Games Like Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game

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: Survival Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 16.6%, FPS 10.8%, Shooter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the claustrophobic, psychological horror themes and the poignant focus on searching for a lost dog.

A first-person dog sledding horror game. Play as a sled dog musher hired to transport a scientist deep into the unforgiving wastes of the arctic.

Why similar: Dogs 75.3% ★, Horror 6.6%, Walking Simulator 6.3%, First-Person 4.6%, Action-Adventure 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a direct thematic match featuring a dog companion and intense first-person survival horror gameplay.

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: Survival Horror 40.3%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Shooter 9%, Puzzle 7.8%, Action-Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the cosmic horror and survival-horror elements with a distinct, stylized retro-pixel aesthetic.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, First-Person 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building cosmic dread within a claustrophobic, survival-focused environment.

A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Why similar: Dogs 59.1% ★, Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Survival Horror 5.3%, Walking Simulator 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a prominent dog companion and psychological horror elements set in a disorienting, dark forest.

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 30%, Survival Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 6.3%, Survival 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person survival horror game that masterfully blends psychological trauma with intense combat.

The Voidness is a SCI-FI psychological horror game where it takes place inside the void where it's filled with just gloom - the only way to see is by scanning the environment with your range finder device, however you are not alone. Don't breathe ... as they are listening.. and watching.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, FPS 10%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on survival horror in a dark, cosmic environment where sensory tools are essential for navigation.

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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, pixelated cosmic horror experience that feels unsettling and dreamlike.

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that delivers a crushing sense of cosmic dread and isolation.

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16.1%, Survival 15.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a heavy emphasis on survival, atmospheric horror, and a significant dog companion mechanic.

Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal walking simulator that explores cosmic horror themes through a haunting, artistic lens.

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Why similar: Horror 54.1%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Action 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes microphone-based mechanics to create tension, much like the shouting mechanic in the seed game.

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Survival 14.9%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, FPS 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a found-footage aesthetic to heighten the tension of survival in a hostile, liminal space.

The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Puzzle 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a retro-styled survival horror experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and atmosphere.

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 13.9%, Survival 13.2%, Walking Simulator 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a psychological horror experience that plays with reality and dark, survival-based gameplay.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Survival 12.3%, FPS 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers intense first-person survival horror where every sound you make can attract danger.

The game only saves when you die. Every time you die, something changes. Every change is based on where and how you died. Go on an epic adventure only equipped with your trusted shotgun, your wit and your strong stomach for disturbing exploration. Can you survive a night at the bar, Anglerfish?

Why similar: Dogs 34.8% ★, Horror 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Survival 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, exploration-heavy horror game that features unique escape-room style puzzles.

A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.4%, Horror 30.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie title that leans into psychological and cosmic horror themes with a dark, dystopian tone.

A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, First-Person 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, retro-horror game that focuses on unsettling pixel graphics and atmosphere.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in cosmic and psychological horror that explores deep, existential dread.

Baby Blues Nightmares is a survival horror stealth game where you play as a toddler going into a little adventure with your tricycle which you can fix, maintain and customize. Paddle, hide and survive but remember; try not to cry when you are scared.. or the monsters will hear you and get you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.5%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Cartoony 10.8%, Bullet Hell 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a first-person horror experience with a unique perspective and stylized visuals.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 26.5%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that leans heavily into cosmic and supernatural themes.

A survival horror puzzle game about exploring an abandoned children's toy, stalked by the shambling husks of scrapped concepts that pursue you endlessly throughout the environment as you try to solve the cryptic puzzles left behind by the developers and keep your pet alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.3%, Cute 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines cute, stylized visuals with unsettling horror elements and puzzle-solving.

Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

Why similar: FPS 29.1%, Shooter 23.9%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 15.9%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the retro, pixelated shooter aesthetic while maintaining a dark, horror-infused atmosphere.

Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

Why similar: Dogs 71.8% ★, Survival Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, Puzzle 3.6%

Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, First-Person 10.7%, Survival 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A meme-heavy horror game that provides a lighthearted yet dark survival experience.

