- #1 Behind the Veil
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OMNYE STUDIO
Windows
A hyper-realistic bodycam survival horror experience. Navigate through eerie, abandoned locations where the line between reality and nightmare blurs. Built on Unreal Engine, every sound, shadow, and step immerses you deeper into a world of terror. Will you survive what lies behind the veil?
Why similar: Cinematic 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #2 BIAS
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2022
Dev: KUROSAWACREATE
Windows
Caught in the Terror of BIAS." When the protagonist wakes up, he finds himself in a mysterious "space" filled with darkness. In order to find his beloved wife, he steps into the darkness one step at a time. The truth and the "reality" that awaits him are closing in on him.
Why similar: Cinematic 47.8%, Simulation 14.6%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #3 Silent Sonata
95% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Soundbyte Interactive
Windows
Dive into a chilling symphony of horror & harmony. Solve ancient mysteries, wield enchanted instruments & face nightmarish foes. Will you compose your escape, or succumb to the melodies? Players control a musician who's experiencing more than just stage-fright in this psychedelic thriller
Why similar: Cinematic 26.4%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #4 Khodam: The Contract
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Run2Go Studio
Windows
A True First-Person Psychological Horror game inspired by Indonesian folklore about the protective unseen spirit, 'Khodam.' Play as Dara, a famous Southeast Asian horror streamer, as she unravels strange anomalies and seeks to uncover her true identity.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Linear 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #5 Veil of Torment
94% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Dejan Milosevic
Windows
Enter the abandoned Black Water Asylum in search of a missing girl. Veil of Torment is a psychological horror game where reality twists, shadows whisper, and every step drags you deeper into madness.
Why similar: Cinematic 38.1%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Linear 8.1%, Survival Horror 7.5%
- #6 Just A Regular Night Patrol
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: studio LIEFEC
Windows
'Just A Regular Night Patrol' is a first-person simulation game. Over the course of 8 days, review and execute your daily tasks based on the instructions. No jumpscares or anomalies. The goal is to simply be an ordinary night security guard and complete your shifts without making mistakes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Simulation 18.5%, Linear 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #7 Ergosphere
92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YaltPub: Citreum
Windows · Linux
You're the newest steward of Thoth Observatory, tasked with researching the strange Kerr black hole SJ-1765—the Sejanus Singularity. The data gathered here is invaluable, so maintain the installation and preserve your sanity until your rotation ends in this deteriorating station.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Simulation 21.9%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Dark 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #8 Odd Night
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: ShoXx
Windows
You're stuck in an endlessly looping hallway, but every time you enter it, something seems to be different. Try to spot everything that isn't supposed to be there, but most of all, make sure to get out alive.
Why similar: Cinematic 32.9%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #9 These Roads are Terminal
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KICKFLIPWIZARDSTUDIO
Windows · Linux
Survive the graveyard shift as a pizza delivery driver in decaying suburban America. Step out of the safety of your car, serve unpredictable customers, and try to ignore the things watching you from the dark. Your rent is due.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 12%, Survival Horror 11%, Linear 10.6%
- #10 In Our Parlor
90% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Justin WoottenPub: Wickwire Game Studio
Windows
In Our Parlor is a short, horror walking simulator. The player must make their way through a mysterious manor to unfold the story, find the parlor, and escape this nightmare. Navigate a series of dark set pieces and follow the music to discover the path forward.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.6%, Linear 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #11 No Clean Start
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indiegala
Windows
This is not a clean start. Explore a hostile world that reacts to your actions and remembers your mistakes. Learn through observation, failure, and persistence. Each new run is not a reset — it’s a transformation.
Why similar: Cinematic 19.9%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.2%
- #12 Silent Nights
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Cinematic 27%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Linear 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.2%
- #13 Blue Light
88% matchMixed64% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: 1FOREVERS
Windows
Blue Light is a horror adventure game set in the year 2029. The main character goes in search of his missing sister, exploring the most dangerous and paranormal places in the city.
Why similar: Cinematic 33.1%, Dark 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 14%, Linear 7.6%
- #14 The Forsaken Anthology: Obsession
87% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Austin Boggs
Windows
The Forsaken Anthology: Obsession, a psychological horror game that explores the dark side of human desire and the lengths one might go to fulfill it
Why similar: Cinematic 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Dark 9%
- #15 Asylum 45
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ury
Windows
You are trapped in an abandoned asylum with no end. Every corner hides something strange. Capture the anomalies with your camera before the loop traps you.
Why similar: Cinematic 34.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Atmospheric 13%, Simulation 10.3%, Linear 8.7%
- #16 Can I Come In?
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Your parents have left, and you're home alone. What begins as an ordinary evening after school slowly turns into a living nightmare, where every little sound makes your heart race. Remember the most important rule: don't open the door for anyone.
Why similar: Cinematic 31.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Linear 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #17 Midnight Class
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Powerverse Studio
Windows
Midnight Class is a psychological horror game set in a Chinese high school. As night falls, the school begins to change. Observe your surroundings, find anomalies, and make the right choices to escape, during a night that refuses to end. Perhaps… someone doesn't want you to leave…
Why similar: Cinematic 27.8%, Simulation 14%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #18 The Ardmore: Last Shift
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Frame Interactive
Windows
New York, 1937... The Ardmore Hotel. Guests call. The elevator answers. Listen closely, trust no one too quickly, and choose carefully when the cage door opens. Play Night One in the free demo.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.6%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #19 I Have Been Here Before?
