- #1 Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note
97% matchVery Positive97% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Follow Dr. Richard P. Griffin during the scariest journey of his life. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 21% ★, Narrative 14.6% ★, Supernatural 10.6%, Point & Click 7.5%, Psychological 7.1%
- #2 Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
96% matchVery Positive87% of 199 reviews2023
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 19% ★, Narrative 13.8% ★, Supernatural 10.9%, Point & Click 7.9%, Psychological 6.1%
- #3 Midnight Scenes: The Highway
96% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.8%, Point & Click 11.9%, Psychological 9.8%, Demons 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #4 Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
95% matchVery Positive95% of 229 reviews2024
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 20.4% ★, Narrative 14.4% ★, Supernatural 10.9%, Point & Click 7.9%, Psychological 6.8%
- #5 Chasing Static
94% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Narrative 24.3% ★, Supernatural 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Horror 8.1%, Thriller 7.8%
- #6 The Horror Of Salazar House
94% matchVery Positive94% of 387 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: Supernatural 18.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.4%
- #7 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Point & Click 12.5%, Supernatural 11.9%, Psychological 8.9%, Dark 7.1%
- #8 BLINK: The Last Night
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Abandoned House Studios
Windows
A vengeful entity comes to kidnap the girl you're babysitting. Guide your way through various psychological twists and turns as you begin to realize that not everything is as it seems. BLINK: The Last Night is a short first chapter of a four-chapter psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 28.8%, Thriller 24.5%, Story Rich 15.6%
- #9 SIMULACRA
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.8%, Thriller 13.6%, Psychological 12.1%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #10 Midnight Syndrome
90% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Point & Click 23.3%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 12.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #11 The Chaput's Baby
91% matchVery Positive85% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Gundes
Windows
The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.2%, Demons 13.1%, Psychological 12.5%, Thriller 11.1%, Mystery 9.2%
- #12 Midnight Special
89% matchVery Positive80% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Scared Stupid IncPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #13 Rusty Lake Hotel
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,215 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Puzzle 14.2%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 8.9%
- #14 Children of Silentown
88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,521 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Horror 13%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #15 Fran Bow
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,182 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.5 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: Point & Click 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 9.2%
- #16 The Midnight Bus
86% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: itandfeel
Windows
A short narrative horror experience, in which you find yourself in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm without knowing what has happened to the driver or the other passengers in the vehicle, you just know that there is something out there lurking.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Demons 11%
- #17 It Happened At Night
86% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 11.5%
- #18 Sally Face - Episode One
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,584 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Narrative 17.3% ★, Supernatural 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Point & Click 9.2%, Dark 7.5%
- #19 Rusty Lake: Roots
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,722 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 8%
- #20 Paranormal Night Shift
82% matchVery Positive97% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: Supernatural 27.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Hidden Object 8%
- #21 The Séance of Blake Manor
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,226 reviews2025
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.9%, Narrative 23.8% ★, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8%, Dark 7.8%
- #22 Bad Dream: Coma
83% matchVery Positive91% of 2,208 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 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 20.5%, Psychological 16.3%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.1%
- #23 The Lost Crown
84% matchVery Positive83% of 520 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Supernatural 15.5%, Horror 15.3%, Adventure 12.9%
- #24 Silent Nights
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Thriller 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 11.8%
- #25 Devil's Hideout
81% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Demons 20.4%, Horror 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Dark 9.5%
- #26 Nightmare Frames
81% matchVery Positive98% of 395 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Supernatural 14.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.1%
- #27 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,142 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Demons 12.6%, Supernatural 10.6%, Dark 9.6%
- #28 Castle of Secrets
79% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.2%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #29 a pet shop after dark
78% matchVery Positive89% of 405 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 11.1%
- #30 [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明
79% matchVery Positive84% of 629 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14%, Adventure 14%, Mystery 9.6%
- #31 Afterdream
77% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.2%, Thriller 10.1%, Mystery 9.9%
- #32 Upstairs
75% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Karellen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Thriller 15.1%, Demons 13.5%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 8.7%
- #33 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
78% 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: Thriller 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 13%, Dark 12%
- #34 Nightmare Zapping
76% matchVery Positive99% of 76 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: Point & Click 15.5%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 12%
- #35 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 562 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.5%, Psychological 15.2%, Point & Click 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 8.6%
- #36 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
74% matchVery Positive92% of 3,087 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.7%, Thriller 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #37 Darkness Under My Bed
76% matchVery Positive91% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Supernatural 23%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10.8%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #38 MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME
75% matchVery Positive93% of 413 reviews2021
Dev: ENIGMA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.
Why similar: Narrative 28.1% ★, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Dark 11.6%
- #39 Midnight Swamp
73% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Dark 17.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #40 Creepy Tale 2
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,533 reviews2021
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.3%, Puzzle 14.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Dark 7.9%
- #41 Nightmare Shift
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Thriller 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #42 Midnight Snack
71% matchVery Positive87% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological 19.7%, Dark 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #43 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
70% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Supernatural 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #44 The Sixth Sorrow
71% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Nezumirra
Windows
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Thriller 21%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 17.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Dark 9.5%
- #45 Family curse
72% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Demons 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 11.3%
- #46 The Mildew Children
70% matchVery Positive93% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #47 My Light In The Dark
73% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological 10%
- #48 VHS Collection: Goodnight Me
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Notick
Windows
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Episodic 29.2% ★, Thriller 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.2%, Narrative 9.8% ★
- #49 What Happened to Lily?
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Montee Games
Windows
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Why similar: Supernatural 14.4%, Psychological 12%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 8.9%
- #50 Rental
67% matchVery Positive92% of 5,401 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Mystery 18.9%, Dark 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #51 SHADOW MANSION
69% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.1%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Dark 10.9%
- #52 The Haunting of Joni Evers
67% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Emotional 14.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #53 The Third Shift
65% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?
Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Horror 20.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #54 Cursed Mansion
68% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Supernatural 22%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Dark 11.2%
- #55 Lydia
68% matchVery Positive89% of 610 reviews2017
Dev: Platonic Partnership
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Point & Click 19.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 9.1%
- #56 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
66% matchVery Positive92% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Supernatural 20.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 10.3%
- #57 Bulb Boy
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,136 reviews2015
Dev: Bulbware
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Horror 20.9%, Dark 15.5%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle 8%
- #58 Bye Sweet Carole
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,115 reviews2025
Dev: Little Sewing MachinePub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Why similar: Supernatural 37.6%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #59 Children of Silentown: Prologue
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 8.6%