- #1 HAG
97% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: jason silver
Windows
Dare you to explore and interact with an innocuous home environment in first person, solving intricate puzzles and a mystery whilst escaping the clutches of a sadistic hag and her morbid son.
Why similar: Demons 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Mystery 11%, Psychological 9.7%, Horror 8.7%
- #2 ELSEWHERE
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Docter
Windows
Created out of boredom by an abstract entity known as Epsilon, you find yourself in a bizarre non-Euclidean maze. You must rescue all the denizens who have become lost in the maze. Oh, and there's weird monsters too.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.2%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological 8.8%
- #3 RERODENT
96% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: ScinaczPub: Cywinskiweb
Windows
RERODENT is a first-person psychological horror and puzzle game about rats and cultists. You play as Jimmy Rodentim, and one day you get a call from your Uncle Vic, who asks you to clean up his house for 100 bucks. Little did you know that a simple task will get you killed.
Why similar: Demons 17.5%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 8.8%
- #4 The Hour: Echoes of the Crescent
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Veilbreak Studio
Windows
A narrative supernatural horror set in the enigmatic Meridian Hotel. Players investigate through exploration, puzzles, and encounters with human and supernatural threats.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological 8.8%
- #5 Story 210
94% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You arrive home and notice that something very bad has happened to your wife.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 7%
- #6 Kevurah Horror Tale
94% matchMixed47% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You must organize a funeral in a remote location while witnessing strange events.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Demons 12.4%, Horror 10.7%, Investigation 8.3%
- #7 Separated by Nightmares: Where Duty Dies
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Storyly Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Separated by Nightmares: Where Duty Dies merges first-person puzzles with a poignant narrative. A driven lieutenant, haunted by hidden grief, confronts a sudden blackout. Clues force him to face buried truths, while a lurking darkness waits in the shadows.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Demons 12.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Horror 10.2%
- #8 Friday Night
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Priskon
Windows
Investigate a family’s gruesome fate, communicate using your microphone to uncover the truth, and hide from the spirit. Film the whole experience in your camcorder for the world to see.
Why similar: Mystery 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Lore-Rich 13%, Horror 11.3%
- #9 Clandestine: The Hidden Truth
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Solitude Games
Windows
"Clandestine: The Hidden Truth" is a first-person psychological horror game. Investigate a family homicide, manipulate reality with polaroids, and solve puzzles to unveil chilling secrets hidden within this enigmatic home of horrors. Will you come back unscathed?
Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Psychological 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 10.4%
- #10 I Am Emma
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tape Revival Games
Windows
Nevada, 2011. As Emma Carter, doubt your own mind and face a domestic nightmare that breathes the same air as you. In this immersive psychological horror, every shadow hides a twisted secret. Question your sanity and uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Demons 15.9%, Stylized 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Mystery 8.7%
- #11 Levana Horror Tale
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Holitass
Windows
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Horror 12.1%, Investigation 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #12 Let's Pray
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Let's Pray — an atmospheric horror game with a unique mechanic. Pray into your microphone in any language to save lost souls and banish evil, so that God may light your path… Experience the faith of a young nun in a dark forest filled with spirits, temptations, and her own sins.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 10.3%, Demons 10.2%
- #13 Smiglee's Statues: The Cursed Curation
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WoollyOne Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short first-person narrative horror simulator about cataloging and restoring museum statues while uncovering unsettling inconsistencies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Horror 13.1%, Investigation 12.2%, Demons 9.7%
- #14 The Somnus Fracture
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adhiraj Bhagawati
Windows
A psychological horror adventure where you explore shifting dream worlds, solve immersive environmental puzzles, and unravel the mysteries of your fractured mind inside a surreal facility.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 14%, Mystery 12.3%, Investigation 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #15 King of Silence - Prologue
87% matchVery Positive83% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey in King of Silence, a first-person horror game where silence is survival. Trapped in a dark, abandoned temple, you must quietly uncover its secrets and the eerie legend of the King of Silence to find your escape. Make a sound, and it may be your last.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Psychological 13.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Horror 12.9%
- #16 Mechanical Menace
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paul Maik RempelPub: 810 Studios
Windows
Mechanical Menace is a playable found-footage horror game. Relive the recording of a "Fixer"—a contractor paid to clean up AI messes in the past. Use black market tools to stun those bots, and finish the job. If you die, the footage just rewinds... until you get it right.
Why similar: Demons 18.3%, Lore-Rich 15%, Mystery 8.4%, Dark 8.2%, Exploration 8.1%
- #17 Parawyrm
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: M. Lang
Windows
The PARAWYRM is coming- and only you can stop it..
Why similar: Demons 17.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.7%, Stylized 7.7%
- #18 The Black Within
85% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: waleedzo
Windows
"The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that takes players on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale where greed, fear, and change intertwine.
