- #1 Scrutator Tenebris
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty Die Studio
Windows
Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.
Why similar: Narrative 18.7% ★, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Mystery 9.8%
- #2 Dear Brother
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Kakadu
Windows
Point and click adventure game series! The game consists of 12 gradually releasing chapters. Mystery and mystical story about young doctor and his family is waiting for you. Solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of the Blake family.
Why similar: Escape Room 24.5% ★, Detective 16.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Investigation 9.6%
- #3 Shroud of Gloom
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadChirpy
Windows
Shroud of Gloom is a point-and-click horror adventure. Investigate an old manor, gather items and clues to solve environmental puzzles and discover dark secrets. Can you uncover the mystery… and make it out alive?
Why similar: Escape Room 23.4% ★, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 9.6%, Horror 8.6%
- #4 Phil in the Mirror
95% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Lunanod
Windows
More than just an anomaly hunt, this is a knowledge-based game. Uncover the truth behind the anomalies and confront a massive narrative. Countless documents will be your guide toward the singular truth. Experience unique mechanics and deep puzzles.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.3% ★, Narrative 26% ★, Detective 12.5%, Mystery 8%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #5 Liar’s Line
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PexeliesPub: Aroko Game Studio
Windows
A monster is hiding behind one of the voices on the line. Identify the liar before you reveal your location. One wrong judgment, and it comes to your door. Each playthrough changes who's lying.
Why similar: Narrative 21.3% ★, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.5%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
- #6 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a weird detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Gothic 21% ★, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 15.6%, Horror 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%
- #7 CLeM
93% matchVery Positive91% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Escape Room 25.1% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #8 In Winter: a new apartment
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BSZ
Windows
brothers move to a new residence, the apartment owner makes them live for free, but one of the brothers suspects that this man is bad. Live their lives, make fateful decisions, find the truth about the owner of the apartment and be careful people hide much more than they show
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Detective 15.1%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #9 Tearoom of Terror
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sundew Studios
Windows
Tearoom of Terror is a cozy-gothic narrative cooking mystery where you investigate the mysterious death of your estranged aunt in a tearoom filled with sinister patrons, unsettling secrets, and morally questionable requests.
Why similar: Gothic 19.6% ★, Narrative 16.6% ★, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
- #10 Escape! House of Bonds
91% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: UNYAUNYA GAMES
Windows
Escape! House of Bonds is a yandere escape-room adventure. Explore the locked home of your kind neighbor Yeon, combine items, and solve puzzles to find a way out. Her cute yet unsettling affection awaits you in every room. Will she really let you leave?
Why similar: Escape Room 29.9% ★, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Dark 7.4%
- #11 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,693 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 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: Escape Room 30.9% ★, Investigation 12.3%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%
- #12 Last Day Lockdown
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wrought_Studio
Windows
Bid farewell to the mundane and embrace the extraordinary as you step into "Last Day Lockdown," a thrilling office escape puzzle that transforms your farewell into an unforgettable journey!
Why similar: Escape Room 38.2% ★, Narrative 37.3% ★, Investigation 8.6%, Story Rich 5.6%, Puzzle 5.3%
- #13 The Final Witness
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gamalone
Windows
The Final Witness is a first-person psychological horror detective game where every case tells a different story. Explore a haunted family mansion, uncover hidden truths, analyze conflicting evidence, and identify the true killer before the darkness consumes your sanity.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 20.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Horror 10.1%
- #14 Last Round at the End of the World
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
Why similar: Detective 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Gothic 11.2% ★, Mystery 10.1%
- #15 Rule the Dungeon
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Foret Noire Games
Windows · Mac
Dungeons are just another day at the office — an urban fantasy Adventure about Elysia's dungeon bureau.
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, Investigation 17.6%, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #16 Protocol Non-Human
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DreadGear Games
Windows
A realistic first-person horror deduction game. Identify NON-HUMAN entities and navigate critical decisions within the Zone. Earn your survival, upgrade your booth, and-above all-don't let the NON-HUMANS in.
Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Detective 13.9%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #17 On Tape << Rewind
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixfork Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
On Tape << Rewind is a psychological horror story told through cassette tapes. Play recordings, search for clues, discover hidden cassettes, and manipulate audio. Unravel the mystery of a scientist’s disappearance and the obsession that consumed him — tape by tape.
