- #1 DEAD LETTER DEPT.
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,864 reviews2025
Dev: Mike MonroePub: Belief Engine
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
Why similar: Mystery 28%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 18.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #2 Lern Island Letters
96% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: River and Oak
Windows
You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!
Why similar: Mystery 31.4%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Story Rich 15.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Job Simulator 12.5% ★
- #3 Overtime Anomaly
96% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Mystery 31%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #4 The Last Letter
95% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Mystery 17.7%, Dark 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #5 Corner Shop: NightShift
94% matchVery Positive87% of 284 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: Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 18%, Dark 18%, Story Rich 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #6 The Room Three
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,459 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: Mystery 23.6%, Puzzle 18%, Escape Room 15.9% ★, Lovecraftian 13.5%, Hidden Object 7%
- #7 Office After Hours
93% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Horror 19.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #8 Envelope
92% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Skaar Game Productions
Windows
A first-person exploration sim with unrestricted freedom of choice. Envelope is all about gathering supplies, completing quests for strange characters, and preparing yourself for the Final Mission.
Why similar: Mystery 33.8%, Horror 23.7%, Choices Matter 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #9 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
91% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #10 Empty Gauge
91% matchNo user reviews96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: BENTCUBE
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Mystery 21%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #11 PAGER
90% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Puzzle 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Simulation 10.9%
- #12 Dollmare
89% matchVery Positive94% of 2,183 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Hidden Object 17.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Mystery 7.6%
- #13 Last Term
89% matchVery Positive94% of 94 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: Hidden Object 17.7%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #14 Backrooms: Lost Tape
88% matchVery Positive82% of 1,418 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 22.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #15 The Room Two
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,825 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: Mystery 22.1%, Puzzle 18.1%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Lovecraftian 12.1%, Escape Room 10.4% ★
- #16 Office Hours
86% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Simulation 12.5%
- #17 Water Delivery
85% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Mystery 20%, Horror 16%, Dark 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #18 The Sewer Job
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.
Why similar: Mystery 23.7%, Horror 20.2%, Dark 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #19 Sanity Loops
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: 375 Games
Windows
Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Dark 25.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #20 Static Dread: The Submarine
83% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31%, Horror 14%, Dark 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Mystery 9.8%
- #21 Dead Signal
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,103 reviews2023
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Monitor camera feeds, report valuable info, and hand-deliver shady packages. An hourly quota of reports will test your keen eye to spot the differences, while timed deliveries will force you outside unexpectedly. Until you clock out for the night almost nowhere is safe.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Hidden Object 24.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Dark 13.7%, Puzzle 12%
- #22 Luto
81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Dark 23.7%, Mystery 22.7%, Story Rich 15.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #23 The motel
82% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Dark 16.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #24 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,533 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Dark 13.5%, Horror 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #25 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
82% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Hidden Object 35%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Simulation 10%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #26 The Cabin Factory
79% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Simulation 7.8%
- #27 holo8
80% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: frog blendPub: holo Indie
Windows
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
Why similar: Escape Room 59.4% ★, Horror 12.5%, Hidden Object 10.4%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Simulation 4.5%
- #28 Night at the Office
79% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
You work late at the office not long after the death of a colleague. Throughout the night, all sorts of phenomenon begin to terrorize you, slowly uncovering the death of a fellow colleague. Who killed Joseph Anadam and why must you go through this trial to find out?
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Hidden Object 19.5%, Dark 16.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #29 Care
78% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Mystery 15.8%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #30 Escape from Mutation Station
77% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Jay Marksman
Windows
A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Escape Room 48.8% ★, Mystery 19.5%, Dark 13.4%, Puzzle 8.8%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #31 THRESHOLD
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,354 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Dark 17.3%, Horror 17.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #32 The Last Job
78% matchMixed65% of 394 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 47.5%, Puzzle 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 5%
- #33 Exiled
76% matchVery Positive90% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: John Szymanski
Windows · Mac · Linux
Charlotte is missing. Decode an ancient language, investigate a mystery, and stay away from ancient monsters in this compact puzzle thriller.
Why similar: Mystery 19.3%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Puzzle 10%
- #34 One Last Clip
74% matchVery Positive88% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!
Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Hidden Object 15.8%, Dark 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #35 Island Off Outer Darkness
73% matchPositive100% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Zugerujk
Windows
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.
Why similar: Story Rich 40.4%, Job Simulator 33.7% ★, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #36 A Place for the Unwilling
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.4%, Choices Matter 17%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 10.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #37 I'm on Observation Duty 7
72% matchVery Positive93% of 453 reviews2024
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Hidden Object 17.1%, Horror 17%, Mystery 15.8%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #38 You’ve Got a Package
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
You are a young and talented writer. One evening, someone leaves a mysterious box on your doorstep. What’s inside will turn your life into a living nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Dark 27.8%, Hidden Object 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Simulation 7.8%
- #39 Grunn
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,498 reviews2024
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
Why similar: Mystery 22%, Horror 20.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Dark 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%
- #40 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.8%, Mystery 19%, Horror 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #41 Last Report
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,536 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Dark 20.9%, Mystery 18.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #42 The Anomalous Hour
73% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Gambir Studio
Windows
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Hidden Object 23.7%, Horror 22.1%, Mystery 20.9%, Simulation 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #43 Log.in
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Mystery 27.7%, Horror 18.5%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Adventure 8%
- #44 Last Shift: Gas Station
71% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Cat Forge
Windows
A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Mystery 25.7%, Simulation 16.6%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #45 Helltown
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: WildArts Games
Windows
Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #46 The Room
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,827 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: Mystery 25.7%, Puzzle 24.4%, Escape Room 14.3% ★, Hidden Object 11.3%, Lovecraftian 6.6%
- #47 The Third Shift
69% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Mystery 24.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #48 Loop//Error
70% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Dark 18.1%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #49 Sunken Engine
67% matchVery Positive81% of 913 reviews2026
Dev: Two Nomads StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Dark 10%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #50 SHADOW MANSION
70% 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: Mystery 23.4%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 18.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #51 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
68% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: YAPPub: Yet Another Publisher
Windows · Mac
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
Why similar: Mystery 25.2%, Dark 21.7%, Horror 21.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #52 Inner Voices
74% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Dark 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9%
- #53 Hotel 188
68% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Escape Room 52.1% ★, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 11.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Hidden Object 7.2%
- #54 Below, Rusted Gods
66% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Puzzle 8.9%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #55 ORDER 13
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,536 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Mystery 25.2%, Horror 24.9%, Dark 21.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Simulation 10.8%
- #56 Mystic Rest Stop
69% matchMixed60% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Catire Games Studio
Windows
Welcome to your new summer job. Arthur Brooks, a 22 year old, starts a night job at Moon Gas Station. As he settles in, he experiences strange events that unsettle him. The urban legends about the gas station seem to come to life. Dealing with customers at night is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Adventure 13%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #57 JANITOR BLEEDS
69% matchVery Positive86% of 276 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: Mystery 21.3%, Horror 18%, Dark 14.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #58 Titanic Escape Simulator™
67% matchMixed55% of 395 reviews2026
Dev: magicprostudio
Windows
Investigate a dark mystery aboard the RMS Titanic before the final night becomes a fight for survival. Explore, solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and make impossible choices as history’s most famous ship sinks beneath the Atlantic.
Why similar: Escape Room 25.1% ★, Story Rich 16%, Mystery 15%, Simulation 12.9%, Adventure 10.1%
- #59 HELLMART
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,129 reviews2026
Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Mystery 18.2%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Simulation 7.6%
- #60 Unanswered
65% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%