- #1 Aberrant Nights
97% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Popoco Studio
Windows
Aberrant Nights is a first-person psychological horror game. The protagonist will travel to a suburban gas station in the middle of the night to become a part-time gas station worker.
Why similar: Drama 37.3%, Indie 21.7%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 18.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #2 MY_DEAR
96% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: What the next doorPub: JackSong Studio
Windows
During the five-night levels in the game, you need to closely monitor the surveillance cameras, operate the gates and all available tools to fend off the attacks of the monsters, and gradually experience the entire storyline through the various plot developments and gameplay in each level
Why similar: Drama 43.1%, Indie 19.6%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #3 Backrooms: Last Room - Infinite Depths
96% matchMixed69% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: KInTstudio
Windows
Experience the unknown world of utility rooms through a VHS camera, you will have to feel all the fear and anxiety of loneliness, plunging deeper and deeper into the world of utility rooms behind the scenes In search of that very, cherished, last room
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.9%, Indie 38.1%, Horror 18%
- #4 FM
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Jordan B Cutler
Windows
A mysterious radio announcer describes a recent murder-suicide as the unknown protagonist navigates through an ever-shifting environment.
Why similar: Indie 57%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 19.7%
- #5 Blured Angel
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DONGJINCHAO
Windows
Blured Angel is a kind of somatosensory game that uses a camera on a Windows host to capture and interact with each other. It weaves a heaven I see from the spiritual world of the Bible from the perspective of a not so smart but persistent angel "Mehoo".
Why similar: Indie 61.6%, Drama 38.4%
- #6 Deep Inside
91% matchVery Positive84% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 66.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.6%
- #7 Lost Roads
94% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: tRb
Windows
Lost Roads is a psychological horror game in a world where undecipherable mysteries hide, are you ready to start the game?
Why similar: Indie 61.5%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 16.1%
- #8 The Paperman
94% matchMixed69% of 315 reviews2019
Dev: Proto1Studios
Windows
Not a single jumpscare. Pure psychological terror.Unique horror experience.The kids of the neighbourhood tells a story about a man made out of paper that lives inside the forest. Solve the mystery. Find the truth about that “Paperman”.
Why similar: Indie 58.3%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 20.3%
- #9 Fiak
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DTF Studio
Windows
Four nights of survival in a realistic, immersive horror experience. Alone in your house, you face a malicious entity determined to get inside. This is not a walking simulator: every decision affects your survival. One mistake is fatal.
Why similar: Drama 33.5%, Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Indie 20.8%
- #10 Project Tape
89% matchMixed67% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Stealth StudioPub: Stealth Studio UE
Windows
Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.6%, Horror 33.7%, Indie 20.5%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #11 Morphine
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 696 reviews2015
Dev: Kerim Kumbasar
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An independent story-based cinematic FPS game describing the drama of a student 's. Story is based on experienced emotions.
Why similar: Drama 33.9%, Horror 25.1%, Indie 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%
- #12 Kuchisake Onna - 口裂け女
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: George ConstantinouPub: Constantinou
Windows
Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Indie 33.3%, Horror 31.7%
- #13 Joana's Life
91% matchMostly Negative31% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Old Shack StudioPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In a peaceful part of the town, a series of deaths occur, seemingly random at first, but gruesome in their nature. One day, you find an object that doesn't belong in your house. An old, worn-out, stained mirror. You'll come to discover that the simple mirror isn't the only thing that is out of place.
Why similar: Indie 59.8%, Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%
- #14 HGPP
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: joid
Windows
a p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Horror 36%, Indie 19.9%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #15 Halu - The Fish
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hwaye StudioPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about a child in a broken home. Under the watchful eyes of a strict mother, your only friend is a fish in an aquarium. Do your daily tasks and experience a heavy, emotional story where the only thing you want is to be free.
Why similar: Drama 48.7%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.8%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #16 A Week of Circus Terror
88% matchMixed55% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Richard Haraším
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 86.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A hand-drawn, point & click indie horror game about the haunted house and his owner. During the day, you have to search for some informations, but when the night comes, you have to understand, why are the possessed toys trying to kill you. You have to find a way to go through them and save your life!
Why similar: Indie 68.5%, Horror 31.5%
- #17 Grandpa
87% matchMixed49% of 331 reviews2018
Dev: PuddingPub: Cheesecake
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
*Early access game* Grandpa is a survival horror game. You woke up in a house you never knew. Strange things happen in the house. You have to find a way to survive and get out of the house.
Why similar: Indie 66.7%, Horror 33.3%
- #18 Timore 5
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Timore 5 is an indie horror game, 5th one in Timore series. A scientist named Frank has done a lot inventing new things, but his experiments aren't without the consequences. In this game Frank will try to record his dreams and convert them to computer data, allowing him to review his dreams later, but the experiment might not go as...
Why similar: Indie 66.2%, Horror 33.8%
- #19 Mimic
86% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Mimic
Windows
If you're stuck in deep darkness, you need to make a sound. But something in the dark will follow you through your voice. In order to escape from the house, you have to find levers hidden all over the house.
