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Games Like Nightmare House: The Original Mod

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, First-Person, Indie, Singleplayer.

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Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive — 96% — of 2,319 reviews
Released: 2024-11-14
Developer: We Create Stuff
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

Overview

Nightmare House: The Original Mod is a legendary piece of Source engine history that masterfully blends physics-based puzzles, intense scripted scares, and claustrophobic exploration. These recommendations focus on titles that capture that same visceral, first-person horror experience, prioritizing games with strong atmospheric storytelling and classic survival-horror mechanics.

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  1. #1 Cry of Fear
    97% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
    Dev: Team Psykskallar
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 29.7%, Mod 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.6%

    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.

  2. #2 Nightmare of Decay
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
    Dev: Checkmaty
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 26.3%, Horror 23%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Violent 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%

    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.

  3. #3 No More Room in Hell
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 75,677 reviews2013
    Dev: No More Room in Hell TeamPub: Lever Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 39.1%, Mod 19.2%, Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 13.8%, 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.

  4. #4 Visage
    95% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
    Dev: SadSquare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Multiplayer 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.

  5. #5 F.E.A.R.
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 18,784 reviews2010
    Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 55.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Dark 6.4%

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

  6. #6 Kraven Manor
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 737 reviews2014
    Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    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 52.9%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Indie 8.3%

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

  7. #7 Penumbra Overture
    92% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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

    Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 6.6%

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

  8. #8 Ad Infinitum
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,409 reviews2023
    Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 12.8%, 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.

  9. #9 House
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2020
    Dev: Bark Bark Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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

    Why similar: Horror 48.2%, Violent 21%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Puzzle 5.4%

    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.

  10. #10 The Story of Henry Bishop
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 545 reviews2019
    Dev: Blazes Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 19.7%, Violent 15.7%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Zombies 11.5%, Survival Horror 9.6%

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

  11. #11 Lost in Vivo
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 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: Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Survival Horror 17.3%, First-Person 10.8%, Violent 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.

  12. #12 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    88% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, 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.

  13. #13 Black Rose
    89% matchMostly Positive80% of 978 reviews2016
    Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    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 51.1%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Indie 4.9%

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

  14. #14 Fear Therapy
    87% matchMixed67% of 4,728 reviews2021
    Dev: Black Flag Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 40.6%, Multiplayer 26.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, 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.

  15. #15 Hotel Remorse
    86% matchMostly Positive76% of 341 reviews2018
    Dev: Charlie Behan
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Violent 29%, First-Person 14.2%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Indie 7.5%

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

  16. #16 Escape the Ayurok
    86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,077 reviews2019
    Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.7 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: Horror 15.5%, Violent 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, 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.

  17. #17 The Nightmare Chronicles - Horror In Da Hood
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2024
    Dev: Bluethunder
    Windows

    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 22.9%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, 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.

  18. #18 SOMA
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Dark 9.5%, 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.

  19. #19 Mists of Aiden
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 29.3%, Violent 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 8%, Story Rich 5.8%

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

  20. #20 Minds Eyes
    85% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
    Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%

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

    Why similar: Horror 53.8%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, First-Person 4%

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

  21. #21 God Is Not Here
    82% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2024
    Dev: GodPub: God Is Not Here
    Windows

    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 27.3%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Dark 10.6%

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

  22. #22 7th Floor
    81% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Vörös GergelyPub: IGT Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Violent 12.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

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

  23. #23 Lights Off!
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
    Dev: TheDollarGameStore
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Dark 8.3%

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

  24. #24 The Scarlet Harvest
    80% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
    Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
    Windows

    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 16.9%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Violent 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.

  25. #25 Paratopic
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
    Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    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 36.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Violent 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, 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.

