- #1 Death Motel
97% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, First-Person 14.6%, Action 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact premise of a roadside motel harboring dark, psychological secrets.
- #2 The Hotel
96% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Horror 34%, Action 21.8%, Gore 15.4%, Singleplayer 15.3%, Violent 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it traps you in a claustrophobic, atmospheric hotel setting where the environment itself tells a disturbing story.
- #3 Visage
96% 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 33.9%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Walking Simulator 8.7%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in psychological horror that utilizes a confined, domestic space to create intense, immersive dread.
- #4 The Mortuary Assistant
95% 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 44.6%, Mystery 13.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Realistic 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being trapped in a singular, unsettling location while performing a job that slowly descends into horror.
- #5 Summer of '58
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological 13.3%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This short, first-person experience excels at building a thick atmosphere of isolation in a remote, eerie building.
- #6 The Maid
93% matchVery Positive82% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 12%, Action 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the theme of being an outsider working in a strange, potentially dangerous location.
- #7 Infliction
94% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply personal and psychological horror experience centered around exploring a house filled with traumatic memories.
- #8 Nightmare Shift
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Conversation 13.1%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the horror of a mundane job turning into a psychological ordeal within a confined space.
- #9 Layers of Fear
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 14%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential psychological walking simulator that uses shifting environments to mirror the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.
- #10 Stay Out of the House
91% 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: Immersive Sim 29.3%, Horror 27.8%, First-Person 14.3%, Atmospheric 12%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, confined horror experience that emphasizes stealth and environmental discovery in a hostile location.
- #11 Martha Is Dead
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Psychological 22.4%, Horror 16.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Mystery 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a heavy, atmospheric narrative that blends historical setting with intense psychological horror.
- #12 The Guest
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'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 27.2%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Mystery 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the focus on mystery and puzzle-solving within a confined, atmospheric environment.
- #13 The Painscreek Killings
89% matchVery Positive91% of 6,013 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Horror 18.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same investigative, walking-simulator style of gameplay where uncovering the truth about a location is the primary goal.
- #14 Uninvited Guest
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core theme of an unexpected, unsettling arrival at a location that is not what it seems.
- #15 Lost in Vivo
86% 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 28.9%, Horror 22.3%, Psychological 19.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, First-Person 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the claustrophobic and surreal nature of psychological horror through a first-person perspective.
- #16 MADiSON
85% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 29%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a confined space and psychological tension to create a terrifying experience focused on mystery and exploration.
- #17 The Inn-Sanity
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Conversation 17.7%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the motel-based horror setting and psychological themes of the seed game.
- #18 Implements of Hell
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychological 14%, Horror 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator focuses on atmospheric, psychological horror in a way that mirrors the pacing of the seed game.
- #19 Skull Hotel
83% matchVery Positive83% of 737 reviews2025
Dev: James Hall
Windows
Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The hotel setting and focus on singleplayer psychological horror make it a strong thematic match.
- #20 Amnesia: The Bunker
82% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 19.9%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes immersive sim elements within a confined, terrifying space to force the player to interact with their environment to survive.
- #21 Paratopic
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.8%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, low-poly aesthetic creates a unique, unsettling atmosphere that mirrors the strange reality of the seed game.
- #22 Faint Call
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
Faint Call is a psychological horror game about a police officer investigating a distress call from someone at a notoriously cursed house.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychological 12.8%, First-Person 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is a straightforward, atmospheric walking simulator that emphasizes the first-person horror experience.
- #23 Cry of Fear
79% 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 40.4%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Psychological 13.5%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is a classic of the psychological horror genre, focusing on the protagonist's mental state within a hostile, first-person world.
- #24 >observer_
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,884 reviews2017
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%, First-Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply psychological and atmospheric experience that explores the boundaries of reality in a confined space.
- #25 The Last Visit: 98th
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 9%
- #26 The Guest
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 18.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #27 The Empty Eyes
77% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 19.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, First-Person 8.1%
- #28 Don't Knock Twice
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 706 reviews2017
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Psychological 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that relies on exploration and environmental storytelling to build its tension.
- #29 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
76% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological 8.4%, First-Person 7.8%
- #30 Unseen
75% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 8.7%
- #31 MIRROR MIRROR
76% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological 13%, Horror 12.7%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #32 The Hotel
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #33 The motel
74% matchVery Positive86% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Crime 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 13.2%, First-Person 12.5%
- #34 Omitted
78% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Psychological 17.6%, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Mystery 7.1%
- #35 Last Lesson
75% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2023
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
It's your first night as the caretaker of a scary quest. The last visitors have gone home. You need to turn off the lights, check the equipment and not die of horror, because someone or something suddenly starts a nightmarish game. With you in the lead.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Psychological 19.8%, First-Person 15.1%, Horror 12%, 3D 7.8%
- #36 AUTO-CRISIS
73% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 10%, Psychological 9.7%
- #37 White Room Protocol
73% 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: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 9%, Atmospheric 9%
- #38 Reflection
72% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #39 Welcome to Kowloon
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 16%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%
- #40 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
70% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #41 Hospitality VR
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: David FlossdorfPub: flossdorfgames
Windows
A VR Horror Experience, not a Game! No controller input needed! After having checked into a haunted hospital, you are being confronted with its evil resident who is not too pleased about your visit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 29.4%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Action 10.8%, Dark 5.2%
- #42 Silent Still
72% matchMixed54% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological 13.4%, First-Person 11%
- #43 Last Report
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,994 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Psychological 17.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Mystery 8.5%
- #44 Familiar Stranger
71% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Horror 30.5%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 11%, Action 9%
- #45 Left Alone
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 641 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological 12.8%, First-Person 10.9%
- #46 Limoria
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #47 Dead of Night: Supermarket
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 8%
- #48 Trapped: Family Vacation
69% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological 13.9%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9.6%
- #49 Only Faces Remain
67% 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: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Psychological 17.2%, Horror 15.8%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, First-Person 11%
- #50 From The Other Side
69% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Action 6.7%
- #51 Kiosk
66% matchVery Positive88% of 2,518 reviews2025
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Conversation 11.8%
- #52 SHE WAS 98
66% matchVery Positive85% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%
- #53 Floor 9
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 10.6%
- #54 Vesnith Tapes
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #55 Abandoned Souls
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 9%
- #56 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
66% matchVery Positive91% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 14.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #57 Hatch
70% matchMixed68% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Nekoromorph
Windows
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Immersive Sim 16%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 10.4%
- #58 S.O.V: Passenger 23
66% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: IGNUS NEX ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 23.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 10.7%