- #1 NARIBIKIMURA
97% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: DorsalFin Studio
Windows
Guided by information from a bulletin board, the protagonist arrives at the uncharted village of Naribiki. With no way to turn back, he must explore the village to find a way out. As he delves deeper into the heart of Naribiki Village, the hidden mysteries of this eerie place slowly come to light...
Why similar: 1980s 31.7%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 10%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #2 East Wood Carnival
96% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: 1980s 37.9%, Horror 27.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 6.7%, First-Person 5.5%
- #3 Backrooms: The Descent
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demon_Rec.
Windows
Backrooms: The Descent is an indie horror exploration/survival game that adapts the lore of the Backrooms Wiki/Fandom, featuring nostalgic and eerie liminal spaces where you navigate your way through for any sign of human life.
Why similar: 1980s 33.8%, Adventure 19.5%, Horror 15.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #4 Midnight at Forest
95% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Gladiator Games
Windows
Try to escape from the Forest as you setup camp, then realize you were locked in there by a Park officer. There were 5 keyholes, so you had to find one key for each one.
Why similar: Adventure 24.3%, Horror 22%, Exploration 13.9%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, 3D 10.2%
- #5 Tihama | تهامة
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bader Albaker Pub: Bader albaker
Windows
Tihama is a first-person Mysterious story driven adventure game. You return to your family home to take care of your grandfathers property, but strange events begin to appear. Explore, feel the tension, and uncover the truth behind what’s happening. A thrilling journey full of secrets and surprises.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Adventure 20.1%, Exploration 16.1%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, 3D 8.6%
- #6 Facility 079
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReHoGa Interactive
Windows
Explore the winding corridors of research Facility 079 in this first-person Horror Adventure game as you guide logistics employee Aiden Stoner through the abandoned bunker's hazardous depths on a search for critical data that holds the key to avert the impending disaster.
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Adventure 16.3%, 3D 14.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%
- #7 A File That Won’t Close
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindShiftGames
Windows
A writer who has lost his inspiration rents a secluded farmhouse to finish his final story. But strange things begin to happen. Is he losing his mind… or is this house hiding something that should have stayed buried?
Why similar: 1980s 37.7%, Adventure 21%, Horror 14.4%, 3D 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%
- #8 Sabbuth
92% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Angad MatharooPub: Ostensible Games
Windows
You've waken up in a strange place not knowing who you are or what your purpose is. A being lays before you emerging from the ground. He offers you an escape, something you can't refuse. Traverse 3 different areas collecting Artifacts to return to this being while avoiding evil forces.
Why similar: 1980s 25.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 11.8%, 3D 8.1%
- #9 Deranged
91% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Franco Hernandez
Windows
Deranged is a single player puzzle and psychological horror video game. Find a way to escape the O'Connor mansion before things get tough. Remember that in order to escape you must complete challenging puzzles against the clock ... Will you be able?
Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 14.6%, 3D 12.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #10 Riot of Willy
91% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Too Production
Windows
Is a horror game with an adventure twist. Your task is to solve puzzles and not to get caught by monsters. They all hear and see you, so be careful. Explore the locations and survive in this thrilling horror game
Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Adventure 21.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Exploration 12.7%, Indie 8.7%
- #11 Project Unknown Designation
90% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Diggidy.net
Windows
Meet your friends at their cabin in the woods. What lies ahead?
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Adventure 24.6%, 3D 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #12 のっぺらぼう
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: ANFWorks
Windows
It is a search-type horror game set in a mansion where curses live."Nopperabo" who became a curse after the tragic event You reached the end,Can you enshrine the curse?
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Adventure 16.2%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 12.6%, Exploration 12%
- #13 Don't Drop The Cake
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Midoriyama
Windows
Let’s deliver the cake. To reach your goal, you must cross a space crawling with monstrous creatures. If fear makes you tremble or you panic and drop the cake, it’s all over. This challenge isn’t for cowards. Only the brave and composed will make it through. Are you up for it?
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Adventure 21.6%, Exploration 12.4%, 3D 9%, Violent 8.2%
- #14 Cursed Town
88% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: RPG Adventures Team
Windows
Cursed Town is a game about the story of an old abandoned town, from the Medievo to Classic times this place has been used for many purposes.
