Games Like Obscure

Two years ago, a group of young teenagers found themselves trapped inside their school. They suffered through the longest night of their lives, chased by abominable creatures created by their principal. Some of them survived that terrible night, while others perished.

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Local Co-Op 21.6%, Co-op 11%, Third Person 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct sequel to the seed game and continues the group-based survival horror mechanics in a college setting.

RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 22.2%, Local Co-Op 13.2%, Co-op 10.5%, Zombies 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dual-character system that encourages co-op play and strategic switching between characters.

Notorious cult-classic Korean horror. Sneak into school at midnight to return your sweetheart's diary and get caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Explore haunted hallways, solve classic survival horror puzzles and escape the clutches of a killer Janitor who is out for your blood.

Why similar: Horror 50.6%, Survival Horror 36.1%, Adventure 5.1%, Action 4.1%, Atmospheric 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the high school horror setting with intense stealth and survival elements.

This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.

Why similar: Co-op 19.1%, Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Co-op Campaign 8% ★

Why You'll Like It: It offers one of the most polished co-op survival horror experiences, focusing on teamwork and resource management.

The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Survival Horror 36.2%, Adventure 5.5%, Action 4.1%, Survival 4%

Why You'll Like It: A terrifying exploration of a nightmarish school environment that emphasizes survival and puzzle-solving.

Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.2%, Horror 28.1%, Third Person 9.8%, Zombies 4.8%, Survival 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to classic survival horror that features similar camera angles and resource-heavy gameplay.

Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.

Why similar: Survival Horror 41.8%, Horror 26.7%, Third Person 7.8%, Survival 4.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic fixed-camera survival horror feel of the original Obscure with challenging puzzles and atmosphere.

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Why similar: Survival Horror 43.5%, Horror 28.2%, Third Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern homage to 90s horror that focuses on a high school setting and atmospheric puzzle-solving.

The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.5%, Horror 21.5%, Classic 20.4% ★, Zombies 5.7%, Third Person 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic survival horror experience that established the genre's core mechanics.

Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Horror 26.1%, Classic 16% ★, Zombies 6.1%, Third Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique character-switching mechanic that mirrors the group dynamic found in Obscure.

DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.

Why similar: Horror 57.2%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Third Person 6.7%, Adventure 3.8%, Female Protagonist 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a high school student protagonist navigating a supernatural world, similar to the premise of Obscure.

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Why similar: Horror 63.7%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Gore 8.3%, Adventure 4.2%, Great Soundtrack 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the dark, supernatural secrets of a school setting with a focus on psychological horror.

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 44%, Survival Horror 28.7%, Co-op 13.4%, Multiplayer 3%, Survival 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense co-op horror with a gritty, atmospheric feel and a focus on survival.

In Silent Hill Homecoming, Alex Shepherd has returned to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen to investigate the sudden disappearance of his brother. From Shepherd's Glen to the foggy streets of Silent Hill, Alex will face the darkest of horrors while struggling with his own grip on reality.

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Survival Horror 36.7%, Third Person 5.2%, Adventure 4.2%, Gore 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the classic survival horror atmosphere and puzzle-solving that fans of the genre expect.

Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.6%, Horror 25.3%, Survival 6.9%, Zombies 6.6%, Gore 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Designed specifically as a co-op survival horror experience with a classic aesthetic.

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

Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Survival Horror 31.2%, Adventure 4.7%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Survival 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on environmental puzzles and atmospheric tension in a confined, dangerous space.

Stay Close is open-world horror game, with options for single-player and co-op. It has an unique and new gameplay approach unseen so far in any other game. You'll find yourself in a creepy and anomalous town, what is your next move?

Why similar: Horror 40.3%, Survival Horror 27.6%, Co-op 25.5%, Multiplayer 2.9%, Action 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes co-op survival in a horror environment where staying together is key to survival.

DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.4%, Horror 27.5%, Zombies 8%, Third Person 6.7%, Survival 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to the classic survival horror genre with a focus on inventory management.

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Survival Horror 37.6%, Horror 35%, Third Person 5.9%, Gore 5.7%, Survival 4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a tense, psychological survival horror experience with heavy emphasis on resource scarcity.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Survival Horror 75.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Action 4.3%, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in classic survival horror atmosphere, inventory management, and puzzle-solving.

Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Co-op 19.2%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Zombies 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Heavily focused on co-op action-horror gameplay with multiple character perspectives.

Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Horror 28.7%, Co-op 10.8%, Zombies 6.6%, Third Person 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends classic survival horror exploration with modern action sequences.

A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.

Why similar: Survival Horror 45.8%, Horror 30.1%, Third Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a permadeath mechanic for multiple characters, forcing you to manage your group carefully.

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 45.7%, Survival Horror 29.6%, Survival 4.9%, Adventure 3.8%, Gore 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven horror experience with strong atmosphere and historical mystery.

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 55.2%, Survival Horror 30.3%, Gore 5.7%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Adventure 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for atmospheric, helpless horror that relies on tension over combat.

Your squad has been choppered to a remote mansion to investigate a bio-experiment gone wrong. You’re plunged straight into a deathtrap. Arm yourself, solve puzzles, and unearth mysteries. But beware: every move you make draws you deeper into the deadly embrace of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.6%, Horror 23.5%, Classic 11.6% ★, Survival 7%, Zombies 6%

The game that started the popular survival horror genre returns better than ever! Players control Edward Carnby, the main character from the original Alone in the Dark, on a thrilling journey through a dark and terrifying re-creation of New York's Central Park where Carnby must discover the truth behind a dark conspiracy.

Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Survival Horror 31.5%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 6.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style survival horror adventure that focuses on environmental interaction.

A horror survival and extraction game playable in single player or co-op for up to 4 players. Lost in a creepy forest, you and your friends are hunted by a monster. Stay quiet while extracting keys through nightmarish realms using items like traps, sonars, and flare guns to survive!

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Co-op 21.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Third Person 9.2%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror game focused on exploration and survival in a dangerous, isolated environment.

You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.

Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Survival Horror 32.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Action 5.8%, Survival 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original school-based horror survival game in the series, focusing on stealth and exploration.

School 666 is a 1-4 Player Co-op Survival Horror. You must escape this endless nightmare. Try to identify the correct path and survive the anomalies in this endless school. Some extremely powerful anomalies will catch you to their dimensions. Explore the reason why you are here... and don't die.

Why similar: Horror 72.1%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Co-op 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Third Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Survival Horror 32.2%, Co-op 5.4%, Gore 5.3%, Action 4.7%

Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?

Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Horror 27%, Co-op 14.7%, Survival 5.5%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Face supernatural horrors in these 2 games in 1 remastered collection of third-person survival horror. Play as Linda, a high school student armed with a smartphone and camera, as she survives terrifying encounters and uncovers dark secrets across two chilling adventures. Will you survive the dread?

Why similar: Survival Horror 40.2%, Horror 28.6%, Third Person 9.8%, Survival 5.9%, Adventure 4.7%

High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.

Why similar: Horror 59.9%, Gore 10.4%, Female Protagonist 7%, Atmospheric 7%, Action 6.7%

Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.

Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Survival Horror 28.9%, Co-op 18.4%, Action 5.5%, Gore 5.4%

An infinitely replayable stealth horror game set in high school. Try to escape alone or with up to five friends as you navigate destructible environments and randomized level layouts. Face off against a smart AI opponent that develops new abilities the more you play.

Why similar: Survival Horror 45.2%, Horror 36.7%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Adventure 4.4%

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.5%, Horror 32.4%, Co-op 20%, Multiplayer 4.2%, Survival 3.6%

Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

Why similar: Survival Horror 38.5%, Horror 29%, Classic 9.5% ★, Third Person 6.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%

Freakout is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Visit your school and find all your seized items and don't get caught by the possessed principal and his pet dog and stop the principal from sacrificing his goats. Stop the Ritual, Run, Scream, hide. Just don't get caught.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.5%, Horror 26.3%, Co-op 16.4%, Survival 7%, Gore 5.1%

Double Shoulders is a two player action-adventure game. You take control of Lois and Sam, two kids trying to escape from a strange place filled with dangers and challenges. You'll have to work together to get out of this place alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 37.1%, Local Co-Op 37.1%, Co-op 6.2%, Action 4.8%, Adventure 3.7%

Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!

Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Survival Horror 35.2%, Co-op 18.5%, Multiplayer 4.1%, Action 2.9%

Sign of Silence is a 4-player cooperative horror game set in dreadful outskirts of Danwille town. Whether you will escape the place or stay here forever depends on cautious and coordinated actions of the whole team!

Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Co-op 24%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.1%, Atmospheric 4.8%

Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.9%, Horror 32.7%, Co-op 18.1%, Survival 7%, Multiplayer 3.3%

The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…

Why similar: Survival Horror 49.7%, Horror 28.2%, Third Person 8.7%, Gore 4.8%, Action 3.9%

The Watchers is a haunting co-op stealth game in which 2 players take control of a brother and sister trying to uncover the truth behind their mother’s disappearance. Explore the sinister compound of a local cult and work together to evade brutal enemies. But be careful. You’re being watched.

Why similar: Horror 55.1%, Co-op 19%, Action 16.1%, Multiplayer 5%, Great Soundtrack 2.8%

In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.

Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Survival Horror 31.7%, Co-op 13.4%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Survival 4.2%

Death Swap is a first person online co-op horror game where you are stuck in a secret science facility with a horrific monster! Work as a team to save each other by swapping positions with the creature. Communicate with one another to solve tasks in order to survive and escape the science facility!

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Horror 31.3%, Co-op 14.7%, Gore 6.2%, Survival 4.6%

DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Survival Horror 28.5%, Co-op 10.8%, Multiplayer 4.2%, Survival 2.5%

In 1949 two gruesome accidents tainted the Crimson's reputation and led to an innocent mother being charged with murder. Jane Barker hasn't been seen since her release in 1954. You're a group of teenagers on their way home from a party when your car breaks down outside the Crimson Hotel...

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Horror 33.8%, Co-op 22.1%, Adventure 7.8%

Confused, you wake up sucked into an empty classroom. You have to try to escape from school by solving puzzles and discovering secrets.

Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Local Co-Op 28.5%, Co-op 17.4%, Co-op Campaign 8.2% ★, Adventure 5.2%

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 50.5%, Survival Horror 24.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Survival 4.7%, Co-op 4.5%

Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!

Why similar: Survival Horror 41.3%, Horror 29%, Third Person 6.4%, Survival 4.6%, Action 4.2%

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Horror 51.1%, Survival Horror 28.3%, Gore 4.6%, Survival 4.5%, Atmospheric 3.5%

Challenging co-op horror (1-4 players). You are looking for your missing friend Darvin. Do whatever it takes to stay alive. Only the patient and the clever will succeed.

Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Co-op 21.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Multiplayer 5%

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 34.6%, Survival Horror 29.7%, Co-op 11.2%, Gore 7.2%, Action 4.6%