- #1 Fragile
97% matchMixed64% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
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 27.9%, Violent 19.7%, Horror 10%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Adventure 7.1%
- #2 Hazy Mind
96% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Adventure 9.1%
- #3 Restless Dreams
96% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Violent 11.5%
- #4 Found Horror Game 101.exe
95% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...
Why similar: Gore 19.5%, Violent 13.2%, Horror 12.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Psychedelic 6.6%
- #5 Lust for Darkness
94% matchMixed68% of 4,832 reviews2018
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Nudity 23.9%, Lovecraftian 13.5%, Sexual Content 13.5%, Gore 12.7%, Horror 12%
- #6 Red Bow
94% matchVery Positive85% of 336 reviews2020
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.
Why similar: Gore 23.3%, Horror 15%, Violent 13.1%, Dark 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #7 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,461 reviews2020
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Gore 7.9%
- #8 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,331 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Gore 17.6%, Violent 15.8%, Horror 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.8%
- #9 Sera's Adventure -Cave of Destruction-
91% matchMixed64% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: 渡里laboratoryPub: 072 Project
Windows
To gain experience, Sera ventures into the maze by her own, when suddenly the floor disappears, dropping her into an unknown place she has never seen before. There, awaiting her, will be inhumane treatment beyond imagination...
Why similar: Gore 25.7%, Horror 15%, Nudity 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.7%
- #10 House
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,128 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Gore 23.7%, Horror 23.3%, Violent 14.2%, Surreal 9.4%, Adventure 6.7%
- #11 My Sleeping Girlfriend
90% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Gore 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #12 The Rule Of SHE
89% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Adventure 11%
- #13 The ER: Patient Typhon
89% matchVery Positive87% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: Professional Villains
Windows
The ER: Patient Typhon is an atmosphere and exploration horror game where you are a young woman who has lost her arms. You have to use your wits, hide and run to survive this tale of deadly monsters and disturbing, environmental puzzles.
Why similar: Gore 17.1%, Horror 14.6%, Violent 14.1%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.4%
- #14 Asleep: Act 1
88% matchVery Positive94% of 557 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Horror 17.9%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.6%
- #15 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
87% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Gore 16.4%, Horror 14.6%, Violent 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #16 The Medium
86% matchVery Positive89% of 9,958 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Gore 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #17 Blood Lily Loop
85% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Horror 17.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #18 Dollhouse
86% matchMixed51% of 174 reviews2019
Dev: Creazn StudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dollhouse is a frightening film noir horror story sure to send shivers down your spine. Survive a horrifying trip into the mind of detective Marie. Piece your past together, but watch your back, as something gravely dangerous is hunting you down.
Why similar: Gore 21.2%, Horror 17.6%, Nudity 14.7%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #19 SUCCUBUS
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,154 reviews2021
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Why similar: Nudity 21.9%, Gore 19.3%, Sexual Content 13%, Violent 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #20 Enola
84% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2014
Dev: The DomaginariumPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Survive a macabre world conjured up by the tortured memories of Angelica.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.7%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 12.4%, Dark 7.8%
- #21 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Gore 17.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Violent 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #22 Cursed Mansion
82% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #23 Afterdream
81% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Surreal 11.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #24 Flesh Water
81% matchVery Positive82% of 913 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 16%
This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.
Why similar: Horror 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Surreal 13%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #25 Nightfall: Escape
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: ZeenohPub: Zeenoh Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price.
Why similar: Gore 30.5%, Violent 24.4%, Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #26 Subversive Memories
78% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.6%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #27 Tiny Bunny
76% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Gore 17%, Violent 12.3%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #28 Rabbit Riot
80% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Reactor Studios
Windows
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 25.8%, Horror 20.8%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Dark 11.6%, Adventure 9.4%
- #29 Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 741 reviews2021
Dev: qureate
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In this side-scrolling action-adventure game, you'll need to scour the inside of an abandoned hotel, looking for clues to solve the mystery of the hotel and ensure your escape from a mysterious, murderous mascot intent to kill.
Why similar: Horror 18%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Gore 11.4%, Sexual Content 11.3%
- #30 Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
79% matchVery Positive81% of 527 reviews2016
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. A strange and repelling madness took hold of the servants roaming the halls, and they will attack on sight, for their madness is one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.5%, Horror 12.8%, Violent 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #31 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
76% matchVery Positive94% of 3,023 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Adventure 23.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Indie 7.9%
- #32 Neverending Nightmares
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,996 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Gore 25.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Indie 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #33 Discolored 2
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Godbey Games
Windows
All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored.
