- #1 Witch Hunt
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,406 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 27.1%, Gothic 17% ★, Survival Horror 14.2%, FPS 11.7%, Survival 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar slow-burn, atmospheric survival-horror experience with a focus on hunting supernatural threats in a first-person perspective.
- #2 Nightmare of Decay
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Survival Horror 19.2%, FPS 18.6%, First-Person 7%, Action 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to classic survival-horror games, this title delivers a fast-paced, first-person action experience set in a confined, monster-filled environment.
- #3 Resident Evil Village
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 142,279 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 32.8 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 36.7%, Survival Horror 21.2%, FPS 11.9%, First-Person 9%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the gothic castle aesthetic and vampire-themed horror while utilizing a modern first-person perspective.
- #4 Gloomwood
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,888 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 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 27.8% ★, Survival Horror 22.1%, FPS 18.3%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim features a dark, gothic Victorian setting and stealth-focused first-person gameplay that mirrors the tension of exploring a hostile manor.
- #5 Realms of the Haunting
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 523 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 38%, FPS 16.2%, Classic 15.9% ★, Action 9.3%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This cult classic blends first-person shooting with heavy occult and gothic themes, much like the seed game.
- #6 Penumbra Overture
91% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 56.8%, Survival Horror 14.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Adventure 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on first-person exploration and puzzle-solving within a dark, underground facility, emphasizing vulnerability over raw power.
- #7 Dementium II HD
91% matchMixed50% of 1,263 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 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 69.4%, FPS 11.8%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 5.6%, First-Person 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a gritty, first-person survival-horror experience with a focus on navigating nightmare-like environments.
- #8 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
90% matchVery Positive95% of 15,007 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: Vampire 60% ★, Horror 12.4%, Gothic 9.6% ★, Classic 8.2% ★, Atmospheric 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive vampire RPG, offering a deep, dark, and atmospheric world that fans of the gothic vampire theme will appreciate.
- #9 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
89% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 65.5%, Survival Horror 14.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Dark 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title is essential for anyone who enjoys atmospheric, gothic horror where the environment itself is the primary antagonist.
- #10 Eternal Evil
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 577 reviews2022
Dev: Honor Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 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: Vampire 26% ★, Horror 23.6%, Survival Horror 13.4%, FPS 9.7%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror game focuses on first-person exploration and combat against undead threats in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #11 Vampyr
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 23,838 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.3 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: Vampire 68.7% ★, Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Action 3.8%, Open World 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG captures the moody, plague-ridden atmosphere of early 20th-century London with a heavy focus on vampire lore.
- #12 Cry of Fear
87% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 59.5%, Survival Horror 15.6%, FPS 6.7%, First-Person 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric first-person survival-horror game that emphasizes resource management and psychological tension.
- #13 Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 115,718 reviews2017
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 27.5 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 44.1%, Survival Horror 19%, First-Person 7.8%, FPS 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It revitalized the survival-horror genre with a first-person perspective, focusing on exploration and escaping a hostile, trapped environment.
- #14 CULTIC
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 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 31.3%, FPS 26.8%, Shooter 10.6%, First-Person 9.2%, Old School 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This retro-inspired shooter features dark, cultist-themed environments and satisfying combat that feels like a modern evolution of classic horror FPS titles.
- #15 Curse: The Eye of Isis
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 168 reviews2014
Dev: Asylum entertainmentPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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 43%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Classic 21.3% ★, Adventure 9.2%, Action 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-horror title that features a period-appropriate setting and supernatural threats similar to the seed game.
- #16 DUSK
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, FPS 21.7%, Classic 16.1% ★, Shooter 7.9%, First-Person 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its dark, rural horror aesthetic and retro-FPS mechanics make it a great fit for fans of the genre.
- #17 Lucius
84% matchVery Positive81% of 10,776 reviews2012
Dev: Shiver Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Why similar: Horror 77.5%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 5%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Dark 4%
Why You'll Like It: It places you in the role of a villainous protagonist within a large, gothic mansion, emphasizing environmental horror and discovery.
- #18 Lost in Vivo
82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Survival Horror 18.5%, FPS 14.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic first-person horror game that excels at building psychological dread through its surreal and dark environments.
- #19 Visage
82% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 65.6%, Survival Horror 16.1%, First-Person 6.3%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Dark 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply unsettling, atmospheric first-person horror experience set within a large, shifting house.
- #20 AMID EVIL
81% matchVery Positive93% of 7,565 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
Why similar: FPS 30.5%, First-Person 14.3%, Shooter 13.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Old School 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its gothic, high-fantasy environments and retro-FPS combat provide a similar sense of exploration and power-fantasy.
- #21 Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
83% matchMixed67% of 1,202 reviews2013
Pub: Crystal Dynamics
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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: Vampire 62.8% ★, Classic 13.8% ★, Gothic 11.9% ★, Action 6.4%, Atmospheric 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, gothic fantasy experience centered on vampire powers and exploration.
- #22 Prodeus
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,026 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Why similar: FPS 42.8%, Horror 10.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Classic 9.1% ★, Retro 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: While primarily an action game, its dark, gore-filled aesthetic and retro-FPS roots make it a fun, fast-paced alternative.
- #23 HROT
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,277 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Why similar: FPS 30%, Horror 24.1%, Shooter 9.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Retro 7%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, retro-FPS set in a dark, atmospheric version of 1980s Czechoslovakia that captures a similar sense of bleak, historical horror.
