- #1 Fran Bow
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Point & Click 23.8%, Psychological 16.7%, Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a surreal, disturbing journey through a fractured mind that mirrors the hallucinatory nature of the seed game.
- #2 Downfall
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,627 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Point & Click 23.8%, Horror 20.8%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grim, narrative-heavy psychological horror game that shares the same developer's talent for unsettling storytelling.
- #3 The Cat Lady
96% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Point & Click 20.4%, Psychological 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Story Rich 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores deep psychological trauma and dark, surreal environments similar to the tone of Masochisia.
- #4 Neverending Nightmares
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Psychological Horror 39.6%, Indie 10.6%, Psychological 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the feeling of being trapped in a cycle of mental anguish and terrifying, surreal nightmares.
- #5 Lorelai
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,604 reviews2019
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Point & Click 26.4%, Horror 24.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a dark, emotional narrative involving trauma and the struggle for survival in a hostile reality.
- #6 Harvester
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,649 reviews2014
Dev: DigiFX InteractivePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!
Why similar: Point & Click 49%, Horror 44.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cult classic that directly tackles the theme of a young man discovering his own violent tendencies in a disturbing town.
- #7 Happy Game
93% matchVery Positive90% of 3,400 reviews2021
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Point & Click 28.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a deceptively cute aesthetic to mask a deeply disturbing, surreal journey through a nightmare.
- #8 Bad Dream: Coma
92% matchVery Positive91% of 2,195 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Psychological 24.5%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game where your choices significantly impact the dark, surreal world around you.
- #9 Who's Lila?
91% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Point & Click 31.8%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 26.2%, Story Rich 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental psychological horror game that forces you to confront identity and the consequences of your actions.
- #10 Silence of the Sleep
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 703 reviews2014
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 38.9%, Psychological Horror 28%, Psychological 13.6%, Indie 12.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on the internal struggle of a man lost in a dark, dreamlike world.
- #11 Infliction
90% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 37.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, Indie 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that explores domestic trauma and the haunting nature of the past.
- #12 STASIS
89% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.2%, Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric horror game that excels at building a claustrophobic, unsettling atmosphere through its narrative.
- #13 Overclocked: A History of Violence
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 139 reviews2015
Dev: House of TalesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Set against the backdrop of a catastrophic thunderstorm raging over New York City, Overclocked explores an archetypical, yet actual condition of mankind: violence. This psychological thriller mixes frightening fictional thriller elements using innovative narrative structures.
Why similar: Point & Click 46%, Psychological 30.3%, Indie 12.7%, Story Rich 11%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that examines the roots of violence through the lens of a psychiatrist.
- #14 Sanitarium
88% matchVery Positive93% of 1,302 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.6%, Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that delves into the fractured psyche of a man trapped in a nightmarish world.
- #15 WORLD OF HORROR
86% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Point & Click 33.6%, Psychological Horror 29.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, cosmic horror game that emphasizes the fragility of the human mind when faced with the unknown.
- #16 Pathologic 2
86% matchVery Positive92% of 11,869 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.3%, Story Rich 40%, Indie 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A harrowing experience about fighting against inevitable doom and making impossible moral choices in a decaying society.
- #17 Almost My Floor: Prologue
87% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Linux
A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?
Why similar: Psychological 22.8%, Point & Click 22.5%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Story Rich 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that blends reality with nightmare sequences in a dark, urban setting.
- #18 SIGNALIS
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric psychological horror game that explores existential dread and the loss of self.
- #19 The Flayed Man
83% matchVery Positive92% of 363 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.6%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 18.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, point-and-click psychological horror game featuring multiple endings and unsettling pixel art.
- #20 Decay: The Mare
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,029 reviews2015
Dev: Shining Gate SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Why similar: Point & Click 30.2%, Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click horror experience focused on escaping a nightmarish rehabilitation facility.
- #21 Just Ignore Them
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,464 reviews2017
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Point & Click 22.5%, Story Rich 15.7%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, point-and-click horror adventure that deals with childhood trauma and supernatural entities.
- #22 Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness
82% matchVery Positive89% of 187 reviews2023
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness puts your sanity to the test, challenging you to escape a labyrinth of nightmares and torment. Test your mind against a slow burn of puzzles, light survival mechanics, and methodical action.
Why similar: Psychological 27.2%, Point & Click 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 16%, Story Rich 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich psychological horror game that uses pixel art to depict a descent into insanity.
- #23 Gore Screaming Show
82% matchVery Positive88% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Black CycPub: JAST
Windows
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.1%, Horror 34.4%, Story Rich 22.5%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that leans into extreme psychological horror and the dark consequences of human depravity.
- #24 Last Bloody Snack
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Small Throne Studios
Windows
Cody, haunted by psychological demons, envisions a monstrous threat eliminating all he hates.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.3%, Horror 37.4%, Story Rich 18.4%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling psychological horror game that explores themes of violence and dark, surreal imagery.
