- #1 Outlast
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 135,249 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.9 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 24.9%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Gore 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive first-person survival horror experience that shares the intense, helpless feeling of being trapped in a hostile location.
- #2 Stay Out of the House
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,805 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Survival Horror 40%, Horror 23.3%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 10%, Action 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same escape-room-style survival tension where you must navigate a dangerous environment while avoiding a relentless pursuer.
- #3 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
96% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Gore 16.4%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, First-Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at atmospheric, puzzle-driven horror that forces players to manage their sanity while navigating terrifying, enclosed spaces.
- #4 MADiSON
95% matchVery Positive87% of 3,329 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Gore 9.6%, Survival 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly disorienting psychological horror experience with a heavy focus on environmental puzzles and disturbing imagery.
- #5 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
94% matchVery Positive83% of 2,295 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.7%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Gore 8.9%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the motel setting, combining deep puzzle-solving with intense survival horror mechanics.
- #6 Visage
94% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Survival Horror 20%, Dark 8.6%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deeply atmospheric and psychological horror experience that relies on exploration and solving complex environmental puzzles.
- #7 Tormented Souls
92% matchVery Positive90% of 7,918 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Gore 12.6%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Nudity 9%
Why You'll Like It: It brings back classic survival horror mechanics with a strong emphasis on intricate puzzles and a dark, claustrophobic setting.
- #8 Infliction
93% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Gore 25.2%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, First-Person 8.2%, Dark 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering the dark secrets of a haunted domestic space.
- #9 Among Ashes
91% matchVery Positive95% of 431 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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that effectively uses meta-narrative elements to build tension and fear.
- #10 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,331 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Gore 21.2%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Nudity 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused survival horror game that emphasizes the tension of being hunted in a confined, atmospheric environment.
- #11 The Dark Occult
90% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 29.1%, Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on exploration and survival in a terrifying, ever-changing environment filled with supernatural threats.
- #12 Mirror Forge
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.6%, Survival 12.5%, Dark 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines psychological horror with survival elements, focusing on navigating dark, reality-bending environments.
- #13 SOMA
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Gore 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends body horror with a compelling, atmospheric narrative that keeps the player on edge throughout.
- #14 Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 397 reviews2021
Dev: NC Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.
Why similar: Gore 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 10.7%, Survival 10.1%, Nudity 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features procedural elements and intense horror sequences that keep the player guessing in a dark, investigative setting.
- #15 Lost in Vivo
86% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 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: Survival Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.6%, Survival 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game creates a claustrophobic, psychological horror experience that feels deeply personal and unsettling in its first-person perspective.
- #16 Insomnis
86% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Gore 17.9%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that explores the dark history of a mansion through atmospheric exploration.
- #17 Deadly Night
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 288 reviews2022
Dev: Cubyte GamesPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Carol is down on her luck, hitchhiking across the country. She arrives at a small roadside motel but there's something strange about the owner. As the secrets unravel, she finds herself entangled in a long, DEADLY NIGHT! Can she escape from hellish nightmare or will she die trying?
Why similar: Gore 16.5%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Survival 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on atmospheric exploration and the feeling of being trapped in a hostile location.
- #18 Cry of Fear
84% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 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 30.3%, Survival Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Survival 6.2%, First-Person 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, first-person survival horror game that emphasizes resource management and a bleak, oppressive atmosphere.
- #19 123 Slaughter Me Street
85% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 71.5%, Action 14.1%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, first-person horror game that relies on stealth and quick reactions to survive in a confined space.
- #20 The Evil Within
83% matchVery Positive85% of 32,856 reviews2014
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Gore 19.9%, Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Survival 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers high-stakes body horror and survival mechanics within a surreal, constantly shifting environment.
- #21 Martha Is Dead
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 16%, Psychological 11.7%, Nudity 10.7%, Dark 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game is known for its intense gore and psychological depth, set against a backdrop of atmospheric, historical horror.
- #22 Convenient
82% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Luna Apps
Windows
Survive and escape the Oldlake Stalker after being chained in the basement of a convenience store.
Why similar: Gore 25.1%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 8.9%, Dark 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures a retro-horror aesthetic with a focus on exploration and survival in a small, isolated setting.
