Games Like Phantom Jay

The Threshold is a psychological horror game. Trapped in an endless time loop, your only goal is to escape. However, with each new attempt, the environment fractures.

Why similar: Exploration 21.6%, Action-Adventure 20.9%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, 3D 10.1%

What starts as a normal sleepover quickly turns into a terrifying paranormal nightmare. Explore the house, investigate strange occurrences, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the haunting before it's too late.

Why similar: Exploration 19.1%, Action-Adventure 18%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Horror 11.9%

Investigate the disappearance of forest rangers in a remote Kerala forest. What begins as a routine missing-person case soon becomes a night of mystery, folklore, and psychological horror.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.4%, Exploration 17.7%, Adventure 13.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Horror 10.7%

Try to escape from the Forest as you setup camp, then realize you were locked in there by a Park officer. There were 5 keyholes, so you had to find one key for each one.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.9%, Exploration 19.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 14%

Tihama is a first-person Mysterious story driven adventure game. You return to your family home to take care of your grandfathers property, but strange events begin to appear. Explore, feel the tension, and uncover the truth behind what’s happening. A thrilling journey full of secrets and surprises.

Why similar: Exploration 22.7%, Action-Adventure 20.4%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 10.5%

This is a first-person Japanese horror game where you wake up in a nightmare world after being killed at a fish market. Encounter hostile creatures and traverse impossible environments to find a way home.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.4%, Exploration 25.8%, First-Person 11%, Horror 11%, Adventure 9.9%

Mia Jane disappeared in 1990 during a camping trip. Years later, Gabriel finds her recording while searching for a cure for her infection at the Lurmont facility. Explore two timelines, uncover the hidden truth, and survive the presence that lurks in the shadows of Black Wood.

Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 14.5%

GWIRO is a first-person psychological horror adventure inspired by a dream experienced by its developer and by Korean ghosts and folklore. Travel to a remote pension with friends, face different ghosts, explore unsettling locations, and push forward through tense chases and QTEs.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.4%, Exploration 20%, Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, First-Person 15.1%

Trapped in a dark environment, you must escape from the relentless Butcher. Every shadow hides a threat, and every mistake could be your last in this tense survival horror experience. Will you survive the night?

Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 19.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.

Why similar: Exploration 25%, 3D 13.7%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Tall Poppy is a fun-house horror experience where you must find your wife's purse and a way off the church property before the prankster ghost gets you!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.8%, Exploration 19%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 14%, Horror 11.3%

A first-person psychological horror experience where your own house becomes a twisted nightmare. Explore disturbing environments, solve puzzles, photograph hidden clues, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious clown watching you.

Why similar: Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 14%, Action-Adventure 9.9%

Pixelwave Off is a backrooms-mascot horror game set in the 2000s.You return to search for your friend, who disappeared a few years ago.Find him and uncover the dark secrets hidden within Pixelwave Entertainment.

Why similar: Horror 26%, Exploration 19.7%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 15%, First-Person 14.8%

A narrative psychological horror where past and present slowly blur inside a remote house. The line between memory and reality is gone.

Why similar: Exploration 24.5%, Action-Adventure 23.9%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 16.4%, Adventure 9.7%

You are a detective investigating a case that has been forgotten for 5 years. The case involves finding out why everyone disappeared from a daycare.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.1%, First-Person 17.9%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, 3D 11.4%

Just Work is a first-person horror co-op game set in a massive industrial complex owned by the enigmatic corporation EternaTIMA. You’ve just accepted a suspicious job offer, desperate to make money for your mother’s hospital bills—but this facility holds secrets you were never meant to uncover.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.7%, Exploration 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 15%, First-Person 14.5%

In this first-person story-driven horror game, you take a job as a janitor to access a run-down island summer camp that got shut down, after the dissapearence of your younger brother, which was only one of many incidents. It’s up to you to uncover the island’s buried secrets.

Why similar: Exploration 21%, Action-Adventure 20.8%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

She was sent to the abandoned house in Yeongdeok as part of a viewer punishment challenge. But the joke ended the moment the door slammed shut.

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Exploration 18.2%, First-Person 16.6%, 3D 9.2%

A linear single-session psychological horror. Your mind is uploaded into an old Soviet robot sealed inside a dead bunker. Stealth in the dark, puzzles inside dying machines, and one voice on the radio guiding you. Find the clues and change how it ends.

