- #1 Paratopic: Overdub
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Before the Backrooms ... before analog horror ... there were the tapes
Why similar: Experimental 34.9%, Surreal 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 9%, Dark 7.1%
- #2 Paratopic
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Experimental 35.7%, Surreal 25.6%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #3 Forever Someday
96% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: Joarez C. Santini
Windows
Forever Someday is a short narrative experience about dealing with depression and the end of a relationship, with a surreal and dream-like aesthetic.
Why similar: Experimental 43.7%, Surreal 24.7%, Narrative 20.4% ★, Atmospheric 4.9%, Adventure 3.4%
- #4 Exit Dream
95% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
A free first-person horror game about dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal and built on strange logic.
Why similar: Experimental 30.4%, Surreal 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 7.5%
- #5 Risu
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iwasherenowiamgonePub: 222°
Windows
Risu Ishikawa is about to split in two.
Why similar: Experimental 28.4%, Surreal 22.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 9.5%
- #6 The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier
94% matchVery Positive90% of 610 reviews2020
Dev: That Fish
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Walking Fish returns, this time in space, in an all-new fish comedy horror experience. Stuck on a space station, you have to solve the mystery of the Walking Fish, and escape its terror.
Why similar: Experimental 48.5%, Surreal 24.8%, Horror 14.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #7 Cherophobia
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Worst Event
Windows · Mac · Linux
You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.
Why similar: Experimental 39.3%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9%, Dark 6.6%
- #8 OK/NORMAL
92% matchVery Positive81% of 602 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!
Why similar: Experimental 42.3%, Surreal 25.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 9.9%, Adventure 6%
- #9 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
91% matchVery Positive87% of 392 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Experimental 35.2%, Surreal 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dark 7.7%, Horror 7.4%
- #10 Fremdganger - The Cheating Demon
91% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Mastermind
Windows
In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.
Why similar: Experimental 36.6%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #11 Testimonium
89% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Andrii SotnykPub: NECRONOMISOFT
Windows
Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.
Why similar: Experimental 40.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Horror 13%, Dark 5.6%
- #12 Arcadice
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rotako Games
Windows · Mac
Load dice as bullets. Shoot d-heads. Survive the arcade machine that wants you dead.
Why similar: Experimental 49.9%, Surreal 21.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark 8.3%, Horror 7.8%
- #13 The Space Between
88% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Frey
Windows
The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.
Why similar: Experimental 44%, Surreal 21%, Mystery 8.3%, Horror 8.3%, Dark 8.2%
- #14 River Secret
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Experimental 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 15%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 8.2%
- #15 LAMINA BRUISE
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicola Acler
Windows · Mac
Under the cloud, pressure is crushing – only machines survive in the open. LAMINA BRUISE is a narrative-driven first-person adventure. Solve thoughtful puzzles and overcome revealing obstacles in a tense, hostile environment.
Why similar: Experimental 54.9%, Surreal 23.7%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 3.8%, Psychological Horror 2.6%
- #16 The 22nd is Serda. f0a178
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valdram
Windows
Age of spiritual inequality concentrated in one yard. Because today the environment around us is diversified with guests and mirror reflections, a walk can be helpful. 9490.
Why similar: Experimental 57.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Adventure 8%, Point & Click 6.3%, Mystery 6.2%
- #17 Eyes Never Wake
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Allan Hedlund
Windows
A horror game where the monster watches you through your webcam. Hide by physically ducking beneath your desk while exploring a strange game never meant to be played.
Why similar: Experimental 31.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.9%, Surreal 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%
- #18 Parasomnia Verum
84% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2021
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.
Why similar: Surreal 30.6%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Mystery 7.4%
- #19 Port of Call
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,284 reviews2015
Dev: Underdog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Experimental 70.1%, Horror 12.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #20 Melbourne: Route 96
82% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Lindsay Mansfield
Windows
Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.
Why similar: Experimental 44.4%, Surreal 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 8.1%, Dark 7.8%
- #21 Estigma [Steam Edition]
83% matchVery Positive91% of 200 reviews2020
Dev: VikintorPub: Vikintor Interactive
Windows
Imagine Q-Bert + Pacman but with surrealistic horror aesthetics...
