- #1 Escape Simulator
97% matchVery Positive94% of 19,051 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Why similar: Escape Room 52% ★, Puzzle 19.6%, Co-op 14.6%, Mystery 6.9%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most polished co-op escape-room experience with a variety of interactive, mansion-themed puzzles.
- #2 The Room Three
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,147 reviews2018
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle 40.5%, Escape Room 24.5% ★, Mystery 23.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This installment introduces larger, interconnected environments that mirror the exploration of a sprawling, haunted mansion.
- #3 The Room
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,189 reviews2014
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.5%, Mystery 22.4%, Escape Room 19.1% ★, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title sets the gold standard for tactile, intricate puzzle-solving within a mysterious, atmospheric setting.
- #4 We Were Here Forever
95% matchVery Positive91% of 18,205 reviews2022
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?
Why similar: Escape Room 58.3% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, Co-op 11.4%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A premier co-op puzzle experience that emphasizes communication and environmental deduction in a grand, mysterious location.
- #5 The Room Two
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,377 reviews2016
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.8%, Mystery 24.5%, Escape Room 17.4% ★, Adventure 7%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the original's mechanics with more complex, multi-room puzzles that feel perfectly aligned with the mystery of Last Will.
- #6 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
94% matchVery Positive88% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Escape Room 64.6% ★, Puzzle 17.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Adventure 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the 'inherited mansion' premise, focusing heavily on exploration and solving the mysteries left behind by a deceased relative.
- #7 Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist
93% matchVery Positive86% of 524 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a master thief who has been hired to rob a mysterious mansion, filled with various puzzles. Do you think you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that await you in the mansion.
Why similar: Escape Room 63% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, Co-op 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Mystery 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the co-op escape-room genre with a mansion setting, requiring teamwork to solve puzzles and uncover secrets.
- #8 Escape From Mystwood Mansion
92% matchVery Positive93% of 1,271 reviews2023
Dev: Lost Sock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Why similar: Escape Room 62.6% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy yet mysterious escape-room game that focuses on uncovering the secrets of a grand, abandoned estate.
- #9 We Were Here Too
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,963 reviews2018
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Escape Room 55.5% ★, Puzzle 14.7%, Co-op 11.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Another strong entry in the co-op puzzle series that emphasizes isolation and environmental logic puzzles.
- #10 The Guest
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 953 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: Puzzle 41.5%, Mystery 26.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same first-person perspective and eerie, isolated atmosphere found in Last Will, focusing on escape-room style puzzles.
- #11 The House of Da Vinci
89% matchVery Positive87% of 7,021 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all your wits to find out what's behind your master's disappearance.
Why similar: Escape Room 34.1% ★, Puzzle 26%, Mystery 24.8%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Fans of the puzzle-heavy nature of Last Will will appreciate the intricate mechanical contraptions and historical mystery elements here.
- #12 Malice
90% matchMostly Negative24% of 992 reviews2022
Dev: Nimbus Games
Windows
You fall through a sinkhole into a nightmarish Japanese mansion with a lingering, sinister presence and terrifying threats… and the only way out is deeper in. Malice is a two-player, compulsory co-op survival horror that forces you to make unforgiving choices and rely on your wits to survive.
Why similar: Escape Room 57.1% ★, Puzzle 14.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Co-op 11%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, co-op focused escape-room game that leans into horror themes and environmental puzzle-solving.
- #13 The Painscreek Killings
88% matchVery Positive91% of 6,095 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: Mystery 46.2%, Puzzle 39.8%, Adventure 14%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the 'investigative exploration' aspect, tasking players with uncovering the dark history of a town through environmental clues.
- #14 Escape from Kyoto House
89% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: Taichi Games
Windows
Your party finds themselves trapped in a Japanese-themed room. Solve puzzles, crack riddles and discover hidden secrets in your adventure to Escape from Kyoto House!
Why similar: Escape Room 51.5% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Co-op 9%
Why You'll Like It: A solid co-op escape-room experience that challenges players to solve puzzles within a confined, themed environment.
- #15 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
87% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Puzzle 62.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 16.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive mansion-horror experience, blending puzzle-solving with a constant, oppressive sense of dread.