- #25 Ib
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Psychological Horror 32%, Story Rich 23.7%, Indie 12%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror game that uses surrealism and psychological tension to create a haunting atmosphere.
- #26 Traum
81% matchVery Positive92% of 377 reviews2018
Dev: Ruskatuli
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Traum is a short, story-driven adventure about a man with a dream. Can even the best of plans be shattered by unexpected news?
Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Indie 21.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror experience that focuses on visceral, disturbing imagery and a sense of impending doom.
- #27 Nightmare Zapping
79% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Point & Click 23.6%, Story Rich 18.8%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that emphasizes story-rich, surreal encounters within a nightmarish landscape.
- #28 Absinth
80% matchMixed69% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Soulven Games
Windows
A psychological first-person horror experience. Set in California, USA, blurring the line between game and reality. Confront the events which completely changed Zane Zaminsky´s life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 30.4%, Psychological 23.7%, Indie 12.4%, Story Rich 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that blends puzzle-solving with a dark, investigative narrative.
- #29 Psych
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 340 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.2%, Horror 44.7%, Indie 8.1%
- #30 Sally Face - Episode One
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,081 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Point & Click 22.4%, Horror 21.6%, Story Rich 18.9%, Indie 8.6%
- #31 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
75% matchVery Positive95% of 9,094 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 35.4%, Story Rich 24.5%
- #32 Archimedes
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Joshua Hughes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After you purchase and install Archimedes, an old operating system appears to be running, and a strange man asks for your help as you start to discover the terrible secrets behind the game.
Why similar: Indie 78.2%, Psychological Horror 21.8%
- #33 The Dark Inside Me
77% matchMixed64% of 191 reviews2018
Dev: Akçay Karaazmak
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director based on dynamic scenario. The Dark Inside Me, is a very unique psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director Akçay Karaazmak, based on dynamic interactive scenario.
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Psychological 22.4%, Point & Click 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #34 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
76% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Psychological 35%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 18.2%, Story Rich 15.7%, Indie 8.6%
- #35 Deluded Mind
77% matchMixed62% of 108 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Psychological 30.8%, Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 24.5%, Indie 17.7%
- #36 Psychopathy Assessment
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Horror 30.8%, Indie 29.6%
- #37 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Indie 17%
- #38 The Horrorscope
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 40.2%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 12.6%
- #39 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
71% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.8%, Horror 33.8%, Story Rich 20.4%
- #40 Manivore
72% matchMixed69% of 156 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: Psychological Horror 61%, Horror 30.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #41 Rise of Insanity
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,266 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 34.2%, Indie 14.9%, Story Rich 14.6%
- #42 Depression The Game
74% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Psychological 41%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 18.3%, Story Rich 15.4%
- #43 Blackbay Asylum
75% matchMixed57% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: TAD Productions ABPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
Why similar: Horror 68.5%, Indie 31.5%
- #44 Halu - The Fracture
69% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
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 37.7%, Horror 31.7%, Story Rich 20.7%, Indie 9.8%
- #45 Almost My Floor
71% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Point & Click 22.9%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 18.8%, Story Rich 13.8%
- #46 Pyromaniac
68% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.6%, Horror 29.4%, Indie 24%
- #47 Slender Threads
68% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 30%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychological 14%, Indie 13.1%
- #48 Inmates
73% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 36%, Psychological 35.8%, Indie 17.1%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #49 Banebush
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 36.3%, Psychological Horror 35.2%, Story Rich 20.7%, Indie 7.7%
- #50 Disease -Hidden Object-
71% matchMixed60% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: OperaHouse CorporationPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.2%, Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #51 The Horror Of Salazar House
69% matchVery Positive95% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 23.1%, Story Rich 17.1%, Indie 8.2%
- #52 Silent Residence
67% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 31.4%, Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 26.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, Indie 3.9%
- #53 Horns of Fear
70% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Psychological 29.5%, Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 21%, Point & Click 17.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #54 The Test
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,124 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological 37.2%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 16.9%
- #55 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
67% matchVery Positive93% of 12,692 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Indie 72.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 8.6%, Psychological 4.2%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #56 HOMESICKNESS
66% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Point & Click 24.8%, Psychological 17.3%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 15.1%
- #57 Evil Inside
69% matchMixed62% of 327 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Psychological 34.3%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 21.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Indie 5.8%
- #58 Prognostic
65% matchVery Positive94% of 487 reviews2022
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Story Rich 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Indie 12.7%
- #59 IMMURE
67% matchVery Positive93% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Wither Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
IMMURE is a story driven, psychological horror game. Will, the protagonist, has found himself trapped inside a foreboding Mansion with no exit. To escape, he must travel through strange doors which lead into other dimensions, filled with tormented souls.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.3%, Horror 37.1%, Indie 18.6%
- #60 Old School FOTD
70% matchMostly Negative35% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: Andrey BelyPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.1%, Horror 36%, Indie 26.8%