- #1 Kuchisake Onna - 口裂け女
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: George ConstantinouPub: Constantinou
Windows
Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, Horror 34.9%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 10.7%
- #2 The Interview
96% matchMostly Negative32% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Anothink
Windows
Adam Ridgewell is invited to a job interview, but things will get dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.4%, Horror 26.7%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 12.7%
- #3 Bonbon
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 262 reviews2017
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A thirty-minute childhood-horror walking-sim about toys and a giant rat. A short, single-sitting experience.
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 13.3%
- #4 Stairs
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 361 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 33.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 9.7%
- #5 _dive
94% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: lower third
Windows
A story about escapism.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Horror 26.3%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #6 The Last Tale Told: Spam
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zignus
Windows
You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Possible fraud” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 32.4%, Adventure 23.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 4.4%
- #7 Yearning
93% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Nyan_Fort
Windows
This 2D horror game is set in Edo period of Japan. The girl notices that her old sister has disappeared. The girl will look for her and clues of her. What will the girl find in end of the story?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.4%, Horror 30%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 11.5%
- #8 The Eerie Inn
92% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Przestraszeni
Windows
The Eerie Inn is a mystery, puzzle-solving horror game with a strong emphasis on the narrative. You play as one of the girls staying at a guest house and your mission is to find out the truth behind the mysterious things happening there. You will soon realize that things aren't what they appear to be..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 31.9%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 12.2%
- #9 ColdSide
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 519 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 29.6%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 11.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #10 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.7%, Horror 37.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #11 HGPP
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: joid
Windows
a p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.2%, Horror 43.6%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #12 Lonepath
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Bogdan Zigmund
Windows
Lonepath is an atmospheric mystery game with a 1940s-inspired aesthetic, in which retired police officer turned detective Elric Greenhill sets out on the tail of a serial killer.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Horror 28.6%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 12.5%
- #13 Hektor
89% matchMixed62% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Psychological Horror 32.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 7.2%
- #14 Klasztorna: Lost Within
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rylume Games
Windows
A psychological horror where you're trapped inside your own school, hunted by an unrelenting entity. As you search for an escape, the walls shift around you, and reality begins to distort. Escaping is just as important as keeping your sanity intact.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.7%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Indie 4%
- #15 Oniwaki Village -Horror game-
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: GoodLuck3 Inc.
Windows
"Oniwaki Village" is a first-person Japanese horror adventure game set in a Japanese village that has been abandoned due to an incident. Players endure horror as they explore the village and pursue the mystery of the incident....
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, Adventure 22.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 4.5%
- #16 TheMemory
87% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: TeamNPC
Windows
Find the lost memories and escape from Mor's Asylum.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 33%, Adventure 18%, Indie 10.3%
- #17 Notes To Myself
86% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Spy On The Wall
Windows · Linux
The horror began when you wrote your first note.
Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Psychological Horror 38.2%, Adventure 16%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #18 Vollun
85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Mauricio Scherer
Windows
Vollun is a first-person with great focus on story, puzzles and exploration. You wake up in a strange place full of mysteries. Something happened in this place and you're not alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Adventure 27%, Horror 26.6%, Indie 15%
- #19 Backrooms: Last Room - Infinite Depths
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: KInTstudio
Windows
Experience the unknown world of utility rooms through a VHS camera, you will have to feel all the fear and anxiety of loneliness, plunging deeper and deeper into the world of utility rooms behind the scenes In search of that very, cherished, last room
Why similar: Psychological Horror 58.3%, Horror 25.8%, Indie 15.9%
- #20 Mysteries of Black Hollow
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Ash Studios
Windows
Set in a sunless town cursed by the Architect, Mysteries of Black Hollow is a shop management and extraction game. Ride your wagon into blighted lands, gather relics, and trade dark heirlooms to restore the church. But beware: every fortune has its price.
Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Psychological Horror 36.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 6.8%, Indie 4.1%
- #21 New kind of adventure
84% matchMixed42% of 1,518 reviews2015
Dev: Mint Age StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
New kind of adventure is a 3D adventure game with RPG elements. Mary hides in a wardrobe after her parents had a fight. She falls asleep. When Mary awakes, she discovers that she is in a beautiful, magical world with giant strawberries and magical druids!With her new friend Aquarius, Mary must find a way back to the real world!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41%, Horror 27.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #22 THE 8IGHT
82% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: KJAE GAMES
Windows
Max, who suffers from schizophrenia due to childhood trauma, decides to break free from the endless torment of hallucinations and delusions.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 32.2%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #23 Knock
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: shanethehippoPub: Shanethehippo Productions
Windows
A short story psychological horror game about answering visitors at the door while being home alone after your brother goes out to buy pizza. During a time of a record-breaking number of serial home break-ins, you must decide whether or not to answer the knock at the door.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.5%, Horror 37.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #24 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: K Monkey
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are.The game is inspired by classic roguelike games which include 100% procedural-generated maps and permadeath.
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Psychological Horror 37.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 7%
- #25 Trace of the past
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Konev
Windows
In this horror story, you will go to explore the old boarding school to find out a secret of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Adventure 27.9%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Indie 16%
- #26 The Last Crown: Midnight Horror
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 139 reviews2015
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Halloween celebrations are in full swing, in the lonely harbour town of Saxton. Ghost-hunter, Nigel Danvers, doesn't believe the night is any different. He knows that ghosts exist, so why would tonight be any different? Nigel and his ghost-hunting partner, Lucy Reubans, are in for a supernatural surprise.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.6%, Horror 36.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 7.4%
- #27 Anna - Extended Edition
79% matchMixed60% of 1,614 reviews2013
Dev: DreampaintersPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.
Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Adventure 15%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #28 Settled
79% matchVery Positive82% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Allen Dayan
Windows
Made in Construct2, Settled is a story driven game with hints of exploration. As you progress, subtle changes appear. Memories and nightmares act as new areas, although still remaining in the confines of the house. When you reach the end, the conclusion may not be what you expected.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 12.9%
- #29 DYING: Reborn
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.5%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 10.7%
- #30 The Railroad Crossing
77% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 34.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #31 Domovoy
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.3%, Horror 37.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #32 OBSCURIA
77% matchMixed57% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 16.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #33 Stranger Watch
76% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: GoodLuck3 Inc.
Windows
In 'Stranger Watch' players step into the shoes of an elementary school student in a town plagued by recent sightings of suspicious figures. As they make their way home, it’s up to them to spot and report these lurking dangers
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 32.4%, Adventure 23.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 4.4%
- #34 While Sleeping
75% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Psychological Horror 40.6%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Adventure 4.6%
- #35 Halu - The Fracture
74% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.3%, Horror 38.5%, Indie 7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #36 Birthday Boy
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Experience the birthday party from hell. Face your demons - both psychological and mechanical. Kill plush toys, evade demonic animatronics and possessed puppets… Aaaannnnnd…discover the truth about your evil clown father. Yes, your own father…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.3%, Horror 39.2%, Adventure 14.6%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #37 Soul Street
74% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: DululuPub: BD Games
Windows
Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Horror 34%, Adventure 24.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #38 Lumber Island - That Special Place
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: DeanForge
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
"Lumber Island - That Special Place" is a psychedelic first-person horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Adventure 30.2%
- #39 地禍駐車場 -The Cursed Underground Parking Lot-
73% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Diabonobbu Game
Windows
After finishing work, the protagonist heads to the underground parking lot to retrieve their car. For some reason, their car is nowhere to be found, and as they search, strange events unfold one after another...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.1%, Horror 37%, Adventure 16.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Indie 3.7%
- #40 Silent Descent
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
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 36.2%, Horror 30.6%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #41 I'm on Observation Duty
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,187 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.8%, Horror 41.9%, Indie 10.1%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #42 Shadowless
73% 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 44.5%, Horror 32.5%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #43 File 47
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Kalimater Studios
Windows
A forgotten file. An echo that repeats. Memories that aren’t yours. The past always finds a way back. Are you ready to remember?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Horror 39.7%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 5.5%, Indie 3.9%
- #44 Silence of the Sleep
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 703 reviews2014
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #45 Static
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suraj M.
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.6%, Horror 30.7%, Adventure 16%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Indie 4.5%
- #46 Mailbound
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Batata Frita Games
Windows
The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.2%, Horror 42.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #47 ANDROMALIUS
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Unit Zero Studio
Windows
Spending the first night in a new apartment can be quite nervewracking. New sounds, and thin walls that seperate you from others in the complex. Do you trust your new surroundings?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.1%, Horror 41.6%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #48 Last Half of Darkness
68% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.
Why similar: Horror 48.1%, Psychological Horror 33%, Adventure 16.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #49 Circustime
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moncage
Windows
"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Horror 38.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 3.5%
- #50 Silver Chains
69% matchMixed69% of 1,327 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Psychological Horror 34.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #51 The Last Tape: Before The Mine
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stealth StudiosPub: Stealth Studios UE
Windows
Mia Jane disappeared in 1990 during a camping trip. Years later, Gabriel finds her recording while searching for a cure for her infection at the Lurmont facility. Explore two timelines, uncover the hidden truth, and survive the presence that lurks in the shadows of Black Wood.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Horror 37.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Singleplayer 5.8%, Indie 5.3%
- #52 Dark Fall: Lost Souls
70% matchMixed61% of 269 reviews2010
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Travel to the old train station and hotel, abandoned since 1947, following the 'disappearances'. Unravel the mystery that binds this place, by communicating with the ghosts of the long since dead, both in your time and theirs.
Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Adventure 25.1%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Indie 10.9%
- #53 心霊旅館
68% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: WoodTableStudio
Windows
「心霊旅館」は廃旅館から脱出する3Dホラーゲーム。 謎を解き、恐怖を乗り越え脱出を目指しましょう!
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #54 Cursed Feed
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.7%, Horror 38%, Adventure 18.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #55 Catto Boi Collection
66% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: mango-ki
Windows
Play as Catto Boi, a small, cute cat who slowly begins to realise that the world he lives in is more sick and twisted than it seems to be on the surface. The choices you make will matter in the end... right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.5%, Horror 31.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 9.5%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #56 Terror Lab
69% matchMixed55% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 30.9%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 13.8%
- #57 AKAZU Off limits
67% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
I found myself lying in a strange place. I had no idea where I was or why I had come here. The only thing I knew was that I had come looking for something.
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Psychological Horror 37.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #58 SCP-087: Recovered document
68% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Korovkin Nikita
Windows
SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.
Why similar: Horror 42.8%, Psychological Horror 33.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 9%
- #59 Strange Night
67% matchMixed60% of 472 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Psychological Horror 40%, Indie 12.5%, Singleplayer 5.8%