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Games Like Protocol 86: Chernobyl

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Singleplayer, Hacking, Investigation.

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A terminal-driven psychological horror puzzle set in a secret Soviet underground research facility built after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Survive in procedurally shifting sectors using only the terminal. Type ‘help’ to begin.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Core Interactive
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 exorSYS
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kelp
    Windows

    After upgrading to a new Operating System, uncover the mystery behind this cursed piece of software. Keen eyed users must take a careful note of their surroundings if they want to survive.

    Why similar: Hacking 22%, Programming 15.7%, Investigation 11.1%, 1990's 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

  2. #2 s.p.l.i.t
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 3,895 reviews2025
    Dev: Mike Klubnika
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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

    Why similar: Hacking 29.8%, Typing 23.9%, Thriller 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Investigation 9.1%

  3. #3 Cyber Warrior
    96% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2025
    Dev: Dunke Games
    Windows

    Cyber Warrior is a hacking simulator where you play as an ex retired bureau agent recruited back to take on a powerful criminal organization. Explore dozens of interactive desktops, navigate 200+ in-game websites, solve puzzles, customize your setup and make decisions that will shape a new cyber age

    Why similar: Hacking 29.1%, Programming 24.3%, Typing 24%, Investigation 10.2%, Mystery 5.5%

  4. #4 Quantum Breach
    95% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Trajectory Interactive
    Windows

    A terminal-based hacking game where you play as a broke hacker trying to hack a bank and get rich.

    Why similar: Hacking 39.3%, Programming 30.8%, Typing 29.9%

  5. #5 X300
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Covyne Entertainment
    Windows

    Search for your missing brother across the Australian Outback and beneath a forgotten Cold War facility. Survive altered wildlife, a living front of black ash, and an unseen intelligence that watches how you play.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.1%, Alternate History 15%, Investigation 12.6%, Historical 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

  6. #6 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
    94% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2026
    Dev: RVL InteractivePub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows

    In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.

    Why similar: Hacking 32.2%, Typing 24.8%, Programming 15.9%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Investigation 8.2%

  7. #7 Mysteries Of FangClaw
    93% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Two Bites
    Windows

    An immersive horror-adventure game. Betrayed by a trusted friend, Baxter finds himself trapped in an abandoned gold mine. Set traps, gather creature samples, and make life-or-death decisions to survive. Can you face the horrors lurking in the darkness of the night?

    Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Alternate History 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.6%

  8. #8 HACKING INTO EREBUS
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Likya Group
    Windows

    HACKING INTO EREBUS is a terminal-driven hacking cyberpunk thriller. Jack into a hostile network and outsmart ARIA, a surveillance system that watches your every move. Breach nodes, override defenses and pry secrets from a crew trapped in cryosleep. Fight your way into Compartment Zero.

    Why similar: Hacking 28.1%, Programming 24%, Typing 23.8%, Thriller 7.8%, Immersive Sim 6.8%

  9. #9 Hell Hospital
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: RaskolnikovPub: Woebegone Nights
    Windows

    Survive the night in an insane asylum where the patients have taken over. Kill, hide, sneak, think, inject, blast, and whack your way through this survival horror action adventure immersive sim inspired by System Shock and classic survival horror games.

    Why similar: Cold War 24.9%, Hacking 21%, Alternate History 14.2%, Investigation 9.7%, 1990's 9.1%

  10. #10 The Alley
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 227 reviews2026
    Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
    Windows

    A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.

    Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.3%, Investigation 8.8%

  11. #11 Project DeepWeb
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2020
    Dev: NightCat Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

    Why similar: Hacking 34.3%, Typing 25.8%, Mystery 7.3%, Immersive Sim 7.1%, Puzzle 6.4%

  12. #12 Blackdoor
    88% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
    Dev: Static Signal
    Windows · Linux

    You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language: probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. The better your code, the better you hack.

    Why similar: Hacking 33.8%, Programming 27.7%, Typing 26.3%, Mystery 3.8%, Story Rich 3.7%

  13. #13 1000-BIT
    89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: 89o
    Windows · Linux

    An open-ended programming puzzle game where you operate entirely in binary.

    Why similar: Programming 36.9%, Hacking 28.4%, Typing 21.9%, Puzzle 6.6%, Mystery 6.2%

  14. #14 Finish Report
    89% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2023
    Dev: D4
    Windows

    Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.

    Why similar: Typing 32.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Thriller 10.9%, Horror 8.4%

  15. #15 The Backrooms Origins
    87% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2023
    Dev: Hypnos Games
    Windows

    The Backrooms Origins is a first person exploration and psychological horror game about famous creepypasta the backrooms. Explore levels of backrooms and try to keep your sanity.

