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 29.7%, Mod 17.5% ★, Psychological Horror 12%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: As a classic Source engine mod turned standalone, it perfectly mirrors the gritty, psychological, and action-heavy horror style of the seed game.

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 26.6%, Horror 23.4%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Violent 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic survival horror gameplay loop of managing resources while fighting through hordes of zombies in a first-person perspective.

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 39.4%, Mod 19.5% ★, Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Survival Horror 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a gritty, realistic take on zombie survival that emphasizes the same multiplayer tension found in the seed game.

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 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same exploration-heavy, puzzle-solving gameplay within a shifting, haunted estate that defines the seed game's setting.

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 55.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Dark 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully blends high-octane first-person combat with unsettling psychological horror and physics-based destruction.

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 32.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 11%, Multiplayer 9%, Dark 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply atmospheric, house-based horror experience that emphasizes psychological tension and environmental storytelling.

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

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Violent 12.3%, Dark 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the hospital setting and survival-horror mechanics that are central to the seed game's narrative.

Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Zombies 18.2%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Violent 8.9%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 'trapped in a nightmare house' experience that elevates the exploration and survival mechanics found in the seed game.

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 19.9%, Violent 15.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Zombies 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A solid indie horror title that mirrors the narrative-driven exploration and mystery-solving found in the seed game.

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 23.2%, Horror 14.9%, Violent 13.7%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a classic survival-horror experience with a strong focus on cooperative zombie encounters and inventory management.

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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Violent 11%, First-Person 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie title that captures the surreal, claustrophobic dread and low-fi aesthetic of early 2000s horror mods.

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

Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Pioneered the physics-based interaction and puzzle-solving that defines the environmental engagement in the seed game.

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 24.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Hack and Slash 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a similar supernatural, atmospheric horror experience in a contained, unsettling setting.

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

Why similar: Horror 88.7%, Indie 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, effective horror game that focuses on the classic haunted house trope and atmospheric exploration.

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

Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Zombies 22.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Dark 7.9%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration of a mysterious, dangerous location that mirrors the seed game's focus on uncovering secrets.

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 14.6%, Multiplayer 14.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror title that captures the low-budget, high-tension feel of classic mod-based games.

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 8.6%, Puzzle 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Essential for those who appreciate the physics-based environmental interaction and stealth-horror elements found in the seed game.

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, Horror 18.5%, Violent 14%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Survival Horror 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the wave-based zombie combat and frantic action that fans of the seed game's combat encounters will enjoy.

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 17.4%, Violent 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-solving and shooter mechanics in a way that feels reminiscent of the classic Source engine mod era.

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 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Survival Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror experience that emphasizes survival and atmosphere in a confined, dangerous environment.

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 15.6%, Violent 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.4%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that emphasizes the first-person, violent struggle for escape from a hostile location.

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

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, First-Person 13.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Dark 12.3%, Mystery 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric mystery and supernatural elements within a confined environment similar to the seed game's house.

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%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling and first-person horror that builds on the tension-heavy design of the seed game.

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 12%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a narrative-driven horror experience with puzzle elements that complement the seed game's story-rich focus.

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 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, story-rich survival-horror experience with plenty of gore and intense combat encounters.

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%, First-Person 11.4%, Funny 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Mystery 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that leans into the mystery and atmospheric exploration of a haunted location.

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 32.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, First-Person 14%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%

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 29.9%, Violent 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 8%, Story Rich 5.6%

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 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.7%

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 40.9%, Multiplayer 26.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Violent 5.9%, Survival Horror 3.9%

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 23.4%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.2%

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 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Dark 8.1%

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

Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.9%, Violent 22.5%, Horror 18.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 11%

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 34.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Multiplayer 18.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 8.6%

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%, Zombies 11.4%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Violent 7.4%

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 16.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Dark 10.8%, Story Rich 10.8%

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 36.5%, Puzzle 31%, Dark 20.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

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 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Puzzle 11%, Indie 4.2%

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

Why similar: Horror 54.5%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, First-Person 4%

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 14.8%, Survival Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 8.3%

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 40.4% ★, Horror 19.3%, Zombies 13.5%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

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%, Funny 19.5%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 5.5%

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 27.1%, Survival Horror 18%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.8%

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

Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Violent 20.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Puzzle 5.4%

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 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 15.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Dark 10.7%

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

Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

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 21%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Funny 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Action-Adventure 11.4%

"No Way Out" is an intense and thrilling survival horror game where players take on the role of a volunteer trapped in a panic-stricken hospital. Players must bravely face their fears, explore various areas of the hospital, and search for a way to escape while uncovering the truth behind the events.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Multiplayer 18.8%, First-Person 13%, Zombies 12.2%, Puzzle 10.9%

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 32.9%, Survival Horror 18.6%, First-Person 17.6%, Dark 9.2%, Mystery 8.7%

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%, Violent 5.9%, Indie 5.7%

Wake up inside an abandoned mansion. Uncover the dark fate of a missing family. Survive the presence that stalks you within these walls.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 14.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Puzzle 8.2%

Freeware horror game with the mise en scène of an old black&white film and unique horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Multiplayer 16%, Survival Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Dark 10.9%

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 13.9%, Survival Horror 13.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Indie 11%

A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.

Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 21%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Mystery 10.2%, First-Person 7.8%

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 40%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%