- #1 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
97% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Why similar: Space 20.8%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #2 ROUTINE
96% matchVery Positive92% of 7,662 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Aliens 21.3%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Space 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Sci-fi 11%
- #3 HYPERVIOLENT
96% matchMixed59% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: nfoPRINCEPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An ancient evil has awoken in the depths of a remote mining asteroid, stirred from its slumber by man's lust for power. Unaware, you answer a distress call and become stranded, surrounded by monstrous foes. Unravel the mystery of this madness and stop its spread in this horror retro shooter!
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.7%, Space 15.9%, FPS 15.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #4 Antarctica 88
95% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2020
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.
Why similar: Aliens 16.8%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 12%, First-Person 8.7%
- #5 Chasm: The Rift
94% matchVery Positive82% of 488 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.
Why similar: FPS 18%, Old School 14.9%, Retro 14.2%, Gore 14.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #6 Lunar Nightmare
94% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Lunar Nightmare is a retro-inspired sci-fi thriller, set on an abandoned Moon base, where you have to solve the mystery behind missing crew members, ancient discoveries around deep down the Lunar surface, rouge-AI trying to control your fate and ghastly androids to revolting against your command.
Why similar: Space 20.5%, Retro 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.3%, Sci-fi 16%
- #7 Exophobia
93% matchVery Positive88% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Zarc AttackPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
Why similar: Aliens 19.7%, FPS 16.8%, Space 11.6%, Old School 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #8 Synthesis of Corruption
91% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, FPS 14.9%, Horror 11%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Gore 10.3%
- #9 Saint of Chains
91% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, FPS 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Retro 11.8%, Psychological 10.4%
- #10 Syndrome
92% matchMixed64% of 367 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological 12.4%, Space 11%, FPS 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #11 SCP: Fragmented Minds
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,350 reviews2025
Dev: HST StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Space 14.4%, FPS 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 9.2%
- #12 OVERWHELM
90% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.2%, Action 24.6%, Retro 22.7%, Horror 22.6%, Singleplayer 5%
- #13 Beneath
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 290 reviews2025
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.
Why similar: Psychological 15.1%, Survival Horror 14%, Old School 10.4%, FPS 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #14 DOOMED
89% matchMixed56% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Aliens 21.2%, Gore 17.2%, FPS 15.6%, Horror 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #15 Among Ashes
86% matchVery Positive95% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, FPS 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.4%, Old School 9.4%
- #16 Loathful
86% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Dive into a bone-chilling horror experience with PS1-style graphics. Step into the shoes of a Neural Net Solutions employee testing a virtual reality vacation system. Brace yourself for an immersive journey into terror, where the past meets cutting-edge fear.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Retro 17.9%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 10.4%
- #17 Perilous Warp
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 382 reviews2020
Dev: Crystice Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!
Why similar: Gore 21.3%, FPS 13.7%, Aliens 13.1%, Retro 8.9%, Space 8.7%
- #18 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
85% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, FPS 16.4%, Gore 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 9.3%
- #19 Endoparasitic 2
84% matchVery Positive87% of 645 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Space 23.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Horror 12.7%, Shooter 7.2%
- #20 Ad Infinitum
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Gore 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 14.2%, Survival 10.3%
- #21 System Shock
82% matchVery Positive90% of 12,734 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: FPS 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Space 12.3%, Horror 10.6%
- #22 Project Hive
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Project Hive is a third-person shooter game in which you play as Alexei, a survivor stranded in the destroyed mining facility Hive on the planet Proxima. His quest will lead him through the dark secrets of Talium Industries.
Why similar: Aliens 33.8%, Sci-fi 22.9%, Shooter 17.8%, Horror 11.8%, Action 9.8%
- #23 Mother Hub
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: Space 22.3%, FPS 19.3%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #24 MOONROT
81% matchNo user reviews82% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Bee Braun
Windows · Linux
MOONROT is a short horror game about piloting a rover across a distant alien moon. Take grainy photos, record crackly signals, keep your battery charged, and uncover the source of the anomaly that led you here.
