- #1 At Sea
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beck Studios
Windows
Step into the shoes of Maris, a lone child trapped at sea. Surrounded by eerie creatures, you'll need to outwit dangers and solve puzzles to survive. But the island ahead holds secrets darker than you can imagine. Will escape truly mean freedom?
Why similar: Surreal 16%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 9.2%, Logic 8.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #2 Umbra: Journey Home
97% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Wray
Windows
Umbra: Journey Home is a single-player, 3D puzzle game. Entering lights will cause you to lose control. Create shadows by moving objects in your environment to pass through. Adventure through a mysterious world to discover answers.
Why similar: Surreal 23.9%, Logic 18.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Stylized 9.4%
- #3 The Blackwood Legacy
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Connor Elsworth
Windows
Step into the unsettling world of The Blackwood Legacy, a first-person puzzle horror game set in the eerie halls of Blackwood Manor. Solve intricate puzzles, unveil long-held secrets, and decipher the mystery surrounding your father's disappearance.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.6%, Mystery 13%, Conspiracy 12.7% ★, Stylized 10.9%, Puzzle 10%
- #4 The Ghost of Anna
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unisight Games
Windows
A young girl, suffering from sensory abnormalities, finds herself in a thrilling adventure fighting with her imagination.
Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Stylized 10.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Mystery 8.6%
- #5 Silent Pathways
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SkillerGameDev
Windows
Drawn back to his haunted home, Dave must solve eerie puzzles, uncover forgotten lore, and survive the shadows that stalk every corner of its decaying halls - a past that refuses to let go.
Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, Horror 13.8%, Supernatural 11.8%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #6 Broadcast Paranoia: a horror anthology
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: indikator.spacePub: Trioskaz
Windows
Tune in to paranoia! Broadcast Paranoia is an anthology of 7 short horror games about radio and conspiracy theories. Decode signals, seek the truth, and try not to lose your mind. Each story takes 15–30 minutes to complete.
Why similar: Conspiracy 35.9% ★, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 8.1%, Stylized 5.7%
- #7 They See You
93% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: MengEXE
Windows
A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.
Why similar: Surreal 18.7%, Supernatural 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 8.2%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #8 Project Liminal Redux
92% matchMixed63% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Project Liminal Redux is a first-person horror made in realistic 3D graphics. The gameplay consists of collecting notes, solving riddles and escaping from various entities. The main goal is to survive and escape.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.6% ★, Supernatural 18%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 7.5%
- #9 Ruptured Floor
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: De Chez Nous
Windows
Dive into a surreal and dark office space made of infinite floors. Traverse them all, one at the time, to find an exit. Ruptured Floor is a horror puzzle game with a unique twist. Every floor requires a combination to open the door. The code is known. The lock, however, will need to be found.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Surreal 18.4%, Puzzle 17.1%, Stylized 11.6%, Adventure 8.7%
- #10 Hagsville
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
Strange noises echo through empty rooms, shadows seem to shift, and it feels like you’re never truly alone. To feel safer, you’ve installed a smart monitoring system, allowing you to watch every room. But in a place like this, will that be enough?
Why similar: Surreal 23.5%, Supernatural 19.7%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 8.7%
- #11 Sophie in the Tangled World
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strunov Studio
Windows
Solve puzzles in bewitching 19th-century Paris, where rooms loop and logic twists.
Why similar: Logic 24.1%, Puzzle 14.6%, Dark 11.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #12 11F
89% matchVery Positive82% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: PUMPKIM
Windows
Go to the 11th floor of a building that doesn't have an 11th floor.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.9% ★, Surreal 14.9%, Supernatural 12%, Horror 9%, Dark 8.9%
- #13 petrichor
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: cumulet collective
Windows
Petrichor is a first person horror game inspired by Outer Wilds. Other older games inspired us for the graphics. You are in a cabin in the woods, some strange things are happening here.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.5% ★, Surreal 11%, Supernatural 9.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Stylized 8.8%
- #14 Nightmare On Maple Road
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Spellbomb Studios
Windows
One house. Two lives. One mistake ends them both. Switch between two teens to survive relentless threats, solve puzzles, and escape the nightmare before its too late.
