- #1 One Dark Night
97% matchMixed45% of 94 reviews2016
Dev: Emblematic Group
Windows
Produced exclusively from real recordings of 911 calls, witness trial testimony, and architectural drawings. One Dark Night tells the story of the day teenager Travyon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.
Why similar: Political 35.1% ★, VR 34.7%, Simulation 17%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Indie 5.1%
- #2 RIOT: Civil Unrest
96% matchMixed68% of 1,950 reviews2019
Dev: Leonard MenchiariPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.1% ★, Political 42% ★, Simulation 11%, Indie 2.9%
- #3 ABE VR
96% matchMixed61% of 313 reviews2016
Dev: Hammerhead VR
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
ABE VR is an intense experience that recreates the horrifying story about a misguided robot seeking the unconditional love of humans…at whatever cost.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #4 Covert Syndrome
95% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Offworld Industries
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Covert Syndrome is a free to play Coop corridor shooter with a focus on unscripted AI and fast tough combat. Created as a prototyping project we wanted to release it to the community so people can experience Co-op VR for free.
Why similar: VR 91%, Indie 9%
- #5 Insanity VR: Last Score
94% matchVery Positive83% of 180 reviews2017
Dev: Threevol
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Insanity VR combines an immersive and intuitive locomotion system in VR, a compelling horror story and escape the room like puzzles with stealth mechanics. As the new intern at a futuristic institute for mental illnesses you get transported into the mind of a patient to reconstruct his memories.
Why similar: VR 76.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Indie 8%
- #6 21 Days
94% matchVery Positive79% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Hardtalk Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
21 Days is a simulation adventure game in which you experience the life of a Syrian refugee. Though you escaped the war in Syria, your family still has a hard journey ahead of them. Over 21 days, you must manage money, time, hunger and mental status. For yourself, and for the hope of saving your family.
Why similar: Simulation 78.1%, Indie 21.9%
- #7 Homeless Simulator
93% matchMixed58% of 243 reviews2019
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Homeless Simulator is a homeless person simulator. Homeless persons are those who find themselves living on the streets because of family conflicts, somebody’s fraud, loss of the job or health problems. They are those who need help.
Why similar: Simulation 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #8 Syrian Warfare
91% matchVery Positive87% of 5,600 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: Simulation 62.1%, Indie 37.9%
- #9 The IOTA Project
92% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: DreamSail Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The IOTA Project is a VR game where you are thrown into the cockpit of a giant mech. Pilot IOTA as you destroy the enemies who have taken over the city using your two giant robot fists and an array of powerful weapons. This is a pre-alpha free demo.
Why similar: VR 47.8%, Simulation 44.8%, Indie 7.4%
- #10 KIDS
89% matchVery Positive83% of 2,005 reviews2019
Dev: Mario von RickenbachPub: Playables
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 9%
A game of crowds.
Why similar: Indie 56.9%, Psychological Horror 43.1%
- #11 Cockroach Simulator
90% matchVery Positive80% of 3,121 reviews2016
Dev: HFM Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
This game is about the hard life in the kitchen. In this unusual place many interests intertwine. But the only war between humans and cockroaches is truly epic and destructive.
Why similar: Simulation 55%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Indie 14.2%
- #12 The Circus
86% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: KerenPub: Team Shadow
Windows
On one continent, a special group of individuals exists. Although their appearance is no different from mankind beings, but their bodies contain great power. They are entrusted with a divine destiny and can only be freed after passing a trial.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #13 The Westport Independent
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 349 reviews2016
Dev: Double Zero One Zero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...
Why similar: Political 63.4% ★, Simulation 27.8%, Indie 8.9%
- #14 Ukraine War Stories
83% matchVery Positive87% of 1,083 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #15 Imaginary Friend Asylum
78% matchVery Positive100% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.
Why similar: Simulation 68.1%, Psychological Horror 31.9%
- #16 Path Out
87% matchVery Positive92% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Causa Creations
Windows · Mac
Path Out is an autobiographical narrative game following the real journey of Abdullah Karam, a young Syrian escaping the civil war in 2014. Abdullah himself comments the game through Youtube-style videos, giving insights into his dramatic travels through Syria's war torn countryside & daily life.
- #17 Shattered Lights
85% matchVery Positive87% of 435 reviews2019
Dev: Team MorbidPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.
Why similar: VR 69.5%, Psychological Horror 22%, Indie 8.4%
- #18 Palmyra Orphanage
84% matchVery Positive89% of 713 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 69.9%, Indie 30.1%
- #19 Displaced
88% matchMixed56% of 217 reviews2017
Dev: GamexyPub: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Your mission: lead a group of civilians out of the war-torn country.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #20 Sim Junta
89% matchMostly Negative33% of 68 reviews2015
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Sim Junta – A game of dirty politics! You are the new dictator of Risuena, a small and poor country of the third world. You have just seized power after a bloody coup and your intentions are to stay in power as long as you can, to rip this country off, transfer the money to your secret Swiss bank account and of course, stay alive and...
