- #1 Stay Out of the House
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,805 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 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 31.1%, Horror 21.6%, Old School 13.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in a house with a deranged captor while requiring stealth and puzzle-solving to survive.
- #2 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 21.1%, Horror 16%, Survival 13.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core premise of being kidnapped and needing to solve environmental puzzles to escape a dangerous antagonist.
- #3 911: Cannibal
96% matchVery Positive84% of 55 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 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on escaping a captor's home while avoiding detection mirrors the gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #4 Granny
95% matchVery Positive94% of 9,929 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Horror 27.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Survival 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: As a foundational escape-horror title, it emphasizes the same stealth-based survival and puzzle-solving mechanics found in Metel.
- #5 Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,095 reviews2023
Dev: Keplerians
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.5%, Horror 23.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 11.1%, Realistic 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features intense stealth gameplay and complex puzzle-solving within a confined, hostile environment.
- #6 Escape the Ayurok
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,082 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 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 27.5%, Horror 19.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Mystery 8.4%, Dark 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the survival-horror aspect of escaping a dangerous, confined location through investigation.
- #7 Hello Neighbor
93% matchVery Positive86% of 29,697 reviews2017
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.9 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 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic of sneaking into a captor's home to solve puzzles while avoiding being caught is central to both games.
- #8 Room 817: Director's Cut
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 71 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 20.4%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Horror 15%, First-Person 10.2%, Puzzle 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar first-person investigative experience where you must solve puzzles to escape a threatening environment.
- #9 The Empty Eyes
91% matchVery Positive80% of 56 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 19.4%, Horror 17.5%, Hidden Object 8.5%, Mystery 7.3%, Dark 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a survival-horror experience that emphasizes mystery and exploration in a hostile setting.
- #10 Echoes of Dread
91% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 18.6%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Horror 15.9%, Survival 10.5%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on psychological tension and hidden-object mechanics within a confined horror setting.
- #11 Outlast
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 135,249 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.9 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 41.7%, Survival Horror 22.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Survival 11%, Dark 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-stakes stealth experience where hiding and environmental awareness are your only tools against a persistent threat.
- #12 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
89% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 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: Horror 38.3%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Dark 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title defines the genre of avoiding powerful enemies through stealth and environmental interaction.
- #13 Eyes: The Horror Game
88% matchVery Positive90% of 828 reviews2024
Dev: Fearless GamesPub: QubicGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.3%, Horror 22.4%, Dark 13.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tension of exploring a dangerous location while avoiding a patrolling entity, much like the gameplay in Metel.
- #14 Emily Wants To Play
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,309 reviews2015
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
Why similar: Horror 52.2%, Survival Horror 33.2%, First-Person 5.7%, Indie 4.1%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: The game traps you in a confined space with supernatural threats, requiring careful exploration and puzzle-solving to survive the night.
- #15 Beyond The Evil
87% 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 20.6%, Horror 14.3%, Hidden Object 13.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Mystery 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on investigation and puzzle-solving, capturing the investigative feel of the seed game.
- #16 Mr. White
86% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Miloš LužnjaninPub: Lorex Games
Windows
You're trapped inside Mr. White's huge dark creepy house. You have to find a way to escape without getting caught.
Why similar: Hidden Object 27.3%, Horror 22.2%, Survival Horror 15.5%, First-Person 9.1%, Dark 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features escape-room mechanics and multiple endings, providing a similar sense of agency in a horror setting.
- #17 Dark Deception
85% matchVery Positive89% of 23,549 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Survival Horror 20.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Survival 10.6%, Dark 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the cat-and-mouse dynamic, requiring players to navigate mazes and solve puzzles while being hunted.
- #18 Locked Up
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,396 reviews2020
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, First-Person 16.4%, Dark 11%, Indie 9.3%, Mystery 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is a pure escape room horror experience that forces players to find items and solve puzzles while under constant threat.
- #19 Pacify
84% matchVery Positive86% of 42,492 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Exploration 8.2%, First-Person 6.7%, Dark 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and puzzle-solving with a terrifying entity that you must avoid to complete your objectives.
- #20 The Beast Inside
84% matchVery Positive83% of 12,010 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 33.5%, Survival Horror 21.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Survival 10.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a first-person horror experience with a strong focus on environmental puzzles and atmospheric exploration.
- #21 Exit From
83% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 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 12%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the atmosphere of being trapped and the need to solve puzzles to find a way out.
- #22 Misery Mansion
82% 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 20.3%, Investigation 18.6%, Horror 16.3%, Survival 11.1%, Dark 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The game emphasizes stealth and psychological tension while navigating a dangerous, confined location.
- #23 Lair of Torment
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 191 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 17.9%, First-Person 15.8%, Realistic 12.6%, 3D 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a first-person puzzle-horror experience that requires careful navigation of a 3D environment.
- #24 Mental Hospital VR
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Horror 22.2%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 6.8%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an immersive first-person survival-horror experience that focuses on escaping a dangerous facility.
