Games Like Norbert's Diary

Step into a 2000s-inspired horror experience with gritty, VHS-style low-poly graphics. Uncover the dark secrets behind your brother’s disappearance.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.7%, Retro 20.7%, First-Person 15.9%, Linear 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

In SHADOW, expect the unexpected. Every shadow conceals danger, every sound fuels your dread. Dare to survive a night of terror where the darkness is your enemy, and the unknown waits at every turn.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.2%, First-Person 17.8%, Linear 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Adventure 7.5%

Exit the museum is a game highly inspired by "Exit 8". You are the security guard of a museum and have to go through nine appearingly similar rooms. There is a ~30% chance of nothing beeing wrong in comparison to the first "Showroom".

Why similar: Psychological 41.9%, Linear 23.9%, First-Person 20.9%, 3D 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

In this Easter Horror Game compete in the mini games, solve puzzles, and escape the Easter Bunny. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Psychological 30.8%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Retro 15.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, First-Person 8.2%

A chilling horror game set in a typical American home at night. As nature fights back against neglect and waste, eerie noises and lurking shadows hint at something watching. With only a flickering light, uncover the terrifying consequences of humanity’s carelessness - before it’s too late.

Why similar: Psychological 31.4%, Survival Horror 22.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Linear 9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

EYES BEHIND is a retro-style FPS survival horror inspired by the classics. Can you survive a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a sinister stranger? Use your wits and courage to stay alive in this tense psychological thriller.

Why similar: Psychological 37.6%, Survival Horror 25.4%, Simulation 7%, Adventure 6.4%, First-Person 5.7%

"This labyrinth presented by TOMEA, enables you to spend a wonderful time with your family. In this endless labyrinth—which also includes puzzles—you will experience the most fun moments of your life."

Why similar: Psychological 31.9%, Survival Horror 26.7%, Retro 12.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

You are a prisoner offered a single chance at freedom. In exchange, you must descend into the depths of an alien ocean and recover lost data from a sunken research station, abandoned under mysterious circumstances by a powerful space mega-corporation.

Why similar: Psychological 38.4%, Survival Horror 21.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, First-Person 8.6%, Adventure 7%

Bit Lost is a single-player atmospheric first-person game set inside a broken digital space. Explore fragments of consciousness to uncover what happened and find a way out. +You can now explore Bit Lost in a special split-screen co-op mode.

Why similar: Psychological 39.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 7%, Linear 6.8%

COLD CALL is a first-person retro horror game based on a dying Earth full of unexplained mysteries. Escape Northbridge's research facility as you explore and uncover the truth behind a dying world.

Why similar: Psychological 24.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Linear 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 9.3%

STOP the mentally-ill patients from escaping F.U. Asylum . It is your first day of intern (maybe) and you don't want anything to go wrong (maybe).

Why similar: Psychological 34.8%, Survival Horror 31.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Simulation 7%, Story Rich 5.3%

A protagonist attempts to play "Daruma-san ga Koronda" (Red Light, Green Light) entirely alone. Driven by a ritual found online, they gather the necessary items and begin the ceremony. However, eerie phenomena begin to occur one after another.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Psychological 22%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Adventure 8.8%, First-Person 7.8%

Can you stay calm, solve the puzzles and escape? Or will you succumb to fear and be captured? Papaku is already listening… can you escape before it’s too late?

Why similar: Survival Horror 48.4%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, First-Person 17.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Survival horror game about a girl trapped in a car

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.7%, Psychological 26.8%, Retro 14.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Story Rich 10.2%

You're filming an exploration video at Key Studios, an abandoned mascot studio. The mascots that used to entertain kids are still here, but something's very wrong with them. Sneak through the dark, find out what happened, and don't get caught.

Why similar: Survival Horror 47.6%, First-Person 21.6%, Story Rich 18.1%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 2.8%

You run a late-night restaurant using a strange signal machine. By balancing radiation, you alter taste and behavior. Too little reveals the truth. Too much causes sickness, violence, and investigations. Keep control to survive.

Why similar: Psychological 31.9%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Retro 15%, Story Rich 10.5%, First-Person 7.7%

Have you ever wondered what happens when we fall into a coma? Why do only some make it back? Aphasia is a first-person horror where you’re trapped inside your own mind, with no memory of who you are. As you explore your fractured memories, your sense of guilt won’t let you escape...

Why similar: Psychological 34.8%, Survival Horror 31.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Adventure 5.4%

You’re on duty at crossing #13. Keep an eye on the tracks, repair the sleepers, open the barriers for trains, cars, and people. Something in the woods is barking… and it’s calling you.

Why similar: Psychological 28.5%, Survival Horror 20.7%, Retro 14.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, First-Person 8.1%

A mysterious story about the consequences of loneliness and unfulfilled dreams. Help artificial intelligence in the form of a little girl and avoid facing a ruthless monster.

