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This game is not for everyone, do you have what it takes to unravel the secrets behind this... thing? Are you ready to face the truth and question your own existence? You've been warned...

Reviews: Mostly Negative — 37% — of 19 reviews
Released: 2017-11-20
Developer: Juan P Dev
Genres: Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
    Dev: Dylan Latham
    Windows

    In Absent Mind, you are put in the place where you were born as you cross the bridge into the afterlife. The hospital was used as the bridge and it contains important items of your past.The hospital will decide your fate. Will you move on to the next life, or become a patient forever?

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  2. #2 Evil Park
    96% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2017
    Dev: Mobsoftware
    Windows

    Evil Park is an atmospheric horror game, based on simulating obscure situations of distress, insecurity and anxiety.

    Why similar: Violent 48.7%, Gore 36.3%, Indie 8.1%, Horror 6.8%

  3. #3 The Road to Hades
    96% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2018
    Dev: AUTOSAVE
    Windows

    TRTH(The road to hades) is a horror adventure game full of Asian myths and art. Guide the girl safely in the world of the dead. Welcome to a new game you have not experienced.

    Why similar: Gore 38.2%, Violent 33.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 7.5%, Indie 5.7%

  4. #4 Near Death Experience
    95% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2017
    Dev: Distorted Games
    Windows

    Near Death Experience is a defensless horror game that puts you in the mind of a car crash victim that lost his memory and finds himself in a threatening and unknown area. The player has to solve riddles to try to regain his memory while running from dark forces.

    Why similar: Gore 35.1%, Violent 33.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 8.2%, Indie 5.3%

  5. #5 Dark Shores
    94% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2017
    Dev: LABS GamesPub: LABS
    Windows

    Explore and survive in Dark Shores, an experimental survival horror game that explores concepts of perma-death, branching storylines, and unscripted fear. A luxury cruise containing five young tourists crashes on a remote island, deep within the South Pacific.

    Why similar: Gore 49.5%, Violent 43.1%, Indie 7.4%

  6. #6 Nightmare at the lighthouse
    94% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2017
    Dev: LsgStudioPub: Bill Lazos
    Windows

    Nightmare at the lighthouse,the game starts with our hero working,then someone came, and this is where everything started.He have a mission, and until he complete his mission, he goes through danger's and horror, but before he discover what is happening in that lighthouse,everything is possible!

    Why similar: Gore 47.2%, Violent 45%, Indie 7.8%

  7. #7 IMMURE
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 111 reviews2019
    Dev: Wither Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    IMMURE is a story driven, psychological horror game. Will, the protagonist, has found himself trapped inside a foreboding Mansion with no exit. To escape, he must travel through strange doors which lead into other dimensions, filled with tormented souls.

    Why similar: Gore 34.1%, Violent 32%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 8.8%, Indie 5.2%

  8. #8 Aylin: The Story of Tom
    86% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: SkorBartStudioPub: SkorBartInteractive
    Windows

    A psychological horror adventure where you explore an abandoned hospital, solve environmental puzzles, and escape deadly supernatural forces to save your daughter.

    Why similar: Gore 48.9%, Violent 28.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 5.7%, Indie 4.9%

  9. #9 Final Rest
    93% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2017
    Dev: Slipgate Studios
    Windows

    This is a 4 minute non-interactive experience, that allows you to face your fears & prank other people using props. In this nightmarish-dream you’ll discover the story of the butcher, who used to roam the halls of the asylum, now turned hospital. Check full description & video for more details.

    Why similar: Gore 43.2%, Violent 39.2%, Indie 9.8%, Horror 7.8%

  10. #10 The 8th Day
    91% matchMostly Negative23% of 26 reviews2019
    Dev: Tainted GamesPub: TAINTED GAMES
    Windows

    Trapped in an abandoned asylum. The only feeling of safety is light. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind every corner lurks an evil presence and horrifying noises...

    Why similar: Gore 37.3%, Violent 33.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 7%, Indie 5.8%

  11. #11 Banished Monsters
    89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: VTC
    Windows

    Follow the story of a Fomorian bunny, a creature that gets banished to earth and has to adapt to earth and its lifestyle.

    Why similar: Gore 41.1%, Violent 37.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Indie 6.4%, Horror 5.2%

  12. #12 Cult: Fear Inside
    90% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2017
    Dev: Sombrero Way Studio
    Windows

    Your task is to explore the abandoned psychiatric place, to find the cult that took over this place. Kill all the creatures you find on your way. Try to survive. Walk through creepy and dark corridors of the old dungeon, explore old village and try to find your way deeper in secret laboratory.

