- #1 Visage
97% 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 38.5%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, Dark 9.7%, First-Person 7.9%, Realistic 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive first-person psychological horror experience set in a shifting, haunted house that mirrors the atmosphere of Left By Angels.
- #2 Infliction
96% 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: Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Demons 12.8%, Dark 8.7%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A domestic-focused psychological horror game that deals with trauma and haunting memories in a realistic home setting.
- #3 Layers of Fear
96% 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 28.2%, Horror 25.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Dark 12%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully uses a changing mansion environment to explore the protagonist's crumbling psyche.
- #4 The Beast Inside
95% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Horror 45.3%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 8.4%, Realistic 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person exploration of a dark, historical mansion with intense psychological horror elements.
- #5 MADiSON
94% 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: Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Dark 11.7%, Demons 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong focus on supernatural threats and psychological puzzles within a confined, eerie space.
- #6 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 115,718 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Why similar: Horror 43.9%, Psychological Horror 23%, First-Person 16.5%, Adventure 5%, Singleplayer 5%
Why You'll Like It: This title revitalized first-person mansion horror with its focus on isolation, survival, and a terrifying domestic setting.
- #7 Don't Remember
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Horror 24.5%, First-Person 8%, Adventure 7.8%, Dark 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the intersection of memory and psychological horror, mirroring the themes of the seed game.
- #8 Confabulation
92% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Demons 19.1%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological horror title that emphasizes puzzle-solving and a disorienting, atmospheric experience.
- #9 Lost in Vivo
91% 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 42.1%, Horror 37.1%, First-Person 14.9%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply claustrophobic and surreal psychological horror game that excels at making the player feel trapped in a nightmare.
- #10 Martha Is Dead
91% 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 33%, Horror 27.3%, Dark 14.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a dark, realistic, and deeply unsettling psychological narrative set in a historical location.
- #11 The Mortuary Assistant
89% 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 38.8%, Demons 25.2%, First-Person 8%, Dark 7.5%, Realistic 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, first-person supernatural horror experience that relies heavily on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
- #12 Mirrored Phantoms
90% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, First-Person 12.7%, Dark 10.4%, Realistic 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological horror game that focuses on the feeling of being hunted in a confined space.
- #13 Amnesia: The Bunker
89% 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: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, First-Person 17.1%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic of managing light to survive against a persistent threat is perfectly aligned with the gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #14 Locked in my Darkness
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 26.5%, Realistic 11.4%, Exploration 7.5%, Puzzle 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal and claustrophobic first-person experience that leans heavily into psychological dread.
- #15 White Night
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 399 reviews2015
Dev: OSome StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!
Why similar: Horror 55.7%, Adventure 24.1%, Puzzle 9.5%, Singleplayer 7.5%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: The unique noir aesthetic and reliance on light as a primary survival tool make it a perfect thematic match.
- #16 August Night
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 22.7%, First-Person 13.9%, Realistic 11.5%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a strong, first-person atmospheric horror experience that fits well with the indie horror aesthetic.
- #17 Face of Another
84% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 22.9%, Dark 13.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Realistic 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends supernatural mystery with psychological horror in a first-person perspective.
- #18 Silver Chains
86% matchMixed69% of 1,327 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: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Demons 11.7%, Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic horror game that emphasizes exploration and uncovering the dark history of a massive, abandoned estate.
- #19 Summer of '58
84% 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: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 11%, Realistic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short but highly effective indie horror game that excels at building tension in an isolated, first-person environment.
- #20 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,314 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Psychological Horror 38.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on stealth and survival within a large, dangerous house filled with dark secrets.
- #21 Blasfemia
81% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Dark 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, singleplayer horror game that focuses on survival and an oppressive, haunting atmosphere.
- #22 Nocturia The Game
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 22.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Realistic 10.7%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a puzzle-heavy, atmospheric horror experience that rewards careful exploration.
- #23 Uninvited Guest
83% 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 24.8%, Horror 23.9%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Demons 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the feeling of being trapped in a hostile, supernatural environment.
- #24 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: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Dark 14%, Realistic 12.7%, Exploration 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated exploration and survival-horror game that centers on the classic trope of a haunted house.
- #25 While Sleeping
80% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Dark 19.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, psychological narrative that feels like a personal nightmare brought to life.
- #26 Thekku Island
78% matchVery Positive89% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Ales Devs Games
Windows
A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, 3D 13.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Adventure 10.7%
- #27 Incoming Evil
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 24.3%, First-Person 14.1%, Dark 11.3%, 3D 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie first-person horror game that prioritizes psychological tension and exploration.
