- #1 Paratopic
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,200 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 18.8%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Retro 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same unsettling, low-poly surrealism and fragmented storytelling found in Lost in Vivo.
- #2 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Horror 30.6%, Atmospheric 14.8%, First-Person 10%, Surreal 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere and dread-inducing confined spaces.
- #3 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
96% matchVery Positive95% of 35,783 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Lovecraftian 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the masterclass in psychological horror and helpless first-person navigation.
- #4 Cry of Fear
95% matchVery Positive89% of 87,694 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Psychological 10.7%, FPS 6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a similarly bleak, gritty urban psychological horror experience with terrifying first-person exploration.
- #5 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
94% matchVery Positive95% of 9,000 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 17.2%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 10%
Why You'll Like It: Employs retro aesthetics combined with deeply unsettling psychological terror and occult themes.
- #6 Visage
94% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 29.4%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Survival Horror 19.9%, First-Person 5.9%, Surreal 5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers terrifyingly immersive psychological horror that slowly chips away at your sanity.
- #7 In Sound Mind
93% matchVery Positive95% of 7,016 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 25.7%, FPS 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Explores twisted psychological trauma through surreal first-person environments and puzzle-solving.
- #8 SIGNALIS
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Lovecraftian 25.5%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Violent 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Channels a similar retro-inspired, nightmarish psychological horror vibe with deeply surreal undertones.
- #9 SOMA
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 53,096 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends a deeply disturbing sci-fi atmosphere with profound existential and psychological dread.
- #10 Narcosis
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,469 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 22%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Capitalizes on profound claustrophobia and psychological deterioration in deep, dark locations.
- #11 Crow Country
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.5%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 16.3%, Retro 11.5%, Violent 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Embraces classic retro survival horror tropes with a heavy focus on eerie, claustrophobic exploration.
- #12 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,306 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Horror 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines gritty survival horror mechanics with a deeply psychological, surreal narrative.
- #13 Blair Witch
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,235 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Violent 8.1%, Psychological 8%
Why You'll Like It: Navigates twisting, psychologically taxing wooded environments that disorient and terrorize.
- #14 Among Ashes
88% matchVery Positive95% of 483 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 15.6%, FPS 13.3%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines meta-horror elements with tense first-person survival gameplay reminiscent of indie nightmares.
- #15 The Mortuary Assistant
87% matchVery Positive92% of 8,787 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 52%, Surreal 20.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a claustrophobic, intensely stressful environment where reality slowly breaks down.
- #16 Psychopomp
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,721 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Your entire life has been a lie. There are catacombs under every home and building, stretching down for miles. Something calls you deeper into the labyrinth. Delve into the depths, and discover the monstrosities below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Psychological 15.8%, Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Surreal 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a bizarre, retro-styled psychological horror journey through strange and disturbing depths.
- #17 Saint of Chains
86% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, FPS 10.4%, Horror 9.4%, Retro 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the retro first-person psychological horror aesthetic and oppressive atmosphere of the seed game.
- #18 The Beast Inside
86% matchVery Positive83% of 12,171 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, First-Person 7.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Weaves a tense first-person psychological horror tale through decaying, atmospheric spaces.
- #19 Outlast
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 139,069 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a high-tension, first-person flight-or-fight horror experience in confined, hostile spaces.
- #20 Darkwood
83% matchVery Positive95% of 25,035 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 20.1%, Survival 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers brutal, intensely atmospheric survival horror with a deeply unsettling and mysterious tone.
- #21 Slender: The Arrival
84% matchVery Positive88% of 9,364 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: Builds relentless tension through claustrophobic pursuit and eerie, disorienting environments.
- #22 Fear & Hunger
82% 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: Psychological Horror 23%, Lovecraftian 22.2%, Horror 20.7%, Violent 12%, Gore 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Presents an uncompromisingly dark, psychological, and grotesque descent into horrific dungeons.
- #23 Layers of Fear
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,749 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Horror 27.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on unraveling a disturbed psyche through constantly shifting, surreal Victorian hallways.
- #24 Monstrum
81% matchVery Positive91% of 3,779 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.9%, Horror 33.5%, First-Person 7.8%, Survival 6.2%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Traps you in a claustrophobic, procedurally generated environment with a terrifying relentless pursuer.
