Games Like Sam's Last Nightmare

Within the test chambers filled with horrific traps and unidentified creatures, you must analyze the creatures’ behavior patterns and use the environment to escape their relentless pursuit. Search the surroundings to gather items, disable or exploit traps, and forge your path forward.

Why similar: Roguelike 21%, Hidden Object 20.7%, Third Person 12.6%, Survival 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Last Night Shift is a first-person horror game that creates a spooky atmosphere and tension. An ordinary night shift at a motel turns into a living nightmare.

Why similar: Hidden Object 25.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 14.3%, Thriller 11.7%

A 7-year-old boy has vanished inside his own home. Find him and uncover what happened beneath its walls, while evading the Yōkai that have claimed this place as their own.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Hidden Object 18.6%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Survival 8.7%

As Marco, you wake up to a reality where the world shrouded in darkness, forcing you to fight for survival while seeking answers in abandoned darkness.

Why similar: Noir 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Third Person 9.8%

DEATHTOUCH is an open-world horror game where exploration leads to hidden secrets—and lurking nightmares. Uncover mysterious locations, navigate eerie environments, and survive terrifying encounters in a world that feels truly alive.

Why similar: Survival 24%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Third Person 9.1%, Action-Adventure 9.1%

Dark shadows linger on the past. The brutal truth is hidden beneath the mask of a seemingly happy family. Dear brother, watch your steps and hold onto my hands. Don't fall into the darkness alone. Be our eyes, be our escape.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Hidden Object 16.3%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Thriller 8.9%

Break in to an old abandoned Asylum that have been shut down to illegal experiments. After a terrible incident one of the patients have transformed into an creepy creature that still living in there. Will be no helps or clues so you have to find your way out by your own. Remember... your are ALONE!

Why similar: Comic Book 15.2%, Hidden Object 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival 12.6%, Thriller 10.8%

In a dark world where Holy mages rewrite probability and Profane forces trap the dead in eternal patterns, Murderous Sunlight blends exploration, psychological depth, and occasional combat in an unsettling journey. Unravel a linear, character-driven story about trauma, identity, and defiance.

Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Hidden Object 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Third Person 10.4%

Uncover the darkest secrets of the Cold War as you will slowly lose everything - even your sanity in the first-person horror adventure Akolyta. You will battle the worst Cold War products of the MK Ultra program and your own deteriorating mental health.

Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Hidden Object 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Thriller 10.2%

Trapped in an abandoned bunker, you are alone—your friends locked out, something else locked in. This PSX, VHS-style found-footage psychological horror plunges you into a nightmare of analog terror. Will you unravel the truth, survive the bunker’s horrors, and discover the fate of your friends?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Survival 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Hidden Object 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%

Get cash, get meds, get home. Survival horror set in a forgotten ski resort.

Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Minimalist 12.7%, Third Person 10%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

In the process of searching for real estate, he comes across a lucrative offer - a 2-storey house with a basement and an attic for only $295,000. After much hesitation, he contacts the seller and agrees to the deal. But what happened on the next day after the move, he was shocked.

Why similar: Hidden Object 20.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Survival 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%

(Currently being REMADE/Remastered) A 1st-person survival horror game. Explore and find your way through horrific environments. Find clues and solve puzzles to advance. Running might be the best way to stay alive.

Why similar: Hidden Object 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 10.5%

You finally get home from a stressful day. It's late so you decide to go to sleep, but first, you watch a few shorts. Nothings out of the ordinary until... you come across a live stream of someone lying in a bed on their phone.... It's you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Survival 14.5%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Retro 10.6%

Travel around a fully-explorable, post-apocalyptic version of Earth and find the source of a mysterious radio signal. Collect supplies along the way to stay alive. Is there anyone out there?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Zombies 12.9%, Survival 12.8%, Minimalist 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.8%

FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?

Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Comic Book 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Third Person 10.2%, Exploration 7.1%

Join Special Agent Detective Trevor Vanguard as he uncovers a world ending threat in the downtrodden mega city of Dynawatch. Explore, shoot and survive in this Action Adventure Sci-fi thriller and uncover the truth!

Why similar: Noir 32.3%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Third Person 13.3%, Exploration 13.3%, Thriller 9.5%

«The Evil in the Forest» is a 3rd-person fantasy horror adventure game. The game tells you the dark story of a man named Derek Bain - a single father who, being a researcher in the field of natural resources, arrives with his daughter Kate in a mystical forest...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Hidden Object 17.9%, Survival 15.8%, Third Person 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

"This horror game is inspired by elements of Little Nightmares 2 and SCP. Players must solve puzzles and complete tasks (e.g., entering a password) while being chased by a clown. If you’re looking for a thrill, this game is for you."

