Games Like Lurking Among Shadows

HELL OF VERDUN is a first person horror game in which you'll experience the horrors of the First World War. Will you manage to discover all the secrets and escape from this hell? It's up to you, soldier.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dark 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Last Visit is a combination of an adventure game and survival horror. Discover a captivating story full of secrets and fear. Dark atmosphere, constant sense of danger and various puzzles will make you never forget this experience.

Why similar: Investigation 17%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Stealth 11.9%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Enter a dark underground complex where horrors and anomalies threaten your every move in this first-person survival game. Playing as ███ ████, a ███████ trapped inside this enigmatic facility, your mission is to uncover the secrets behind the facility, survive relentless threats, and escape alive.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Stealth 11.9%, Dark 11.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

A psychological horror interactive fiction focused on atmosphere, investigation, and player choices. Explore an unsettling environment where every decision shapes the story and the truth behind a disturbing presence.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Investigation 17.9%, Horror 15.5%, Adventure 11.6%

Santa has living for hundred years by taking away the soul of the bad children. This time, you're the choosen and it's up to you finish off Santa forever or escape at your own.

Why similar: Stealth 19.2%, Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

A horror game where the monster watches you through your webcam. Hide by physically ducking beneath your desk while exploring a strange game never meant to be played.

Why similar: Stealth 16.4%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.3%

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Stealth 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10%

Atmospheric Horror in 90's style low-poly 3D. Open-ended exploration, investigation, hidden items, captivating puzzles and intriguing dark storyline.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Investigation 19.4%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

EXPERIMENTS is a first person horror game about escaping a research facility while being hunted by a creature

Why similar: Stealth 19%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Action 12.2%

Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!

Why similar: Investigation 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%

You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

Why similar: Stealth 15.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Dark 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Survival Horror 11.6%

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 19.2%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Stealth 10.4%

In this 2D Survival-Horror, you switch between two protagonists as you advance through the story: Neo, a man lost in his own mind, trying to survive an endless nightmare, and Lavina, a loyal friend who will do anything to try to save him.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Dark 10%, Adventure 9.4%

The Veiled Ones is a horror stealth game about a Muslim exorcist trying to save his son from a jinn possession. In this game players will reveal the story behind their son's possession, while avoiding the jinn that haunts them.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Stealth 16.1%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 9.9%

"Escape the psychological nightmare by solving ingenious puzzles. Every object you touch hides secrets. Every code you crack brings you closer to freedom… or to final destruction."

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Stealth 11.6%, Horror 9%

Research Facility G-1-6 has gone dark. Your mission: reestablish contact and investigate the communication blackout. Equipped with AEGIS-scanner and a flashlight, uncover what is really going on here.

Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Stealth 15.9%, Dark 12%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

The Asodium is a bite-sized atmospheric horror experience focused on exploration, tension, and survival. Navigate a decaying asylum, avoid unseen threats, and uncover fragmented truths hidden within its walls while struggling to escape an unsettling reality

Why similar: Dark 21.4%, Horror 15.5%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 10%

Room 54 is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on investigation, exploration and hide & seek elements. The story tells of Daniel and his wife, Desirée, in an apparently small, quiet mountain town full of secrets.

Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.4%, Stealth 11.4%, Exploration 10.4%

Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Stealth 14.4%, Dark 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Thirty years ago, a tragedy silenced the studio. Now you're back... and so is Mr. Grin. In this first-person survival horror, scavenge badges, rewire circuits, crack safes. Stay out of sight. One sound and you die. He's not hunting you. He's directing you. His script. Your survival.

Why similar: Stealth 23%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13%, Dark 8.6%

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: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.4%, Investigation 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%

HELLSEED is a first-person horror adventure that combines puzzles, action, and a chilling narrative. In a dark world full of supernatural threats, you’ll need to solve complex puzzles and manage your sanity. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it's a journey into the depths of terror.

Why similar: Stealth 19%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Investigation 10.5%

Come Cook With Us! Let's learn together how to cook delicious meals for you and your family. Because remember, can't live with an empty belly! Find the right VHS scattered around the house through a random system of placement in order to find the code to escape the house. Good Luck!

Why similar: Adventure 12.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Dark 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Horror 10.3%

Survive in a haunted colonial mansion in Bengal. Complete daily chores to keep order by day, then face supernatural anomalies at night. Explore, uncover secrets, and fight for your sanity in this first-person survival horror experience.

Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Horror 12%, Stealth 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

A first-person atmospheric horror experience where hidden clues and impossible spaces draw you deeper into a place that should not exist.

Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Dark 12.8%

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: Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Adventure 12%

Paranormal detective Harry Walters investigates the mysterious case of the missing Gilman family. Following rumors of supernatural events, he visits their abandoned home for clues. He uncovers disturbing memories and a hidden hatch leading to a mysterious area beneath the house.

Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Dark 15.4%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.9%

"Night Escape" is a tense and strategic multiplayer game. Uncover the hidden assassin, solve puzzles, and escape the mysterious mansion before it's too late. Survive the night or become a victim. Embark on this deadly race for survival.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Dark 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

You arrive home and notice that something very bad has happened to your wife.

Why similar: Investigation 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 8%

In Plague Genesis, Peter wakes up in a secret laboratory after a failed experiment. Surrounded by monsters and soldiers, he fights to survive while a deadly infection transforms him into the perfect biological weapon... or into the nightmare no one anticipated.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Dark 14.1%, Zombies 13%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.4%

Roy Harker is a washed-up journalist at a dying paper when a mysterious informant points him to the infamous Wunderhause Studio. Follow the twisted path to truth in the narrative driven & blood-soaked nightmare of Wunderhause.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Action 11.6%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 8.5%

Kappa's Asylum is a survival horror game in which you control a YouTuber in an abandoned asylum to record a video.