- #16 Visage
86% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 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: Adventure 60%, Indie 40%
Why You'll Like It: For those who enjoyed the horror elements of Last Will, this game provides a terrifying, high-fidelity exploration of a haunted home.
- #17 Silver Chains
86% matchMixed70% of 1,340 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Adventure 34.4%, Puzzle 25%, Indie 23.3%, Mystery 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic horror game that focuses on mansion exploration and solving puzzles to uncover a dark family secret.
- #18 Insomnis
85% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Puzzle 35.8%, Mystery 31.3%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven horror game that tasks players with solving puzzles to uncover the dark past of a family home.
- #19 The Beast Inside
84% matchVery Positive83% of 12,010 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Adventure 65%, Indie 35%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a dual-timeline mystery set in a creepy estate, combining puzzle-solving with intense psychological horror.
- #20 Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
84% matchVery Positive81% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: Biri Biri
Windows
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...
Why similar: Escape Room 62.4% ★, Puzzle 15%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward escape-room experience that focuses on hidden objects and logic puzzles within a mansion.
- #21 SHADOW MANSION
82% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.7%, Mystery 35%, Adventure 13%, Indie 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on detective work and puzzle-solving within a dark, atmospheric mansion setting.
- #22 What Remains of Edith Finch
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,731 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Mystery 47.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Puzzle 18.4%, Indie 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of exploring a strange, family-owned estate, focusing on the stories hidden within every room.
- #23 DYING: Reborn
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Puzzle 49.7%, Adventure 29%, Indie 21.4%
Why You'll Like It: A direct escape-room style game that focuses on dark, puzzle-heavy environments and a sinister narrative.
- #24 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
81% matchVery Positive88% of 8,955 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Mystery 53.4%, Puzzle 22.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: While less focused on traditional escape rooms, it offers a masterclass in atmospheric mansion exploration and narrative-driven mystery.
- #25 The Initiate
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Puzzle 37.2%, Adventure 35.1%, Indie 27.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that traps the player in a mysterious location, forcing them to solve complex riddles to survive.
- #26 Forgotten Hill The Third Axis
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension
Why similar: Escape Room 63.9% ★, Adventure 13.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Mystery 7.7%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique, surreal take on the mansion-puzzle genre with a distinct art style and unsettling atmosphere.
- #27 Family curse
79% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Puzzle 77.9%, Adventure 22.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends exploration and puzzle-solving with a dark, family-oriented horror narrative.
- #28 Layers of Fear
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,635 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: Mystery 39.9%, Puzzle 35.8%, Adventure 24.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the psychological deterioration of a character within a shifting, surreal mansion environment.
- #29 Riddlewood Manor
77% matchVery Positive93% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows · Mac
Riddlewood Manor is a point & click adventure set in a haunted house that will try to kill you each step of your way. Overcome eerie logic puzzles to uncover a maze of mysterious rooms filled with dark secrets, spooky encounters, and hidden pathways. Optional jump scare warning is available.
Why similar: Escape Room 57.5% ★, Puzzle 16.8%, Mystery 14%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 4.1%
- #30 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,331 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Adventure 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game adds a layer of stealth and tension to the mansion-exploration genre, keeping players on edge throughout.
- #31 We Were Here
76% matchVery Positive90% of 32,413 reviews2017
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?
Why similar: Escape Room 54.8% ★, Puzzle 14.6%, Co-op 13.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Adventure 4.7%
- #32 A Last will and Testament: Adventure
78% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: À̷̟i̸̛͔̪̋́͗̆̑̈́͆̑̈́̅̈́͝r̴̛͎͚͎͍̘̣̈́͑̃͆̾̐̅̑͐̄͊͌̆̊ȩ̸̢̩͎̤̙̝͙̳̯̠̰̒ͅm̴̡̢̜̩͕̹̑́͒̒͒̚Pub: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yet another normal first-person adventure horror game in an escape room style with nice graphics, inventory, story, voiceover and good price & gameplay. Solve puzzles, collect notes. Fulfill the last will and find a testament.
Why similar: Escape Room 53.3% ★, Puzzle 19.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #33 The Last Job
77% matchMixed66% of 388 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: Puzzle 56.7%, Indie 24.1%, Adventure 19.2%
- #34 Prognostic
74% matchVery Positive94% of 490 reviews2022
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.9%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 19.8%
- #35 Last Floor
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 369 reviews2020
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
- #36 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor
74% matchVery Positive81% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...
