60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Experimental, Indie, Atmospheric, Psychological Horror.
“Please Wake Up” is a memory horror game. It has simple and accessible, yet engaging, gameplay that gives the player a fear of their own mind. As you look around the room, objects will change when they are not visible. Click on the objects if they have changed.
The Utility Room
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
The Horologist's Legacy
The Horologist's Legacy is a deep dive into the absurd to find your mysterious past in this indie first-person psychological horror experience that rips the floor out from under you and takes your mind places you've never brought it before.
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.3%, Experimental 26% ★, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Surreal 9.4%
The Horologist's Legacy is a deep dive into the absurd to find your mysterious past in this indie first-person psychological horror experience that rips the floor out from under you and takes your mind places you've never brought it before.
Why similar: Experimental 29.1% ★, Psychological 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Your future is vaster than the cosmos.
Why similar: Experimental 46.6% ★, Philosophical 38.5%, Surreal 14.9%
In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.
Why similar: Experimental 27.3% ★, Psychological 15.7%, Point & Click 11.8%, Surreal 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.
Why similar: Experimental 37% ★, Philosophical 33.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Experimental 24.4% ★, Philosophical 23.2%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.2%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 29.3% ★, Philosophical 21.7%, Psychological 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 8.7%
A dating simulator, but... The girl has a shotgun, and if she doesn't like how you answer her questions, you die. Your date takes place in a living, watching cave where every element of the environment actively reacts to your tension and tries to break you.
Why similar: Experimental 26.3% ★, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychological 16.2%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 8.7%
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 26.7% ★, Philosophical 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Psychological 11.9%, Surreal 11.7%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.9%, Experimental 21% ★, Psychological 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 7.4%
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Experimental 29.2% ★, Psychological 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 10.3%, Realistic 5.7%
Welcome to the Reincarnation Ethics Program "Children's Garden." This is a puzzle game where you seek eternal rest.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.5%, Experimental 18.4% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychological 12.7%
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 26.9% ★, Philosophical 24%, Psychological 15%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.
Why similar: Experimental 47.9% ★, Philosophical 38.6%, Dark 9%, Realistic 4.4%
Connect non-matching pieces to reach level 99.
Why similar: Experimental 26.7% ★, Philosophical 24%, Science 21.1% ★, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 9.5%
Three Interwoven tales ruminating on beginning and end and everything in-between.
Why similar: Experimental 55.1% ★, Philosophical 37.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
A free short first-person horror game of dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal, with strange logic.
Why similar: Experimental 26% ★, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Surreal 12%, Horror 11%
Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.
Why similar: Experimental 38.3% ★, Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Growing My Grandpa! is a Cronenberg-inspired point-and-click adventure game with virtual pet elements that puts a heavy emphasis on exploration and lore.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.9%, Science 16.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Point & Click 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Philosophical 23.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 8.7%
Wake up in a dream research project gone wrong. As the line between consciousness, memory, and code dissolves, the system watches you. Which is more dangerous — staying asleep, or waking up?
Why similar: Philosophical 27.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Surreal 13.8%, Sci-fi 11%, Psychological 11%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Philosophical 37.1%, Psychological 25.4%, Surreal 16.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Dark 6.8%
Stifled is a multi-award winning, Sound-based Stealth Thriller Mystery, where SOUND is the only way you SEE and the enemies HEAR your fear through your microphone input. Microphone input and VR Features are optional.
Why similar: Experimental 23.8% ★, Science 15.3% ★, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Experimental 31.1% ★, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 9.3%
DISORDER is a dark, twisted word puzzle horror game where your mistakes hold irreversible consequences. Players will be challenged to play through a series of challenging rounds in an attempt to 'Save Your Family' if the player fails a round they then 'Choose Who Dies'
Why similar: Experimental 27.3% ★, Psychological 15.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Point & Click 10.2%, Horror 9.3%
Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.9%, Experimental 22.8% ★, Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 11.5%
You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.
Why similar: Experimental 33.8% ★, Psychological 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Surreal 11.7%, Horror 9.2%
Cryptica is a narrative-based psychological horror game where the apocalypse is just the beginning. Explore the enigmatic lands of Antarctica and find the missing film crew.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.6%, Alternate History 19.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Surreal 10.1%
Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again.
Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Surreal 14%, Horror 6.7%
The year is 2170. An anomaly has ripped through the AIO Station, leaving a lone technician fighting to survive. As the silence of deep space closes in, biblical angels descend, beginning trials of morality, judgment, and the price of human ambition.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Psychological 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 10.8%, Sci-fi 9%
A variation on classic memory game in horror setting. Cards can change, you have to stay focused, catching replaced card is a life or death situation. Play the cards. Track the changes. Survive the week. Collect your pay check.
Why similar: Experimental 16.4% ★, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Point & Click 14%, Psychological 11.9%
In this experimental singleplayer 3D horror game, a man struggles with adopting a familiar child off the street while outrunning the consequences of an agreement he made with his nightmarish stalker.
