- #1 I'm on Observation Duty 8
97% matchVery Positive96% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Psychological 18.8%, Horror 18.6%, Point & Click 11.2%, Supernatural 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the surveillance-based gameplay loop of identifying anomalies in camera footage.
- #2 The Horror Of Salazar House
96% matchVery Positive95% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Point & Click 12.8%, Supernatural 12.6%, Dark 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art point-and-click horror game that mirrors the dark, investigative tone of the seed game.
- #3 SIGNALIS
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.4%, Dark 19%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in pixel-art psychological horror that emphasizes atmosphere and cryptic mystery.
- #4 The Closing Shift
96% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully builds tension through the mundane routine of a night shift job turned into a terrifying experience.
- #5 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
94% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being isolated in a remote location while uncovering dark, supernatural secrets.
- #6 Stories Untold
94% matchVery Positive87% of 5,390 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a unique interface and monitoring-style gameplay to deliver a deeply unsettling and atmospheric mystery.
- #7 Nightmare Shift
93% 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 30.1%, Horror 26.4%, Psychological 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the theme of surviving a night shift while dealing with psychological horror elements.
- #8 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,412 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Dark 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses retro pixel graphics to create an incredibly oppressive and terrifying atmosphere.
- #9 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
91% matchVery Positive83% of 3,184 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 38%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Psychological 13%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Mystery 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Another Chilla's Art classic that excels at turning a lonely night shift into a psychological nightmare.
- #10 Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus
91% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus drags you into a sordid world of mirrors and shadows where the demon lurks. Dare to take on this macabre pixel-art graphic adventure of horror and madness. Solve puzzles and explore two parallel timelines.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Point & Click 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Linear 8.1%, Dark 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art point-and-click horror game that emphasizes mystery and dark, atmospheric exploration.
- #11 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
90% 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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dark 16.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror puzzle game that plays with the player's expectations in a confined environment.
- #12 Iron Lung
89% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Dark 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic experience that relies entirely on surveillance and limited sensory input to build dread.
- #13 Decarnation
88% matchVery Positive88% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Dark 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and emotional psychological horror game that utilizes pixel art to convey deep unease.
- #14 Shift 87
87% matchVery Positive88% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 16.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes observation and identifying subtle changes in the environment.
- #15 WORLD OF HORROR
85% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Mystery 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-art aesthetics with cosmic mystery and investigative gameplay.
- #16 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
86% matchVery Positive93% of 12,692 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Indie 39%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Dark 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a distinct pixel-art style that focuses on narrative and atmospheric tension.
- #17 One Late Night: Deadline
89% matchMostly Negative30% of 198 reviews2014
Dev: Black Curtain Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
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 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Supernatural 15.6%, Psychological 12%, Dark 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the office-based night shift horror trope with a strong emphasis on atmosphere.
- #18 Dark Fear
86% matchVery Positive94% of 232 reviews2016
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Point & Click 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled point-and-click horror game that blends RPG elements with a dark, mysterious narrative.
- #19 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
84% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.8%, Horror 14.1%, Supernatural 14.1%, Point & Click 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features surveillance-based gameplay where you must spot anomalies in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #20 The Gretlow Tapes
83% matchVery Positive92% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
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 18%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Supernatural 16.6%, Psychological 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses found-footage aesthetics to build a realistic and supernatural sense of dread.
- #21 Paranormal Night Shift
82% 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: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Supernatural 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the night shift horror theme with a focus on supernatural mystery.
- #22 The Cat Lady
84% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Point & Click 13.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Dark 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click adventure that deals with heavy themes and unsettling imagery.
- #23 HOME
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,342 reviews2019
Dev: Fantasync
Windows · Mac
HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.
Why similar: Atmospheric 50.2%, Exploration 20.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric pixel-art horror game that relies on player choices to drive the mystery.
- #24 Darkness Under My Bed
82% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
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 14.8%, Supernatural 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 12.7%, Dark 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that plays on the fear of the unknown within an isolated home setting.
- #25 JANITOR BLEEDS
81% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Dark 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy horror game that uses a retro arcade machine to bridge the gap between reality and nightmare.
