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Games Like Pain of War

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Horror, Adventure, Singleplayer.

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Horror based action game themed during World War. Prepare to know the darkside of it.

Reviews: Mixed — 57% — of 95 reviews
Released: 2018-02-02
Developer: Free Initiative Games
Genres: Action, Adventure
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 10.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 76%

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    97% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: ZV GAMES
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    Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.

    Why similar: Adventure 52.6%, Action 47.4%

  2. #2 Wounded - The Beginning
    96% 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: Action 55.4%, Adventure 44.6%

  3. #3 Ad Infinitum
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,409 reviews2023
    Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Action 61.5%, Adventure 38.5%

  4. #4 Bloody Glimpse
    96% matchMixed52% of 250 reviews2017
    Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 21%

    Bloody Glimpse will take you on a immersive journey through bloody and dark world, the one that you always dreamed of.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  5. #5 Creatures Of War
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: Chaos Entertainment
    Windows

    Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?

    Why similar: Action 62.5%, Adventure 37.5%

  6. #6 Blinding Dark
    94% matchMostly Negative32% of 62 reviews2014
    Dev: Games HutPub: BulkyPix
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    Blinding Dark is a First Person Adventure horror game. Complete puzzles, collect items and power-ups, fight enemies and do your best to manage the very thin resources you have at your disposal to uncover terrible secrets.

    Why similar: Action 56.4%, Adventure 43.6%

  7. #7 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
    93% matchMixed69% of 144 reviews2023
    Dev: Steelkrill Studio
    Windows

    Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.

    Why similar: Action 54.6%, Adventure 45.4%

  8. #8 The Forgotten Ones
    92% matchMixed60% of 1,651 reviews2014
    Dev: Bernt Andreas Eide
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...

    Why similar: Action 53.4%, Adventure 46.6%

  9. #9 NecroVision
    91% matchMixed68% of 1,864 reviews2009
    Dev: The Farm 51Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    War is Hell. NecroVision is a first-person shooter that takes gamers across the frantic battlegrounds of World War I and into a dark underworld of vampires, demons and dark magic.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  10. #10 Strike of Horror
    91% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2018
    Dev: TheAmanStudios
    Windows

    Scary game PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK

  11. #11 Dark Side of War
    90% matchMixed58% of 105 reviews2020
    Dev: Tactical Mayhem Realms
    Windows

    Dark Side of War is a hardcore shooter game where players take on the role of a soldier during World War II and clear out enemy bases using every bullet wisely. The game offers diverse levels with unique designs and atmospheric soundtracks to create a realistic war atmosphere.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  12. #12 Trench Face
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 531 reviews2025
    Dev: Pulse Blue
    Windows

    Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.

    Why similar: Action 71.7%, Adventure 28.3%

  13. #13 Sense of The Devil
    89% matchMostly Negative40% of 163 reviews2017
    Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 14%

    Sense of The Devil is first person horror shooter that will take you on an epic journey of hunting the most horrifying creature!

    Why similar: Action 100%

  14. #14 Plagueworld
    89% matchMixed58% of 66 reviews2019
    Dev: Free Initiative Games
    Windows

    Adveture game based on medieval times, where you take the role of a hero that needs to fight and destroy the plague that invaded world.

    Why similar: Action 55.3%, Adventure 44.7%

  15. #15 Trapped In Stone - World War II Horror
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2022
    Dev: W0nnaFight
    Windows

    Linear World War 2 horror game where you play as a German Soldier who gets trapped inside a Bunker By Americans. Looking for a way out, things take a darker turn when he discovers a human war weapon.

    Why similar: Action 51.9%, Adventure 48.1%

  16. #16 Deadly Station
    88% matchMixed47% of 57 reviews2018
    Dev: RPG Adventures Team
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Discover thet dark story of this space station and find a way out.

    Why similar: Action 52.9%, Adventure 47.1%

  17. #17 Hell is Us
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 5,146 reviews2025
    Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions of a mysterious calamity.

    Why similar: Action 57.5%, Adventure 42.5%

  18. #18 FLIGHTMARE
    85% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
    Dev: Van Studios
    Windows

    Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

    Why similar: Action 71.8%, Adventure 28.2%

  19. #19 Survival & Horror: Hangman's Rope
    84% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2023
    Dev: Honor Games
    Windows

    Are you ready to uncover the secret of the cursed town? Immerse yourself in the ambiance of the Wild West and its mysterious events, and discover the truth about what lurks on the grim streets of this town.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  20. #20 Infernales
    86% matchMostly Negative34% of 68 reviews2017
    Dev: VGstudioPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows

    Kill all the creatures of hell ...

    Why similar: Action 54.5%, Adventure 45.5%

  21. #21 GLOWCOMA: chapter 1
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 226 reviews2019
    Dev: Tsvetomir Georgiev
    Windows

    GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.

    Why similar: Action 55.3%, Adventure 44.7%

  22. #22 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
    83% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
    Dev: Saibot Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

    Why similar: Action 53.1%, Adventure 46.9%

  23. #23 Under: Depths of Fear
    82% matchMixed68% of 299 reviews2020
    Dev: Globiss InteractivePub: Rogue Games, Inc.
    Windows

    Enter the mind of traumatized WW1 veteran Alexander Dockter and experience the terrorizing nightmare of trying to escape a sinking ocean liner while being haunted by the most terrifying entities you’ve ever come across.

    Why similar: Action 54.6%, Adventure 45.4%

  24. #24 Pigsaw
    80% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: Christopher Yabsley
    Windows

    Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  25. #25 Witch Hunt
    79% 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: Action 56.5%, Adventure 43.5%

  26. #26 The Land of Pain
    81% 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: Adventure 100%

  27. #27 Martha's Dolls
    78% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: AJB GAMES STUDIO
    Windows

    Dive into the adventures in " Merphy Town " where Martha's Dolls lives , solve the mystery , prepare yourself for a great horror experience !