- #25 Observer: System Redux
81% matchVery Positive85% of 3,032 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 26.8%, Surreal 20.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Stylized 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores a decaying, claustrophobic cyberpunk nightmare through the lens of psychological investigation.
- #26 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 127,598 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Brings the classic survival horror formula into a suffocating, terrifying first-person perspective.
- #27 Detention
79% 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 22%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Survival Horror 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Weaves a deeply emotional and surreal psychological horror tale set in a restricted school environment.
- #28 STASIS
80% matchVery Positive82% of 2,377 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Retro 13.3%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a grim, isometric horror experience dripping with oppressive atmosphere and body horror.
- #29 CANINE
78% matchVery Positive97% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Puko
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Retro 13.3%, First-Person 9.6%
- #30 DOCTOR VISCERA
77% matchVery Positive94% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.2%, Retro 9.8%, Survival 8.8%
- #31 Chorus of Carcosa
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.2%, Surreal 11.8%
- #32 SUBSUMED
75% matchVery Positive83% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: HazzyPub: adjective noun
Windows
A claustrophobic first-person horror game about crawling through a dark, winding cave system in search of three missing divers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 30%, Atmospheric 15.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #33 Luto
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.9%, Psychological 31%, Atmospheric 12.9%, First-Person 7.8%, Horror 6.1%
- #34 Sylvio
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2015
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Why similar: Horror 75%, Indie 25%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a chilling, audio-focused psychological horror style inside eerie, abandoned locations.
- #35 Mist
75% matchVery Positive82% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 20.1%, FPS 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 8%
- #36 6 Floors
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 16.1%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological 14.1%
- #37 Static Dread: The Submarine
72% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2026
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 13.8%, Retro 9.6%, Surreal 9.3%
- #38 Gynophobia
76% matchMixed66% of 782 reviews2015
Dev: Gua
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 12.2%, FPS 8.6%
- #39 White Room Protocol
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Horror 23.6%, FPS 17.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, First-Person 9%
- #40 Astray
76% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Horror 21%, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #41 ELEVATOR: AVICI
71% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 22%, Retro 15.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #42 FEED IT
70% matchVery Positive84% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Games On A ChairPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac
A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological 14.1%, Horror 14%, Retro 9.2%
- #43 Silver Chains
73% matchMixed69% of 1,360 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 27%, First-Person 7.2%, Psychological 6.8%, Survival 5.7%
- #44 Unwilling Host
69% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Horror 31.3%, Retro 10%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #45 Fear in Hospital
74% matchMixed49% of 528 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Violent 8.2%
- #46 Layers of Fear (2016)
70% matchVery Positive88% of 27,757 reviews2016
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Why similar: Horror 60%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Great Soundtrack 4.3%, Lovecraftian 4.1%
- #47 Locked in my Darkness
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Blusagi TeamPub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.8%, Horror 24.3%, Violent 11%, Psychological 8.9%, Gore 8.4%
- #48 Lair of Torment
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Admia
Windows
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, Horror 28.3%, Psychological 21.8%, First-Person 13%, Indie 0.6%
- #49 AUTO-CRISIS
68% matchVery Positive89% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Lovecraftian 17.1%, Horror 15%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological 10.8%
- #50 Dark Places
72% matchMixed56% of 146 reviews2019
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Dark Places is a psychological single-player game set in a surreal world filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. Solve puzzles and try to survive.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Violent 12.7%, Retro 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #51 Syndrome
71% matchMixed64% of 373 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 12.1%, FPS 10.8%
- #52 Ad Infernum
67% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.2%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 11.1%, Shooter 8.3%
- #53 Infliction
69% matchVery Positive80% of 968 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.7%, Horror 22.3%, Surreal 10.9%, Violent 10.6%, Gore 9.3%
- #54 Delirium
67% matchVery Positive87% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 21.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Surreal 9.2%
- #55 POOLS
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Surreal 24.4%, Atmospheric 17.6%, First-Person 12.8%, Indie 2.8%
- #56 Penumbra Overture
68% matchVery Positive90% of 4,186 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, First-Person 8.2%
- #57 Pneumata
69% matchMixed48% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 14%, FPS 13.5%
- #58 The Echo Paradox
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, Surreal 10.3%
- #59 Cave Crawler
65% matchVery Positive85% of 585 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, First-Person 14%, Retro 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #60 Evil Inside
68% matchMixed63% of 345 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Psychological 19.9%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Survival 7.6%