- #25 Incoming Evil
81% 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 15.8%, Dark 14%, 3D 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The game features a first-person perspective and a focus on psychological horror and adventure elements.
- #26 It Reaches
78% matchNo user reviews76% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Emberflight Games
Windows
It Reaches is a first person horror game, captured through the lens of a police officer’s body cam. Trapped inside the facilities of an abandoned hospital, find a way to escape the horrors lurking underground. Uncover a dark mystery left behind and don't get caught! They will reach for you…
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 19.2%, Dark 10.1%, Realistic 9.1%, Mystery 7.1%
- #27 Sinister Entity
79% matchVery Positive87% of 62 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 31.1%, Horror 30.9%, 3D 18.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: The game offers a 3D horror adventure that requires players to investigate their surroundings to survive.
- #28 MATRESHKA
77% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 10.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Realistic 9%
- #29 Horror
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Hidden Object 24.2%, Horror 20.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%
- #30 Granny: Escape Together
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,587 reviews2024
Dev: CreepyToad
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 17.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, First-Person 8.6%
- #31 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 22%, Horror 17.6%, Survival 10.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a cinematic horror experience that relies on exploration and puzzle-solving to progress.
- #32 Grandpa
80% matchMixed49% of 331 reviews2018
Dev: PuddingPub: Cheesecake
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.6 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 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the escape-horror formula, requiring players to navigate a house while avoiding a hostile character.
- #33 Water Boiling Simulator
75% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: wolfyer
Windows · Linux
It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 21.5%, Hidden Object 12.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 9%
- #34 Butcherman
73% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 16.2%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Realistic 9%
- #35 Mists of Aiden
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
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.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 8%, Indie 7.4%
- #36 Doorways: Prelude
78% matchMixed62% of 636 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 18.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Survival 8.6%, Dark 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a first-person horror adventure that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #37 Mental Hospital - Child of Evil
76% matchMixed63% of 65 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 31.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 9.8%, Dark 8.7%
- #38 Joker Show - Horror Escape
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 759 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 22.7%, Hidden Object 20.6%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 11.5%
- #39 Ten Bells
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 567 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 21.5%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Realistic 9.3%
- #40 Escape from Hornhead
72% 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 42.7%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 12.6%, 3D 9.8%, Linear 6.7%
- #41 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
74% 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 17.1%, Horror 13.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Survival 9%
- #42 Hello From Darkness
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 154 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.
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.3%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 14%, First-Person 8.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #43 Blasfemia
70% matchVery Positive91% of 272 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 27.3%, Horror 21.8%, Dark 14.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 8.4%
- #44 Depths Of Horror: Mushroom Day
73% matchMixed56% of 1,681 reviews2021
Dev: TakeThem.GamesPub: TakeThem.Games (Creative)
Windows
This is a 3D first-person adventure and horror game that lets you plunge deep into your fears. A unique cave system, enemies and screamers. While picking mushrooms in a clearing, you stumble upon an abandoned hut. Exploring it, you find yourself in a cave full of unexpected inhabitants and surprises
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.7%, Hidden Object 17.3%, Horror 17.2%, Survival 9.8%, First-Person 7.5%
- #45 Forbidden Art
70% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: AIXLAB
Windows
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.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 14%, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 9.4%
- #46 Backrooms Doors
71% matchMixed68% of 85 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 16.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Dark 10.4%, Survival 10.3%
- #47 Banshee
71% matchMixed52% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoX
Windows
The game is about escaping from a house where “Banshee”, a frightening looking fairy, wanders around, exploring the surroundings and using the items found to escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 22.6%, Hidden Object 21.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, First-Person 8.5%
- #48 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
70% matchMixed65% of 60 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?
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 12.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #49 Visage
69% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 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 24%, Dark 11%, First-Person 10%, Realistic 4.6%
- #50 Hatch
72% matchMixed68% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Nekoromorph
Windows
"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.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 14.7%, Hidden Object 13.2%, First-Person 13%, Realistic 10.2%
- #51 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,584 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Investigation 17.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Dark 11.2%
- #52 Shelley Manor
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.1%, Exploration 21.5%, Dark 20.7%, 3D 9.2%, Action 7.8%
- #53 Trapped
69% matchVery Positive83% of 160 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 18%, Indie 15.7%, Mystery 12.4%
- #54 Confabulation: Homestead
67% 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 21.6%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Dark 9.5%, First-Person 8.6%
- #55 Partum Artifex
66% 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.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Puzzle 19.2%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #56 Mortal Decay
68% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
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 10.5%
- #57 Silence Channel 2
66% matchVery Positive82% of 96 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?
Why similar: Hidden Object 18%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 8.4%, First-Person 8.3%
- #58 Jeff The Killer: Horror Game
64% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: SU Company Games
Windows
Survive. Run. Look for answers.
Why similar: Hidden Object 31%, Horror 24.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #59 A Night in Prison
67% matchMixed54% of 52 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 19.3%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Survival 11.8%, Horror 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.3%