- #1 Fear the Spotlight
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Old School 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11%, Retro 9.6%
- #2 Asleep: Act 1
96% matchVery Positive94% of 557 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.4%, Point & Click 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Dark 9.3%
- #3 Clock Tower: Rewind
96% matchVery Positive88% of 488 reviews2024
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Old School 13%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Retro 9.4%
- #4 Night Loops
95% matchVery Positive89% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Dark 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Horror 10.2%
- #5 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
94% 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: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Text-Based 18%, Point & Click 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Horror 10.3%
- #6 Midnight Scenes: The Highway
94% 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: Point & Click 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Dark 12%, Horror 11.2%
- #7 A Night at the Watermill
93% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.4%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Dark 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #8 The Third Shift
92% 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 20.3%, Retro 19.5%, Horror 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Old School 11.3%
- #9 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
91% 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: Point & Click 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13%, Horror 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #10 Subversive Memories
91% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.7%, Old School 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Dark 9.7%
- #11 Cursed Mansion
90% 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: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 12%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #12 The Horror Of Salazar House
89% 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: Point & Click 13.1%, Old School 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Retro 10.2%, Dark 9.7%
- #13 Nightmare Shift
89% 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: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 20.1%, Story Rich 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #14 Midnight Syndrome
88% 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 20.7%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 13.8%, Exploration 11%, Retro 10.8%
- #15 Devil's Hideout
87% 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 16.1%, Female Protagonist 12%, Horror 11.5%, Retro 11.4%, Old School 10%
- #16 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
86% 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 22.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #17 My Sleeping Girlfriend
86% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, 1980s 11.8%, Horror 11.3%, Old School 9.7%
- #18 Afterdream
85% 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 Horror 23.9%, Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #19 Last Report
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,212 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 17.2%, Point & Click 15.4%, Dark 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #20 Midnight Swamp
82% 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 19.2%, Hand-drawn 19%, Dark 17%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 9.3%
- #21 Crow Country
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,441 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Old School 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Retro 10.4%
- #22 Dear Brother
84% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: NGS Studios
Windows
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Dark 14.1%, RPG 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #23 Kathy Rain
83% matchVery Positive92% of 3,954 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 96.4%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Pixel Graphics 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%, Psychological Horror 0.4%
- #24 Benny Bash
82% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: 1980s 21%, Old School 17.7%, Horror 13.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
- #25 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,793 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, 1980s 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Alternate History 11.2%, Point & Click 7.2%
- #26 Suffer The Night
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 267 reviews2023
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
SUFFER THE NIGHT is a first-person survival horror experience. Alone in a secluded cabin during a violent storm, horror illustrator Stacey Linden discovers the true meaning of fear. Explore a constantly changing world and solve puzzles; but above all: survive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, 1980s 22%, Horror 16.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #27 WORLD OF HORROR
78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Point & Click 17.7%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #28 Dreams in the Witch House
79% matchVery Positive92% of 436 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.6%
- #29 Without a Dawn
77% matchVery Positive93% of 757 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #30 Kwaidan ~Azuma manor story~
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: 求道庵(gudouan)Pub: Mediascape Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Seamlessly combining 3D action and point-click adventure, "Kwaidan" provides a nostalgic-yet-new experience. Explore old Japanese manor and solve the clever puzzles set there, and fight against monsters called Yoki.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Old School 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Retro 9.9%, Horror 9.7%
- #31 HOMESICKNESS
76% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Point & Click 21.8%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Story Rich 12%
- #32 Ms.Director
78% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: SketchyNonsense
Windows
Cameras and heads are rolling in this noir inspired RPGmaker horror game. Save the spectral starlets trapped in the deadly director's mansion, and escape without joining them in their fate.
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #33 Little Lighthouse of Horror
77% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Codiwans
Windows
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Retro 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Dark 17.1%, Story Rich 16%
- #34 Detention
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,710 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Point & Click 11.4%, Dark 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #35 Ib
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #36 Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note
75% 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: Point & Click 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #37 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
73% matchVery Positive95% of 8,573 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.9%, Retro 12%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Dark 10.2%
- #38 Paranormal Night Shift
72% 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: 1980s 35.1%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Horror 8.3%, Dark 6%
- #39 Care
71% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Dark 22.2%, Horror 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Old School 14%, Atmospheric 13.2%
- #40 Derange
75% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Dark Gaia StudiosPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Lured to a rural property in Massachusetts, college students Jessica King and Nathan Romero are thrust into a terrifying battle for survival against an otherworldly evil. Test your instincts and your will to survive in this retro-style survival horror adventure, inspired by the classics of the '90s.
Why similar: 1980s 17.8%, Survival Horror 16%, Old School 13.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Horror 10.4%
- #41 Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
72% 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: Point & Click 23.5%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #42 Restless Dreams
70% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Retro 16.5%, Horror 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Dark 8.4%
- #43 The Uninvited: MacVenture Series
74% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2015
Dev: ZojoiPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.4%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 9.9%
- #44 Goetia
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 782 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.8%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 7.9%
- #45 Luna's Room
69% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: DonutDroidPub: Save Games Studio
Windows
An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Old School 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Horror 10.5%
- #46 The Rainman
70% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Copperbolt
Windows
Watch your back in the small peaceful town of Crystalpine Grove, as it is haunted by The Infamous Rainman.
Why similar: 1980s 41.1%, Horror 20.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Exploration 6.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #47 DARKLIGHT
71% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: polytely games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you ready to investigate a mysterious occurrence at a remote lighthouse? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.5%, Horror 22.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Indie 9.6%
- #48 Mothmen 1966
71% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Dark 22.4%, Horror 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #49 Nightmare Zapping
70% 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: Dark 14.1%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Retro 12.8%
- #50 White Night
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 406 reviews2015
Dev: OSome StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.3%, Horror 35.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 3.9%
- #51 Utter a Name
68% matchVery Positive92% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22%, Dark 19.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Horror 11.4%
- #52 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,838 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: 1980s 20.4%, Text-Based 17.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Horror 11.3%, Retro 10.7%
- #53 Obsessed : Night Shift
67% matchVery Positive90% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Retro 20.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Adventure 7.2%
- #54 Subway Midnight
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,267 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Horror 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14%, Exploration 9.9%
- #55 Castle of Secrets
69% 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 16.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.3%
- #56 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
68% matchVery Positive97% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Old School 19%, Dark 16.3%, Retro 14.7%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #57 Midnight Snack
67% 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 19.1%, Dark 17.6%, Horror 16.9%, Retro 12.5%, Exploration 10%
- #58 The Rule Of SHE
66% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.8%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #59 It Happened At Night
68% 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 20.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%
- #60 Children of Silentown
67% 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 17%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.1%