Why similar: Demons 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychological 10.7%, Investigation 10.7%, Mystery 10.1%
- #19 Welcome To The Survey
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 14.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Horror 11.8%
- #20 The Northern Lighthouse
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
You have been appointed to take care of a lighthouse in the Arctic Circle. Clean out the snow, take out the trash, and do your happy job on this happy and lovely island. Everything is so peaceful and delightful... except there is someone in the basement :D
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.4%, Horror 14.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 10.5%
- #21 Room Service
83% matchMixed58% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: ZictorixPub: MixedUp Games
Windows
Jacob White, a young man in need, took a job at an old motel. It seemed easy: clean rooms, survive the nights. But he soon noticed increasingly unsettling things. Adding to his pain was the recent loss of his wife.
Why similar: Demons 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 13.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Horror 10.1%
- #22 Silent Still 3
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still 3 is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on sleep paralysis, limited movement, and environmental tension. Fear builds slowly through silence, observation, subtle audio cues, and realistic spaces, creating a lasting sense of unease as control gradually slips away.
Why similar: Simulation 13.3%, Demons 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Investigation 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #23 An Exorcism
81% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Enter a terrifying exorcism as a reverend, armed with holy tools and your wits. To save the possessed Erin, you must confront the demon in control of her, uncover the dark secret that binds it to this world, and perform an exorcism to banish it in this intense atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Demons 23.9%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 8%
- #24 Fuck You Witch
81% matchVery Positive93% of 408 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
Why similar: Demons 17.3%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 8.6%
- #25 Knock On The Window
78% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.6%, Comedy 10%, Mystery 9.8%
- #26 Luz Mala
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sandro Wainmaier
Windows
An action-adventure blending 3D exploration with 2.5D platforming sections. Overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and face legendary threats. Experience South American folklore as the Luz Mala—a restless light seeking eternal peace.
Why similar: Investigation 14.9%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Stylized 8.9%
- #27 Separated by Nightmares: The Last Stand
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Storyly Games
Windows
In this first-person, story-driven horror game, a grieving woman retreats to a secluded forest seeking peace. Instead, she faces dark spirits with unknown motives. To survive, she must unravel the mystery behind the haunting entities while confronting the inner demons of her own grief.
Why similar: Demons 17.5%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Psychological 8.9%
- #28 Paranormal Simulator
80% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Quasar Jogos
Windows
As a paranormal investigator, your job is to discover the magical properties of anomalous items and find creative ways to use them against supernatural creatures. Without accidentally being abducted by a dark entity or suffering a bizarre anomalous effect, of course!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Demons 11.3%, Horror 7.8%
- #29 Perceptum
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duck Reaction
Windows
A psychological horror game where you play as a medium investigating the disappearance of a family. Explore a house with an oppressive atmosphere, close your eyes to hear the beyond, use your mirror to see what should not exist and uncover the truth hidden within its walls.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Demons 16.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Dark 11.1%, Investigation 8.3%
- #30 Sitter
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Games
Windows
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.6%, Psychedelic 10.5%
- #31 Clink
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.8%, Demons 16.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Mystery 7.8%
- #32 Oil Worker: The Empty Quarter | موظف النفط : الربع الخالي
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delta-v
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Salem, an oil worker in the Rub' al Khali desert, where isolation and routine turn into a terrifying nightmare. Uncover dark secrets of a haunted station while surviving the harsh desert environment.
Why similar: Demons 19%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.2%
- #33 The Indoors
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RLStudios
Windows
Days after your daughter vanishes, an anonymous note says she’s trapped in an abandoned indoor playground. You break in. It’s dark, rotten, silent. As you search the ruins, something watches you. You’re not alone and it knows you’re there.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #34 Into The Mountain
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Golden Monkey
Windows
A psychological horror game disguised as a 2D platformer. The game shifts between genres, dimensions, and camera angles to create a nightmare that knows you a bit too well.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #35 Dreamless
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 10.6%, Psychedelic 10.5%
- #36 The Circle Of Suffering
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CRYSTAL DIGITAL OTRYAD StudioPub: CRYSTAL DIGITAL OTRYAD Production
Windows · Mac
This game is a psychological horror in which the main character wakes up in an unfamiliar house and must pass all the levels by solving puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 11%, Dark 10.7%
- #37 The Rite
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustin RuscioPub: Smoke machine
Windows
The Rite is a first-person psychological horror experience where you must navigate a corrupted house, solving puzzles and shifting between reality and memories to uncover the truth behind a tragic death.
Why similar: Demons 21.3%, Psychedelic 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 9.4%
- #38 St. Agony's Rest
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huy Ngo
Windows
You were with her. Then you weren't. Push an elderly woman's wheelchair through the shadowed halls of a Croatian monastery turned hospice. She is dying. She sees what you cannot. What do you owe the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Psychological 13.5%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 8.3%
- #39 Dream Paralysis
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Javadink
Windows
Your childhood bedroom appears different than you remember. Report all of the anomalies around you to survive the night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Psychological 14.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Horror 12.7%, Psychedelic 11.7%
- #40 Not Spooky: But Good Enough For Me
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: K.P. Hallow
Windows
In this first-person horror-lite game, investigate your way through different locales such as the theatre, forests, and urban areas. Solve puzzles and unravel the story behind what happened at the community theatre.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.2%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Investigation 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #41 Toxoplasma
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SimmeringConcrete
Windows
You are trapped on an abandoned space station, developing a bio-weapon that makes the infected hallucinate demonic entities. Spot any anomalous signs of infection before they kill you, complete your research, and unmask the conspiracy that brought you here.
Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #42 Unseen
70% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.2%, Psychedelic 10.1%, Mystery 10%, Simulation 8.6%
- #43 Assessment
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ignis Byte Studios
Windows
Assessment is a short psychological horror experience focused on tension, atmosphere, and player choice. You are trapped in a confined environment where you must read, think, and respond under pressure. As the test progresses, the situation becomes more disturbing, unpredictable, and dangerous.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Psychological 17.1%, Horror 15.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Mystery 10%
- #44 Flower Shop
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Bile
Windows
It is a hermetic horror that pretends to be your friend. The game begins at a flower shop. At first, it looks like a naive florist simulator. Gradually, the game pulls you into the abyss of madness.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Investigation 7.6%
- #45 The Devil's Face
72% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Tzavis StudioPub: Tzavis Bros Games
Windows
The Devil's Face is an impressive first-person horror game with a gripping storyline. You play as Jonathan, who embarks on a journey to the afterlife. There, he will face judgment for his actions and endure the hell he has created for himself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.8%, Demons 15.8%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 8.8%
- #46 EXTERMINATION SHIP
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 4yTTaTTPub: WTCD
Windows
Try to survive on a deserted ship drifting in a foggy ocean. Complete daily tasks, keep your sanity, and uncover the secrets of the missing crew. But be careful-nothing is as simple as it seems. Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Mystery 8.4%, Stylized 7.8%, Simulation 7.5%
- #47 My Peephole: Hotel Harborview
69% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Limeless
Windows
One room. One hole. One judgement. Watch the guests through your peephole, inspect their documents, dial the telephone, and judge who's normal and who's not. Do your job properly to avoid the demon's punishment.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 12%, Demons 11.9%, Simulation 9.4%
- #48 Scauage
68% matchVery Positive91% of 815 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Demons 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Psychological 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
- #49 Sanguis Luna
69% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Domynyo SRL
Windows
Sanguis Luna is a first person Horror video game that catapults you into a frightening Mansion. Your main objective is to escape the infested Mansion, finding objects and challenging riddles while exploring incredible scenarios.
Why similar: Investigation 13%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological 9.5%
- #50 Sole Mistake
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Calmpkin
Windows · Linux
Psychological horror puzzle. Control 16 unique camera feeds to spot escapees, open doors, and trigger sounds, guiding a person through a lab breach where a mistake is not permitted.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.2%, Stylized 11.9%, Mystery 11.9%
- #51 Phylakterion
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Lich Again Games
Windows
Phylakterion is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game in which you’ll enter different locations in search of a possessed vessel. Search, Identify, and Destroy the vessel and the entity inhabiting it – before the entity finds YOU!
Why similar: Demons 20.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13%
- #52 Colony
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Gamer Genesis StudioPub: Eucleia Entertainment
Windows
A teenage guy is playing cricket with his friends outside a haunted house, and as he strikes a six,the ball travels inside the home.He goes to pick up the ball. During his search, he experienced a horrifying incident with the ghost.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.6%, Demons 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological 10.9%
- #53 LIMINOUS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darchive Media
Windows
An exploratory first-person survival horror journey about travelling the gaps in our reality. Risking everything to keep the lab funded and the board members happy.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.1%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 9.5%
- #54 Kenophobia
68% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: BeamCRASHPub: UGGPL Games
Windows
A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 15.2%, Psychological 14.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, First-Person 7.5%
- #55 Project SARA
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yousf JawharPub: ToYou Studio
Windows
A man who has lost his wife and seeks to escape loneliness and grief begins working as a firewatch in a forest. He meets a girl named Sarah and encounters strange occurrences while uncovering deep family secrets. He learns that not every voice is human and not every farewell signifies an end.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Mystery 13.8%, First-Person 6.6%
- #56 The Voss Clinic
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Broken Frequency
Windows
A psychiatric hospital. 1986. The staff are dead. The doors are open. You have no memory of how you got here or why your name is on a patient file. No monsters. No combat. Only the silence of empty corridors, and the slow realization of what was done to you.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Dark 9.1%
- #57 Lobotrypo
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skaar Game Productions
Windows
Rumors of a serial killer stalking your local town are all over the news, and you have a meeting with your counselor in an hour. The problem is, the walk there is long and dark.
Why similar: Mystery 17.7%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #58 The Chaput's Baby
67% matchVery Positive85% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Gundes
Windows
The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.
Why similar: Demons 18.3%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.3%