Games Like Lights Off: Director's Cut

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Dark 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same 'Director's Cut' polish and excels at building oppressive, isolated atmosphere in a confined space.

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: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 23.8%, Demons 12%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at exploration-heavy domestic horror, focusing on uncovering dark secrets within a family home.

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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Dark 24.7%, Exploration 9.6%, 3D 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it turns a mundane, relatable situation into a terrifying psychological experience.

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 37.4%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%, First-Person 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for domestic psychological horror, focusing on the same sense of dread within a home environment.

You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.8%, Demons 12.2%, Dark 12%, FPS 10%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar indie psychological horror aesthetic that focuses on surreal, first-person exploration.

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 39.7%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%, First-Person 6.1%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the specific 'childhood fear' theme and the vulnerability of being alone in a house.

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 26.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a short, intense, and highly atmospheric domestic horror experience that mirrors the seed game's pacing.

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 25.7%, Dark 16%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Thematically identical to the seed game, it directly addresses the fear of what lurks in the dark while you sleep.

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 32.4%, Horror 28%, Atmospheric 13.2%, FPS 12.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a claustrophobic, psychological experience that relies on surreal environments to unsettle the player.

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 27.6%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Dark 15.1%, Demons 10%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror game that utilizes domestic spaces to create constant, high-stakes tension.

One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 19.6%, Demons 18.9%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic office-based psychological horror game that shares the same atmospheric, first-person investigative feel.

Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy psychological horror game set in a dark, oppressive environment that demands careful exploration.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Multiple Endings 25.2%, Atmospheric 17%, First-Person 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features gritty, domestic horror with a strong emphasis on stealth and survival in a hostile home.

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 32.5%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It uses light-based mechanics in a claustrophobic setting to build tension, much like the seed game.

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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, FPS 14.5%, Atmospheric 13.2%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes light and shadow mechanics as a core survival element, directly mirroring the central theme of the seed game.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Dark 7.6%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the liminal, unsettling atmosphere of empty spaces that feels very similar to the seed game's aesthetic.

A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36%, Horror 29.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Exploration 7.6%, 3D 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, exploration-based psychological horror game that prioritizes mood and atmosphere over jump scares.

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 22.3%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 13.4%, FPS 10%, Walking Simulator 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, walking-simulator style horror game that focuses on isolation and psychological mystery.

Haunted by grief and guilt after a tragic accident, you start seeing a house in your dreams. No matter what you do, you can't get its image out of your mind. You feel it calling for you, so you answer it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Dark 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological tension and domestic isolation, creating a similar sense of unease in a confined space.

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 30.5%, Horror 24.7%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Deeply atmospheric and psychological, this game explores trauma and domestic horror with a high level of narrative polish.

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 22.1%, Horror 20.4%, Demons 20%, Dark 14%, Atmospheric 10%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on supernatural psychological tension in a first-person perspective, mirroring the seed game's style.

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused atmospheric horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being trapped in a dark, unknown place.

How far would you go if your daughter didn’t come home? Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is a first-person psychological horror. This story-driven game offers enhanced features, an improved story, and additional content. Enter the woods if you dare and begin a search you’ll never forget.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 26.9%, Dark 15.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich psychological exploration game that features a similar level of polish and narrative depth.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Dark 9.7%, Walking Simulator 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, claustrophobic experience that relies on atmosphere and limited visibility to create intense dread.

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 49.7%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Atmospheric 7.5%, FPS 6.6%, First-Person 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal psychological horror game that focuses on personal demons and dark, urban environments.

Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Demons 16.5%, Dark 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, walking-simulator style psychological horror game that focuses on quiet, unsettling atmosphere.

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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Demons 13%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 9%

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 34.5%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven psychological horror game with a retro aesthetic that excels at building tension through small, domestic interactions.

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Dark 11.4%, FPS 8.5%, Adventure 8.4%

Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.

Why similar: Horror 66.4%, Adventure 33.6%

Why You'll Like It: It directly addresses the fear of the dark, making it a thematic match for the seed game's core premise.

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 34.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Dark 10.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short-form horror experience that prioritizes mood and fragmented storytelling over traditional gameplay.

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 31.4%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 14%, Exploration 4.8%

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 25.5%, Horror 24%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11%, Adventure 8.2%

Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 22.4%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Walking Simulator 7.8%

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Dark 11.5%, Adventure 9.1%

"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 18.8%, Demons 16.7%, Dark 13%, Walking Simulator 8.9%

Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Demons 18%, Dark 10.7%, Adventure 7.9%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Demons 23.1%, Horror 18.7%, Dark 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 10.2%

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, First-Person 4.6%

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 30.8%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Exploration 8.1%, First-Person 7.6%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 51.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Dark 7.8%, Adventure 6.9%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Dark 18.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 9.8%, Demons 9.3%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Adventure 21.1%, FPS 19%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%

A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 4.5%

Skin Off is an analog horror game where you play as a teenager spending a summer night alone at your uncle’s house. As you wait for your friends to arrive the next day, a strange message is broadcasted on national television, signaling the start of a nightmare you can’t escape.

Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, First-Person 7.4%

It's your first night as the caretaker of a scary quest. The last visitors have gone home. You need to turn off the lights, check the equipment and not die of horror, because someone or something suddenly starts a nightmarish game. With you in the lead.

Why similar: Demons 28.5%, Dark 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 7.5%

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Demons 17.1%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 24.4%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Adventure 9%

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 31.6%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Dark 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 7.4%

Official remake of the original Nox Timore, that was released in 2014. A nightmare, that you come back to every night. Mannequins. Darkness. Horror.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Dark 20.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Walking Simulator 9.9%

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 73.6%, Adventure 19.4%, First-Person 7%

Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 22.7%, Demons 14%, Dark 10.2%, Adventure 7.3%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 22%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%

In Our Parlor is a short, horror walking simulator. The player must make their way through a mysterious manor to unfold the story, find the parlor, and escape this nightmare. Navigate a series of dark set pieces and follow the music to discover the path forward.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Dark 15.7%, First-Person 11%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 22.4%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Walking Simulator 11%

A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 36.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 8.6%, 3D 4.5%

VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 26.8%, Dark 17.1%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 6.2%

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 24.2%, Horror 22.5%, Dark 17.6%, FPS 10.3%, Walking Simulator 9.1%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.1%, Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%

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 47.7%, Dark 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Walking Simulator 7.7%