Games Like Project Proxima

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Space Sim 24.2%, Space 18%, Horror 13.2%, Lovecraftian 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%

YOU ARE THE ONLY HUMAN ON THE SPACE STATION. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW YOU GOT HERE. KEEP IT ALIVE. TRY TO SURVIVE.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.8%, Space 15.5%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 7.6%, Sci-fi 6.8%

"Something is broken... and it keeps repeating."A classic survival horror set in a cyberpunk world corrupted by a strange signal. Solve puzzles, face terrifying creatures, and try to escape a nightmare that seems endless

Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.7%, Survival Horror 8.1%

Delusion Out of Space is a Lovecraftian sci-fi horror adventure where you find yourself trapped after audacious experiments conducted by an alien race. As you explore a spaceship, you make choices at critical moments, decisions that will determine your fate and the lives of those around you.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.6%, Space 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.3%

A short, atmospheric sci-fi horror experience. Explore an isolated research facility on the edge of charted space, and survive the horrors that lurk there.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 15.2%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%

The Hundredth Hike is an Indie Psychological Horror game, living the story of you, as a mountain hiker, reliving your tragic past and finding the calm of the nature under your boots. Unaware of what lies before you, you unleash a powerful and mysterious truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Dark 7.8%

Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.8%

A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Survival Horror 8.6%

Deliver packages to the weirdly happy folk of Little Vale and discover the terrifying secrets they hide. Are you brave enough to face the many monsters and sinister locations of this first-person horror adventure game? There's only one way to find out...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Survival Horror 6.6%

A survey vessel bound for a destination 84,000 km away. While investigating a destroyed spacecraft, you encounter an unexplained spatial anomaly. Manage power and resources to continue your journey, and uncover the truth behind a phenomenon that is slowly consuming reality itself.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.2%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 7.8%

Nav charts are required for Colony Cephea, the first human colony outside of the Milky Way. Be our guiding light as humanity steps to the precipice of greatness. A short experimental, horror adventure.

Why similar: Space Sim 22.2%, Lovecraftian 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.6%, Space 9.3%

In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 10%, Survival Horror 8.8%

Alone in orbit with a corpse and no way to reach Earth, play as an astronaut who must keep a defunct space station aloft. Maintain the onboard systems, deal with the constant threat of space junk, and navigate the dark halls in zero-gravity. Day by day more systems fail, and the void draws closer.

Why similar: Space Sim 36.3%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Space 7.3%

Haunted Space is a dark-sci-fi multiplayer co-op where you become a raider, a lethal bio-ship hybrid forged for combat. Join forces with your allies to hunt down the Colossi, titanic creatures that dominate the void. Evolve, fight, and survive in a ruthless alien galaxy.

Why similar: Space Sim 28.5%, Space 16.3%, Lovecraftian 12%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Dark 7.4%

Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Echo 9 is a tense first-person horror. You are Yaon, a maintenance android. Navigate a failing shuttle through deep space, stabilize the dying reactor, and bring Eva to the evacuation point. Radiation is rising, the evacuation point far. Eva is in stasis. You are all she has.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.5%, Horror 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Exploration 6.8%, Retro 6.7%

Abaddon is a story driven first person psychological horror game. Descend into a suffocating, nightmarish world as Jimmy searches for his missing brother, Georgie. With only a flickering flashlight, solve chilling puzzles, face your past, and struggle to survive.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Dark 8.2%

Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies. Earn Credits to buy upgrades, but beware: hideous horrors are creeping in the dark.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 15%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%

A PSX-style cosmic horror game where a classified mission to study alien architecture on the Moon leads two astronauts into the ruins of an ancient civilization that predates humanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.6%, Horror 12.3%, Space Sim 11%, Space 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%

Hands UP Experience a classic first-person horror in pixel graphics Use your shovel to clear the debris and reach the lowest level Do not tear wrist tendons.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Survival Horror 11%

Explore new planets and civilizations. Turn in precious artifacts to the management company and get rich financially!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Space 15%, Horror 13.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Exploration 9.3%

Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.​

Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 10.2%, First-Person 7.9%

A time and space bending cosmic intelligence has found its way to Earth. Your family has been taken. Travel through wormholes, explore nightmarish environments, solve unearthly puzzles, and combat demonic entities to defeat the interstellar parasite known as the MATCH.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Space 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.

Why similar: Space 21.2%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Sci-fi 11.1%, First-Person 9.2%

SESSIONS blends horror, action, and atmospheric exploration. Face existential horrors and terrifying creatures in this dark sci-fi tale.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Lovecraftian 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 8.3%

As Amelia, you awaken inside a sci-fi cult world poisoned by secrets. With no ammo and nothing but holy water, you face horrors shaped by a divine power gone corrupt. Survive the growing darkness, escape the faithful who hunt you, and uncover a truth that twists everything you thought was real.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 8.1%

Uncover the dark truth of a ruined lunar colony in this isometric survival horror. As an amnesiac prisoner, wield devastating elemental powers to battle mutated horrors and solve puzzles. But beware: power comes at a cost. Manage your Sanity to survive, or let the madness consume you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Space 9.8%

Twice Dead is a story-driven first-person survival horror game set in a space station facility. Explore, solve puzzles, and fight mutated monsters as you uncover the truth about who you are — and where you are.