Why similar: Escape Room 51.5% ★, Puzzle 19.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #37 Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
73% matchVery Positive81% of 12,512 reviews2020
Dev: Bitbeast Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.
Why similar: Escape Room 59.5% ★, Puzzle 32.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #38 Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: VulpesoftPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.
Why similar: Escape Room 61% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 7%, Indie 4.1%
- #39 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,584 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Escape Room 62.6% ★, Puzzle 16.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Adventure 8.1%
- #40 SHE WAS 98
71% matchVery Positive85% of 420 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: Indie 52.3%, Mystery 47.7%
- #41 The Experiment: Escape Room
75% matchMixed54% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?
Why similar: Escape Room 59.4% ★, Puzzle 12.4%, Co-op 10.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 7.7%
- #42 Last Half of Darkness
72% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #43 Benny Bash
71% matchVery Positive82% of 55 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: Escape Room 62.9% ★, Puzzle 17.2%, Mystery 12.5%, Adventure 7.4%
- #44 My Grandparents' Christmas Mystery
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?
Why similar: Mystery 59.8%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 9.9%
- #45 Left By Angels
70% 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: Adventure 48.7%, Puzzle 33.8%, Indie 17.5%
- #46 House of Caravan
73% matchMixed67% of 808 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Adventure 31.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #47 Mists of Aiden
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Mystery 27.7%, Adventure 27.5%, Puzzle 24.8%, Indie 20%
- #48 The Atlas Mystery: A VR Puzzle Game
71% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Top Right CornerPub: TRC DMI
Windows
Explore the haunted halls of the infamous Atlas Theater, a 1940’s era movie palace that played host to a shocking Hollywood tragedy. Solve intricate puzzles, discover startling artifacts, and evade sinister forces to uncover the twisted truth behind the theater’s dark history.
Why similar: Escape Room 61.3% ★, Puzzle 16.2%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 7.6%
- #49 Dead Take
67% matchVery Positive88% of 807 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.7%, Mystery 20.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 14.8%
- #50 We Escaped a Twisted Game
66% matchVery Positive95% of 761 reviews2025
Dev: Deluded Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.
Why similar: Escape Room 60.2% ★, Puzzle 16.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Mystery 10.8%
- #51 Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage
69% matchVery Positive86% of 522 reviews2020
Dev: Crimsonite Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Gordian Rooms: A Curious Heritage is a Victorian escape game, where you solve various puzzles in your late uncle’s mansion in the hope of obtaining his legacy.
Why similar: Mystery 36.3%, Puzzle 35.6%, Adventure 17%, Indie 11%
- #52 Vernon's Legacy
72% matchMixed57% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: TripleBrick
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #53 Puzzle Box Palace
69% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.3%, Adventure 30.4%, Indie 21.3%
- #54 Rise of Insanity
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.4%, Adventure 31%, Indie 25.6%
- #55 Last Lesson
68% matchMixed67% of 164 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: Indie 100%
- #56 Left Behind
68% matchMixed63% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
LEFT BEHIND is a hyper-realistic psychological horror game where you take on the role of a real estate agent with a client looking to sell you a property. Instead of a straightforward and quick interaction with the client, you find yourself thrust into a deeply unsettling and frightening situation.
Why similar: Puzzle 65.4%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 2.9%
- #57 SLACKJAW
66% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Nostromo Interactive
Windows
As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events.
Why similar: Escape Room 68.1% ★, Puzzle 14.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Adventure 3.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #58 Granny
65% matchVery Positive94% of 9,929 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Escape Room 52.4% ★, Puzzle 27.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 9.1%
- #59 Granny: Escape Together
64% matchVery Positive81% of 1,587 reviews2024
Dev: CreepyToad
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!
Why similar: Puzzle 79.3%, Adventure 20.7%
- #60 Malum Escape
67% matchMixed42% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: MalumGames
Windows
Experience a short co-op Escape Room set in the Malum universe. Trapped in an atmospheric horror house, you and your team must solve puzzles to escape. Will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Escape Room 70.4% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Mystery 7.1%, Co-op 5%, Adventure 3.2%
