- #1 Nevrosa: Prelude
97% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2017
Dev: GexagonVR
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
You wake up in a strange, but yet familiar place. You feel like you are supposed to be here for something.VR roomscale puzzle-horror game with redirect walking locomotion.
Why similar: Violent 22.2%, VR 13.4%, Horror 10.9%, Gore 10.4%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct prequel to the seed game, it offers the same unique blend of VR puzzle-solving and atmospheric horror.
- #2 A Chair in a Room : Greenwater
96% matchVery Positive83% of 617 reviews2016
Dev: Wolf & Wood Interactive Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.
Why similar: VR 32.8%, Horror 25.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a deeply unsettling psychological horror experience that excels at using VR to create a sense of presence and dread.
- #3 The Room VR: A Dark Matter
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,961 reviews2020
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
Why similar: VR 28.4%, Escape Room 19.8% ★, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for VR escape-room puzzle design, featuring high-quality tactile interactions and a mysterious, supernatural narrative.
- #4 PROZE: Enlightenment
96% matchMixed69% of 121 reviews2019
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE is a VR puzzle adventure set in both past and present. It’s a story of friendship and duty, fear and dignity of the people facing the Soviet government and its echoes. Explore a Cold-War era military research facility, deal with the anomalies, solve the puzzles, and find out the answers.
Why similar: VR 28%, Horror 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the laboratory-themed mystery and puzzle-heavy gameplay found in the seed game.
- #5 The Atlas Mystery: A VR Puzzle Game
94% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Top Right CornerPub: TRC DMI
Windows
Explore the haunted halls of the infamous Atlas Theater, a 1940’s era movie palace that played host to a shocking Hollywood tragedy. Solve intricate puzzles, discover startling artifacts, and evade sinister forces to uncover the twisted truth behind the theater’s dark history.
Why similar: Escape Room 40% ★, VR 26.3%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic escape-room experience with a focus on solving complex puzzles within a confined, atmospheric setting.
- #6 Abode
94% matchVery Positive92% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.
Why similar: VR 33.5%, Escape Room 30.1% ★, Indie 16.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential VR escape-room experience that emphasizes environmental interaction and logical puzzle progression.
- #7 Cosmodread
92% matchVery Positive91% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: White Door Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Why similar: VR 30%, Gore 28%, Horror 18.9%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tense VR survival horror game that forces you to navigate a dangerous environment while avoiding terrifying creatures.
- #8 Neverout
93% matchMixed64% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Gamedust
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Neverout is a 'Escape Room' game with quantum physic and reality bending. Packed with dozens of levels, difficult puzzles, eerie atmosphere and unreal immersion. Every action creates reaction. Nothing is certain, but one thing is known - every lock has a key. And in Neverout, the key - is YOU.
Why similar: VR 24.7%, Lovecraftian 24.7%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic VR puzzle game that forces players to think spatially to escape dangerous, shifting rooms.
- #9 DYING: Reborn
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Adventure 27.2%, Horror 27%, Puzzle 26.5%, Indie 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, puzzle-heavy horror game that captures the feeling of being trapped in a hostile, mysterious environment.
- #10 The Experiment: Escape Room
91% matchMixed54% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?
Why similar: Escape Room 40.5% ★, VR 12%, Horror 11.2%, Adventure 11.1%, Casual 9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated escape-room experience that captures the feeling of being locked in a room and needing to find a way out.
- #11 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
89% matchVery Positive86% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???
Why similar: Escape Room 59.3% ★, Puzzle 14.2%, Adventure 7.4%, Cinematic 7%, Story Rich 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the dark, experimental laboratory aesthetic while challenging players with intricate escape-room puzzles.
- #12 Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife
90% matchMixed63% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You died in a mysterious seance and have become a Wraith, one of the restless undead. In this VR horror game, use your supernatural abilities to solve the mystery behind your death. But beware of the sinister Spectres lurking in the shadows...
Why similar: VR 46.3%, Horror 38.8%, Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 2.9%, First-Person 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines stealth and horror, requiring players to solve environmental puzzles while being hunted by supernatural entities.