Why similar: Logic 14.2%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Supernatural 9.5%
- #15 The New Apartment
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Paul Thomas Games
Windows
A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.
Why similar: Surreal 30.3%, Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 13.4%, Dark 9.1%, Adventure 6.6%
- #16 The House of E.
87% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Gamenastica Studios
Windows
The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.
Why similar: Supernatural 19.3%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Dark 10.6%
- #17 The Labyrinth on Burrow Hill
85% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Jonny Haynes
Windows
Unravel a thread of mystery and memory as you progress your way through the atmospheric halls of a dazzlingly large, long-deserted labyrinth. Explore the vistas of spectacular rooms and the hidden challenges within. Do you have what it takes to find what lies at the labyrinth's centre?
Why similar: Cozy 21.4%, Logic 15.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Stylized 9.3%
- #18 The Orphaned House
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Step into the mystery of The Orphaned House. Explore its rooms, manipulate the environment to solve puzzles, and follow your intuition to uncover every hidden secret in this atmospheric adventure game.
Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Stylized 9.1%
- #19 The House Dreams Along With Them
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jeffrey NordinPub: Caranthos Mori Games
Windows
The House Dreams Along With Them is a first person puzzle adventure with an emphasis on interactivity and logic. Sleep and dream in the rooms of a mysterious house. Solve the puzzles to make the dreams real and take a step towards the enigmatic reification of night.
Why similar: Surreal 18.6%, Logic 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 13.2%
- #20 Lighthouse
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ça part en prod
Windows
Light is your only ally in this dark and hostile world. It guides your path, reveals secrets, and wards off the monsters that lurk in the shadows. Harness the strange light emanating from your arm, and venture into this haunting world.
Why similar: Supernatural 14.4%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Stylized 9.6%
- #21 POCKET MYSTERY EP DX
82% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Kohococoa Design Works
Windows
A surreal, murder-mystery puzzle game originally designed for the GameBoy.
Why similar: Surreal 36.4%, Supernatural 20.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 8.4%
- #22 WITHER
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KemsynPub: Kemsyn Games
Windows
Wander the halls of an eerie 1920s mansion as haunting visions torment you and the line between reality and nightmare begins to blur. Step into the role of grieving widow Eleanor Hartfield and uncover the chilling truth behind your husband’s mysterious death.
Why similar: Supernatural 20%, Horror 17.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Dark 10%, Exploration 9.9%
- #23 Lift/Shift
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: PKotoff
Windows
In Lift/Shift, you're a research agent documenting a strange apartment where objects constantly change. Use your specialized camera to stabilize reality across multiple floors.
Why similar: Conspiracy 36.2% ★, Puzzle 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 7.7%
- #24 DRENCHED
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softblock Studios
Windows · Mac
Drenched is a 3D exploration adventure where a burned-out artist, Brie, becomes a fish. Switch between two characters, and traverse two mirrored worlds to uncover her story. Splash puddles on the surface and blow bubbles underwater to explore, solve puzzles, and reconnect her past and present.
Why similar: Cozy 27.9%, Surreal 18.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 9.8%
- #25 Tulpa
84% matchMixed55% of 260 reviews2015
Dev: Encryptique
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world...
Why similar: Surreal 38.1%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #26 The Midnight Exorcist
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WinterCamp StudioPub: Studio Digital Caffeine
Windows
Explore the dark corners of a haunted art museum in The Midnight Exorcist, an investigative puzzle game. Discover hidden secrets and follow the clues to piece together the ancient mystery of the museum’s past – and the ghostly dangers of its present.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Logic 13.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #27 宿の掟 / Rules of the Inn
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pekomaro
Windows · Linux
The rules do not lie. The guests who obeyed them are still in the ledger, and nowhere else. An inn on the border of the afterlife; each night, another rule. Lower your eyes, cover your ears, judge what slips in. Some nights, what comes wears the name of a thing the rules describe. Obey, or doubt.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.2%, Surreal 16.2%, Horror 14.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 10.6%
- #28 Nav
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Calabi Lab Games
Windows
Nav is a first-person horror game set in an abandoned village in Eastern Europe. Nav is the word used to denote the souls of the dead in Slavic mythology. Confront your deepest fears to rectify the sins of the past.
