- #1 Blameless
97% matchVery Positive84% of 5,079 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 77.4%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play first-person horror game that shares the same focus on puzzle-solving and atmospheric tension as the seed game.
- #2 Medusa's Labyrinth
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,112 reviews2016
Dev: Guru Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a very short mythological first-person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together with modern gameplay. The game let's you explore murky catacombs and follow along a classic, tragic story.
Why similar: Horror 76.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play title offers a similar blend of mythological horror and first-person exploration found in short indie experiences.
- #3 Only If
96% matchMixed62% of 5,958 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Horror 62.6%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, free-to-play first-person adventure that relies on player choice and environmental mystery to drive its narrative.
- #4 Kraven Manor
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 737 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 69.2%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building tension through exploration and environmental puzzles, mirroring the core gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #5 Shattered Lights
94% matchVery Positive87% of 430 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: Horror 81.4%, Indie 18.6%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror game that utilizes immersive first-person mechanics to create a claustrophobic and unsettling atmosphere.
- #6 SEPTEMBER 1999
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,446 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Why similar: Horror 81%, Indie 19%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in short-form, found-footage style horror that delivers a punchy, atmospheric experience similar to the seed game.
- #7 It Lurks in the Woods
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Olivier Leclair
Windows
It Lurks in the Woods is a short first-person horror game based on French Canadian folklore.
Why similar: Horror 49.6%, Indie 27.4%, Adventure 23%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a dark, exploration-heavy horror experience that fits perfectly with the seed game's aesthetic.
- #8 Greetings
92% matchVery Positive84% of 632 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 81.3%, Indie 18.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric free-to-play horror game that mirrors the indie, mystery-focused nature of the seed game.
- #9 Cry of Fear
91% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 88.6%, Indie 5.8%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive free-to-play first-person horror classic that emphasizes psychological dread and exploration.
- #10 The NADI Project
91% matchMixed67% of 468 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.
Why similar: Horror 46.1%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play first-person survival horror game that emphasizes mystery and exploration in a confined setting.
- #11 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
89% matchVery Positive93% of 15,344 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Horror 82.6%, Indie 10%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: While it starts lighthearted, this free-to-play title captures the same indie spirit of exploring mysterious, shifting environments.
- #12 Fear in Hospital
90% matchMixed48% of 504 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Horror 68.7%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, free-to-play psychological horror game that leans into the classic tropes of first-person exploration.
- #13 the static speaks my name
89% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 68.4%, Indie 18.1%, Adventure 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play psychological horror experience that is deeply focused on narrative and unsettling atmosphere.
- #14 We Went Back
87% matchVery Positive86% of 4,748 reviews2020
Dev: Dead Thread Games
Windows
We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 79.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, first-person time-loop horror game that focuses on uncovering mysteries within a confined, atmospheric space.
- #15 Rental
85% matchVery Positive93% of 5,309 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 73.5%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a short, atmospheric exploration experience that captures the indie horror feel of the seed game.
- #16 Into The Unknown
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play adventure game that prioritizes mystery and exploration within a dark, unsettling environment.
- #17 No Players Online
84% matchVery Positive84% of 564 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Horror 77%, Adventure 23%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the eerie, mysterious vibe of early indie horror through a unique, meta-narrative lens.
- #18 Minds Eyes
86% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 85.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a short, multiplayer-capable horror experience that aligns with the seed game's indie roots.
- #19 THE CORRIDOR
84% matchVery Positive94% of 3,475 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas Mackinnon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental horror experience that relies on surrealism and first-person exploration to keep the player engaged.
- #20 All Is Dust
86% matchMixed45% of 1,324 reviews2015
Dev: Mannequin Games LLC
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%
All Is Dust is a first-person horror game for PC and Oculus Rift. Experience the terror of a dust storm in the 1930s and unravel the mystery surrounding your decaying farm.
Why similar: Horror 84.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play first-person horror game that focuses on survival and exploration in a mysterious setting.
- #21 TEST RE
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: K App.
Windows
A short 5 minute horror game!
Why similar: Horror 76.8%, Adventure 23.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a survival-horror experience that emphasizes psychological tension and first-person exploration.
- #22 Iron Lung
79% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 72.6%, Indie 14.2%, Adventure 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense, and highly atmospheric horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling and claustrophobia.
- #23 Classified Stories: Color Out of Space
82% matchMixed67% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
A short, free, horror adventure game set in our days, inspired by Lovecraft novel: The Colour Out of Space.
Why similar: Horror 61.9%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends adventure and horror with first-person puzzle-solving, mirroring the seed game's mechanics.