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.8%, Horror 13%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Stealth 10.4%

Embark on a journey as private investigator Richard in this atmospheric story-rich psychological horror. Enter the spirit world to relive the past of the Moriarty family and ultimately discover your own truth.

Why similar: Stealth 16%, Investigation 15%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 9.4%

Freak Accident is a first-person survival horror game. Stay silent and hidden to escape a violent serial killer. Explore to uncover the mystery behind a killer’s past and the tragic events that fell on his family. Find clues and items to escape an intense nightmare of being hunted by a psychopath.

Why similar: Stealth 20.4%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.

Why similar: Investigation 26.4%, Horror 16.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Dark 12.3%

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: Stealth 17.9%, Action 16.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.6%

In "Skinless The Horror Story Quest," journey through a nightmarish blend of reality and hallucination. Wake up in a haunting hospital, face your fears in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, and confront the doctor behind the epidemic. Can you escape the darkness within and without?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Zombies 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

Play, no game. Put on your headphones, listen and imagine what exists in the dark. Did Lovecraft expose the most insidious Outer in his last story? Plunge into the Dormitory of Horror for answers. Oh, not sure if it's a one-way path…

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Dark 12.6%, Adventure 9.9%

USE PSYCHIC POWERS in ATAMA to see through the eyes of your pursuers to avoid detection as you investigate a cursed rural Japanese village. You can't fight back; you must rely only on your abilities and your wits to avoid your enemies. Inspired by Forbidden Siren and Junji Ito.

Why similar: Stealth 19%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Investigation 13.8%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 16.2%, Survival Horror 16%, Dark 15.8%, Action 7%

SAMARA plunges player into a first person, single player psychological survival horror game. Investigating his missing uncle's house, player encounters a disturbing doll. Through puzzles and chilling revelations , he confronts the darkness within and uncovers the horrifying truth.

Why similar: Investigation 16%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Stealth 12.9%, Dark 12.7%

Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.

Why similar: Stealth 23.1%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 10.5%, Survival Horror 10%

MORGMAN is a first-person horror game. You find yourself deep in the woods, in an abandoned mansion, behind which lurks a dark past. Numerous puzzles await you to solve in order to uncover the mansion's secrets and move forward. Remember - to stay alive, use not only wit, but also caution.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Stealth 14.6%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%

Trapped in a remote, snowbound village, uncover the haunting secrets buried beneath Yukimura’s endless winter. A Japanese-inspired survival horror experience.

Why similar: Stealth 16.2%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Dark 10.3%

Silent Whisper is a single-player horror game that takes you into an abandoned school with a haunting past. What begins as simple exploration turns into a nightmare. Navigate its decaying halls, uncover dark secrets, and do whatever it takes to escape—or risk becoming another victim.

Why similar: Stealth 20.5%, Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

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: Horror 21%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 8.1%

🧠 BRAINROOMS is a grotesque horror born from a twisted internet: rotten memes, entities laughing at you, rooms that feel all wrong. A trashy, surreal nightmare where you scream, laugh, and lose your mind. Survive… if you can even grasp what’s happening.

Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Dark 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 8.1%

When I woke up, I was in a small room. Escape through the endless rooms.

Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Stealth 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 11%, Survival Horror 10%

Step into a haunted hotel that will test your resolve. Run, hide, and use your resources to survive the dangers that lurk. Every attempt brings you closer to uncovering the way out, but beware as the monsters that hunt you grow more bold. Do you have what it takes to escape this nightmare?

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 10.5%

You wake up alone on a mysterious subway train. Can you find the true story ? Solve puzzles and escape… before the thing in the shadows finds you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.9%, Stealth 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.2%

"This horror game is inspired by elements of Little Nightmares 2 and SCP. Players must solve puzzles and complete tasks (e.g., entering a password) while being chased by a clown. If you’re looking for a thrill, this game is for you."

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Zombies 10.5%, Dark 9.9%, Action 9.6%

Trapped in his family’s abandoned mansion, Liam Harper must survive the night against horrifying, mutated creatures created by the deadly Nexon-9 experiment. Uncover dark secrets, confront his family's haunting legacy, and fight to escape in this immersive first-person survival horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.6%, Zombies 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Be QUIET, otherwise he will notice you. You want to find a way out of this house? Game inspired by Gnarled Hag and Granny.

Why similar: Stealth 18.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%

You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Dark 16.4%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 11.6%

【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: Investigation 21.4%, Exploration 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 12.4%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Dark 15.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Horror 11.3%, Action 9%

The Clownhouse is a survival horror roguelite where you break into a procedurally generated mansion, loot valuables, and decide whether to escape safely or risk going deeper for a bigger haul.

Why similar: Investigation 15.4%, Stealth 15.2%, Zombies 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Investigation 16.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 8.9%

Psychological horror experience where exploration, tension, and environmental storytelling guide you through a decaying world full of secrets best left buried. What was meant to be just another exploration quickly unravels into something far more disturbing.

Why similar: Investigation 21.8%, Dark 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 10.1%

Sur is a survival horror game inspired by survival horror classics. Help Vanessa guide her wheelchair to explore the Uroko hospital and escape from creatures that chase her in her biggest nightmare. Whether hiding or shooting firearms. Survive!

Why similar: Stealth 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11.7%