- #1 From The Darkness
97% matchVery Positive89% of 3,495 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Dark 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same claustrophobic, dark atmosphere that makes exploring a home feel dangerous.
- #2 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
96% matchVery Positive90% of 10,793 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 46.6%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the childhood vulnerability and home-based terror found in the seed game.
- #3 Shattered Lights
96% matchVery Positive87% of 435 reviews2019
Dev: Team MorbidPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Dark 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes light and shadow mechanics to create a tense, psychological horror experience.
- #4 Inside the Backrooms
94% matchVery Positive80% of 46,418 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Horror 40.6%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, FPS 6.6%, Puzzle 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines puzzle-solving and multiplayer horror in a way that feels both chaotic and terrifying.
- #5 Kraven Manor
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 742 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 63.7%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Indie 1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an exploration-heavy experience that rewards players for investigating dark, mysterious rooms.
- #6 DON'T FACE UP
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: tesakiza
Windows · Mac
DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game. Never make eye contact with them. They may appear and disappear. They may be standing in the direction you suddenly turn your eyes. Even in such a situation, you must proceed with your search for the building. Therefore, "DON'T FACE UP."
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Adventure 7%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator leans heavily into psychological tension and atmospheric storytelling.
- #7 The Exit 8
92% matchVery Positive93% of 11,170 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, 3D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being trapped in a liminal space where every detail matters.
- #8 Blameless
93% matchVery Positive84% of 5,098 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 60.2%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Psychological Horror 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, focused experience that emphasizes puzzle-solving within a dark, realistic environment.
- #9 Cry of Fear
91% matchVery Positive89% of 85,341 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 55.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Multiplayer 13.9%, FPS 6.1%, Adventure 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror title that excels at creating a sense of isolation and dread.
- #10 Home Sweet Home
91% matchVery Positive87% of 3,773 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 52%, Psychological Horror 14%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Walking Simulator 6.7%, Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a strong narrative-driven horror experience that relies on stealth and atmosphere.
- #11 Lurk in the Dark : Prologue
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,186 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FRUITION
Windows
A town flourished with woodworking and mining, "Babel's Hill Top". A Ruggles family who contributed greatly to the development of this town several centuries ago. The tragedy that happened at the residence of them. In this residence where blood and hatred are ingrained, their nightmare begins.
Why similar: Horror 66%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Dark 7.9%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Sexual Content 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric indie horror game that focuses on the fear of the unknown in dark spaces.
- #12 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
89% matchVery Positive93% of 15,455 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Horror 58.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 7.8%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, Adventure 4%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play title that uses exploration and escalating tension to keep players on edge.
- #13 Passing Pineview Forest
89% matchMixed65% of 1,698 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 65.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a classic indie horror experience with a focus on exploration and survival.
- #14 Lost in Vivo
87% matchVery Positive91% of 3,941 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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: Horror 46.6%, Psychological Horror 34.2%, FPS 17.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, psychological horror game that masterfully plays with the player's sense of reality.
- #15 Black Rose
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 983 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 72.4%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Psychological Horror 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror game that emphasizes survival and exploration in dark, confined spaces.
- #16 The Backrooms: Unbounded
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 693 reviews2023
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Puzzle 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror game that focuses on navigating dark, endless corridors.
- #17 Summer of '58
85% matchVery Positive89% of 4,905 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 39.2%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Dark 10.6%, Linear 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: This short, narrative-focused horror game excels at building tension in a confined, domestic setting.
- #18 The Closing Shift
84% matchMixed66% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Dark 16.6%, 3D 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It creates a deep sense of unease through mundane tasks that slowly devolve into psychological terror.
- #19 The House
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!
Why similar: Horror 77.2%, Walking Simulator 11%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic walking-simulator horror game that relies on environmental storytelling to scare the player.
- #20 Uh Oh!
82% matchVery Positive86% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
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 42%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 13.9%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival-horror mechanics with puzzle-solving in a dark, first-person perspective.
- #21 Iron Lung
82% matchVery Positive92% of 10,973 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 12%, Dark 8.2%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It uses extreme claustrophobia and limited visibility to create an incredibly tense horror experience.
- #22 AfterHours
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 613 reviews2022
Dev: Runway Studios
Windows
Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.
Why similar: Horror 62.6%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, 3D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror game that captures the feeling of being alone in a dark, empty building.
- #23 Arruyo
84% matchMixed55% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arruyo is a 3D first-person horror game, where the player is inside a farmhouse with different monsters that will try to kill him/her. To survive and discover the mystery of that place, the player will have to hide from these monsters while investigating the farmhouse.
Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, Dark 8.5%, 3D 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends puzzle elements with first-person horror to create a tense, immersive experience.
- #24 Mouthwashing
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 37,564 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Dark 11.1%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply psychological narrative that keeps the player questioning their surroundings.
- #25 Fear of the Light
81% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Jakob FereniusPub: Team Fuve
Windows
A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!
Why similar: Horror 50.5%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Linear 7.8%, Adventure 7.2%, 3D 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric survival-horror mechanics that emphasize the importance of light.