- #24 Fear For Freedom
83% matchMixed51% of 169 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Gods
Windows
"Two days ago a monster appeared in the hallway outside the office. Maybe if I just wait it will leave eventually." A very short psychological game dealing with isolation, entrapment and the nature of fear.
Why similar: Horror 50.5%, Adventure 26.2%, Indie 23.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play indie horror game that shares the same focus on adventure and mystery as the seed game.
- #25 The House of E.
81% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Gamenastica Studios
Windows
The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 74.8%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 9%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused horror game that emphasizes atmosphere and puzzle-solving in a supernatural setting.
- #26 In Passing
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
A first-person 3D platforming experience through a broken mind turned against you.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Indie 45%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play indie horror game that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and environmental discovery.
- #27 Lost in Vivo
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 83.1%, Indie 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, indie first-person horror game that excels at psychological tension and surreal environmental design.
- #28 Endless
80% matchMixed59% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: shademakesgames
Windows · Mac
A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings
Why similar: Horror 69.1%, Adventure 22.4%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror game that features multiple endings, rewarding player choice just like the seed game.
- #29 Paratopic
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 64.1%, Indie 19.5%, Adventure 16.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and highly atmospheric horror game that prioritizes mood and mystery over traditional gameplay.
- #30 Shadow of Pharos
77% matchMixed69% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Team Gaivot
Windows
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Horror 82.9%, Indie 8.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #31 Fungiman
76% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2022
Dev: svinoman
Windows
Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?
Why similar: Horror 86%, Adventure 14%
- #32 Black Rose
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 978 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 80.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 9.4%
- #33 Backrooms: Found Footage
74% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Adventure 35.3%, Indie 8.9%
- #34 I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
78% matchMostly Negative29% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Cats Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.
Why similar: Horror 67.5%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 14.6%
- #35 SCP022
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 818 reviews2019
Dev: KL GAMES
Windows
This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.
Why similar: Horror 88.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #36 The Secret of Pineview Forest
76% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The Secret of Pineview Forest is a free prequel to Pineview Drive - Rising Storm. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Adventure 28.1%, Indie 22.1%
- #37 Seek Or Die
75% matchMixed67% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 81.6%, Indie 18.4%
- #38 THANATOS
73% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Horror 59%, Adventure 41%
- #39 Hotel Remorse
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 341 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.
Why similar: Horror 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #40 Passing Pineview Forest
73% matchMixed65% of 1,695 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 85.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 5%
- #41 Fingerbones
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,583 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Horror 64.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 16.4%
- #42 Ranger Danger
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Reid Annin
Windows
A park ranger's life is changed forever as they discover what really lurks in their national park. A first-person horror, exploration, and stealth-based game.
Why similar: Horror 81.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 7.9%
- #43 Something Strange
70% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Horror 72.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 12.5%
- #44 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
68% matchVery Positive90% of 10,232 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 80.3%, Indie 10.1%, Adventure 9.7%
- #45 Lights Off!
68% 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: Horror 82.4%, Adventure 17.6%
- #46 Unlasting Horror
71% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Sowards Games
Windows
Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.
Why similar: Horror 76.9%, Adventure 23.1%
- #47 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 457 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 81.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #48 Nyctophilia
71% matchMixed64% of 305 reviews2015
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Nyctophilia is 2D psychological thriller about bad things in your head.
Why similar: Horror 55%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #49 Doorways: Old Prototype
69% matchVery Positive86% of 670 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 24%
An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga
Why similar: Horror 74.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #50 FLIGHTMARE
69% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Horror 58.4%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 18.7%
- #51 The Backrooms: Unbounded
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 658 reviews2023
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 66.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 14.6%
- #52 Albert Innovation
67% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Delirium Den
Windows
Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 64.9%, Indie 21.4%, Adventure 13.8%
- #53 Depths of Madness
70% matchMixed43% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Slap KrakenPub: SAU Game Lab
Windows
An atmospheric underwater horror game, can you evade and survive?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Uh Oh!
65% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
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 78.3%, Adventure 21.7%
- #55 Vigil
63% matchVery Positive86% of 2,025 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Horror 78.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 2.8%
- #56 La Villa de la Muerte
67% matchMixed64% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Ottercide Studio
Windows
La Villa de la Muerte is a looping psychological horror game where players will progress through an ever-changing environment in pursuit of the truth behind a family disappearance.
Why similar: Horror 95%, Adventure 5%
- #57 Interactive Horror Stories
68% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Horror 64.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 15.5%