    Why similar: Gore 45.5%, Violent 39.5%, Horror 8.2%, Indie 6.8%

  13. #13 Timore 6
    89% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2018
    Dev: Vidas Salavejus
    Windows

    Timore 6 is an indie horror game about facing your inner demons in order to save your child.

    Why similar: Gore 44.5%, Violent 29.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 7%, Indie 7%

  14. #14 Ash Asylum
    88% matchMixed42% of 33 reviews2020
    Dev: Tainted Games
    Windows · Linux

    In Ash Asylum you play an amnesiac thrust into a morbid, really creepy universe. After an accident you wake up to find that instead of lying in a hospital, you’re in an asylum with your head wrapped in bandages. Who the hell am I? What am I doing here? How do I escape?

    Why similar: Gore 35.6%, Violent 32.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 8.6%, Indie 8.2%

  15. #15 David Slade Mysteries: Case Files
    84% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
    Dev: Gear Worx Productions
    Windows

    Take to the dark and violent streets of downtown Riverside, where you investigate gruesome and violent homicides using a range of Forensic tools and your wits! Inspired by the classic Police Quest adventure series, reborn & reimagined for VR.

    Why similar: Gore 38.3%, Violent 34.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 7.2%, Indie 6%

  16. #16 Shadows in the Silence
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ZoOgame
    Windows

    Shadows in the Silence is a short first-person psychological horror game with jumpscare mechanics. You will have to explore an abandoned mansion and investigate the horrors committed by a cult devoted to Astaroth,there are scenes of violence and explicit images, the use of headphones is recommended.

    Why similar: Gore 45.3%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Violent 15.2%, Horror 9.7%, Indie 2.6%

  17. #17 Tainted Fate
    84% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2020
    Dev: Delta Reality
    Windows

    Play as a demon in this story driven slasher horror game. Summoned from the depths of hell into our world, use your demonic abilities to gruesomely take down everything between you and your path back to the underworld. Be the horror.

    Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Violent 41.4%, Indie 7.1%, Horror 5.8%

  18. #18 Abasralsa
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 575 reviews2018
    Dev: Green-eyed TaxiPub: Narko Games
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%

    Find out the story of a simple crazy Vlad who lies on his bed imagines a crazy journey.

    Why similar: Violent 38.7%, Gore 38.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 6.4%

  19. #19 The Dark Occult
    85% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
    Dev: RYM GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

    Why similar: Gore 29.7%, Violent 27.9%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.1%, Indie 5.2%

  20. #20 The Dark Wish
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BitRay Studio
    Windows

    The Dark Wish is adventure horror game. Are you brave enough to discover true?

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  21. #21 Unsacrifice
    75% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  22. #22 Beyond
    83% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
    Dev: Tired Dad Games
    Windows

    Your grandma has died. No one knows how or why. You are the sole beneficiary of her will. Heed the warning in her will as you investigate her death. Explore, investigate, and survive.

    Why similar: Gore 43.2%, Violent 39.3%, Horror 10.4%, Indie 7.1%

  23. #23 The Emulator
    82% matchMixed61% of 99 reviews2018
    Dev: concluse_dev
    Windows · Mac

    It's the night before Halloween and a new terror is about to be unleashed from the deep web.. The Emulator!

    Why similar: Gore 35.9%, Violent 35.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 9.4%, Indie 5.4%

  24. #24 We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,443 reviews2019
    Dev: Mismatch Studio
    Windows · Mac

    a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles

    Why similar: Violent 40.6%, Gore 39%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Indie 6.1%

  25. #25 Entwined: The Visual Novel
    70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Modell Studio LLC
    Windows

    Entwined is a visual novel horror game set in a hospital. A lockdown has occurred and no one can escape. Team up with either a nurse or a patient in order to escape the hospital. Make your choice for the path ahead…

    Why similar: Gore 37.8%, Violent 34.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 7.1%, Indie 5.9%

  26. #26 Day: 40
    81% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
    Dev: Andrew Grbac
    Windows

    The journey began with the deluge of rain which flooded the earth for 39 days. On day 40, it stops. Mysteries can be discovered and solved while facing gruesome enemies along the way. Experience thrilling survival horror combined with first person combat in an open world full of exploration.

    Why similar: Gore 39.9%, Violent 36.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 8.2%

  27. #27 Deluded Mind
    80% matchMixed62% of 108 reviews2018
    Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
    Windows

    You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.

    Why similar: Gore 33.4%, Violent 30.3%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 9.3%, Indie 7.8%

  28. #28 Get Out
    79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
    Dev: TheTeam.Ninja
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A first-person horror game in which you play Carl, who just woke up after hearing strange noises in his attic.

