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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Adventure, Atmospheric, Psychological Horror.

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A scientific research and development facility based in Norilsk, Flow Crop. is attempting to investigate crimes through people's nightmares. The player gets to walk into a virtual world, and investigate the reason for such nightmares. solve puzzles and face enemies.

Reviews: Mixed — 67% — of 60 reviews
Released: 2021-08-13
Developer: WolfAndOthers
Genres: Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Teleopsia Games
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    DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, 1980s 10.2%, Horror 9.2%

  2. #2 Shifting To The Backrooms
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    Dev: Oopsome Games
    Windows

    Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

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  3. #3 NMNE
    96% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 reviews2021
    Dev: AK Studio
    Windows

    You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.

    Why similar: 1980s 25.9%, Hidden Object 24%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Dark 8.5%

  4. #4 Neverending Nightmares
    95% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
    Dev: Infinitap Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Walking Simulator 30.7%, Horror 21.2%, Adventure 5.7%, Dark 4.8%

  5. #5 Beyond The Evil
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
    Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
    Windows

    Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Hidden Object 19%, Investigation 15%, Puzzle 14.5%, Horror 10.1%

  6. #6 Dream Cage
    94% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2025
    Dev: Hitori De Productions
    Windows

    Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Cinematic 19%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 8.5%

  7. #7 The Backrooms Project
    93% matchMostly Positive70% of 143 reviews2022
    Dev: 3AM Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

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  8. #8 Don't Be Afraid 2
    91% matchMostly Positive72% of 249 reviews2024
    Dev: Eneida Games
    Windows

    Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

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  9. #9 Dead Dreams
    92% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
    Dev: Aiaz Marx
    Windows

    "DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Dark 19.5%, Puzzle 19.5%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 9.7%

  10. #10 Irony Of Nightmare
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 701 reviews2017
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    In the Irony of Nightmare things aren't always as they seem. Those who decide to solve all puzzles of the game, not only will unravel true secret of house, but also will open completely different ending of the story.

    Why similar: Horror 51.7%, Adventure 21.4%, Story Rich 16%, Singleplayer 10.9%

  11. #11 In Nightmare
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2022
    Dev: Magic Fish Games
    Windows

    In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.

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  12. #12 SCP: Daybreak
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 377 reviews2022
    Dev: SquiffyDev
    Windows

    An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.

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  13. #13 Insight
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
    Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
    Windows

    Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.

    Why similar: Cinematic 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Emotional 14.8%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 10.3%

  14. #14 Christmas Nightmare
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 348 reviews2023
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.

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  15. #15 Inmates
    89% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
    Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

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  16. #16 Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 393 reviews2021
    Dev: NC Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.

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  17. #17 Nightmare Zapping
    86% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

    A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

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  18. #18 NOCLIP
    85% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
    Windows

    Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

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    84% matchMostly Positive74% of 181 reviews2024
    Dev: Stigma Studios
    Windows

    Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.

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    84% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2024
    Dev: ChenGame
    Windows

    A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

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  21. #21 Home_0
    83% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: Mike Ten
    Windows

    You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

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  22. #22 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2022
    Dev: Heartbyte Studios
    Windows

    A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

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    81% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Lefto Studio
    Windows

    A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

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  24. #24 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
    82% 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: Hidden Object 23.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Puzzle 12.2%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 9.9%

  25. #25 Afterdream
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
    Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Emotional 14.8%, Horror 11.7%, Stylized 9.5%

  26. #26 Paranormal place
    81% matchMixed65% of 74 reviews2024
    Dev: ASK_GAMES
    Windows

    Alex is a blogger who explores places with paranormal phenomena. At the request of his subscribers, he goes to an abandoned place where, according to rumors, some creepy things were noticed. What is happening there? You have to find it out.

