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Hide and Sink series is a retro horror anthology chronicling short stories of uncanny childhood events. Part 2: Hide and Sink is a first-person psychological horror game. What starts as an innocent game of after-school hide-and-seek quickly unravels into an uncanny terror.

Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 9.9%

An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.1%, Horror 35.6%, Story Rich 19.3%, Adventure 3%

You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Suspected Scam” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.

Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Psychological Horror 32.6%, Atmospheric 17%, Adventure 14.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%

This is a psychological horror game where you (the player) explore a hospital that appears in your dreams, collecting fragments of memories and experiencing what happened to you. Enjoy the various changes that occur within the recurring dreams.

Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Psychological Horror 33.6%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%

This 2D horror game is set in Edo period of Japan. The girl notices that her old sister has disappeared. The girl will look for her and clues of her. What will the girl find in end of the story?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 31.5%, Story Rich 18.2%, Adventure 13%

A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 35.3%, Retro 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 6%

Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43%, Horror 42.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A PS1-style psychological horror game about a student pulled into a surreal hub of locked doors and broken memories, where each step deeper reveals the town’s buried secrets and the truth behind what everyone chose to ignore.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Atmospheric 18.7%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 6.7%

Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.

Why similar: Horror 52.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 6.4%

Delivery personnel headed to a condominium building to deliver a package.

Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 32.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 7.3%

Wrong Treatment is a psychological horror survival game where the protagonist's mind becomes the main setting.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Horror 29.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Adventure 5.5%

A short interpretive narrative about building a fire hot enough to reduce her bones to ash. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 20.1%, Retro 19.3%, Atmospheric 19%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Noah had run from his past, from his sins. But they had other plans for him. The mind always harbors its deepest dread, and when the time comes, you must face it. For Noah, that time has come.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Horror 26.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Retro 8%

Inside Intruder - is a psychological horror game that mostly focuses on atmosphere. Game takes place in your own home, where a uninvited guest comes in.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Horror 31.1%, Story Rich 17.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 2.7%

A SCP inspired horror game with psychological horror. Set in an non-official Foundation research facility where you are hired as a junior lab researcher. A company called OakRidge Research has started doing questionable and risky research on a top secret object unknown to the public

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Horror 25%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 6.8%

「心霊旅館」は廃旅館から脱出する3Dホラーゲーム。 謎を解き、恐怖を乗り越え脱出を目指しましょう！

Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Retro 19.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Survive the dark in this tense atmospheric horror game. Face your fears and explore abandoned floors while searching for key items to escape the dark.

Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Psychological Horror 36.8%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 2%

A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 35.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 6.1%

Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 34.3%, Adventure 15%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Retro 14%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀

Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Story Rich 15.7%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 4.7%

Observe seven patients. Identify the one anomaly. Shoot to survive. You have only one bullet and no room for error.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 34.4%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 7.2%

Unfound Footage is a short, atmospheric psychological horror game where you must survive inside a mysterious mansion after a strange disappearance.

Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, Retro 13.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%

She was sent to the abandoned house in Yeongdeok as part of a viewer punishment challenge. But the joke ended the moment the door slammed shut.

Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 32.6%, Story Rich 15.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 5.4%

Flan's MS is a 2D story game with some puzzles and gameplay systems. After escaping from everything she is familiar with, Flan needs to retrieve her lost dream diary and find the answers she needs.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.1%, Horror 21.4%, Story Rich 17.8%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 5.9%

Embark on a surreal journey to find answers hidden within a broken home. Explore shifting realities in this low-poly horror game where the truth is the ultimate price. A meta-horror experience that knows its player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.6%, Horror 29.9%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 8%

A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Horror 30.9%, Atmospheric 16%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.8%, Horror 28%, Retro 14.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%

A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 42%, Psychological Horror 41.6%, Adventure 8%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.5%, Horror 30.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 6.7%