Why similar: Political Sim 61.2% ★, Political 31.1% ★, Simulation 5%, Indie 2.7%
- #21 PROJECT 13
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: N0NPub: Glacier LTD
Windows
As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.
Why similar: Simulation 49.4%, Psychological Horror 38.7%, Indie 12%
- #22 [Stories to Tell] The Stoneville Incident
72% matchVery Positive95% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: zebaxx
Windows
"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 16 year old were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare that I, the developer, have experienced. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 55.1%, Simulation 27.2%, Indie 17.7%
- #23 Rogue State
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 259 reviews2015
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Assume control of a Middle Eastern country recovering from a violent revolution. Forge alliances, grow your economy, invade your neighbors, or pacify your population. Rogue State is a geopolitical strategy game that will force you to always stay one step ahead of your rivals to survive.
Why similar: Political Sim 77.8% ★, Simulation 17.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #24 Lights Off!
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 95%, Indie 5%
- #25 Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy
79% matchVery Positive90% of 896 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Arrow GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
- #26 Putin VS ISIS
82% matchVery Positive89% of 328 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 9%
You play for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, and you need to save Syria from terrorists, for this you must fly and drop bombs on the terrorists.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #27 Lynne
81% matchVery Positive80% of 1,151 reviews2018
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.1%, Simulation 38.1%, Indie 12.8%
- #28 President Erect VR
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 143 reviews2016
Dev: Ape Man RobotPub: Lines Media Corp.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Frustrated by the current political climate? Slap and Punch the President Erect or Smack him with a celebrity Dildo.
Why similar: VR 81.2%, Indie 18.8%
- #29 Step Lightly
68% matchVery Positive92% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Water Leaks Studio
Windows
There’s no place like home - and yours is no home at all. Play as Rosa, a neglected child trying to escape her abusive family. Sneak out, but be ever so quiet. Mom is listening, dad is angry, and your big sister is always watching…
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #30 Le Dernier Don
68% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: OopsAllFlesh
Windows
Following a tragic event in an orphanage caused by horrific human experiments, an orphan tries to find other survivors while danger still lurks.
- #31 3 Blind Mice: A Remediation Game for Improper Children
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: James Earl Cox III
Windows
A remediation game designed for last attempt corrections for particularly troubled youth. Failure to complete this game may result in removal from society. Please do not attempt to find the surveillance units. They are only present for monitoring your progress. Have a pleasant day.
Why similar: Simulation 76.8%, Indie 23.2%
- #32 Virago: Herstory
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: Sunday AkorPub: Honest Chronicle
Windows
Virago herstory is about a little girl called Willow who after running away from her home becomes a victim of stalking
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Trapped With the Dolls VR
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Designated Play Space
Windows
The room is dark and unformed. You hear the voice of Claire: "I didn't mean to hurt anybody..." As the room snaps into place, you discover puzzles and solve them to learn more about what happened to her. The dolls are always close by, and her message is one of warning. Can you escape her mind?
Why similar: VR 78.9%, Indie 21.1%
- #34 The VR Museum of Fine Art
80% matchVery Positive87% of 320 reviews2016
Dev: Finn Sinclair
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
JUST UPDATED: Explore the Second Floor of the Museum! Explore a virtual museum in room-scale VR: see famous sculptures in full, 1:1 scale and see famous paintings without the limitations of glass and security guards.
Why similar: VR 64%, Simulation 27.9%, Indie 8.1%
- #35 Kaf village
68% matchMixed61% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: SignaturePub: Signature
Windows
( True story gameplay ) For those who have a hard heart, they shall enter the village to search for the precious ring. During this time, you will face difficulties
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center
67% matchVery Positive83% of 348 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 95.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #37 The Cubicle.
79% matchVery Positive87% of 620 reviews2016
Dev: Roel van BeekPub: Pelican Party Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 18%
The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?
