
Survive the winding halls of the lost dwarven city of Direhold in this survival horror Metroidbrainia adventure. Use Rune Slates to decipher puzzles while avoiding the sinister creatures that now call the tunnels home.
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Survive the winding halls of the lost dwarven city of Direhold in this survival horror Metroidbrainia adventure. Use Rune Slates to decipher puzzles while avoiding the sinister creatures that now call the tunnels home.

Educe
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.

Fear the Timeloop - Prologue
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
Educe is a 2D pixel art "Metroidbrainia" puzzle game where the world is your blueprint. Physically rearrange the screens of a forgotten laboratory to navigate a sprawling, non-linear maze. With no combat and a focus on logic, you must shift the environment itself to educe the path forward.
Why similar: Metroidvania 57.9%, Exploration 15.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 8.3%, Exploration 7.4%
Falta is a survival-horror game set in a brazilian public school. Play as Davi, as you look for your missing best-friend Tiago through the dark hallways and classroms of your school. Find and collect "mementos", clues about your friend's whereabouts...
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Stylized 7%
Discover the mystery behind Marcus Circus, the world's first circus with infinite energy generated by a mysterious crystal. You will have to try to survive by hiding, exploring, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.4%, Horror 13.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
Inn 8 is a first-person horror adventure game with unique gameplay mechanics. Stumbled upon a cursed inn while taking a selfie in the wild. Endless rooms and terrifying monsters await. Use your wits to uncover the house's evil secrets, defeat your enemies and break the curse.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Puzzle 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13%
Atmospheric FPS action, with puzzles, with spheres. Shoot, rotate, survive: unlock your path through a tight maze filled with spherical dangers. The Blank space is leaking out... Find a Mindgun.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.7%, Survival Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Exploration 8.3%
A 3D Survival-Horror Metroidvania in a vast, interconnected tower ruled by cryptic systems, strange residents and esoteric mysteries...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Survival Horror 23.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.1%
The Last Shift is a first-person adventure horror game. At midnight, demons roam the amusement park while you are alone on the night shift in the security booth. Collect clues, solve puzzles, face your enemies, and strive to survive the night!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Horror 17.4%, Exploration 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Puzzle 13.4%
A PS2-inspired analog horror game with remastered graphics. Now cracked, its mystery can be unraveled. Collect items and cheats to glitch out of bounds, find exploitable developer rooms, and escape the madness. Are you prepared to step into the shadows?
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Immerse yourself in a dark, scary and exciting adventure of exploring an abandoned spaceship. Solve puzzles, look for keys, hide, don't get caught by the strange creatures that roam here. Escape from this ship before it's too late. - Sci-fi - Survival Horror - Metroidvania
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Survival Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery Dungeon 8.7% ★, Exploration 8.3%
Experience the game in its best form with the Director's Cut Edition. New graphics, new enemies, more weapons, more blood...
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Horror 7.4%
A Survival Horror game: Paranormal Investigator, Jonathan Hunter, awakens in an alternate realm finding himself fighting to survive. Forced to team up with a ghost girl named Angel trapped in a strange artifact, they must work together to escape an underground laboratory and evade dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.2%, Exploration 15.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Horror 9.3%, Survival Horror 7.1%
Yoko no Hanashi is a first-person survival horror game where you need to survive in an abandoned college with one of your chosen yandere: Yoto (male version) and Yoko (female version)
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.4%, Exploration 16.4%, Horror 15%, Puzzle 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
You wake up disoriented in a labyrinth, armed with nothing but a flashlight and a video camera... Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and find a way out, but you’ll have to hurry because time is running, and each day in the labyrinth brings you closer to the end... you are not alone in this place.
Why similar: Exploration 24.9%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 20.5%, 3D 12.1%, Adventure 11.2%
You wake up from a nightmare. You can't count how many times you've had a nightmare this month. But this time, after waking up, you find some strange phenomena in your house. You want to go out to see, but the door is locked...
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 17.7%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 7.1%
There is no right answer to choose. Will you be able to solve the mystery of the crashed pioneer ship?