- #24 The Beast Inside
80% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 57.5%, Survival Horror 15.1%, First-Person 7.4%, Survival 5.2%, Action 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends first-person exploration with historical horror elements, creating a tense narrative experience.
- #25 Gray Dawn
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Horror 64.8%, Adventure 12%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person horror game features religious and gothic themes that create a unique and unsettling atmosphere.
- #26 Nightmare Reaper
78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, FPS 27.5%, Shooter 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%, Old School 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines retro-FPS mechanics with loot-driven progression and horror-themed enemy designs.
- #27 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,441 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Vampire 43.1% ★, Gothic 23% ★, Horror 18.5%, Survival 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #28 Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
77% matchVery Positive88% of 959 reviews2017
Dev: Nihilistic SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Inhabiting the World of Darkness, you must face a series of brutal confrontations with your nemesis Vukodlak, a powerful vampire lord.
Why similar: Vampire 64.7% ★, Classic 17.7% ★, Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Dark 1.4%
- #29 Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf
78% matchMixed61% of 2,953 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 71.9%, FPS 9.7%, First-Person 6.6%, Action 6%, Adventure 4.6%
- #30 The Vampire
75% 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: Vampire 40.4% ★, Horror 22.7%, FPS 13.1%, Survival Horror 9.3%, First-Person 6.2%
- #31 Doorways: Prelude
77% matchMixed62% of 634 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 57.6%, Survival Horror 13.5%, First-Person 6.5%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 4.6%
- #32 Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
73% matchVery Positive88% of 85 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: Vampire 41.8% ★, Gothic 24.6% ★, Horror 22.4%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Old School 2.3%
- #33 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, Survival Horror 19.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Survival 8.5%, Action 6.9%
- #34 Sinister Halloween
74% matchVery Positive84% of 144 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 35.1%, Survival Horror 17%, FPS 12.9%, First-Person 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #35 Dracula: The Resurrection
76% matchMixed51% of 539 reviews2014
Dev: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 83.6 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: Vampire 62.5% ★, Horror 29.6%, Adventure 7.8%
- #36 Dead Format
72% matchVery Positive83% of 134 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 37.5%, Survival Horror 25%, Gothic 10.1% ★, Survival 7.7%, Action 5%
- #37 When the Light Dies
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Electric MonkeysPub: PQube
Windows
Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.
Why similar: Vampire 33.1% ★, Gothic 22.5% ★, Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Survival 4.8%
- #38 Killing Time: Resurrected
71% matchVery Positive93% of 328 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 39.1%, FPS 22%, First-Person 10.5%, Retro 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #39 Dracula: Love Kills
74% matchVery Positive80% of 364 reviews2013
Dev: Waterlily GamesPub: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 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: Vampire 47.4% ★, Gothic 23.6% ★, Horror 21.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Adventure 2.2%
- #40 Mists of Aiden
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 67.9%, First-Person 8.4%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #41 Doorways: The Underworld
73% matchMixed69% of 405 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 44%, Survival Horror 21.7%, First-Person 9.8%, Action 7%, Dark 5.2%
- #42 Weeping Falls Massacre
70% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, FPS 22.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Action 9%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #43 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: Vampire 57.2% ★, Horror 28.8%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Action 4.5%, Adventure 3.2%
- #44 Manus Dei
70% 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 29.3%, Gothic 21.3% ★, FPS 17.5%, Survival Horror 8.5%, Action 6.6%
- #45 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 39%, FPS 21.8%, Shooter 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Action 7.7%
- #46 Project Crypt
69% matchVery Positive85% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, FPS 17.3%, Survival Horror 17.1%, First-Person 8.3%, Shooter 6.3%
- #47 Curse
71% matchMixed62% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Stormlord GamesPub: Stormlord Games LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
CURSE is a point-and-click horror game that throws the player into the world of paranormal investigations.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Survival Horror 17.8%, FPS 15%, First-Person 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #48 Leenie Boog
69% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2021
Dev: Alexander BazhenovPub: AB Developer
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 42.6%, Survival Horror 21.4%, Survival 8.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #49 Cursed
68% matchVery Positive89% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Disaster Squad Productions
Windows
A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat
Why similar: Horror 71.6%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 8.9%, Dark 5.8%, Old School 2.7%
- #50 Wounded - The Beginning
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.
Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Survival Horror 18.5%, First-Person 8.9%, Action 7.7%, Survival 7.6%
- #51 Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil
68% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Fernando TittzPub: Mr.Skull Game Studio
Windows
In this story focused horror game, you are a priest! And you need to help a family with their cursed house, explore, follow your visions, find the root, and exorcize it!
Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Survival Horror 21.8%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, FPS 5.6%
- #52 Echoes Of The House
66% matchVery Positive81% of 177 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 60.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Dark 6.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #53 Opus Castle
68% matchMixed60% of 81 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 51.4%, FPS 29.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Survival 4.9%, Survival Horror 3.8%
- #54 EBOLA VILLAGE
65% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Survival Horror 18%, FPS 17.8%, First-Person 7.5%, Action 5.9%
- #55 The Roach Hotel
64% matchVery Positive89% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Hawt Combo
Windows
The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.
Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Survival Horror 20.4%, FPS 12.3%, First-Person 5.5%, Old School 5.2%
- #56 Witching Hour
66% matchMixed67% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.
Why similar: Horror 43.1%, FPS 18.6%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Old School 5.3%