- #1 Dead by Backrooms Anomaly
97% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: DarkRook Interactive
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror game filled with puzzles and humorous moments. In this world where reality and fantasy intertwine, nothing will ever be as it seems.
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.9%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, First-Person 14%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Comedy 11.9%
- #2 Kiosk
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,914 reviews2025
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, First-Person 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Comedy 12.2%, Mystery 12.1%
- #3 Beyond the Doors
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Error
Windows · Linux
An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building
Why similar: Old School 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, First-Person 18%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #4 Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN)
95% matchVery Positive95% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Sons of Welder
Windows · Linux
If you are looking for weird dark version of Alice in Wonderland with creepy twist, AMEN is your next terrifying journey down the rabbit hole. This surreal hand-drawn psychological horror transforms the classic fairy tale into a grotesque manifestation of neurosis and mental illness.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.9%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Hidden Object 14%, Supernatural 11%, Psychological 10.2%
- #5 Employee of The Month
94% matchVery Positive95% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Projeckt Skeleton
Windows
An atmospheric retro inspired survival horror game. Enjoy the late shift at 'The Month' in an abstract and unsettling night of terror, spooks and convenience.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.2%, Memes 22.9%, Old School 14.4%, Dark Humor 10.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #6 Pink Noise
94% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Atmospheric 9%
- #7 Sector 404
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, First-Person 17.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Mystery 10.2%
- #8 MOLE
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,905 reviews2026
Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.9%, 1980s 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #9 I'll Do It Tomorrow
92% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Psychological 7.6%
- #10 DOOMER SIMULATOR
91% matchMixed70% of 339 reviews2025
Dev: Sebasa Games TaganrogPub: Sebasa Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality
Why similar: Memes 33.6%, Dark Humor 21.8%, Comedy 10.3%, Old School 9.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #11 Subliminal
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,794 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: First-Person 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Mystery 19.5%, Exploration 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #12 Brutalism22
90% matchMixed64% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: First-Person 33.6%, Exploration 28.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #13 Unemployment Simulator 2018
88% matchVery Positive84% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.3%, Mystery 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Comedy 9.9%
- #14 First Session
89% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 14%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%
- #15 MATRESHKA
86% matchVery Positive84% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: 1980s 19.7%, Psychological 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12.7%, First-Person 11.8%
- #16 FunnyPizzaLand
87% matchVery Positive90% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: RomanPub: GOBBOGOES
Windows · Linux
FunnyPizzaLand is a surreal adventure game with dark atmosphere that was designed back in 2001 to be a playable painting.
Why similar: Comedy 29.4%, Mystery 24.8%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Adventure 18%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #17 Comatose
84% matchVery Positive97% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: First-Person 20.4%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Old School 14.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
- #18 Paranormal Night Shift
85% matchVery Positive97% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 21.7%, Supernatural 21.4%, Hidden Object 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #19 Toilet Chronicles
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,690 reviews2022
Dev: Madi AbdykarimovPub: Bomi Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Trapped in a public restroom. You’re not alone. You make bad decisions. Horror-comedy with multiple endings.
Why similar: Memes 25.4%, Dark Humor 17.4%, First-Person 15.1%, Comedy 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #20 Without a Dawn
83% matchVery Positive92% of 911 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychological 10.6%
- #21 Paratopic: Overdub
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Before the Backrooms ... before analog horror ... there were the tapes
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, First-Person 20%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Adventure 13.4%
- #22 Asleep: Act 1
82% matchVery Positive94% of 575 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Exploration 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #23 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
81% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: First-Person 28.6%, 1980s 25.6%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #24 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
84% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 39.2%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #25 ELEVATOR: AVICI
78% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Supernatural 24.4%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, First-Person 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #26 Future Racer 2000
80% matchVery Positive92% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
Only You Can Be The Future Racer 2000
Why similar: 1980s 22.7%, Dark Humor 22.1%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11%
- #27 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
77% 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: Visual Novel 17.9%, Supernatural 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 12.9%
- #28 KOBOLOK
79% matchMixed62% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Marginalact
Windows
KOBOLOK is an ethnic PS1 style horror game based on an Eastern European fairytale about round bread "Kolobok" aka "O Koblížkovi" aka "Pannkauken".
