Games Like Pony Island

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Experimental 26.5%, Puzzle 19.8%, Horror 18.8%, Dark 16.7%, Story Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developer, this game masterfully blends deckbuilding with a dark, meta-narrative that constantly subverts player expectations.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Indie 9.9%, Dark 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Another title from the creator of Pony Island, this game uses a genre-bending mystery structure to explore the lives of various video game characters.

A brain-racking game about bathroom breaks, screwdrivers and nuclear explosions.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Indie 9.1%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that forces you to experiment with a mysterious console, leading to increasingly bizarre and dark outcomes.

Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 71.8%, Story Rich 7.3%, Cute 6.1%, Gore 5.6%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel appears to be a standard dating simulator before descending into a terrifying, meta-aware psychological horror experience.

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Puzzle 16%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative adventure that treats the player as a distinct entity outside the game world, requiring you to interact with your own computer files.

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Puzzle 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Funny 10.8%, Indie 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hilarious and inventive meta-puzzle game that constantly fights against the player's attempts to actually play it.

KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.6%, Horror 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Indie 6.8%, Story Rich 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply unsettling meta-horror game that interacts with your desktop and personal files to create a sense of being watched.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Dark 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled horror game uses primitive graphics and sound to create an atmosphere of intense, unsettling dread.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.6%, Horror 21%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental anthology of horror stories that uses retro technology and meta-narrative elements to build intense psychological dread.

Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.

Why similar: Hacking 52.1% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-themed puzzle game that tasks you with hacking into a phone to uncover secrets, mirroring the intrusive nature of Pony Island.

"I need a Heart in order to open it"

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Dark 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic meta-horror experience that uses pixel art and file manipulation to blur the lines between the game and your computer.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Puzzle 16.6%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, point-and-click psychological horror game that explores a young girl's trauma through surreal and grotesque imagery.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.2%, Puzzle 25.5%, Horror 22.2%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game where you manually control the protagonist's facial expressions to influence the branching narrative.

UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Funny 7.3%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A subversion of traditional RPG tropes that features deep meta-awareness and characters who remember your past actions across playthroughs.

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Great Soundtrack 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror RPG that explores trauma through a vibrant yet deeply disturbing dream world.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 46.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Indie 10.4%, Cute 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant puzzle game that allows you to rewrite the rules of the game itself, echoing the hacking-style gameplay of Pony Island.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Dark 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark and emotionally brutal RPG that forces the player to make impossible choices in a post-apocalyptic setting.

I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.

Why similar: Hacking 26.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Experimental 15.7%, Puzzle 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that intentionally frustrates the player with meta-humor and unexpected mechanics, much like the arcade machine in Pony Island.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.7%, Funny 14.5%, Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 9.1%, Singleplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive meta-narrative experience that constantly mocks and challenges the player's agency within a game environment.

Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.4%, Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 11.1%, Indie 7.8%, Dark 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and cryptic puzzle game that features the same unsettling, dream-like atmosphere found in many indie horror titles.

The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Puzzle 9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, deeply disturbing point-and-click adventure that deals with themes of artificial intelligence and eternal suffering.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.3%, Puzzle 22.3%, Funny 9.4%, Story Rich 8%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal simulation of a 90s internet experience that hides deep, unsettling mysteries beneath its retro aesthetic.

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.5%, Horror 19.1%, Puzzle 16.7%, Gore 11%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A reverse-horror game where you play as an amorphous creature, offering a unique perspective on the genre.

Insane, absurd and intense avoid-'em up game about a cat!

Why similar: Experimental 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Demons 18.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic and intentionally difficult bullet-hell game that matches the chaotic and experimental energy of Pony Island.

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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Horror 16%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, low-poly horror experience that uses fragmented storytelling to create a sense of unease and confusion.

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Puzzle 21.9%, Dark 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Horror 12%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror game that blends puzzle-solving with emotional, dream-like sequences to explore the protagonist's psyche.

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Dark 20.6%, Experimental 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, atmospheric horror game that uses simple mechanics to create a tense and claustrophobic experience.

An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 53.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based RPG that features a surreal, psychedelic world and a narrative that questions the morality of the player's actions.

Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Puzzle 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that uses a twisted, vintage cartoon aesthetic to hide a dark and mysterious narrative.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-driven game that explores the tragic life of a child through a whimsical yet deeply unsettling lens.

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: Puzzle 24.6%, Dark 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Horror 17.9%, Story Rich 5.8%

You are trapped in an experiment, trying to find ways to make you still "yourself" , persevere, and survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Puzzle 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Horror 6.6%

Revisiting a childhood classic, Beasts of Burden is a disturbing experience that will traumatize your child-self. Explore a Groundhog-Day scenario where all is not as it seems, and discover the horrifying truth lying just under the surface in this impactful psychological horror nostalgia trip.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Demons 18.2%, Puzzle 14.6%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 12%

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Why similar: Indie 23.2%, Funny 23.1%, Puzzle 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 8.9%

Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Puzzle 19.1%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 8.3%, Indie 7.5%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 25.6%, Horror 19.1%, Indie 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Puzzle 13%, Horror 13%

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.5%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 15.1%, Indie 7.6%, Dark 7.2%

Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Puzzle 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Horror 13.4%, Gore 6%

Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus drags you into a sordid world of mirrors and shadows where the demon lurks. Dare to take on this macabre pixel-art graphic adventure of horror and madness. Solve puzzles and explore two parallel timelines.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.1%, Puzzle 23.1%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 9.2%, Story Rich 7%

A sinister creature has enslaved mankind. Solve puzzles, gather components for a machine you are building, find comfort in your dreams.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 11.7%

A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 11.2%

"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: Psychological Horror 40.5%, Horror 18.1%, Puzzle 17%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Atmospheric 4.8%

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

Why similar: Hacking 47.5% ★, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, Dark 8.9%, Horror 7.8%

An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Demons 16.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 11.3%

Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 16.8%, Puzzle 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 11.6%

See No Evil is a dark, isometric puzzle game about sound manipulation. A harsh fantasy where the willingly blind are hostile to the nonconformist. Sometimes, the world seems darker with your eyes open.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.1%, Indie 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Atmospheric 3.5%

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26%, Puzzle 19.1%, Indie 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Story Rich 6.1%

A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, Gore 3.2%

In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...

Why similar: Puzzle 38.3%, Experimental 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Indie 11%, Dark 9.6%

Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Puzzle 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 5.5%

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 63.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Puzzle 2.8%

Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Puzzle 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 5.6%

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Why similar: Hacking 92.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 4.4%, Story Rich 1%, Indie 0.8%, Atmospheric 0.7%

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Puzzle 19.3%, Horror 13.2%, Indie 13.2%

Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 20.3%, Indie 19.5%, Dark 16.4%, Story Rich 8.1%

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Experimental 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 10%

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Dark 8.5%

Welcome to Netbreak™, a horror-puzzle experience. When a mysterious USB drive arrives on your desk, your curiosity drags you into a nightmare. Piece together clues, watch forbidden videos, and take down an underground SNUFF marketplace, that allows you to see interactive torture and murder.

Why similar: Hacking 34.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, Indie 8.4%, Horror 7.9%

Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.

Why similar: Hacking 48.6% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Dark 5%