The Archetype is a psychological-horror where you'll be in control (or not) of Archty's psychological aspects, like Fear, Despair, Anxiety, Sadness, Jealousy, Anger, Aggression, Libido, Envy, Guilt, Depression and Solitude.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44%, Story Rich 21.5%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Adventure 16.9%

『OKAZU～Counting Fish Chill Game～』 is a simple adventure game with easy controls that even those unfamiliar with games can play with confidence. Players are tasked with only three things: First, touch key items. Second, count the fish. Third, escape alive from the imprisoned world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Horror 33.4%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A first person horror adventure set on a farmstead. Make yourself at home and unravel the mystery. Solve the puzzles, escape the nightmares, and by all means, stay clear of the fields.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 31.9%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%

A forgotten file. An echo that repeats. Memories that aren’t yours. The past always finds a way back. Are you ready to remember?

Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 38.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%

You wake up in a place that feels strangely familiar. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. And it is watching you. Explore, survive, and uncover the truth behind a repeating reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Horror 29.6%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 5.6%

You wake up in your familiar home, only to find yourself completely locked inside. Search for clues, evade an unknown presence, and piece together forgotten memories... In this confined space, the real terror is only just beginning. A intense 30-minute psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 9.6%

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: Horror 32.3%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Retro 12.7%, Adventure 7.4%

On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Horror 33.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Retro 6.9%

Wake up alone in the grand Colorado Hotel, a place where memories fade and reality distorts. Explore oppressive hallways, solve puzzles, and try to understand why you are here. Will you find the exit before the hotel forgets you?

Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Retro 15.5%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 5.9%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.6%, Horror 33.2%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 1.8%

"Unseasonable Flowering" is a first-person horror game set in Japan. After moving to a new home, the young protagonist, Mashiro, is met with eerie residents and inexplicable phenomena. Something "sprouting" everywhere quietly erodes her daily life.

Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Psychological Horror 44.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 72.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 5%, Story Rich 3.9%, Adventure 1.5%

After years of missing out on life, the journeys, the friendships, the experiences, you are prescribed an experimental medication to help you reclaim your life. The side effects were supposed to be minor, but as you drift off to sleep, you wake up in your childhood home.

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 36.6%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Psychological Horror 41.5%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Horror 43.2%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Story Rich 6.6%

A dark fairy-tale horror adventure inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Use mysterious powers to forge your path and confront the horrors lurking within a world that is both adorable and cruel.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37%, Horror 35.2%, Story Rich 18.8%, Adventure 9%

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: Psychological Horror 41.2%, Horror 32.6%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 43.9%, Psychological Horror 41.5%, Adventure 14.6%

The island was never meant to be found. Whatever is being contained in the lighthouse knows you're here and won't let you leave. Escape the endless loop and get off the island at any means neccesary.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 5.9%

ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Horror 34.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Singleplayer 3%

Arriving in a strange world, your only way to return home is to farm for the Pumpking in return for a safe passage. You must grow your farm, survive the dangerous of this world and make it home. Be careful who you trust.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.1%, Horror 23.8%, Story Rich 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 7.9%

Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Horror 36.2%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Adventure 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%

A terrifying VHS-style horror game. You're trapped in a cursed house haunted by a failed ritual. Stay silent, your microphone is always listening. Speak, and something will hear you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.1%, Horror 26.8%, Story Rich 14.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Retro 7.9%

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Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Psychological Horror 46.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%

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 47%, Psychological Horror 38.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Story Rich 4%, Adventure 2.7%

In Phantom Whispers, players embark on a journey into darkness, where reality blends with nightmares, and the line between sanity and madness fades away. Each episode delves deeper into the psyche of the protagonist as they confront their deepest fears and darkest secrets.

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 37.4%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 9.2%

Serega Madness — is a single player horror adventure game set in a pixel world. Solve interesting puzzles while hiding from the insidious horrors waiting for you in the shadows.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 34%, Story Rich 18.9%, Adventure 6%, Singleplayer 1%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 11%, Story Rich 7.7%