    Why similar: Gore 44.9%, Violent 40.8%, Horror 7.3%, Indie 7%

  29. #29 Another Bad Day in the Future
    64% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Alex SullivanPub: Wandering Research & Development
    Windows

    Another bad day in the future is an open world VR espionage game. Players undertake jobs for one of four political parties in a flying city. Players traverse the city using arm swing based locomotion, grablines, and can climb all the buildings.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  30. #30 WARD
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 1096studios
    Windows

    Awake enough to wander, but not to leave. WARD is a nightmare you may never escape.

    Why similar: Gore 37.1%, Violent 33.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Indie 8.7%, Horror 6.7%

  31. #31 Blockiverse: Camouflage
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Boxicity Game StudiosPub: Boxicity Publishing
    Windows

    Blockiverse: Camouflage combines all the great features of modern hero shooters, mixes in a lot of characters, and add a ton of environmental interaction to create an over-the-top, fun experience.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  32. #32 UnderBackrooms
    70% matchMostly Negative39% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: okeyplaystudio
    Windows

    UnderBackrooms is a cooperative horror game set in a mysterious parallel universe of empty rooms and endless corridors. With moments of tension and surprise, players must be on guard to survive. Explore the backrooms and uncover their secrets to escape this nightmare world.

    Why similar: Gore 37.6%, Violent 34.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 7.7%, Indie 5.9%

  33. #33 Endure
    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Killa Bee Software
    Windows

    Endure is a 1st person shooter where you encounter endless waves of zombies. Do you have what it takes to Endure?

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  34. #34 Behind You
    78% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2017
    Dev: OxDev
    Windows

    Behind you Can you control your nerve ? Do you have what it takes? From the depths of the manor house to the atmospheric underground and garden. It is always there just waiting, watching you, do you dare open the next door ?what awaits you ? And more importantly can you escape it ?

    Why similar: Gore 27.3%, Violent 24.8%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 15.4%, Indie 10.7%

  35. #35 Phobia
    78% matchMostly Negative29% of 70 reviews2017
    Dev: VGstudio
    Windows

    Horror. Nightmare. Fear. Monsters. Madness. And again ... And again ....

    Why similar: Gore 45.2%, Violent 41%, Indie 7.1%, Horror 6.7%

  36. #36 Valerian Tales
    77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: Color Core
    Windows

    Valerian Tales is a visual novel of episodic nature. Following the steps of a smuggler on his way to become a detective. But mystery, and danger are hidden and is up to you to find all clues to get the best outcome out of a foul situation.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  37. #37 The Stroke of Midnight
    76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
    Dev: Ace Of Spades StudiosPub: Ace of Spades Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Rowan Cox wakes up in a barren room, alone with a mysterious girl he's never seen before. He quickly comes to realise that things are very much out of place. A full-length Mystery/Detective visual novel with an LGBT-inclusive cast.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  38. #38 Amelia's Curse
    64% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Immosis
    Windows

    Amelia's Curse is an action-horror survival game built from the ground up for Virtual Reality. Experience hordes of demonic creatures as you descend into an increasingly decrepit and sinister castle to uncover the mystery behind Amelia's Curse.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  39. #39 Project Flesh
    77% matchNo user reviews2018
    Dev: Joe Simpson
    Windows

    Project Flesh is a 2D randomly generated dungeon crawler/ Rogue-like, set deep in the sewers under a nameless city, the goal is to survive and make it through all the floors, equipping yourself with the limbs of mutated creatures you kill.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  40. #40 King's Lair
    63% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: JarthGames
    Windows

    King's Lair is a stealth based folk-horror game with puzzle elements. There is no combat and you must rely on your wit and composure to prevail.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  41. #41 Circus of Pain
    58% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: ZV GAMES
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Gore 29.4%, Violent 22%, Horror 13.9%, Indie 3.7%

  42. #42 Paradise Lost: FPS Cosmic Horror Game
    75% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
    Dev: Juan Pedraza
    Windows · Mac

    An Spec Ops team was sent to a planet to investigate a disappearance of a research team. What lies beneath this god-forsaken planet?

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  43. #43 Afterdays
    62% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nathaniel Peter Яentrow
    Windows

    Formerly AfterMath - a post-apoc text-based game: A week has past since the Doomsday apocalypse reeked hell upon earth on December 21, 2012. You finally have awoken in your underground bomb shelter to learn of what remains of the world around you.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  44. #44 Pieces of Me: Northbound
    72% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2020
    Dev: Leonardo JassoPub: Good Enough Gang
    Windows

    You find yourself standing at a trolley station shortly after midnight. Confused as to where you are, the mystery of how you came to be there will slowly unravel as you interact with those you encounter.