Why similar: Experimental 55%, Surreal 23.9%, Horror 15.9%, Nudity 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #22 Yume Nikki
82% matchVery Positive94% of 10,543 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Experimental 31.8%, Surreal 22.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 9.1%, Dark 7.3%
- #23 Nightmare Crawler
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Hugo Garden
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 35.9%, Surreal 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 7.6%
- #24 Hell Is Other People
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miss Self Destruct
Windows
Can you survive the horror of being yourself? A cute and disturbing psychological horror about identity, isolation, and the terrifying reality of being different.
Why similar: Experimental 24.8%, Surreal 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #25 Fourth Time Around
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pennywhistle Studios
Windows
Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.
Why similar: Experimental 38.4%, Surreal 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 7%, Dark 6.2%
- #26 Mummy Sandbox
79% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Z. Bill
Windows
Mummy Sandbox is a first person digging simulator meets point & click adventure. Traverse forgotten sandboxes and dig up corpses to learn their secrets!
Why similar: Experimental 65.9%, Horror 18.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Point & Click 6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #27 Dap
79% matchVery Positive94% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Melting Parrot
Windows
Dap is a horror-action-adventure about gathering and protecting a pack of fragile creatures called Daps. Lead your Daps to safety through an eerily beautiful world, fighting off threats, solving puzzles, and avoiding the infection that twists your companions into something alien and terrifying…
Why similar: Experimental 40%, Surreal 23.6%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #28 Girl with gun
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: dkotl
Windows
A dating simulator, but... The girl has a shotgun, and if she doesn't like how you answer her questions, you die. Your date takes place in a living, watching cave where every element of the environment actively reacts to your tension and tries to break you.
Why similar: Experimental 36.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.2%
- #29 Image
78% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel SemanPub: Galactic Games
Windows
Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.
Why similar: Experimental 50.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 12.1%, Surreal 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #30 HOMEPAGE
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows
A horror anomaly finder where you are contracted to observe websites and report errors and changes. But there is more to your clients than meets the eye.
Why similar: Experimental 29.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.8%
- #31 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
77% matchVery Positive81% of 1,203 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Experimental 32.3%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.1%, Mystery 7.9%
- #32 The Appraiser
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Chip-off
Windows
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Experimental 38.4%, Narrative 19.5% ★, Surreal 17.4%, Horror 7.3%, Mystery 7.2%
- #33 Escape Knox Manor
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: JTA Games
Windows
Escape rooms are fun! But Escape Knox Manor asks the question what if you were actually kidnapped? And what if you had to escape a mansion? Find out now!
Why similar: Experimental 72.1%, Dark 10.6%, Mystery 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%, 3D 1%
- #34 Tonight, I Die in My Sleep
74% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: EmskiPub: Troubadour Collective
Windows
Navigate broken memories in a powerless fantasy fueled equally by nightmares and confessional poetry. A narrative experiment in adapting dreams and poems to the medium of video games.
Why similar: Experimental 37.3%, Surreal 19.2%, Narrative 17.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 6.3%
- #35 The Franz Kafka Videogame
75% matchMixed65% of 888 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Galanin (mif2000)Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Why similar: Experimental 49.1%, Surreal 32.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 5.8%, Point & Click 4.7%
- #36 Ware's Laboratory
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VNDI
Windows · Linux
Anti-piracy measures are now active. Your game has turned into a surreal nightmare. Crawl through corrupted levels, read notes from a malicious developer, and confront the dark past in multiple realities.
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Narrative 16.2% ★, Horror 12.7%, Dark 9.5%
- #37 Yuha's Nightmares. Episode One: Catastrophe
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Supr Experience
Windows
Dive into Yuha's nightmares. Bear witness to a glitch apocalypse. Explore the hidden layers of a 3D-dreamscape. Piece together her memories and fears. Experience a true haunting with vanishing staircases, lost voices and time that keeps running out.
Why similar: Experimental 38.5%, Surreal 22.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 7%, Atmospheric 6%
- #38 The Path
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,050 reviews2009
Dev: Tale of Tales
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
Why similar: Experimental 33.8%, Surreal 22.7%, Horror 14.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
- #39 Membrane
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noe Abc
Windows
I had lost all contact with my sister when she suddenly called me from a Tokyo suburb consumed by the Membrane, a curse that blurs the line between nightmares and reality. Fight shadows and your own fears in this psychological horror exploration game.
Why similar: Experimental 55.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 5.1%, Mystery 4.7%
- #40 Dungeon Train
71% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Owen BlackPub: BLACKOUT
Windows
You're a security guard for hire set to work on a train when it is hijacked at night! Take guns and shoot your way through each car until the train is fully liberated.