Why similar: Indie 66%, Horror 34%
- #20 Home4Us
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zahair
Windows
A different kind of horror experience one built on confrontation rather than running or hiding. Follow the rules strictly. Act quickly to stay alive in every encounter. Maintain your focus. Watch your surroundings. Don’t exhaust your resources. And complete the primary objective you’re there for.
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 31.7%, Indie 28.3%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #21 _dive
85% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: lower third
Windows
A story about escapism.
Why similar: Indie 42.6%, Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 22.7%
- #22 Bonbon
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 263 reviews2017
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A thirty-minute childhood-horror walking-sim about toys and a giant rat. A short, single-sitting experience.
Why similar: Indie 40.2%, Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 28.8%
- #23 Forbidden Tapes
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madventure Games
Windows
Forbidden Tapes is a game consisting of three different horror stories. In the first episode, discover Jeremy Winterroad's recording, an urban exploration enthusiast searching for abandoned places full of stories. He won't be disappointed when he explores the old McNale house.
Why similar: Drama 34.8%, Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 26%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #24 1,000 Heads Among the Trees
84% matchMixed54% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Aaron OldenburgPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Visit the real town of Cachiche, Peru, to spend your nights searching for spirits and taking photos. Discover a generative narrative as you show your photos to local people who describe what they see in them.
Why similar: Indie 65.2%, Horror 34.8%
- #25 Dwell
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: P Studio
Windows
A young woman named Minh Thu, desperate to escape her suffocating life, breaks down in the middle of nowhere and accepts shelter in a remote house. As the night wears on, unsettling events reveal that something in the dark is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Drama 41.8%, Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 23.3%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #26 Hotel 404
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kalyptic Games
Windows
Wake up alone in the grand Colorado Hotel, a place where memories fade and reality distorts. Explore oppressive hallways, solve puzzles, and try to understand why you are here. Will you find the exit before the hotel forgets you?
Why similar: Drama 33%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 26.6%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #27 OBSCURIA
74% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Indie 46.1%, Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #28 Tuun
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voltage Games
Windows
Horror set in the dark and mysterious Yakutia. Explore abandoned villages, uncover Soviet-era secrets, and face unexplained phenomena that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Indie 39.7%, Psychological Horror 33.8%, Horror 26.5%
- #29 ANDROMALIUS
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Unit Zero Studio
Windows
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 35.1%, Horror 31.5%, Indie 30.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #30 CALENDULA
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 366 reviews2016
Dev: Blooming Buds Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.
Why similar: Indie 43%, Psychological Horror 38.3%, Horror 18.6%
- #31 The Interview
83% matchMostly Negative33% of 164 reviews2015
Dev: Anothink
Windows
Adam Ridgewell is invited to a job interview, but things will get dark.
Why similar: Indie 38.5%, Psychological Horror 37.8%, Horror 23.7%
- #32 Goodnight Butcher
82% matchMixed57% of 59 reviews2015
Dev: Perfect Square Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Goodnight Butcher is an arcade-style horror game with an isolated, heart-pounding atmosphere which shifts seamlessly between running your butchery and running for your life.
Why similar: Indie 59.3%, Horror 40.7%
- #33 她3 : 复乐园之曦 Her3 : The Light of Paradise Regained
77% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: 她3 : 复乐园之曦
Windows
This is a kind of game to cultivate the plot of retro style. The protagonist needs to cultivate the attributes of the male / female protagonist (child) and the plot likability within 2 years, which ultimately determines the ending direction. There are 11 endings.
Why similar: Drama 53%, Indie 47%
- #34 While Sleeping
69% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Horror 34.8%, Indie 23.4%, Singleplayer 5%
- #35 The Railroad Crossing
67% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.1%, Indie 33.5%, Horror 29.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #36 柘榴団地
65% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Korekoreshikazika
Windows
Take on the role of a daytime security guard in a cursed apartment complex. Monitor residents, greet guests, and handle strange incidents—just make sure to follow the rules.
Why similar: Drama 41.2%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 20.2%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #37 NUMB
78% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Sakarikos Kleanthis
Windows
Numb will get to you in position to experience some of the sleep phases, through James, a normal person with some stress problem which effect his sleep. Are you ready to live, or die, in a dream? Is it actually a dream, though?
Why similar: Indie 56.8%, Horror 43.2%
- #38 Night Blights
79% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Trapdoor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
It's 11pm. Your parents are asleep and Teddy is guarding the end of the bed. Something's moving in the darkness. The wardrobe is creaking and there's laughter behind the door. Night Blights, cruel and mischievous monsters have invaded your home. Can you survive till morning and protect your family?
Why similar: Indie 57.4%, Horror 42.6%
- #39 Beneath The Bell
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pierpiero
Windows
Beneath the Bell is a horror game that combines exploration, bizarre puzzles, and frightening paranormal phenomena, all enriched by brief action sessions. A gloomy and disturbing atmosphere, which changes and deforms due to paranormal events that you will unintentionally trigger.
