- #1 Hotline Miami
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 128,462 reviews2012
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Why similar: Violent 36.5%, Gore 36.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Action 4.4%, Difficult 4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a similar focus on high-octane, stylized violence and a dark, unsettling narrative tone.
- #2 F.E.A.R.
96% matchVery Positive94% of 19,591 reviews2010
Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Gore 25.4%, Classic 19.1% ★, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Action 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense, tactical action with a heavy dose of psychological horror and atmospheric tension.
- #3 Alien: Isolation
95% matchVery Positive93% of 67,015 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Stealth 26.4%, Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Gore 10.4%, Psychological Horror 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for the 'hunted' experience, forcing players to use stealth and wit to survive against a superior predator.
- #4 Hitman: Blood Money
94% matchVery Positive94% of 16,185 reviews2007
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Why similar: Stealth 58.2%, Classic 17.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 5.8%, Action 5.1%, Third Person 5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most refined stealth-assassination mechanics, allowing for the calculated, methodical takedowns central to Manhunt's appeal.
- #5 The Evil Within
94% matchVery Positive85% of 33,760 reviews2014
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Why similar: Gore 31.2%, Horror 16.3%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Stealth 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that balances brutal combat with psychological dread and a constant sense of being overwhelmed.
- #6 Outlast
93% 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: Gore 27.5%, Horror 26.1%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Stealth 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It strips the player of combat abilities, forcing a pure stealth approach that captures the feeling of being prey in a hostile environment.
- #7 Max Payne
92% matchVery Positive89% of 15,895 reviews2011
Dev: Remedy EntertainmentPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Why similar: Classic 37% ★, Violent 14.6%, Dark 12.6%, Action 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, noir-inspired action game that shares the dark, cinematic, and violent tone of the seed game.
- #8 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
91% 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: Gore 30.4%, Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Stealth 9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for psychological horror, focusing on stealth and the terror of being unable to fight back.
- #9 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
90% 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: Gore 29.4%, Horror 18%, Violent 16.3%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a claustrophobic, gore-filled survival horror experience that emphasizes vulnerability and exploration.
- #10 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
91% matchMixed67% of 9,799 reviews2010
Dev: IO InteractivePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Why similar: Violent 50.1%, Action 15.4%, Third Person 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Psychological Horror 5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar gritty, low-fidelity, and hyper-violent aesthetic that feels raw and uncomfortable.
- #11 Dishonored
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 88,475 reviews2012
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Why similar: Stealth 73.4%, Dark 11.5%, Action 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features brutal, creative stealth takedowns set within a dark, oppressive, and plague-ridden world.
- #12 Dead Space
86% matchVery Positive91% of 71,387 reviews2023
Dev: MotivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Why similar: Gore 26%, Horror 16.5%, Violent 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival-horror game that features visceral combat and a constant sense of isolation.
- #13 Silent Hill Homecoming
89% matchMixed48% of 4,024 reviews2008
Dev: Double Helix GamesPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In Silent Hill Homecoming, Alex Shepherd has returned to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen to investigate the sudden disappearance of his brother. From Shepherd's Glen to the foggy streets of Silent Hill, Alex will face the darkest of horrors while struggling with his own grip on reality.
Why similar: Gore 24.3%, Horror 22.4%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Violent 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features the gore and psychological horror elements that align well with the dark themes of the seed game.
- #14 Hitman: Contracts
88% matchVery Positive87% of 3,698 reviews2014
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Why similar: Stealth 51%, Classic 10.5% ★, Gore 8%, Action 5.7%, Dark 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a darker, grittier tone and more claustrophobic level design compared to other entries in the series.
- #15 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
86% matchVery Positive94% of 14,778 reviews2008
Dev: Remedy EntertainmentPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Why similar: Classic 39% ★, Dark 13.4%, Action 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Third Person 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the gritty, cinematic action and dark narrative style of the original.
- #16 XIII - Classic
85% matchVery Positive89% of 2,527 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft Paris StudioPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
You are the victim of a conspiracy! The FBI, CIA and a group of murderers are chasing you. XIII… This strange tattoo and the key of a safe are your only clues to survive and claim your innocence! It's time to gear up and eliminate your ennemies!
