- #1 ZERO PROTOCOL
97% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Sci-fi 15%, Shooter 13.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 10.9%
- #2 ROUTINE
96% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Thriller 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Horror 10.9%
- #3 JANITOR BLEEDS
96% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 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: Thriller 16.3%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 10%, Dark 8.2%
- #4 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
95% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 13.7%, Surreal 13.6%, Thriller 11.7%, Retro 11%
- #5 THRESHOLD
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,354 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Surreal 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 13.9%
- #6 Comatose
94% matchVery Positive97% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Retro 12.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, First-Person 12%
- #7 EMPTY SHELL
92% matchVery Positive88% of 861 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Shooter 19.1%, Horror 18.6%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Dark 10.7%
- #8 Inside Depth 6
93% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.
Why similar: Thriller 25.7%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #9 Asleep: Act 1
91% matchVery Positive94% of 575 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 15.2%, Retro 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #10 Last Report
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,536 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Dark 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #11 Project Liminal 2
89% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Shooter 18.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Action 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #12 Never Forgotten
89% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Dark 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Action-Adventure 15%, Retro 10.4%
- #13 GET EVEN
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,810 reviews2017
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 9.4%
- #14 CONCRETE BURIAL
86% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: DreadXP
Windows
Equipped only with a weapon that consumes your own blood, explore an ancient brutalist catacomb. Beware the Eyes of The Whispering Crypt. Find the 4 artifacts of desire. Confront God.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.2%, Shooter 12%, Retro 9.7%
- #15 Haus Of Irndrous
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Ryle AfgarnPub: Ryan Afgarn
Windows
Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.
Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 13%, Psychological Horror 11%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #16 Below, Rusted Gods
84% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Thriller 24%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.4%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #17 White Room Protocol
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Thriller 23.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 17.7%, Dark 14.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #18 [SUBJECT]
86% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.4%, Thriller 19.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.7%
- #19 Anoxemia
88% matchMixed63% of 439 reviews2015
Dev: BSK GamesPub: Mandragora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
Why similar: Dark 24.5%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle 15%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #20 Synthesis of Corruption
84% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
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 20.6%, Sci-fi 18.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Retro 12.7%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #21 Vigil
81% matchVery Positive86% of 2,200 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 25.2%, Dark 20.6%, First-Person 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #22 Remorse: The List
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: Ashkandi
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.8%, Shooter 13.3%, Dark 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
- #23 Reflection
80% matchVery Positive84% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.4%, Thriller 21.3%, Dark 19.2%, First-Person 6.3%
- #24 The Pulse of Evil
81% matchVery Positive95% of 221 reviews2023
Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
Windows
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Shooter 20.7%, Action-Adventure 17.4%, Dark 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Horror 12%
- #25 Obscula
82% matchMostly Negative36% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 11.9%
- #26 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
83% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12%, First-Person 8.6%
- #27 Terminal Lucidity
78% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Happy Accident Studios
Windows
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 24.8%, Puzzle 16.1%, Sci-fi 10%, First-Person 9%
- #28 You Will Die Here Tonight
79% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Dark 23.5%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 9%
- #29 Post Trauma
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 703 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Thriller 24.1%, Action-Adventure 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.1%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #30 STASIS
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,377 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.9%, Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 9.6%, Retro 9.2%
- #31 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,693 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 16.1%, Dark 15%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Retro 11%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #32 Care
76% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Dark 24.8%, Puzzle 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Exploration 11.1%
- #33 SIGNALIS
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Dystopian 23.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Dark 12.9%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #34 ANIMAL WELL
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,672 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Surreal 18.2%, Horror 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Puzzle 14%, Exploration 13%
- #35 Kohate
78% matchVery Positive85% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
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: Surreal 20%, Horror 17.6%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Dark 13.8%, Exploration 9%
- #36 A Void Hope
75% matchVery Positive91% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Dystopian 39%, Retro 17%, Dark 12.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #37 Dead Dreams
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"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: Thriller 19.8%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Retro 11.3%
- #38 The Gravedigger
73% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Authogin
Windows
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Dark 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Exploration 10.1%
- #39 Caput Mortum
71% matchVery Positive96% of 432 reviews2025
Dev: WildArts GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.3%, Retro 15.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 10.8%
- #40 Unspoken
72% matchVery Positive88% of 841 reviews2024
Dev: Weeping studioPub: Weeping Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
You find yourself in the center of inexplicable nightmare. Make your way through the horror, come face to face with terrible events. Immerse yourself in the dark mystery of the events in which you found yourself an unwitting participant.
Why similar: Thriller 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 11.2%, Retro 10.5%
- #41 Floor 9
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Surreal 21%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 13.9%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #42 White Night
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 412 reviews2015
Dev: OSome StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!
Why similar: Horror 48.6%, Puzzle 25.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #43 Left Alone
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 646 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 13.9%, First-Person 13.5%, Dark 12.7%
- #44 Dead Seater
72% matchVery Positive92% of 842 reviews2021
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Explore the halls and travel deeper into the Vincent estate, but beware what lurks there. Father is coming home.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 16.6%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #45 Prison Loop
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #46 PAGER
69% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Surreal 18.8%, Dystopian 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9%
- #47 Liminal Shroud
67% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Thriller 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Surreal 16.4%, Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #48 DEMON DUST
67% matchVery Positive95% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: PlusW Games
Windows
DEMON DUST is a Survival Horror Dungeon Crawler with a unique, mouse driven interface. Gain knowledge to survive and reach deeper and deeper floors.
Why similar: Surreal 19%, Shooter 13.9%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 11%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #49 The Empty Eyes
67% matchVery Positive82% of 83 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 25.9%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 20.3%, Dark 13.1%, First-Person 7.7%
- #50 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
71% matchMixed60% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Thriller 18.6%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #51 REVEIL
68% matchVery Positive87% of 980 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 14.6%, First-Person 10.2%
- #52 Depths of Sanity
70% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Bomb Shelter Games
Windows
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 16.1%, Dark 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Exploration 10.4%
- #53 CRUSH DEPTH
66% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Earth Giant
Windows
CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.7%, Horror 18.8%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 11.1%
- #54 Saint of Chains
65% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Dark 13%, Retro 12.7%, Horror 12.3%
- #55 Everything Is For Humanity
70% matchMixed68% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Vanquisher Games
Windows
Everything is for Humanity is a story-driven, exploration and puzzle-solving based science fiction horror game which sets in a massive science facility in 2020. You will discover tons of things and find out about the blood-chilling truths with its first-person experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17.3%, Thriller 14.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Puzzle 9%
- #56 Halt
69% matchMixed70% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Nightmare Ink Publishing
Windows
Halt is a pixelated top-down horror where players explore a nightmare world while investigating mysterious disappearances. Limited visibility and intense atmosphere make every moment of the game thrilling.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Dark 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Adventure 9%, Action 8.9%
- #57 Dead of Darkness
66% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Dark 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #58 Anoxia Station
65% matchVery Positive80% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Dark 28.1%, Horror 25.5%, Puzzle 18.4%, Exploration 14%, Action 8.2%
- #59 Decarnation
65% matchVery Positive87% of 1,131 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Surreal 24.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #60 Metal Garden
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,589 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.6%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Shooter 13%, Dark 10.2%, Exploration 9.3%