Why similar: Experimental 38.6%, Surreal 26%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #41 Spamware
72% match7 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Artificial Entertainment
Windows · Linux
You are sentenced to 30,000 hours in prison. Earn your freedom by identifying and reporting spam.
Why similar: Surreal 23.2%, Experimental 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10.8%
- #42 DISORDER - Save Your Family
71% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: StonieDudePub: Brokenworld Studios
Windows
DISORDER is a dark, twisted word puzzle horror game where your mistakes hold irreversible consequences. Players will be challenged to play through a series of challenging rounds in an attempt to 'Save Your Family' if the player fails a round they then 'Choose Who Dies'
Why similar: Experimental 37.6%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.3%
- #43 Close Me
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game.
Why similar: Experimental 33.2%, Surreal 19%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 6.7%
- #44 Employee 925
70% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: EIRAS
Windows
Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace.
Why similar: Experimental 31%, Narrative 21.8% ★, Surreal 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #45 Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN)
69% matchVery Positive95% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Sons of Welder
Windows · Linux
If you are looking for weird dark version of Alice in Wonderland with creepy twist, AMEN is your next terrifying journey down the rabbit hole. This surreal hand-drawn psychological horror transforms the classic fairy tale into a grotesque manifestation of neurosis and mental illness.
Why similar: Experimental 27.4%, Surreal 18.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.9%
- #46 GOLUBI
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArtemL
Windows
Atmospheric surreal story-driven adventure. Explore rooms, houses, and streets, interact with characters, and solve puzzles. Observe, listen, and piece together the story from fragments, because the game doesn't explain what's going on here
Why similar: Experimental 39%, Surreal 21.9%, Narrative 18.1% ★, Mystery 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #47 Evil Inside
70% matchMixed62% of 340 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Experimental 42.9%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #48 EMPORIUM
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 141 reviews2017
Dev: Tom Kitchen
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.
Why similar: Experimental 38.5%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 6.8%
- #49 The Miserable Crimson Hooded Girl
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...
Why similar: Experimental 41.7%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 6%
- #50 The Orphaned House
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Step into the mystery of The Orphaned House. Explore its rooms, manipulate the environment to solve puzzles, and follow your intuition to uncover every hidden secret in this atmospheric adventure game.
Why similar: Experimental 25.7%, Surreal 21%, Narrative 15.8% ★, Mystery 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #51 Life Tastes Like Cardboard
69% matchVery Positive96% of 335 reviews2019
Dev: Demensa
Windows
A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.
Why similar: Experimental 53.5%, Surreal 27.4%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #52 The Others Will Join Shortly
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Pladq Games
Windows
A variation on classic memory game in horror setting. Cards can change, you have to stay focused, catching replaced card is a life or death situation. Play the cards. Track the changes. Survive the week. Collect your pay check.
Why similar: Surreal 22.4%, Experimental 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.1%, Point & Click 7.8%
- #53 Jamie's Dream
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cartonbox Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jamie's Dream is a short, emotional, experimental, psychological horror narrative experience. Walk through nightmares, facing fears and memories as they are revealed going deeper and deeper into the abyss of Jamie's mind.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Narrative 16.7% ★, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.4%
- #54 Dissolution of the Silent Union
66% matchVery Positive91% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows · Mac
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Why similar: Experimental 32.6%, Surreal 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 9.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
- #55 ATTENTION DEFICIT - A story about ADHD
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Experimental 29.7%, Narrative 24.7% ★, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Surreal 14%, Horror 8.7%
- #56 The Daughter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: deotoonsPub: Dead Serious
Windows
The Daughter is a first-person narrative horror game where the line between reality, dream, and memory slowly fades. You search for your missing daughter in a forest, only to find a house and a silent child who offers to help you… on one condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Experimental 19.9%, Horror 18.7%, Dark 14.1%, Surreal 12.6%
- #57 Atopes
66% matchVery Positive94% of 697 reviews2021
Dev: Sato Fumiya
Windows
Your future is vaster than the cosmos.
Why similar: Experimental 70.2%, Surreal 29.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #58 You Are Weak
67% match9 user reviews70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Outlands
Windows
A ritual for the darkest of times. A game about community and change in a fractured world.
Why similar: Experimental 55.2%, Surreal 23.4%, Dark 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Mystery 2.9%