- #1 Saiko no sutoka no shiki
97% matchVery Positive88% of 293 reviews2024
Dev: Habupain
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Saiko no Sutoka No Shiki is a spin-off of the original game Saiko no Sutoka, in which Saiko is a zombie anime girl who wants to play with her senpai, with the senpai needing to complete her parts and give her food to satisfy her hunger while simultaneously trying to escape.
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Anime 17.3%, Artificial Intelligence 14.5%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This direct follow-up expands on the core mechanics and yandere-stalker dynamic of the original game.
- #2 MiSide
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 141,735 reviews2024
Dev: AIHASTOPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 20.6%, Cute 14.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Anime 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of cute anime aesthetics and unsettling psychological horror involving an obsessive AI entity.
- #3 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,528 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 40.7%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Anime 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: You must survive a nightmarish school environment while being relentlessly pursued by a supernatural stalker.
- #4 White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
95% matchVery Positive81% of 4,507 reviews2017
Dev: SONNORI CorpPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Notorious cult-classic Korean horror. Sneak into school at midnight to return your sweetheart's diary and get caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Explore haunted hallways, solve classic survival horror puzzles and escape the clutches of a killer Janitor who is out for your blood.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Anime 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival horror game set in a school where you must evade a relentless janitor while solving puzzles.
- #5 Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,145 reviews2023
Dev: Keplerians
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.3%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, First-Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival horror game features a highly intelligent AI antagonist that tracks your movements through a school.
- #6 Yandere School
94% matchMixed61% of 501 reviews2017
Dev: Tea & Cake Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Akari Furutaka is an ordinary yandere schoolgirl, who fell in love with a guy, but is shy to confess her feelings. At the same time it turns out that a new girl classmate and an exchange student have their eyes for her loved one, and out of nowhere his arranged bride appears...
Why similar: Anime 53.8%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Violent 16%, Action 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the yandere trope within a school setting, focusing on stealth and avoiding a deadly classmate.
- #7 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,982 reviews2017
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, First-Person 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Cute 12.1%, Survival Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the deceptive 'cute' aesthetic that hides a terrifying, fast-paced first-person survival experience.
- #8 Doki Doki Literature Club!
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 226,656 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Anime 26.6%, Horror 21.2%, Cute 12.1%, Violent 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully subverts cute anime dating-sim tropes to deliver a deeply disturbing psychological horror experience.
- #9 Clea
91% matchVery Positive98% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Clea is a jump scare free, skill-based survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Anime 21.4%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a tense, stealth-based survival experience with an anime art style that emphasizes avoiding enemies rather than fighting them.
- #10 Corpse Party
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,396 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Anime 27.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 6.1%, Cute 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential anime-style horror game that explores dark, supernatural themes within a trapped school environment.
- #11 Mad Father
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,736 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Anime 23.4%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Violent 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror title uses a charming pixel-art aesthetic to tell a dark, twisted story about a family secret.
- #12 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
89% matchVery Positive94% of 57,572 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.8%, Anime 29.2%, Cute 13.6%, Psychological 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the obsessive, unstable nature of a yandere-adjacent relationship through a unique visual novel interface.
- #13 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
89% matchVery Positive82% of 3,297 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Psychological 8.8%, First-Person 7.8%, Anime 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric indie horror that builds tension through mundane tasks and a looming, unseen threat.
- #14 Ib
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,289 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Anime 17.9%, Cute 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and exploration rather than combat to create a sense of dread.
- #15 Escape from Yandere
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,403 reviews2026
Dev: VorhGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Yandera has locked you in your house and is asking for a declaration of love. You can stay with her or try to escape. Explore the house, but be careful, Yandera can kill you.
Why similar: Anime 24.7%, Horror 22.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Cute 10%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the survival-horror elements of escaping an obsessed character.
- #16 Dark Deception
87% matchVery Positive88% of 24,190 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Psychological Horror 19%, First-Person 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Action 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person horror game focuses on high-speed chase sequences and survival against unique, terrifying monsters.
- #17 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
85% matchVery Positive94% of 1,702 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.
Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Anime 16.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%, 3D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses specifically on the terrifying reality of being stalked, mirroring the core theme of the seed game.
- #18 Hello Neighbor
86% matchVery Positive86% of 32,448 reviews2017
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, First-Person 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The core gameplay revolves around outsmarting a dynamic AI stalker that learns from your actions in a suburban home setting.