Why similar: 1980s 41.6%, Adventure 24.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #15 Corrupted Minds
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vaporwave catPub: vaporwavecat productions!
Windows
Corrupted Minds is a mind bending single player psychological/Cosmic-adjacent horror game where you must travel through the fragments of a broken man's psyche and make it out whole...
Why similar: 1980s 35.2%, Adventure 19%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 11.4%, 3D 6.3%
- #16 Price of Knowledge
86% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dark Mind
Windows
Start your journey to meet your fears and new knowledge. You are forced to become an adult and learn the truth.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 12.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #17 The Castle
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Kaimaro
Windows
Title: Hidden Castle This is a first-person perspective exploration horror game where you aim to escape from a mysterious castle you stumbled upon while seeking shelter from the rain.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Adventure 22.2%, 3D 16.6%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #18 Thekku Island
84% matchVery Positive89% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Ales Devs Games
Windows
A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Exploration 17.8%, Adventure 15%, 1980s 14.1%, 3D 13.3%
- #19 Deadly Delivery
85% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: rdlmh
Windows
Deadly Delivery is a first person horror game. Your goal is to deliver a package to an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Could it be that the address is wrong? Or maybe the hospital is getting renovated? Who knows… You better deliver the package as soon as possible.
Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, 3D 11.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%
- #20 Quaso Studio : The Liven Collection
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Quaso Studio
Windows
Quaso Studio: The Liven Collection is a compilation of two horror games: The To-Do List: Complete tasks, face the killer, escape. Rouge Carmin: Explore the depths of your subconscious, confront your regrets, and find a way out.
Why similar: 1980s 32.6%, Horror 19.4%, Exploration 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Violent 7%
- #21 Extinction
84% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Royal Games Studio
Windows
Extinction is a singleplayer horror game where you explore The valley of Extinction. Your job is to explore it while also keeping yourself alive from monsters who want to end your life.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Adventure 22.2%, Exploration 12%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 8.6%
- #22 Cornfield Escape
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aethvion
Windows
Trapped in a dense cornfield, you must navigate hidden landmarks, avoid noise traps and outsmart a relentless stalker that hunts by sound. Stay quiet, read the signs and escape before it reaches you.
Why similar: Adventure 28.5%, Horror 21.5%, Exploration 16.1%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, 3D 11.8%
- #23 Death Forest Abyss
81% matchMixed56% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: AMG GAMES
Windows
Escape from the Forest of Fear by searching for the broken bike parts while running away from the creatures that are the remains of the massacre victims!
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Adventure 33.6%, 3D 16.5%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #24 GhostHunt With Triggered Insaan
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Arkesh BharadwajPub: Indian Developers
Windows
A Horror Game Featuring Triggered Insaan (Nischay Malhan) as a Ghost Hunter.
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Action-Adventure 14%, First-Person 10.3%
- #25 Sinister Entity
80% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: 1980s 42.8%, Horror 20.8%, Adventure 14%, 3D 10.4%, Violent 6.9%
- #26 Feed The Flames
79% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Winterwood Studio
Windows
A shadowed forest looms, its hostile residents bound to an ancient evil that is rising again. You bear the heavy burden of an age-old ritual—to keep the demon at bay. Keep the sacred flame burning until dawn, or risk the fate of both yourself and the world.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, 3D 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #27 House of Caravan
81% matchMixed67% of 803 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 45%, Adventure 20.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Indie 12.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #28 Dracula Awakens
79% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Bricchi Games
Windows
Kill monsters using your camera and solve puzzles as you try to survive Dracula himself in his castle in this retro-style survival horror game.
Why similar: 1980s 34.9%, Horror 20.3%, Violent 7.6%, Adventure 7.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #29 Selling Souls
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Adventure 22.2%, First-Person 13.8%, Exploration 10%, 3D 7.3%
- #30 The Liminal Space
78% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: DG.
