Games Like RATUZ

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, 2D Platformer 14%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 12.5%, Platformer 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the primary inspiration for the cinematic puzzle-platformer genre, featuring a similar dark, wordless narrative and stealth-based gameplay.

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Gore 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Platformer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines fast-paced 2D platforming with horror elements and a mysterious, lore-rich narrative.

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Horror 10%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully atmospheric pixel-art game that weaves a dark, emotional story through puzzle-platforming gameplay.

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 47.1%, Platformer 14.1%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Difficult 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational puzzle-platformer that shares the same bleak, monochromatic aesthetic and focus on environmental death traps.

Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.

Why similar: Gore 22.8%, Dark Humor 20.1%, Horror 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that emphasizes puzzle-solving, exploration, and multiple endings based on player choices.

Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.

Why similar: Dark Humor 21.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Horror 11.4%, Platformer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A complex 2D puzzle-platformer that uses a unique mirror mechanic to explore dark, psychological themes.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Horror 29.8%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Platformer 9.1%, Story Rich 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same feeling of being a small, vulnerable protagonist navigating a grotesque and dangerous world.

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror experience that blends puzzle elements with an intense, emotional narrative.

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Horror 14.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Sci-fi 12%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic puzzle-platformer that emphasizes stealth and environmental manipulation within a dark, industrial setting.

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Horror 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Platformer 12%, Mystery 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that rewards exploration and discovery with deep, hidden lore.

“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se

Why similar: Platformer 40.2%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Horror 13.2%, Indie 9.4%, Action 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic platformer that focuses on survival and stealth in a grim, post-apocalyptic world.

Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18%, Difficult 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Horror 12.1%, Platformer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror platformer that actively plays with the player's expectations and the medium of gaming itself.

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Gore 27%, Difficult 17%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Platformer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gothic, pixel-art platformer that leans heavily into visceral horror, gore, and deep, cryptic lore.

A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.

Why similar: Dark Humor 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Sci-fi 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses a cloning mechanic to solve environmental puzzles in a dark, dystopian world.

EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 21.5%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Horror 15.6%, Platformer 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that focuses on exploration and survival mechanics within a mysterious, hostile environment.

In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Indie 9.8%, 2D 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with pixel-art visuals that focuses on survival, resource management, and a surreal atmosphere.

Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Mystery 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that uses exploration and puzzle elements to create a sense of unease.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Platformer 36.2%, Horror 25.5%, Indie 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that features a dark, eerie aesthetic and challenging environmental hazards.

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 17.5%, Horror 17.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer that focuses on exploration and uncovering the secrets of a mysterious, dark world.

Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step

Why similar: 2D Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art metroidvania that incorporates horror themes and platforming challenges in a science-fiction setting.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Sci-fi 34%, Mystery 24.7%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game with stunning pixel art and a bleak, mysterious narrative that rewards careful exploration.

Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Difficult 17.5%, Platformer 9.1%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult metroidvania that blends platforming precision with horror-inspired exploration and puzzle-solving.

A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.

Why similar: Difficult 16.5%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Mystery 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D platformer that utilizes physics-based puzzles within a dark, sci-fi environment.

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Sci-fi 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that uses a cloning mechanic to explore dark, philosophical sci-fi themes.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Multiple Endings 23.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival horror game that excels at building an oppressive, terrifying atmosphere through sound and light.

A stealth-based survival thriller where you play as an experimental rat trapped in a laboratory. Hide, observe, and use the environment to escape without being detected.

Why similar: Horror 82.9%, Indie 11%, Singleplayer 6.1%

Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

Why similar: Platformer 36.5%, Difficult 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Gore 9.5%, 2D 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The classic cinematic platformer that pioneered the stealth-puzzle mechanics found in many modern horror-platformers.

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, 2D Platformer 21.6%, Platformer 15.8%, Horror 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.

Why similar: Mystery 29.4%, Story Rich 24.2%, Atmospheric 19.8%, Linear 8.8%, Indie 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich horror adventure that focuses on mystery and survival in a dark, underwater setting.