Why similar: Exploration 21.3%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.8%

Moaning Moron of the Mountain is an adventure thriller that puts you in the place of a college student who got a love letter and an invitation to the local mountain peak. But be warned, there is a mysterious man on the mountain harassing hikers. Sneak past him and meet your sweetheart!

Why similar: Exploration 24.1%, Action-Adventure 23.6%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 14.9%, 3D 11.4%

“Crooked Pines” is a first-person investigative horror game in which you step into the shoes of a retired cop, where the only thing capable of killing you… is your own heart.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 16.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

The Incident is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a closed circus, destroy evidence before investigators arrive, and avoid someone still inside watching your every move.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%

A horror story with many paths. Whole open prison with environmental puzzles and interesting characters.

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 9.1%

Armed with nothing but a flashlight, your intuitions, and each other; you and your partner have set out to uncover the lost history of “Lab 257.” Only through teamwork will you succeed in navigating the labyrinths below. Will the encroaching darkness bring you together, or will it tear you apart?

Why similar: Exploration 22.8%, Action-Adventure 21%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%

A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Exploration 18.5%, First-Person 16.7%, Adventure 7.5%

A terrifying VHS-style horror game. You're trapped in a cursed house haunted by a failed ritual. Stay silent, your microphone is always listening. Speak, and something will hear you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Horror 16%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 12.1%

Explore an abandoned candy factory once known for its Sweet Door attraction. Unlock zones, solve mechanical puzzles, and survive hostile creations as you search for what was lost the day the factory mysteriously shut down.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 16.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

Trapped in a dense cornfield, you must navigate hidden landmarks, avoid noise traps and outsmart a relentless stalker that hunts by sound. Stay quiet, read the signs and escape before it reaches you.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.7%, Exploration 23.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Horror 14.6%, 3D 12.6%

Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Exploration 16.6%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Adventure 12.1%

Your mother is dying, piece by piece. As Jesse, you must journey through corrupted realms ruled by fiends, evade deadly threats, recover shattered monuments, and face deadly challenges beyond mortal limits, using the monuments' power to rewrite fate and save her.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 20.2%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

Extinction is a singleplayer horror game where you explore The valley of Extinction. Your job is to explore it while also keeping yourself alive from monsters who want to end your life. Made this game when I was 16 :)

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Action-Adventure 21.6%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 15%, First-Person 12.2%

The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?

Why similar: Action-Adventure 31.4%, Exploration 24.4%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 6.1%

Use your mouse to balance a cake that wobbles with every step in this horror game. Escape twisted beings and overcome dangerous traps, uncover the mystery behind the cake, and see the story through to its conclusion.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.7%, Horror 19.3%, Exploration 17.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Story Rich 10%

Accidentally trapped in the Backrooms, explore 7 unique levels combining over 20 iconic locations. Solve puzzles, maintain your sanity, and uncover the dark secrets of the F.O.T. company and Arthur Penn’s research to find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Exploration 18.2%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10%

A horror game about an elevator repair technician who, as he ascends, discovers what became of those who never made it back down.

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Exploration 19.3%, Adventure 14.7%, 3D 10.2%

HAZE TOGETHER is a 1-4 player psychological survival horror game set in claustrophobic mines. Team up with friends, explore dangerous industrial facilities, and escape the darkness trying to consume you. Remember: the haze thickens every second, and you are not alone.

Why similar: Exploration 21.8%, Action-Adventure 21.6%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

A Horror Game Featuring Triggered Insaan (Nischay Malhan) as a Ghost Hunter.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.7%, Horror 25.5%, Exploration 21.1%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 11%

You are left alone on the top floor of an apartment. Your only goal is to reach the ground. But as you descend, the corridor you once knew begins to warp into something grotesque. There’s no telling what horror awaits. Just don't stop. Keep going down.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.8%, Exploration 17.2%, Adventure 14%, First-Person 13.1%, Horror 10.8%

Hide and Sink series is a retro horror anthology chronicling short stories of uncanny childhood events. Part 2: Hide and Sink is a first-person psychological horror game. What starts as an innocent game of after-school hide-and-seek quickly unravels into an uncanny terror.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, 3D 11.9%

A first-person survival horror game where a desperate search through a cursed forest leads to terrifying creatures, hidden secrets, and a truth better left buried.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 19%, Exploration 18%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 13.6%

Backrooms: The Exit is a single-player adventure game based on theme of backrooms.Inside the game you will need to avoid all threatening entities and find the cutscenes (exits) for each level, and perhaps many unexpected ways out of a level.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Exploration 20.2%, Adventure 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%

Tkium Exclusion Area is a short horror escape game which takes place in an asylum. You need to escape the area before the fear takes over you. Find levers, discover systems and solve problems. Will you find the exit in one piece?...

Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.8%, Exploration 24.3%, First-Person 17.4%, Horror 14.9%, 3D 13.1%

3D first-person horror game set in an abandoned middle school While running away from the attacking enemies, gather information about what happened at the school and solve the mystery.

Why similar: Exploration 23%, Action-Adventure 22.3%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

SCOOMART is a INDIE-HORROR game created from an inside joke about a pet! As the protagonist, you get stuck working the night shift at a local gas station. What begins as a normal shift quickly turns into a very confusing night.

Why similar: Exploration 23.9%, Action-Adventure 23.7%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 15.2%, 3D 11.6%

THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.

Why similar: Exploration 22.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%

Down With Fear: is a single-player survival horror game set in the 90s in a military hospital. Your goal is to overcome the enemys who are waiting there for you by hide from them, find items that reveal you new paths and by some enemys there is no other option but to run away to survive!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.3%, Exploration 20%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 11.8%, 3D 10.8%

Deja Vu portrays The Backrooms as a manifestation of mental illness. Join forces with up to four friends and endeavor to escape the confines of both your own mind and the mundane existence that led you here.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 22%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%

After personal tragedy, you fall into the nightmarish Backrooms. Navigate handcrafted levels, evade deadly creatures, and cling to your sanity. Find the exit – and the answer to whether survival is worth the struggle at all.

Why similar: Exploration 20.9%, Action-Adventure 20.7%, First-Person 14.4%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%

Explore new planets and civilizations. Turn in precious artifacts to the management company and get rich financially!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.7%, Exploration 17.9%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 13.2%

Play as Vera the gifted detective who can dive into nightmares of deceased to resolve their death mysteries, But.. Things don't always go your way, You're not alone. the threats are greater than your capabilities, are they? 3D Psychological Horror Game Project by the one-person studio "Horrawr".

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.1%, Exploration 19.9%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Adventure 11.8%

Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, First-Person 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 12.9%

Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, First-Person 21%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Exploration 14.4%, Adventure 7.8%

Kora: Neural Gridlock is a psychological horror game set in a bleak brutalist cyberpunk research facility. A threatening presence moves through the structure and leaves disturbing signs of its passage.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.6%, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 14.2%, First-Person 13.3%, Horror 11%

Project: ASCESIS is a 90s horror, where memory, mystery, and reality intertwine. You will no longer recognize what is real and what is not.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.4%, Exploration 20.1%, Adventure 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 11.5%

Explore, survive and escape the numerous levels of Dimension Omega in order to return to the real world in a creepy, liminal and eerie First-Person-Singleplayer experience while avoiding various terrifying entities that lurk in the shadows, waiting for you...

Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.4%, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 13.5%

In DISPEL, play as the sole survivor of an unknown magical calamity. Explore the ruins of a corrupted wizard academy, avoid the shades of your former friends, solve puzzles to discover new areas of the school, and uncover what happened in Feylight Academy.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.2%, Horror 17.8%, Adventure 14.9%, 3D 11.6%, First-Person 11.5%

Ethan returns to his cousin's old family house, deep in the forest, a place he hasn't set foot in for five years, ever since the family who lived there vanished without a trace.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 15.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Action-Adventure 10%

Explore a creepy gothic mansion and survive the night while being hunted down by a lady dracula! Lady Dracula's Mansion is an FPS horror game with retro graphics where you must sneak around and use your wits while scavenging whatever weapons and resources you can find to help you survive.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.2%, Exploration 21.6%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 16.4%

Descend deep into the Earth beneath the Kola Superdeep Borehole, exploring underground layers as a geologist sent to investigate strange signals — and uncover that Earth is not what science believes it to be.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.7%, Exploration 18.6%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Horror 10%