- #13 Escape From Mystwood Mansion
88% matchVery Positive93% of 1,271 reviews2023
Dev: Lost Sock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Why similar: Escape Room 54.6% ★, Puzzle 12.9%, Casual 8.2%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a polished escape-room experience with a strong emphasis on mystery and environmental exploration.
- #14 Psycho Fear
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Panda
Windows
Psycho Fear is a heart-pounding escape room puzzle where players must escape to survive. Solve challenging puzzles, overcome deadly obstacles in an intense atmosphere, nerve-wracking and dark environment will keep players on edge.
Why similar: Escape Room 38.7% ★, Gore 24.5%, Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern horror-themed escape room that incorporates gore and psychological tension similar to the seed game.
- #15 Post Trauma
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 649 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.9% ★, Gore 25.3%, Horror 13.8%, Cinematic 10.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern horror game that features complex puzzles and inventory management, echoing the classic survival horror feel.
- #16 I Expect You To Die
85% matchVery Positive94% of 2,753 reviews2017
Dev: Schell Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
Why similar: VR 32.4%, Soundtrack 23.5% ★, Puzzle 11.7%, Action 8.2%, Difficult 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: While more lighthearted, it is a foundational VR escape-room game that perfects the mechanics of interacting with complex, dangerous objects.
- #17 The Cabin: VR Escape the Room
87% matchMixed59% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Entropy Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Cabin: VR Escape the Room will have you crawling through rafters as you search high and low for clues and objects that'll help you escape. Unravel the mystery of this lonely desolate cabin. You're stuck here, all alone - or are you?
Why similar: VR 40.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Action 12.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, Casual 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A solid entry in the VR escape-room genre that emphasizes atmosphere and environmental puzzle-solving.
- #18 EscapeVR: The Basement
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Five Mind Creations
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You find yourself locked in the cell of an unknown basement with nothing else than a bed and a toilet. Can you escape? Explore the environment, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and find your way through a total of 7 rooms to -hopefully- escape the basement of this VR escape room game.
Why similar: Escape Room 29.1% ★, Adventure 20.6%, VR 18.5%, Indie 14.8%, Puzzle 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the classic 'locked in a room' horror trope with a focus on finding hidden objects and solving logic puzzles.
- #19 Organ Quarter
84% matchVery Positive90% of 315 reviews2017
Dev: Outer Brain Studios
Windows
Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Violent 22.1%, Gore 21.5%, Adventure 9%, VR 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game built for VR that emphasizes resource management and navigating eerie, puzzle-filled environments.
- #20 Kidnapped
84% matchMixed56% of 564 reviews2015
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Adventure 18.2%, Action 14.3%, Demons 13.2%, Indie 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This horror adventure game focuses on the feeling of isolation and the need to escape a dangerous, unfamiliar location.
- #21 Doorways: The Underworld
83% 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: Gore 21.1%, Violent 18.5%, VR 18%, Horror 17%, Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric horror game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a hostile world.
- #22 Locked Fears
82% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 47.4%, Horror 22.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Action 11%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the horror and survival aspects of being trapped, requiring quick thinking to escape.
- #23 Layers of Fear VR
81% 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 37%, Indie 27.4%, VR 18.7%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 2%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at creating a shifting, surreal environment that keeps the player constantly on edge through psychological horror.
- #24 The Persistence
81% matchMixed67% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Firesprite Ltd
Windows
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Why similar: VR 36.2%, Horror 29.6%, Action 9.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes VR horror game that combines stealth and action in a claustrophobic, sci-fi setting.
- #25 Dungeon Escape VR
80% matchVery Positive82% of 195 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Machine Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Dungeon Escape VR is an immersive escape-room puzzle game. To escape you need to solve the challenges and puzzles found in the dungeon.
Why similar: VR 49.6%, Puzzle 26.5%, Indie 23.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic escape-room challenge set within a dark, mysterious dungeon environment.