Why similar: Drama 36.9%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 19.7%, Indie 15.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #40 Strange Night
79% matchMixed60% of 474 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Indie 32%, Horror 31%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #41 Halu - The Fracture
64% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.9%, Horror 33.3%, Indie 20.8%
- #42 I'm on Observation Duty
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Horror 32.6%, Indie 26.3%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #43 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.9%, Horror 34.5%, Indie 22.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #44 祭壇の花/Saidan no Hana
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Zacro
Windows
"Saidan no Hana" is a horror game with puzzle elements. A building that was somewhere, a person who lived somewhere Purify the soul that cannot be lifted.
Why similar: Indie 64.1%, Horror 35.9%
- #45 The Mine
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: IanPub: M.I.M
Windows
You find yourself lost in a mine, the only objective is to find a way out. But something lurks in the shadows, following. Hunting you. Good luck. It's simply a game of cat and mouse. You can run and hide, but your ultimate goal is to find the key and escape the mine. While avoiding the monsters.
Why similar: Indie 53.8%, Horror 46.2%
- #46 Elizabeth
74% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: NeutronStar.studioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Elizabeth is a decryption leisure game.The protagonist is a young man who has just stepped into the society, shuttling through the picture frame in search of freedom and love.The game screen is fresh and lovely, each level has rich puzzles waiting for players to solve.
Why similar: Indie 74.7%, Drama 23.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #47 Strange Night ll
77% matchMixed46% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Indie 46.9%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #48 Secret Admirer
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nosleepcreepsgames
Windows
Newly single, you try to enjoy your first Valentine's Day alone. You have a nice evening planned, one that will make you forget all about your past life. Just you and your wine, or so you thought.
Why similar: Indie 63.6%, Horror 30.1%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #49 Daddy Comes Home
66% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: LikeGames
Windows
You will play as a father who, in a nightmare, sees his wife and son smiling at him bizarrely. When you wake up, you find that reality is even more cruel.
Why similar: Drama 50.4%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 22.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #50 祖母 grandmother
62% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: 上线工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
在离开芒山村的十七年后,已经成为大学生的小张为了给去世的祖母守灵,再次回到了家乡。然而灵堂之上却是一派吊诡,冷漠无言的村民,心怀鬼胎的昔日家仆,无不注视着她手中那个祖母赠予却无法打开的神秘铁盒。当大雨倾盆之际,细碎的金属刮地声回响,刹那间,利器反光,血溅厅堂……
Why similar: Drama 54.7%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #51 Do Not Disturb
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UppercaseUnderscore
Windows
A short horror walking simulator where you traverse through the endless hallways of a strange hotel, searching for a way out.
Why similar: Indie 36.6%, Psychological Horror 35.9%, Horror 23.4%, Singleplayer 4%
- #52 失焦
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雪之妖精
Windows
某天你睁眼时,发现本应该在远离家乡的城市上大学的自己,不知为何回到了五年前的一天傍晚,身处于曾经就读的高中,周围本该熟悉一切却全都变得似是而非。 玩家需要在诡异的校园里不断探索,找到真相并逃出生天。
Why similar: Drama 43.9%, Psychological Horror 32.8%, Horror 13.6%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #53 Closing Doors
60% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Dylan Latham
Windows
Closing Doors is a psychological horror game that has you take control of a father tormented by the guilt of causing the death of his daughter. Every night in your rotting home is a battle, but wait... Was that door always there?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.7%, Drama 29.2%, Horror 21%, Indie 9.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #54 INTUS
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nahuel Martinez
Windows
Rent an apartment to finish your work and survive a night that grows increasingly strange. A first-person psychological horror game where routine, silence, and paranoia turn an ordinary place into somewhere impossible to leave.
Why similar: Indie 49.7%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 22.1%
- #55 The ScreaMaze
73% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: White Puppet Studio
Windows
What score can you reach in this simple horror maze? Can you beat your best score and discover the scariest end?
Why similar: Indie 65.8%, Horror 28.3%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #56 Stairs
75% matchMixed70% of 363 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, Indie 30.2%
- #57 The Renovator
73% matchMixed66% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: mirzagame5
Windows
In this game you’re an experienced restorer currently working in a museum workshop. The restorer’s friend requested him to fix some old exhibits. From that moment his adventure starts.
Why similar: Indie 61.4%, Horror 38.6%
- #58 Catto Boi Collection
58% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: mango-ki
Windows
Play as Catto Boi, a small, cute cat who slowly begins to realise that the world he lives in is more sick and twisted than it seems to be on the surface. The choices you make will matter in the end... right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Indie 28.4%, Horror 27%, Singleplayer 5%
- #59 The Labyrinth
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: R.C.C
Windows
The labyrinth never ends. In this dark and visceral maze, your sense of direction is your only weapon against madness. Step into the shadows, but do not expect to come out unscathed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Drama 31.3%, Horror 21.9%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #60 Another_World
71% matchMostly Negative39% of 49 reviews2020
Dev: Wob Bob JonesPub: Salmon Slap Studios
Windows
Another_World is a Silent Hill/P.T. inspired psychological horror game. This is the first act for my first independently developed game made with Unreal Engine 4. Featuring an original soundtrack and story-line.
Why similar: Indie 76.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10%