    Why similar: Cold War 27.9%, Thriller 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Investigation 10.7%, Horror 8.8%

  16. #16 Zero Trust
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Tomáš Fišer
    Windows

    An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.

    Why similar: Hacking 28.6%, Programming 24.9%, Typing 24.8%, Investigation 9.3%, Immersive Sim 7.9%

  17. #17 CHAQS
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2022
    Dev: nomorevalid
    Windows

    CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.

    Why similar: Hacking 30.3%, Typing 28.8%, Programming 27%, Investigation 9.1%, Atmospheric 3.4%

  18. #18 ESC (Electronics Security Company)
    84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Electronics Security Company
    Windows · Mac

    Experience hacking and uncover hidden secrets. Type commands to decode messages, navigate systems, and gain remote access to devices.

    Why similar: Hacking 29.2%, Programming 25.4%, Typing 18.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Immersive Sim 5.8%

  19. #19 HELLO HACKER
    84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
    Windows · Linux

    HELLO HACKER features a realistic terminal. Use real Linux commands, network scanning, password cracking, and cryptography to infiltrate 10 interconnected servers and expose a deadly government surveillance program. Your colleague is missing. You're next. Are you ready to be a hacker?

    Why similar: Hacking 34.5%, Typing 29.5%, Programming 16%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Puzzle 6.2%

  20. #20 Unprompted
    85% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
    Dev: Matt Eshleman
    Windows · Mac

    Type to guess the words used to create machine-made artworks, while slowly uncovering the algorithm's reflections on its own work. Come investigate more than 1,500 generated artworks across 7 carefully curated galleries.

    Why similar: Typing 26.8%, Programming 22.5%, Hacking 21.9%, Investigation 12.8%, Puzzle 5.2%

  21. #21 BACKUP_71
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Candeia Studio
    Windows

    A psychological horror investigation and survival game where you explore a house full of secrets, faces the living unkow, solve puzzles, use a fully interactive retro computer, and uncover a decades-old conspiracy.

    Why similar: Cold War 25.6%, Investigation 14.7%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Thriller 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

  22. #22 Dinner With Strangers
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IceVayne Games
    Windows

    Dinner With Strangers is a fixed camera style "escape room" game where you have to find a way out of the House of Modesty. You wake up not knowing who you are and why you are there to find everyone in the house dead.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 18.5%, Thriller 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 10.1%

  23. #23 Narin: The Orange Room
    80% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2026
    Dev: RedSensationGamesPub: Urnique Studio
    Windows

    Narin: The Orange Room is a third-person adventure horror game. Play as Narin, a young girl whose sister mysteriously disappeared. Help her find her sister in the twilight dimension, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth.

    Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Investigation 14.3%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

  24. #24 Urban Pulse: Nightwatch
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Rendrify Interactive
    Windows

    Monitor the city from your window. Identify anomalies, capture proof, and file reports before Exposure spikes. Miss too much, and what you’re watching starts watching back.

    Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Thriller 14.5%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%

  25. #25 Hate's Offering
    83% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
    Dev: AvrillionArts
    Windows · Mac

    After losing his family to the killer he seeks to unmask, Detective Jack Whiting is kidnapped and locked in a basement of harrowing puzzles, soul-crushing decisions, and hellish sacrifices. Survival comes at a great cost, but before you can survive, you have to truly open your eyes.

    Why similar: Cold War 33.4%, Alternate History 20.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Puzzle 6.7%, Horror 6.4%

  26. #26 见诡
    79% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: 砂糖桔制作组
    Windows

    A single-player Chinese folk horror RPG puzzle game. As a photographer, you venture into mysterious places with two paranormal vloggers. Explore scenes, gather clues and reveal hidden truths through environmental interaction. Full playthrough takes 2 to 5 hours.

    Why similar: Thriller 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Investigation 14%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%

  27. #27 Hacker The Dark Shadow
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Burrito BlastPub: MadOctopus
    Windows

    Become a young programmer diving into the dangerous world of cybercrime. When the elite hacking collective Dark Shadows challenges you with a series of ruthless trials, you must push your genius to the limit. Will you prove your worth or become another digital casualty?

    Why similar: Hacking 30.5%, Programming 26.2%, Typing 18.2%, Immersive Sim 7.3%, Investigation 6.9%

  28. #28 Mr. Nice Guy
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Super Pixel Boy
    Windows

    Play as the Final Girl and explore a haunted children's hospital in this PSX-style fixed-camera survival horror inspired by "Fatal Frame" and "Resident Evil". Hunt anomalies through a CCTV camera loop similar to "I'm on Observation Duty". Unravel an unsettling mystery, and escape a glitching entity.

