- #1 Nightmare of Decay
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 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: Horror 39.5%, Survival Horror 19.1%, FPS 18.6%, First-Person 6.8%, Action 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It channels classic 90s survival-horror and retro first-person action inside a creepy, monster-filled mansion.
- #2 Eternal Evil
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 589 reviews2022
Dev: Honor Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.
Why similar: Vampires 26.3% ★, Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 13.4%, FPS 9.8%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This indie survival horror offers old-school first-person shooting and puzzle-solving against terrifying undead creatures.
- #3 Witch Hunt
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,455 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Gothic 16.4% ★, Survival Horror 14.3%, FPS 11.9%, Survival 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a heavy atmosphere of eerie exploration and methodical monster-hunting in a dark, historical setting.
- #4 CULTIC
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,749 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, FPS 26.3%, Shooter 10.5%, First-Person 8.7%, Old School 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty retro FPS packed with occult horror, cultists, and atmospheric dread reminiscent of classic gothic shooters.
- #5 Penumbra Overture
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,186 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 56.2%, Survival Horror 14.3%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 5%, Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric first-person horror game that forces you to survive against horrific entities using your wits and environment.
- #6 Resident Evil Village
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 154,752 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Survival Horror 21.1%, FPS 12.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Playing through a sprawling, gothic European castle while fighting monsters captures the exact architectural grandeur and terror of Nosferatu.
- #7 Realms of the Haunting
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 531 reviews2014
Dev: Gremlin InteractivePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Forged in the Beginning and protected by the Seven Seals, there lies a place where thought and creation intertwine. The center for all realms of existence, it is the balancing force between good and evil, man and spirit. A focal point for all energies, and the one element that has kept the consuming nature of darkness at bay... Until now.
Why similar: Horror 37%, Classic 16.6% ★, FPS 16.4%, Action 9.5%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A vintage first-person horror shooter that traps you inside a sinister, maze-like Victorian mansion full of supernatural evil.
- #8 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
90% matchVery Positive95% of 35,783 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 65.1%, Survival Horror 14.7%, First-Person 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Dark 3%
Why You'll Like It: Master of gothic castle-based horror, it evokes the same helpless dread and dark exploration found in Nosferatu.
- #9 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
89% matchVery Positive94% of 15,398 reviews2007
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
Why similar: Vampires 60.3% ★, Horror 12.1%, Gothic 9.3% ★, Classic 8.6% ★, Atmospheric 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is the premier first-person video game experience for deep, dark vampire lore and gothic atmosphere.
- #10 Blood West
88% matchVery Positive90% of 6,740 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, FPS 20.5%, Survival Horror 13.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Shooter 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-horror FPS that tasks you with hunting down occult monstrosities in a moody, cursed frontier setting.
- #11 Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf
89% matchMixed61% of 2,972 reviews2014
Dev: Microblast GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mysterious creature has destroyed a village located near Walden's cabin, killing every person residing on the premises. Now, Walden wants revenge. This is the story of an old hunter who has nothing to lose.
Why similar: Horror 71.3%, FPS 10%, First-Person 6.6%, Action 6.2%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark indie horror game featuring grim monster-hunting and an oppressive woodland atmosphere.
- #12 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
87% matchMixed68% of 3,372 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
Why similar: Horror 48.2%, Survival Horror 13.8%, FPS 9.5%, Classic 9.1% ★, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive first-person horror game combining intense action sequences with a deeply unsettling cosmic horror atmosphere.
- #13 Vampyr
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 25,393 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Why similar: Vampires 69.1% ★, Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 3.8%, Action 3.8%, Open World 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric action-RPG steeped in vampire mythology and dark, foggy historical London streets.
- #14 Maid of Sker
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,471 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Survival Horror 18.3%, First-Person 9.1%, Action 7.5%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a remote, terrifying Welsh hotel, it relies on intense atmospheric dread and stealthy survival.
- #15 Dementium II HD
86% matchMixed50% of 1,284 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
Why similar: Horror 68.6%, FPS 12.1%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 6%, First-Person 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty first-person horror shooter blending medical nightmares with intense monster combat.
- #16 Cry of Fear
82% matchVery Positive89% of 87,694 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 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 58.9%, Survival Horror 15.7%, FPS 6.9%, First-Person 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A terrifying psychological horror FPS that excels at building oppressive tension and dread in dark urban and indoor spaces.
- #17 SOMA
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 53,096 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 46.1%, Survival Horror 19.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Dark 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Though sci-fi instead of gothic, it provides the same masterclass in first-person atmospheric dread and isolation.
- #18 Doorways: Prelude
84% matchMixed62% of 636 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 57.1%, Survival Horror 13.6%, First-Person 6.4%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal first-person horror adventure that plunges you into disturbing, puzzle-filled nightmare realms.
