- #1 Scarred
97% matchMixed57% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: KOEX studioPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows
Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 22.8% ★, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 11.1%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Dark 7.5%
- #2 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
96% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Dark 7.5%
- #3 Unwashed
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Good Monkey
Windows
Explore the nightmarish, simulated world of Unwashed, a horror game that you must stay clean! Play as AA and uncover the truth behind Lumina, a government secret project, while racing against time to stop a secret mission that endangers countless millions of lives.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 9%, Exploration 6.5%
- #4 Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tachycardia Games
Windows
Attend to patients and fill out paperwork as 22-year-old Kimora Jackson on her first shift after graduating nursing school. Draw blood, administer medications, and try not to lose your head in the chilling hallways of Coldrock Medical Center.
Why similar: Narrative 30.2% ★, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #5 Dark Lessons
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tall Tide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive your teacher in this psychological horror game? With only candles for light and trapped in her home, you have to uncover her family's dark secrets. Solve puzzles, connect the dots and escape. But beware: There is someone else playing games with you, and someone who needs your help.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.5%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #6 Don't Be Afraid 2
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.3%, Narration 8.8%, Survival Horror 8.1%, First-Person 7.1%
- #7 Crathos Deep
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hitbox Games
Windows
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 9%, Narrative 8.9% ★, Exploration 8.5%
- #8 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
93% matchMixed68% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 7.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #9 SOMA
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.5%, Gore 6.7%
- #10 The Sleep Experiment
91% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Dark 8.3%
- #11 ESCAPE: Orphanage
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, First-Person 6.2%
- #12 Mountains of Madness
89% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #13 LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DENYS RUDYI GAMES
Windows
A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with Soviet experiments. With a strong focus on atmosphere, uncover a forbidden place inspired by a real location, through fortress tunnels, hidden laboratories, and ancient shrines.
Why similar: Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 9%
- #14 Letters of Bernard Thorne
88% matchVery Positive98% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Korean Linguistics Lab
Windows
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 32.3% ★, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 7.3%, Puzzle 6%
- #15 Underworld Dreams: The False King
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drop of PixelPub: Drop Of Pixel
Windows
Underworld Dreams: The False King is the first game in the Underworld Dreams Anthology - the first-person horror series based in the Lovecraftian mythos. Inspired by the works of Lovecraft and Robert W Chambers and set in the 1980s, it sets the stage for the Underworld Dreams experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 17%, Narrative 14.2% ★, First-Person 8.5%
- #16 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
87% 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 24.7%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Gore 7.5%
- #17 Fragments
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazar VaragicPub: Dangly Dango Studio
Windows
Your mind is shattered. Step into a first-person psychological horror where you must relive your deepest trauma, uncover fragments of your past, piece them back together and face the tormentors that haunt your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 14.5%, Narrative 12.6% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #18 Abaddon
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.2%, First-Person 8%
- #19 Taguan
83% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
David Lagani is an ordinary Filipino worker whose quiet life turns to dread when a mysterious figure begins breaking into homes and making people disappear. Each night feels longer, every sound closer, and all he can do is pray the footsteps don’t reach his door.
Why similar: Narrative 31.7% ★, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 14.8%, Exploration 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #20 Inner Voices
86% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Dark 6.7%
- #21 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 21.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 11%, Dark 7.1%
- #22 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
82% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 8.2%, First-Person 6.2%
- #23 Insanity Within
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derek LarsonPub: D Rock Games LLC
Windows
A psychological-horror puzzle game where after 16 years in prison for a murder you don't remember, you're back at your family's manor as schizophrenia distorts your reality. Manage, or harness, your mental hallucinations to uncover the truth. Will it vindicate you? Or confirm your darkest fears...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Horror 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #24 Plura Ingenia: Patient 16
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oblique Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Dark 7.2%
- #25 Ritual Tides
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertpaint
Windows
Ritual Tides is a single-player, narrative-driven first-person psychological horror game set on the isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, and survive Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #26 Toy's Playground: The prologue
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeyra Games
Windows
Toy's Playground hides dark secrets. Explore the factory and the play area. Solve puzzles. Avoid the creatures. Don’t get caught. Find a way out before it’s too late.
Why similar: Narrative 25.1% ★, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #27 Snooze: A Choice
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Meat
Windows
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 13%, Dark 9.5%, First-Person 7.2%
- #28 Deep in the Fields
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Del Campo Studio
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 19.5%, Dark 11.9%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #29 The Repairing Mantis
79% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Narrative 24.4% ★, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 7.3%
- #30 Abject Abyss
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anton Bezett
Windows
A horror adventure on a distant world. Explore Luminary Corporation’s most cutting-edge research facility, piece together what went wrong, and survive the horrors that lurk in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7%
- #31 Dwelling on the Hill
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #32 Penumbra Overture
80% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Lovecraftian 13.6%, Survival Horror 10.6%, First-Person 9.7%
- #33 Blackboard Darkness
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artyz Games
Windows
In Blackboard Darkness, light is your only ally. Use it to fight your way through a subterranean nightmare of petrified creatures.
