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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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 10.1%

A psychological horror game about Ryan, a man living alone in his apartment. As disturbing events blur the line between reality and illusion, explore, survive, and uncover the nightmare hidden within his fractured mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42%, Horror 35.7%, 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 33%, Psychological Horror 32.5%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%

KOMMUNALKA is an atmospheric Point & Click horror game. Immerse yourself in a grim story set inside a dilapidated post-Soviet communal apartment. Will you be able to escape?

Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 8.9%

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 35.7%, Psychological Horror 33.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

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

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 35.2%, Retro 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 6.1%

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%, Horror 31.5%, Story Rich 18.2%, Adventure 13.3%

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 42.8%, Horror 42.7%, Adventure 11%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A retro inspired 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 35.5%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 6.9%

The air is poison. A liminal city is buried in toxic fog. Try to salvage what remains. Get her out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 26.4%, Story Rich 14.7%, Retro 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%

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

Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 6.4%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Horror 30%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 5.6%

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

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 32.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 7.4%

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 20.2%, Retro 19.4%, Atmospheric 18.8%, 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 26.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 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 17.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%, 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 36.6%, Horror 25.1%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Adventure 6.9%

「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 27.8%, Retro 19.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A short story-driven horror game with a worn VHS finish. Move into the last house on Sycamore Street, unpack, meet the neighbor, and find out why the dog won't go near the attic. After dark, hide in the wardrobe, watch through the slats, and try to get a phone signal.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 8%

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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 35.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 6.2%

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 38.8%, Psychological Horror 36.7%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 2%

A first-person psychological horror game set beneath a condemned 1989 telephone archive. Tune impossible calls, evade a creature that hunts every sound you make, and decide which evidence the city is allowed to remember.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 26.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 7.5%

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 35.1%, Horror 34.3%, Adventure 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Garland Court, 1974. The building has one rule: if someone knocks twice — only twice — do not answer, do not speak. Four apartments, fourteen nights, twelve endings. You never see the thing in the hall. You only decide whether to open the door. Headphones required.

Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Retro 17.9%, Atmospheric 9%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Retro 14%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%

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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Story Rich 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 4.8%

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 34.1%, Psychological Horror 32.7%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, 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 17.9%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 6.1%

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 37.5%, Horror 30%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 8.1%

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 42.1%, Psychological Horror 41.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Horror 31%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

『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 40.8%, Horror 33.4%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 7.4%, 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 31.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 9.3%

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 33.6%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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 36.4%, Horror 30.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 6.8%

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 36.8%, Horror 29.7%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 5.7%

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 38.3%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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 43.9%, Story Rich 21.6%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Adventure 17.2%

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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Retro 12.7%, Adventure 7.5%

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 33.6%, Horror 33.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Retro 6.9%

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 35.9%, Psychological Horror 32%, Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%

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 34%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Retro 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 6%

"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 44.8%, Adventure 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A first-person psychological horror experience set in a forgotten Saudi village beneath the mysterious mountain of Harfa. Explore abandoned homes, uncover chilling secrets, solve puzzles, and face the darkness lurking within the mountain.

Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Psychological Horror 40.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Singleplayer 3%

Stuck in a wheelchair with a bell in your hand. They watch you in the dark and move closer when you're not looking. Find them. Ring the bell. Escape the nightmare. Wake up.

Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Psychological Horror 34.9%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Ethan returns to his cousin's old family house, deep in the forest, a place he hasn't set foot in for five years, ever since the family who lived there vanished without a trace.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Horror 29.5%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 7.6%

A first-person horror game rooted in Haitian folklore. Break into a haunted gingerbread house to steal five treasures — then survive the night by sound alone, hunted by something you'll never see. October 2, 2026.

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 34.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%

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 38.7%, Psychological Horror 36.5%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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 33.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 10.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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 42.8%, Psychological Horror 42.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

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 72.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Story Rich 3.9%, Adventure 1.5%

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 30.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Story Rich 6.6%

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 41.3%, Adventure 14.8%

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 41.1%, Horror 32.6%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

You woke up alone in school. She is the only other student there and she could not be happier about it. A first-person pyschological horror story about a girl who does not want you to leave.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.4%, Horror 27%, Story Rich 16.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Adventure 7.4%

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 32.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%

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%, Horror 23.8%, Story Rich 17.4%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 8.1%

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 38.9%, Horror 26.8%, Story Rich 14.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Retro 7.9%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 34.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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Why similar: Horror 50.2%, Psychological Horror 46.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%