- #1 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,923 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Anime 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact same indie pixel-art anime horror aesthetic, deep narrative focus, and branching psychological choices as the seed game.
- #2 Ib
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,340 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Surreal 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar top-down pixel art exploration, eerie atmosphere, and multiple endings tied to puzzle-solving and character interactions.
- #3 Fran Bow
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,083 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Point & Click 20.9%, Horror 15.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Surreal 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same deeply unsettling psychological horror atmosphere, grotesque imagery, and eerie point-and-click puzzle mechanics driven by a young female protagonist.
- #4 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,925 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Anime 11.8%, Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Acts as the direct thematic and stylistic predecessor to Paper Lily, offering similarly dark puzzle-solving and branching paths in a pixelated world.
- #5 The Witch's House MV
94% matchVery Positive95% of 4,173 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Anime 7%, Puzzle 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-heavy indie horror game featuring a deceptive, cute exterior that hides brutally shocking moments and tragic ends similar to Lily's Well.
- #6 At Home Alone Final
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,199 reviews2021
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 22.3%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the terrifying vulnerability of being trapped inside a home alone while confronting dark psychological threats.
- #7 Cursed Mansion
94% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 14%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style horror adventure focusing on atmospheric exploration, puzzle-solving, and choices that dictate your survival.
- #8 Mad Father
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,818 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Anime 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down pixel exploration with gruesome horror themes, dark family secrets, and multiple endings.
- #9 Children of Silentown
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,586 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.9%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, story-rich world with a distinct art style where a young protagonist uncovers sinister neighborhood secrets.
- #10 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,575 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14.5%, Anime 9.7%, Puzzle 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a spooky school setting filled with occult mysteries, horror elements, and morally ambiguous choice-driven endings.
- #11 Corpse Party
90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,404 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Anime 17.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a similarly grim, hopeless atmosphere driven by tragic deaths, gruesome discoveries, and multiple endings tied to exploration.
- #12 Re:Turn - One Way Trip
89% matchVery Positive81% of 205 reviews2020
Dev: Red Ego GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Anime 10.3%, Puzzle 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure focusing on puzzles, supernatural occurrences, and deep narrative trauma.
- #13 Midnight Syndrome
87% matchVery Positive99% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Anime 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A choose-your-own-adventure style horror game emphasizing eerie exploration and dark urban legends.
- #14 Yomawari: Night Alone
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,337 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Anime 18.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Follows a young girl searching the dark streets for her loved ones while avoiding grotesque spirits, mirroring Lily's desperate isolation.
- #15 My Light In The Dark
88% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Dark 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, dark 2D indie pixel-horror game focused on eerie atmosphere and narrative tension.
- #16 Detention
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,832 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Puzzle 8.6%, Surreal 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game steeped in religious and historical trauma with heavy emphasis on exploration and surreal puzzle-solving.
- #17 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,595 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.2%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.5%, Anime 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological point-and-click adventure with multiple endings centered around claustrophobic spaces and dark themes.
- #18 Ann
85% matchVery Positive94% of 2,780 reviews2021
Dev: Rong Rong
Windows
Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Anime 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pixelated JRPG-style horror adventure focusing on grim discoveries and multiple narrative outcomes.
- #19 Little Misfortune
83% matchVery Positive92% of 14,190 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Female Protagonist 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a deceptively innocent young female protagonist navigating a surprisingly dark, twisted fairytale world with multiple outcomes.
- #20 Downfall
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Point & Click 20.1%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Dark 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply disturbing psychological horror point-and-click adventure dealing with dark psychological trauma and tragic outcomes.
- #21 Sally Face - Episode One
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,849 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 19.7%, Point & Click 18.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Dark 11%
Why You'll Like It: A darkly quirky adventure game with a distinct visual style and a deeply unsettling mystery involving murder and the occult.
- #22 The Cat Lady
82% matchVery Positive94% of 6,305 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Point & Click 16%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 10.8%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An intensely bleak narrative horror game featuring mature themes, surreal exploration, and deeply psychological storytelling.
- #23 OMORI
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 88,824 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.5%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Horror 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Anime 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends charming pixel aesthetics with profoundly dark psychological horror themes and surreal exploration.
- #24 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
81% matchVery Positive89% of 8,361 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 56.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Dark 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you in the perspective of a vulnerable young protagonist navigating a surreal, terrifying world searching for a parent.
- #25 Oxenfree
81% matchVery Positive91% of 12,124 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.6%, Horror 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural thriller driven by choice-based dialogue and eerie atmospheric exploration where your decisions shape the ending.
- #26 Fear & Hunger
79% matchVery Positive94% of 22,918 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Dark 14%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an uncompromisingly grim, brutal, and despair-inducing dungeon crawling experience with unforgiving choices and multiple gruesome endings.