    Why similar: Action 56.5%, Adventure 43.5%

  28. #28 Crisol: Theater of Idols
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 3,282 reviews2026
    Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.

    Why similar: Action 57.5%, Adventure 42.5%

  29. #29 Instinct
    75% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2024
    Dev: Newtonic StudioPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    INSTINCT encompasses horror on a whole new level — experience the chilling gameplay and story through the eyes of three different playable characters in this FPS game!

    Why similar: Action 60.6%, Adventure 39.4%

  30. #30 Corrupted Hospital : Part1
    78% matchMixed59% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: MINO ENTERTAINMENT INC
    Windows

    This game is a puzzle adventure game with a horror atmosphere. And there's an special stage where you have to defend against zombies on dark night.

    Why similar: Action 52.1%, Adventure 47.9%

  31. #31 Forest Horror
    76% matchMixed55% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: Neki4 Electronics
    Windows

    You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  32. #32 TORMENTOR
    74% matchMixed51% of 256 reviews2025
    Dev: Madmind Studio
    Windows

    Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.

    Why similar: Action 62.2%, Adventure 37.8%

  33. #33 Mortal Decay
    76% 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: Adventure 52.1%, Action 47.9%

  34. #34 Butcher's Creek
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,522 reviews2025
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.

    Why similar: Action 100%

  35. #35 Doorways: Prelude
    77% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
    Dev: Saibot Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

    Why similar: Action 50.5%, Adventure 49.5%

  36. #36 Doorways: The Underworld
    77% matchMixed69% of 405 reviews2014
    Dev: Saibot Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

    Why similar: Action 53.3%, Adventure 46.7%

  37. #37 Unspoken
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 802 reviews2024
    Dev: Weeping studioPub: Weeping Studio
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    You find yourself in the center of inexplicable nightmare. Make your way through the horror, come face to face with terrible events. Immerse yourself in the dark mystery of the events in which you found yourself an unwitting participant.

    Why similar: Action 52.8%, Adventure 47.2%

  38. #38 Death Below
    74% matchMixed54% of 80 reviews2022
    Dev: Soft
    Windows

    Death Below - is a third-person action adventure with elements of survival horror. The plot of the game is based on the legend of the Soviet experiment of the 1940s.You will plunge into a dark world, and begin an exciting investigation, fighting on your way with thousands of distraught people

    Why similar: Action 64.6%, Adventure 35.4%

  39. #39 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 109 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: Action 58.2%, Adventure 41.8%

  40. #40 The Dark Occult
    73% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
    Dev: RYM GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 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.

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    69% matchVery Positive83% of 893 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  42. #42 Weeping Falls Massacre
    72% 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: Action 54.2%, Adventure 45.8%

  43. #43 Project Liminal 2
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Action 51.8%, Adventure 48.2%

  44. #44 Painted In Blood
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2025
    Dev: MadCraftPub: Perp Games
    Windows

    Trapped in the haunting realm of an artist's twisted nightmare, engage in intense combat with grotesque enemies and monsters, experience unpredictable horror events that unfold dynamically, seamlessly blends classic retro FPS elements with modern elements.

  45. #45 The House
    75% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
    Dev: Konsordo
    Windows

    Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!

    Why similar: Action 52.8%, Adventure 47.2%

  46. #46 Horror inside the forest
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 79 reviews2024
    Dev: Erik García Díaz
    Windows

    Plunge into the captivating realm of "Horror Inside the Forest," an exhilarating game that tests your bravery. Explore a mysterious forest, confront supernatural forces, uncover secrets, survive the darkness, and escape its shadowy embrace in this immersive horror experience.

    Why similar: Adventure 70.4%, Action 29.6%

  47. #47 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,285 reviews2024
    Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.

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  48. #48 Shrieking Darkness: Reloaded
    72% matchMostly Negative24% of 98 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: Action 100%

  49. #49 A taste of home
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: KuroGameMaker
    Windows

    "A taste of home" is a short 3D exploration horror game set in the Japanese countryside.

    Why similar: Action 51.3%, Adventure 48.7%

  50. #50 Hegis' Grasp: Evil Resurrected
    73% 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: Action 53.8%, Adventure 46.2%

  51. #51 Ghost of Tomorrow: Chapter 1
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2021
    Dev: Ed Lioni
    Windows

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  52. #52 Disease -Hidden Object-
    71% matchMixed60% of 55 reviews2020
    Dev: OperaHouse CorporationPub: D3PUBLISHER
    Windows

    This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.

    Why similar: Adventure 100%

  53. #53 Partum Artifex
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
    Dev: DalaKoala Games
    Windows

    A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.

    Why similar: Adventure 100%

  54. #54 Post Trauma
    65% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 reviews2025
    Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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: Adventure 100%

  55. #55 Nightmare of Decay
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 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: Action 71.9%, Adventure 28.1%

  56. #56 CRUELTY
    66% matchMostly Positive74% of 127 reviews2024
    Dev: 838s Maniacs
    Windows

    "CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.

    Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Action 47.2%

  57. #57 Skinwalker Hunt
    65% 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: Action 51.9%, Adventure 48.1%

  58. #58 Silence In The Cabin
    68% matchMostly Negative31% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: RedRockGameStudios
    Windows

    "Silence In The Cabin" is an Open Map Survival Horror Game, where you must survive Dark linear story sections in order to unlock more areas of the world.

    Why similar: Action 100%

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