- #1 Daylight
97% matchMixed50% of 1,577 reviews2014
Dev: Zombie Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
Why similar: Horror 73.9%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Psychological Horror 3.7%, Survival 3.1%
- #2 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
96% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Horror 22.5%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Cute 10.7%
- #3 Yomawari: Night Alone
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,266 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Cute 15.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Anime 7%
- #4 Lost Hope: Backrooms
95% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
Windows
Lost Hope, a chilling horror game set in the eerie Backrooms universe, challenges players to delve into enigmatic locations teeming with bizarre and inexplicable phenomena. Embark on an expedition alone or with friends!
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 27%, Exploration 11.2%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #5 Blackout Hospital
94% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows
When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...
Why similar: Cartoon 28.3%, Horror 17.7%, Cute 12.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Cartoony 11.2%
- #6 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
93% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Lexilia GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Sakura Miko and the Hololive members are suddenly warped into an alternate future timeline. In this 3D adventure game, Miko must reunite with her friends and uncover the truth of this strange world to find her way back home.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Mystery 8.2%
- #7 Claire
94% matchMixed66% of 414 reviews2014
Dev: Hailstorm Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.
Why similar: Horror 44%, Female Protagonist 31.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Adventure 10.9%
- #8 Le Dernier Don
92% matchVery Positive83% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: OopsAllFlesh
Windows
Following a tragic event in an orphanage caused by horrific human experiments, an orphan tries to find other survivors while danger still lurks.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.4%, Exploration 30.8%, Horror 26.9%, Adventure 8%
- #9 Afterdream
91% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Horror 25.9%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #10 Alone in the School
91% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: 티민이
Windows
A girl who has lost her memory must collect five scattered memory fragments in the school to remember the events of that day.
Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Female Protagonist 27.2%, Exploration 20.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 4.7%
- #11 Before The Night
90% matchVery Positive95% of 486 reviews2022
Dev: Uneducated Game Studio
Windows
Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Cute 10.2%
- #12 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Horror 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Cute 8.9%
- #13 Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 737 reviews2021
Dev: qureate
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In this side-scrolling action-adventure game, you'll need to scour the inside of an abandoned hotel, looking for clues to solve the mystery of the hotel and ensure your escape from a mysterious, murderous mascot intent to kill.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Cute 10.1%, Exploration 9%
- #14 High School Dirty Secrets
86% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsuki Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%
- #15 Help
89% matchMixed55% of 290 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Why similar: Horror 45.7%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Anime 10.3%
- #16 Beyond The Darkness
86% matchVery Positive89% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: My Little StudioPub: IndieGO Publishing
Windows
💀🧩🕹️ Beyond The Darkness is a horror adventure game with puzzles where you help little girl Milly battle nightmares in the darkness to find her missing family. You will find yourself in bizarre worlds of memories, distorted by fears, and your only weapon will be the light of a small lamp...
Why similar: Horror 48.8%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 8.5%
- #17 htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
87% matchMixed69% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In the depths of a labyrinthine ruin, a young girl named Mion rises from a deep sleep. Lost, alone, and with no memory of how she got here or where her parents are, she is greeted by two fireflies—one composed entirely of light, and another who lurks among the shadows.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33%, Cute 22.9%, Horror 17.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Anime 11.8%
- #18 Dark Light
85% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Demons 38%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Cartoon 14.9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #19 Ib
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Cute 10.5%
- #20 At Home Alone
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: 0Cube
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Horror 31.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Cute 9%, Anime 8.2%
- #21 Fear in Hospital
84% 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: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Horror 30.9%, Exploration 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Arcade 10.7%
- #22 Clea
82% matchVery Positive98% of 406 reviews2019
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Clea is a jump scare free, skill-based survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Horror 19%, Cute 12.1%, Mystery 10%
- #23 Whitehaven
83% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 29.4%, Exploration 13.7%, Survival 7.2%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #24 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
80% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Horror 17.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Adventure 10.3%
- #25 Silent dream
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: GeuktePub: Dreamforest Entertainment
Windows
In the dark corridor as wide as a labyrinth, avoiding numerous pursuers who are aiming for their lives. Will you be able to save the missing person and escape safely!?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 25.6%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Arcade 9.8%
- #26 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2
79% matchVery Positive94% of 641 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Female Protagonist 24%, Adventure 17.7%, Action-Adventure 15.9%
- #27 Yuki「清醒梦」
76% matchVery Positive99% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: visualmemoryunit_
Windows
Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.6%, Female Protagonist 23.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #28 To The Light
81% matchMixed44% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: ZOV GAME STUDIO
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
To The Light is a pixel anime horror ACT game Our heroine was struck by a terrible monster on a dark night When she woke up, she found herself in a strange room...... Waiting for her....is death or survival?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.8%, Horror 30.1%, Exploration 15.8%, Anime 10.3%, Survival 7%
- #29 My Light In The Dark
78% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 23.6%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Exploration 15.6%, Adventure 10.9%
- #30 LUNA
77% matchVery Positive83% of 322 reviews2020
Dev: SimplePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Female Protagonist 23.4%, Horror 20.3%, Mystery 10%, Anime 6.3%
- #31 Fragile
78% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 9.3%
- #32 ALONE?
