
Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Horror, Dark, Indie.

Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!

Majoris Nightmare
A dark, story-rich puzzle adventure where every clue matters. Think carefully, read with attention, and make meaningful choices and be ready to act fast when danger strikes to uncover the truth and save your daughter.

Conspiracy!
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
A dark, story-rich puzzle adventure where every clue matters. Think carefully, read with attention, and make meaningful choices and be ready to act fast when danger strikes to uncover the truth and save your daughter.
Why similar: Investigation 49%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 6%
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Investigation 45.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Story Rich 12%, Indie 1.4%
Atmospheric Horror in 90's style low-poly 3D. Open-ended exploration, investigation, hidden items, captivating puzzles and intriguing dark storyline.
Why similar: Investigation 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 13.3%, Hidden Object 11.2%, Puzzle 6.9%
The Bright Blue Sky... Is Hiding Something.
Why similar: Investigation 38.3%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
"Ketamine" is a First-Person game in which you need to uncover why you woke up without any memory in an apparently unremarkable apartment, until you discover the secrets of the resident and consider whether you really want to stay or leave.
Why similar: Investigation 40.7%, Dark 11.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Horror 10.7%, Logic 8.9%
Explore the abandoned trails and forgotten cabins of Wolfstone Pine by day and survive the night by staying in doors. Search for supplies, uncover the park's buried history and stay hidden until sunrise as you plan your escape from the strange national park.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Story Rich 17.7%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.3%
Silent Ward is a free short horror experience: explore a ruined asylum from a wheelchair, uncover what happened during your coma, and survive blind monsters that hunt by sound—escape with one of multiple endings.
Why similar: Investigation 28.7%, Horror 18.8%, Dark 17%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Last Visit is a combination of an adventure game and survival horror. Discover a captivating story full of secrets and fear. Dark atmosphere, constant sense of danger and various puzzles will make you never forget this experience.
Why similar: Investigation 28.4%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 7.9%
Alone in a dark castle, you must find a way to escape. You will have to explore the castle grounds, find keys, solve puzzles, and if push comes to shove, you will have to use your gun. Be careful however. Your gun only fires one bullet at a time.
Why similar: Investigation 37.7%, Dark 13.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 9.1%
Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.
Why similar: Investigation 27%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Mystery 8.2%
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 32%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 10%, Hidden Object 9.3%
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Investigation 30.6%, Dark 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 10%
The Apartment Lies is a first person anomaly horror game where you must spot altered objects in a seemingly normal apartment. Observe carefully, choose the correct door, and survive psychological tension, sudden jumpscares, and brutal horror.
Why similar: Investigation 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 13.6%, Puzzle 6.4%
The Marson Home is a single player, mystery-thriller. Explore the home, find the pieces to the ritual, and rid the place of the tormenting spirit. Keep in mind - your not alone...
Why similar: Investigation 43.5%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 11.8%, Mystery 6.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
Experience a tense, first-person psychological horror where survival means facing the unknown. Unravel a chilling story of a secret government project through atmospheric exploration, and mind-bending puzzles.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark 13.2%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Horror 7.9%
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Investigation 24.5%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 13.5%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
Puzzle game in an escape room scenario created using Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Investigation 39.5%, Dark 12.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Hidden Object 7.6%, Exploration 7.1%
13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.
Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Hidden Object 11.4%, Puzzle 7.5%, Mystery 6%
Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.
Why similar: Investigation 35.1%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 6.3%
Monitor the witches. Report the anomalies. If you fail… they will stop being witches.A short horror game where you care for witches while reporting anomalies.Manager must monitor witches between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM.The witches become unstable, and may cause anomalies.Report these via the monitor.
Why similar: Investigation 31.3%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.3%, Hidden Object 11.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
In this short prologue of mystery and intrigue, Eric Foy wakes up to a strange phone call from his wife, Audrey, she is missing from their bed and pregnant with their first child. As Eric braves the storm, he finds remnants of his wife's belongings.
Why similar: Investigation 51.6%, Story Rich 20.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, First-Person 6.4%
As an operator, you must guide an android through an abandoned mansion in search of the object responsible for the paranormal activities in the location. As you explore, solve puzzles and investigate the dark past that runs in the blood of the Bailey family.
Why similar: Investigation 41.9%, Dark 12.6%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Horror 7.9%
Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.
Why similar: Investigation 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dark 11.9%, Hidden Object 11.2%, Horror 9.3%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Investigation 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dark 10.2%
A co-op survival-horror about looting houses for money to help you live to the next day.
Why similar: Investigation 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
Why similar: Investigation 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 4.6%
Miles McDaniel, a police officer, is sent to the Darkvale Motel to investigate the troubling disappearance of a resident. What begins as a routine case quickly descends into a far darker and more terrifying story.
Why similar: Investigation 35.8%, Dark 15.5%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 8.6%, Hidden Object 7.2%
A journey through ancient mysteries and forces described by the original short story "The Picture in the House" written by H.P Lovecraft.
Why similar: Investigation 38.1%, Horror 16%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Exploration 5.5%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 37.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 13.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%
The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.
Why similar: Investigation 37.4%, Hidden Object 12.8%, PvE 11.1%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 6.2%
