- #1 Reflecting Fate
97% matchMixed55% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: KxONEPub: Starmops
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Game represents detective thriller from the first person with elements of my mysticism. Action takes place in 1996 in Denwood, player personates as its original resident. Suddenly cattle began to disappear on the island. Animals disappeared at nights absolutely without a trace, and, it seems that nobody could prevent it.
Why similar: Adventure 56.8%, Action 24%, Indie 19.3%
- #2 Distorted Reality
96% matchMostly Negative21% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: Berdochan
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Distorted Reality is a first-person survival horror, which takes place in the hospital of Alexandria. For mysterious reasons, the usual laws of physics in the hospital completely stopped working.
Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Action 19.9%, Indie 14.2%, Horror 12.1%
- #3 Alone K.W.
96% matchMostly Negative33% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: TeamWaterFlyPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dr. Kevin White, a drug manufacturing manager in the same company was sent to a conference in Greenland. In turn, the ship was caught in the ice and crashed. The main character was thrown by an unknown island. Seeing the house, Kevin went there.
Why similar: Adventure 79.7%, Indie 10.2%, Horror 10.1%
- #4 AMOK
95% matchMixed43% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
Why similar: Adventure 44.2%, Horror 23.6%, Action 19.3%, Indie 12.8%
- #5 TRAPPED
94% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Action 27.2%, Indie 16.2%
- #6 The Inevitability
94% matchMixed58% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...
Why similar: Adventure 66.6%, Indie 16.9%, Horror 16.6%
- #7 Uncanny Tales: 1992
92% matchVery Positive84% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Adventure 43.8%, Indie 9.3%
- #8 All Alone: VR
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: 8bitPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 40.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The main goal in All Alone is to find the way out of such forgotten town.
Why similar: Adventure 79%, Indie 21%
- #9 Family curse
91% matchVery Positive91% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Adventure 51.8%, Horror 48.2%
- #10 We Used to Play Here
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: ThreeFrauds
Windows
Daniel wakes up to the same nightmare every night. A girl he cannot escape. When he finds a missing child report tied to his childhood home, he returns to uncover a truth buried in twisted games and shattered memories.
Why similar: Adventure 55.4%, Action 25.7%, Horror 13.8%, Indie 5.1%
- #11 Rabbit Hole
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 277 reviews2022
Dev: Nikita UstinovPub: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Horror 21.2%, Action 19.4%, Indie 12.9%
- #12 Cursed Feed
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.
Why similar: Adventure 70%, Horror 30%
- #13 Unnatural: Benighted
89% matchMixed58% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Two friends investigate the disappearance of people and encounter unexplained phenomena.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Adventure 31.1%, Action 20.7%, Indie 14.9%
- #14 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
88% 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: Adventure 53.2%, Horror 27.5%, Action 19.3%
- #15 Rabbit Hole Chapter 1
87% matchVery Positive81% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Action 22.8%, Horror 20.6%
- #16 Dreamless
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Adventure 61.2%, Horror 34.7%, Indie 4.1%
- #17 Maple Ridge
85% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Kyoto
Windows
Потеряв жену в результате несчастного случая, Алекс остался один в пригородном доме, где каждая мелочь напоминает ему о прошлом. Обычный вечер вскоре превращается в череду странных и тревожных событий.
Why similar: Adventure 58.3%, Horror 34.5%, Indie 7.2%
- #18 Soer Dolls
86% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: SoerGamePub: KuKo
Windows
Soer Dolls is a horror adventure game in which you need to find enchanted dolls in order to save the small town of Lazyiville from the terrible curse that caused ghosts and monsters to appear in the city!
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Horror 26.8%, Action 22.3%, Indie 12.9%
- #19 Delivery Man
84% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Negative Return
Windows
A small town food delivery man receives an order to deliver food to a strange house. When he arrived, he discovered that the house contained a terrifying secret that one who knew it would not be able to escape to tell others.
Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Action 25.7%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #20 Welcome to Doll Town
83% matchMixed46% of 425 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Wish Games
Windows
In "Welcome to Doll Town," explore a cursed village where lifelike dolls roam. Uncover the dark secret that led a prosperous town turn into a living nightmare.
Why similar: Adventure 50.6%, Horror 28.3%, Action 21.1%
- #21 Cursed 2
82% matchVery Positive95% of 256 reviews2022
Dev: Disaster Squad Productions
Windows
Search a desolate town for traces of your childhood friend. A point&click adventure with action combat.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Action 26.1%, Horror 11.3%, Indie 5%
- #22 Disappearance - Takeshi. You were right. That Abandoned Village is Too Bad
82% matchVery Positive90% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: HAZECODE
Windows
"Disappearance - Takeshi. You were right. That Abandoned Village is Too Bad" is a first-person horror-comedy game in which you search an abandoned Japanese village for your missing best friend.