Why similar: Surreal 19.5%, Logic 13.6%, Horror 13.2%, Supernatural 11.4%, Dark 9.7%
- #29 Chroma Zero
77% matchVery Positive96% of 356 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Logic 20.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Stylized 9.5%
- #30 LunaGenesis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Headless Entity
Windows
LunaGenesis is a single-player psychological horror adventure about Scary Moonchild, an avatar of Will who sneaks through a plague-ridden rat-folk town and dives into surreal dreams to expose the Collegium's hidden conspiracy.
Why similar: Surreal 26.9%, Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Horror 8.4%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 7.2%
- #31 Quest room
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Dusty Game
Windows
The quest room is a location from which you need to get out by interacting with objects and using various clues. But be careful, you are not alone in this room.
Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Supernatural 20.6%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 8.9%
- #32 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
77% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Supernatural 15.9%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 11.3%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #33 RINBO
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Fades
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure of gliding and battling through mystical lands in RINBO, where discovery awaits at every turn!
Why similar: Cozy 39.7%, Surreal 10.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Colorful 8.4%
- #34 Where The Crows Roam
76% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
Where The Crows Roam is a survival horror game made by a sixth grader in his free time. In this game you will get to explore the now deserted Stunig City and its outer ruins. Watch your back because you never know what is watching you. Can you survive?
Why similar: Surreal 23.8%, Horror 15.6%, Stylized 14.6%, Cartoony 11.2%, Dark 10.8%
- #35 In Full Bloom
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: obleak games
Windows · Mac
Feed and raise your little baby. Watch it grow and feed on every and anything. In Full Bloom is a Tamagotchi inspired Katamari-like about a creature with never-ending hunger for the world around it. There is only one way.
Why similar: Surreal 34.7%, Horror 17%, Exploration 12.5%, Dark 11.8%, Adventure 9.1%
- #36 Shifting To The Backrooms
73% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Logic 16%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Exploration 9%
- #37 Star Sine Signal
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Derek Glennon
Windows
An otherworldly being has trapped you in their mysterious extradimensional prison. Explore a home ripped from time, activate the signals, and follow them to free that which binds you in this surreal first-person non-linear puzzle game.
Why similar: Surreal 25.2%, Supernatural 16%, Mystery 13.1%, Stylized 10.8%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #38 Eschaton
75% matchVery Positive88% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: sojourn interactive
Windows
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
Why similar: Conspiracy 30% ★, Surreal 22%, Supernatural 14.7%, Mystery 8.3%, Stylized 7.5%
- #39 The Spectacular Evermore
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fralf Games
Windows
Learn each room of the theatre, spot anomalies, and photograph them to restore the room. Keep your eyes open for anything unusual, from living statues to possessed paintings.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.2%, Horror 15.4%, Logic 12.6%, Mystery 9%, Puzzle 8%
- #40 Mayor May Knott
71% matchVery Positive99% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Ravenous Images
Windows · Mac
A creepy-cozy 3D adventure game about solving puzzles, rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!
Why similar: Cozy 27.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Stylized 10.7%, Mystery 9.2%
- #41 Tales of Fear - Episode Zero
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.
Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Mystery 16.4%, Supernatural 15.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 9.7%
- #42 Floor 9
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Supernatural 14.7%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 9%
- #43 The Hotel
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Surreal 17.3%, Horror 14.6%, Supernatural 14%, Dark 10.1%, Mystery 8.6%
- #44 Ghost Restaurant
70% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Akrelia Studio
Windows
In a melancholic first person narrative puzzle game, you are the Memory Chef of a mysterious restaurant for lost souls. Explore their memories, solve story driven and logic based puzzles, uncover deep regrets, and serve their final meal to bring them peace.
Why similar: Logic 17.6%, Surreal 13.7%, Supernatural 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #45 ManneKin: Hessler Storage
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dread Passage Studios
Windows
ManneKin: Hessler Storage is a first-person psychological horror. Investigate and explore an abandoned storage facility, uncover the mystery of its previous use, and escape with your life.