Why similar: Metroidvania 43.3%, Survival Horror 26.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Horror 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
Emberfly is a horror game set in Korea. One day, you wake up at school. The outside is dark, and no one seems to be around. Relying on the flashlight in your hand, you must find a way to escape from this dream that feels real but isn't.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 11.2%
Ha_Bits is an Adventure and platformer game for windows and Mac OS with a neo-noir cyberpunk setting.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.5%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 6%
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.9%, Exploration 24.7%, Horror 14.5%, Adventure 11%, Story Rich 6.4%
Cult -Vein- is a psychological horror game about post-cult trauma, featuring a girl who is striving to lead a normal life. Unravel the story behind her as you struggle to survive in a twisted world where every interaction has consequences.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.7%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 12.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 9.9%
Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.4%, Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Exploration 10%
Explore an interconnected world full of platforming challenges in this short metroidvania. Reach new areas by swinging from ceilings, throwing bombs, bouncing off spikes, and more. Examine dozens of artifacts, commune with forgotten gods, and piece together what happened to Auridia.
Why similar: Metroidvania 55.7%, Exploration 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Adventure 6.3%
Welcome to Dreamables! The maze for the chosen ones by the dreams. Can you make it out with the help of your lantern?
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.4%, Exploration 21.4%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 8%, 3D 5.2%
Explore a vibrant island full of magic and mystery in Nulphia, a top-down story-driven singleplayer adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 54.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Puzzle 12%, 3D 7.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
How might life inside Artificial Intelligence be like? Is it possible to stop this painful routine? This life even real or not? Try your luck...
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
You're the last surviving Elf who must find the Secret Sword, the only weapon capable of defeating the immortal Lord Velomdor.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46%, Exploration 15.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Mystery Dungeon 8.8% ★, Adventure 6.9%
Explore Melior's military base in Secrets Under Eco; a 3D FPS pure metroidvania experience. Find equipment and fight enemies with unique wall-bouncing combat to escape the building and country that was once called home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 50.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 11.7%, Story Rich 7%, Adventure 6.8%
Explore the tombs beneath Egypt’s desert in a first-person survival horror. Hide from the horrors that stalk the dark, scavenge and craft to progress, and manage your light, tools, and scarce supplies to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.3%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 6.9%
35 dead students, dozens of silenced parents, and one police coverup later you decide it's time to take matters into your own hands. You descend into the depths of your high school to figure out what really happened to your classmates.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.8%, Exploration 18.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.4%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.4%, Exploration 15.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%
My Favorite School is a horror game set in a Russian municipal school. You are a student who stayed after school and witnessed terrible events. From now on, you need to survive, so explore and use the environment, save resources and move.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.1%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 10.4%
Backrooms Untold is an atmospheric horror experience where you’re lost in an endless, infinite maze of fluorescent lit corridors, stained carpet, and humming lights. The deeper you go, the more it feels wrong—familiar spaces twisting into something hostile and unknowable.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Exploration 18%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 11.3%
Hands UP Experience a classic first-person horror in pixel graphics. Use your shovel to clear the debris and reach the lowest level Do not tear wrist tendons.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Metroidvania 72.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Puzzle 6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A survival horror game that blends exploration, puzzles, resource management and combat.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 8.6%
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Metroidvania 62.9%, Exploration 17.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Story Rich 4.6%
A late-night delivery turns into a PSX nightmare. Trapped in a house with a killer, you must solve puzzles and hide to survive. Multiple endings and authentic VHS visuals. Can you escape the rot?
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Exploration 14.9%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
"SENARA: The Sacrament" is a first-person survival horror aboard a ship. Uncover the truth while escaping fanatics and unspeakable horrors. In a place where blind faith and salvation intertwine, you’ll be forced to make choices that go far beyond survival.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.6%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 8.7%
【Ghost Member】is a single-player ghost investigation horror adventure game. You investigate ghosts in a house where a member of the occult research club who went missing was investigating. The story progresses by using multiple items to find traces left by the ghost and identify the type of ghost.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Exploration 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Puzzle 14.6%, Horror 13.4%
Selenetrope is a survival horror game where you play as a lab grown homunculus struggling to survive in a base below the surface of an exoplanetary moon. Battle your insane and misbegotten brothers and stave off a raging fever that threatens to destroy you from within.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.3%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Exploration 16.8%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 7.1%
Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
An Empty Void is a short horror game that blends puzzle-solving with adventure. Trapped in an ancient temple, surrounded by darkness, you must use the magic of a mystical amulet to reveal what's hidden, uncover the truth and escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Exploration 17.9%, Puzzle 15.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Horror 13.4%
Inside the Crow's Nest is a game inspired by classic survival horror. Explore an ancient monastery, face the terrors hidden within its corridors, and search for a way to escape. Will you survive... or be hunted?
