Games Like Lightout

Lightout 2 is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an Abandoned hospital.

Why similar: Thriller 14.8%, Horror 9%, Stealth 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Dark 7.3%

SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.

Why similar: Thriller 13.1%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 10%, Stealth 9.6%, Survival Horror 9.5%

You are trapped underground with one way out. Find your car, follow the sound, and don’t let the car park fool you.

Why similar: Thriller 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Stealth 10%, Horror 9.6%

A childhood you don't remember arrives on an old film reel. Step into the Dawn Sanatorium — a first-person psychological horror where a projector rewrites reality, a horned figure watches from the dark, and the truth about who you are waits at the very bottom.

Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 11.4%, Realistic 6.7%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Psychological 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 8.4%

Tenebris is a single player horror puzzle game. Traverse through eerie abandoned subway station while avoiding a mysterious creature to try and escape. Players have to manage your flashlight battery and noise carefully as they navigate a procedurally generated maze.

Why similar: Stealth 14.7%, Horror 13.2%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Psychological 8.2%, Dark 7.6%

A first-person sci-fi survival horror game set in a research facility hiding a classified underground complex overrun by an evolving parasitic organism. Explore abandoned laboratories, uncover buried secrets, and fight to survive a nightmare that's spreading from the inside out.

Why similar: Thriller 14.6%, Stealth 10.9%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.3%

THE LAST PORTRAIT is a haunting adventure that leads you into the abandoned Ashwood Manor. You are a lawyer who has inherited the house from a client and wants to uncover its secrets. Solve tricky puzzles and escape the spirit that guards the estate!

Why similar: Horror 13.6%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 10.2%, Realistic 10.1%

Sarah is returning home from work, She will face her worst nightmaress, strange things start to happen to her, will she escape alive or declared dead?

Why similar: Thriller 13.7%, Psychological 13.7%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?

Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Psychological 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 9.1%, Survival Horror 8.7%

A psychological horror puzzle game set in a living labyrinth that adapts to your choices. Solve shifting mechanisms, navigate ever-changing corridors, and evade a relentless presence that learns your behavior as you try to escape.

Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Stealth 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Survival Horror 8.5%, Psychological 7.7%

You are trapped in a dark basement. To find a way out, you must piece together your forgotten past. Survive deadly creatures, collect mysterious notes, and discover who you are before it is too late.

Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Mystery 9.6%

Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.

Why similar: Thriller 13.2%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 10%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.2%

In this first-person horror game, sanity changes everything and can turn nights into a living nightmare. Survive at Tamixa School whilst carrying out various tasks, keeping your cool and avoiding Julio and his friends.

Why similar: Thriller 14.9%, Stealth 10.8%, Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Dark 8.6%

A realistic first-person horror game where you explore a dark underground basement, solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and escape from a ruthless killer who could be lurking around every corner.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.5%, Dark 10.1%

A normal visit to your family hotel becomes a night you will never forget.

Why similar: Thriller 12.2%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Stealth 10.2%, Psychological 8.7%

You awaken confused on a lifeless mining vessel. Exploration reveals mutated horrors stalking in the shadows. Your flashlight is slowly dwindling away as you solve puzzles. Can you navigate the decks and reach the escape pod?

Why similar: Stealth 13.3%, Thriller 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.4%

The game has a tricky story and multiple endings that confuse you. But you have an opportunity to figure out what is happening by playing two main characters. Be aware; each character tells you their side story. None of the storytellers are bad characters in their stories. You are the BEST JUDGE!!!

Why similar: Thriller 17.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.3%

A first-person psychological horror game about a late-night delivery and the disturbing events that follow.

Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Horror 13%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Stealth 11.2%

Relying on a single flashlight, secure your objective in the dark factory and escape avoiding 'his' eyes. Overcome the extreme fear of the unknown that the darkness brings, and break through your limits.

Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Thriller 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Psychological 9.2%, Dark 8.7%

An underground laboratory where every decision counts. Manage energy, listen to NPC screams, and keep the doors under control. One wrong move and the monsters will break through. Will you survive?

Why similar: Thriller 13%, Stealth 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

In this game, you will find yourself in a hostel in the middle of a mysterious forest. You will discover terrifying and mysterious things, from murders to challenging puzzles. Use your skills to uncover the hidden secrets in the hostel. Get ready for an exciting and hair-raising experience!

Why similar: Thriller 14.1%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.9%

The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.

Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Thriller 13.6%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Mystery 9.8%

Don't Make a Sound is a voice-controlled horror game. You wake up in a morgue with one rule: stay silent. Your microphone detects any noise – and any sound means death. But not all rules are true; you must uncover the lies. Search sealed jars for keys and survive.

Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Dark 8.8%

As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

Why similar: Thriller 12.8%, Stealth 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 9.1%, Survival Horror 8.8%

A first-person psychological survival horror set in an abandoned subway station. Monitor cameras, manage your sanity, and survive the night shift while something moves through the tunnels.

Why similar: Thriller 14.5%, Horror 13.5%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 10.6%

Lost Hope is a short, intense first-person horror experience set in an abandoned hospital. Kidnapped by a mad scientist and hunted by his twisted monsters, you must survive and fight your way out.

Why similar: Stealth 13.8%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Psychological 8.6%

Noiseless is a first-person survival horror game. You follow the story of a freelance investigative journalist who tries to uncover the secrets of the Gaudium Hospital.

Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Stealth 14.2%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 9%

Don't lose the signal to get out of here.

Why similar: Thriller 15.6%, Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Stealth 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

You are trapped in a biological research facility critical to global research. You must explore, survive and learn the realities while something breathes down your neck in a complex laboratory enviroment.

Why similar: Thriller 21.8%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.9%

In this first-person psychological horror game, visit your ex-girlfriend during a mental breakdown at her childhood home. Uncover the truth behind her crisis by searching for clues, talking to unsettling characters and solving puzzles. Just be ready to run and hide when her nightmares come alive.

Why similar: Thriller 19.7%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Realistic 9.9%, Dark 8.6%

A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned mental hospital, solve puzzles, evade terrifying entities, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Psychological 16%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 7.9%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Thriller 10.4%, Stealth 9.6%, Dark 9%

Your daughter has vanished inside the facilities of the company "THE BOX." Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and survive the creatures that hunt you in a game that blends psychological horror, survival, and atmospheric storytelling.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 11.6%, Horror 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Thriller 8.7%

Explore the Archaeological Park in Sardinia in search of Ellie, your girlfriend who vanished after her work shift. Uncover the dark connection between Lithus Corporation and Ellie’s fate and stay silent: something is hunting you.

Why similar: Stealth 18.5%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Realistic 9.9%, Dark 8.4%

You were sent to inspect a collapsed mining site in an abandoned town. What you find leads you deep underground into darkness, and things that should not move. Hide. Listen. Die Gracefully.

Why similar: Thriller 12.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%

Find what you came for and escape, before they get what they want...

Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological 14.3%, Stealth 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 11.2%

The Smiling Flesh is a tense, single-player survival horror where you play as a thief trapped in a decaying gothic mansion. Solve puzzles, explore forgotten halls, and outsmart a twisted entity that learns your movements. Find the treasure, or become the mansion's next victim.

Why similar: Stealth 14.6%, Thriller 12.7%, Survival Horror 11%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological 8.3%, Stealth 7.7%

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: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.8%, Thriller 7.9%, Psychological 7.8%, First-Person 7.5%

An atmospheric first-person survival horror set in an abandoned industrial wasteland overtaken by tall grass. Listen closely to the mysterious sounds of the night, hide from a relentless predator, scavenge for key items, uncover the secrets of this place, and find a way to escape.