- #23 Observer: System Redux
81% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, First-Person 19.7%, Action-Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dense, atmospheric investigative experience that leans heavily into psychological horror and disturbing imagery.
- #24 Death Motel
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, First-Person 19.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 5%
Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator horror game that leans into the specific motel setting to create a sense of unease and isolation.
- #25 911: Cannibal
79% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
A terrifying first-person hide-and-seek horror escape game. Outsmart a cannibal maniac, solve puzzles, and try to survive his creepy house.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Survival 16.2%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on survival and exploration, forcing the player to escape from a dangerous captor in a confined space.
- #26 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
77% matchVery Positive85% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Gore 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival 13.4%, Dark 7.4%
- #27 Mists of Aiden
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 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 25.9%, Gore 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #28 Don't Be Afraid 2
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Gore 18%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.2%
- #29 Mortal Decay
79% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.8%, Gore 13.7%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes atmospheric tension and first-person exploration in a dark, threatening world.
- #30 Fear in Hospital
81% matchMixed48% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Gore 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that uses a classic hospital setting to deliver a tense, puzzle-filled experience.
- #31 The motel
77% matchVery Positive85% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #32 The Cabin Factory
75% matchVery Positive91% of 3,623 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 21.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #33 Room 404
75% matchVery Positive91% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Action-Adventure 13%, Horror 13%, First-Person 9.9%, Exploration 8.4%
- #34 White Room Protocol
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 18%, Gore 13.6%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 9.4%
- #35 SCP – Containment Breach
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 942 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 22.7%, Horror 19.5%, Survival 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #36 Hotel 188
73% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, First-Person 18.3%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Realistic 11.4%, Dark 8.3%
- #37 Butcherman
72% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.8%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #38 Maid of Sker
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,408 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Why similar: Gore 21.6%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 7.9%
- #39 Locked Fears
76% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 40.3%, Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Action 6.9%
- #40 Massacre At The Mirage
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 492 reviews2024
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.3%, Survival 13.7%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #41 Escape the Ayurok
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,082 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Gore 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 9%
- #42 Don't Be Afraid
73% matchVery Positive83% of 962 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.5%, Gore 17%, Survival 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #43 The Beast Inside
71% matchVery Positive83% of 12,010 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 23.4%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Gore 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Survival 9.3%
- #44 CAPTURED 2
68% matchVery Positive99% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8%, Realistic 7.4%
- #45 Apartament 1406: Horror
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 715 reviews2023
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 9.7%
- #46 Dark Deception
70% matchVery Positive89% of 23,549 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Survival 10.2%
- #47 Post Trauma
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 649 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Gore 21.7%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.2%
- #48 Room No. 9
70% matchVery Positive90% of 535 reviews2020
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 16.6%, Nudity 14.5%, Dark 12.4%, Psychological 11.9%
- #49 God's Basement
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 16.4%, Gore 15.3%, Dark 11.5%, First-Person 10.1%
- #50 Mr. White
69% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Miloš LužnjaninPub: Lorex Games
Windows
You're trapped inside Mr. White's huge dark creepy house. You have to find a way to escape without getting caught.
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Dark 10.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #51 It Reaches
67% matchNo user reviews76% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Emberflight Games
Windows
It Reaches is a first person horror game, captured through the lens of a police officer’s body cam. Trapped inside the facilities of an abandoned hospital, find a way to escape the horrors lurking underground. Uncover a dark mystery left behind and don't get caught! They will reach for you…
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, Horror 19.6%, Gore 12.2%, Dark 11.5%, Realistic 7.7%
- #52 OPEN DOOR
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, First-Person 14.4%, Dark 13.6%, Gore 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #53 Nightmare of Decay
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,291 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 26.6%, Gore 19.2%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #54 Omitted
70% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Gore 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16%, Psychological 10.6%, Dark 10.2%
- #55 Floor 9
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 15.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Realistic 7.3%
- #56 Room 817: Director's Cut
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Bormak Studio
Windows
Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 14.1%, Realistic 4.7%
- #57 Zoochosis
66% matchMixed61% of 2,332 reviews2024
Dev: Clapperheads
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.6%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.6%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #58 Jawbreaker
66% matchMixed64% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...
Why similar: Gore 18.2%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Survival 9.6%
- #59 Blasfemia
63% matchVery Positive91% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Horror 19.6%, Dark 14.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%