Why similar: Space 18.9%, Horror 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.6%

A short horror game about piloting a rover across a dead planet on humanity's most desperate mission.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.8%, Horror 16.3%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%

Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%

"Don't Breathe In" is a psychological horror game where you must survive in an abandoned laboratory. Solve puzzles, find an escape route, and be careful—every breath you take brings you closer to death in a toxic gas-filled environment. ✔ Horror & Thriller | ✔ Puzzle & Exploration | ✔ Survival

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%

COLD CALL is a first-person retro horror game based on a dying Earth full of unexplained mysteries. Escape Northbridge's research facility as you explore and uncover the truth behind a dying world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Warp Marked is an incremental space exploration game. Explore a mysterious uncharted dimension, navigate around its dangers, learn its secrets, and return stronger with every launch!

Why similar: Space Sim 26.9%, Lovecraftian 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 9.8%, Dark 7.9%

"Gray" is a first person, survival horror set around a Lunar prison colony, with a focus on story telling. Your oxygen is depleting as your mind is breaking. Can you smell the burning?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Space 10.6%, Horror 8.6%, Dark 7.4%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 8.2%

Survive the night shift at an abandoned school. Complete your cleaning tasks before 5 AM, manage your flashlight battery, and avoid the darkness that hunts you. Can you last 5 nights?

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 9.4%

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Space 15.6%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Dark 8.3%

A first-person sci-fi survival horror game. Board abandoned ships, explore their dark corridors, uncover what happened to their crews, and survive threats you cannot fight as something watches from the dark.

Why similar: Space Sim 18.8%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Space 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.9%

Manage your failing ship, evade lurking horrors, and navigate the galaxies to find the Lunar Star Base. With limited oxygen, dwindling power, and unknown terrors closing in, every decision is life or death. Will you make it home—or be lost forever?

Why similar: Space Sim 29.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Exploration 6.8%

A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with secret Soviet experiments. Explore atmospheric tunnels, hidden laboratories, and abandoned shrines inspired by real locations—and survive by solving intricate, mind-bending puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Dark 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 9.4%

They react to your every move. Fight, run, or disappear. Every decision buys time. Every mistake gets you killed.

Why similar: Space Sim 25.3%, Space 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Horror 10.5%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%

If this message still exists, then we didn’t. Restore the station’s emergency power, explore abandoned laboratories and industrial sectors, solve the failures we left behind, and remember—every generator you restart brings the station closer to life… and something closer to you

Why similar: Space Sim 28.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Space 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 7%

A short first-person horror game set in Tbilisi. A late-night walk to the metro turns tense as a slow-moving car tracks your every step. When you find the station closed, a desperate fight to escape begins.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 20%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Exploration 7.6%

A short zero-gravity horror game where you investigate a religious research station gone silent.

Why similar: Space Sim 20.9%, Space 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 7.7%

Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 19.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Dark 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%

In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 16.2%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Dark 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Epsilon Eridana is a story-driven sci-fi survival horror with a heavy focus on exploration. Your goal is to investigate what happened to the crew of abandoned space base and unravel the terryfying secrets of the first extraterrestrial contact.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Space 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%

Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Lovecraftian 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 10.4%

SPACE WALK is a hands-on first-person astronaut simulation where you operate an orbital station and conduct surface expeditions across the Moon.

Why similar: Space 24.8%, Space Sim 17.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Command an advanced submarine in a heart-pounding horror experience as you hunt the last remnants of a defeated enemy beneath the Mariana Trench. Can be completed in under 50 minutes.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.5%, First-Person 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.9%

A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Horror 23.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Dark 8.9%

Omniscient is a first person horror set aboard a research ship drifting in Neptune's orbit. Your crew is gone. The power is out. And something else lurked onboard. Unarmed and alone, trust your newly enhanced senses to survive. They are your greatest gifts, after all.

Why similar: Space 17.2%, Lovecraftian 17%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%

Space Station Escape is a anomaly horror game.Players take on the role of an astronaut wanting to escape from a spaceship running out of oxygen.

Why similar: Space Sim 33.1%, Space 20.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Horror 8.8%, Exploration 7.6%

The Kept Fire is a psychological survival horror game set in a mysterious valley that awakens in the darkness. Keep the fire alive. Keep your eyes wide. When you turn around, it will move.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Atmospheric 9%, Dark 8.4%

Awaken brings Lovecraftian horror to the beloved 2D side scroller genre. Make your way through the strange forest while encountering inexcplicable forces and try to keep your sanity as you piece together the mystery of your sister's disappearance.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Mystery 8%