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  27. #27 Dread Flats
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,372 reviews2025
    Dev: Ghostcase
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 9%

  28. #28 Beyond the Doors
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2026
    Dev: Dream Error
    Windows · Linux

    An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Dark 15.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Horror 12.7%

  29. #29 Never Again
    80% matchVery Positive80% of 922 reviews2019
    Dev: Primary Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

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  30. #30 When the Darkness comes
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
    Dev: Sirhaian
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

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  31. #31 The Complex: Found Footage
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 reviews2022
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows

    Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 7.2%

  32. #32 The Nightmare
    79% 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 24.7%, First-Person 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Puzzle 16.4%, 3D 15.7%

  33. #33 DeathWatchers
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 421 reviews2024
    Dev: Swain Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players

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  34. #34 Inside the Backrooms
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 45,968 reviews2022
    Dev: MrFatcat
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

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  35. #35 Who Knocks
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 reviews2022
    Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
    Windows

    Who Knocks is a first person psychological horror game that will make your nightmares come true. You have just moved into a new home. Welcome the presences that will knock at your door. Solve puzzles, explore the environment and fight your nightmares.

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  36. #36 Dark Fracture: Prologue
    74% 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.

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  37. #37 Project Liminal 2
    72% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
    Windows

    Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

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  38. #38 Stories of Liane
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2021
    Dev: Gearshift Media
    Windows

    An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.

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  39. #39 Try To Fall Asleep
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2019
    Dev: AmberDrop
    Windows

    John Herrin survived a horrible accident, damaging his brain and memory. Through falling asleep, he can rediscover his unfortunate past in his dreams, but due to his brain damage he'll start to see visions and hallucinations, and falling asleep won't be as easy as it seems at first...

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  40. #40 NightGhast
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
    Dev: Playstige Interactive
    Windows

    NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...

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  41. #41 From The Other Side
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Vania Studios
    Windows

    "From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.

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  42. #42 The Signifier Director's Cut
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2020
    Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

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    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: BrossLab
    Windows

    Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?

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  44. #44 Liminal City
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
    Windows

    Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, First-Person 12%, Horror 10.2%, Adventure 6.9%

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    67% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
    Dev: Room410
    Windows

    Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Horror 14.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Dark 9.1%

  46. #46 The Derailed
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
    Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
    Windows

    The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

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  47. #47 Paranormal Night Shift
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2025
    Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
    Windows

    Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.

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  48. #48 The Backrooms
    71% matchMixed64% of 118 reviews2022
    Dev: Ionized Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.

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  49. #49 Shadow of the School
    70% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: STuNT
    Windows

    The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.

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  50. #50 NIGHTSLINK
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
    Dev: Noiseminded
    Windows

    You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

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  51. #51 Seybul Tech
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2023
    Dev: Seybul Tech
    Windows

    Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

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  52. #52 God's Basement
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 9.2%, First-Person 8.6%

  53. #53 Nightmare Shift
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2025
    Dev: Binary Lunar
    Windows

    Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

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  54. #54 Effugium
    69% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
    Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
    Windows

    Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

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  55. #55 Cursed Bet
    68% matchMixed59% of 94 reviews2024
    Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
    Windows

    Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 12.6%, First-Person 12.5%, Cinematic 12%

  56. #56 SILENT BREATH
    66% matchMixed69% of 1,156 reviews2024
    Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 16.8%, First-Person 12.6%

  57. #57 Ahnayro: The Dream World
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 281 reviews2016
    Dev: Alice & Smith
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Intense Puzzles Game - Explore the twisted and troubling world of Ahnayro, where your dreams are haunted by mysterious figures.

    Why similar: Historical 32.7%, Puzzle 21.9%, Strategy 20.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Horror 11.3%

  58. #58 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: Durultay Games
    Windows

    Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

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  59. #59 Chernobyl: Origins
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: Nelset
    Windows · Linux

    "Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

    Why similar: 1980s 22.9%, Hidden Object 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Historical 11.7%, Dark 10.6%

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