- #26 Vapour
82% matchMixed40% of 207 reviews2015
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Skermunkel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
WARNING! This game has an Age Restriction of 18. Vapour is an experimental horror game, that fuses elements of both old school and modern horror titles with the frantic game play of classic First Person Shooter titles. Blending horror, shooter, action, puzzle and platformer in a dynamic yet cohesive combination.
Why similar: Gore 28.9%, Violent 16.5%, Horror 12.5%, Indie 9%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced horror game that features intense gore and a dark, oppressive atmosphere.
- #27 Don't Knock Twice
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 710 reviews2017
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
Why similar: VR 22.9%, Violent 18.2%, Horror 17.2%, Adventure 7.6%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A VR horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and a sense of dread to keep the player engaged.
- #28 VR: Vacate the Room (Virtual Reality Escape)
78% matchVery Positive84% of 252 reviews2016
Dev: hOSHI
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
VR: Vacate the Room is a short Escape the Room game.It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out.
Why similar: Escape Room 37.6% ★, VR 28.7%, Horror 10.4%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle 8%
- #29 BONELAB
73% matchVery Positive81% of 19,256 reviews2022
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.
Why similar: VR 32%, Violent 29.4%, Physics 8.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Action 7.7%
- #30 Insanity VR: Last Score
77% matchVery Positive83% of 179 reviews2017
Dev: Threevol
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Insanity VR combines an immersive and intuitive locomotion system in VR, a compelling horror story and escape the room like puzzles with stealth mechanics. As the new intern at a futuristic institute for mental illnesses you get transported into the mind of a patient to reconstruct his memories.
Why similar: Gore 24.5%, Violent 21.7%, VR 20.9%, Horror 17%, Adventure 7.7%
- #31 Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
77% matchVery Positive83% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Screaming Void
Windows
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Why similar: Gore 32.2%, Violent 29.8%, Horror 8.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%
- #32 Last Room
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,188 reviews2021
Dev: Quantum Forge Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Dive into a world of puzzles, medieval mysteries, and strategic challenges. Navigate, solve, and leap your way through a thrilling adventure.
Why similar: Soundtrack 34.2% ★, Horror 22.5%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 9.2%
- #33 The Puzzle Room VR ( Escape The Room )
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bellcat Game
Windows
It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out of the Room. There are some items that can be grabbed and carried around. With some items you can interact (such as switches,piano and numpads).
Why similar: VR 32.6%, Escape Room 21.4% ★, Indie 10.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #34 Extreme Escape
76% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2020
Dev: Immersion
Windows
Extreme Escape is an escape-room puzzle game with an action component. It combines realistic graphics with challenges at high altitudes. The player must find his way out of a critical situation by facing difficult weather conditions, technical problems and the fear of heights.
Why similar: Escape Room 29.6% ★, Adventure 17.9%, Action 17.3%, Casual 15.3%, VR 13.1%
- #35 The Gleam: VR Escape the Room
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 56 reviews2016
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Gleam is an escape the room game for the HTC Vive. Solve puzzles, decipher code, and unravel the mysteries of the "gleam" in order to escape from this claustrophobic hell.
Why similar: Gore 27%, Violent 25%, Horror 16.1%, VR 11.5%, Adventure 9.4%
- #36 MATRESHKA
72% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Demons 22.4%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 11.4%
- #37 Forbidden Art
73% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: AIXLAB
Windows
Forbidden art is a VR room escape puzzle game where you escape from the killer’s secret hideout. Use all your abilities to escape the dangerous and terrifying hideout created by a psychopathic killer who thinks killing is an art, without being discovered by the killer.
Why similar: VR 29.6%, Horror 22.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Physics 8.7%
- #38 Prison Loop
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Action 12%, Exploration 10.6%
- #39 The Room Three
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,147 reviews2018
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle 32.2%, Escape Room 20.7% ★, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Horror 9.9%
- #40 CAPTURED 2
68% matchVery Positive99% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Escape Room 36.9% ★, Horror 24%, Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 7.6%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #41 Play With Me: Escape Room
75% matchMixed63% of 531 reviews2018
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
Why similar: Horror 35%, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Indie 10.8%
- #42 The Lab - Escape Room
72% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Flat Cat Games
Windows
Walk through a futuristic complex while solving puzzles and discover how you got there. What are these mysterious creatures? Why everything looks abandoned? Could you escape from The Lab?