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Third Person 19.5%, Zombies 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Adventure 8.8%

The life that we knew has changed, The Chaos took control of the streets. Experience a post-apocalyptic world where your survival skills are crucial.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Survival 21.6%, Action-Adventure 13%, Third Person 12%, Adventure 8.8%

Explore an abandoned black-n-white world, utilize your abilities to fight danger, and find the truth about this place.

Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Comic Book 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Minimalist 7.9%

This third-person game is inspired by the horror classics of the 90's. Intense and terrifying pace, survive the endless night and stay sane. Reveal through dramas and tragedies the hidden truth about the night walkers and figure out what lurks after death.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Third Person 13.3%, Old School 12.4%, Zombies 11.6%, Thriller 10.6%

Lumina Veil, a horror game with a modern twist! Step into the shoes of a popular streamer on a journey into a strange new game. As you dive deeper, you'll find yourself escaping the isolation of your own world, only to discover that the lines between fantasy and reality are beginning to blur.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Third Person 14%, Old School 13.2%, Zombies 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%

Donald Barnes is a successful merchant who one day on his way home, starts being stalked by a dangerous demon from the Colonial Times. Now he has to find a way back home or finally defeat Mortisomem.

Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Thriller 12.7%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Retro 9.4%

Create your own world! Build, fight, farm and explore the open world map in a relaxed way!

Why similar: Survival 21.7%, Third Person 21.7%, Action-Adventure 21.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 14%

The Horror Quest is a project of a secret organization that creates bloody shows under the guise of games. There are no scripts and safe zones here - only real danger, primal fear and the fight for life. Will you be able to get out of the game alive?

Why similar: Hidden Object 15.9%, Roguelike 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival 13.2%, Thriller 10.9%

Trapped in 1980s Aussie outback hell: Retro survival horror with fixed cameras, tank controls and scarce ammo. Battle mullet-sporting zombies, psycho kangaroos and a nemesis-like stalker haunting the cursed Boggarogga Creek. Survive the night… or become Loggerhead bait.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Survival 13.8%, Old School 13%, Third Person 12.9%, Thriller 11.3%

A Game And Watch-like game with a cinema noire story, set in an openworld game in real time.

Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Old School 14%, Comic Book 13.8%, Action-Adventure 9%, Retro 8.8%

In "Skinless The Horror Story Quest," journey through a nightmarish blend of reality and hallucination. Wake up in a haunting hospital, face your fears in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, and confront the doctor behind the epidemic. Can you escape the darkness within and without?

Why similar: Hidden Object 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Zombies 11.4%

A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Third Person 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Survival 11%

Clean the offices, solve puzzles, deal with pesky black creatures, and uncover dark secrets about your past. Play as a janitor in this first-person thriller. Cleaning is just the beginning, your past is the end.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Hidden Object 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Thriller 17.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%

You must organize a funeral in a remote location while witnessing strange events.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Thriller 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 8.3%

Scary Shadow Spot: Last Farewell - Haunted by his past, Mark explores a haunted house where nothing is as it seems. Chilling puzzles and shocking truths await. Are you ready to uncover the mystery hidden in the shadows?

Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Thriller 14.1%, Hidden Object 13.3%, Action-Adventure 8%

Uncover the truth of your families darkest secrets by interacting with notes and exploring the [REDACTED], and survive the madness of the horrific entities that await by completing objectives and solving puzzles to escape.

Why similar: Hidden Object 29%, Third Person 17.8%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 16.1%, 3D 7.4%

This is a doomsday survival escape game.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Noir 21.8%, Survival 20.8%, Third Person 10.8%, Zombies 8.8%

Schoolmare is a survival horror game where you fall in love with a teacher. But it was a trap… You need to get out of the school and not be killed by a horrible monster.

Why similar: Hidden Object 21.2%, Minimalist 14.9%, Survival 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%

In 2016, a young Uruguayan travels to the neighborhood of 'Terminal 81' a place marked by violence, inequality, and vice, where a dangerous human trafficking network operates. Determined to find his sister, the young man ventures into the perilous and dark world of Terminal 81.

Why similar: Noir 26.1%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Old School 11.6%, Survival 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%

Project: ASCESIS is a 90s horror, where memory, mystery, and reality intertwine. You will no longer recognize what is real and what is not.

Why similar: Hidden Object 27.3%, Action-Adventure 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 13%

“Plague Doctor and Panacea” is a thrilling game where you are the last ray of hope for a doomed city plagued by a mysterious epidemic. Your mission is to infiltrate the gloomy castle dungeon full of dangers and find the ingredients for a universal cure.

Why similar: Hidden Object 23.5%, Survival 19%, Exploration 14.2%, Third Person 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

This game serves as a prequel chapter for the upcoming game 'Lake Haven'. Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.