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.1%, Mystery Dungeon 15.2% ★, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Horror 11%
A dark tale set in 17th century. You play as Liberty, a young girl living in a cottage with her parents and her loved dog. Unravel their story while something evil is lurking around them
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
As Rayne Williams, an elite agent of the D.I.B you were deployed into the zone. Your team is missing and you're surrounded by both paranormal nightmares and mercs. Guided by your partner Sam, you must survive this chaos and uncover the mystery of "Patient Zero".
Why similar: Metroidvania 29.2%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 10%, Horror 9.4%
A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Exploration 27.1%, Survival Horror 18.1%, 3D 13%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
"'Aijin' is a Chinese dreamcore psychological and survival horror game with multiple endings. you play as a student who has returned from the 'Lover Internet Addiction Treatment School.' After enduring severe psychological trauma, one day you discover the truth about 'Aijin' and your own identity...
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
Everhollow is in danger! Fight the haunted halls with your arsenal of gadgets, discover new upgrades and abilities, and unravel the dark secrets of Shadowthorne Manor in this cozy horror, Metroidvania-like ghost hunting adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 41.5%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Horror 8.4%
After a tragic event, moving to a new city leads you to work in a dark warehouse. Unravel the mysteries surrounding the protagonist's past and survive through 5 shifts, avoiding ruthless enemies, where a convoluted story unfolds in the style of retro-stylized graphics.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Exploration 16%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
Puppetsite is a narrative-driven psychological horror game. A disturbing puppet clings to your arm. Find a way to break free… but don’t wake it up. That could be the end of you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.6%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Exploration 19.3%, Horror 15.5%, 3D 8.6%, Puzzle 8.1%
When Emmie brings home a toy rabbit she found in the woods, her mother, Kaiya, starts experiencing strange happenings inside their home as everything becomes a fight for survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 42%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
Set in the universe of the SCP foundation, play as Doctor Logan Andersen as you fight to survive a catastrophic containment breach releasing dangerous entities and objects beyond scientific explanation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.8%, Exploration 19.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
Prepare to face nightmarish bosses in 'The Darkened Halls.' Armed with intellect, not weapons, you are a vulnerable young protagonist hunted by demons. Solve puzzles, secure key items, and challenge powerful foes in a relentless pursuit.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Mystery Dungeon 16.9% ★, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Horror 10.2%
Survive the night shift at an abandoned school. Complete your cleaning tasks before 5 AM, manage your flashlight battery, and avoid the darkness that hunts you. Can you last 5 nights?
Why similar: Survival Horror 40%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Exploration 17.4%, 3D 4.2%
Robotization: The Last Human - a first-person survival-horror game in which you have to survive in a world full of horrors. Be afraid of unknown creatures and lose your last hope for salvation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 9.8%, Horror 9%
Boston Nursing Home is a First-Person Indie Horror Game. There’s luggage stacked on the ground, bloodstains on the wall. What happened here and why did people move out in such a hurry? What unpredictable disaster made everything lose control? The truth, is waiting to be uncovered...
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.3%, Horror 19.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 10.8%
An immersive horror-adventure game. Betrayed by a trusted friend, Baxter finds himself trapped in an abandoned gold mine. Set traps, gather creature samples, and make life-or-death decisions to survive. Can you face the horrors lurking in the darkness of the night?
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 13%, Puzzle 11%
Absolute Tenebra is a third-person survival horror game. Play as a mysterious girl trapped in a surreal building, immersed in a living darkness where nightmares come to life. Explore haunted halls, solve puzzles, and evade horrific creatures to uncover the secrets of the Wardheim Museum.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 15.5%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 11.1%
Oniria is a first-person psychological horror game with a retro aesthetic. Explore the village by solving puzzles and evading the strange presence that haunts it. Experience Angy's present in 3D, and uncover her hidden memories in 2D.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Puzzle 14%, 3D 6.6%, Adventure 5.4%