Why similar: Escape Room 56.4% ★, Puzzle 13%, Adventure 11.1%, Casual 8.7%, Exploration 6.4%
- #43 DOCTOR VISCERA
69% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Gore 11.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #44 Dark Maze
75% matchMostly Negative37% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: TortishkaPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Your task is to get out of the maze. For this, you need to find the key!
Why similar: Adventure 23.3%, Horror 21.2%, Indie 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Action 15.1%
- #45 Doorways: Prelude
74% 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 36%, Gore 15.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.6%, VR 7.8%
- #46 Escape from Mutation Station
68% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Jay Marksman
Windows
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: Escape Room 68% ★, Puzzle 16.5%, Indie 8.2%, Adventure 4.1%, First-Person 3.2%
- #47 Metel - Horror Escape
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,415 reviews2020
Dev: Linked Squad
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Puzzle 17.4%, Action 11.1%, Indie 10.6%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #48 VR Escape The Space Station
74% matchMixed60% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: weyha.com
Windows
You are trapped in the space station all by yourself. Need to find a way to get the hell out of there. Experience with HTC Vive, consists of 4 rooms full of puzzles. Every scene are elaborately designed including spaceship with zero gravity, outer space landscape corridor and all.
Why similar: VR 52.9%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 20%
- #49 A Last will and Testament: Adventure
71% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: À̷̟i̸̛͔̪̋́͗̆̑̈́͆̑̈́̅̈́͝r̴̛͎͚͎͍̘̣̈́͑̃͆̾̐̅̑͐̄͊͌̆̊ȩ̸̢̩͎̤̙̝͙̳̯̠̰̒ͅm̴̡̢̜̩͕̹̑́͒̒͒̚Pub: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yet another normal first-person adventure horror game in an escape room style with nice graphics, inventory, story, voiceover and good price & gameplay. Solve puzzles, collect notes. Fulfill the last will and find a testament.
Why similar: Escape Room 40.9% ★, Puzzle 13.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Casual 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #50 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, VR 25.8%, Horror 18.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #51 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,584 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Escape Room 43.9% ★, Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 5.3%
- #52 The Initiate
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Indie 14.5%, Action 12.3%
- #53 BONEWORKS
66% matchVery Positive92% of 36,335 reviews2019
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
Why similar: VR 29.7%, Violent 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Gore 9.8%, Horror 7.2%
- #54 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Gore 22.1%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Horror 13.7%, Demons 11.9%, Difficult 7.3%
- #55 Stocksynd House
70% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: CyberFlux GamesPub: Rate My Funeral
Windows
Stocksynd House offers a narrative-driven VR experience, redefining the 'escape the room' genre. Eschewing jump scares for psychological intensity, it immerses players in an unsettling atmosphere of isolation, testing the limits of your psyche
Why similar: Escape Room 29.6% ★, VR 21.6%, Cinematic 12.4%, Puzzle 7.1%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #56 Exit From
68% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Puzzle 13.6%, Physics 13%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 8%
- #57 OPEN DOOR
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.
Why similar: Gore 23.8%, Violent 23%, Puzzle 14.8%, First-Person 8.1%, Action 7.8%
- #58 Family curse
66% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Lovecraftian 21.3%, Demons 20.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #59 Mr. White
67% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Miloš LužnjaninPub: Lorex Games
Windows
You're trapped inside Mr. White's huge dark creepy house. You have to find a way to escape without getting caught.
Why similar: Escape Room 51.5% ★, Horror 26.1%, Action 10.9%, Exploration 5.7%, First-Person 4%
- #60 Escape the Ayurok
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,082 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Why similar: Gore 29.3%, Violent 28.4%, Horror 17.2%, Story Rich 5.1%, Action 4.7%