Why similar: Psychological 26.4%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Retro 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 10.6%

FORCE RESTART is a first-person psychological survival horror game. An evil force creeps into a man's life, twisting his reality. Plunged into the VOID, a shifting abyss, he must explore mind-bending nightmares, unravel its mysteries, and confront the monsters to escape… or be lost to it forever.

Why similar: Psychological 31.2%, Survival Horror 28%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, First-Person 7.3%

Sometimes in the dark it's better not to look back.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.1%, First-Person 16.2%, Linear 15%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Adventure 9%

The Event is a first-person psychological horror game that offers immersive gameplay and a rich narrative. Find yourself stuck in mystery and struggle in the dark against paranormal activities, demons from other worlds and much more. Will you be able to find out the truth and return home?

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.3%, Psychological 19.6%, Linear 12.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

Deliver food through a city hunted by a serial killer. Deadlivery Night blends fast-paced arcade driving with survival horror as you complete deliveries, escape danger, meet strange characters, and uncover a world of cosmic conspiracies!

Why similar: Survival Horror 38.9%, Retro 25.2%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Indie 5.6%, 3D 5.3%

You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.

Why similar: Psychological 34.1%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 5.8%

A psychological horror game about working the night shift in a store that reacts to your mistakes. Follow procedure. Avoid irregularities.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35%, Retro 22.6%, Psychological 12.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

A Japanese survival horror game full of tension, drama, and violence. If you like psychological horror games with exploration, puzzles, and limited resources, you'll enjoy an intense experience where every decision can mean the difference between finding Sayuri or getting lost in the forest forever.

Why similar: Psychological 31.3%, Survival Horror 26.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Story Rich 10%, Linear 9.7%

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Psychological 28.4%, Survival Horror 25.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, First-Person 9.2%, Linear 9%

You are trapped on the Phantom Floor. You must find a way to escape, but keep quiet, it's always listening.

Why similar: Survival Horror 40%, Retro 22.1%, First-Person 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Horror 3.4%

Survive the night in AL QMRAH RESTAURANT with a 4-Player co-op survival horror set in a real-life restaurant, players take on the roles of restaurant workers completing closing tasks while facing haunted kitchen creatures and keeping the restaurant stable to find their way out.

Why similar: Psychological 61.3%, Survival Horror 33.7%, Indie 2.6%, Adventure 1.6%, 3D 0.8%

Manage your computer club, receive clients and keep order. But be careful who gets out of the elevator.

Why similar: Psychological 32.1%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Retro 13.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, First-Person 8.5%

You closed your eyes on your own bed, but Woke Up In a Dark Nightmare. Explore an unfamiliar house filled with paranormal activities. Solve puzzles and uncover the dark truth behind your displacement before the shadows catch you up. Can you escape the nightmare, or will you become part of it?

Why similar: Psychological 72.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%, First-Person 4.1%, Indie 3.8%

Overcome fear, solve the mystery behind the story, in this psychological horror game

Why similar: Psychological 37%, Survival Horror 34.8%, First-Person 13.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Indie 2.7%

Human Condition is a psychological horror anthology exploring the breaking point of the human soul. Step into the lives of ordinary people pushed to the edge by invisible boundaries and haunting choices. When the walls close in, how far will you go? Some lines can never be uncrossed.

Why similar: Linear 15.7%, Retro 15.6%, First-Person 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Story Rich 13.1%

A short psychological VHS horror about routine tape digitizing, where reality starts to feel more and more strange with each new recording.

Why similar: Psychological 30.5%, Survival Horror 19%, Linear 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, First-Person 11.7%

When your father goes missing with little more than a letter to clue you in, it's up to you to find him. His last known whereabouts? Ashmere Manor. Will you succeed in solving the mystery at the heart of the house and find your father, or will you succumb to its phantom call?

Why similar: Psychological 34.5%, Survival Horror 28.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 4.4%

RadioWave is a realistic indie horror first person game set in the 2000s featuring killer robotics, an enticing three-part story in Campaign Mode, murderous fun in Custom Mode and a fast-paced Multiplayer Mode. Can you survive the RadioWave?

Why similar: Survival Horror 42.8%, Linear 16.7%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

Sarah is returning home from work, She will face her worst nightmaress, strange things start to happen to her, will she escape alive or declared dead?

Why similar: Psychological 37.2%, Survival Horror 26%, First-Person 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, 3D 4%

In "Stories to Tell - Run Away" you are a young Spanish man named Mike who is staying at his grandparents' house since his parents have gone on a trip. One night his grandparents went out to dinner and Mike was all alone, or so he thought...

Why similar: Psychological 30.7%, Survival Horror 22.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Adventure 7.2%

A psychological horror game about paranoia and anxiety. Listen closely for strange noises in your apartment. Find the people in your walls and kill them. You are safe for now, but they will be back tomorrow.