- #27 Last Day of June
80% matchVery Positive87% of 4,725 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Choices Matter 37%, Adventure 24.4%, Atmospheric 24%, Puzzle 11.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional narrative puzzle game about altering fate and exploring tragic choices through perspective shifts.
- #28 In Other Waters
78% matchVery Positive87% of 2,577 reviews2020
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
Why similar: Point & Click 27.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 13.3%, Stylized 13%, Female Protagonist 12%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric narrative adventure focused on careful exploration, investigation, and uncovering isolated mysteries.
- #29 Children of Silentown: Prologue
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Horror 15.9%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #30 Asleep: Act 1
76% matchVery Positive94% of 575 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Point & Click 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.6%, 1990's 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #31 lily's world XD
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,261 reviews2026
Dev: SonderingEmilyPub: Kwalee
Windows
Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience featuring LilyPichu
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 16.9%, 1990's 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #32 No Ghost in Stay Home
78% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
A dimly lit room, her first time stay home.... Do you gently watch over little Anna? Or....
Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 11.7%
- #33 Devil's Hideout
77% matchVery Positive85% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.4%, Horror 14.5%, 1990's 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #34 For Mother Matron
76% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Horror 13.9%, Choices Matter 10%
- #35 Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
75% matchVery Positive94% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: PureIceBlue
Windows
While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.
Why similar: Point & Click 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 12%, Surreal 10.8%
- #36 The Rule Of SHE
74% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Puzzle 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #37 No Ghost in Sky Elevator
75% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
It is a strange high-rise elevator. The objects that appear and the people you board are all strange. Depending on your actions, you will face a variety of consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Surreal 9.1%, Horror 8.3%
- #38 Hazy Mind
74% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Anime 10.3%
- #39 Alice's World
72% matchVery Positive90% of 417 reviews2025
Dev: STORIA GAMES CO., LTD
Windows
Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.
Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Anime 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #40 Hello my World! Lily.
72% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Anime 24.4%, Adventure 18.1%, Retro 12%, Stylized 10.8%
- #41 Blood Lily Ghoststories
71% matchVery Positive92% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: Multiple Endings 20.1%, Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Anime 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #42 Annie and the Art Gallery
73% matchVery Positive87% of 196 reviews2022
Dev: jswessler
Windows · Mac
After months of waiting, Annie finally snags a ticket to the new art exhibit. However, things take a turn for the worst: she finds herself trapped in the museum's haunted basement. Help her navigate puzzles, traps, and more as she tries to escape - and find out the truth of what's really going on.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 15.9%, Anime 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #43 Re:Turn 2 - Runaway
73% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Red Ego Games
Windows
Re:Turn 2 is a 2D psychological horror adventure game. The game follows on from the events of the first game. Saki and her fiancé, Sen, are trapped on an abandoned train that is haunted by an evil spirit that takes the form of a little girl named Ayumi.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.5%, Point & Click 13%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #44 The Room Syndrome
71% matchVery Positive95% of 364 reviews2019
Dev: Jesse CarradinePub: Jesse Carradine?
Windows
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #45 A Night at the Watermill
70% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 14%, Dark 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #46 Night Loops
70% matchVery Positive90% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Horror 14%, Anime 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #47 LUNA
71% matchVery Positive83% of 325 reviews2020
Dev: SimplePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, Anime 12%, Top-Down 10.4%
- #48 Cat in the Box
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,568 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #49 At Home Alone
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,906 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: Peanut Bear Studio
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 30%, Anime 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Adventure 5.3%
- #50 Lily's Lil Video Shop!
68% matchVery Positive89% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Lich & Lily
Windows
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #51 Blood Lily Loop
69% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 23.2%, Horror 18.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Anime 10.6%
- #52 Tide Up
69% matchVery Positive92% of 272 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Tide Up is a rather dark and gloomy adventure game. Accompany the girl in a dreamlike world of wonder. Collect the pearls scattered around the world and help the girl escape!
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Anime 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #53 Veloria
67% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Horror 11.7%
- #54 Luna's Room
65% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: DonutDroidPub: Save Games Studio
Windows
An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Horror 18.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #55 Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
68% matchVery Positive86% of 785 reviews2015
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #56 Escape from the Cursed Convent
65% matchVery Positive92% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: Ais Kacang StudioPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
Escape from the Cursed Convent is a narrative-driven adventure game set in a medieval girls' convent, offering a rich storytelling experience, and several gameplay styles including QTE, hunting, cooking, and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Anime 8.7%
- #57 Obsessed : Night Shift
65% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 22%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Retro 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #58 Almost Home Now
66% matchVery Positive85% of 800 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Retro 10.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #59 Dawn Bell
64% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: USAGI STORE
Windows
She wakes up in a mysterious castle. "Dawn Bell" is a side-scrolling 2D horror adventure where a girl with no memory explores the castle. Use items and clues to solve puzzles and uncover her lost past. Your choices shape the story's multiple endings. What truth awaits beyond the doors of memory?
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Exploration 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Puzzle 10.1%