- #19 Love Love School Days
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,106 reviews2023
Dev: OTL GAME
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The protagonist is trapped in the world of a love game. Can you return to the real world again...? Try to escape while running away from the gal game heroine A love simulation-style survival horror game!
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Cute 15.3%, Anime 14.4%, First-Person 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends dating-sim elements with horror, forcing players to deal with a corrupted game world and its inhabitants.
- #20 Stay Out of the House
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Survival Horror 27.9%, First-Person 17%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a gritty, first-person survival experience where you are hunted by a deranged killer in a confined space.
- #21 [Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件
83% matchVery Positive88% of 3,197 reviews2022
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift.
Why similar: Anime 29.9%, Survival Horror 20.7%, First-Person 18.8%, Simulation 9.8%, 3D 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a slow-burn stalker narrative that creates immense pressure through its realistic, everyday setting.
- #22 Granny
82% matchVery Positive94% of 11,309 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Survival Horror 20.6%, First-Person 16.4%, Violent 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth-survival experience where you must escape a house while avoiding a stalker that reacts to every sound you make.
- #23 [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,205 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Anime 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game brings a classic Japanese urban legend to life with a focus on being hunted in a school environment.
- #24 AI2U: With You 'Til The End
77% matchVery Positive88% of 2,186 reviews2026
Dev: AlterStaff Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Kidnapped by a cute yandere catgirl, your only way out is to persuade her to let you leave! Engage with thematic stories, solve puzzles, and interact with best yandere AI NPCs in this top-rated AI game loved by millions of fans. Bask in sweet meet-cutes, or brace for chaos if you dare to escape! :3
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 33.8%, Anime 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Cute 10.1%
- #25 [Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり
82% matchMixed66% of 811 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 15%
Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Anime 14%, Psychological 8.9%, First-Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title uses a domestic setting to build a sense of unease and psychological terror.
- #26 Little Nightmares
79% matchVery Positive95% of 116,515 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at creating a sense of vulnerability as you navigate a dangerous world while avoiding larger, terrifying entities.
- #27 [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 256 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hanako | 花子さん is a Japanese survival horror adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Anime 20.1%, Survival Horror 14.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Cute 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It explores Japanese school-based ghost stories with a focus on exploration and survival.
- #28 Yoko no Hanashi
77% matchVery Positive92% of 275 reviews2026
Dev: MerendaTeam
Windows
Yoko no Hanashi is a first-person survival horror game where you need to survive in an abandoned college with one of your chosen yandere: Yoto (male version) and Yoko (female version)
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, First-Person 15.1%, Survival Horror 14%, 3D 7.4%
- #29 [Chilla's Art] Yuki Onna | 雪女
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Yuki Onna | 雪女 is a PS1 inspired survival horror game. Some children went missing out of the blue. You receive a letter that says, "Come alone or I'll freeze them to death." Out of desperation, you decide to embark on a daunting rescue mission to an abandoned inn up the piercing cold mountains.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Anime 12.3%, Violent 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a chilling, atmospheric experience based on traditional Japanese folklore.
- #30 The Boba Teashop
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,362 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 13.7%, Anime 10.7%, Psychological 7.8%
- #31 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
79% matchVery Positive80% of 1,382 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Anime 7.7%, Action 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the psychological horror of exploring an environment known for its dark, supernatural history.
- #32 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
78% matchVery Positive93% of 15,528 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 12.3%, Cute 11%, Survival Horror 5.8%
- #33 Tsugunohi
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 595 reviews2021
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
One of the most terrifying J-horror games of all time is coming to Steam at long last. What's more, all you have to do is make the player walk to the left!? This collection includes the seven initial works of the popular Tsugunohi series, as well as an entirely new episode.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 34.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Cute 8.7%, Adventure 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This series of short, atmospheric horror games captures the specific dread of Japanese urban legends in a simple, effective format.
- #34 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
74% matchVery Positive87% of 744 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Anime 19.6%, Survival Horror 14.6%
- #35 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
73% matchVery Positive93% of 21,931 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Anime 28%, Psychological 15.2%, Cute 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #36 One Night With Kawaii
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 392 reviews2024
Dev: Astra Playroom
Windows
Run and hide! Find a way out before she catches you.
Why similar: Anime 21.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 16%, Cute 11.7%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #37 Scary School Simulator 2
76% matchMixed58% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Scary Creepy Pasta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Escape from horror anime ghost story in your school's classroom!
