- #1 The Night of the Scissors
97% matchVery Positive94% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.9%, Thriller 11.3%, Old School 9.1%
- #2 Fragile Reflection
96% matchVery Positive81% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Spectra team
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.2%, Old School 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.2%, Third Person 11.2%
- #3 DYSTHANASIA
96% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 12.6%, Third Person 11.9%
- #4 Dead Format
94% matchVery Positive83% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 15.8%, 1990's 11.7%, Mystery 6.2%
- #5 Omitted
95% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Thriller 17.5%, Horror 15.9%, Gore 10.5%, Dark 8.2%
- #6 Project Crypt
94% matchVery Positive85% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 16%, Surreal 9.3%, Dark 9.3%
- #7 Abandoned Souls
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 14.7%, Thriller 11.7%, Old School 8.8%
- #8 S.O.V: Passenger 23
92% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: IGNUS NEX ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 17.7%, Retro 16%, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 9%
- #9 Sinister Entity
91% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Survival Horror 24.4%, Gore 15.5%, 3D 13.2%, Mystery 11.6%
- #10 DOCTOR VISCERA
89% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Puzzle 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #11 project BLARI
90% matchVery Positive87% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: MaxEstLa
Windows
Try to survive in this semi open horror game inspired by the ps1 graphic era.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Horror 21.2%, Thriller 14%, Third Person 12.3%, 3D 8%
- #12 Flesh Made Fear
87% matchVery Positive95% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.6%, 1990's 12.6%, Old School 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11.4%
- #13 Coffin Mall
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Surreal 14.9%, 1990's 14.5%, Old School 14.3%, Horror 13.6%
- #14 Tormenture
86% matchVery Positive88% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Retro 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, Old School 13.3%, Surreal 12.9%, Dark 9.1%
- #15 The Walking Evil
88% matchMixed55% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.6%, Third Person 13.5%, Gore 11.7%
- #16 Remorse: The List
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Ashkandi
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Gore 14.7%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 7.6%
- #17 Mortisomem
84% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: David Pateti
Windows · Linux
Donald Barnes is a successful merchant who one day on his way home, starts being stalked by a dangerous demon from the Colonial Times. Now he has to find a way back home or finally defeat Mortisomem.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.1%, Thriller 14.9%, Retro 14.5%
- #18 INDICTED
84% matchMixed48% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.9%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 6.2%
- #19 JANITOR BLEEDS
82% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Thriller 14.3%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 12.3%, Retro 8.4%
- #20 AMOK
85% matchMixed43% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Surreal 17.8%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 8.8%
- #21 Project Liminal 2
80% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.9%, Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, 3D 11.7%, Dark 9.9%
- #22 COLINA: Legacy
83% matchVery Positive81% of 208 reviews2018
Dev: Chance6 Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Third Person 12.6%, Survival Horror 9.3%
- #23 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
81% matchVery Positive84% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 15.2%, Gore 12.1%, Thriller 12%
- #24 Mortal Decay
82% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.7%, Gore 11.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #25 Pyromaniac
78% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 14.1%, Gore 7.7%, Dark 7.2%
- #26 The Strange City
79% matchMixed49% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Newmatic Co., Ltd.
Windows
Embark on the adventure as Agent G, a lone survivor drawn into a mystery after a brutal car crash. Pursued by relentless monsters and trapped in eerie, shifting environments, you’ll need courage and wit to survive. Can you uncover the secrets at the journey's end—or will the shadows claim you first?