- #28 TRAPPED
79% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Adventure 74%, Indie 26%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward but effective first-person horror game that focuses on the feeling of isolation.
- #29 Forgot
77% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 24.7%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Dark 7%
- #30 Left Behind
79% matchMixed63% of 88 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: Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 12.8%, Realistic 12%, Dark 11.5%
- #31 Reflection
76% 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 27.7%, Horror 26.2%, Dark 13.6%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 6.3%
- #32 Left Alone
78% 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: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 22.7%, First-Person 13.9%, 3D 9.6%, Dark 9.4%
- #33 Misery Mansion
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 21.2%, Demons 21%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 8.4%
- #34 Home_0
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 26.3%, 3D 9.7%, First-Person 8.5%, Adventure 7.2%
- #35 DON'T LOOK AT GRANDMA
73% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Danger Sauce LLC
Windows
Grandma hasn’t been the same since Grandpa passed. A night in her house spirals into a battle with the Devil. Recover family heirlooms and perform the ritual to save her soul. But whatever you do… DON’T LOOK AT GRANDMA.
Why similar: Demons 24.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 9%
- #36 The Demon Within Me
76% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Demons 20.3%, Horror 20%, First-Person 11.8%, Dark 10.6%
- #37 Angels Cove
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: CG Cowboy Studios
Windows
You are called to a secluded house on a remote island to conduct a paranormal investigation. However, you find the island and the house abandoned. Or are they?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 24.5%, First-Person 14.5%, 3D 10.7%, Realistic 9.8%
- #38 Can't revert
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 213 reviews2024
Dev: Metaphor
Windows
Can't revert is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where your wife and son are dead. Discover hidden clues in the house and uncover the secrets of their deaths. Experience the constant tension and fear in the repetitive space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 22.7%, Dark 14.3%, Realistic 12.5%, 3D 9.1%
- #39 God Is Not Here
73% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: GodPub: God Is Not Here
Windows
FREE THRILLING FIRST-PERSON HORROR! You will find yourself in a house haunted by ghosts, and there is no help from above. Fear, darkness, and real danger await you, hidden within the walls of the mansion. If you dare to enter, prayers will no longer save you.
Why similar: Demons 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 9.1%, Realistic 8.5%
- #40 Obscula
72% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 23.2%, Dark 14%, Realistic 9.7%, Adventure 6%
- #41 The Empty Eyes
70% 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: Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Dark 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Realistic 8%
- #42 Whispering Lane: Horror
71% matchMixed65% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Realistic 10%, Adventure 8.7%
- #43 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
72% matchMixed59% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Demons 22.1%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Realistic 9.5%
- #44 Inferis: Dead Below
69% matchVery Positive87% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Horror 25.1%, Demons 15.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #45 Finnish Cottage 8
69% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 21.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Realistic 8.3%, 3D 7.3%
- #46 ALONE?
74% 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 41.9%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 6.9%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #47 Trapped
71% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Adventure 17.8%, First-Person 13.5%, Indie 6.4%
- #48 The Curse of Elmwood
70% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: STuNT
Windows
You hear quiet whispers from deep inside the house, but no one sees. You begin to feel that you are not alone in this house. Curse of Elmwood is an atmospheric horror where you find yourself trapped in a gloomy 18th century mansion, steeped in mystery and horror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 13%, 3D 9.6%, Realistic 9.4%
- #49 RESTORER
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Horror 20.8%, Realistic 13.5%, Dark 12.2%, Adventure 6.1%
- #50 White Room Protocol
68% 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 25%, Horror 24.5%, Dark 11.8%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 9.5%
- #51 Paranormal Night Shift
66% 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 32.8%, Horror 13.8%, Demons 12.8%, Realistic 11.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #52 NightGhast
67% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 30%, Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Realistic 8.8%
- #53 Liminal Exit
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 24.5%, First-Person 14%, Realistic 10.7%, 3D 10.2%
- #54 Insomnis
67% matchVery Positive91% of 272 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: Demons 21.8%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19%, First-Person 10.2%, Realistic 9.6%
- #55 Ten Bells
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 549 reviews2024
Dev: Hillfort Games
Windows · Mac
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Realistic 9.5%
- #56 Malice
71% matchMostly Negative24% of 990 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: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 23.1%, Dark 13.4%, First-Person 11.6%, Realistic 9.4%
- #57 Last Floor
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 367 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 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16.3%, Demons 15.4%, Dark 8.9%
- #58 The Liminal Dimension
66% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 22.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Dark 10.9%, Realistic 10.9%
- #59 Backrooms: Found Footage
65% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Realistic 11.4%