Why similar: Space 34.3%, Horror 23.3%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Retro 16.8%, Action 6.1%
- #25 Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 911 reviews2025
Dev: Survios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.
Why similar: Aliens 24.4%, FPS 22.4%, Sci-fi 11%, First-Person 10.1%, Survival Horror 10%
- #26 ZERO PROTOCOL
79% matchVery Positive84% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, FPS 14%, Old School 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #27 Anomalous
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Byron Dunwoody
Windows
A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music
Why similar: FPS 25.1%, Old School 13.1%, Gore 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Retro 9.7%
- #28 Palpus X Annihilation
78% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Sebastian Vargek (Meister Palpus)
Windows
Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!
Why similar: Aliens 32.9%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Old School 11.8%, Retro 9.5%, Shooter 9.3%
- #29 Moros Protocol
77% matchVery Positive81% of 844 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel ReignPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Face the darkness in Moros Protocol, a pixel-painted sci-fi FPS roguelite. Survive the nightmare alone or with allies as you navigate the decaying warship, stalked by horrors and guided by a voice you don’t recognize. Adapt, upgrade, and push forward. You may be outnumbered, but not outmatched.
Why similar: FPS 20.4%, Space 18%, Horror 11.7%, Retro 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #30 Retchid
78% matchVery Positive84% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: From Beneath SoftwarePub: Perp Games
Windows
You are a TEC Engineer from Earth ordered to retrieve and return sensitive data from the TEC Mining Facility on Titan. On arrival, you discover that the facility has been invaded by beings from another realm. Contend with these abominations as you complete your mission and escape Titan.
Why similar: FPS 23%, Gore 16.7%, Sci-fi 13%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 10.1%
- #31 Alpha Prime
81% matchMixed55% of 1,517 reviews2007
Dev: Black ElementPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Somewhere in deep space, at an apparently abandoned mining base on the asteriod Alpha Prime, something has gone terribly wrong. Miners were warned that the hubbardium they were mining was too dangerous, but the lure of unimaginable wealth was too strong.
Why similar: FPS 36%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Gore 11.8%, Space 9.4%, Shooter 9.2%
- #32 Nightmare of Decay
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,343 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: Survival Horror 23.3%, FPS 17.7%, Gore 14.1%, Horror 13.3%, Retro 10.4%
- #33 EMPTY SHELL
75% matchVery Positive88% of 827 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Shooter 13.3%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #34 Prey
74% matchVery Positive91% of 54,074 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Space 17.2%, Aliens 17.2%, Sci-fi 13.3%, FPS 13.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%
- #35 Rogue Invader
75% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Squishy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: Aliens 30.5%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #36 Shrieking Darkness: Reloaded
76% matchMostly Negative24% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Walford
Windows
Close your eyes. Step into a world filled with nothing but darkness and terror, where everything wants to destroy you. Your time has come to fight the shrieking darkness, be brave and don't look back or you won't make it.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, FPS 18.5%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Gore 8.3%
- #37 Alien Shooter: Revisited
77% matchMixed64% of 862 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Crowds of blood-thirsty monsters, crawling from every corner of the secret research base. Gloomy basements and modern labs, darkness changing into blazing bulbs. The only usual thing is: you're in a bad place alone, and there's no one to help you!
Why similar: Gore 42.7%, Aliens 27.4%, Shooter 14.5%, Action 11.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #38 Perfect Vermin
73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,843 reviews2020
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 23.2%, Gore 15.9%, First-Person 15.3%, Action 6.5%
- #39 Endoparasitic
72% matchVery Positive94% of 3,034 reviews2022
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.9%, Space 21.7%, Horror 17.2%, Noir 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #40 Comatose
71% matchVery Positive96% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Horror 12%, Retro 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, FPS 10.6%
- #41 Intrude
74% matchVery Positive82% of 211 reviews2016
Dev: Michal Kruba
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Intrude is a first-person shooter. Your mission is to get into a long time abandoned base, suddenly taken over by some kind of private military, find your way up and destroy the source of a signal comming from the base. Collect as much data as you can to find out what they are up to.
