- #1 Witch Hunt
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,406 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 53.6%, FPS 15.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the experience of hunting supernatural creatures in a dense, atmospheric forest setting.
- #2 Skinwalker Hunt
96% matchVery Positive91% of 845 reviews2022
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 52.2%, FPS 15.8%, First-Person 13.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar focus on tracking and hunting cryptids in an open-world wilderness environment.
- #3 Guise Of The Wolf
96% matchMostly Negative36% of 218 reviews2014
Dev: FUN Creators
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The game is a first person Gothic action adventure game set in the medieval kingdom of Uhorsko. You play Dominik, a young alchemist summoned to protect the kingdom from a ravenous beast. Dominik's goals soon change as he discovers he has been bitten, and cursed to become the very thing he has set out to stop.
Why similar: Werewolves 52.2% ★, Horror 18.9%, Indie 13.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Action 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title shares the direct werewolf-hunting theme and first-person action perspective found in the seed game.
- #4 Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
94% matchVery Positive87% of 3,159 reviews2014
Dev: Idol FXPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
It is a misty evening in the year of our lord 1912. The Pattersons, a poor but proud aristocratic family of the British nobility, and some of their closest friends, arrive at the castle Malachi residence of a wealthy Romanian Count.
Why similar: Horror 71.9%, FPS 9.7%, First-Person 6.6%, Action 6%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror shooter that shares the same gothic, monster-hunting intensity.
- #5 Cryptid
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: INFLUX Games
Windows
Cryptid is a single-player horror fps game that chronicles an experienced hunter and a creature's encounter from the perspective of the Body Cam.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, FPS 23.8%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Action 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the thrill of tracking and fighting elusive creatures in a first-person perspective.
- #6 The Beast Inside
92% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 68.1%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Action 5.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that excels at building tension through exploration and atmospheric storytelling.
- #7 Dementium II HD
93% matchMixed50% of 1,263 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
Why similar: Horror 65%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 8.3%, FPS 7.4%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visceral first-person horror shooter that emphasizes combat and dark, unsettling environments.
- #8 Penumbra Overture
91% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 71.5%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 5%, Action 3%
Why You'll Like It: This title is a foundational indie horror experience that focuses on atmospheric exploration and survival.
- #9 Harvest Hunt
91% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 52.1%, First-Person 20.4%, Indie 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique take on the 'hunter vs. monster' dynamic within a tense, survival-horror framework.
- #10 Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn
90% matchVery Positive83% of 1,565 reviews2017
Dev: Angry Demon Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn is a first person horror game heavily inspired by Swedish folklore and the Nordic mythology to create the nightmares that's been haunting Swedish children for many generations.
Why similar: Horror 66.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 6.8%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game draws heavily on folklore-inspired horror to create a chilling, atmospheric experience.
- #11 Cry of Fear
89% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 77.8%, FPS 5.9%, First-Person 5.8%, Action 3.6%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie first-person horror staple that combines intense combat with a gritty, psychological atmosphere.
- #12 Greyhill Incident
89% matchMixed41% of 662 reviews2023
Dev: Refugium Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This story-driven Survival-Horror game is about a classic Alien-Invasion which takes place during the early 90s. As Ryan Baker, equipped with a baseball bat and a few bullets in his revolver, the story takes you across the atmospheric neighborhood of Greyhill which is invaded by UFOs & Grey Aliens.
Why similar: Horror 53.3%, FPS 15.5%, First-Person 14.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being an ordinary person fighting back against a terrifying creature in a rural setting.
- #13 Kidnapped
88% matchMixed56% of 563 reviews2015
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Adventure 13.5%, FPS 12.6%, Action 10.1%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie first-person horror title that emphasizes survival and exploration in a hostile environment.
- #14 Shadows Peak
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 341 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Horror 51.3%, FPS 14.4%, Action 8.6%, Adventure 8.3%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends mystery and horror in an open-world setting, focusing on exploration and atmosphere.
- #15 Despair
86% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Indie 23.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, indie-focused horror shooter that captures the gritty, low-budget aesthetic of the genre.
- #16 Red Lake
85% matchMixed50% of 1,059 reviews2015
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Red Lake - horror shooter with elements of quest.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Indie 28.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 8.7%, FPS 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie action-horror game that emphasizes the struggle for survival in a hostile, isolated location.