Why similar: Experimental 28.1% ★, Philosophical 21.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Surreal 9.7%, Sci-fi 8%
Still Ridge is a retro-style point-and-click adventure game set in a West Virginia town. Guide Omar Fletcher, a dream traveling therapist, as he investigates a murder he witnessed in his dreams. Navigate the nightmares of Still Ridge's citizens to uncover the mystery of the secluded mountain town.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.5%, Point & Click 19.8%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 9.9%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Experimental 33.9% ★, Psychological Horror 20%, Psychological 17.6%, Philosophical 16.2%, Horror 10.5%
Accompany Nai in her normal Sunday routine of watching TV, eating ramen and ruminating on her past.
Why similar: Psychological 26.7%, Philosophical 23.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 7.3%
Under the cloud, pressure is crushing – only machines survive in the open. LAMINA BRUISE is a narrative-driven first-person adventure. Solve thoughtful puzzles and overcome revealing obstacles in a tense, hostile environment.
Why similar: Experimental 46.8% ★, Surreal 15.5%, Sci-fi 14%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 4%
A deadly gamble decides who lives in a Romanian Soviet facility. The loser is taken into an execution chamber. The dead return to fight back. Play ALONE or with FRIENDS.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.4%, Science 21.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 8.9%, Dark 8.5%
You find yourself in the nonplace. Nonlinear, uncanny, maybe in between worlds or time itself. What is your purpose here? Are you just passing through, or are you an intruder surveying a reality that isn't even real?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Psychological 19%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Experimental 34.5% ★, Philosophical 22.5%, Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 9.9%
Explore shifting places, uncover lost memories, and escape the creatures that look after you. A psychological horror game about guilt, loss, and the haunting silence of unspoken truths.
Why similar: Philosophical 38.5%, Psychological 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 10.3%, Survival 3.3%
You have arrived at a research facility to rescue your younger sister. You’ve received information that she is on the 10th floor of the facility, but will you be able to reach her?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Surreal 15.5%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological 12.9%, Science 12.2% ★
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 25.6%, Horror 20%, Psychological 12.9%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Dive into Yuha's nightmares. Bear witness to a glitch apocalypse. Explore the hidden layers of a 3D-dreamscape. Piece together her memories and fears. Experience a true haunting with vanishing staircases, lost voices and time that keeps running out.
Why similar: Experimental 29.5% ★, Psychological 17.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.
Why similar: Experimental 30.2% ★, Philosophical 29.7%, Surreal 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 7.9%
Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.
Why similar: Experimental 51.5% ★, Philosophical 24.8%, Surreal 13.9%, First-Person 6%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Remember the number and placement of cartridges. Then watch as everyone tries to ruin your calculations. Survive by using memory, mind games, and sabotage.
Why similar: Experimental 27.7% ★, Psychological 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 12%, Horror 10.5%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Experimental 26.6% ★, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Horror 10.8%
A post-human bio-management simulation. In a strange future, you awaken in a plastic body. The authorities question you, but you don't even know what you are. You must quickly grasp this weird world and your place in it, or else face state-sanctioned oblivion.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Psychological 9.9%
NINA is a short, narrative-driven psychological horror game about a girl who keeps forgetting. Guide her through memory, fear, and truth—before it's too late.
Why similar: Psychological 25.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Experimental 19.9% ★, Horror 13.2%, Point & Click 9.9%
In 2020, The origin of time, life, and civilization lurks inside a deep cosmic shaft known as the "Space Hole." Various beings explore the holes, and inside find commonalities in the systems and games. You gotta go in the Space Hole!
Why similar: Experimental 43.4% ★, Psychological 15.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.
Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, Psychological 19%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 18.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Step into the shoes of a young girl who must face solitude and mystery while waiting for her mother at the taco stand where she works. It’s a rainy night, but that won’t stop some unwelcome visitors from showing up...
Why similar: Psychological 31.4%, Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 22%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 6.8%
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Philosophical 34.9%, Psychological 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Horror 8.7%
Paranormal Records is a story-driven psychological horror game. A unique storytelling experience from the perspective of a video camera. Feel like the host of a TV show about the paranormal and go to an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.3%, Psychological 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 8.4%, Modern 8%
ASPEN: Uncanny Home puts the player in a state of psychological terror. Players will find themselves in puzzling situations and search to find the hidden story.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychological 13.1%, Surreal 11.6%, Horror 8.9%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Experimental 36.6% ★, Surreal 20%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Squingle is the ultimate Mixed Reality 3D puzzle game. Navigate glass-like mazes called ‘Squingles,’ guiding orbs while avoiding edges and collecting points. Discover why it’s a critically acclaimed 5-star masterpiece!
Why similar: Experimental 26.4% ★, Philosophical 23.7%, Science 21.4% ★, Surreal 11.7%, Sci-fi 9%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Experimental 32.5% ★, Psychological 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 13.3%, Dark 8.4%
Noclip into the backrooms and never get out =) Explore several infinite levels of the backrooms and survive in an environment inherently hostile to any human. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 10.9%
Trapped in a mysterious hotel, you must observe, decide, and take risks. Use your points and abilities to descend faster… if you dare.
Why similar: Philosophical 36.7%, Psychological 23.5%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 6%, Realistic 5.4%
