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Games Like Metel - Horror Escape

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, First-Person, Survival Horror, Action.

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Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.

Reviews: Very Positive — 94% — of 2,376 reviews
Released: 2020-08-31
Developer: Linked Squad
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 2.8 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 77%

Overview

Metel - Horror Escape excels at blending tense, cat-and-mouse stealth mechanics with intricate environmental puzzle-solving in a claustrophobic setting. These recommendations focus on first-person horror titles that emphasize avoiding a persistent antagonist while navigating dangerous, puzzle-filled environments to secure your escape.

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  1. #1 Stay Out of the House
    97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
    Dev: Puppet Combo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 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: Survival Horror 30.9%, Horror 21.4%, Old School 13.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a gritty, retro-styled survival horror experience where stealth and puzzle-solving are essential to escaping a maniac's lair.

  2. #2 Granny
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 9,403 reviews2018
    Dev: DVloper
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Horror 28.1%, First-Person 12.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Survival 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title for the escape-the-maniac subgenre, it mirrors the core loop of hiding and searching for items to unlock exits.

  3. #3 Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoria Games
    Windows

    Uncover the mystery behind a terrifying kidnapper in this story-driven horror adventure. Solve puzzles, explore eerie locations, and help Tom and his friends survive in 1990s America. Horror Tale is a creepy escape game full of twists and suspense.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21%, Horror 16%, Survival 13.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific aesthetic and gameplay loop of being kidnapped and needing to solve puzzles to escape a dangerous captor.

  4. #4 911: Cannibal
    95% matchVery Positive83% of 54 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: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 17%, Survival 16.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Hidden Object 9%

    Why You'll Like It: The game directly mirrors the premise of being held captive by a maniac and requiring stealthy exploration to survive.

  5. #5 Hello Neighbor
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 27,665 reviews2017
    Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

    Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Survival 13.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Puzzle 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: This game defines the genre of infiltrating a hostile home while avoiding a highly observant and adaptive antagonist.

  6. #6 Amnesia: The Bunker
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 20.6%, Survival 16.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Exploration 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: This game provides a high-stakes, first-person experience where managing resources and avoiding a persistent threat in a confined space is paramount.

  7. #7 Room 817: Director's Cut
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: Bormak Studio
    Windows

    Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.

    Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 15%, First-Person 10.2%, Puzzle 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes investigation and escape mechanics within a confined, horror-themed setting.

  8. #8 Misery Mansion
    92% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
    Dev: Manic Mice
    Windows

    Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 20.2%, Investigation 18.6%, Horror 16.2%, Survival 11.1%, Dark 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on exploration and puzzle-solving within a hostile, atmospheric environment.

  9. #9 The Empty Eyes
    91% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
    Dev: 99 Grados Games
    Windows

    The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 17.5%, Hidden Object 8.5%, Mystery 7.4%, Dark 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A strong atmospheric horror title that emphasizes mystery and puzzle-solving in a confined space.

  10. #10 Escape the Ayurok
    91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,077 reviews2019
    Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 19.1%, First-Person 13.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Dark 8%

    Why You'll Like It: It captures the survival-horror escape theme with a focus on first-person exploration and tension.

  11. #11 Echoes of Dread
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2024
    Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
    Windows

    Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 18.7%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Horror 15.9%, Survival 10.5%, First-Person 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes hidden-object and puzzle mechanics to create a sense of unease and progression.

  12. #12 Outlast
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 133,959 reviews2013
    Dev: Red Barrels
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Horror 41.6%, Survival Horror 22.7%, First-Person 12.3%, Survival 11.1%, Dark 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for first-person stealth-horror, forcing players to rely on hiding and observation to survive a hostile environment.

  13. #13 Alien: Isolation
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014
    Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.8 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: Survival Horror 35.8%, Horror 33.2%, Survival 13.6%, First-Person 13.6%, Action 2.6%

    Why You'll Like It: The game features masterful cat-and-mouse stealth mechanics where you must outsmart a single, relentless predator.

  14. #14 Beyond The Evil
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
    Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
    Windows

    Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.

    Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Horror 14.3%, Hidden Object 13.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Mystery 6.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It is a puzzle-focused horror game that prioritizes investigation and mystery-solving over direct combat.