  26. #26 Haus Of Irndrous
    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryle AfgarnPub: Ryan Afgarn
    Windows

    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%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.7%

  27. #27 Mirrored Phantoms
    77% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
    Dev: SMU Guildhall
    Windows · Linux

    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 31.4%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, First-Person 14%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 7%

  28. #28 Fear in Hospital
    79% matchMixed48% of 504 reviews2019
    Dev: IO Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Violent 12%, Dark 9.1%

  29. #29 Passing Pineview Forest
    78% matchMixed65% of 1,695 reviews2014
    Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%

    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 47.3%, Zombies 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.6%, First-Person 8.2%, Survival Horror 8.1%

  30. #30 The Alchemist's House
    77% matchMixed69% of 270 reviews2019
    Dev: Angry Bunny
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Zombies 22.2%, First-Person 9.6%, Dark 8.1%, Indie 7.1%

  31. #31 The Last Job
    76% matchMixed66% of 386 reviews2022
    Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
    Windows

    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 33.8%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Multiplayer 18%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 8.7%

  32. #32 The House
    79% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
    Dev: Konsordo
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 88.3%, Indie 11.7%

  33. #33 Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate
    75% matchMixed67% of 102 reviews2024
    Dev: Hurrycat Studios
    Windows

    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 19.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Funny 10.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, Mystery 8.9%

  34. #34 FLIGHTMARE
    76% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
    Dev: Van Studios
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.9%, Violent 22%, Horror 18.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, First-Person 11%

  35. #35 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2021
    Dev: Midnight Games
    Windows

    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 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.2%

  36. #36 AfterHours
    74% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2022
    Dev: Runway Studios
    Windows

    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 67.2%, First-Person 16.5%, Psychological Horror 9%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  37. #37 The Nightmare
    75% matchMixed50% of 74 reviews2020
    Dev: Leakage Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 46.8%, First-Person 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Puzzle 11%, Indie 4.3%

  38. #38 FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 522 reviews2018
    Dev: Alex Olinkiewicz
    Windows

    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 25.2%, Zombies 20.1%, Violent 18.2%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

  39. #39 Shelley Manor
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
    Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
    Windows

    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 36.1%, Puzzle 30.9%, Dark 20.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%

  40. #40 The House of E.
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: Gamenastica Studios
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 29.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Dark 12.5%, Mystery 12%

  41. #41 Days Without Incident
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 484 reviews2025
    Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
    Windows

    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 22.1%, Zombies 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Puzzle 7.7%

  42. #42 Zardy's Maze
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,570 reviews2021
    Dev: Full Trek Media
    Windows · Mac

    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 37.2%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Survival Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Mystery 8.5%

  43. #43 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 313 reviews2025
    Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
    Windows

    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 32.4%, Survival Horror 18.6%, First-Person 17.6%, Dark 9.4%, Mystery 8.9%

  44. #44 The Forgotten Ones
    73% matchMixed60% of 1,651 reviews2014
    Dev: Bernt Andreas Eide
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    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 19.4%, Zombies 13.4%, Survival Horror 7%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

  45. #45 Narrow Woods Hotel
    69% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
    Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
    Windows

    A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.

    Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10.6%

  46. #46 Scauage
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 788 reviews2024
    Dev: KREIDPIX
    Windows

    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%, Psychological Horror 17%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Dark 10.9%, First-Person 10.8%

  47. #47 Scary Game
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 409 reviews2025
    Dev: KanGames
    Windows

    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 33.1%, Funny 19.6%, Action-Adventure 19%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 5.7%

  48. #48 Dark Fracture: Prologue
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,356 reviews2020
    Dev: Twisted II Studio
    Windows

    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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, First-Person 11.4%

  49. #49 Wounded - The Beginning
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
    Dev: Workbench Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.

    Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Violent 16.8%, Zombies 15%, Survival Horror 11.9%, First-Person 9.2%

  50. #50 Uh Oh!
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
    Windows · Mac

    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 26.7%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, First-Person 12.4%, Dark 11%

  51. #51 DeathOmen
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2025
    Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows

    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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Survival Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 10.3%

  52. #52 Dollhouse of Dead
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Renderise GamesPub: Renderise
    Windows

    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 20.6%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Funny 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Action-Adventure 11.3%

  53. #53 Skull Hotel
    66% matchVery Positive83% of 737 reviews2025
    Dev: James Hall
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Dark 12.7%, First-Person 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

  54. #54 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 reviews2024
    Dev: Raycastly
    Windows

    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 38.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%

  55. #55 Blackout
    70% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2019
    Windows

    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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Indie 11.3%, First-Person 11.1%

  56. #56 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 15,344 reviews2015
    Dev: Lag Studios
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    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 40.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Funny 7.6%, Survival Horror 6.8%

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