
A collection of short horror games to play in the dark, presented by the dreadfully delightful Mr. Talkie. Explore nine unique horror experiences in multiple gameplay styles.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Psychological Horror, First-Person, Walking Simulator.

A collection of short horror games to play in the dark, presented by the dreadfully delightful Mr. Talkie. Explore nine unique horror experiences in multiple gameplay styles.

Witch's Doll
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.

Umigami Eye
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Close your eyes to influence your environment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.5%, Demons 12.9%, Cinematic 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Close your eyes to influence your environment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Demons 21.1%, Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Dark 12.6%
How far are you willing to go?
Why similar: Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 15.5%, Demons 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.
Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Demons 16.7%, Dark 13.2%, Atmospheric 9%
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 21.1%, Dark 17.8%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Inspired by Incantation. The Visit: Mizukawa is a first-person psychological horror game following several perspectives tied by a single curse. In a city haunted by tapes, each story brings the ritual one step closer to its end.
Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Dark 11.8%, Demons 10.3%
Welcome to a retro horror anthology containing four distinct stories. With a macabre, undead host and his twisted sense of humor leading the way, you'll experience stories inspired by classic horror tropes: from bloody slashers and Japanese body horror, to mascot horror and pulp terror.
Why similar: Dark Humor 22%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Cinematic 12.2%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17.7%, Dark 14.1%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 9.4%
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 10.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Walking Simulator 8.2%
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: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Demons 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Dark 9.4%
A first-person psychological horror set in a decaying hotel that does not want to let you leave. Explore a dark, interconnected environment where sound, lighting, and subtle details drive a slow, relentless sense of dread. You are moving forward, whether you want to or not.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Cinematic 15.6%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Dark 7.5%
With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Dark 18.4%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Adventure 5.8%
CROSSWIRE is a psychological horror game where Alex Keller, a radio technician, uncovers twisted experiments of a deranged scientist in a remote mountain tower. Haunted frequencies fill the air, and survival is your only broadcast.
Why similar: Horror 16.6%, Dark 14.6%, Demons 13.3%, Cinematic 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Dark 17.7%, Walking Simulator 13%, Atmospheric 11.1%
Delve into a dark tale marked by an ancient curse. Explore a forgotten cabin, uncover the truth behind Henrietta Morrigan, and confront a presence that should never have been awakened. Every secret revealed brings you closer to the darkness… and to your destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Dark 9.3%, Cinematic 8.4%
Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 14.2%, Cinematic 11.8%, Demons 10.6%
Spiritus Sancti is a first-person psychological horror where your voice is your weapon. Speak sacred rites through your microphone to repel, stun, and exorcise the forces of darkness. Every encounter is real-time, every word a test of faith. An experience like no other.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 14.3%, Demons 11.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
The Binding Hour is a first-person psychological horror game set in a forgotten house lost deep in the woods. Explore shifting spaces, confront haunting echoes, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. Every hour binds you tighter—will you break the loop, or become part of it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 13.4%, Cinematic 12.6%, Mystery 9.5%
A first-person psychological horror set in a cursed forest village. Explore the ruins, uncover a forbidden ritual, and follow voices that guide you… or lead you into darkness.
Why similar: Demons 16.2%, Cinematic 14%, Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.9%
You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Dark 10.7%, Adventure 10%
A first-person psychological horror game set in a childhood home. Explore, uncover four days of missing memory, and survive something that has been listening since you arrived.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Gore 10.1%, Mystery 7.9%
You're stuck in an endlessly looping hallway, but every time you enter it, something seems to be different. Try to spot everything that isn't supposed to be there, but most of all, make sure to get out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.8%, Cinematic 15.7%, Dark 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Dark 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%
A first‑person psychological horror game trapped in a looping midnight. Explore a haunted house, uncover shifting anomalies, read prayers and burn holy incense, solve ritual‑based puzzles, and manipulate light to survive the demonic presence stalking you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 20.2%, Demons 13%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.
Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Cinematic 18.4%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 9%
"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: Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
The Kitchen Knife is a psychological horror game that throws you into the fragmented mind of a man haunted by memory, guilt, and something much darker. As the world shifts around you, you must uncover the truth about that morning... This house isn't haunted. It’s waiting for you to come home.
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Dark 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Demons 19.6%, Dark 11.5%, Adventure 7.3%
Echolocate your surroundings with sounds produced by your microphone. Play as a blind person trapped in a mansion filled with malevolent plush dolls, use sound to navigate and survive, uncovering the mystery behind the dolls while evading death at every turn
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 16.1%, Demons 13.1%, Dark 12.6%, Dark Humor 11.8%
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 23%, Dark 15.8%, Cinematic 10.6%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%
The game is a test of courage for players who have come to a secluded shrine in the mountains to explore and try to escape from this unusual place. There are numerous horror gimmick elements to torment the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Demons 11.7%, Dark 10.1%
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 23.1%, Cinematic 16.3%, Dark 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.5%, Demons 14.2%, Cinematic 12.9%, Dark 10.8%
You are a young intern in the maternity ward, and your job is to watch over the newborns on the second floor every night. But something very hungry wants to reach these children and devour them. Stop it immediately. Save the babies.
Why similar: Demons 22.4%, Horror 20%, Dark 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 9%
It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Dark 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 12.7%, Demons 11.4%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 16.6%, Demons 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Dark 12.8%
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 13.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Cinematic 8.9%
Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 7%
Step into the world of "Nevermind this", a heart-pumping horror where confusion, chaos, fear, distraction and even fun come together for an unique game experience, in a cursed hut from old Lumberjack. Don't let them mess with your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.4%, Demons 16.9%, Dark 13.6%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 19.4%, Dark 14.8%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
To cure a strange illness, you come to a bizarre hospital that seems abandoned. Someone tells you she can find a doctor, but you have to help her with some tasks first, such as taking some photos of the hospital's corpses. As things progress, you discover more abnormalities.
Why similar: Horror 21%, Dark 15.1%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Cinematic 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 17.5%, Cinematic 14.4%, Dark 11.4%, Atmospheric 7%
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Cinematic 9.4%
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%
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: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25%, Dark 15.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 7.6%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 23%, Dark 14.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 19.9%, Dark 16.4%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Your first assignment alone. An island where no one has lived for thirty years. A lighthouse that stopped shining. The job was only supposed to take a few hours.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 6.8%
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Dark 12.8%, Cinematic 10%
A First Person Horror Walking Simulator with other Simulator elements set in a fictional town called Sugar Hill. Play as various characters trying to unravel the mystery of What Happened At Sugar Hill.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
The following is a series of tapes recovered near the Overlook National Park where four people were recently reported missing- a family of three and one motorist.
Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Cinematic 12.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
As a YouTuber investigating supernatural events, explore the mysterious and terrifying happenings in an abandoned location. Your camera is your only ally, but can you uncover these dark secrets?
Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Dark 10.9%, Cinematic 10.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Dark 13.9%, Mystery 9.3%
"Please, Forgive Me" - is a psychological horror game that tells the creepy story of an overconfident realtor named Pavel. He needs to check the old apartment and rent it to a certain woman. This night will turn into a real nightmare for him.
Why similar: Horror 20.1%, Demons 20%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Dark 14.4%, Cinematic 11.1%
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.9%, Cinematic 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Dark 10.9%
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Dark 12.1%, Cinematic 10.5%