Windows
"The Liminal Space" is a thrilling horror adventure game. Explore surreal landscapes, solve puzzles, and escape from terrifying monsters. Are you ready to face the challenges? Enter "The Liminal Space" now! ROADMAP https://trello.com/b/McrrCNtd/the-liminal-space
Why similar: 1980s 27.4%, Horror 22.6%, Adventure 19.3%, 3D 10.2%, First-Person 10.1%
- #31 No Way Out
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: H³Games
Windows
No Way Out is an adventure game where the protagonist, Dariane, must escape from a mansion with no escape route, haunted by two mysterious figures. You control Dariane, aiming to escape the mansion without being spotted by the wandering pair. Play solo and overcome the loneliness to achieve victory.
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Adventure 26.4%, 3D 19.8%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #32 Mordath
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sketch Wire Games
Windows
You play as Jerry, a young man who has gotten into a terrible car accident on his way to visit his parents, Jerry finds himself transported back in time to an eerie and abandoned place. The question is are you going to survive or will you become a victim of the town's horrifying secrets?
Why similar: 1980s 29%, Adventure 18.4%, Horror 15.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, 3D 8.3%
- #33 Fear Calibration
76% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: NeoCOMS Entertainment
Windows · Mac
It's your first day and you're trapped in your school–or at least what seems to be of it. Through piecing together hints hidden across rooms, accessing your teachers' computers, and fixing what's broken, find your way out of the room... before they can catch you. This game should work on laptop.
Why similar: 1980s 36%, Horror 17.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, 3D 8.4%
- #34 Echoes From The Threshold 2
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holojet
Windows
Welcome to the Threshold, a place where reality is altered, and memories become disturbing, dark reflections of what once was. Find items to help escape, and explore an almost fully interactive environment!
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 17.3%, 3D 12.8%, First-Person 12.4%
- #35 The elevator
74% matchVery Positive86% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Springbok
Windows
Something is going on in the elevator of your new home.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Exploration 21.9%, Adventure 20.4%, 3D 14%, Indie 7.3%
- #36 Project Lab
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: LabDev
Windows
A horror game in which you are an employee of a secret laboratory.
Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Adventure 17.5%, First-Person 14.5%, 3D 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #37 Hide and Sink
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hell0 Dirtty Games
Windows
Hide and Sink is a VHS horror game that tells a story about a group of elementary kids whose after-school hide-and-seek becomes uncanny terror.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Adventure 21.5%, 3D 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #38 Courage: ZaGame
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ZahirStudioPub: ZahirZone
Windows
Courage: ZaGame is a thrilling 3D adventure where you must craft an elixir to stop a world-threatening monster. Explore eerie environments, solve puzzles, and make critical choices that shape the outcome.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Adventure 24.5%, 3D 17.5%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #39 Crazy Cursed Grandma's House
73% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: rentaka
Windows
Explore Japanese houses and deal with the curses that attack you!
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Adventure 22.9%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 10%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #40 Descend
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josh Green
Windows · Linux
Descend is a faithful depiction of SCP-087.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Adventure 24.7%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 8.1%, 3D 8%
- #41 Tuya
73% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Adventure 22.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Indie 10.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #42 Convenient: Fiend
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luna Apps
Windows
Quickly dig graves and run for your life while solving puzzles to solve the mystery of the Wendigo
Why similar: 1980s 38.3%, Horror 23.2%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #43 OBSCURIA
72% matchMixed57% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Adventure 23.3%, Indie 17.6%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 11.9%
- #44 MíManny
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Radonox Studios
Windows
Trapped in a dark environment, you must escape from the relentless Butcher. Every shadow hides a threat, and every mistake could be your last in this tense survival horror experience. Will you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Exploration 15.5%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 10.9%
- #45 Echoes Of Despair
71% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: MiddleNightGame
Windows
"Echoes Of Despair" plunges players into the horror of an abandoned hospital, where Sarah, an investigative journalist, must survive supernatural forces while uncovering the dark secrets of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 30.4%, Horror 24.6%, Exploration 17.4%, First-Person 13.6%, 3D 11.5%
- #46 Cursed Bloodline
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Infinite Games Studio
Windows
A narrative psychological horror where past and present slowly blur inside a remote house. The line between memory and reality is gone.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Exploration 18.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, First-Person 12.6%
- #47 Crooked Pines
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neither The Dogs Games
Windows
“Crooked Pines” is a first-person investigative horror game in which you step into the shoes of a retired cop, where the only thing capable of killing you… is your own heart.