Why similar: Adventure 46.6%, Horror 28.5%, Action 18.8%, Indie 6.2%
- #23 Mountain Trap 2: Under the Cloak of Fear
84% matchMixed61% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Color Brush StudioPub: RunServer
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the exciting sequel to the Mountain Trap series, a trip to the mysterious town of Wilshere reveals that several young women have mysteriously disappeared. The local sheriff has lost all hope in solving the case, and residents are afraid to leave their homes for fear of the looming threat of abduction.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #24 Y. Village - The Visitors
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Dead Witness
Windows
Batu, tormented by nightmares, is lured to a nameless village via cryptic letters. Investigating the village's secrets with just one friend, he wakes one night to discover his ally gone. He must now locate his friend and elude the village's dark mysteries.
Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Horror 30.6%, Action 22.8%, Indie 2.5%
- #25 DOM RUSALOK
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 231 reviews2021
Dev: Bonereaders
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Russia in the ‘90s. A provincial town at the edge of the crumbling Soviet Empire. A group of kids faces the disturbing horror they are unable to comprehend – the DØM RUSALOK. This is a place where the worst nightmares come true.
Why similar: Adventure 60%, Action 21.9%, Indie 18.2%
- #26 Cannibal Abduction
77% matchVery Positive96% of 367 reviews2023
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Horror 37.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #27 Joana's Life
81% matchMostly Negative31% of 232 reviews2016
Dev: Old Shack StudioPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In a peaceful part of the town, a series of deaths occur, seemingly random at first, but gruesome in their nature. One day, you find an object that doesn't belong in your house. An old, worn-out, stained mirror. You'll come to discover that the simple mirror isn't the only thing that is out of place.
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Indie 36.7%, Horror 18.8%
- #28 TheNightfall
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 139 reviews2018
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Victoria moves with her family to a new city to start her new job. But the first night in her new house is completely different than expected.
Why similar: Adventure 45.9%, Horror 22.4%, Action 18.5%, Indie 13.2%
- #29 Paranormal place
76% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ASK_GAMES
Windows
Alex is a blogger who explores places with paranormal phenomena. At the request of his subscribers, he goes to an abandoned place where, according to rumors, some creepy things were noticed. What is happening there? You have to find it out.
Why similar: Adventure 61%, Horror 39%
- #30 At Home
79% matchMostly Negative21% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: BisquitPlay
Windows
At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.
Why similar: Adventure 58.5%, Action 16.2%, Horror 13.8%, Indie 11.5%
- #31 Malavision: The Beginning
78% matchMixed60% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: Waraní Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A politician runs away upon sued corruption acts against him were proved. He gets in a private property located in the Paraguayan Chaco. As his assistant disappears, he decides to go into his quest. What is awaiting him to live has existed only in the imagination, myth and superstition.
Why similar: Adventure 66.9%, Indie 33.1%
- #32 Sinister Halloween
76% matchVery Positive82% of 147 reviews2019
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.
Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Horror 28%, Action 14.1%, Indie 13.8%
- #33 Despair
77% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Indie 35%, Adventure 28.5%, Horror 21.5%, Action 14.9%
- #34 Cursed Affection
72% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Daniels K.
Windows
A quiet night in Oakridge Valley spirals into chaos after you rescue a girl from a sinister ritual. As the last law enforcement officer in town, you’ll face paranormal horrors, twisted secrets, and the darkness that hungers to consume everything you swore to protect.
Why similar: Adventure 72.1%, Horror 27.9%
- #35 The House [zebaxx]
74% matchMixed64% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: zebaxx
Windows
You are an 18-year-old Spanish boy called Antonio who one day went shopping, and when he returned home he noticed things that were somewhat strange...
Why similar: Adventure 79.1%, Horror 13.8%, Indie 7%
- #36 MITE - Terror in the forest
73% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Kanashi StudioPub: Carlos Julian Lopez Garcia
Windows
MITE is a horror game, with some difficulty, in which you play a hiker who has lost his family in a cursed forest... find your family and escape, while strange creatures from Japanese folklore chase you, orient yourself .
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #37 Fariwalk: The Prelude
75% matchMixed65% of 71 reviews2017
Dev: AIHASTOPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
The world where humanity is almost gone. A few remaining people search for each other amongst monsters, common inhabitants of the Earth. However, this story is about a child who is going to obtain something very important. Fariwalk: The Prelude is a short prologue to The Fariwalk game.
Why similar: Adventure 77%, Indie 23%
- #38 25 Cadre of Death
75% matchMostly Negative37% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: VikTor
Windows
The dead city of Time Beach, in the American state of Misuri, generates a sense of fear and loneliness. This city and its districts are completely cut off from the real world. The main character is Caleb Ridus, having got there for not understandable reasons, it is necessary to understand what happened in this city.
Why similar: Adventure 45.3%, Horror 33.6%, Action 21.1%
- #39 Hamster Hunter
68% matchVery Positive95% of 3,222 reviews2023
Dev: Hamuno
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
You come home for an annual family reunion, only to find your family missing with an eerie note left by your father. After you discover what has happened you SEEK REVENGE!
Why similar: Adventure 39.3%, Horror 36%, Action 24.7%
- #40 Krampus is Home
73% matchVery Positive80% of 276 reviews2019
Dev: Regl Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Sebastian is a teenager who is waiting for his parents to come back home on a cold Christmas night. Soon he realizes that there is something evil lurking around. Experience Sebastian 's journey into a surreal world like no other.