    Why similar: Gore 39.2%, Violent 36.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Indie 6.6%, Horror 5.7%

  45. #45 Doors Quest Demo
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 172 reviews2018
    Dev: Nick Page!
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 11%

    Wow, it's Doors Quest Demo! You gotta go through the door if you wanna win the game!

    Why similar: Gore 47.7%, Violent 43.4%, Indie 8.9%

  46. #46 Purgation
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2017
    Dev: Arttu TuovinenPub: Michael Callaghan
    Windows

    You awake gradually. You are in a dark cell. You are drifting in and out of consciousness between bouts of violent hallucinations. You are physically weak and have no memory of who you are or why you are here. You are alone and you are scared, very scared. The voices in your head tell you that you should be.

    Why similar: Gore 48.3%, Violent 43.8%, Indie 7.9%

  47. #47 In your Shadow
    73% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
    Dev: Zohar Neiger
    Windows

    "In your Shadow" is a Visual Novel that tells the story of three people: Lilly, Skyler, and Zachary. One night all of their lives change: Skyler is poisoned, Lilly is catfished, and Zachary gets a call that changes his life.

    Why similar: Gore 47.4%, Violent 45.1%, Indie 7.4%

  48. #48 Zombie school-丧尸学院
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2018
    Dev: Populus
    Windows

    Use virtual reality to enter a fictional open comic world, freely experience a horrible time with black and white comics, explore the story of each character and their respective destiny and ending

    Why similar: Gore 51.7%, Violent 41.7%, Indie 6.6%

  49. #49 The Falling Nights ®
    74% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2017
    Dev: Delusion Arts Entertainment, LLC
    Windows

    The player takes the role of Jake Lawrence, a father who will do anything to protect his daughter Rachel. Both are involved in an accident in which Rachel disappears mysteriously. Jake has to look for his daughter while strange events happen around him.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  50. #50 Dead Man's Trail
    61% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pie for Breakfast Studios
    Windows · Mac

    A survival horror adventure game about running for your life, looting, morality, and zombies.

    Why similar: Gore 48.4%, Violent 44%, Indie 7.6%

  51. #51 Twelve Mental Patients
    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: RybonStudio
    Windows

    You play as a mad doctor who finds himself in a forgotten psychiatric hospital. Your mind teeters on the edge of insanity, and the only way out is to end the suffering of patients who can no longer be saved.

    Why similar: Gore 43.9%, Violent 39.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 5.3%

  52. #52 斩毒:黑与白(Narcotics Police:Black and White)
    73% matchMixed59% of 153 reviews2017
    Dev: LongWu
    Windows

    "Narcotics Police:Black and White" is a group of amateur production of the first person independent game, you will experience a drug trade caused by the hijacking case. Save the hostages, kill the criminal leader. And will be the police, undercover two perspectives to experience different experiences.

    Why similar: Gore 48.6%, Violent 44.1%, Indie 7.2%

  53. #53 Follow My Footsteps
    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Edvardas ŠneiderisPub: Lukas Litinskas
    Windows

    This is horror VR game with puzzle elements and deep story line that you have to unfold when you play this game. You have to learn everything about this new house and beyond.

    Why similar: Gore 43.7%, Violent 39.7%, Horror 9.7%, Indie 6.8%

  54. #54 John:Condemned
    71% matchMixed43% of 40 reviews2018
    Dev: Blue Commands
    Windows

    John: Condemned is a psychological horror game. John, a man trained from a very young age to be a murderer, is contacted for a final assignment.

    Why similar: Gore 34.8%, Violent 30.1%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 10.4%, Indie 5.9%

  55. #55 Traum
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 377 reviews2018
    Dev: Ruskatuli
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Traum is a short, story-driven adventure about a man with a dream. Can even the best of plans be shattered by unexpected news?

    Why similar: Gore 37.2%, Violent 32.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.9%, Indie 6%

  56. #56 Shadowless
    59% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ultron01
    Windows

    Shadowless is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a creepy house marked by tragedy, where dark entities and the past haunt you. Defenseless, you face a nightmare that consumes you before you can escape.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Gore 22.4%, Violent 20.3%, Horror 15.3%, Indie 5.3%

  57. #57 Terror
    71% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
    Dev: Sasha-Toi
    Windows

    What happened with human, who stay in subway... on the all night?

    Why similar: Gore 39.5%, Violent 39.4%, Horror 14.7%, Indie 6.4%

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