- #1 Fear the Dark Unknown: James
96% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Action 29.7%, Indie 22.9%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.6%
- #2 Deadsigns
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Jean-Baptiste Leonelli
Windows
DeadSigns is a first person action game with survival and tower defense features. Go through many nights and beat a lot of monsters with style and get the best score !
Why similar: Action 34.7%, Indie 25.9%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Horror 16.9%
- #3 Protocol Nightmare
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Cauan BuzolinPub: Buzolin Studios
Windows
Survive three nights of absolute terror while more than 10 monsters hunt you down. Explore secret paths, complete tasks, use your flashlight and scanner, upgrade your abilities, and face an intense survival experience.
Why similar: Action 30.7%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Horror 21.6%, Indie 19.1%
- #4 Dark Days of Horror
94% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Alexander Casha
Windows
Dive into this survival horror game where your hero kill zombies and have also to destroy the laboratory in which they are being produced. Complete tasks to move to the next level.
Why similar: Action 43.3%, Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 18.4%, Indie 11.8%
- #5 The Hilltop Mansion
92% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: OkawariHakumai
Windows
Can you escape from this cursed mansion? Rely on the clues left by the ancestors to break the curse of the mansion and survive through it!
Why similar: Action 45.8%, Indie 35.3%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Horror 8.1%
- #6 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: K Monkey
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are.The game is inspired by classic roguelike games which include 100% procedural-generated maps and permadeath.
Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 23%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Action 16.3%, Indie 12.5%
- #7 SCP-087: Recovered document
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Korovkin Nikita
Windows
SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Action 19%, Indie 15.3%
- #8 祟り坂 | TATARI Curse road
84% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
A simple survival horror set in a hilly town where you must escape from a ghost. There are no puzzles, item usage, or complex controls. If you fail, try again, memorize the roads, and find your way to the goal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Horror 24.6%, Action 18.8%, Indie 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%
- #9 Devilry
91% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Action 43%, Indie 34.6%, Horror 22.4%
- #10 The Hateful Dead
90% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Sayan
Windows
The Hateful Dead is a voxel style, wave-based, zombie FPS game. Run and gun with a Chainsaw in one hand and Minigun in the other as you stand alone against an army of the undead. Burn, cut, shoot and obliterate limbs from your undead enemies in an intense blood-splattered, shoot em up style. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Indie 32.9%, Horror 24.4%
- #11 Witchkin
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: Coven Games
Windows
Witchkin is a first person 'hide-and-sneak' survival horror game in the vein of Slender.
Why similar: Action 32.8%, Indie 26.9%, Horror 20.3%, Survival Horror 20.1%
- #12 Dimmed Light
79% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
Windows
You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...
Why similar: Action 35.6%, Indie 27.4%, Survival Horror 21.8%, Horror 15.1%
- #13 Fear the Dark Unknown
86% matchMixed66% of 161 reviews2019
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Action 35.1%, Indie 26.6%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #14 Deliverance
89% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2015
Dev: TBDTS Games
Windows · Mac
Deliverance is a first-person survival horror game in which you are put into the captivity of a deranged man dawning a serial killing streak with no plans to stop. Play as "Victim #3" and try to find your way out of your captor's imprisonment as you explore a maze-like abandoned asylum.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Action 27.9%, Indie 22.4%, Horror 21.3%
- #15 Deep Inside
77% matchVery Positive83% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 50.7%, Action 20.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 13.9%
- #16 Zomby Soldier
88% matchMixed42% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Dark theme shooter where player character is zombie who needs to kill other zombies and find more blood
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 32.1%, Horror 26.2%
- #17 Medusa's Labyrinth VR
87% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Guru Games
Windows
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a mythological first person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together in a game that blends horror with stealth into a unique and intense horror experience. Now all this can be seen in VR for the first time!
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 32.1%, Horror 26.2%
- #18 Shadow Corridor
83% matchVery Positive91% of 2,140 reviews2019
Dev: Space Onigiri Game LLC
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Now on Steam, revamped with brand new content! Immerse yourself in the latest chapter of the popular, Japanese indie horror title, Kageroh: Shadow Corridor. Survive against the onslaught of horrors that lie in wait in eerie, traditional Japanese locales that change with every playthrough.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Action 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Indie 14%
- #19 Stan
74% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Gus Jewell
Windows
Obsessive fans are common for artists, but this one is different. He's found his way to the home of J.W. Eel slug, a piano player who just got a deadline from a record label, and is determined to get inside.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 26.7%, Indie 11.3%
- #20 Wrong train
80% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
What if you got on the wrong train that you were waiting for and fell asleep, and woke up to find that there are no people around anywhere else, and the train itself is endless? Will you be able to return home?