- #17 The Old City: Leviathan
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 740 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Adventure 23.2%, First-Person 21.6%, Indie 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on exploration, it captures the same moody, atmospheric indie spirit as the seed game.
- #18 Lost in Vivo
82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 55%, FPS 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic indie horror game that excels at building tension through its unique, unsettling environment.
- #19 Bloodwood Reload
84% matchMostly Negative40% of 428 reviews2015
Dev: Luminy Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
In a small village in central Europe something is happening, the forest growing around has something different. Its wood is red color, unique in the world. This does not pass unnoticed to the world's largest logging company, the White Wood Company
Why similar: Horror 80%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 7.4%, First-Person 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward indie horror shooter that focuses on fast-paced action against supernatural threats.
- #20 The Land of Pain
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.
Why similar: Horror 68.4%, First-Person 16.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game set in a forest that emphasizes isolation and survival against unknown threats.
- #21 Slender: The Arrival
81% matchVery Positive88% of 9,226 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Why similar: Horror 79.7%, First-Person 9.1%, Indie 4.2%, Adventure 3.5%, Action 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror experience that relies on the fear of being hunted in a dark, outdoor setting.
- #22 Pineview Drive
81% matchMixed63% of 674 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A one-of-a-kind horror shocker – a game aware of your fear!Check out the improvements introduced with Update 2.0!
Why similar: Horror 78.7%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 5.6%, Action 5.1%, First-Person 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses its setting to build a sense of constant, creeping dread.
- #23 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
78% matchVery Positive89% of 8,096 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 77.2%, First-Person 7.9%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 5.4%, Action 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that uses a unique perspective to heighten the sense of vulnerability and fear.
- #24 Phantaruk
80% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Adventure 18.8%, Action 17.4%, Indie 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that forces players to survive in a dangerous, isolated environment.
- #25 Skinwalkers Valley
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The protagonist, Ethan, heads into the forest with his dog, Ranger, for a simple hunting trip. At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary—but as the time goes on, the hunt slowly turns into a nightmare. Something strange and unexplainable lurks deep within the woods...
Why similar: Horror 76.9%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #26 Anna - Extended Edition
79% matchMixed60% of 1,614 reviews2013
Dev: DreampaintersPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.
Why similar: Horror 73.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 7.6%, First-Person 6%, Great Soundtrack 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a classic indie horror experience with a focus on environmental puzzles and atmosphere.
- #27 Kraven Manor
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 737 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 68.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 8%, Action 7.1%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title features clever environmental mechanics within a classic, spooky horror setting.
- #28 Sinister Halloween
77% matchVery Positive84% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Werewolves 31.2% ★, FPS 8.8%, First-Person 7.3%, Adventure 5.9%
- #29 Ghost Stories
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 15.2%, Indie 13.9%, First-Person 9.8%
- #30 Bigfoot Forest
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 181 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Adventure 17.6%, Action 15.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Indie 4.4%
- #31 Willie's Nightfall
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Runebox Studio
Windows
Willie's Nightfall is a first-person horror game. Explore the eerie offices of Willie's Company in search of secret documents. But you're not alone. The sinister company mascot, Willie—a distorted, murderous mouse—is hunting you down.
Why similar: Horror 60.3%, FPS 15.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Action 9.8%, Indie 2.6%
- #32 Weeping Falls Massacre
73% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, FPS 19.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Action 12%
- #33 The Deer
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 93 reviews2019
Dev: Dodo Digital
Windows
The Agilevak, otherwise known as The Deer, has taken over Grapeberry State Park. Take on the role of a regular Deer hunter or an experienced Bigfoot hunter and discover the truth in this twisted horror adventure that is, The Deer.
Why similar: Horror 54%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 13.4%, First-Person 12.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #34 Witch The Bloodlines
76% matchMostly Negative28% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Kerim Kumbasar
Windows
Witch The Bloodlines is an FPS horror - adventure game that focused on reversing a curse of the 18th century village which you are living in. Discover the living forest and experience the horror that you are in.
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, FPS 17.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.5%
- #35 Hegis' Grasp: Evil Resurrected
75% matchMixed50% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Odd Branch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hegis' Grasp is a story-driven, atmospheric survival horror game. Play as Henry Wood, a curious journalist investigating rumors of what is happening to the once peaceful village, Hegis. It will be up to you how this story ends, but first, you must survive the insanity of the natives within this damned place.