Why similar: Stealth 16.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Thriller 9.9%, Horror 8.8%, Mystery 7.5%

Another's Memories is a first-person psychological horror video game located in Argentina. Explore a sinister country house, solve puzzles, and survive ruthless enemies in an immersive experience where every shadow hides a disturbing story.

Why similar: Thriller 14%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.5%

A bad incident is like a tangled knot, It sits there, waiting for someone or something to untie it, but until then… scars may be left behind … are you ready for a First person Psychological Horror game based on a true story?!

Why similar: Thriller 14.4%, Psychological 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 9.1%, Dark 8.1%

It Reaches is a first person horror game, captured through the lens of a police officer’s body cam. Trapped inside the facilities of an abandoned hospital, find a way to escape the horrors lurking underground. Uncover a dark mystery left behind and don't get caught! They will reach for you…

Why similar: Horror 15%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Thriller 11.8%, Realistic 11.4%, Dark 11%

In this first person psychological horror game your concept of what is real will be questioned over and over again while you venture in this old apparently abandoned apartment. Be careful at every corner and every shadow, things may not be what they seem.

Why similar: Psychological 14%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Dark 8.9%

An abandoned-building exploration horror adventure set in a Japanese university. As a paranormal club member, investigate the forbidden "Building Zero" and uncover the truth hidden within.

Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychological 10.2%, Realistic 9.3%

SECOND SHIFT is a first-person game that immerses the player in a deep and intense horror atmosphere. Using a mysterious clock, you must uncover terrifying secrets while trying to escape the mine. Solve puzzles, pay attention to your surroundings, and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Thriller 6.4%

DarkSelf: Other Mind is a first-person psichological horror game about the growth of darkness over time. Explore the house, life and mind of John Parse. Complete puzzles inside the mind of John Parse to unlock his memories, and don't let the DarkSelf catch you.

Why similar: Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 12%, Stealth 10.8%, Thriller 10.6%

This game is made my students from De Montfort University over approximately 7 weeks. You have been invited, but not by your own will, rescue your best friend before HE finds you. Delve into this first-person single-player puzzle game and experience horror segments mixed with challenging gameplay!

Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.5%, Stealth 7.5%

In a mansion shrouded in mist, face the ghosts of the past. With puzzles, exploration, and moments of sheer terror, Villa Nocturne awaits.

Why similar: Thriller 17%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Survival Horror 10%

Stay alive in a deadly reality show.

Why similar: Stealth 15.7%, Horror 12%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Thriller 8.4%

SUBJECT 33 is a story-driven psychological horror game set in an abandoned asylum. You are Ephraim, sent on a mission to uncover what happened before its sudden closure in 1984. As you explore, the line between reality and memory begins to blur — and the truth you uncover might destroy you.

Why similar: Thriller 12.6%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.8%, Stealth 8.2%

Something is hunting you in the dark. Descend into buried Egyptian tombs in a first-person psychological survival horror, where your only light is a dwindling candle and your only hope is whatever scraps you can scavenge and craft before it finds you.

Why similar: Stealth 16.8%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?

Why similar: Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Thriller 12.8%, Realistic 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.

Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 10.6%

Eve, who suffers from sleep issues and nightmares, takes pills from Dr. Isaac that put her into REM sleep. She becomes trapped in a loop inside a distorted, other-dimensional version of her own home. She must find anomalies, make the right choices, and survive deadly entities to break the cycle.

Why similar: Thriller 17.4%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.3%

Some illusions don't disappear... they linger and invade your thoughts when the lights go out. A Voice In The Dark is a first-person horror game in which you investigate the disappearance of a friend in an abandoned corporate building. Stay focused—reality is collapsing deeper within you.

Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Realistic 10.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Stealth 7.6%

A psychological horror set in a cursed village where endless night forces you to seek fleeting refuge while a relentless demon hunts you down.

Why similar: Thriller 18.2%, Stealth 15.3%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.1%