- #1 Shadow of The Forgotten
97% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Shades of Play
Windows
In a long-abandoned mansion of Dr. Victor Grimm, players find themselves trapped after a sudden collapse of the mansion's entrance. As they explore the sprawling, decaying building, they uncover secrets, and disturbing relics of Dr. Grimm's experiments.
Why similar: 1990's 22.3%, Investigation 19.5%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #2 Room2Room
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooster Syndicate
Windows
Children have been vanishing while playing with the brand new Room2Room handheld gaming system. You have been contracted to monitor playtest sessions, document any unwanted quirks, and help young testers play safely.
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, 1990's 19%, Point & Click 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Horror 11.9%
- #3 Devil's Hideout
96% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Why similar: Point & Click 14.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, 1990's 12.9%, Horror 11.7%
- #4 Dash Dot Die
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Interactive Games
Windows
Dash Dot Die is a first-person Morse puzzle game set in a maze of forgotten rooms, hallways, and airducts. Your past has caught up with you. Someone is determined to make you suffer just as they once did. Trapped in their twisted game, you must endure the same fate and overcome every challenge.
Why similar: Dark 13.2%, Linear 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #5 Project Signal
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: AcroGames
Windows
Investigate a wilderness for potential evidence of UFO activity in this nonlinear 3-D horror game. The more you uncover, the more dangerous it gets - as you now may know too much...
Why similar: Aliens 32.9%, Investigation 18.9%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.8%
- #6 The Cooking Class First Course
94% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Another Dev Company
Windows
The Cooking Class - First Course, is a story driven short game. A rainy, foggy night in the Nova Scotian suburbs, a girl at home, alone. What can go wrong?
Why similar: 1990's 19.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Horror 13%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #7 Red Entropy
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: attheAltar
Windows
14000000000000000 years in the future our sun is re-discovered by the last remains of humanity looking for any resources left in a dying universe.
Why similar: Aliens 29.7%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.1%, Point & Click 9.2%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #8 The Children of The Woods - Lost Tape
91% matchMixed48% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Another Dev Company
Windows
Playable trailer for the upcoming horror found footage movie "The Children of The Woods"
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, 1990's 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 13%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #9 Purgatorial Learning
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Niwaessence
Windows
Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!
Why similar: Investigation 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #10 Strange Waveforms
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PWFPub: Play With Fire Studio
Windows
You're a late-night radio host. The callers? Not all of them are human. Take the call… if you dare.
Why similar: Investigation 30%, Horror 18.6%, 1990's 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #11 Amanda the Adventurer 2
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,486 reviews2024
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, 1990's 15.3%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 10%
- #12 Primordial Genesis
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMM
Windows
THIS GAME IS CANCELED.
Why similar: Aliens 22.8%, Investigation 18.9%, Point & Click 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dark 10%
- #13 SO BELOW
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Eonia Studio
Windows
Do you love ghost hunting with friends? Do you love the thrill of a crucifix burning in your hand as you exorcize ancient spirits? Do you wish you could become a ghost yourself and scare your fellow hunters? Well, then SO BELOW is for you.
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Dark 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
- #14 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
87% matchVery Positive92% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Aliens 21.4%, Investigation 20%, Point & Click 12.3%, Horror 10.8%, Linear 8.3%
- #15 Wychwood Hollow
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow Tor Studios
Windows
Eliza Trewithian haunts the old Wychwood Hollow, the largest ancient oak woodland in Cornwall. A place of myth and legend. You are dispatched alone to investigate the case, with help from some local Ghost-Hunters. Gather evidence, decipher the clues in old documents and explore the Hollow.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Investigation 18.4%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 9.3%
- #16 Desktop Explorer
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, 1990's 17.3%, Point & Click 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #17 Void Whispers
85% matchVery Positive92% of 418 reviews2024
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Assume the role of a broadcast engineer in a tranquil city. All seems peaceful until the sky above starts to reveal something deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Aliens 32.3%, Immersive Sim 20.2%, Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Linear 6.1%
- #18 Mindscorn
84% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Mystic Craftz
Windows
A psychological survival horror where you play as a disgraced journalist investigating the Royal Veil Hotel, where multiple people have gone missing. Desperate for one last chance to reclaim your life, you must uncover its secrets and confront your past.
Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Aliens 17.8%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 11.5%, Linear 8.6%
- #19 DEMON COMPASS
84% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: 1990's 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dark 13%, Horror 12.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #20 WORM OF STEEL
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrii SotnykPub: notsospecialgames
Windows · Linux
Explore the depths of Titan in this claustrophobic horror game. Control an underground drilling machine, navigate tight spaces, and step outside to face terrifying horrors in tense first-person encounters. Will you survive the nightmare below?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.7%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 14.8%, 1990's 14.6%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #21 1998: The Toll Keeper Story
81% matchVery Positive91% of 343 reviews2025
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of chaos. Navigate daily challenges and make difficult moral choices to survive—all for the sake of your unborn child.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 16.8%, 1990's 16.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Immersive Sim 15.2%
- #22 Fall Into Insanity
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scotty Games
Windows
You play as Samuel Whittaker, a 19 year old college student who likes to get into trouble. How will he handle the situation when his friends go missing and he is the only one that can find them. Will he find them alive or will he be too late..
Why similar: Investigation 25%, 1990's 13.9%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Linear 10.2%
- #23 青鳥樂園 Blue Bird Land EP.1 上篇
82% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Dark Light Studio
Windows
Blue Bird Land is an AVG with horror and puzzle elements. There are 2 episodes, including 6 endings and four chapters. In each chapter, the form of the game is unique and different from others. Let’s follow the alluring characters, addicted to the dangerous amusement park!
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Point & Click 15.5%, Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Linear 9.3%
- #24 Borrowed Faces
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Table for Twenty
Windows
Help stranded humans escape an otherworldly realm as you pick them up on your bus route. Investigate and interrogate each new arrival to ensure they don't devour you or your passengers as you head to your safehouse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Horror 15.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, First-Person 9.9%
- #25 Amanda the Adventurer
79% matchVery Positive94% of 7,110 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: 1990's 20.4%, Horror 18.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, First-Person 8.5%
- #26 THE APARTMENT LIES
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SIENTURE
Windows
The Apartment Lies is a first person anomaly horror game where you must spot altered objects in a seemingly normal apartment. Observe carefully, choose the correct door, and survive psychological tension, sudden jumpscares, and brutal horror.
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 12.2%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #27 BANNED TAPES
78% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: NickNickolas
Windows
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
Why similar: 1990's 18.7%, Point & Click 15.1%, Investigation 13.7%, Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
- #28 青鳥樂園 Blue Bird Land EP.2 下篇
80% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Dark Light Studio
Windows
Blue Bird Land is an AVG with horror and puzzle elements. There are 2 episodes, including 6 endings and four chapters. In each chapter, the form of the game is unique and different from others. Let’s follow the alluring characters, addicted to the dangerous amusement park!
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Point & Click 16.7%, Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Linear 9.3%
- #29 Night Guard - The Last Shift
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
Check license plates, handle incidents, and keep working your shift while an unauthorized visitor keeps insisting on getting into the lot. What starts as a dull routine turns into an increasingly terrifying night
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, 1990's 17.4%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Dark 9%
- #30 UFOPHILIA
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
UFOPHILIA is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore areas marked by alien phenomena. Use specialized equipment to detect, identify, and photograph aliens—but do so at your own risk... They are watching you too.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Aliens 21.6%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 10.5%, Immersive Sim 10.1%
- #31 UnFOrgettable Encounters
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
In this horror game, you will follow the story of Andrew as he embarks on a journey to reconnect with his past, revisiting childhood memories of searching for his missing father - a passionate UFO researcher and enthusiast.