- #26 Who's Lila?
80% matchVery Positive94% of 3,686 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Horror 46.7%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, 3D 6.6%, Casual 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game that forces the player to interact with the environment in unconventional ways.
- #27 Paratopic
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,142 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 48.6%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and short psychological horror game that focuses on unsettling imagery and atmosphere.
- #28 Lights Off: Director's Cut
79% matchVery Positive90% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Insanctum Games
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Dark 11.3%, FPS 8.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #29 White Room Protocol
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 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: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, FPS 10.4%, Dark 9.3%
- #30 Almost Home Now
77% matchVery Positive85% of 787 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Psychological Horror 28.4%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Adventure 7.8%, 3D 3.8%
- #31 Obscula
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 65 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: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Dark 11.3%, FPS 9.9%
- #32 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
76% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Dark 11%, FPS 10.9%
- #33 Unanswered
75% matchVery Positive95% of 74 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 35.5%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Adventure 8.7%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #34 Minds Eyes
78% matchMixed69% of 1,841 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 70.3%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Adventure 5.1%, FPS 2%
- #35 Endless
76% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: shademakesgames
Windows · Mac
A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings
Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Dark 10.2%, 3D 7.9%
- #36 Scary Game
72% matchVery Positive91% of 830 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Horror 52.7%, Action-Adventure 14%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Dark 7%
- #37 Horror
73% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Horror 39%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #38 Backrooms: Realm of Shadows
75% matchMostly Negative40% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Cyprus Games
Windows
Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #39 NineHells
74% matchMixed42% of 392 reviews2024
Dev: caffeineline
Windows
Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!
Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Dark 11.3%, Adventure 8.6%
- #40 TERPENIE
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 945 reviews2025
Dev: Chugunovkos
Windows
In the gloomy atmosphere of post-Soviet everyday life, routine tasks like cleaning, cooking, and exploring your own room hide something much darker. Survive and uncover the truth before the maniac comes for you.
Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Adventure 9.7%, 3D 4.6%
- #41 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
71% matchVery Positive90% of 57 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 41.1%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Multiplayer 8.4%, 3D 2.4%
- #42 Kach
73% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Dark 11.2%, Adventure 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #43 Light Head Hentai Edition
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
This is a classic indie horror game. You are alone in the middle of a dark forest, help will not come and you can only count on yourself. Explore the location, find all the hentai drawings before the Light Head finds you.
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Hentai 15.8%, Sexual Content 14.6%, Adventure 9.3%
- #44 Seek Or Die
74% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 67.4%, Multiplayer 25%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Casual 2.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #45 CantEscapeTheBackrooms
72% matchMixed60% of 251 reviews2023
Dev: BlackArtStudios
Windows
CantEscapeTheBackrooms is a single player horror game. Explore numerous treacherous and dangerous levels, avoid contact with evil entities, and do whatever it takes to find your way out!
Why similar: Horror 35%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Dark 10%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #46 Ruined Nurse
70% matchVery Positive83% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Explore the hospital by Thwarting the creatures that are trying to stop you and solving puzzles. Successfully install the internet and surprise customer...
Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Sexual Content 12.7%, FPS 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
- #47 The Cabin Factory
68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,683 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 36.9%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Adventure 5.9%, Dark 3.9%
- #48 AKAZU Off limits
70% matchMixed65% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
I found myself lying in a strange place. I had no idea where I was or why I had come here. The only thing I knew was that I had come looking for something.
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Walking Simulator 23%, Adventure 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #49 Dead Blue Rose
71% matchMostly Negative34% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ColdBones
Windows
A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.
Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Multiplayer 15.5%, FPS 13.5%, Adventure 6%
- #50 Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy
69% matchVery Positive90% of 882 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Arrow GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
Why similar: Horror 74.7%, Adventure 22.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #51 Budget Backrooms
67% matchVery Positive90% of 250 reviews2023
Dev: DavidJoacaRoPub: Lory Games
Windows
Free single-player Backrooms game developed on a low budget.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Walking Simulator 21.1%, Multiplayer 20.9%, Adventure 14.3%, 3D 5.6%
- #52 Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,884 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Toaster Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.
Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Psychological Horror 24%, Dark 12%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Adventure 7.5%
- #53 SEPTEMBER 1999
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,490 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Why similar: Horror 44.9%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, Dark 4.6%
- #54 TEST RE
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: K App.
Windows
A short 5 minute horror game!
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, FPS 12.1%, Dark 11%
- #55 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Psychological Horror 26%, Dark 11.3%, Linear 5.8%, Adventure 4.5%
- #56 Fear in Hospital
70% matchMixed48% of 517 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 26%, Dark 14.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #57 WAIFU HORROR: The Eight Pictures
69% matchMixed60% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: Konnichiwa Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Find all of the 8 pictures before a Hentai Monster finds you. Remember this: do NOT look back!
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Sexual Content 20.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
- #58 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 483 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%, 3D 5.2%
- #59 Skull Hotel
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,107 reviews2025
Dev: James Hall
Windows
Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Dark 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #60 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,216 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 46.6%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Dark 8.4%, Adventure 7.1%