- #1 Undertale
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 343,307 reviews2015
Dev: tobyfox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40%, Story Rich 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its deceptively simple pixel RPG format, memorable soundtrack, emotionally charged choices, and ability to turn comedy into existential dread make it the closest broad match.
- #2 OneShot
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 65,379 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.8%, Story Rich 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its gentle pixel world, excellent music, fourth-wall playfulness, and bittersweet story about responsibility evoke OMORI's tender side.
- #3 In Stars And Time
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,949 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Story Rich 17%, Party-Based RPG 14.4%, RPG 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This party-based pixel RPG uses time loops, humor, friendship, and painful psychological revelations to create an intensely emotional journey.
- #4 OFF
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,456 reviews2025
Dev: Mortis GhostPub: Fangamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Story Rich 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, RPG 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal RPG Maker classic shares OMORI's unsettling dream-world logic, strange NPCs, turn-based combat, and gradually sinister narrative.
- #5 LISA: The Painful
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,200 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Party-Based RPG 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is a dark, emotionally brutal turn-based RPG whose absurd humor and grotesque world conceal a deeply personal story of trauma and loss.
- #6 Ib
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,340 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its quiet, symbolic horror exploration and unsettling art-gallery setting deliver the same gradual shift from innocence to psychological unease.
- #7 DELTARUNE
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 137,742 reviews2025
Dev: tobyfox
Windows · Mac
Median: 23.2 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-5 are available now, with more planned as free updates!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 45.4%, Story Rich 18%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, RPG 8.8%, JRPG 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its lovable party, bullet-dodging RPG battles, soundtrack, humor, and increasingly ominous alternate-reality story echo several of OMORI's strongest qualities.
- #8 Yume Nikki
93% matchVery Positive94% of 10,656 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.4%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Horror 13%, Indie 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: OMORI owes much to this landmark dream-exploration game, which builds atmosphere and dread through strange worlds, isolation, and disturbing imagery.
- #9 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,923 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Story Rich 14%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, RPG 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its pixel-art exploration, puzzle-driven horror, branching decisions, and troubled young protagonist make it a particularly direct fit.
- #10 Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
91% matchVery Positive94% of 587 reviews2018
Dev: Kasey Ozymy
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
One day, Jimmy looked inside.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.9%, RPG 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This colorful EarthBound-inspired RPG balances playful party adventure and inventive combat with profoundly dark emotional and psychological subject matter.
- #11 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
90% matchVery Positive93% of 1,769 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, RPG 16.1%, Anime 7.7%, Colorful 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A gorgeous pixel-art psychological horror adventure about fragmented identity, memory, and trauma, with a dreamlike fairy-tale atmosphere.
- #12 The Witch's House MV
89% matchVery Positive95% of 4,173 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its RPG Maker presentation and puzzle-based haunted-house exploration hide a cruel psychological horror story behind an initially familiar premise.
- #13 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,925 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Horror 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This compact pixel-horror mystery offers ominous exploration, clever environmental puzzles, and choices that lead to sharply different outcomes.
- #14 Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,449 reviews2016
Dev: etherane
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Horror 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal psychological RPG pushes its cute anime presentation into disturbing meta-horror, identity crises, and emotionally heavy storytelling.
- #15 Heartbound
89% matchMixed54% of 3,686 reviews2018
Dev: Pirate Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its cozy pixel-RPG opening gives way to branching routes, dreamlike spaces, and a heartfelt story about family, anxiety, and loss.
- #16 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,405 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Story Rich 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its short, intensely subjective visual-novel format captures dissociation, anxiety, and unreliable perception with striking pixel-art surrealism.
- #17 Mad Father
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,818 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.1%, Horror 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Multiple Endings 6%
Why You'll Like It: Its puzzle-heavy pixel-horror exploration and tragic family story make it a strong choice for players who enjoyed OMORI's darker revelations.
- #18 Alicemare
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,230 reviews2016
Dev: △○□× (Miwashiba)Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compact dreamlike RPG Maker mystery where childhood memories, fantastical rooms, and horror imagery gradually reveal darker truths.
- #19 Everhood
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,043 reviews2021
Dev: Chris NordgrenPub: Foreign Gnomes
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.1%, Story Rich 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, RPG 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its vivid surreal setting, excellent music, and escalating existential story provide a similarly disorienting indie journey beneath a playful exterior.
- #20 Angels of Death
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,420 reviews2016
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 53.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Story Rich 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Horror 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its tense floor-by-floor escape structure centers on a psychologically fraught bond between two damaged protagonists in a surreal nightmare world.
- #21 Corpse Party
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,404 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This classic pixel-horror adventure delivers branching deaths, disturbing supernatural exploration, and a relentlessly bleak story about trapped students.
- #22 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,471 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.3%, Story Rich 18.2%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Horror 12.8%, RPG 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This choice-driven psychological horror story repeatedly reframes reality, relationships, and identity, rewarding players who value OMORI's route-dependent revelations.
- #23 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,575 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Horror 11.7%, RPG 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This school-set RPG Maker horror game blends exploration, multiple endings, and ghostly trauma into an accessible but grim adventure.
- #24 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,585 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Story Rich 17.7%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its deeply uncomfortable psychological horror centers on dysfunctional sibling attachment, escalating choices, and bleak consequences.
- #25 Rakuen
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,933 reviews2017
Dev: Laura Shigihara
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Story Rich 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, JRPG 11.5%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This heartfelt pixel RPG explores illness, family, grief, and healing through a warm fantasy world that gradually reveals its emotional weight.