79% matchMixed42% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Adventure 23.6%
- #33 Left By Angels
74% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.
Why similar: Demons 27.3%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 26.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #34 Seeking Light
77% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Lucky DodoPub: ESAT
Windows
Seeking Light is an action adventure game in isometric perspective with a focus on boss fights. Fight your fears as Sunny and overcome the demons of your past. Explore your inner world, facing the personification of your phobias, and discover the story behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Horror 19.7%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Cute 12%
- #35 Rental
72% matchVery Positive93% of 5,309 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Exploration 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 11%
- #36 Subway Midnight
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,242 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 20.8%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Cute 10.9%
- #37 Incantation
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,098 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Exploration 14%, Action-Adventure 11.3%
- #38 A Day Without Me
76% matchMixed69% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Gamecom Team
Windows
You wake up in an unknown city. A city without people, a city completely deserted. But you’re not alone. There's something out there, something strange, something terrifying. Somehow, you know your only way out is to figure out why you're the only one left when everyone else is gone.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Cartoon 12.8%, Cute 11.5%
- #39 Hazy Mind
73% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.8%, Horror 16.6%, Conversation 16.2%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Adventure 9.9%
- #40 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
75% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.1%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 11.3%
- #41 Savior of the Abyss
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 263 reviews2021
Dev: ALLAF GAMES
Windows
Savior of the Abyss is a horror adventure game. To avoid sudden death, always pay attention and be suspicious of things around you. Collect and use a variety of tools to get to the surface. Please lead the protagonist safely so that the protagonist can achieve his or her purpose safely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 28%, Female Protagonist 23%, Adventure 9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #42 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,911 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Exploration 17.1%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Mystery 14.4%
- #43 Asleep: Act 1
71% matchVery Positive94% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Female Protagonist 24.6%, Horror 23.6%, Exploration 14%, Adventure 8.3%
- #44 Lost in the Woods
70% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: delulu girl
Windows
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Cartoon 19.4%, Horror 16%, Female Protagonist 16%, Exploration 11.2%
- #45 No Ghost in Stay Home
72% matchVery Positive92% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
A dimly lit room, her first time stay home.... Do you gently watch over little Anna? Or....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Horror 20.1%, Cute 17.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Anime 6.3%
- #46 Last Lesson
71% 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: Demons 54.6%, Exploration 26%, Horror 19.4%
- #47 Subway Exorcist Girl
69% matchVery Positive83% of 304 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Exploration 14.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Cute 9.5%
- #48 Into The Unknown
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?
Why similar: Adventure 56.9%, Casual 43.1%
- #49 The ER: Patient Typhon
71% matchVery Positive87% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Professional Villains
Windows
The ER: Patient Typhon is an atmosphere and exploration horror game where you are a young woman who has lost her arms. You have to use your wits, hide and run to survive this tale of deadly monsters and disturbing, environmental puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 26.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Adventure 8.6%
- #50 Never Again
70% matchVery Positive80% of 922 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 22.2%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Mystery 11%
- #51 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,467 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Horror 21.5%, Exploration 14%, Anime 6.5%
- #52 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 15.2%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Exploration 11%, Cute 9.2%
- #53 Last Message
69% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: JamesGamesNZ
Windows
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Conversation 27.9%, Horror 23.4%, Female Protagonist 12%, Exploration 11.1%, Casual 8.7%
- #54 You see me?
67% matchMixed68% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Zeneki
Windows
On the edge of the abyss, having lost someone dear, the hero searches for meaning—until fate leads him to a mysterious wanderer whose silent presence brings hope.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Exploration 15.6%, Survival 7.9%
- #55 Cat in the Box
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,513 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Mystery 14.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #56 Seek
66% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: cloud_li
Windows
In this game, you play as Alice, an girl trapped in a twisted, ever-changing world. Survive a frozen orphanage filled with lurking horrors, eerie classical music, and unsolved mysteries. Scavenge, evade monsters, and uncover the truth. But can you face the brutal reality—or remain trapped forever?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, Horror 22.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #57 Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
68% matchVery Positive93% of 957 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.
Why similar: Horror 48%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Cute 13.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Anime 6.5%
- #58 The Strange City
68% matchMixed49% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Newmatic Co., Ltd.
Windows
Embark on the adventure as Agent G, a lone survivor drawn into a mystery after a brutal car crash. Pursued by relentless monsters and trapped in eerie, shifting environments, you’ll need courage and wit to survive. Can you uncover the secrets at the journey's end—or will the shadows claim you first?
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Cute 11.9%, Adventure 11%
- #59 Fear the Spotlight
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Horror 20.1%, Exploration 13.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
- #60 DYSTHANASIA
64% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 22.5%, Demons 22%, Mystery 8.8%, Exploration 8.5%