- #26 Lost in Vivo
79% 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 31%, Horror 28.7%, Psychological 23.9%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological horror game that focuses on claustrophobia and surreal environmental design.
- #27 Five Nights at Freddy's
79% matchVery Positive94% of 57,765 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Point & Click 15%, Dark 13.3%, Supernatural 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive surveillance-based horror game that popularized the night shift monitoring mechanic.
- #28 The Door in the Basement
80% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 13%, Supernatural 12.8%, Psychological 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric exploration game that focuses on uncovering hidden secrets in a confined space.
- #29 ROUTINE
75% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 19.7%, Dark 19.6%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #30 Nightmare Zapping
78% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #31 SEEING THINGS
77% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 12.3%, Psychological 11.5%, Point & Click 9.3%
- #32 Reflection
77% 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 17.9%, Horror 17.9%, Supernatural 14.6%, Dark 12.5%, Psychological 10.2%
- #33 THRESHOLD
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Dark 17.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Mystery 9.9%
- #34 Slender Threads
75% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 8.8%, Dark 8.6%
- #35 Forest Asylum
76% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #36 The Lost Crown
78% matchVery Positive83% of 514 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Point & Click 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Supernatural 10.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #37 Last Guest
74% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Psychological 17.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Mystery 8.5%
- #38 Midnight Snack
73% matchVery Positive86% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #39 Last Term
71% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Jakub.T
Windows
You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Mystery 6.9%
- #40 MIRROR MIRROR
72% 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 17.2%, Horror 15.4%, Supernatural 14.7%, Psychological 14.6%, Dark 8.7%
- #41 The Last Job
73% matchMixed66% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 33%, Linear 10.6%, Puzzle 7.1%, Indie 3.4%
- #42 Last Christmas
73% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: polytely games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Last Christmas" is a short, dark point-and-click adventure. Join Frankie at a remote mountain cabin as he prepares the perfect Christmas for his girlfriend, Betty. But beware, things are not as they seem, and the festive cheer hides something far more sinister...
Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Point & Click 17.5%, Dark 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 10.5%
- #43 a pet shop after dark
72% matchVery Positive89% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Point & Click 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #44 Insight
71% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Dark 19%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Psychological 10.5%
- #45 Unspoken
70% matchVery Positive88% of 802 reviews2024
Dev: Weeping studioPub: Weeping Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
You find yourself in the center of inexplicable nightmare. Make your way through the horror, come face to face with terrible events. Immerse yourself in the dark mystery of the events in which you found yourself an unwitting participant.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Mystery 8.8%
- #46 Little Lighthouse of Horror
70% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Codiwans
Windows
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Horror 28%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Mystery 15.6%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological 13.6%
- #47 This is Interesting
70% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #48 Home
74% matchMixed67% of 1,771 reviews2012
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Psychological 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Mystery 8.8%
- #49 I'm on Observation Duty 7
69% matchVery Positive95% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Psychological 16.5%, Supernatural 13.6%, Mystery 9.3%
- #50 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,691 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, Point & Click 8.2%, Dark 6.9%, Psychological Horror 5.1%
- #51 From The Past
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological 15.5%, Dark 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #52 The Lightkeeper
67% matchVery Positive82% of 889 reviews2025
Dev: Darkphobia Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Dark 16.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #53 Afterdream
68% 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 19.6%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #54 Corner Shop: NightShift
66% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 25.7%, Dark 19%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #55 Snafu
68% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 19.7%, Dark 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #56 Almost My Floor
68% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 15.1%, Point & Click 13.9%, Psychological 13.8%
- #57 Night Loops
67% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Psychological 17.1%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #58 Halt
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Ink Publishing
Windows
Halt is a pixelated top-down horror where players explore a nightmare world while investigating mysterious disappearances. Limited visibility and intense atmosphere make every moment of the game thrilling.
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Dark 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 5.7%
- #59 Dead of Darkness
66% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Dark 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #60 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
71% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Point & Click 25.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Dark 12.8%, Adventure 9.1%