- #19 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 127,598 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 43.6%, Survival Horror 19.1%, First-Person 7.6%, FPS 7%, Classic 4.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: The shift to a first-person perspective inside a decaying, monster-infested estate matches the claustrophobic fear of exploring Malachi castle.
- #20 Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
84% matchMixed68% of 1,238 reviews2013
Pub: Crystal Dynamics
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Cast down from power by a mysterious warlord centuries ago, Kain reawakens in a world he barely recognises. His armies slain, his vampire brethren nearly extinct, Kain is one of the last of his kind. With an agenda of vengeance, Kain shall unleash a wicked wrath to uncover the plot that threatens the land he seeks to conquer.
Why similar: Vampires 63.6% ★, Classic 14.1% ★, Gothic 11% ★, Action 6.4%, Adventure 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic dark fantasy adventure focusing entirely on powerful vampire abilities and gothic atmosphere.
- #21 Curse: The Eye of Isis
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 175 reviews2014
Dev: Asylum entertainmentPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Strange things are happening at Great Britain’s museum of natural history in 1890. A gang of ruthless thugs has broken into the establishment, the Eye of Isis Egyptian statue has been stolen, and a mysterious fog has overtaken a number of areas of the museum killing and transforming all it comes into contact with.
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Classic 23.5% ★, Survival Horror 21.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Action 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival horror title featuring creepy indoor environments and supernatural ancient threats.
- #22 In Sound Mind
80% matchVery Positive95% of 7,016 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Why similar: Horror 53.6%, FPS 14.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Action 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game filled with unsettling environments, puzzles, and frantic boss encounters.
- #23 Apsulov: End of Gods
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,717 reviews2019
Dev: Angry Demon Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this future viking horror you awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to research and exploit the worlds of Yggdrasil, and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago.First person with a futuristic Norse mythology story. Horror adventure in the realms of Yggdrasil.
Why similar: Horror 64.4%, Action 9.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A grim first-person horror adventure featuring mythological dread, dark corridors, and terrifying encounters.
- #24 Blair Witch
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,235 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Why similar: Horror 57.6%, Survival Horror 11.5%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 5%
Why You'll Like It: A tense first-person horror experience where navigating a disorienting, haunted labyrinth mirrors the maze-like exploration of Nosferatu.
- #25 Visage
78% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 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 65%, Survival Horror 16.5%, First-Person 6.2%, Dark 4.1%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological first-person horror game set in a shifting, haunted home that maximizes pure terror.
- #26 Monstrum
78% matchVery Positive91% of 3,779 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Horror 56%, Survival Horror 25%, First-Person 6.3%, Survival 4.1%, Atmospheric 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A terrifying survival horror game featuring a procedurally generated environment that forces you to constantly adapt to your hunter.
- #27 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,868 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Vampires 45.9% ★, Gothic 21.4% ★, Horror 17.3%, Survival 5.2%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #28 The Land of Pain
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 795 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Survival Horror 21.1%, First-Person 9.5%, Survival 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric Lovecraftian horror game focused on survival, exploration, and avoiding otherworldly horrors.
- #29 Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,002 reviews2017
Dev: Nihilistic SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Inhabiting the World of Darkness, you must face a series of brutal confrontations with your nemesis Vukodlak, a powerful vampire lord.
Why similar: Vampires 64% ★, Classic 19% ★, Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 3.4%, Dark 1.5%
- #30 The Vampire
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: SJ Games
Windows
The Vampire is a first-person horror adventure game designed for single player use only. Would you like to spend the night with Cooper, a stoic vampire hunter who holds the secrets of an ancient legend? Defeat the vampires and escape their world.
Why similar: Vampires 40.7% ★, Horror 22.2%, FPS 13.3%, Survival Horror 9.3%, First-Person 6.1%
- #31 Saint of Chains
73% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
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: Horror 27.9%, Survival Horror 17.9%, FPS 16.6%, First-Person 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #32 Dracula: The Resurrection
77% matchMixed52% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 82.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A fright-filled Adventure that transpires in the heart of Transylvania. London 1904. Seven years after the slaying of Dracula, you play as Jonathan Harker, (the protagonist from Bram Stoker's original novel) and soon discover your wife, Mina has fled London for the Count's castle in Transylvania. Has Mina fallen prey to vampires?
Why similar: Vampires 63.2% ★, Horror 29.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #33 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 461 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Survival Horror 19%, First-Person 8.8%, Survival 8.2%, Action 6.7%
- #34 Sinister Halloween
75% matchVery Positive83% of 149 reviews2019
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Survival Horror 17.1%, FPS 13.2%, First-Person 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #35 Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
73% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Tezcatek
Windows
Bela Lugosi returns as Prince Dracula in this classicvania horror platformer! Battle your way through the monster plagued countryside, evade deadly traps and pitfalls, overcome Dracula’s commanders in single combat, and discover the secret history of your monstrous foes.
