Games Like Nightmare House: The Original Mod

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Mod 17.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this is a classic Source engine mod turned standalone that excels in psychological horror and atmospheric tension.

A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, Horror 23.1%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Violent 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern homage to classic survival horror that mirrors the zombie-slaying, first-person action found in the seed game.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Zombies 39.5%, Mod 19.1% ★, Horror 15%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Survival Horror 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative zombie survival game built on the Source engine that captures the same undead-horde intensity.

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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 11%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Dark 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in house-based psychological horror that provides the same feeling of being trapped in a malevolent environment.

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Dark 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines high-octane first-person shooter mechanics with terrifying supernatural horror and physics-based environments.

Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.

Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploring a shifting, haunted house environment with a heavy emphasis on puzzle-solving and tension.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes physics-based puzzle solving and environmental interaction within a claustrophobic, terrifying setting.

The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

Why similar: Horror 20%, Violent 15.4%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Zombies 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that focuses on narrative-driven exploration and a dark, mysterious atmosphere.

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Violent 20.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Puzzle 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, this game perfectly captures the 'trapped in a haunted house' loop with multiple endings and intense survival mechanics.

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 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly atmospheric, first-person horror experience that leans into the psychological trauma of its protagonist.

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: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Violent 10.8%, First-Person 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, claustrophobic horror experience that captures the same sense of dread and psychological instability as the seed game.

Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.

Why similar: Horror 51.5%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 14.1%, First-Person 9.3%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror game that utilizes first-person exploration to build tension in a confined setting.

FREE THRILLING FIRST-PERSON HORROR! You will find yourself in a house haunted by ghosts, and there is no help from above. Fear, darkness, and real danger await you, hidden within the walls of the mansion. If you dare to enter, prayers will no longer save you.

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Hack and Slash 10.4%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and psychological scares in a confined space.

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%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.5%, Puzzle 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive first-person horror experience that relies on atmosphere and helplessness rather than just combat.

Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.

Why similar: Horror 41%, Multiplayer 26.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Violent 5.8%, Survival Horror 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer horror experience that focuses on psychological scares and cooperative survival mechanics.

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Violent 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 8%, Story Rich 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure-horror title that features indie-style exploration and a focus on uncovering dark secrets.

Mason is assigned a new job from the big boss when strange things start happening and he discovers the true meaning of fear... Horror in Da Hood is a gripping first-person horror game set in the hood, where the supernatural lurks around every corner. Are you brave enough to face the real terror?

Why similar: Zombies 23.3%, Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that blends action-adventure elements with a gritty, urban horror aesthetic.

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: Horror 15.7%, Violent 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 12.4%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that emphasizes violent encounters and psychological tension.

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: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.4%, First-Person 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply story-rich, first-person horror experience that excels at environmental storytelling and existential dread.

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Dark 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror game that focuses on dark, atmospheric exploration and jump-scare mechanics.

Find your missing daughter in the Hospital of Madness. Collect items, fight enemies, and do whatever it takes to reach her!

Why similar: Zombies 20.4%, Horror 17.5%, Violent 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror game that combines puzzle-solving with first-person shooter elements in a confined building.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Violent 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental horror game that captures the same low-fi, unsettling atmosphere found in classic horror mods.

A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.

Why similar: Zombies 17.2%, Horror 12.8%, Violent 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Survival Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes gore and psychological tension within a narrative-heavy framework.

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 54.5%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, First-Person 4%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that uses first-person perspective to create an unsettling, surreal experience.

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Violent 23.4%, First-Person 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie first-person horror game that emphasizes violent encounters and a dark, oppressive environment.

Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 21%, First-Person 14%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.6%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Violent 12.1%, Dark 8.9%

An invitation from a stranger... There's something evil in this house... Will you survive?

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Zombies 22.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 8%, Indie 7%

Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Zombies 13.5%, Multiplayer 12.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Survival Horror 8.1%

What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Multiplayer 18%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 8.6%

Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!

Why similar: Horror 88.6%, Indie 11.4%

Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.9%, Violent 22.1%, Horror 19%, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 10.9%

Dive into Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate, where your stream turns into a wild, eerie adventure. Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and expect the unexpected in a haunted asylum where nothing is as it seems. Will you brave the madness and reveal the truth?

Why similar: Horror 20.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Funny 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Mystery 8.9%

Nightmare Horror Story an adventure game from the first face in a horror genre provides you to take a trip in a huge and dark city full of dummies. You would have a possibility to figure out in a weird atmosphere when alive people are missed and everything that had remained is the dummies.

Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.2%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 10.8%

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Horror 67.6%, First-Person 16.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%

It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Zombies 11.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Violent 7.4%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

The Nightmare is a first-person horror game. Dive into the nightmare and try to get rid of that nightmare...

Why similar: Horror 47.2%, First-Person 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Puzzle 11%, Indie 4.2%

Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Zombies 20.4%, Violent 18.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 12.6%, Dark 12.4%, Mystery 12%

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

Why similar: Action-Adventure 36.4%, Puzzle 31%, Dark 20.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Survival Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 8.4%

Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 16%, Dark 10.8%, First-Person 10.7%

Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...

Why similar: Mod 39.9% ★, Horror 19.5%, Zombies 13.6%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Horror 27%, Survival Horror 18%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.9%

DeathOmen is a short psychological horror Experience that challenges players to maintain their sanity over the nights in a mysterious house that hides mystery and fear, disturbing events and jumpscares.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 13.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!

Why similar: Zombies 23.1%, Horror 15%, Violent 13.5%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, First-Person 11.3%

In this co-op horror game, your team visits abandoned toy factories. Collect various junk, extract materials from it, create and improve your equipment. And try to survive, because while you are exploring the dark dungeons of factories, bloodthirsty toys are hunting you

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Funny 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Funny 19.2%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, First-Person 8.7%, Dark 5.6%

Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Survival Horror 18.7%, First-Person 17.5%, Dark 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Indie 5.8%, Violent 5.8%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 13%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 11.5%, Funny 7.5%, Survival Horror 6.9%

You will be lost in the labyrinthine house and chased by the devil in the blacked out house. You will experience tremendous fear, stress and madness playing this game and something invisible makes you get panicked and lost your mind.

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Indie 11.2%, First-Person 11.1%