Why similar: Narrative 26.3% ★, Investigation 19%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #18 The Pale Place
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Shore Studio
Windows
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Narrative 23.7% ★, Investigation 17.8%, Detective 17.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #19 Seal of Confession
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Werebone
Windows
A man confesses he'll kill tomorrow, but the hardest part isn't deciding what's right. It's deciding what you're willing to betray. Work with the Gravekeeper, unaware of the tragedy unfolding around you.
Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.9%, Immersive 9.9% ★, Horror 9.6%
- #20 Stuff to do
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: RexCorp
Windows · Linux
A puzzle horror game inspired by the works of David Lynch and Harlan Ellison. Three developers disappeared inside their own game. Now you are stuck in it as well. Find them and discover what happened. Do stuff. Check your pulse. Escape the rabbit hole.
Why similar: Escape Room 30.4% ★, Investigation 17.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Mystery 8.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #21 Case 42: The Redwood Files
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A DeadGame Studio
Windows
Rookie Detective Anirban Ghosh comes to the quiet hilly town of Redwood to investigate what appears to be a simple suicide case. But it soon unfolds into something far deeper and more terrifying, as Anirban spirals into places beyond this realm, and more bizarre deaths occur in the town.
Why similar: Narrative 27.7% ★, Investigation 18.2%, Detective 17.7%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%
- #22 Dark Room
84% matchMixed60% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You woke up in a Mysterious place you have never seen before. Can you Find a way out? Solve Puzzles and find Hidden objects to uncover the Dark Story of the place you are trapped in.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.9% ★, Mystery 11.7%, Investigation 10.4%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #23 ESCAPE: Orphanage
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 35.4% ★, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #24 Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
81% matchVery Positive96% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.
Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Escape Room 22.3% ★, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 10%, Horror 7.1%
- #25 Strange Days
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Urigami
Windows
The end of the world is near! After a mysterious package unleashes paranormal events in Triton Town, experience a chapter-based narrative through the eyes of multiple protagonists. Solve puzzles, explore detailed environments, and interview witnesses to uncover the truth before time runs out!
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 11%, Horror 7.2%
- #26 The Sleeping Sickness
80% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Narrative 28.4% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Detective 12.4%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%
- #27 The Transference
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KuraishisamaPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Escape from your own home, where you have been locked in. But be careful, you won't be alone in your captivity. Dive into this first-person mystery thriller, full of secrets and family betrayals. And discover who locked you in and why.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.7% ★, Narrative 22.6% ★, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #28 The Underground Press
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Aleksei Parfenov
Windows
An atmospheric first-person psychological horror game. As a journalist, explore abandoned post-Soviet subway stations. Solve interactive puzzles, collect documents to uncover the true reason behind the subway's closure, and save your life.
Why similar: Narrative 28.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 11.4%
- #29 Cube Escape Collection
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,028 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.
Why similar: Escape Room 23.7% ★, Puzzle 14.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Detective 12.6%, Horror 10.6%
- #30 Pine Hollow
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyper Bizarre
Windows
Pine Hollow is an atmospheric anomaly-hunting game set in a 90s US neighborhood. Explore Echo Bubbles, use your Zapper to clear anomalies, and uncover the mystery that brought you here. Can you escape the Deviation?
Why similar: Escape Room 23.7% ★, Narrative 22.6% ★, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #31 Adventure Escape Mysteries
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,170 reviews2020
Dev: Haiku Games Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Play a story-driven room escape game with unique puzzles enjoyed by tens of millions of players. Solve mysteries, puzzle through escape rooms, and find the clue that will crack the case in a critically acclaimed puzzle adventure game!
Why similar: Escape Room 32.7% ★, Detective 18%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #32 Shadows on the Walls
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bowl of Tentacles
Windows
Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.
Why similar: Escape Room 21.2% ★, Investigation 18.5%, Detective 17.4%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 9.4%
- #33 The Restricted Index
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minus
Windows
You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.
Why similar: Narrative 31.5% ★, Investigation 17.4%, Detective 13.9%, Mystery 12%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #34 Unforgivable
76% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mario LealPub: Celestial Realm Studios
Windows
Rebecca's search for her missing girlfriend, Leanna, takes her to the Hemisfair Health Clinic, where nothing is as it seems. Uncover secrets, face gripping encounters, and unravel a chilling mystery in this story-focused third-person experience.
Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 9.8%, Dark 9%
- #35 Private Eye: The Young Heir
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 18.8%, Narrative 17.7% ★, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 8.5%
- #36 THIEF'S SHELTER
74% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Narrative 30% ★, Investigation 18.1%, Detective 18%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #37 The Cursed Amulet
75% matchVery Positive84% of 153 reviews2023
Dev: CrystalCreativeGames
Windows
Enter a mysterious cave and put your puzzle-solving skills to the test. Explore the depths of the cave, search for clues, and solve challenging puzzles that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Why similar: Escape Room 36.2% ★, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.9%, Immersive 10.4% ★, Detective 9%
- #38 Xochi's Apothecary
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows · Mac
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 24.6%, Narrative 23.9% ★, Detective 19.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
- #39 The Séance of Blake Manor
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,052 reviews2025
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Narrative 21.2% ★, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 9.3%, Dark 8.2%
- #40 Welcome To The Survey
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 13.1%
- #41 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 26.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Detective 10.1%
- #42 Condition Unknown
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizbee Studio
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Narrative 24% ★, Investigation 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Horror 9%
- #43 Imprinted
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cobalt Lane
Windows · Mac · Linux
An audio restoration job becomes an investigation into the occult, as an elusive musician’s damaged cassette tapes are exhumed in northern Italy. Use a fully-operational desktop to sift through files, descending into the artist’s world in this slow-burning ghost tale of creativity and obsession.
Why similar: Narrative 25.4% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 13.7%, Mystery 9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #44 Atelier of Oblivion
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 혜패 HYEPÆ
Windows
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 30.3% ★, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Dark 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #45 The Disappearance of Emily Crowe
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nemoris Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror built on stealth and dread. Raise your real phone to reveal what your screen can't — hidden threats, impossible paths, and the truth about a sister who vanished 15 years ago. What took Emily never left, and it remembers you.
Why similar: Narrative 25.4% ★, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 11%, Investigation 10.8%
- #46 Snooze: A Choice
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Meat
Windows
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Narrative 36.4% ★, Dark 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13%, Mystery 10.4%
- #47 After Lights Out
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POQI STUDIO
Windows
After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game. Players will explore a terrifying house that keeps changing in the dark. Use the lights to solve the puzzles and uncover the hidden truth in the room.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Dark 11.2%
- #48 Empty Gauge
68% matchNo user reviews96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: BENTCUBE
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Horror 10.3%
- #49 My Work Is Not Yet Done
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sutemi ProductionsPub: Raw Fury
Windows
My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.
Why similar: Narrative 29.6% ★, Investigation 19.8%, Detective 15.6%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%
- #50 The Testing Chamber
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Detective 19.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 11.3%
- #51 Manus Sors
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nest Union
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical horror-puzzle game. A cozy grandmother's apartment hides dark family secrets. Explore rooms, solve riddles, and pay close attention - every detail matters!
Why similar: Investigation 22%, Narrative 16.8% ★, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.3%
- #52 The Brothers Hotel
69% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Detective 19%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.7%
- #53 查无此人
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CopyCat.Studio
Windows · Mac
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务:为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片,看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 23.4%, Narrative 22.3% ★, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #54 Schrodinger's Catgirl
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spider Lily Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
[IS THE GIRL IN THE MANOR ALIVE OR DEAD?] Investigate an abandoned manor, gather evidence, and make choices that affect both the past and future in this mystery point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Detective 20%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #55 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,845 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 30.2% ★, Gothic 21.4% ★, Dark 11.8%, Horror 8.9%, Mystery 8.6%
- #56 DarkCage
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RealStone Studio
Windows
DarkCage is a mystery escape-room adventure where you must solve puzzles and gather clues alongside others trapped in an unfamiliar place. Only by uncovering the truth can you hope to escape.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Horror 11.9%, Escape Room 10.6% ★, Puzzle 10.6%
- #57 Tormentum II
64% matchVery Positive94% of 274 reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Gothic 25.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 10.3%
- #58 Till You Find
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monono
Windows
Till You Find is an atmospheric puzzle game with alchemy simulation elements. Explore a mysterious house, collect ingredients, and fulfill residents’ requests. Uncover the city’s secrets and shape its fate through your choices. And above all, reveal the truth behind the alchemist’s past experiments.
Why similar: Escape Room 32.9% ★, Mystery 14.7%, Dark 14.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Puzzle 11%
- #59 Scarred
66% matchMixed57% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: KOEX studioPub: iterco
Windows
Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 30.7% ★, Dark 15.2%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%