- #1 SOMA
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,536 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: Underwater 22% ★, Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive underwater psychological horror experience that shares the same themes of isolation and existential dread found in Narcosis.
- #2 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 10,872 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Underwater 40.2% ★, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the claustrophobic terror of being trapped in a small, failing submarine at the bottom of an alien ocean.
- #3 Still Wakes the Deep
96% matchVery Positive88% of 12,166 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Underwater 34.5% ★, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 10%, Walking Simulator 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a high-fidelity, atmospheric first-person horror experience set in an isolated, crumbling industrial environment.
- #4 Amnesia: The Bunker
95% matchVery Positive93% of 11,937 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes intense resource management and vulnerability in a confined space, mirroring the survival-horror mechanics of Narcosis.
- #5 Subnautica
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 373,268 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Underwater 49.4% ★, Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 9.5%, VR 8%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on survival-crafting, it provides the most immersive deep-sea exploration and sense of underwater dread available.
- #6 Under The Waves
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,958 reviews2023
Dev: Parallel StudioPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Underwater 76.1% ★, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 9%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the psychological weight of isolation while exploring the vast, lonely depths of the ocean.
- #7 The Trench
93% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2022
Dev: Omar Chapa Hernandez
Windows
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Underwater 44.4% ★, Survival Horror 17.7%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the specific horror of deep-sea industrial exploration and submarine survival.
- #8 Alien: Isolation
92% matchVery Positive93% of 65,732 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Survival Horror 31.5%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines constant threat, resource scarcity, and environmental storytelling to create an unparalleled survival-horror atmosphere.
- #9 Penumbra Overture
91% matchVery Positive91% of 4,121 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 35.6%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: As a precursor to modern first-person horror, it excels at physics-based interaction and building a sense of helpless isolation.
- #10 Visage
91% matchVery Positive84% of 10,777 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Survival Horror 18.5%, First-Person 7.5%, Atmospheric 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly tense psychological horror game that excels at creating a persistent feeling of dread within a confined space.
- #11 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
90% matchVery Positive95% of 35,454 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 38.4%, Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational psychological horror game that forces players to manage their sanity while navigating dark, oppressive environments.
- #12 Conarium
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,262 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the sense of cosmic mystery and psychological decay often associated with deep-sea horror settings.
- #13 The Shore
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,975 reviews2021
Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
Why similar: Underwater 41.4% ★, Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a Lovecraftian underwater horror experience that aligns with the surreal, nightmare-like sequences in Narcosis.
- #14 Moons of Madness
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,916 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, Adventure 14%, First-Person 12.2%, Mystery 10%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi horror game blends psychological trauma with cosmic dread in a way that mirrors the narrative structure of Narcosis.
- #15 Observer: System Redux
86% matchVery Positive85% of 2,948 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, First-Person 18.3%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Surreal 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers deep psychological horror through a lens of environmental storytelling and identity-focused mystery.
- #16 Rise of Insanity
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,278 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Survival Horror 15.7%, VR 9.6%, Walking Simulator 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that mirrors the themes of mental breakdown and trauma found in Narcosis.
- #17 The Beast Inside
86% matchVery Positive83% of 12,033 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and the unraveling of a dark, personal mystery.
- #18 Layers of Fear
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,655 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes shifting environments and psychological instability to create a disorienting experience similar to the protagonist's mental state in Narcosis.
- #19 Infliction
84% matchVery Positive81% of 951 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 29%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A haunting psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and the dread of being hunted in a domestic setting.
- #20 ColdSide
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 528 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 24%, Adventure 15.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense first-person psychological horror experience that focuses on uncovering dark secrets in an isolated facility.
- #21 Call of Cthulhu®
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,663 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 23%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the slow erosion of sanity and the investigation of mysterious, dark environments.
- #22 Subnautica: Below Zero
80% matchVery Positive90% of 107,083 reviews2021
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
Why similar: Underwater 52.7% ★, Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 12.7%, First-Person 7%, Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the underwater survival formula with a more narrative-driven approach to deep-sea exploration.
- #23 God's Basement
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 12%, Mystery 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the psychological horror of being trapped in a surreal, shifting environment that challenges the player's perception.
- #24 Breathedge
81% matchVery Positive82% of 16,292 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: First-Person 39.1%, Atmospheric 27.4%, Adventure 19%, Indie 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features similar resource-management survival mechanics set in the hostile, isolated vacuum of space.
- #25 SIGNALIS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,977 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 29%, Mystery 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that perfectly captures the resource-starved, psychological dread of the genre through a unique aesthetic.
- #26 Silver Chains
82% matchMixed69% of 1,345 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a classic atmospheric horror experience with a strong focus on mystery and psychological tension.
- #27 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
79% matchVery Positive88% of 8,957 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Mystery 21.8%, Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, First-Person 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on atmospheric mystery and environmental storytelling to build a sense of unease in a beautiful but lonely world.
- #28 The Shore VR
81% matchMostly Negative38% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Ares Dragonis
Windows
The Shore VR is a first-person story-driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations. You will play the role of a man who ends up on a mysterious island. Strong elements of Lovecraftian horror, struggle to survive in an unknown world.
