- #1 Blood Lily Ghoststories
97% matchVery Positive92% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: 2.5D 19.2%, Supernatural 16.8%, Thriller 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
- #2 My Adorable Ghost Story
96% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Mado games
Windows · Mac
A cowardly ghost needs your help to find peace. Complete his final wishes, get closer to him, and unravel the mystery of his death as you search for your own freedom in this short, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Supernatural 26%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Emotional 19.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #3 3rd eye
96% matchVery Positive87% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: 3rd eye projectPub: PLAYISM
Windows
A 2D exploration/horror game starring the Touhou Project's Koishi Komeiji. Use her Third Eye to explore a mental world entirely unlike reality.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #4 The Haunting of Joni Evers
95% matchVery Positive90% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Emotional 15.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #5 Last Time I Saw You
94% matchVery Positive97% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Emotional 17%, Supernatural 16.8%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #6 Oxenfree
94% matchVery Positive91% of 12,124 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.2%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Thriller 11.2%
- #7 Afterdream
93% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Thriller 22.1%, Emotional 19.8%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Story Rich 13%, Stylized 10.7%
- #8 Threads of Karma
92% matchMixed54% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: 萝卜不长毛线公司Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Supernatural 29%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Emotional 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Stylized 9.2%
- #9 BrokenLore: LOW
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 519 reviews2025
Dev: Serafini Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.
Why similar: Thriller 25.9%, Stealth 20.8%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Supernatural 12.3%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #10 Ghost on the Shore
91% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Emotional 20.9%, Story Rich 15.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #11 Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86
89% matchVery Positive88% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror anthology inspired by real-life cases. In Route 86, a group of friends ends up in a remote nightmare. Explore, hide, and survive in this first-person experience with multiple playable characters and rising tension.
Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Stealth 24.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #12 The Outbound Ghost
90% matchMixed69% of 283 reviews2022
Dev: Conradical Games
Windows
The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.
Why similar: Supernatural 27.6%, Emotional 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Stylized 9.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #13 Red Line
87% matchVery Positive97% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Thriller 51%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 3.9%
- #14 DreadOut 2
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,104 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A third-person horror adventure that draws inspiration from Indonesian urban legend. Play as Linda, a high school student with the ability to sense and see ghosts. This spine-chilling sequel expands on the cult hit original, making DreadOut 2 another terrifying addition to the horror genre.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.4%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #15 Journal
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 351 reviews2014
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Hand-drawn 25.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 2.9%
- #16 Narin: The Orange Room
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: RedSensationGamesPub: Urnique Studio
Windows
Narin: The Orange Room is a third-person adventure horror game. Play as Narin, a young girl whose sister mysteriously disappeared. Help her find her sister in the twilight dimension, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Thriller 28.5%, Stealth 24.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #17 Children of Silentown
84% matchVery Positive87% of 1,586 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.1%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Story Rich 17%, Stylized 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #18 Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 337 reviews2017
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Female Protagonist 29%, Story Rich 18.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #19 Ib
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,340 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.4%, Female Protagonist 24%, Story Rich 23.2%, Exploration 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #20 Subway Exorcist Girl
84% matchVery Positive83% of 331 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Thriller 41.1%, Exploration 27.5%, Story Rich 20.9%, Adventure 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #21 Goetia
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 790 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Supernatural 31.3%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, Adventure 21.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #22 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,923 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Supernatural 27.1%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Story Rich 17.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Exploration 12.3%
- #23 GYLT
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,297 reviews2023
Dev: Haven MediaPub: Parallel Circles
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.6%, Stealth 18.7%, Emotional 15%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Exploration 8.2%
- #24 Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror
82% matchVery Positive84% of 674 reviews2018
Dev: Storytale
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 114.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A narrative horror game set in the daily lives of Indonesian society. Interact with various mystical objects as you explore haunted places, unravel their lingering mysteries, and experience how Indonesian myth, taboo and culture, combined with your choices, shape the course of your nights.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Story Rich 28.7%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #25 FILTHY US
82% matchMixed68% of 477 reviews2021
Dev: Game Logic Studio
Windows
《残秽的我们》是一款本土手绘写实风格的恐怖冒险游戏,以真实事件为蓝本改编。在游戏中,玩家将跟随女主“无者”的脚步,深入由亡者怨念而产生的“怨秽地”,利用“刻印”的力量,探究隐藏其中的一段真实往事。
Why similar: Supernatural 19%, Thriller 16.8%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Stylized 8.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #26 Children of Silentown: Prologue
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.9%, Hand-drawn 21.7%, Story Rich 16.6%, Emotional 14.7%, Stylized 13.7%
- #27 Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 593 reviews2020
Dev: SuzakuPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.1%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 12.8%
- #28 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,925 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Supernatural 30.6%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 15.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%
- #29 Perceptions of the Dead
79% matchVery Positive92% of 336 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Adventure 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #30 Kathy Rain
78% matchVery Positive92% of 4,010 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.9%, Supernatural 18.2%, Adventure 16.1%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #31 Bad Omens: 8th Apartment
78% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Flamingo Games
Windows
You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...