Why similar: Adventure 21.9%, Horror 20.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, 3D 9.2%
- #48 SEWERCIDE
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: kyezdev
Windows
Trapped in a bunker connected to an old sewer, you must survive a few days before the creature lurking below finds you. Explore dark tunnels, gather key items, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover what happened underground before “it” finally devours you.
Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Horror 20.8%, Exploration 13.4%, 3D 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #49 Don't Look at Him
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SOS GamesPub: SOS Studios
Windows
A Indie Retro PSX Style Horror Game That Takes Place in a Forest With Demonic Creatures Within.
Why similar: 1980s 33.5%, Horror 24.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, First-Person 7.4%, 3D 7.1%
- #50 Trash Horror Collection 3
69% matchVery Positive86% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
We bring you 10 short horror/comedy games in this collection. Inspired by the "Tales From the Crypt" series and cult horror movies from the 80's/90's.
Why similar: 1980s 34.6%, Horror 12.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #51 Horror Engine: Tech Demo
69% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Tansu Ergene
Windows
Horror Engine Tech Demo is a playable demonstration of a horror game design tool available on the Unreal Marketplace under the same name. It allows you to experience various mechanics included in the asset and explore the possibilities of game creation without requiring any coding knowledge.
Why similar: Horror 43%, First-Person 20.8%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #52 Night Clerk
68% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Arzolath®
Windows
Night Clerk is a first-person psychological horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
Why similar: 1980s 30.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 12.7%, 3D 9.4%
- #53 Thin Line
68% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Zweig Lynn
Windows
A short time before fading away.
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Adventure 21.4%, First-Person 16.6%, Indie 8.3%, 3D 7.1%
- #54 Weeping Falls Massacre
68% 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: 1980s 32.7%, Horror 16.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #55 They Hear Footsteps
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: GTI
Windows
[Visually Disturbing Short Horror] You’re walking through the aftermath of a cannibal’s obsession. He didn’t just take lives — he turned them into something worse. What’s left of his victims still hangs in the dark, staring, twitching, waiting. A stomach turning, gross experience.
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 14.5%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%
- #56 Blackout: Director's Cut
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Introware Studios
Windows
Upon abandoning your previous life, you find your past has finally caught up to you. Your world has gone dark, and you aren't alone. You must use your eyes to navigate through the dark and uncover the truth of the Meyer City Prison. You can't escape your inner demons. Your end is near.
Why similar: Horror 35%, Adventure 21.1%, 1980s 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Violent 7.6%
- #57 Eleusis
70% matchMixed57% of 363 reviews2013
Dev: Nocturnal works
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Eleusis is a 3d first-person adventure game for Windows developed by Nocturnal Works using the technology of the unreal engine. It takes place in a seemingly abandoned village in Greece where the player character, while trying to seek refuge, finds himself in the center of a whirlwind of mysterious events.
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Horror 31.9%, Indie 14.7%, First-Person 13.8%, 3D 5.7%
- #58 Lady Dracula's Mansion
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Stingy Hat Games
Windows
Explore a creepy gothic mansion and survive the night while being hunted down by a lady dracula! Lady Dracula's Mansion is an FPS horror game with retro graphics where you must sneak around and use your wits while scavenging whatever weapons and resources you can find to help you survive.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Horror 26%, Exploration 15.2%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, First-Person 11.9%
- #59 GRUDGE
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SV Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror experience where your own house becomes a twisted nightmare. Explore disturbing environments, solve puzzles, photograph hidden clues, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious clown watching you.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Adventure 13.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.9%, 3D 7.1%
- #60 The Apartment
65% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Nurullah Tutal
Windows
I am an ordinary cleaner working in an ordinary apartment building. At least, that’s what I thought.
Why similar: Horror 33%, 1980s 20.6%, Adventure 18.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, 3D 5.5%