Why similar: Narrative 34.8% ★, Survival Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 10.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #34 Expired Meds
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Cinema Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 20.4%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, First-Person 11.7%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #35 HINGE
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spheroom
Windows
HINGE is a psychological horror game that draws inspiration from Lovecraft and Bioshock. Delve into atmospheric environments, uncover clues, navigate the chilling nightmare, and find a way out of the time loop.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 8%, Dark 8%
- #36 Dead of Darkness
74% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Narrative 15.8% ★, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.4%
- #37 Homecoming
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edgar Rubio
Windows
It is an indie psychological horror game in which you must solve the mystery behind the Dewey family while various entities try to hunt you down and torment you. Will you be able to survive and escape this infinite loop?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 10%, Dark 9.1%, Exploration 8.5%
- #38 The Shade
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Nonsense Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
Why similar: Narrative 25.2% ★, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12%, Exploration 6.9%, Survival Horror 6.7%
- #39 Still Wakes the Deep
72% matchVery Positive88% of 10,965 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.4%, Narrative 15% ★, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.4%, Gore 7.9%
- #40 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 7.5%, Dark 7.2%
- #41 Tales from My Ass: Slice of Death
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hastily Assembled
Windows · Linux
My retro-3D first-person horror adventure about the night I delivered a pizza to a haunted manor full of deadly traps, knife-wielding cultists, and lots of gore. This all actually happened to me. How it all ended will shock you the most!
Why similar: Narrative 24.9% ★, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #42 The Night Is Long
71% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: TheGamerUrso
Windows
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #43 Overlast
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Zakarian Creation
Windows
Crash land in a haunted forest, stalked by a relentless monster. Explore eerie ruins, solve dark puzzles, and gather mysterious artifacts to escape the nightmare that lurks amongst the forest
Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Exploration 10.1%
- #44 Black Annis
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Man the Barricades Ltd
Windows
Work the night shift and uncover what haunts Lone Oak College in this short horror exploration game inspired by British folklore. Survive the horror, solve challenging puzzles, and search for your missing friend before it’s too late.
Why similar: Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Dark 8.7%
- #45 Ignis Dei
69% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Bell Games
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 8.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #46 Claustrophobia
72% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 12.9%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Dark 7.9%
- #47 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,897 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Lovecraftian 14.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #48 Last Chance Market
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Premonition Games
Windows
When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #49 Please Duology
71% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #50 Chasing Static
70% matchVery Positive87% of 501 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.5%, Survival Horror 7.1%, First-Person 6.7%
- #51 LoYuno - Horror Escape
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 13.3%, Puzzle 8.3%, Dark 7.2%
- #52 The Designer's Curse
70% matchVery Positive88% of 808 reviews2019
Dev: CBGames
Windows · Mac
Chapter 2 is OUT NOW! The first chapter of an unforgettable survival horror experience. Solve puzzles and work your way through this terrifying place. You may be more familiar with it than you initially think.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.7%, First-Person 8.2%
- #53 Lighthouse of Madness
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Jack StudiosPub: Flying Jack Productions
Windows
Embark on this Lovecraft-inspired tale and discover the mysteries that await you in this island. Explore the enigmatic lighthouse, solve challenging puzzles and most importantly: try not to lose your sanity when facing the darkness of your mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Puzzle 9.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Exploration 7.7%
- #54 Nightshift - The School Janitor
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Irreplaceable Studios
Windows
Survive the night shift at an abandoned school. Complete your cleaning tasks before 5 AM, manage your flashlight battery, and avoid the darkness that hunts you. Can you last 5 nights?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 10.1%
- #55 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #56 Partum Artifex
68% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Narration 13.2%, Puzzle 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #57 In Winter: a new apartment
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BSZ
Windows
brothers move to a new residence, the apartment owner makes them live for free, but one of the brothers suspects that this man is bad. Live their lives, make fateful decisions, find the truth about the owner of the apartment and be careful people hide much more than they show
Why similar: Narrative 21.4% ★, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #58 ASYLUM
66% matchVery Positive85% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 16%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, Gore 8.7%, First-Person 7%
- #59 Abandoned Hospital
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ashdev Studio
Windows
Control an RC car in an abandoned hospital. Capture eerie anomalies, avoid making noise, and uncover a chilling mystery—before something finds you first.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 18.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Survival Horror 8.3%, Narration 7.7%
- #60 Among Ashes
65% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 12%, First-Person 9%, Dark 8.5%