Why similar: Underwater 32.2% ★, VR 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly immersive VR horror experience that leverages Lovecraftian themes similar to the VR mode of Narcosis.
- #29 The Oily Depths
78% matchVery Positive84% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Ryan R. Burns
Windows
Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.
Why similar: Underwater 33.7% ★, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 13%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 8.5%
- #30 Murky Divers
76% matchVery Positive88% of 5,254 reviews2024
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Why similar: Underwater 41.1% ★, Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, First-Person 8.7%
- #31 The Dive
78% matchMixed58% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: W0nnaFight
Windows
Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.
Why similar: Underwater 47.7% ★, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #32 Aphotic Descent
77% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Broiled Squid Studios
Windows
In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...
Why similar: Underwater 45.8% ★, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #33 Watertight
74% matchVery Positive88% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Studio
Windows
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Underwater 38.3% ★, Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Walking Simulator 5%
- #34 Subterror
73% matchVery Positive90% of 475 reviews2025
Dev: Team Monumental
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.
Why similar: Underwater 40.9% ★, Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 12%, First-Person 10%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #35 Deep Sorrow
77% matchMixed50% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 14.1%, First-Person 10.5%
- #36 Doorways: Prelude
76% matchMixed62% of 636 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Survival Horror 18.8%, First-Person 9.6%, Adventure 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #37 Layers of Fear (2016)
73% matchVery Positive88% of 27,527 reviews2016
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Why similar: Horror 64.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 4.6%, Walking Simulator 4.3%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #38 Underwater
75% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Mystery 14.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #39 Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,478 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 23%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, First-Person 9.1%
- #40 Hell Dive
72% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 26.2%, First-Person 14.6%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%
- #41 Doorways: The Underworld
75% matchMixed69% of 406 reviews2014
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.2%, VR 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 9.7%
- #42 STASIS: BONE TOTEM
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,620 reviews2023
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Survival Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 9.5%
- #43 Lost in Vivo
72% matchVery Positive92% of 3,919 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Survival Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 21.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #44 Under: Depths of Fear
73% matchMixed68% of 301 reviews2020
Dev: Globiss InteractivePub: Rogue Games, Inc.
Windows
Enter the mind of traumatized WW1 veteran Alexander Dockter and experience the terrorizing nightmare of trying to escape a sinking ocean liner while being haunted by the most terrifying entities you’ve ever come across.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #45 There's Nothing Down There
68% matchVery Positive89% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: Tim Trankle
Windows
There's Nothing Down There is a short undersea horror exploration game. Descend into a sinkhole at the bottom of the ocean and discover the remains of a lost, yet not dead, civilization.
Why similar: Underwater 29.7% ★, Horror 29.3%, First-Person 14.6%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, Adventure 8.2%
- #46 From The Darkness
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,478 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 31.8%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 13.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Walking Simulator 6.6%
- #47 Abyss of Neptune
71% matchMixed69% of 224 reviews2021
Dev: Abyssmal GamesPub: Synodic Arc
Windows
Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?
Why similar: Underwater 48.8% ★, Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 7.1%, Adventure 4.3%
- #48 Cave Crave VR
68% matchVery Positive87% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: 3R Games S.A.
Windows
Face your fears in realistic VR spelunking. Explore fictional and real-life caves recreated in VR, including the infamous Nutty Putty cave guided by a real-life rescuer. Tackle steep climbs and narrow tunnels with physical tools and authentic techniques.
Why similar: VR 18.3%, Underwater 17.2% ★, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 9.8%
- #49 Trapped
70% matchVery Positive82% of 163 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Adventure 13.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%
- #50 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
69% matchVery Positive89% of 8,210 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 45.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #51 Solitude Underwater
70% matchMixed61% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Maximus AktypisPub: Big MA16 Studios
Windows · Linux
Solitude Underwater is a short horror adventure game. Two treasure-hunting brothers are searching for sunken riches off the coast of South Africa, only to find themselves immersed in catastrophe after one of them gets trapped in a cage, deep inside shark-infested waters.
Why similar: Underwater 44.8% ★, Horror 26.9%, Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #52 INFRA
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,636 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: First-Person 16.1%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.6%
- #53 Don't Be Afraid
68% matchVery Positive83% of 971 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Walking Simulator 9.3%
- #54 Layers of Fear VR
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2019
Dev: Incuvo S.A.Pub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?
Why similar: Adventure 29.1%, Indie 19.4%, VR 15.6%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #55 POOLS
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,364 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Underwater 20.4% ★, Walking Simulator 12.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11%
- #56 SCP: Blackout
67% matchMixed68% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Survival Horror 19.6%, VR 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.2%
- #57 Death in the Water 2
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,803 reviews2023
Dev: Lighthouse Games Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.
Why similar: Underwater 51.7% ★, Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 7.8%, First-Person 6.9%
- #58 Sharks and Minnows
63% matchVery Positive93% of 344 reviews2025
Dev: CollinPub: Collin's Game Company
Windows
Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.
Why similar: Underwater 58.3% ★, Horror 29.9%, Indie 11.7%
- #59 Ad Infinitum
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,561 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