Why similar: Third Person 20.1%, Old School 18.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.7%

"One Strange School Day" is a psychological horror adventure where each class period twists into a nightmare. Survive seven periods, solve strange anomalies, and uncover the hidden truth behind an endless school day. Will you escape… or repeat forever?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Hidden Object 19.6%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Third Person 12.8%, Adventure 10.6%

Join Siku, a fierce and cunning wolf, on a thrilling journey as he seeks to rescue his pack from a notorious hunter gang, with the invaluable aid of Uki, a resilient spirit guide.

Why similar: Third Person 24.2%, Action-Adventure 22.1%, Exploration 18.4%, 3D 9.8%, Action 8.8%

Akari: School Trip is an immersive, action-packed adventure game based on a popular Japanese manga. As the player guides Akari, a courageous school girl, through a mysterious and dangerous world.

Why similar: Third Person 19.3%, Survival 18.9%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Hidden Object 16.2%, Exploration 12.7%

SKARA is a third person survival game. You need to find food and use pagan magic for healing. Wield primitive weapons to defend against enemies both animal and supernatural. Explore an open wilderness set in prehistoric times.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.1%, Third Person 19.1%, Survival 16.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 12.5%

Immerse yourself in Fear Is In The Mind, a psychological horror game that blurs the lines between reality and the mind's darkest corners. Face your fears, decipher the truth, and explore a world where every word can alter your fate.

Why similar: Noir 37.3%, Psychological Horror 23%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Exploration 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Third Person 18.4%, Thriller 13.2%, Old School 12.6%, Exploration 10.4%

Nightmare Horror Story an adventure game from the first face in a horror genre provides you to take a trip in a huge and dark city full of dummies. You would have a possibility to figure out in a weird atmosphere when alive people are missed and everything that had remained is the dummies.

Why similar: Hidden Object 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Survival 11.5%

This is an adventure game, you will use modern firearms to fight against strange alien creatures, collect various props and skills to survive.

Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Roguelike 15.2%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Third Person 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%

Echoes Of The City is a haunting journey back to San Telmo, where forgotten secrets and shadowed memories linger in an abandoned home. Discover a legacy of mystery and tension, as the past whispers through every dark corner.

Why similar: Comic Book 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Hidden Object 13.6%, Thriller 9.3%

This stand-alone prologue puts you in the tiny shoes of Grace Saunders – an 11-year-old girl delivering a letter, when things go horribly wrong… Experience the unique 1920s horror atmosphere of Alone in the Dark and prepare for the terror that awaits in Derceto Manor

Why similar: Noir 31%, Third Person 14%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 10.5%

A psychological horror puzzle game where forgotten memories, family secrets, and haunting riddles blur the line between reality and madness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Hidden Object 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 8.9%

[3rd Person / Permadeath / Adventure] Jesus Christ is back... For vengeance. Jump, Dodge, and Glide your way to the top as Jesus Christ himself.

Why similar: Third Person 17%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Roguelike 15%, Survival 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%

A visionary tyrant shattered civilization with an engineered airborne pathogen, ruling the ruins with an infected horde and elite mercenaries. As one of the rare "Immune" you must fight through the chaos, shatter his empire, and unleash the cure to reclaim our future.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Hidden Object 18.6%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 9.6%

Echo Chamber is a psychological horror set in endless looping liminal corridors. Inspired by the echo chamber phenomenon, where perception distorts and amplifies itself, each loop leads to disturbing, macabre rooms. Explore, observe, survive… not everything is as it seems.

Why similar: Third Person 26.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Action-Adventure 14%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 10.6%

Play as Ollie and Spade, a rebel and detective, on both sides of a high-profile murder case, in a dual-character investigative-stealth experience. Discover the secrets plaguing the citizens of Andropolis.

Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Hidden Object 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Third Person 11.6%

The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.

Why similar: Survival 15.2%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Zombies 11%, Minimalist 9.9%

Dive into a devastated world where survival depends not only on your weapons… but on your choices. In The Last Among The Dead, play as a survivor trapped in a land ravaged by a mysterious infection.

Why similar: Comic Book 17.2%, Survival 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Zombies 12.4%

WhisperWood is a survival horror game inspired by the classics. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it drops you into a nightmare where ammo is scarce and every shadow hides a threat. Solve puzzles, manage your inventory, and survive the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Third Person 18.9%, Zombies 12%, Thriller 11.1%, Exploration 7.7%

DEEP DARK IS A LINEAR STORY GAME ABOUT BEING STRANDED ALONE IN DEEP SPACE, AT THE END OF TIME. YOU FIND YOURSELF ISOLATED, WHERE NO ONE HEARS YOU CRY.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Noir 25.4%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Thriller 15.5%, 3D 4.3%

As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.

Why similar: Survival 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Zombies 17.7%, Action-Adventure 13%, Exploration 7%