- #1 CINERIS SOMNIA
97% matchVery Positive90% of 1,099 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.6%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Anime 10.9%, Story Rich 10%, Dark 7.9%
- #2 Afterdream
96% matchVery Positive93% of 358 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: Female Protagonist 19.6%, Surreal 17.5%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #3 Hollow Cocoon
96% matchVery Positive92% of 927 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Surreal 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Retro 13.5%, Dark 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%
- #4 My Sleeping Girlfriend
95% matchVery Positive95% of 124 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: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Retro 18.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #5 Yume Nikki
94% matchVery Positive94% of 10,543 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Surreal 24.1%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Female Protagonist 17%, Dark 9.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #6 Neverending Nightmares
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,035 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 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: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 11.3%
- #7 Infliction
93% matchVery Positive81% of 962 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Violent 13.8%, Surreal 13.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Dark 8.5%
- #8 NIDANA
91% matchVery Positive86% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Surreal 36.6%, Walking Simulator 32.6%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 5.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #9 Fragile
92% matchMixed65% 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: Violent 20.5%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Surreal 13%, Dark 10.5%
- #10 Dead of Night: Supermarket
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Surreal 18.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #11 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
89% matchVery Positive95% of 622 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
Why similar: Surreal 27.6%, Female Protagonist 25.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #12 Asleep: Act 1
89% matchVery Positive94% of 564 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Female Protagonist 22.4%, Retro 21.1%, Dark 11.8%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #13 YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
90% matchMixed70% of 1,516 reviews2018
Dev: KADOKAWA CORPORATIONPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Female Protagonist 21%, Anime 11.2%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #14 Night Loops
88% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.6%, Anime 14.1%, Dark 13.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #15 Lucid Dream Adventure
87% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25%, Surreal 22.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Dark 11.8%, Indie 8.1%
- #16 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
86% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Dark 13.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #17 First Session
86% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Retro 19.6%, Surreal 17%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Story Rich 10%, Dark 9%
- #18 It Happened At Night
85% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26%, Walking Simulator 26%, Story Rich 9.8%, Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.5%
- #19 Cursed Mansion
84% matchVery Positive88% of 69 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: Female Protagonist 20.6%, Retro 13.2%, Dark 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #20 Silent Still 2
83% matchMixed67% of 396 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 9.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #21 Ritual Static
82% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Clifford Games
Windows
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.2%
- #22 Home_0
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 23.8%, Retro 20.6%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #23 Perception
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 633 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: Female Protagonist 23.9%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 10.6%, Horror 9.8%
- #24 Obsessed : Night Shift
81% matchVery Positive90% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Retro 30.9%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #25 Amygdala
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Stigma Studios
Windows
Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 17.5%, Surreal 15.5%, Violent 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Dark 10.4%
- #26 BrokenLore: FOLLOW
79% matchVery Positive81% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Serafini Productions
Windows
BrokenLore: FOLLOW is a psychological first-person horror game that immerses players in the haunting narrative of Anne, as she grapples with issues of self-acceptance, bullying, and worthlessness while encountering metaphorical surreal creatures that heighten the terror of her journey.
Why similar: Surreal 26.5%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Dark 11%, Story Rich 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #27 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 752 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Retro 20.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Dark 6.9%
- #28 Never Again
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 952 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Dark 10.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #29 Yunashi no Yume
78% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: The Yunashi Archive
Windows
A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship - told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.
Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Anime 14%, Story Rich 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #30 Ikai
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 267 reviews2022
Dev: EndflamePub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Dark 11.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #31 DREAM LOGIC
76% matchVery Positive89% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Adventure 18.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.1%
- #32 Nightmare Shift
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #33 God's Basement
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,317 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Violent 13%, Dark 12%, Surreal 10%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #34 Hazy Mind
74% matchVery Positive87% of 347 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: Female Protagonist 18.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, Anime 14.6%, Surreal 11.7%
- #35 Silent dream
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 211 reviews2021
Dev: GeuktePub: Dreamforest Entertainment
Windows
In the dark corridor as wide as a labyrinth, avoiding numerous pursuers who are aiming for their lives. Will you be able to save the missing person and escape safely!?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.8%, Dark 25.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 6.9%
- #36 Comatose
71% matchVery Positive97% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
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: Retro 20.7%, Violent 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 8.1%
- #37 Paratopic
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 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: Surreal 25.3%, Retro 20.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Indie 8.3%
- #38 Deep Sorrow
77% matchMixed49% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Adventure 28.5%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Indie 16.3%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 6.9%
- #39 Bedrotting
74% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Marginalact
Windows
This game is about bed rotting. You lie in the bed for 20 days trying to survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Adventure 24.5%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Retro 15.7%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #40 Unanswered
71% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Adventure 19.5%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Indie 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.1%
- #41 Red Bow
73% matchVery Positive85% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Adventure 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Violent 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Dark 11.8%
- #42 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
71% matchVery Positive91% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #43 LOVE ETERNAL
69% matchVery Positive96% of 492 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.1%, Surreal 19.7%, Retro 12.5%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #44 Dread Neighbor
70% matchVery Positive83% of 591 reviews2026
Dev: GhostcasePub: Erabit
Windows
Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Surreal 12.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #45 Eclipsium
68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,488 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Surreal 22.8%, Retro 19.3%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Adventure 9.1%, Dark 8.9%
- #46 White Room Protocol
70% 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: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Story Rich 9.6%, Horror 9.2%
- #47 Saint of Chains
69% matchVery Positive86% of 83 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: Retro 25.1%, Surreal 17.9%, Dark 11.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #48 Inmates
73% matchMixed60% of 332 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 13.7%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #49 Gil's Lucid Dreams
73% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Oblion Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Gil's Lucid Dreams is a FPS horror game based on the story and exploration. Gil use lucid dreams to get away from his unsatisfacting life. He will lose the control of his dreams, becoming completely succubus of his nightmares. Will Gil be able to face his Alter Ego?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 27.2%, Horror 13.8%
- #50 The Medium
68% matchVery Positive89% of 10,180 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Female Protagonist 23.3%, Adventure 21.2%, Dark 9.4%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #51 False Dream
67% matchVery Positive97% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.9%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Indie 10.7%
- #52 Black Light Kills
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Atacan PRODUCTIONS
Windows
Welcome to the darkness of the town; here, you walk a fine line between reality and dreams, questioning your sanity. Black Light Kills takes you deep into Aiden’s mind, where nightmares begin as reality fades.
Why similar: Surreal 28.1%, Dark 12.6%, Violent 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Story Rich 9%
- #53 Unwilling Host
67% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Retro 14.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 9%
- #54 Reflection of Mine
70% matchVery Positive80% of 248 reviews2017
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Reflection of Mine is a dark puzzle video game about the dissociative identity disorder. The entire game takes place in the broken mind of Lilly Witchgan and the goal is to discover who is real – Lilly herself or one of her many personalities.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.7%, Anime 15.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, Adventure 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #55 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 384 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Surreal 23.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #56 Sweet Lily Dreams
72% matchMixed51% of 158 reviews2014
Dev: RosePortal GamesPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The peaceful Realm of Dreams is about to be consumed by a terrible and maleficent nightmare. You must venture into the darkness and battle fearsome literary foes such as Hyde, the Headless Horseman and Dracula. Join Lily on a sugar-coated adventure about inner strength with a dark interior.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28%, Retro 21.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Anime 14.6%, Indie 9.4%
- #57 The Way Home | 집으로 가는 길
65% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: DeepDarkSpot
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in the remote countryside of South Korea in the 1990s. Over the course of just three days, you will encounter a series of mysterious events and come face-to-face with an unseen, encroaching threat
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dark 11%, Adventure 9.9%
- #58 Dreamless
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Dark 18.1%, Adventure 15%, Story Rich 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #59 Whitehaven
68% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Dark 15.8%, Violent 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 8.6%