Why similar: Vampires 42.7% ★, Gothic 23.8% ★, Horror 22.2%, Atmospheric 3.4%, Old School 2.3%
- #36 Killing Time: Resurrected
72% matchVery Positive92% of 374 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you'll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.
Why similar: Horror 38.5%, FPS 22.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Retro 7.9%, Action 7%
- #37 Dracula: Love Kills
74% matchVery Positive80% of 384 reviews2013
Dev: Waterlily GamesPub: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Queen of Vampires emerges from the ashes of history, seeking to destroy the world of humans and rule over its ruins! No one, human or vampire, will stand in her way!Count Dracula awakens, weakened and stripped of his powers after years of healing from his last battle with Dr. Van Helsing.
Why similar: Vampires 48.4% ★, Gothic 22.9% ★, Horror 20.8%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Adventure 2.3%
- #38 Weeping Falls Massacre
72% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, FPS 23.2%, First-Person 10%, Action 9.2%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #39 Dead Format
70% matchVery Positive83% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Survival Horror 25%, Gothic 9.7% ★, Survival 7.8%, Action 5.1%
- #40 Doorways: The Underworld
74% matchMixed69% of 407 reviews2014
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Survival Horror 21.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Action 7.2%, Dark 5.5%
- #41 Gloomwood
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,461 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: Gothic 26.7% ★, Survival Horror 22.5%, FPS 18.8%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #42 Manus Dei
71% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Lateralis Heavy Industries
Windows
Wield the holy weapon Manus Dei and annihilate creatures from the Rift in this fast-paced shooter. Only your skill will grant you passage into the halls of eternity.
Why similar: Horror 29%, Gothic 20.6% ★, FPS 17.9%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Action 6.9%
- #43 Mists of Aiden
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 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 67.8%, First-Person 8.3%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #44 Witch The Bloodlines
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Kerim Kumbasar
Windows
Witch The Bloodlines is an FPS horror - adventure game that focused on reversing a curse of the 18th century village which you are living in. Discover the living forest and experience the horror that you are in.
Why similar: Horror 38.1%, FPS 22.2%, Shooter 9%, First-Person 8%, Action 7.9%
- #45 Immortal Darkness: Curse of The Pale King
71% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Giant Space Monster
Windows
A dark fantasy RPG dungeon crawler, with challenging real-time tactical combat, a wide variety of spells, and a dark and brooding dungeon full of lethal enemies, sadistic traps, and mind-bending puzzles.
Why similar: Vampires 57.8% ★, Horror 28.3%, Action 4.6%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Adventure 3.3%
- #46 Lucius
70% matchVery Positive81% of 10,932 reviews2012
Dev: Shiver Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Why similar: Horror 76.8%, Adventure 6.5%, Action 5.2%, Dark 4.2%, Atmospheric 4%
- #47 Cursed
69% matchVery Positive91% of 218 reviews2022
Dev: Disaster Squad Productions
Windows
A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat
Why similar: Horror 70.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Dark 6.2%, Old School 2.8%
- #48 Project Crypt
69% matchVery Positive84% of 435 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Horror 32.2%, FPS 17.6%, Survival Horror 17.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Shooter 6.4%
- #49 Curse
71% matchMixed63% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Stormlord GamesPub: Stormlord Games LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
CURSE is a point-and-click horror game that throws the player into the world of paranormal investigations.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Survival Horror 17.9%, FPS 15.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #50 Leenie Boog
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 305 reviews2021
Dev: Alexander BazhenovPub: AB Developer
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The war. Light versus darkness. It has been going on for thousands of years. One night, the Thousand-Year War suddenly knocked on your window. You will have to meet an uninvited guest.
Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Survival 8.8%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #51 Echoes of Dread
67% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
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 42.9%, Survival Horror 18.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Survival 8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #52 Echoes Of The House
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Sordar Studios
Windows
Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.
Why similar: Horror 60.6%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dark 7.1%, Adventure 6%
- #53 Opus Castle
68% matchMixed61% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Messier GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Opus Castle it's a 3D horror, adventure and mysterious game with a narrative based on the real tragic history of the little castle on Apa Street, located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Why similar: Horror 50.6%, FPS 29.9%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Survival 4.9%, Survival Horror 3.9%
- #54 Deathbloom: Chapter 1
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2019
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Inspired by classic survival horror. Bachman Manor sprawls into a maze of corridors, bedrooms, foyers, and more. Filled with puzzles, traps, and hidden passageways that explore the secrets of its dark history and occupants.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Gothic 17.8% ★, FPS 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Action 8%
- #55 The Story of Henry Bishop
66% matchVery Positive83% of 549 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 38.9%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Classic 8.7% ★, FPS 8.3%, Action 5.8%
- #56 Misery Mansion
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Survival 8.5%, First-Person 8.1%, Dark 5.4%