  15. #15 Visage
    87% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
    Dev: SadSquare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 39.5%, Survival Horror 23.8%, Dark 11%, First-Person 10.1%, Realistic 4.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror experience that relies on heavy puzzle-solving and environmental exploration to progress.

  16. #16 Granny: Escape Together
    85% matchVery Positive81% of 1,482 reviews2024
    Dev: CreepyToad
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Hidden Object 20.3%, Horror 17.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, First-Person 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer take on the escape-the-maniac formula retains the core stealth and puzzle-solving elements of the original.

  17. #17 The Beast Inside
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
    Dev: Illusion Ray
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

    Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Survival Horror 21.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Survival 10.9%, Story Rich 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: This game effectively combines complex puzzle-solving with tense, first-person stealth sequences.

  18. #18 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2021
    Dev: Midnight Games
    Windows

    Nightmare Horror Story an adventure game from the first face in a horror genre provides you to take a trip in a huge and dark city full of dummies. You would have a possibility to figure out in a weird atmosphere when alive people are missed and everything that had remained is the dummies.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.5%, Hidden Object 17%, Horror 13.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Survival 9%

    Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror experience that forces players to navigate dangerous environments to survive.

  19. #19 Remorse: The List
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2022
    Dev: Ashkandi
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Dark 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy survival horror game that rewards careful exploration and resource management.

  20. #20 Lair of Torment
    84% matchMostly Positive73% of 183 reviews2023
    Dev: Admia
    Windows

    This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...

    Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Puzzle 17.8%, First-Person 15.8%, Realistic 12.6%, 3D 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-horror game that emphasizes exploration and environmental interaction.

  21. #21 DOCTOR VISCERA
    82% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
    Windows

    Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Horror 21.2%, Puzzle 14%, First-Person 12%, Survival 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines stealth and puzzle-solving within a horror setting, requiring careful movement to avoid detection.

  22. #22 Joker Show - Horror Escape
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 737 reviews2023
    Dev: Linked Squad
    Windows

    Your parents left for the night, and you stayed at home alone, you were bored and you decided to call the Jester (Joker), but something went wrong... It looks like you succeeded, now the jester wants to play with you, hide and don't let him catch you, find a way to call the jester away.

    Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Hidden Object 20.7%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 11.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the escape-room horror subgenre, it focuses on finding items and solving puzzles to flee.

  23. #23 Backrooms Doors
    83% matchMixed68% of 84 reviews2023
    Dev: Performance Artist
    Windows

    Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Dark 10.5%, Survival 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on navigating dangerous, shifting environments while avoiding threats.

  24. #24 Exit From
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
    Dev: White Box
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.

    Why similar: Horror 21.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Realistic 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Mystery 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, escape-focused horror game that emphasizes realistic puzzle-solving.

  25. #25 The Palace of Unrest
    80% matchMixed58% of 177 reviews2023
    Dev: Zach HarrisPub: Red Wolf Productions
    Windows

    Use poems to solve puzzles and escape the mansion with your life in this horror themed escape room game.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 21.4%, Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 9.9%, Dark 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This game blends exploration, hidden-object mechanics, and stealth-based puzzle solving.

  26. #26 Grandpa
    81% matchMixed49% of 325 reviews2018
    Dev: PuddingPub: Cheesecake
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%

    *Early access game* Grandpa is a survival horror game. You woke up in a house you never knew. Strange things happen in the house. You have to find a way to survive and get out of the house.

    Why similar: Horror 59.3%, Indie 40.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It features a very similar escape-the-house gameplay loop that relies on stealth and item collection.

  27. #27 Blasfemia
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
    Dev: Nakashima Studios
    Windows

    Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.2%, Horror 21.8%, Dark 14.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 8.4%

  28. #28 Escape from Hornhead
    76% matchVery Positive97% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: Teamey
    Windows

    Escape from Horn head is 3D horror game. You need to find the keys and potions before he catches up with you. Explore the rooms, look for objects and avoid the pursuer. Try to find the best way, remember the movement of the Horned-headed demon chasing its victim, that is, you.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 42.5%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 9.9%, Linear 6.7%

  29. #29 Hidden Shelter
    79% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2021
    Dev: White Vortex Games
    Windows

    Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 17.6%, Survival 10.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Story Rich 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A cinematic horror experience that uses puzzle-solving to drive the narrative forward.