Why similar: Surreal 25.2%, Supernatural 20.9%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 10.2%
- #46 Lake Haven - Chrysalis
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 507 reviews2023
Dev: Encrypt Games
Windows
This game serves as a prequel chapter for the upcoming game 'Lake Haven'. Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.
Why similar: Surreal 18.7%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 11.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #47 8 floor, only me ?
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FangSealGames
Windows
A horror game where you must identify anomalies in the environment. You’re trying to leave the building, but the 1st floor never comes.
Why similar: Surreal 24.6%, Supernatural 16%, Mystery 11%, Horror 9.3%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #48 BlockSouls
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suchinski Studio
Windows
BlockSouls is a surreal indie adventure set in a lonely brutalist city. Explore strange places, meet unsettling characters, face disturbing enemies, and uncover hidden paths in a dark, dreamlike world.
Why similar: Surreal 29.9%, Dark 13.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%
- #49 The Funskin Project
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Richoux
Windows
A horrifying experience in a strange and timeless universe. Explore, solve puzzles, fight for your survival and try to escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 21.3%, Supernatural 16%, Dark 10.7%, Stylized 10.2%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #50 The Anomaly Experiment
69% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.
Why similar: Conspiracy 36.4% ★, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 9%, Dark 8.4%
- #51 Hourturn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Khata
Windows · Linux
Hourturn is an atmospheric game that begins inside a large, constantly turning hourglass. You are a tiny grain of sand within it, striving to stop it and escape, but what awaits the grain of sand outside? Is this the only way to measure time?
Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Logic 14.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 9%
- #52 Egregore
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Team EgregorePub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a first-person adventure to a mysterious café in Cairo. Adopt a new perspective and shape reality to your will as you unravel an occult conspiracy hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.6% ★, Mystery 15.4%, Supernatural 15.1%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #53 Blackhall
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: André ÅkessonPub: Anton Segovia Lundh
Windows
Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.
Why similar: Conspiracy 26% ★, Logic 12.7%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #54 The Seven Will Die
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MICHAEL CHOURDAKIS
Windows
A 3D modern remake of the classic Mystery House, along with original music, different plot and creepy atmosphere.
Why similar: Puzzle 18%, Adventure 16.1%, Dark 13.5%, Horror 13.1%, Third Person 11.6%
- #55 Mirkwood
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holographic Dreams
Windows
Mirkwood is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure set in a world fully aware of its digital existence. Use world-loading mechanics to solve puzzles and navigate the broken world.
Why similar: Logic 15%, Puzzle 12.8%, Stylized 12.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Dark 10%
- #56 Octavia’s Alienzzle
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tavy_pearsonPub: Pink Crescent
Windows
A cozy puzzle game about an alien restoring a museum of humanity after his brother accidentally destroys it. Assemble charming dioramas, restore strange human artifacts, and discover what aliens think of our world.
Why similar: Cozy 39.8%, Logic 16.6%, Puzzle 15.6%, Stylized 13.2%, Colorful 8.5%
- #57 Fallowind
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zane Pederson
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro themed psychological horror-mystery game that hopes to challenge your expectations. After you come into contact via walkie-talkie with a mysterious woman, you must search an abandoned industrial site to find her.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Conspiracy 14% ★, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #58 Luna Anomaly
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Gamefan
Windows
A restless spirit twists the town around you. Luna Anomaly is a psychological horror game where only those who spot the anomalies can escape.
Why similar: Surreal 19.2%, Supernatural 13.8%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Stylized 9.1%
- #59 Paperlands
65% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Cozy Age Games
Windows
Nothing works until it has color. Unlock new colors, solve puzzles and bring a handcrafted papercraft world to life.
Why similar: Cozy 29.8%, Logic 21.7%, Puzzle 12.3%, Cartoony 11%, Colorful 8.2%
- #60 Washout
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: akhsotoen
Windows
Washout is a single-player first-person horror game where the player must escape a flooded maze inspired by the Bathroom Maze aesthetic while avoiding an irrational threat — a Washing Machine whose behavior defies logic and reason.
Why similar: Surreal 28.9%, Supernatural 21.9%, Horror 13.3%, Stylized 10.5%, Dark 10.3%