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Cute 16%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, 3D 9.5%
- #38 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
73% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Lexilia GamesPub: holo Indie
Windows
Sakura Miko and the Hololive members are suddenly warped into an alternate future timeline. In this 3D adventure game, Miko must reunite with her friends and uncover the truth of this strange world to find her way back home.
Why similar: Anime 26.1%, Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #39 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 708 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.6%, Anime 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #40 Psychopomp
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,672 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Your entire life has been a lie. There are catacombs under every home and building, stretching down for miles. Something calls you deeper into the labyrinth. Delve into the depths, and discover the monstrosities below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 20.6%, Anime 15.4%, First-Person 11%, Psychological 10.4%
- #41 Escape the Ayurok
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,097 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Survival Horror 15.6%, First-Person 13.8%, Violent 9%
- #42 High School Dirty Secrets
71% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsuki Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
High School Dirty Secrets is a horror/puzzle adventure where Kasuga wakes up locked inside her high school with no memory of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, strange and unsettling events unfold, leading her to uncover dark secrets hidden within the school's walls.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Anime 23.8%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Cute 11.3%, 3D 7.3%
- #43 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
75% matchMixed65% of 3,324 reviews2016
Dev: Game Mechanics LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.
Why similar: Horror 62.1%, First-Person 14.8%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Anime 4.4%, Psychological Horror 4%
- #44 Cat in the Box
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,562 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
Why similar: Horror 58.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Anime 9.7%, Survival Horror 6.7%, Adventure 4.7%
- #45 ESCAPE FROM BOYKISSER
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,343 reviews2024
Dev: akhsotoen
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A terrifying psychological horror where You must explore mysterious Facilities, evade the pursuing Boykisser, and search for the way Outside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 26.8%, First-Person 13.1%, 3D 8.4%, Cute 7.5%
- #46 DYSTHANASIA
69% matchVery Positive89% of 358 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Anime 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Survival Horror 15.8%, 3D 6.4%
- #47 Angels of Death
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,382 reviews2016
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 53.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Anime 24%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 6%
- #48 The Coma: Recut
72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,076 reviews2017
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Anime 25.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Violent 9.2%
- #49 Dark Siren
70% matchVery Positive88% of 891 reviews2022
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Be careful not to be captured by the Dark Siren, find the note left by the sailors, uncover the truth, and escape.
Why similar: Horror 46.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, 3D 12.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Action 4.3%
- #50 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
69% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Anime 27.6%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Action 4.4%
- #51 Seek
66% matchVery Positive83% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: cloud_li
Windows
In this game, you play as Alice, an girl trapped in a twisted, ever-changing world. Survive a frozen orphanage filled with lurking horrors, eerie classical music, and unsolved mysteries. Scavenge, evade monsters, and uncover the truth. But can you face the brutal reality—or remain trapped forever?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 25.1%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Anime 7.3%
- #52 The Witch's House MV
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,117 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 56.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Anime 11.3%, Survival Horror 6.8%, Cute 4.5%
- #53 MADiSON
67% matchVery Positive87% of 3,425 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Survival Horror 12.7%, First-Person 12.1%, Violent 5.6%
- #54 Psycho
70% matchMixed58% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
”Psycho” is a 3D horror game that allows you to explore and survive with your friends in the terrible mystery bunker.
Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 16.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #55 Yet Another Killing Game
65% matchVery Positive97% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Anime 27.5%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, First-Person 14.8%, Cute 14.2%
- #56 [Chilla's Art] The Radio Station | 深夜放送
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 506 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The Radio Station | 深夜放送 is a Japanese psychological horror game.
Why similar: Anime 32.3%, First-Person 21.1%, Cute 18.8%, 3D 11.1%, Simulation 11%
- #57 Folie Fatale
65% matchVery Positive86% of 2,679 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Anime 24.9%, Simulation 6.4%, Violent 4.3%
- #58 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,752 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Horror 47.7%, Anime 23.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Cartoony 6.9%, Simulation 5.3%
- #59 Help Me
69% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A horrific choices matter adventure game where you need to get out of the house!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Anime 25.3%, Horror 23.7%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Adventure 2.6%
- #60 One Night With Stalin
67% matchVery Positive82% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
Find all the pictures before Stalin finds you.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Anime 27.1%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%