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Horror 24.8%, Action 18.1%, Indie 12.6%
- #41 A taste of home
69% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: KuroGameMaker
Windows
"A taste of home" is a short 3D exploration horror game set in the Japanese countryside.
Why similar: Adventure 50.4%, Horror 25.5%, Action 19.3%, Indie 4.9%
- #42 Paper Dolls VR
74% matchMixed49% of 116 reviews2018
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
PaperDolls VR is a first-person VR horror game with oriental features. Explore the ancient ruins of the late Qing dynasty and search for your daughter . A complete story line goes through the whole game
Why similar: Adventure 58.4%, Action 25.4%, Indie 16.2%
- #43 No, I'm not a Voenkom
70% matchMixed47% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...
Why similar: Adventure 35.8%, Horror 23.3%, Action 22.5%, Indie 18.4%
- #44 Blackberry
72% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: AndeoTEAM
Windows
Psychological Horror. The action takes place in forestry, in which a married couple of foresters stopped communicating with city. You were sent to investigate. But once in the forest, not lose your mind - turns out to be a very difficult task
Why similar: Adventure 46.4%, Horror 22.8%, Action 18.5%, Indie 12.2%
- #45 Lop Nor Zombie VR (HTC Vive)
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: 哈视奇科技
Windows
In a west lab of Lop Nor, staff were infected by virus and become to Zombies. Soldier 9527 discovered the threaten and entered the town to investigate what happened in the town. You have to survive by killing all the zombies you met.
Why similar: Adventure 69.4%, Action 30.6%
- #46 KOBOLD: Chapter I
71% matchVery Positive82% of 295 reviews2018
Dev: anotherworld GmbH
Windows
KOBOLD is a new kind of horror experience that blurs the line between cinema and VR gaming. Step into the shoes of an urban explorer investigating the mysterious case of a missing boy. Pick up your flashlight and discover the secrets of an abandoned villa in the middle of a dark forest in Germany.
Why similar: Adventure 74.8%, Horror 25.2%
- #47 Ancient Guardian
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 162 reviews2019
Dev: North Lab
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ancient Guardian - action adventure in procedurally-generated locations. You play as father, who have to find his lost daughter, avoiding meeting dangerous enemies, bypassing traps and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 48.5%, Action 21.2%, Horror 16.4%, Indie 13.9%
- #48 Skinwalkers Valley
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The protagonist, Ethan, heads into the forest with his dog, Ranger, for a simple hunting trip. At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary—but as the time goes on, the hunt slowly turns into a nightmare. Something strange and unexplainable lurks deep within the woods...
Why similar: Adventure 62.3%, Horror 30.3%, Indie 7.4%
- #49 Moth Lake: A Horror Story
70% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Stefano Mazzotta (Il Sui)Pub: Sui Arts
Windows
This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret. Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Horror 29%, Action 22.8%, Indie 11.6%
- #50 Witching Hour
70% matchMixed68% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.
Why similar: Horror 63.9%, Indie 36.1%
- #51 Bigfoot Forest
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Action 22.2%, Horror 17%, Indie 5%
- #52 Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence
65% matchVery Positive95% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: _atfs
Windows
A new home. A new family. A nightmare waiting inside. Adopted into a new family, Maria soon realizes she was never meant to feel safe there.
Why similar: Adventure 49.8%, Horror 38%, Action 12.2%
- #53 The Strange Lights
64% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Why similar: Horror 66.2%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 4%
- #54 Black Light Kills
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Atacan PRODUCTIONSPub: TallGrass Tapes Interactive
Windows
Welcome to the darkness of the town; here, you walk a fine line between reality and dreams, questioning your sanity. Black Light Kills takes you deep into Aiden’s mind, where nightmares begin as reality fades.
Why similar: Adventure 54.9%, Horror 45.1%
- #55 The Last Ski Trip
65% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The main character, travels to a remote snowy valley with his brother for a skiing trip. But soon after their arrival, strange events begin to unfold. What was meant to be a peaceful getaway quickly turns into a nightmare. Over time, he realizes that something terrible is live in the valley...
Why similar: Adventure 64.9%, Horror 28.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #56 Welcome Back Daddy
71% matchMostly Negative30% of 103 reviews2018
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Coming back home as a father is not an easy thing sometimes. You had a tough time at your office and you just want to sit back and relax at your new home. Next thing you know, you got your family against you. How long can you keep your sanity?
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Action 21.4%, Horror 15.5%, Indie 13.8%
- #57 Help
69% matchMixed55% of 301 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Why similar: Adventure 44.4%, Horror 23.6%, Action 19.6%, Indie 12.4%
- #58 Fear Of Nightmares: Madness Descent
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: Christoffer Ryrvall
Windows
After having witnessed his own hanging, the character finds himself in a forest where strange events begin to happen. While traveling through dark enviroments in order to restore his sanity he will encounter various obstacles aswell as malformed horrors lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Adventure 50.6%, Action 21.3%, Indie 14.5%, Horror 13.6%