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Surreal 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.1%
- #34 You Shouldn't Be Here
75% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.7%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 11.3%, Dark 10.5%
- #35 DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,166 reviews2016
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a new standalone horror game that takes place in the DreadOut universe. In this missing chapter, you will help Linda face the challenges of the DreadOut world with even more dangers lurking within.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Gore 15.5%, Adventure 12%
- #36 Ib
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #37 Overgrown: Genesis
75% matchVery Positive82% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Dystopian ProjectPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Survival Horror, with an erotic twist. A zombie outbreak ravages the world- you find yourself caught in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Stranded on the wrong side of the outbreak, will you be able to survive and fend off the shuffling hordes?
Why similar: Nudity 27.5%, Sexual Content 17.8%, Violent 13.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Gore 12.1%
- #38 Infliction
74% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Gore 23.2%, Horror 17.5%, Violent 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Surreal 7.1%
- #39 告死天使的审判 Death Angel Trial
74% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: 我妻寒十
Windows
This is a game about online violence, all of which are based on the personal experience of the producer and shared with netizens. As far as possible to reduce the reality of one after another bloody cruel phenomenon. Today's victims may only be a little-known person, and the next It could be you.
Why similar: Gore 26.7%, Violent 19.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #40 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
70% matchVery Positive88% of 307 reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Lovecraftian 17.7%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Gore 9.5%
- #41 Contraindication
71% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Dark 10.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #42 I Am Here, I Won't Disappear. I Am Here, I Won't...
72% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.4%, Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Dark 13.5%, Violent 11%
- #43 Mucorales
70% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: LuN
Windows
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Dark 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #44 Eternal Dread 2
73% matchVery Positive81% of 109 reviews2019
Dev: Hitbear Studio
Windows
The world was at the edge of despair. Driven to the brink of extinction, mankind exhausted all their able-bodied men in a futile war against the demon hordes, leaving behind only the female, the young and the vulnerable. And so it came to the women to take up arms and protect what remains of humanity.
Why similar: Gore 26.4%, Violent 21.5%, Nudity 14.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Adventure 10.2%
- #45 My Head On Your Body
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Adventure 13%, Dark 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #46 Outlying Islands
69% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Gore 24.6%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Horror 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #47 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,257 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Adventure 17%, Indie 13.8%, Dark 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #48 MEMENTO
72% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: CreateLabPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A paradise lost; an island full of memory. Those who forget the horrors of the past will pay the price... Relics of war are now living, breathing creatures, out for revenge for memories forgotten... Can you escape?
Why similar: Gore 39.4%, Horror 16.5%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Adventure 8.9%
- #49 Darkness Assault
73% matchMixed53% of 675 reviews2015
Dev: Black Lime Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The number of missing in the city increased. People talk about the experiments on human beings. And now, only you can figure out if it was true. Especially because you have no choice. Mysteriously, you find yourself in a terrible location 40 meters underground. Your name is Katrine, and you do not remember anything about your past.
Why similar: Gore 26.3%, Violent 22.9%, Horror 13%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.7%
- #50 Hellkind
67% matchVery Positive94% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Motamot
Windows · Mac
You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.
Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Gore 19.3%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Adventure 9.3%
- #51 Perception
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 627 reviews2017
Dev: The Deep End Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Why similar: Horror 37%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #52 Fear & Hunger
67% matchVery Positive94% of 21,597 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Gore 19.1%, Violent 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Lovecraftian 10.1%, Nudity 10%
- #53 Love Alone Death
66% matchVery Positive99% of 418 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Gore 17.4%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #54 ~Daydream~When butterflies dance
68% matchVery Positive83% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: Kokutou Umeboshi
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The girl woke up in a dark wasteland and couldn't think of anything. It was a terrible world, full of dangers and full of wandering dark shadows. Be careful not to get caught by them. "Welcome to the ██courtyard——""
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.2%, Sexual Content 26.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #55 JANITOR BLEEDS
68% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Surreal 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 11%
- #56 The Method of Hiding a Body
67% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Gore 12.7%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #57 Blood Lily Ghoststories
66% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.2%, Horror 21.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Mystery 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #58 THE MUTE HOUSE
67% matchVery Positive82% of 287 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Gore 16.6%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Horror 13.9%, Violent 13.5%, Survival Horror 12.9%
- #59 Inferis: Dead Below
66% matchVery Positive86% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Gore 31.2%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 7.6%, Indie 6.7%
- #60 Exit Lust
65% matchVery Positive83% of 442 reviews2026
Dev: LUST Committee
Windows
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "EXIT LUST".
Why similar: Nudity 44.6%, Sexual Content 25.2%, Female Protagonist 11%, Surreal 10.4%, Indie 3.8%