Why similar: Action 28.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Horror 17.3%, Indie 13.1%
- #21 Dreadful
85% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Dreadful is a survival horror game that features an altered gameplay style with third-person navigation currently in development.
Why similar: Action 30.3%, Indie 23.3%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%
- #22 Timore Inferno
86% matchMixed58% of 351 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Timore Inferno is the 4th indie horror game in the Timore series. Strange visitors have come to a little girl's house, robbing her home and killing everyone inside... Except her. With dolls holding the anger of her loss, everyone who tries to go there and investigate what happened wind up missing.
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Indie 30.6%, Horror 26.7%
- #23 Lost Room: Escape
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastica Games
Windows
As twilight descends and the world plunges into darkness, you, a seasoned police officer, find yourself answering a harrowing call that shatters the peace of a quiet, unassuming neighborhood. The distressed voice on the other end speaks of Lost Apartment, a place steeped in sinister legends.
Why similar: Action 32.3%, Survival Horror 31.6%, Horror 26.3%, Indie 9.8%
- #24 Faiths End - 2D Survival Horror
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron BestPub: BadBunny Games
Windows
When Matilda Stockwood's partner is abducted her only hope is to follow the trail back to her childhood home, but the once idyllic town of Raven's Point isn't exactly how she remembers.
Why similar: Action 29.2%, Indie 22.5%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.4%
- #25 Dark Side
81% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Claudio RainhoPub: C.R Game Studio
Windows
psychological thriller / horror game in first person, you wake up in a strange and unfamiliar place, apparently wearing special clothes, you need to find out where you are as soon as possible because your oxygen level is running low!
Why similar: Indie 24.9%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Action 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 16.3%
- #26 Liberation
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: WINTERS
Windows
Liberation is a strategy survival horror game. You have to go to the Deathworld and collect crosses to liberate ghosts. Survive from the attacks of various ghosts!
Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Action 19.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #27 SurvHive
84% matchMixed62% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Rocking Hamster
Windows
Inspired by "The Thing", SurvHive is an asymmetric sci-fi horror multiplayer FPS in which the only one you can trust is yourself, as alien shape-shifters lie in wait. Will humans be able to eradicate the alien menace? Will the infection spread instead? Welcome to their Hive...
Why similar: Action 34.3%, Indie 27.2%, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%
- #28 A Simple Door
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keter studio
Windows
Try to escape from “A Simple Door” by facing your past, your darkest secrets and your fears through the doors.
Why similar: Action 25.9%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 22.5%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Indie 7.8%
- #29 Fear the Dark Unknown: Chloe
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Indie 29%, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 8.9%
- #30 Enlysia
82% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Teveru
Windows
Destination Enlysia, a dark and unwelcome place. You have been sent there to unravel whatever dark secrets there are to be discovered. Once you have entered there is only one option, stay alive!
Why similar: Action 29.3%, Survival Horror 26.5%, Indie 22.5%, Horror 21.7%
- #31 Psychic Isolation Episode 1
68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: thiefbug
Windows
Your mother sent you off to your holiday with a warm goodbye ... But when you return, nothing in your house feels warm anymore
Why similar: Action 29%, Indie 22.3%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.4%
- #32 Wick
81% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Survival Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Action 15.8%, Indie 13.3%
- #33 Neurose Neurones
67% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: NEKURA CLAN
Windows
It's time to play catch-up! Can you bring home the cute kitty safely and find out the truth about the death of the ghosts and the cause of the Neuron family's insanity?
Why similar: Action 25%, Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #34 Seeing Red
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Lyterian Games
Windows
SEEING RED is a first-person survival horror game where isolation and terror reign. As Benjamin, an ex-military detective, return to his haunted hometown to search for his missing sister. Uncover dark secrets and battle grotesque foes.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.2%, Horror 28.9%, Action 22%, Indie 12.8%
- #35 The Disappearance of the Mitchells
77% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Cupfox Studio
Windows
A short horror game about the sudden disappearance of a husband and wife, leaving their house and all of their belongings.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Indie 28.1%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.9%
- #36 The Hunt In Sanity
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaboom Games
Windows
The Hunt In Sanity is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as Jason searching for his wife. As you explore eerie environments.You must scavenge for supplies to survive relentless attacks from evil Enemies.Find hidden clues, solve puzzles, and delve into the secrets of your wife's past
Why similar: Action 24.7%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Indie 19%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.5%
- #37 Lost Alone
76% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Pasha BinPub: Egg Splat Studios
Windows
Lost in a dark, unforgiving forest, you must survive the night. Hunt for resources, stay hidden, and outsmart deadly werewolves that stalk the woods. Every sound matters. Every choice could be your last.