    Why similar: Investigation 16%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, 1990's 10.1%

  29. #29 Mainlining
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 368 reviews2017
    Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

    Why similar: Hacking 50.5%, Typing 22.5%, Programming 19.1%, Puzzle 4.9%, Story Rich 3.1%

  30. #30 Room 817: Director's Cut
    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2024
    Dev: Bormak Studio
    Windows

    Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.

    Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.5%, 1990's 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.4%

  31. #31 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: KaleidoScreens
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.

    Why similar: Hacking 32.9%, Typing 20.9%, Programming 17.4%, Investigation 9.4%, Immersive Sim 7.1%

  32. #32 REMOTE CONTROL
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CanteenPub: Weekend Games
    Windows

    Remote-control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk and decide how disposable a life really is.

    Why similar: Typing 27%, Thriller 16.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.5%

  33. #33 The Nightmare Escape
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HALbot Studios
    Windows

    Navigate through your nightmares in this immersive first-person horror game. Explore a mysterious abandoned apartment building and unlock four unique interconnected short stories and piece together the puzzles to escape your nightmare.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.3%, Thriller 15%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Immersive Sim 9.7%

  34. #34 The Internship
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cherry Bomb Interactive
    Windows · Linux

    Welcome to CorpCorp Incorporated. Complete your work, monitor your coworkers, and survive your internship in a surreal office horror game where something is deeply wrong beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Hacking 30.2%, Investigation 17.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%

  35. #35 Lost Stories
    73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Fugon
    Windows

    Lost Stories is an episodic psychological horror game set in the Siberian forests during the Cold War. Explore isolated locations, uncover censored experiments, and survive what was never meant to be found. Some stories were not forgotten. They were hidden.

    Why similar: Cold War 41.8%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Puzzle 5.6%

  36. #36 Touko in Underland
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Toxic Peach
    Windows

    Spirited away to a strange looping world, Touko must solve the puzzles that block her route to escape. Unfortunately, an unhinged stalker follows in the shadows of Underland...

    Why similar: Thriller 19.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%

  37. #37 HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
    Windows · Linux

    A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.

    Why similar: Hacking 38.3%, Programming 30.1%, Typing 23.7%, Puzzle 5.7%, Story Rich 2.2%

  38. #38 Torrent Empire
    73% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2025
    Dev: Steel Games
    Windows

    Are you ready to build your own torrent empire? Crack software, manage servers, dive into shady deals, and outsmart the authorities—all in the shadow of the 2000s. Balance risk and reward in this terminal-based strategy sim. Become a digital legend or lose it all!

    Why similar: Hacking 35.1%, Programming 29.9%, Typing 29.6%, Puzzle 5.4%

  39. #39 QuantumPulse 2A
    73% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2025
    Dev: Dashing Strike
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.

    Why similar: Programming 40.2%, Hacking 25.6%, Cold War 18.4%, Alternate History 8.6%, Puzzle 7.3%

  40. #40 The Empty Eyes
    72% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: 99 Grados Games
    Windows

    The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

    Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 11.7%

  41. #41 Sleepless
    72% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
    Dev: CaRuFyPub: Mental Studios
    Windows

    Inspired by "The Russian Sleep Experiment," this co-op multiplayer horror game challenges players to collect crucial evidence from past experiments. Work together to control the gas, evade the roaming monster, and uncover the terrifying truth.

    Why similar: Cold War 22.8%, Thriller 16.4%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Historical 10.2%

  42. #42 In Fear I Trust
    76% matchMixed49% of 61 reviews2016
    Dev: Black Wing FoundationPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    In Fear I Trust is a critically acclaimed first-person horror adventure. Explore eerie locations, solve puzzles and unravel the dark truth behind a secret soviet experiment in this story-driven psychological thriller.

    Why similar: Cold War 26.6%, Thriller 17.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 9.4%

  43. #43 GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: James BradleyPub: The Civitas Universe
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A narrative-driven hacking simulator set in an alternate 1989. Enter a clandestine, hacker Bulletin Board System to crack games, control communities, and solve programming puzzles. Featuring retro-inspired mini-games, irl global leaderboards, and a story that will haunt you long after you log off.

    Why similar: Hacking 30.1%, Programming 26.7%, Alternate History 18.6%, Investigation 9.8%, Mystery 7.3%

  44. #44 Genesis: Voces de la Niebla (Voices of the Mist)
    70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
    Dev: Isaias Rachid Nanni
    Windows

    Investigate a murder at a lake where something else is watching you. Explore, survive… and uncover the truth before it’s too late.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Thriller 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Investigation 11.9%, Horror 9.2%

  45. #45 Hardwired
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lostbyte
    Windows · Linux

    Enter the terminal and jack into a retro-cyberpunk world. Hardwired is a hacker simulation where you explore networks, uncover secrets, and manipulate systems through command-line interfaces. Discover hidden logs, tap into surveillance feeds, and unravel story a set in a fractured dystopia.