Why similar: FPS 41.1%, Retro 21.8%, Action 14.3%, Shooter 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #42 Escape From Tethys
73% matchMixed70% of 460 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Action 63.5%, Pixel Graphics 36.5%
- #43 INCISION
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,098 reviews2025
Dev: SmoothBrainDevPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Ultraviolent, fast-paced, merciless retro FPS action. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes, and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth.
Why similar: FPS 18%, Old School 17.1%, Retro 15.4%, Gore 15.2%, Horror 8.8%
- #44 Alien: Isolation
70% matchVery Positive93% of 65,975 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Aliens 20.8%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Horror 12.2%, Space 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #45 Alien Death Mob
72% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
Aliens have invaded Earth! Towns, cities, deserts, they're everywhere! Take on the role of Earth's last super soldier and confront the alien menace in this intense twin stick shooter!
Why similar: Aliens 29.3%, Old School 15.6%, Retro 12.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #46 Alien Attack
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 241 reviews2016
Dev: Alien Jellyfish
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens. Persist them as long as you can.
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Pixel Graphics 33.2%, Adventure 19.7%
- #47 CULTIC
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,459 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.6 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: FPS 21.2%, Old School 18%, Gore 12.4%, Retro 12.4%, Horror 9.3%
- #48 Last Village
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: AK Studio
Windows · Linux
Arriving on a hunt in a small village, you become a witness to attack of alien forces on the ground, armed with a shotgun, you decide to repulse the alien intruders.
Why similar: Aliens 27.6%, FPS 21.7%, Psychological 16.9%, Shooter 10.2%, First-Person 10%
- #49 The Dark Occult
71% matchMixed69% of 1,267 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Gore 29.4%, Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, First-Person 8.7%, Action 7.7%
- #50 JANITOR BLEEDS
69% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological 27.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 13.6%, Retro 12.9%, First-Person 10.5%
- #51 SCP – Containment Breach
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,308 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 19.2%, Retro 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Survival 9.8%
- #52 S.O.V: Passenger 23
68% matchVery Positive81% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: IGNUS NEX ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Retro 20.9%, FPS 19.7%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 7.9%
- #53 CARNAL
68% matchVery Positive88% of 333 reviews2021
Dev: JG RoosPub: Tendokore
Windows
CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!
Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Old School 14.5%, Retro 14%, Horror 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #54 The Pulse of Evil
67% matchVery Positive95% of 221 reviews2023
Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
Windows
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Shooter 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, Horror 19.5%, Action 14.2%, Gore 9.1%
- #55 DOCTOR VISCERA
66% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Retro 14%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Survival 11.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #56 Putrefaction
70% matchMixed70% of 492 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: FPS 26.1%, Gore 21.9%, Horror 14.5%, Old School 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #57 Directive 8020
65% matchMixed63% of 2,066 reviews2026
Dev: Supermassive Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
Why similar: Aliens 25.5%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Space 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.1%
- #58 CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999
70% matchMixed51% of 305 reviews2017
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
CRIMSON METAL - Far from Perfect, brutal and merciless.
Why similar: FPS 18%, Aliens 14.8%, Gore 13.3%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Retro 7.9%
- #59 REMOTE LIFE
68% matchVery Positive91% of 222 reviews2019
Dev: Next Game Level
Windows
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
Why similar: Aliens 28.8%, Space 24.9%, Retro 12.8%, Horror 12.6%, Shooter 8.2%
- #60 Space Beast Terror Fright
65% matchVery Positive92% of 1,790 reviews2022
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Aliens 23.2%, FPS 15.8%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Gore 11.3%, Horror 11.3%