Why similar: Thriller 25.5%, Supernatural 20.8%, Story Rich 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #32 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
75% matchVery Positive94% of 3,287 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Exploration 18.3%, Stylized 18%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Female Protagonist 15.6%
- #33 halfmoon
74% matchVery Positive91% of 190 reviews2026
Dev: lvl374
Windows
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 55.1%, Story Rich 22.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 1.3%
- #34 OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,080 reviews2023
Dev: Night School StudioPub: Netflix
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Thriller 25.6%, Supernatural 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #35 Subway Midnight
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,330 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Supernatural 21%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #36 Forgotten Hope
77% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Black Hammer StudiosPub: Games by IGE
Windows
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.5%, Story Rich 26.1%, Exploration 22%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #37 CINERIS SOMNIA
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,216 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 43.7%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 6.2%
- #38 Fear the Spotlight
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,323 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Stealth 27.4%, Female Protagonist 15%, Story Rich 12.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Stylized 10.5%
- #39 Cross The Boundaries
72% matchVery Positive99% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Supernatural 38.1%, Exploration 20.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #40 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
70% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Supernatural 39.1%, Story Rich 19.7%, Exploration 17.7%, Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #41 Blackwell Convergence
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 654 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The third game in the Blackwell series
Why similar: Supernatural 44.4%, Adventure 27.7%, Female Protagonist 26%, Indie 1.9%
- #42 Wonhon: A Vengeful Spirit
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: BUSAN SANAI GAMESPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Сreated by a solo developer, Wonhon is a paranormal stealth-action and tactics game about a young Korean girl killed in a military conflict and returned from the dead to exact her revenge.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.2%, Stealth 24.6%, Thriller 20.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #43 Paper Bride
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,306 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Thriller 30.5%, Supernatural 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #44 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
70% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Thriller 19.6%, Female Protagonist 18%, Emotional 16.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #45 INDIKA
69% matchVery Positive89% of 9,627 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.8%, Story Rich 18.9%, Female Protagonist 16%, Exploration 14%, Stealth 13.2%
- #46 It Happened At Night
73% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Thriller 26.2%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Emotional 15%, Exploration 14.8%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #47 DreadOut
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,721 reviews2014
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.5%, Supernatural 34.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #48 幽灵高校(Ghost College)
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: 血色双眸
Windows
An average college girl takes an elective class and everything is different. Death, spooky, enveloped her, uncovering the truth, looking for clues, making the right choice was the only way.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.1%, Hand-drawn 24.1%, Thriller 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Adventure 9.7%
- #49 CLeM
69% matchVery Positive91% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Supernatural 25%, Emotional 15.5%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #50 BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
68% matchVery Positive84% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Serafini ProductionsPub: Wired Productions
Windows
BrokenLore: DON'T LIE is a Japanese psychological horror game exploring trauma, isolation, and a fractured reality where perception becomes increasingly unreliable.
Why similar: Thriller 29.6%, Female Protagonist 25%, Stealth 18.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, Supernatural 9.8%
- #51 Copycat
67% matchVery Positive89% of 5,988 reviews2024
Dev: Spoonful Of WonderPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
Why similar: Emotional 39.1%, Story Rich 19.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Exploration 10.4%
- #52 Whispering Willows
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,900 reviews2014
Dev: Night Light InteractivePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Why similar: Supernatural 32%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Story Rich 17.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #53 TAPE: Unveil the Memories
69% matchVery Positive98% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: BlackChiliGoat StudioPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Why similar: Thriller 42.9%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Story Rich 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 7.1%
- #54 The Medium
67% matchVery Positive89% of 10,319 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Story Rich 20.6%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #55 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,595 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 9.4%
- #56 Sorry We're Closed
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,039 reviews2024
Dev: à la mode gamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Supernatural 33.8%, Female Protagonist 22%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Stylized 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #57 Tiny Echo
68% matchVery Positive87% of 794 reviews2017
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.9%, Supernatural 20.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 10.3%
- #58 Beghost
64% matchVery Positive100% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: vidboy
Windows
BEGHOST is a narrative-heavy 2D action-adventure game set in the bowels of a haunted dungeon. Uncover the dungeon's darkest secrets with your ghost girl companion Bee, as you navigate your way through enemies, traps, and more, in a desperate attempt to escape!
Why similar: Supernatural 24.8%, Emotional 23.2%, Action-Adventure 21.3%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%