Why similar: Psychological 38.5%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Linear 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Simulation 6.6%

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Psychological 20%, Retro 19%, First-Person 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%

An underground laboratory where every decision counts. Manage energy, listen to NPC screams, and keep the doors under control. One wrong move and the monsters will break through. Will you survive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Psychological 26.3%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, First-Person 9%, Simulation 5.9%

“With an analog camera, a gift from my father, a photo of the missing tourists and the illusion of my first big news I prepare to enter with the brothers to the enigmatic baptistery.”

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Retro 20.1%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Story Rich 11%, First-Person 10.2%

Welcome to Oniria, a forgotten village in Spain where dark rural legends from the past intertwine with the present, seeking to take hold of reality. Will you be able to face the demons of your childhood and uncover what lies behind Oniria’s shadowy secrets?

Why similar: Survival Horror 40.7%, Retro 15%, First-Person 13.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Story Rich 6.9%

Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Retro 19.9%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 5.1%

Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Retro 19.6%, First-Person 18%, Adventure 15.9%, 3D 8.5%

Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.3%, Psychological 32.7%, Retro 16.1%, First-Person 7.4%, Adventure 3.6%

A short and sweet Survival Horror story with terrifying environments, a dark-ambient soundtrack and creatures hiding behind every corner. This is both a 90's classic PSX-style experience as well as a horrifying modern day adventure: The era and style of graphics is your choice. Good luck...

Why similar: Survival Horror 44.1%, Retro 22.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Linear 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%

Protocol Filve is a surreal first-person adventure with multiple endings, you will find yourself in a world where some rotten things want to kill you. Some choices along the way drastically and irreversibly change the game, leading to one of the 5 possible endings.

Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Survival Horror 23.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Minimalist 11.2%, First-Person 10.8%

You don't fight. You intervene. Use sound frequencies to survive an impossible city shaped by corrupted memories.

Why similar: Survival Horror 38.9%, Psychological 32.1%, Story Rich 14.4%, Multiple Endings 5.1%, First-Person 3.8%

In The Orphan, you'll step into the shoes of Eric, a young orphan who has returned to the abandoned orphanage. As you explore its dark and twisted corridors, you'll encounter all manner of supernatural creatures and otherworldly horrors that will test your courage and your sanity.

Why similar: Survival Horror 44.2%, First-Person 20.2%, Adventure 17%, Story Rich 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%

HEAVENSCAPE is a 3D Y2K horror roguelike based in the early 2000s. Play as ANGEL, an angel, traveling home from a party at night. Find a way home, or venture off the path. Be careful about staying out to late - things are pretty scary out in the dark.

Why similar: Psychological 36%, Survival Horror 26%, First-Person 15.6%, Adventure 9.3%, 3D 7.3%

LET ME OUT - is a psychological horror with a depressing mood. The life of the main character lies in your hands. Help him get out of his difficult condition and walk this path with him.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Minimalist 12.7%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 10.8%

A father tells his daughter a story about cannibals he met in his youth. The story depends entirely on your actions, but not every plot development will suit your daughter...

Why similar: Psychological 35.2%, Survival Horror 25.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Story Rich 7%, Adventure 6.6%

Your daughter has vanished inside the facilities of the company "THE BOX." Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and survive the creatures that hunt you in a game that blends psychological horror, survival, and atmospheric storytelling.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.2%, Psychological 31.2%, First-Person 12%, Story Rich 8.9%, Indie 4.7%

To escape from a hospital whose roof is underground, you must descend to the deepest level. At every step, you need to endure witnessing the results of horrific experiments. And rest assured, you will never predict the end of the story.

Why similar: Psychological 31.3%, Survival Horror 21%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%

Explore shifting places, uncover lost memories, and escape the creatures that look after you. A psychological horror game about guilt, loss, and the haunting silence of unspoken truths.

Why similar: Psychological 37.4%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Story Rich 8.1%, First-Person 7%

Echoes of Madness combines innovative gameplay, a story that plunges you into the deepest terrors, and an immersive visual and sound environment. This is the rebirth of psychological horror. Will you survive your watch?

Why similar: Psychological 39.6%, Survival Horror 34.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, First-Person 7.3%, Adventure 5%

You were sent to inspect a collapsed mining site in an abandoned town. What you find leads you deep underground into darkness, and things that should not move. Hide. Listen. Die Gracefully.

Why similar: Psychological 32.9%, Survival Horror 28.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Minimalist 11%, Linear 7.5%

Red button and blue button. Your choice determines everything.

Why similar: Psychological 34.9%, Survival Horror 25.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Simulation 7.7%, Linear 6.4%

A short horror game about wandering through vaguely familiar memories while something endlessly follows you. It moves when you do, and you need to get out before it catches up.

Why similar: Psychological 26.1%, Linear 15.1%, First-Person 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.6%