- #1 MiSide
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 136,956 reviews2024
Dev: AIHASTOPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 21.1 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 24.9%, Horror 20.1%, Cute 15%, First-Person 12.8%, Anime 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same unsettling blend of cute anime visuals and psychological horror where a digital entity stalks the player.
- #2 Saiko no sutoka no shiki
97% matchVery Positive89% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: Habupain
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 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 18.5%, Anime 17%, Artificial Intelligence 15.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This direct follow-up expands on the core yandere stalker mechanics and survival gameplay of the original.
- #3 Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,077 reviews2023
Dev: Keplerians
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 28%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.8%, First-Person 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a persistent, intelligent AI antagonist that forces the player to use stealth and quick thinking to survive.
- #4 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,401 reviews2020
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.0 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 40.4%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Anime 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential anime-styled survival horror game where you are relentlessly hunted through a school environment.
- #5 White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
94% matchVery Positive81% of 4,380 reviews2017
Dev: SONNORI CorpPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.7 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 38.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.7%, Anime 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival horror game set in a school where you must evade a relentless, supernatural threat.
- #6 Doki Doki Literature Club!
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 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 30.7%, Anime 26.1%, Horror 20.8%, Cute 12.3%, First-Person 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Masterfully uses cute anime tropes to subvert expectations and deliver a deeply disturbing psychological horror experience.
- #7 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,820 reviews2017
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 38.7%, First-Person 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Cute 12.1%, Survival Horror 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the 'cute-to-creepy' transition and first-person exploration style that defines the genre.
- #8 Clea
92% matchVery Positive98% of 406 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 20.8%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on stealth-based survival horror with an anime aesthetic, requiring careful movement to avoid being caught by monsters.
- #9 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
91% matchVery Positive83% of 3,184 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.7 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 40.8%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Psychological 8.9%, First-Person 7.9%, Anime 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Expertly builds tension through mundane tasks interrupted by a creeping, stalker-based threat.
- #10 Corpse Party
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 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 40.7%, Anime 27.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 6.1%, Cute 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational anime horror title that excels at creating a claustrophobic and terrifying atmosphere within a school setting.
- #11 Ib
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Anime 18.5%, Cute 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique art style to deliver a tense, atmospheric horror experience that relies on exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #12 Mad Father
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,404 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.4 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 29.6%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Anime 23.1%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Violent 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: An anime-styled psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and uncovering dark secrets within a home.
- #13 [Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift | 閉店事件
89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,053 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 29.1%, Survival Horror 20.7%, First-Person 19.2%, Simulation 10.1%, 3D 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a grounded, modern take on stalker horror with a heavy emphasis on atmospheric dread.
- #14 Love Love School Days
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,064 reviews2023
Dev: OTL GAME
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Cute 15.3%, Anime 14.1%, First-Person 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines dating simulation elements with horror, directly mirroring the 'yandere' obsession theme.
- #15 Clock Tower: Rewind
87% matchVery Positive88% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive progenitor of the stalker-horror genre, focusing on evading an unstoppable killer in a confined space.
- #16 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
86% matchVery Positive95% of 53,234 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 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 34%, Anime 28.2%, Cute 13.7%, Psychological 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the psychological breakdown of an anime-styled character, mirroring the obsessive themes of the seed game.
- #17 AI2U: With You 'Til The End
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,539 reviews2025
Dev: AlterStaff Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
You wake up in a cute girl's home who's eager to keep you by her side! Engage with thematic stories, puzzles, and unique AI NPCs who'll go to any lengths to protect you—even when it means contradicting themselves. Bask in meet-cutes or brace for chaos if you try to escape.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 33.7%, Anime 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Cute 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological tension of an AI-driven relationship gone wrong in an anime-inspired setting.
- #18 Stay Out of the House
85% matchVery Positive95% of 1,761 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 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 38.8%, Survival Horror 28.1%, First-Person 17.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, first-person survival horror game that emphasizes hiding and outsmarting a dangerous stalker.
- #19 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,467 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Anime 20%, Psychological 13.9%, Survival Horror 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic anime horror game that blends supernatural mystery with high-stakes survival elements.
- #20 [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,621 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.
Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Anime 16%, Atmospheric 5.5%, 3D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Deals with the modern horror of being stalked, fitting the thematic core of the seed game.
- #21 One Night With Kawaii
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Astra Playroom
Windows
Run and hide! Find a way out before she catches you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Anime 20.6%, Horror 15.6%, Cute 11.9%, Action-Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features stealth-based gameplay and anime aesthetics centered around a dangerous, obsessive character.
- #22 Holo ADV: SakuraSingularity.exe
82% matchVery Positive92% of 63 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 25.5%, Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, First-Person 11.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that incorporates psychological horror and anime tropes to create a sense of impending doom.
- #23 Psychopomp
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,339 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 24.6%, Horror 20.3%, Anime 15.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a surreal and atmospheric psychological horror experience that keeps the player feeling constantly watched.
- #24 Scary School Simulator 2
82% matchMixed57% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: Scary Creepy Pasta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Escape from horror anime ghost story in your school's classroom!
Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Cute 16.2%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, 3D 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the school-based horror setting with exploration and survival mechanics similar to the seed game.
- #25 [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,149 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%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 9.7%, Anime 9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses Japanese urban legends to create a terrifying stalker-horror experience in a school setting.
- #26 Escape from Yandere
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 952 reviews2026
Dev: VorhGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 23.4%, Horror 19.9%, Artificial Intelligence 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Cute 10.6%
- #27 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
81% matchVery Positive80% of 1,343 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Anime 7.7%, Psychological 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the dread of exploring a haunted location where you are never truly alone.
- #28 Little Nightmares
79% matchVery Positive95% of 115,101 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 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 51.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in stealth-focused survival horror that emphasizes the vulnerability of the protagonist against larger, terrifying threats.
- #29 The Boba Teashop
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.9 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 24%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Anime 10.5%, Psychological 8.1%
- #30 Yoko no Hanashi
76% matchVery Positive94% of 63 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 29.9%, First-Person 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Survival Horror 12.7%, 3D 8.1%
- #31 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
78% matchVery Positive93% of 15,344 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 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 38.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Cute 11.1%, Survival Horror 5.9%
- #32 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
79% 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 61.4%, First-Person 15.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Anime 4.3%, Psychological Horror 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and a persistent, stalking entity.
- #33 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
73% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 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 30.1%, Anime 26.7%, Psychological 15.3%, Cute 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #34 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
74% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Horror 19.7%, Anime 19.1%, Survival Horror 14.6%
- #35 [Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり
77% matchMixed66% of 778 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 30.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Anime 13.6%, Psychological 9.2%, First-Person 8.4%
- #36 [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 249 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hanako | 花子さん is a Japanese survival horror adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Anime 19.6%, Survival Horror 14.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Cute 11.8%
- #37 The Witch's House MV
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 55.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Anime 11.3%, Survival Horror 6.6%, Cute 4.6%
- #38 The Coma: Recut
75% matchVery Positive84% of 2,944 reviews2017
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Violent 9.1%
- #39 Escape the Ayurok
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,077 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.7 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 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Survival Horror 15.6%, First-Person 14.1%, Violent 8.7%
- #40 High School Dirty Secrets
71% matchVery Positive94% of 51 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 24.3%, Anime 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Cute 11.4%, 3D 7.6%
- #41 Cat in the Box
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,513 reviews2020
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 57.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Anime 9.6%, Survival Horror 6.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #42 MADiSON
72% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Survival Horror 12.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Violent 5.4%
- #43 Don't Be Afraid
73% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, First-Person 16.4%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Violent 7.9%
- #44 Granny Remake
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,900 reviews2023
Dev: FerriteLabs
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Granny Remake is a gripping horror game where you must escape from a sinister house chased by a cunning and relentless Granny. Choose from multiple escape routes: drive away in a car, call the police, or unlock the main door
Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Survival Horror 18.1%, First-Person 16.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #45 DYSTHANASIA
69% matchVery Positive90% of 301 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%, Anime 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Survival Horror 15.9%, 3D 6.6%
- #46 Dark Siren
71% matchVery Positive89% of 868 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 45.3%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, 3D 12.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Action 4.3%
- #47 [Chilla's Art] Yuki Onna | 雪女
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 201 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 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 23.5%, Anime 12.5%, Psychological 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Violent 11.6%
- #48 Angels of Death
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,263 reviews2016
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 54.0 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 28.3%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Anime 23.5%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #49 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 644 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 26.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.9%, Anime 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #50 ESCAPE FROM BOYKISSER
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,280 reviews2024
Dev: akhsotoen
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 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%, First-Person 13.6%, 3D 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #51 At Home Alone
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2018
Dev: 阿正不经Pub: 0Cube
Windows
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Anime 24%, Cute 9.4%, Simulation 4.4%
- #52 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
69% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Anime 27.2%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Action 4.4%
- #53 Bendy and the Ink Machine
68% matchVery Positive89% of 34,313 reviews2017
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, First-Person 15.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Cartoony 9.1%
- #54 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 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 46.3%, Anime 22.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Cartoony 7.1%, Simulation 5.7%
- #55 Psycho
70% matchMixed56% of 95 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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Survival Horror 16.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #56 [Chilla's Art] The Radio Station | 深夜放送
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 485 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 31.3%, First-Person 21.5%, Cute 18.9%, 3D 11.4%, Simulation 11.3%
- #57 NAGAISAN
65% matchVery Positive95% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
I came to know "her." Since then, I've felt someone's gaze from somewhere. Memories of the place I reached while searching for a lost dog in the past. I'm not sure if it's connected, but I did something. "NAGAISAN" is an adventure game based on urban legends.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Anime 15.7%, Cute 12.1%, First-Person 11.3%
- #58 One Night With Stalin
67% matchVery Positive82% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
Find all the pictures before Stalin finds you.
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Anime 26.6%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #59 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Anime 31%, Cute 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Violent 5.2%
- #60 Yet Another Killing Game
64% matchVery Positive98% of 220 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 26.7%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 15.2%, Cute 14.2%