Why similar: Horror 52.6%, Adventure 18%, Action 16.3%, Indie 13.2%
- #36 UnderDread
75% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, First-Person 8.1%
- #37 Pomberito
69% matchVery Positive94% of 447 reviews2024
Dev: Lara the Pitbull
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.
Why similar: Horror 55%, Werewolves 28.6% ★, First-Person 13.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #38 Perfect Vermin
70% matchVery Positive93% of 3,803 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: Horror 52.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 8.8%, Action 7.5%
- #39 Last Village
72% matchMixed70% of 56 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: Horror 30.5%, FPS 29.1%, First-Person 20.8%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 2%
- #40 White Mirror
74% matchMixed53% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The main character is a hunter who looks for ancient relics. One day he set off to find a legendary mirror which concluded the great force and so great evil, keeping secrets of a magic artifact. You have a chance to know were is a mirror, but be careful the evil waits for you continually.
Why similar: Horror 49.6%, Indie 11.1%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 8.1%, Great Soundtrack 8%
- #41 BIGFOOT
70% matchVery Positive82% of 21,933 reviews2017
Dev: CyberLight Game Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...
Why similar: Horror 58.9%, FPS 14.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Action 6.9%
- #42 OVERWHELM
71% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 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: Horror 41.3%, Action 23.8%, Indie 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #43 Bloody Hallowfest
69% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
What starts as the preparation for a special Halloween night event at a summer camp turns into a nightmare when someone with a bloodied axe ends the lives of all your friends. Will you manage to escape and save yourself?
Why similar: Horror 30.2%, First-Person 26.8%, Action 21.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #44 Husk
73% matchMixed46% of 743 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadScoutPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
Why similar: Horror 58.6%, First-Person 14.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 8.8%, Action 6.5%
- #45 Wounded - The Beginning
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.
Why similar: Horror 55%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Action 10.9%, Indie 8.9%
- #46 Outlast
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 133,959 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 80.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Adventure 3.4%, Action 3.1%, Indie 2.2%
- #47 Kholat
71% matchMixed66% of 6,857 reviews2015
Dev: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Why similar: Horror 96.4%, First-Person 1.4%, Adventure 0.9%, Indie 0.8%, Action 0.3%
- #48 Gevaudan
72% matchMixed55% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: Microids Indie
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.
Why similar: Horror 59.1%, Indie 21.5%, Adventure 19.4%
- #49 Mists of Aiden
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 64.9%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 8.5%, Indie 7.8%, Action 7.4%
- #50 House of Caravan
70% 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 63.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #51 Project Crypt
67% matchVery Positive85% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Horror 51.7%, FPS 18.2%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 8.4%, Action 8.1%
- #52 Shame Legacy
67% matchMixed61% of 176 reviews2023
Dev: Fairyship GamesPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Shame Legacy is a first-person survival-horror, set in a forsaken cultist village. You attempt to survive using stealth and escape. By solving puzzles, you unravel the mystery that's h(a)unting you.
Why similar: Horror 45.4%, First-Person 25.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #53 The Wendigo
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: warkaPub: Warka Development
Windows
The Wendigo - is a first person investigation horror game set in a Victorian era mansion, located in the heart of a forest. You must rely on your instinct and intuition to survive the horrors that lie within. With tools to aid you, you will seek answers, but will you survive?
Why similar: Action 52.3%, Indie 47.7%
- #54 Alan Wake
66% matchVery Positive90% of 56,400 reviews2012
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Why similar: Horror 65.2%, Action 11.7%, Adventure 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #55 DreadMoon
67% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: FatalFox Studios LLC
Windows
Take the form of a powerful werewolf and right the wrongs your people made to free the land from the vampire lord Balthazar’s deadly clutches.
Why similar: Werewolves 34.6% ★, Horror 33%, FPS 14.2%, First-Person 10%, Action 6.2%
- #56 The Last DeadEnd
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: AzDimension
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The Last DeadEnd is a game with elements of an adventure, shooter and horror. There is a mysterious atmosphere of a real old city, where the protagonist seeks answers to his questions and fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Horror 48.1%, FPS 17.3%, Action 13.8%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 8%
- #57 EL PASO, NIGHTMARE
67% matchMixed63% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Slay hordes of vampires, werewolves, and Biblically-accurate angels in this standalone survival horror FPS side story from the El Paso, Elsewhere universe.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, FPS 25.8%, Werewolves 19% ★, First-Person 12.2%, Action 11.5%