Why similar: Gore 28.6%, Violent 22%, Stealth 20%, Classic 18.5% ★, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Stylized action with stealth elements and a dark, conspiratorial plot that feels like a pulp thriller.
- #17 Styx: Master of Shadows
84% matchVery Positive83% of 11,729 reviews2014
Dev: Cyanide Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
Why similar: Stealth 48.2%, Violent 30.9%, Third Person 5.7%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Action 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth game that rewards patience, stalking, and lethal takedowns in a dark fantasy setting.
- #18 SOMA
83% 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: Gore 36.2%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply unsettling psychological horror game that excels at building a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.
- #19 Observer: System Redux
82% 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: Stealth 49.8%, Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 22.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological thriller that uses its environment to create a sense of unease and dread.
- #20 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
84% matchVery Positive82% of 4,923 reviews2007
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.
Why similar: Stealth 53.5%, Classic 15.9% ★, Gore 10.2%, Action 5.6%, Third Person 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Classic stealth gameplay that rewards the same level of patience and planning required in Manhunt.
- #21 Hunt: Showdown 1896
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 279,228 reviews2019
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 184.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
Why similar: Gore 44.7%, Horror 17.2%, Survival Horror 16%, Difficult 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-tension, atmospheric game where you are constantly being hunted by both monsters and other players.
- #22 Visage
81% 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 31.4%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Violent 13.3%, Dark 12%
Why You'll Like It: A terrifying psychological horror experience that excels at building dread through its environment.
- #23 Mark of the Ninja
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,876 reviews
Dev: Klei EntertainmentPub: Microsoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Stealth 88.8%, Action 5.6%, Dark 2.1%, Singleplayer 2%, Atmospheric 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Refined 2D stealth mechanics that reward calculated, lethal takedowns and environmental awareness.
- #24 Singularity™
80% matchVery Positive93% of 5,962 reviews2010
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Why similar: Gore 31.5%, Horror 26.1%, Action 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Survival Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines atmospheric horror with intense, fast-paced action in a dark, decaying setting.
- #25 Dead by Daylight
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 936,551 reviews2016
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 35.6 hrsMean: 370.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Gore 23%, Violent 12.1%, Stealth 10.7%, Survival Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the cat-and-mouse dynamic of being hunted by a powerful, sadistic killer.
- #26 BioShock™
79% matchVery Positive94% of 32,234 reviews2007
Dev: 2K BostonPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
Why similar: Horror 27%, Classic 25% ★, Atmospheric 12.2%, Dark 10.9%, Action 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric world filled with horror elements, moral ambiguity, and brutal combat encounters.
- #27 Hatred
78% matchVery Positive84% of 30,035 reviews2015
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Why similar: Gore 45.7%, Violent 32%, Dark 8.2%, Psychological Horror 3.8%, Horror 3.1%
- #28 Bully: Scholarship Edition
77% matchVery Positive84% of 42,313 reviews2008
Dev: Rockstar New EnglandPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
Why similar: Classic 40.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Third Person 15.2%, Action 13.4%, Atmospheric 5%
- #29 Jawbreaker
76% matchMixed64% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...
Why similar: Gore 29.4%, Violent 20.9%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Survival Horror 9.2%
- #30 Hitman: Codename 47
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 5,142 reviews2007
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Why similar: Stealth 55.8%, Classic 22% ★, Action 5.4%, Third Person 4.1%, Violent 3.9%
- #31 TORMENTOR
75% matchMixed50% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.
Why similar: Gore 32.6%, Violent 21.5%, Stealth 13.8%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #32 Max Payne 3
74% matchVery Positive87% of 64,530 reviews2012
Dev: Rockstar StudiosPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.
Why similar: Violent 30.9%, Action 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Gore 9.1%, Third Person 8.6%
- #33 Postal III
77% matchMixed47% of 6,275 reviews2012
Dev: TrashmastersPub: Akella
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.