Spectre Vigil is an Observation-Duty style horror game with a unique twist: Detecting ghosts! Spot many different abnormalities and handle terrifying entities, all whilst keeping track of what happens and figuring out what ails this location!
Why similar: Investigation 35.5%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 11.5%, Hidden Object 9.5%, Logic 7.4%
Join Cerys Baker in the gloomy Oak Sanatorium, discover its secrets and keep your sanity. Solve puzzles, resist dark forces and experience suspense, horror and mystery in this captivating exploration game. Are you strong enough?
Why similar: Investigation 43.5%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 17.7%, Mystery 11.4%, 3D 5.2%
The once #1 horror game on the Horror list of Itch is back! Join now and use a variety of repair tools to experience life as a handyman in a haunted house, uncover the terrifying past of this old house and face the terrifying demon baby head-on!
Why similar: Investigation 26%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 8.3%, Puzzle 7.7%
Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.
Why similar: Investigation 21.4%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
Welcome to Inuyo Academy, an all-ages school once filled with joy. Something terrible happened after the school’s mascot staff was revealed to the public, and it’s your job as an officer to investigate the abandoned building, in search of evidence to figure out the truth.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Dark 17.3%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 10.2%
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Investigation 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Horror 13.5%, Hidden Object 11.2%, Mystery 7.5%
A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.
Why similar: Investigation 41.8%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 14.1%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 7.2%
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Children have been vanishing while playing with the brand new Room2Room handheld gaming system. You have been contracted to monitor playtest sessions, document any unwanted quirks, and help young testers play safely.
Why similar: Investigation 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 7.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
Investigate the sleepy town of Lakewood as you follow the trail of numerous missing person cases and the mysterious cause of the disappearances. Unravel the secret of Lakewood and try to survive its tightening grip.
Why similar: Investigation 31.5%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Mystery 9%
Gather your strength and find information about your whereabouts. Explore the area. Find and assemble all the puzzle pieces. This way you will learn about the dark past.
Why similar: Investigation 40.1%, Horror 19.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Mystery 8.4%, Dark 7.1%
We Are Not Alone is a new twist on horror that combines first person exploration and third person point and click adventure. As a member of a "safe" isolation experiment you'll explore an underground facility, solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of an unknown creature. Just don't make eye contact.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Dark 17.9%, Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 8.5%, Mystery 8.3%
Silent Harbor is a first-person horror adventure game that will immerse you in a creepy story.
Why similar: Investigation 30.5%, Dark 13.7%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Hidden Object 9.9%
A narrative supernatural horror set in the enigmatic Meridian Hotel. Players investigate through exploration, puzzles, and encounters with human and supernatural threats.
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Dark 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11.3%, Mystery 7.9%
Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.
Why similar: Investigation 28.8%, Horror 14.6%, Hidden Object 10.9%, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you're cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
Why similar: Investigation 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 10.1%
🧠 BRAINROOMS is a grotesque horror born from a twisted internet: rotten memes, entities laughing at you, rooms that feel all wrong. A trashy, surreal nightmare where you scream, laugh, and lose your mind. Survive… if you can even grasp what’s happening.
Why similar: Investigation 34.4%, Dark 20.2%, Horror 16.6%, Hidden Object 12.7%, Atmospheric 5%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Investigation 38.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, Exploration 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.1%
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 11.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 34.5%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
“The Hallway - Escape Room” is a story-based single player puzzle adventure game that will take you on a mind-bending journey to uncover the mysteries of a long-forgotten civilisation and their gods discovered during an expedition. Will you face them?
Why similar: Investigation 33.8%, Dark 12.7%, Hidden Object 11%, Story Rich 8.7%, Puzzle 7.3%
Venture into the enigmatic Luminora Hospital, where, as an investigator on the brink of ruin, you take on a case that will test your courage. Amidst dark rumors, you'll uncover terrifying secrets that have caused those who ventured too far to disappear.
Why similar: Investigation 31.2%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 13.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Dark 9.6%, Puzzle 8.6%, Horror 6.7%
Eliza Trewithian haunts the old Wychwood Hollow, the largest ancient oak woodland in Cornwall. A place of myth and legend. You are dispatched alone to investigate the case, with help from some local Ghost-Hunters. Gather evidence, decipher the clues in old documents and explore the Hollow.
Why similar: Investigation 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 9.6%, Puzzle 7.7%
In Bound by Bones, a supernatural horror experience, you are trapped in the space between life and death—forced to uncover and destroy the cursed remains of violent spirits before they consume you. The only way to survive is to find their scattered bones… and burn them.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 10.2%, Hidden Object 10.2%
Monitor surveillance camera footage to spot anomalies in this cozy-horror game. Toggle night vision to uncover anomalies that would otherwise remain hidden and file a report to fix them. But be quick - too many anomalies will end the game.
Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Dark 18.5%, Horror 16.6%, Hidden Object 16%, Puzzle 10.9%
Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !
Why similar: Investigation 40.9%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 6.6%, Mystery 5.1%
Experience the horror puzzle game, Envious, offering both single player and co-op modes. Choose to be Xavier or Xandra where the first is trapped in a house, trying to escape it, while Xandra explores a separate old house to uncover clues facilitating Xavier's escape.
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Hidden Object 9.6%
"Night Escape" is a tense and strategic multiplayer game. Uncover the hidden assassin, solve puzzles, and escape the mysterious mansion before it's too late. Survive the night or become a victim. Embark on this deadly race for survival.
Why similar: Dark 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Investigation 10%
You arrive home and notice that something very bad has happened to your wife.
Why similar: Investigation 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 8.2%, Mystery 5.7%