Why similar: VR 70.8%, Simulation 22.9%, Indie 6.3%
- #38 Desolation Seed
65% matchNo user reviews65% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: ECS Software
Windows
An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar
Why similar: Simulation 56.9%, Psychological Horror 43.1%
- #39 Our Elusive Suffering
71% matchMixed64% of 90 reviews2022
Dev: 👁️Pub: ⚰️
Windows
🩸🌌💀🌫️⛪️
Why similar: Psychological Horror 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #40 Nocturia The Game
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in the pitch blackness of your own home, you’re a helpless child, alone and pursued by a sinister entity lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, brave ever-shifting environments, and uncover a terrible secret. Your worst nightmares come to life. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%
- #41 Smile More
61% matchVery Positive95% of 347 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Poxet
Windows · Mac
A short medical simulation horror game with multiple endings where the imperfect are made HAPPY. Perform tasks and operations on sedated patients to fix their defects before submitting your files to the Ministry of Happiness & Peace!
Why similar: Simulation 56.1%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, Indie 10.7%
- #42 Sands
67% matchMixed52% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Hutkouski
Windows
"The sands have no pity." The inhabitants of Zetta-115 often say that. The same they instill in their children from an early age. And this is what they whisper about, sitting in their dilapidated shacks, waiting for the impending storm...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%
- #43 Phucker in the Woods
73% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2019
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
A group of youngsters go to the woods to self-investigate a disappearance...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Realities
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 269 reviews2016
Dev: realities.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Explore what was out of reach before - travel to mesmerizing real world places and discover their stories!
Why similar: VR 74%, Simulation 26%
- #45 Mortanis Prisoners
61% matchVery Positive81% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Alexey BulgakovPub: Honor Games
Windows
Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare?
- #46 Civil Warfare: Another Bullet In The War
77% matchMostly Negative34% of 125 reviews2018
Dev: Mental Zone Digital Game Studios
Windows
CIVIL WARFARE allows you to fight against real players with the Battle Royale style and different game modes. You battle until you are the one last survivor of dozens of people in a Battle Royale style civil war town.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 370 reviews2017
Dev: IKEA Communications AB
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Welcome to the IKEA Virtual Reality kitchen experience, where you can make some virtual pancakes. Our IKEA kitchen specialist will guide you through some of the key aspects of a well-planned kitchen. And look out for the instructions that will help you to prepare those perfect pancakes.
Why similar: VR 75%, Simulation 25%
- #48 Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment
74% matchVery Positive86% of 672 reviews2017
Dev: Top Right Corner
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Exploring the themes in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, the Belko VR – Escape Room Experiment provokes the question: “What does it take to survive at work?” Players are prompted to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to escape from their office before a microchip in their head explodes.
Why similar: VR 90.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #49 Toofan AlAqsa
61% matchMixed61% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Dimension LLC
Windows
A shooter game is about protecting AlAqsa and Palestine . for the support of Palestine .. #FreePalestine
- #50 School Teacher Simulator
59% matchMixed70% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Eathrabaria
Windows
Become a teacher in a local school. Teach kids, but make sure that your students stay focused during the lesson and react if they misbehave. Each day has unique events. Living school environment with each teacher and student having their own personality.
Why similar: Simulation 68.3%, Psychological Horror 31.7%
- #51 Broken Blue
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: BacklotRealitiesPub: Cacti Council
Windows
Broken Blue is a Puzzle Solving VR Game that utilizes an innovative interface to allow the player to traverse and explore the game’s content. Blue is supposed to be the guardian of a mountain machine and the protector of the monkey monks who dwell there.
Why similar: VR 52.2%, Simulation 36.7%, Indie 11.1%
- #52 The Black Whale
57% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Marrit
Windows
The factory chip began to malfunction. Your horrible headaches don’t bother anyone in this dystopian world. “Black Whale”, the attractive white powder, is the only thing that can stop the pain. And show you the life without the horrors of harsh reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #53 Child Phobia: Nightcoming Fears
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: 2B_GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
"Child Phobia: Nightcoming Fears" is a 2D psychological thriller, horror. We will tell you a story about a little boy, that has problem in family – and this problem converts in fear during the night. You will be able to explore various locations during the nightmares, and watch the family drama during the day.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Walking Simulator
66% matchVery Positive88% of 9,469 reviews2020
Dev: Pugscape
Windows
The year is 2020, world war III destroyed the civilized world. You are the last post carrier, tasked to get parcels from point A to B in the most barren and desolate places on earth.
Why similar: Simulation 44.1%, Psychological Horror 43.7%, Indie 12.2%
- #55 ShotForge
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Alix
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A sandbox to build the coolest guns in.
Why similar: Simulation 76.8%, Indie 23.2%
- #56 Blind Justice
70% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Near the border of the iron curtain in the soviet union lies a small village where unrest is brewing and supplies are scarce. You and your family have been sent there to bring order, where you will serve the USSR as a judge. Balance your own moral judgment with the opinions of those watching...
Why similar: Simulation 77.4%, Indie 22.6%
- #57 Uncanny Tales: 1992
55% matchVery Positive85% of 366 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 86%, Indie 14%