- #26 Fear & Hunger
81% matchVery Positive94% of 22,918 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.5%, Horror 19%, RPG 16.7%, JRPG 7.5%, Indie 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its punishing turn-based RPG systems and oppressive world are far harsher than OMORI, but it similarly uses horror and symbolism to create psychological unease.
- #27 OneShot: World Machine Edition
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,811 reviews2024
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Story Rich 18%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #28 Dreaming Sarah
79% matchVery Positive91% of 2,873 reviews2015
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 48.2%, Atmospheric 19%, Exploration 18.1%, 2D 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its dialogue-light dream exploration, melancholic pixel art, and strange symbolic environments offer a quieter counterpart to OMORI's sleep-world sequences.
- #29 Hylics 2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,585 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.5%, RPG 17.6%, Party-Based RPG 16.8%, JRPG 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #30 Grimm's Hollow
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 14,624 reviews2019
Dev: ghosthunter
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #31 Hylics
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,131 reviews2015
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.2%, RPG 14.6%, JRPG 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Indie 8%
- #32 Chicory: A Colorful Tale
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,003 reviews2021
Dev: Wishes Ultd.Pub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.6%, RPG 18.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Indie 12.3%, Colorful 6.3%
- #33 YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,285 reviews2019
Dev: Ackk StudiosPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience YIIK: A Postmodern RPG 1.5 (I.V) update with revamped battles and cutscenes. A child relinquishes her name for a birthday invite, hoping to find her brother. Alex's reality unravels, guided by a mysterious cat, witnessing a woman vanish, igniting an obsession that threatens his world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, JRPG 10.1%
- #34 WORLD OF HORROR
75% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, RPG 9.8%, Anime 4.9%
- #35 Night in the Woods
76% matchVery Positive95% of 20,322 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Story Rich 23.1%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Stylized 6.1%
- #36 Little Misfortune
75% matchVery Positive92% of 14,190 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.5%, Story Rich 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Horror 11.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #37 Persona 4 Golden
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 87,638 reviews2020
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35%, JRPG 14.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Party-Based RPG 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #38 Doki Doki Literature Club!
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.2%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Story Rich 11%, Horror 10.6%, Anime 6.8%
- #39 Fran Bow
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,083 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.2%, Story Rich 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Horror 10.3%, Hand-drawn 5.3%
- #40 Saihate Station
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,470 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.4%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #41 Until Then
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 19,464 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Story Rich 31%, Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Emotional 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #42 Look Outside
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: RPG 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Horror 18.8%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #43 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,585 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Party-Based RPG 14.1%, JRPG 12%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #44 Changed
73% matchVery Positive86% of 18,603 reviews2018
Dev: DragonSnow
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You are trapped in an experiment, trying to find ways to make you still "yourself" , persevere, and survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Horror 5.7%
- #45 Subway Midnight
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,330 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Horror 10.6%
- #46 UNREAL LIFE
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,999 reviews2020
Dev: hako lifePub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 311.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
And now, for today's story.
Why similar: Story Rich 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 22.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%
- #47 To the Moon
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 86,562 reviews2012
Dev: Freebird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50.8%, Story Rich 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Indie 5.7%, Emotional 4.1%
- #48 The Endless Empty
72% matchVery Positive97% of 320 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, RPG 16.3%, Story Rich 13.2%, Indie 7.7%
- #49 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
69% matchVery Positive94% of 58,305 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.1%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Story Rich 9%, Anime 7%
- #50 The Hex
71% matchVery Positive94% of 5,567 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Story Rich 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Indie 7.8%
- #51 Dreamed Away
67% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: WAKE UP GAMESPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Story Rich 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, JRPG 10.3%
- #52 Everhood 2
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,396 reviews2025
Dev: Chris NordgrenPub: Foreign Gnomes
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
AN UNCONVENTIONAL ARPG where you battle enemies through musical encounters while being accompanied by a raven who promises to retrieve your voice if you slay the mighty Mind Dragon!🎵
Why similar: Story Rich 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, JRPG 17.1%, RPG 14%, Horror 13.6%
- #53 Buddy Simulator 1984
68% matchVery Positive93% of 4,366 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.7%, Story Rich 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Horror 12.3%, RPG 7.9%
- #54 OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
69% matchVery Positive85% of 17,302 reviews2019
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, JRPG 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Story Rich 12%
- #55 Endacopia
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 7,578 reviews2026
Dev: Andyland
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #56 Eastward
68% matchVery Positive84% of 16,630 reviews2021
Dev: PixpilPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…
Why similar: Story Rich 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 25.2%, JRPG 16.3%, RPG 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #57 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,549 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 84.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Anime 7.9%, 2D 2.4%
- #58 moon: Remix RPG Adventure
68% matchVery Positive94% of 394 reviews2021
Dev: Onion Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Don't be a hero. Experience the love. Experience moon. moon is an anti-RPG steeped in story and character, mood and music.
Why similar: Story Rich 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, JRPG 15.7%, RPG 13.3%, Colorful 8.3%
- #59 Chained Echoes
67% matchVery Positive89% of 8,193 reviews2022
Dev: Umami Tiger (Matthias Linda)Pub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.4%, RPG 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, JRPG 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%
- #60 Library Of Ruina
66% matchVery Positive94% of 45,275 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.3%, Psychological Horror 21%, Story Rich 15.9%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Horror 5.3%