Why similar: First-Person 29.9%, Exploration 21.9%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Adventure 14.7%
- #29 Afterdream
77% 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: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Psychological 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Mystery 10.6%
- #30 Father´s Island
81% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Intr Studio Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Father´s Island is a mystic, surreal visual novel / playable B-Movie in a 3D open world, with hundreds of buildings, structures and relics, wildlife and strange machinery. Combining dense atmosphere with mystery, horror & exploration!
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Psychological Horror 33.3%, Comedy 29.8%
- #31 Hello From Darkness
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 154 reviews2020
Dev: CaTaToPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows · Linux
Hello From Darkness - a meme horror, made in 3D graphics with a first-person view. The action takes place in a gloomy city where everything has gone crazy. To win, you need to collect the necessary items, complete some tasks and just survive.
Why similar: Memes 32.5%, Hidden Object 29.5%, First-Person 16.8%, Comedy 13.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #32 Doomer
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: WinDARitiesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.
Why similar: Dark Humor 25.5%, Memes 23.9%, First-Person 17.4%, Exploration 15.1%, Comedy 10.7%
- #33 Uktena 64 - Ultimate
74% matchVery Positive93% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
A dark comedy horror game with a N64 aesthetic.
Why similar: First-Person 24.9%, Dark Humor 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 14.5%
- #34 One-Eyed Likho
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,289 reviews2025
Dev: Morteshka
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Why similar: Psychedelic 27.1%, Psychological 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Supernatural 13.5%, Mystery 7.3%
- #35 Isolomus
76% matchVery Positive95% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows · Linux
Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!
Why similar: Dark Humor 45.1%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Mystery 7.2%
- #36 Zemblanity
76% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: XenOxygen
Windows
Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?
Why similar: Hidden Object 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%
- #37 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
72% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Female Protagonist 25%, Psychedelic 17.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #38 Alisa
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,598 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.7%, Old School 25.9%, Mystery 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Adventure 9.2%
- #39 Unwelcome
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Why similar: Hidden Object 22.8%, Dark Humor 19.6%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #40 BrokenLore: LOW
73% 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: Female Protagonist 30.8%, First-Person 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Supernatural 9%, Mystery 8.9%
- #41 Subversive Memories
70% matchVery Positive97% of 149 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.5%, Old School 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Mystery 12%
- #42 SIMULACRA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #43 Office After Hours
71% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: First-Person 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Comedy 10.1%
- #44 Found Horror Game 101.exe
75% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.8%, Psychological 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #45 Desktop Explorer
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Mystery 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #46 Nightmare Shift
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 259 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, First-Person 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Psychological 16.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #47 Almost My Floor
72% matchVery Positive91% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Psychedelic 37.9%, Dark Humor 19.3%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #48 Hollowbrook - Apartments
69% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Yetiface Games
Windows
Hollowbrook is a stylized horror experience told through multiple episodes. Each chapter immerses you in the life of a new character, blending personal backstories with chilling encounters that react to your decisions.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Exploration 18.9%, Psychological 18.4%, First-Person 15.4%, Adventure 12.4%
- #49 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: Psychedelic 38.7%, Psychological 17.1%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Exploration 9%, Mystery 8.5%
- #50 Visage
70% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.6%, First-Person 24.9%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #51 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
69% 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: Psychological 19.4%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #52 This Strange Realm Of Mine
71% matchVery Positive83% of 675 reviews2017
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, First-Person 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Dark Humor 9%
- #53 MOLDRISE
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 570 reviews2026
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
It started in your foot. Now it’s in your head. All that remains is the command: GO UP. Meet strange neighbors. Make bad trades. Every ascent teaches you what you should have done differently.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, First-Person 14.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%
- #54 White Room Protocol
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Supernatural 28%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, First-Person 22.2%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Adventure 7.3%
- #55 Obsessed : Night Shift
66% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Female Protagonist 29.4%, First-Person 22.6%, Adventure 15.1%
- #56 Hazy Mind
67% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychedelic 36.8%, Psychological 16%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #57 Fear the Spotlight
65% 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: Female Protagonist 27%, Old School 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
- #58 Paranormal VHS
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.1%, Psychological 13.6%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #59 Restless Dreams
65% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.8%, Adventure 21.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Psychological Horror 8%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #60 Psychopathy Assessment
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 146 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: Psychedelic 33.6%, 1980s 21.4%, Old School 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 11.8%