Why similar: Gore 47.2%, Violent 27.2%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Action 5.2%, Third Person 3.9%
- #34 Old School FOTD
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 88 reviews2017
Dev: Andrey BelyPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...
Why similar: Gore 41.4%, Violent 30%, Horror 6.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Survival Horror 5.5%
- #35 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,958 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Gore 23.7%, Violent 19.7%, Horror 14.4%, Stealth 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #36 Christmas Mutilator
71% matchMixed63% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.
Why similar: Gore 40.1%, Violent 29.9%, Stealth 9.1%, Horror 5%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
- #37 The Dark Occult
73% matchMixed69% of 1,271 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Gore 36.3%, Violent 27.9%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Action 4.6%
- #38 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,991 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Stealth 24.6%, Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Dark 6.6%
- #39 Uventa
74% matchMixed52% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: BlackRat
Windows
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Why similar: Gore 29.8%, Violent 18.1%, Stealth 13.3%, Horror 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #40 Stay Out of the House
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,893 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Stealth 38.6%, Survival Horror 23.8%, Horror 23.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Action 4.6%
- #41 Mafia
72% matchVery Positive87% of 16,361 reviews2002
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Why similar: Classic 33.9% ★, Violent 29.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Action 7%, Third Person 5.8%
- #42 Manivore
69% matchMixed70% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
Why similar: Gore 27.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Violent 19.6%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.4%
- #43 POSTAL
71% matchVery Positive92% of 14,516 reviews1997
Dev: Running With Scissors
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
Why similar: Gore 42.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18.4%, Difficult 7.8%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #44 killer7
70% matchVery Positive93% of 4,025 reviews2018
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan to thwart his plan of world dominance.
Why similar: Gore 37.5%, Violent 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Horror 7.8%, Classic 7.1% ★
- #45 Red Dead Redemption
66% matchVery Positive92% of 21,949 reviews2024
Dev: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
Why similar: Gore 42.8%, Classic 16.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 11%, Action 7%, Third Person 5.6%
- #46 SILENT HILL 2
66% matchVery Positive95% of 65,757 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Violent 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%
- #47 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
68% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...
Why similar: Stealth 23.7%, Dark 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #48 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
72% matchMixed68% of 3,372 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
Why similar: Horror 26%, Stealth 16.3%, Gore 14.7%, Survival Horror 13%, Classic 9% ★
- #49 911: Cannibal
69% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
A terrifying first-person hide-and-seek horror escape game. Outsmart a cannibal maniac, solve puzzles, and try to survive his creepy house.
Why similar: Violent 21.2%, Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Gore 11.2%
- #50 House
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,237 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Gore 39%, Horror 21.2%, Violent 21.1%, Psychological Horror 5.8%, Survival 4.7%
- #51 Obscure
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,276 reviews2014
Dev: Hydravision EntertainmentPub: Mighty Rocket Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
For some time now, Leafmore High School has been the setting for unexplained disappearances. In this survival horror game, you take control of a group of 5 American students. With your friends, you try to unravel the mysterious happenings at this unremarkable-looking school. The night will be long and survival not will not be easy...
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Survival Horror 24.1%, Gore 13.8%, Classic 13.3% ★, Third Person 4.3%
- #52 Witch Hunt
68% matchVery Positive88% of 2,455 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Gore 25%, Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Survival 6.2%
- #53 Pigsaw
67% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Christopher Yabsley
Windows
Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.
Why similar: Gore 39.6%, Violent 27.4%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 7.7%, Action 5.1%
- #54 Skinfreak
65% matchVery Positive88% of 423 reviews2025
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
The city’s most disturbing serial killer is at large and has his sights set on Belle. Can she escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches? Or will she lose her skin to this sicko’s collection?
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Gore 21.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Violent 15.4%, Survival Horror 11%
- #55 Dead Purge: Outbreak
70% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Gore 39.5%, Violent 29.5%, Horror 5.9%, Survival Horror 5.1%, Dark 4.8%
- #56 Halloween: The Game
63% matchMixed67% of 15,447 reviews2026
Dev: IllFonicPub: IllFonic Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.
Why similar: Gore 22.9%, Violent 22%, Stealth 17.5%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 7.9%