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 13%, 1990's 12.3%, Dark 10.7%
- #27 SKYHILL: Black Mist
81% matchMixed47% of 235 reviews2020
Dev: Mandragora
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 17%, Third Person 14.2%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 7%
- #28 Necrophosis
76% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Surreal 20.4%, Horror 15.8%, Third Person 12.4%, Mystery 9.8%
- #29 Project Liminal Redux
79% matchMixed64% of 107 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: Survival Horror 29.4%, Horror 23%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 8.8%, 3D 8.2%
- #30 INHUMAN
78% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: Qiutaixu studio
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 17.6%, Mystery 8.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #31 Psychopathy Assessment
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Gore 24.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Old School 13.6%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.3%
- #32 Brutalism22
77% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Surreal 8.9%
- #33 Blank Frame
77% matchVery Positive87% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Through TunnelPub: Sumerian Games
Windows
Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Retro 14%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 10.2%
- #34 The Inn-Sanity
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 21.8%, 1990's 14.8%, Dark 9.1%, 3D 6.8%
- #35 SIGNALIS
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Dark 9.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #36 Unspoken
74% matchVery Positive88% of 802 reviews2024
Dev: Weeping studioPub: Weeping Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
You find yourself in the center of inexplicable nightmare. Make your way through the horror, come face to face with terrible events. Immerse yourself in the dark mystery of the events in which you found yourself an unwitting participant.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Thriller 18.1%, Horror 16.9%, Retro 13%, Dark 7.8%
- #37 ZERO PROTOCOL
73% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Old School 15.5%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 7.7%
- #38 BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA
75% matchMixed47% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: 市松製化Pub: Kodansha
Windows
【A richly coloured horror and mystery tale】BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA is a third-person horror adventure game. Experience the messy horror from the perspective of the protagonist, who is caught up in the whirlwind of events in a certain town in Japan, Utagacho.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, 1990's 21%, Retro 18.1%, Third Person 15.2%, Gore 11.5%
- #39 Mirror Forge
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 16.2%, Thriller 11.1%, Surreal 10.8%
- #40 Face of Another
71% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 22%, Dark 13%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #41 Exit From
73% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 20%, Mystery 11.5%, Thriller 11.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #42 Living Cell
72% matchVery Positive96% of 241 reviews2023
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Horror 20.6%, 1990's 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #43 Fortuito: Lost History
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: 1990's 19.2%, Retro 12.2%, Surreal 11.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Horror 9.6%
- #44 Them
71% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16.2%, Old School 13.7%, Retro 12.5%, Dark 9.7%
- #45 Post Trauma
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Old School 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Thriller 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.4%
- #46 Barbotine
70% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Alex Rassloff
Windows
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
Why similar: 1990's 20.7%, Surreal 20.3%, Old School 19.8%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 9.8%
- #47 Familiar Stranger
70% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 32.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #48 Blasfemia
68% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Horror 22.3%, Dark 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #49 Fear the Spotlight
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Old School 11.4%, Surreal 10.2%, Horror 9.7%
- #50 Hollowbody
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,556 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Third Person 17%, Horror 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #51 Noosphere
70% matchMixed69% of 127 reviews2021
Dev: KOEX studioPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
'Noosphere' is a first person psychological horror puzzle game about 'Personalities'. Vincent survived a car accident but only to find out that another entity is living within him.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15.4%, Surreal 15.3%, Dark 9.1%
- #52 Mirrored Phantoms
67% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 26.9%, Dark 9.7%, Surreal 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #53 Schizo Dark
66% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Old School 20.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Retro 7.1%, Action 6.7%
- #54 The New Apartment
67% 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: Horror 30.4%, Surreal 24.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Dark 8.6%, 3D 6.8%
- #55 Dark Places
71% matchMixed55% of 142 reviews2019
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Dark Places is a psychological single-player game set in a surreal world filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. Solve puzzles and try to survive.
Why similar: Action 65.5%, Horror 6.7%, Retro 5.4%, Survival Horror 4.7%, Old School 4.3%
- #56 MADiSON
66% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 21.9%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Dark 9.4%, Gore 7.1%
- #57 Among Ashes
64% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.4%, Old School 10.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #58 Reflection
65% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 20.8%, Thriller 14.8%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 8.7%
- #59 The Land of Pain
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16%, Surreal 13.1%, Mystery 8.7%