  30. #30 Doorways: Prelude
    79% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
    Dev: Saibot Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

    Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Survival Horror 18.2%, First-Person 9.5%, Survival 8.6%, Dark 7.6%

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  31. #31 Incoming Evil
    78% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
    Dev: CodelessMan
    Windows

    A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

    Why similar: Horror 27.3%, First-Person 19.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, Dark 14.1%, 3D 9.5%

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    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 549 reviews2024
    Dev: Hillfort Games
    Windows · Mac

    You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 21.4%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Realistic 9.2%

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    77% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
    Windows

    Mental Hospital is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 31.8%, Puzzle 18.4%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 9.9%, Dark 8.7%

  34. #34 Sinister Entity
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2023
    Dev: Spooky Hand Games
    Windows

    Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Horror 30.9%, 3D 18.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Indie 5.6%

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    78% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
    Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
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    Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%

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    Why similar: Horror 69.8%, Indie 14.5%, Action 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 153 reviews2020
    Dev: CaTaToPub: Piece Of Voxel
    Windows · Linux

    Hello From Darkness - a meme horror, made in 3D graphics with a first-person view. The action takes place in a gloomy city where everything has gone crazy. To win, you need to collect the necessary items, complete some tasks and just survive.

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    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
    Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
    Windows

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    74% matchMixed49% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: ChronoX
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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
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    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2024
    Dev: AIXLAB
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    Forbidden art is a VR room escape puzzle game where you escape from the killer’s secret hideout. Use all your abilities to escape the dangerous and terrifying hideout created by a psychopathic killer who thinks killing is an art, without being discovered by the killer.

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    71% matchVery Positive96% of 124 reviews2024
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    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 470 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  43. #43 Hatch
    72% matchMixed68% of 134 reviews2021
    Dev: Nekoromorph
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    "Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.

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    67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,543 reviews2024
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

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  45. #45 Trapped
    72% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
    Dev: N4bA
    Windows

    You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

    Why similar: Horror 32.7%, First-Person 19.1%, Puzzle 17.8%, Indie 15.9%, Mystery 12.4%

  46. #46 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
    69% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
    Windows

    In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

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  47. #47 Penumbra Overture
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

    Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Survival Horror 20.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Dark 7.7%, Puzzle 6.8%

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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 95 reviews2023
    Dev: Lexip Games
    Windows

    Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?

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    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
    Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
    Dev: Roger Kaffer
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    You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Horror 18.1%, Survival 14%, First-Person 12.2%, Dark 10.6%

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    68% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
    Dev: DalaKoala Games
    Windows

    A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.

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    68% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
    Dev: Authogin
    Windows

    Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 21.5%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Dark 9.6%, First-Person 8.6%

  53. #53 FLIGHTMARE
    70% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
    Dev: Van Studios
    Windows

    Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 25.6%, Puzzle 15.8%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Action 10.6%

  54. #54 Blackout
    71% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2019
    Windows

    You will be lost in the labyrinthine house and chased by the devil in the blacked out house. You will experience tremendous fear, stress and madness playing this game and something invisible makes you get panicked and lost your mind.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 18%, Survival 12.7%, Indie 11.3%, First-Person 10.8%

  55. #55 Reflection
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

    Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Dark 16.3%, Realistic 14.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

  56. #56 A Night in Prison
    69% matchMixed55% of 51 reviews2023
    Dev: STuNTPub: STuNT
    Windows

    You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.

    Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Hidden Object 18.6%, Survival 11.8%, Horror 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.3%

  57. #57 Nevrosa: Escape
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
    Dev: GexagonVR
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked in with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play.

    Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Action 11%, Indie 10.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

  58. #58 Home_0
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: Mike Ten
    Windows

    You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 27.6%, Horror 19.3%, Investigation 12%, Puzzle 11.4%, 3D 8.2%

  59. #59 Jeff The Killer: Horror Game
    64% matchVery Positive85% of 121 reviews2025
    Dev: SU Company Games
    Windows

    Survive. Run. Look for answers.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 30.9%, Horror 24.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 8.7%

  60. #60 White Room Protocol
    65% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Lefto Studio
    Windows

    A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

    Why similar: Horror 27%, Dark 14.4%, First-Person 13%, Realistic 12.3%, 3D 8.7%

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