- #1 Nightmare of Decay
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Horror 21.1%, Gore 16.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Survival 8.7%
- #2 Tunnels of Despair
96% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: BearFighterDev
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Stealth 13.3%, Horror 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Walking Simulator 8.8%
- #3 Underwater
96% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforgames
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 11%, Stealth 10.6%, Dark 8.9%
- #4 Ad Infinitum
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,409 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.5%, Gore 12%, Survival 10.1%
- #5 DOCTOR VISCERA
94% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Stealth 19.7%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8%, First-Person 7.9%
- #6 Misery Mansion
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.7%, Stealth 15.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.6%
- #7 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
92% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Gore 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Stealth 7.2%
- #8 Uventa
93% matchMixed52% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: BlackRat
Windows
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Why similar: Gore 15%, Stealth 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Survival 8.9%
- #9 Omitted
91% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.6%, Gore 12.5%, Dark 11.2%
- #10 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
91% matchMixed69% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Stealth 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 9.1%
- #11 Dark Atlas: Infernum
89% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Stealth 17.8%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 9%
- #12 Syndrome
90% matchMixed64% of 361 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Stealth 16.5%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Survival 10.1%
- #13 DYSTHANASIA
87% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Stealth 19%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.8%
- #14 Deep Sorrow
89% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Survival 12%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
- #15 God's Basement
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Dark 11.6%
- #16 Necrophosis
85% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 9.9%
- #17 Invention 3
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Survival 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Gore 11.2%, Horror 8.6%
- #18 Jawbreaker
86% matchMixed64% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Gore 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 12%, Dark 9.9%
- #19 Mortanis Prisoners
82% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Alexey BulgakovPub: Honor Games
Windows
Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare?
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Gore 17.3%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Survival 9.5%
- #20 Plastomorphosis
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.7%, Gore 11.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #21 Left Alone
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 641 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 11.3%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Psychological 10.2%, Horror 9.8%
- #22 Dementium II HD
84% matchMixed50% of 1,263 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
Why similar: Horror 69.7%, First-Person 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 7.5%
- #23 Wounded - The Beginning
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Gore 16.7%, Horror 14.9%, Survival 12.4%, Dark 10.3%
- #24 Ad Infernum
80% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Stealth 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #25 Deca
81% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Chrome Horizon 3DPub: Chrome Horizon 3D
Windows
It is a horror game, developed inside the psychiatric hospital Deca. Our protagonist wakes up disoriented, bloody, and unable to remember what she does there. Everything is dark, but she can see corpses lying on the floor and she hears noises, which leads her to think that she is alone.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Gore 21%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.4%, First-Person 9%
- #26 Blasfemia
78% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 15.5%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, First-Person 6.8%
- #27 Pyromaniac
77% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 10%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, Dark 8.2%
- #28 White Room Protocol
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Dark 11.9%, Gore 9.1%
- #29 The Inn-Sanity
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Stealth 9.8%
- #30 Dead Purge: Outbreak
81% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Gore 31.6%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Survival 14.3%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 9.7%
- #31 Mirror Forge
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 11.9%, Horror 10.7%, Survival 10.7%
- #32 Husk
79% matchMixed46% of 743 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadScoutPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
Why similar: Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Survival Horror 10.4%
- #33 Inner Chains
79% matchMixed48% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: Horror 16.4%, Dark 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Dystopian 11.6%, First-Person 10.5%
- #34 Despot Zombie
76% matchMixed55% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Moonstar Games
Windows
The experimental AI chip in his brain could be humanity's salvation... or it's end. Experience mind-bending combat, explore a dark fantasy wasteland, and unravel a twisted tale as Kurt, humanity's unwilling hope.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Dystopian 29.2%, Gore 18.2%, Story Rich 5.9%, 3D 5%
- #35 Hell Dive
74% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 9.6%, Dark 9.3%
- #36 Project Crypt
75% matchVery Positive85% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13%, Dark 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
- #37 Death Below
76% matchMixed54% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Soft
Windows
Death Below - is a third-person action adventure with elements of survival horror. The plot of the game is based on the legend of the Soviet experiment of the 1940s.You will plunge into a dark world, and begin an exciting investigation, fighting on your way with thousands of distraught people
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.2%, Survival 17.5%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #38 Hollowbody
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,556 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 8%, Horror 7%
- #39 JANITOR BLEEDS
74% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 11.5%
- #40 Dead Beacon
73% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: SelianiDEV
Windows
Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Gore 19%, Horror 17%, First-Person 13.2%, Dark 9.8%
- #41 The Last Visit: 98th
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Gore 11.9%, Dark 11.5%
- #42 Outlast
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 133,959 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Gore 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Survival 8%
- #43 Project Silverfish
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.7%, Stealth 15%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%
- #44 The Derailed
69% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
Windows
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.7%, Dark 16.1%, Gore 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.9%
- #45 Reflection
69% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Dark 13.1%, Psychological 10.6%
- #46 Shame Legacy
71% matchMixed61% of 176 reviews2023
Dev: Fairyship GamesPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Shame Legacy is a first-person survival-horror, set in a forsaken cultist village. You attempt to survive using stealth and escape. By solving puzzles, you unravel the mystery that's h(a)unting you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Stealth 12.1%, Dark 12%, First-Person 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #47 25 Cadre of Death
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 67 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: Survival Horror 18.1%, Gore 12%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 9.3%
- #48 Infliction
70% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Gore 17.8%, Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Dark 9.5%
- #49 ROUTINE
65% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Stealth 14.5%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.6%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #50 Noch
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 11.1%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 8.7%
- #51 Doorways: Prelude
72% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Survival Horror 15%, Dark 7.7%, Psychological 7.4%, Survival 7.3%
- #52 The Scarlet Harvest
67% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.2%, Gore 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 9.3%, Horror 8.5%
- #53 Despair
72% 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: Horror 36.1%, First-Person 22.1%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 5%
- #54 Investigator
70% matchMixed69% of 1,025 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 6.5%
- #55 It follows you
70% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Stealth 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
- #56 Inferis: Dead Below
66% matchVery Positive87% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Gore 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 14.5%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 9.7%
- #57 Oxide Room 104
68% matchMixed68% of 254 reviews2022
Dev: WildSphere
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Gore 13.9%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Survival 10.4%
- #58 SCP – Containment Breach
63% matchVery Positive99% of 497 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.7%, Survival 10.2%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #59 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,304 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.2%, Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Dark 8.1%
- #60 Hollow Head: Director's Cut
68% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac
You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.
Why similar: Gore 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13%, Survival Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%