Why similar: Aliens 31.6%, 1990's 21.9%, Horror 14.9%, Investigation 12.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #32 Underwater
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adam BiggsPub: BiggsGames
Windows · Linux
Discover the true meaning of isolation in Underwater, a survival horror game set in an atmosphere of constant dread, darkness, and crushing pressure.
Why similar: Aliens 21.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Dark 9.4%
- #33 Greed's Grub
76% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Brolokko
Windows
You don’t remember exactly what you did, just that it had to have been real bad, if this was your punishment. Five days of community service in this greasy, rotting excuse for a burger joint. Just five days, and you’re free. That’s all you have to endure.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.2%, Horror 17.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 8.9%
- #34 Echoes From The Past
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cookie Games
Windows
Join Cerys Baker in the gloomy Oak Sanatorium, discover its secrets and keep your sanity. Solve puzzles, resist dark forces and experience suspense, horror and mystery in this captivating exploration game. Are you strong enough?
Why similar: Investigation 33.9%, Horror 18.8%, Linear 17.2%, Dark 14.1%, 3D 8.5%
- #35 CORPOREAL
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Out Interactive
Windows
Piece together a cursed family photo album in 1990s NZ. Examine haunted photographs, encounter the paranormal & uncover your dark family history.
Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, 1990's 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Horror 11.5%
- #36 Void Observation
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ginger Ninja Gaming
Windows
Void Observation is a suspense-thriller set in a remote Soviet facility. Manage unstable systems, solve puzzles, operate machinery, and uncover buried secrets as you face a growing, otherworldly phenomenon. Unravel a reality-altering truth—can you survive the unknown and escape?
Why similar: 1990's 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Dark 9.7%
- #37 Ghost Lantern: Kilminorth Farm
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
The old Kilminorth Manor Farm is said to be haunted! A mysterious sealed box was discovered - Inside were old letters and a few glass photographic plates. A terrible crime happened nearly 200 years ago. Using deduction and paranormal investigation, do you have the skill to solve the case?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Point & Click 21.1%, Investigation 18%, Dark 9.8%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #38 Ways
73% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Panic Games Studio
Windows
A lone urbex in an abandoned hotel - what could go wrong? Explore the surroundings and find the mysteries of this place. Don't forget to be quiet - urbex is an illegal adventure, and you don't want to be found...
Why similar: 1990's 18.5%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Horror 10.5%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #39 A Spooky Item Game
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Fralf Games
Windows
Figure out what type of entity is haunting your object, correctly dispose of it and try not to fall victim to madness. Progress to uncover new hauntings, make it to the end of the week and you might just get yourself a pretty paycheck.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Point & Click 18.1%, Horror 14.8%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Linear 8.8%
- #40 Parawyrm
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: M. Lang
Windows
The PARAWYRM is coming- and only you can stop it..
Why similar: Investigation 25%, Horror 13.9%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #41 The Linger
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackFable
Windows
A chilling horror game set in a typical American home at night. As nature fights back against neglect and waste, eerie noises and lurking shadows hint at something watching. With only a flickering light, uncover the terrifying consequences of humanity’s carelessness - before it’s too late.
Why similar: Investigation 21.4%, Horror 14.2%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Dark 11.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #42 Last Report
69% matchVery Positive89% of 2,212 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Point & Click 15.7%, Dark 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Linear 8.8%
- #43 Quake Survivor
74% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: LFR games
Windows
Trapped on the tracks with an earthquake threatening your life, you must escape from the subway tunnel and station about to collapse. Must solve the puzzles, avoid, collect things and use the enviroment at your favor. Play alone this First Person Horror puzzle game and try to survive.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Investigation 17.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #44 Unknown Presence
71% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Ragdoll Inc
Windows
Unknown Presence is a first-person adventure horror game where you will witness unexplainable phenomena, from floating orbs to unknown beings. You will explore many locations, from caves all the way up to snowy mountains and everything in between.
