9.5%
- #46 CASE RECORDS: Fear of Abduction
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Walnut LLC
Windows
Psychological horror, which is part of the games CASE: Animatronics and CASE 2: Animatronics Survival.
Why similar: 1980s 21%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Cinematic 14%, Horror 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #47 Hello Teacher
72% matchMixed61% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Yasha
Windows
Hello Teacher is a VHS PSX multiplayer horror game in which one crazed, unstoppable Teacher hunts down four kids through a terrifying nightmarish world in a deadly game of Cat & Mouse
Why similar: 1980s 23.1%, 1990's 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.5%, Retro 10.8%
- #48 Opus Castle
71% matchMixed60% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Messier GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Opus Castle it's a 3D horror, adventure and mysterious game with a narrative based on the real tragic history of the little castle on Apa Street, located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, FPS 17.5%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 10.7%
- #49 Backrooms: Exploration
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 23%, First-Person 13.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #50 Derange
71% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Dark Gaia StudiosPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Lured to a rural property in Massachusetts, college students Jessica King and Nathan Romero are thrust into a terrifying battle for survival against an otherworldly evil. Test your instincts and your will to survive in this retro-style survival horror adventure, inspired by the classics of the '90s.
Why similar: 1980s 37.9%, Horror 22.5%, Retro 20.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #51 Lunar Nightmare
68% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Lunar Nightmare is a retro-inspired sci-fi thriller, set on an abandoned Moon base, where you have to solve the mystery behind missing crew members, ancient discoveries around deep down the Lunar surface, rouge-AI trying to control your fate and ghastly androids to revolting against your command.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Retro 26.4%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 7.2%
- #52 Hollow Cocoon
65% matchVery Positive92% of 886 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: 1980s 21.2%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Retro 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #53 White Room Protocol
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, FPS 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #54 Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86
65% matchVery Positive87% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror anthology inspired by real-life cases. In Route 86, a group of friends ends up in a remote nightmare. Explore, hide, and survive in this first-person experience with multiple playable characters and rising tension.
Why similar: Cinematic 20%, Retro 14.8%, Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
- #55 Stay Out Of The Farm: Prologue
69% matchMixed58% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Yasha
Windows
Free Prologue to Stay Out Of The Farm, a ps1 styled horror game where you try to escape from a serial killer.
Why similar: 1980s 44.5%, Retro 20.1%, Horror 14.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Action 8.5%
- #56 project BLARI
68% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: MaxEstLa
Windows
Try to survive in this semi open horror game inspired by the ps1 graphic era.
Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Survival 15.9%, Stylized 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Exploration 10.5%
- #57 Paranormal Night Shift
65% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 40.4%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Horror 9.7%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #58 Dead Beacon
67% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: SelianiDEV
Windows
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: 1990's 29.1%, Horror 22%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #59 The Fridge is Red
69% matchMixed56% of 229 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: 1990's 16.8%, Horror 14.8%, Retro 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #60 INDICTED
70% matchMixed48% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.
Why similar: 1980s 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Survival 9.6%