Games Like My monstrous roommate. (étude)

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Noir 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Hidden Object 11.7%, Point & Click 11.1%

You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 7.7%, Stylized 7.2%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Point & Click 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, RPG 9.8%

A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 56.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 15.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%

To save money, you rent an unusually cheap apartment, believing you could coexist with “them” as you always have. But you soon discover that the disturbances here run far deeper—and are far more dangerous—than anything you’ve encountered before.

Why similar: Supernatural 35.7%, First-Person 23.9%, Thriller 19.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%

A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.

Why similar: Surreal 35.9%, First-Person 26.8%, Dark 22.6%, Atmospheric 14.7%

Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area. Luckily, it seems you've found the perfect rental, but something is very off about your landlord...

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, RPG 22.6%, Exploration 12.1%

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Point & Click 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hidden Object 11.3%, Dark 10.1%

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12%

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: Hidden Object 19.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 11%, Supernatural 11%, Surreal 9.8%

It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

Why similar: Point & Click 59.8%, Thriller 16.5%, First-Person 15%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Supernatural 22.9%, First-Person 19.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Mystery 7.3%

You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, RPG 15.9%, Dark 13.4%, Surreal 9.7%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Text-Based 30.6%, Psychological Horror 20%, Dark 12.6%

Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?

Why similar: Hidden Object 21.3%, Point & Click 18.7%, Psychological 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.3%

You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...

Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Why similar: Word Game 56.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Exploration 11%, Text-Based 9.8%, Stylized 6.2%

In the beginning there was nothing, only a chaos of dreams, out of which came Xary. He tried to understand people's nature and help them. Yet he is too young. And here you are. Together, you need to figure this all out…

Why similar: Hidden Object 20.1%, Point & Click 18.8%, Noir 15.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Psychological 13.7%, RPG 13%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 11%

A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychological 11.9%

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.7%, Dark 29.9%, Stylized 24.4%

[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 13.2%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Thriller 12.1%

Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.

Why similar: Hidden Object 18.2%, Point & Click 16.8%, Supernatural 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 11.6%

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: Text-Based 23.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Psychological 12.5%, Dark 9%

A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Dark 27.7%, First-Person 22.3%, Atmospheric 18.6%

First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.

Why similar: RPG 69.3%, First-Person 30.7%

You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.

Why similar: Point & Click 48.3%, Surreal 24.7%, Psychological 19.9%, Dark 7.1%

Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!

Why similar: Hidden Object 28.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Psychological 13.6%, Dark 12.8%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Supernatural 15.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Point & Click 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Surreal 9.9%

Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar.

Why similar: Noir 26.3%, Psychological 18.6%, Stylized 10.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 9.4%

Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths

Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Dark 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.9%, RPG 21.6%, Supernatural 17.2%, Text-Based 12.2%

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Supernatural 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Stylized 11%, Surreal 10.8%

A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Retro 14.1%, Thriller 14.1%, Dark 13.9%, Exploration 13.4%

Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

Why similar: Hidden Object 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 11.7%, Exploration 9.4%

Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

Why similar: Hidden Object 21.4%, Point & Click 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Surreal 11%

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Psychological 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 13.5%, Stylized 10.9%

How would you like to know that an uninvited guest, about whom you know absolutely nothing, will come to you at night? One thing is clear, he is unlikely to come in peace. What will you do? Prepare for his visit? Will you take a knife or hide in the closet? It's up to you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Text-Based 30.8%, Supernatural 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%

After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Supernatural 25.6%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Thriller 12.5%, First-Person 11.1%

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: Supernatural 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 13.8%

You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Point & Click 21.5%, Hidden Object 16.1%, Dark 12.3%, Retro 8.7%

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Supernatural 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Psychological 13.3%, First-Person 11%, Dark 10.7%

A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Surreal 16.9%, Psychological 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 13.7%

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: Hidden Object 28.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Dark 15.4%, First-Person 15%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Surreal 25.3%, Mystery 19.8%, Retro 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.7%

Your very own apartment, even if it's a 20-year mortgage – what could be better? Maybe the fact that Lena isn’t the only one living in this apartment? Or maybe they're not exactly people...

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Point & Click 34.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Having moved to Moscow, Andrei rents a cheap apartment in an old Soviet house. After a while, he notices strange things happening in the dark. It seems that the landlady has left unsaid something....

Why similar: Psychological 33.5%, First-Person 24.2%, Dark 23%, Psychological Horror 19.3%

Spending the first night in a new apartment can be quite nervewracking. New sounds, and thin walls that seperate you from others in the complex. Do you trust your new surroundings?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%

Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Supernatural 15.2%, Psychological 14%, Hidden Object 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%

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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Exploration 13.7%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 13%

Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Psychological 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Surreal 14.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Dark 19.3%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Thriller 13.8%, Exploration 7.7%

A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

Why similar: Word Game 41.1%, Dark 22.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Psychological 12.6%, Stylized 8.5%

It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Hidden Object 20.5%, First-Person 18%, Exploration 16.7%, Dark 12%

Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.

Why similar: Thriller 29.9%, Exploration 24.8%, Dark 22.8%, Stylized 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%

Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.

Why similar: Hidden Object 32.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 13.5%, Dark 9.6%

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: Supernatural 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Dark 15.1%, Psychological 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Trip to a abandoned mansion led to an imprisonment inside the maniac’s house

Why similar: Hidden Object 36.1%, Point & Click 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Thriller 11.4%

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 19.1%, Dark 16.9%, Exploration 15%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.5%