Why similar: Action 52.8%, Indie 40.6%, Horror 6.6%
- #38 Joe's Diner
82% matchMostly Negative40% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe’s Diner. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains are laid to rest; while alive each could not stand the other.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 25.9%, Action 25%, Indie 21.5%
- #39 Night Of Evil: Werewolf
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beto SantosPub: MadSoft Studio
Windows
Trapped in a rural town and hunted by a relentless werewolf, your only chance is to run, hide, and survive. No weapons, no help—just you against the night. Use your instincts and the environment to escape before it finds you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Action 21.6%, Horror 17.7%, Indie 6.2%
- #40 Dine
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SaigaiGames
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious forest after your friend transforms into a monstrous being, you must explore, gather items, and survive while uncovering the truth behind the horrors that stalk you. Dynamic rain events and unpredictable creatures shape every step of your escape.
Why similar: Action 30.2%, Indie 23.2%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.8%
- #41 Call of Corona: Micro Warfare
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Puggy Studios
Windows
A dangerous mission to travel into the human body and meet the Corona virus face to face and send it back to microscopic hell.
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Indie 38%, Horror 11.6%
- #42 Phantaruk
78% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Action 35%, Indie 26.3%, Horror 20%, Survival Horror 18.7%
- #43 Alone In The Forest VR
76% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Ovidiu Chis
Windows
Explore the forest, solve the puzzles, start the generators and call for help. Use the flashlight to defend yourself from the 'thing' that tries to kill you.
Why similar: Action 45.6%, Indie 34%, Horror 20.5%
- #44 Stairs
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 361 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Action 22.2%, Indie 21.5%
- #45 GRAY GROFA
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
Windows
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #46 Dissection
71% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: RandomSpinPub: RandomSpin
Windows
I don’t remember how I got into this house. I only know that I need to quickly find a way out. Something terrible is walking around the house and looking for me.
Why similar: Action 53.2%, Indie 40.9%, Horror 5.8%
- #47 Frosty Nights
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Action 18.7%, Indie 14.4%
- #48 Best Friend
70% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
"Best Friend" is a 3D horror game. Escape and survive from your beloved doll named David after you don't have time to play with him. Follow the advice that David has told you, survive, and remember that you must never turn your back on David!
Why similar: Action 40.8%, Indie 31.4%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #49 leapoid
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Topher Anselmo
Windows
Leap, fall, and perish — over and over again. Only the most seasoned platforming veterans will overcome the trials that leapoid has to offer.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #50 STARCATCHER
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John PlewePub: Nevercenter
Windows · Mac
STARCATCHER is an experimental wave-based arcade game, currently in development. It's simple, unique, and intensely hard. Protect the heart!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #51 The Executioner: Prologue
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #52 Sentenced
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Vitalij Kurjata
Windows
Sentenced combines the oppressive horror atmosphere and the complexity of survival, mixed with its stealth system and permadeath. In the depths of the labyrinth, a variety of monsters will not leave a place where you could relax in safety.
Why similar: Indie 41.7%, Survival Horror 33.2%, Horror 25.1%
- #53 The Ancient Labyrinth
69% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Nicola Gaeta
Windows · Mac
The Ancient Labyrinth is a psychological horror game set in a mysterious labyrinth which hides a terrible secret. Play as a man who has lost his memory, trapped for some strange reason and stalked by a frightening monster that will hunt him the whole time.
Why similar: Action 30.9%, Indie 24.6%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.1%
- #54 Gevaudan
73% matchMixed55% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: Microids Indie
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.
Why similar: Indie 34.5%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%
- #55 Home Security
71% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Toshihiko Kikuchi
Windows
A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.
Why similar: Indie 40%, Survival Horror 31.9%, Horror 28.1%
- #56 Ben The Exorcist
70% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: WraithStudio
Windows
Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Survival Horror 26.3%, Indie 23.4%, Horror 19.9%
- #57 Room 208
68% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows
Victor Rockford, a spiritual medium has been asked to use his otherworldly abilities to stop the EVIL that resides inside Room 208 of 'The Great Leaf Hotel'. Does he have what it takes to put a stop EVIL? Or will the EVIL claim yet another victim?
Why similar: Action 28.7%, Indie 22%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.4%
- #58 The Flock
72% matchMixed40% of 300 reviews2015
Dev: Vogelsap
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The Flock is an asymmetrical multiplayer thriller, where you get to play as one of the agile monsters that make up the Flock. Hunt down and attack the Carrier to take its place. Survive and fend off the terrifying Flock with the coveted Light Artifact .
Why similar: Action 38.5%, Indie 36.3%, Horror 25.3%