Why similar: Aliens 45.7%, Horror 16.1%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Action 6.7%, First-Person 6.4%
- #45 They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DEKLAZONPub: PQube
Windows
A first-person alien horror that magnifies the intensity of 2000s psychological sci-fi thrillers. In this cinematic, story-driven experience, play as local journalist Taylor Fox, sent to investigate reports of terrifying events unfolding at a remote family farm.
Why similar: Aliens 30.8%, Investigation 16.1%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 11.4%, First-Person 8.5%
- #46 Corpo Connections
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Polias Games
Windows
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Why similar: 1990's 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Dark 10.9%, Horror 10.5%
- #47 Deliverance
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: PiquePub: LitterBoxStudio
Windows
Deliverance puts you in the role of a delivery driver on a routine night shift. But when one last delivery leads to a shocking twist, you’re trapped in a nightmare. Navigate dark corridors, find hidden objects, and uncover a sinister mystery as you fight to escape.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Dark 17.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #48 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,243 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Point & Click 14.8%, 1990's 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #49 Abode: Definitive Edition
69% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Jordon SelwayPub: JordonGameDev
Windows
Abode: Definitive Edition is the updated edition of Abode, it is a short walking simulator horror game, you are stuck in a loop going through a small house, when horror starts happening around you.
Why similar: 1990's 20.3%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #50 There's something wrong with...
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamenastica Studios
Windows
Short first-person horror experience where you navigate through dark tunnels, hide from a monstrous entity, and uncover the biggest secret of your life.
Why similar: Aliens 32.8%, Horror 15.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Dark 9.6%, First-Person 6.8%
- #51 Midnight Queue
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CORISCO STÚDIO
Windows
Vampires infiltrate the nightclub queue. You are the bouncer. Check documents, observe suspicious behavior, and use tools to decide who gets in and who stays outside, but the final decision is always yours.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Point & Click 18%, 1990's 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #52 I Won't Forget Hue
69% matchVery Positive91% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Hostile Kiwi Games
Windows
Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Horror 10%, Dark 9.9%
- #53 Frostbitten
70% matchMixed53% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: White Valley Studios
Windows
Frostbitten takes you into the depths of a national park's snow-ridden forest; a place notorious for consuming those who enter. Through the eyes of a park ranger in this survival horror experience, discover the dark secrets that lie beyond the clearing…
Why similar: 1990's 19.8%, Investigation 13.3%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 10.5%, Linear 10.2%
- #54 HOMECALL
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lequinoxe
Windows
Atmospheric Horror in 90's style low-poly 3D. Open-ended exploration, investigation, hidden items, captivating puzzles and intriguing dark storyline.
Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #55 Terror in the Kitchen
68% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Diakamos
Windows
This is a first person atmospheric horror game. The style of the game is influenced by old graphics trend (PSX games etc). You play as a part timer in a restaurant. You wash dishes, take out trash, pump the toilets and organize the table tops.
Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Dark 16.5%, Linear 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #56 Behind The Door
71% matchMixed58% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Dio Alias Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's a story about a skeptical detective John who's investigating the abandoned's house massacre where group of teenagers were killed. On early night Detective John arriving to the abandoned house to find out what has happened there but suddenly he realized that he is not alone...
Why similar: Investigation 25.2%, Point & Click 20.8%, Horror 17.1%, Puzzle 10.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #57 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,087 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Point & Click 23.8%, Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Dark 11.5%
- #58 Discount Nightmares - The Gulch
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SongMonkey
Windows
The Gulch is a horror, puzzle, adventure! By day you’ll mine, and by night try to survive! Through a unique five senses system, you’ll explore the Gulch in ways most games never attempt. Look, touch, listen, smell, and even taste your way through a landscape of puzzles, secrets, and growing dread.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Point & Click 21.2%, Horror 12.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #59 A Bad Christmas Story
65% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Horror 20.2%, Investigation 20%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Point & Click 11.7%