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Platformer 35.9%, Action 17.9%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Horror 12.4%

Days Under Custody is a title made as a classic horror adventure game where a dramatic story, unique puzzles and an enemy stalking you all the time, will test and keep you tense to discover the history behind a lot of inexplicable events.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 42.4%, Horror 36.3%, Indie 21.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror platformer that emphasizes survival and puzzle-solving in a tense, claustrophobic setting.

Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.5%, Horror 27.9%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Gore 6.7%

Cute rats in deadly mazes... Cyber Rats is a dark and brutal action game. Escape sadistic horrifying death mazes, Improve your rats with upgrades, and find your way out of this sinister facility.

Why similar: Gore 59.6%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Action 11.4%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!

Why similar: Gore 29%, Horror 20.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%

《Seduction》is a 2d horror adventure puzzle game. Lee has to survive in the dark realm and to save Mei's soul from being use for the great summoning. Facing with mysteries, he has to figure out the truth in order to end it.

Why similar: Gore 34.9%, Horror 21.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Indie 5.9%

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Why similar: Gore 20.2%, Horror 17.7%, Platformer 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Difficult 11.3%

Delve into the diverse world of horror movies in this 2D action puzzler. Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!

Why similar: Dark Humor 20%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Difficult 16.4%, 2D Platformer 13.8%, Horror 10.8%

Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.4%, Horror 22.3%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8%

Alien Scumbags is a sci-fi action platformer with a big slice of horror and a stack of pop culture references. You'll run, hide and kill across several levels, collect items from capsule machines and unlock characters.

Why similar: Dark Humor 18.5%, Gore 17.4%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Horror 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%

You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Mystery 19%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Platformer 12%

Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.

Why similar: Gore 27.8%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Horror 17.8%, Story Rich 11.3%

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Gore 39.9%, Horror 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Sci-fi 6.6%, 2D 4.4%

A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20%, Horror 18.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%

After a psychologist visit goes terribly wrong, you find yourself trapped in the mind of a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project. Experience a metroidvania-lite drenched in anxiety and based on a very true story.

Why similar: Dark Humor 29.1%, 2D Platformer 18%, Platformer 16%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action-Adventure 11.4%

Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Gore 24.2%, Sci-fi 22.3%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%

A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.4%, Lore-Rich 24%, Horror 18.8%, Gore 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%

Trapped inside an ancient labyrinth, chased by the mythical Minotaur. Will you reach the center? And if so, what will you discover about yourself there, in the dark?

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Indie 7.3%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Gore 17.8%, Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Linear 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%

A horror survival game set in a prison corrupted by the madness of the Italian Brainrot movement. Watch the cameras, shut the doors, and save power to survive the monsters. Each night grows more terrifying and unpredictable.

Why similar: Difficult 40%, Horror 32.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Trapped in a rabbit’s body after military experiments, you must navigate a haunted mansion filled with dangers, unravel dark secrets, and escape before it’s too late.

Why similar: Gore 35.6%, Horror 29.1%, Story Rich 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%, 2D 8.5%

An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.

Why similar: Difficult 30.2%, Horror 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Platformer 12.5%

Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Sci-fi 24.2%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 8%

Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 22%, Horror 18.8%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%

Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Gore 53.1%, Horror 29.2%, Action 9%, Indie 8.8%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Lore-Rich 21.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Mystery 13%, Linear 11.1%

Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Why similar: Gore 38.3%, Horror 14%, Lore-Rich 12%, Difficult 10.6%, Story Rich 5.7%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.1%, Horror 26.7%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Story Rich 16.2%, Action 6.3%

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Gore 20.5%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Story Rich 16.8%, Indie 5.4%

Hellevator is a 2D platformer in hell where the only way to escape is to die. Find creative ways to die in order to solve the puzzles and progress through this infernal hotel.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.3%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, Gore 18.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Atmospheric 5.1%