- #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 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 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.
- #4 911: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror puzzle game that focuses on environmental navigation and atmosphere.
- #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%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror title that balances adventure and puzzle-solving to create a tense experience.
- #32 Ten Bells
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%
- #33 Mental Hospital - Child of Evil
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 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%
- #35 123 Slaughter Me Street
78% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 69.8%, Indie 14.5%, Action 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that incorporates stealth elements as you navigate a dark and threatening environment.
- #36 Hello From Darkness
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.
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.3%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Horror 14%, First-Person 8.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #37 Mental Hospital VR
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 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 30.1%, Horror 23.1%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 7%, Action 6.5%
- #38 Banshee
74% matchMixed49% of 76 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 9.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #39 Mists of Aiden
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 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 39.1%, First-Person 12.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Mystery 8.4%, Indie 7.8%
- #40 Forbidden Art
73% 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 18.5%, Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 9.4%
- #41 家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration-
71% matchVery Positive96% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Sealio
Windows
『Japanese House Exploration』is a first-person puzzle horror adventure game set in a traditional Japanese house. You explore a house that is both eerie and nostalgic. To find a dear friend.
Why similar: Hidden Object 27.2%, Horror 21.4%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Dark 9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #42 HORROR TALES: The Wine
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 470 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 12%, Dark 11.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #43 Hatch
72% matchMixed68% of 134 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 22.7%, Horror 15%, Hidden Object 13.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 10.4%
- #44 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,543 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
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!
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Investigation 17.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Dark 11.2%
- #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 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?
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 12.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #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%
- #48 Silence Channel 2
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?
Why similar: Hidden Object 17.9%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 8.4%, First-Person 8.3%
- #49 Shelley Manor
68% 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 38.9%, Exploration 21.6%, Dark 20.8%, 3D 9.3%, Action 7.8%
- #50 Mortal Decay
70% 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 10.6%
- #51 Partum Artifex
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.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Puzzle 19%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #52 Confabulation: Homestead
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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%