Games Like my eyes deceive

An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Emotional 15.8%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same unsettling sense of domestic entrapment and surreal psychological dread found in the seed game.

A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological 14.1%, RPG 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully uses pixel-art to convey a dark, narrative-heavy horror experience centered on isolation and societal collapse.

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Psychological 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being trapped in a singular, claustrophobic location while unraveling a dark mystery.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique focus on an unreliable narrator and psychological tension that mirrors the investigative mystery of the seed game.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Psychological 21.3%, Horror 13%, Emotional 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at portraying a fragile, distorted reality through a short, deeply emotional, and psychological lens.

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Emotional 11.4%, RPG 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the pixel-art aesthetic and interactive-fiction focus while delivering a dark, lovecraftian narrative.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42%, Psychological 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Horror 8.1%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the exploration of mental instability and surreal environments with a similar focus on narrative depth.

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, RPG 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic exploration-based horror game that uses a stylized aesthetic to tell a poignant and eerie story about being trapped.

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Psychological 25.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Horror 9.7%, Stylized 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on psychological horror and visual-novel elements, creating a surreal experience that challenges the player's perception.

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Psychological 13.2%, First-Person 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist visual novel captures a similar sense of psychological unease through its focused, character-driven storytelling.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.9%, Psychological 17.3%, Dark 16.5%, Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a young protagonist navigating a dark, twisted world that blurs the lines between reality and psychological trauma.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Dark 26.8%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 18%, Story Rich 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the vulnerability of a child protagonist in a hostile, atmospheric environment filled with grotesque threats.

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Dark 18.6%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar atmospheric, first-person horror experience where isolation is the primary source of dread.

You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.

Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Horror 15%, Psychological 13.1%, Choices Matter 12%, First-Person 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: The game emphasizes atmospheric exploration and dark, choice-driven storytelling that feels very similar to the seed game's tone.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Psychological 22.5%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person horror game focuses on intense claustrophobia and psychological distress, mirroring the feeling of being confined in a shelter.

A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Psychological 15.4%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a quiet, interactive-fiction experience that focuses on the emotional bond between the player and their environment.

In this game, you play as Alice, an girl trapped in a twisted, ever-changing world. Survive a frozen orphanage filled with lurking horrors, eerie classical music, and unsolved mysteries. Scavenge, evade monsters, and uncover the truth. But can you face the brutal reality—or remain trapped forever?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Horror 14.6%, RPG 12.9%, Stylized 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a female protagonist in a pixel-art horror setting, focusing on survival and psychological mystery.

Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.

Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends RPG elements with horror and adventure, focusing on a dark, narrative-driven experience.

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 14.5%, Dark 14.2%, Narration 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused psychological-horror experience that leans into the themes of isolation and thriller-like tension.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully uses extreme claustrophobia and a first-person perspective to create a sense of inescapable dread.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological 17.3%, Dark 14.8%, Emotional 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, mature, and highly emotional narrative that explores psychological horror through a unique visual style.

A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Emotional 13.5%, Dark 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration and interactive-fiction to tell a story about childhood imagination turned into a dark reality.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, RPG 16%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a retro, stylized aesthetic to deliver a series of interconnected, dark, and psychological horror stories.

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a mix of puzzle and interactive-fiction to create a mysterious and atmospheric horror experience.

A vengeful entity comes to kidnap the girl you're babysitting. Guide your way through various psychological twists and turns as you begin to realize that not everything is as it seems. BLINK: The Last Night is a short first chapter of a four-chapter psychological horror story.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that relies on investigation and exploration to build a sense of psychological unease.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Psychological 18%, First-Person 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that dives deep into the protagonist's psyche, mirroring the emotional intensity of the seed game.

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: Psychological 22.6%, Dark 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 11.4%, Narration 11.4%

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Dark 19.3%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on the player's perception of reality within a confined space.

Step into a Psychological Horror Experience where you live in an apartment complex where the walls between reality and nightmares are crumbling. Run for your life, solve small puzzles and use items to help you survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Dark 25.2%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 17.2%, 3D 11.3%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Dark 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Psychological 12.5%

Experience the not-so-ordinary life of a young institutionalized woman in the 1950’s. Amidst the daily struggles and overbearing loneliness, she often sees things that others do not. However, as the imaginary begins to seep into reality, she realizes she may not be as crazy as she once thought.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 18.7%, RPG 18.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, 3D 10.8%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Psychological 12.8%, Horror 12.6%

ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Psychological 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 13%

🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Emotional 19.2%, RPG 14.5%, Horror 14%, First-Person 13.2%

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.

Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Horror 22%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Dark 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Psychological 24.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Psychological 17.9%, Dark 15.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Narration 11.5%

A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, First-Person 20.7%, Horror 17.7%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, RPG 12.4%, First-Person 10.6%

A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.

Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, Dark 18%, Psychological Horror 15%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Conversation 12.8%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Dark 26.9%, Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Stylized 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%

A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 30.8%, RPG 22%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

Why similar: Emotional 18.1%, Dark 17.8%, Psychological 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%

You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.

Why similar: Dark 34.7%, Psychological Horror 32%, RPG 22.1%, Multiple Endings 4.9%, Story Rich 4.7%

An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 13.3%, Emotional 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Psychological 21.9%, Stylized 7.9%, Multiple Endings 5.9%

Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, RPG 23.4%, Psychological 21%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%

You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dark 17.4%, Horror 12.9%, Narration 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological 9.7%

TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Dark 17.7%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 11.6%

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, RPG 14.4%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dark 14.5%, Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Psychological 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Emotional 12.5%, First-Person 7%

You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.

Why similar: Dark 21.4%, Emotional 15.7%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Stylized 10.9%

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Psychological 14.2%, First-Person 12.9%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%

MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Dark 20.1%, Psychological 17.5%, First-Person 15.7%, Horror 15.5%

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Dark 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.7%, Stylized 14.8%, Atmospheric 13.7%

"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 18.7%, First-Person 13.1%, 3D 7%

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Emotional 16.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Dark 12%, Horror 10.5%