Ruff Night At The Gallery is an adorable short-form horror masterpiece featuring art, dogs, and spooky ghosts. Explore the gallery, find some keys, and admire the artwork...just don’t get licked!

Why similar: Dogs 61.1% ★, Horror 10.7%, Walking Simulator 8.7%, Cute 5.7%, First-Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, atmospheric horror game that uses a puzzle-focused approach to exploration.

PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.

Why similar: Dogs 26.4% ★, Horror 19.5%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 11.6%

You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being constantly pursued.

Care for a cute cat Fred. If the pet is displeased, a horror game will start!

Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Horror 20.4%, Adventure 12%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A horror game centered around a pet, mirroring the focus on animal-related stakes.

"Niconico-san" is a first-person, fast-paced horror game set in a Japanese residential area. Players must escape from the smiling man of urban legend, "Niconico-san," and find their way out of a terrifying otherworld.

Why similar: Dogs 65.8% ★, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Horror 9%, Exploration 4.7%, Simulation 4.6%

The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Horror 17.7%, Survival 12.6%, First-Person 8.9%

"DogDogDog" is a horror adventure game set in modern times. Recently, you have been feeling like someone is stalking you, making you anxious with the feeling of being watched and hearing noises everywhere. Suddenly, you recall your past pet dog, only to encounter a "DOG" in the present.

Why similar: Dogs 58.3% ★, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8%, Cute 5.8%

Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Horror 10.8%, Adventure 7.3%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 19.3%, Survival 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%

In The Good Dog: Chasing Shadows, play as a dog defending your family from paranormal creatures. Explore the world and solve environmental puzzles to save your loved ones and uncover the mystery.

Why similar: Dogs 59% ★, Survival Horror 14.1%, Horror 9.7%, Action-Adventure 5.3%, Puzzle 4.5%

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: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 26.3%, Walking Simulator 19%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Horror 21%, First-Person 15.2%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Simulation 10.8%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, First-Person 8%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Willie's Nightfall is a first-person horror game. Explore the eerie offices of Willie's Company in search of secret documents. But you're not alone. The sinister company mascot, Willie—a distorted, murderous mouse—is hunting you down.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, FPS 10.2%

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: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.2%, First-Person 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Puzzle 10.4%

"I must eliminate them...ALL..." The bodiless "Hyoki" hunts down the brain-devouring "Slitterheads", lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit city

Why similar: Dogs 68% ★, Survival Horror 10.8%, Horror 8.1%, Action-Adventure 6%, Adventure 3.7%

This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, First-Person 9%

You’re on duty at crossing #13. Keep an eye on the tracks, repair the sleepers, open the barriers for trains, cars, and people. Something in the woods is barking… and it’s calling you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Horror 20.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Survival 8.5%

In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 16.9%, Cartoony 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10.9%

You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 13.8%, Simulation 8.9%

A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 14.2%, Survival 13.7%, First-Person 11.9%

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

Why similar: Shooter 18.7%, FPS 15%, Adventure 13.1%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 10.7%

A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Horror 19.5%, FPS 15.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

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: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 21.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 7.4%

Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, FPS 9.4%

Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Horror 23.7%, First-Person 17%, Simulation 13.5%, Walking Simulator 7.3%

"CowaCowa: Jinmenken" is a 3D horror adventure game based on the Japanese urban legend of the "Jinmenken," a dog with a human face. Explore a hand-drawn 2.5D world from a first-person perspective, uncovering eerie mysteries in a quiet residential neighborhood at night.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, First-Person 15.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%

Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Survival Horror 22.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Action 6.6%

Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 23.5%, Shooter 15.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Exploration 6%

Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Simulation 16.9%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Adventure 12.1%

Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, FPS 11.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Horror 11.4%

DAWG GAME is a comedy adventure about what Maksim does off-stream. Step into the life of a streamer: handle important tasks, take care of yourself, and try to finally go live!

Why similar: Dogs 71.4% ★, First-Person 5.7%, Action-Adventure 5%, Cute 4.8%, Puzzle 4.1%