    Why similar: Hacking 29.7%, Programming 25.7%, Typing 25.3%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Story Rich 4.1%

  46. #46 The Last Sight
    71% matchPositive85% of 19 reviews2024
    Dev: FallenDevs
    Windows

    You started a neighborhood security program, which gradually expanded in size. Over time, it evolved to monitor not only homes but also warehouses, gas stations and various other locations. However, as your program grew, it began attracting the attention of dubious individuals.

    Why similar: Hacking 42.7%, Investigation 16%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%

  47. #47 SCP: Blink
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pixel Drip Games
    Windows

    Uncover the origins of SCP-173 in the abandoned exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl. Told through the lens of found footage recordings, explore a hidden facility where Soviet secrets should have remained forgotten.

    Why similar: Cold War 35.1%, Alternate History 21%, Horror 13.9%, Immersive Sim 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%

  48. #48 Temple of Shadows
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: DRB Studios
    Windows

    Join Sebastian Harrington, an archeology student, on a quest to find his missing professor. Explore ancient temple ruins, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in the Temple of Shadows.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.8%, Historical 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Investigation 12%, Horror 10.4%

  49. #49 Dead Stop - No Vacancy
    67% matchPositive81% of 37 reviews2026
    Dev: Camel 101
    Windows

    One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.

    Why similar: 1990's 18.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.6%, Thriller 8.8%

  50. #50 HackMeNow
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AngrySysOps
    Windows

    A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.

    Why similar: Hacking 37.4%, Programming 28.6%, Typing 13.4%, Investigation 8%, Puzzle 6.2%

  51. #51 Nights in Endless Dream
    67% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: Ikadev Studio
    Windows

    Nights in Endless Dream is another psychological anomaly game that focuses on the story of our main character and 2D aesthetics. Memorize the rooms and find the anomalies to escape the dream.

    Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Thriller 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.2%

  52. #52 Beneath the Frost
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
    Windows

    Beneath the Frost is a short, single-player, psychological horror game set on a frozen, desolate planet. You take on the role of the sole survivor of a spacecraft crash, using a robot companion to gather parts for an SOS device while uncovering an eerie mystery that suggests they may not be alone.

    Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 8.8%

  53. #53 Quadrilateral Cowboy
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,013 reviews2016
    Dev: Blendo Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.

    Why similar: Hacking 35.7%, Programming 28.7%, Typing 9%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, Immersive Sim 6.9%

  54. #54 Game Settings
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lozange Lab
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A mystery-driven game where you manipulate the world by tweaking the game itself. Change parameters, shape the environment, and trigger strange events. But what are you really configuring? As the mystery unfolds, you begin to wonder who's really in control.

    Why similar: Hacking 32.6%, Programming 24.3%, Thriller 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 5.9%

  55. #55 Vault
    68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: ItllBeFunTheySaid
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Vault is a spooky, atmospheric exploration game. Uncover the story of a mysterious island through the lens of a primitive drone as you search for the artifact concealed within it, and avoid the guardian of the island.

    Why similar: Typing 35.9%, Hacking 17.8%, Programming 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%

  56. #56 BrokenLore: LOW
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 509 reviews2025
    Dev: Serafini Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.

    Why similar: Thriller 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Investigation 12.9%, Horror 12%

  57. #57 Don't Make a Sound
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 落梅序
    Windows

    Don't Make a Sound is a voice-controlled horror game. You wake up in a morgue with one rule: stay silent. Your microphone detects any noise – and any sound means death. But not all rules are true; you must uncover the lies. Search sealed jars for keys and survive.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Thriller 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

  58. #58 Coldwake
    65% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2026
    Dev: MadLeap Games
    Windows

    Explore an abandoned facility in this narrative-driven terminal adventure. Unlock hidden files, solve text-based puzzles, and piece together a fragmented AI as you uncover the truth behind a failed salvation and a buried past in this cold, atmospheric mystery.

    Why similar: Typing 32.4%, Hacking 28.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Female Protagonist 6.9%, Puzzle 6.1%

  59. #59 LANE-4: A Dystopian Programming Thriller
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dylan Falconer
    Windows · Linux

    An open-ended programming game in which you optimise 4-core assembly code to maintain a 1990s alt-history dystopian megacity's infrastructure. Take jobs from middlemen with hidden agendas and uncover the chilling consequences of your "routine" fixes in this assembly language puzzle thriller.

    Why similar: Programming 40.9%, Alternate History 24.2%, Hacking 12.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, 1990's 9.4%

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