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Vodka
Windows
A psychological exploration through a liminal dreamscape: no guides, no paths, just you and small environmental mysteries.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Cinematic 16.8%, Simulation 14.3%, Linear 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #20 Greed's Grub
82% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Brolokko
Windows
You don’t remember exactly what you did, just that it had to have been real bad, if this was your punishment. Five days of community service in this greasy, rotting excuse for a burger joint. Just five days, and you’re free. That’s all you have to endure.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.3%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 10%
- #21 Mental Harm
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: a1esska
Windows
Mental Harm is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore an old, long forgotten atmospheric basement of a house where some strange things are happening
Why similar: Cinematic 23.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.9%, Simulation 11%
- #22 ARCHETYPES - The Rite Of Passage
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dominik Saur
Windows
Discover the depth of your personality while journeying along the path of initiation as the young Viking Olaf. Every choice will impact your environment, and contribute to a map of your archetypal psychology. Embrace your inner warrior, lover, chieftain, and druid - and change the world!
Why similar: Cinematic 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Strategy 9%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #23 Revenant : In Memory Of The Day
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: SHINYERAK
Windows
You are heading down an endless corridor in search of a missing child. Pay close attention to your surroundings to find clues about the child, and find a way to escape the dark, confined corridor.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.7%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark 10.1%
- #24 Don't Mind Liam
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barry Knoll
Windows
Seeking to make some easy money, a high school senior decides to babysit a strange little boy... with an even stranger imaginary friend.
Why similar: Cinematic 31.9%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Linear 12.9%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #25 Project:Null Hypothesis
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KNTcorp.
Windows
You will play as Elias found recordings, exploring the anomalous space with him. Uncover the sinister secrets of the Backrooms as you wander through endless corridors and frighteningly familiar rooms.
Why similar: Cinematic 44.4%, Simulation 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.5%, First-Person 6.7%
- #26 Alteration
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteria Interactive
Windows
A narrative experience of psychological horror and metaphysical mystery. Reality bends, time stutters, and something unseen follows your every breath.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Mystery Dungeon 14%, Immersive Sim 13%, Linear 9.1%
- #27 Ahon
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KenkoMa
Windows
Ahon is a solo developed Filipino indie survival horror game that's inspired by real and historical/present events in the Philippines.
Why similar: Cinematic 37.7%, Dark 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Linear 9.9%
- #28 Bedtime Horror Stories
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!
Why similar: Cinematic 31%, Linear 12.8%, Simulation 12.7%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #29 Krampus: Night of Horror
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koshinha Studios
Windows
Survive the longest night of your life in a haunted 18th-century orphanage where Christmas becomes a living nightmare. Krampus is hunting you, and only the power of sacred holy gloves will keep you alive.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Simulation 11.9%
- #30 The Cursed Tape
77% matchVery Positive81% of 335 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Cinematic 32%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Linear 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Dark 10.7%
- #31 At Tony's
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: GoodSleepGames
Windows
At Tony's is a first-person horror experience taking place in a haunted pizzeria. The last night shift worker vanished mysteriously, it's your turn to step in to help the family's business.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #32 Vendigo Corporation
75% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Ametronix
Windows
Vendigo Corporation - is an atmospheric first-person psychological horror game. You must escape from the underground complex where experiments have gone out of control.
Why similar: Cinematic 33.9%, Linear 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Simulation 8.3%
- #33 Cobble Climber
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MODE24
Windows
Cobble climber is a difficult climbing game where each hold has a countdown. Taking too long will increase the risk of drowning in the rising water level.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.8%, Dark 18.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Linear 10.3%
- #34 Apartment 22
73% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Blu Wraith
Windows
Apartment 22 is a bite-sized horror game about being trapped in a loop. You look out for clues left by the previous resident or possibly by you to escape the apartment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Immersive Sim 19%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #35 Gnome
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: echomune
Windows
You're taking care of your friend's house but a garden gnome appears.
Why similar: Cinematic 35.5%, Immersive Sim 24%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Simulation 10%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #36 Liminal Death
74% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Ashnell Games
Windows
Liminal Death is a first person psychological horror game with liminal space environments where you will expirience what will happened when someone mind after it falls into comma and have to fight to get back to the body.
Why similar: Cinematic 31.8%, Linear 12%, Dark 10.8%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #37 Tindahan
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yikon
Windows
Run your grandmother’s store in a quiet Filipino town — but when night falls, strange knocks, whispers, and visions begin.
Why similar: Cinematic 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Simulation 20.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Survival Horror 7.6%
- #38 Claire
71% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: TS GAMES LLC
Windows
Beth returns to her estranged sister’s house in 1963. Explore chilling, richly detailed levels, solve puzzles, and uncover haunting family secrets. Face intense scares and heart-pounding chases, with your choice shaping multiple endings.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.5%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Simulation 9.6%
- #39 Etched Memories Demo
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2021
Dev: From Scratch Studios
Windows
Waking up in the midst of a stormy night, a tabby cat named Biscuit finds his mom nowhere in sight. Search for her through the eyes of Biscuit, while discovering his past as a research subject in a heartfelt story full of horror and adventure.
Why similar: Cinematic 33%, Immersive Sim 19%, Simulation 14.4%, Dark 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #40 ONCE HOME
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ayan Pratap
Windows
Once Home is a slow-burn visual novel of haunting beauty. Explore the Hemm residence at your own pace, observing, inspecting, uncovering traces of what had quietly transpired in the hours before your arrival—when everything began to change.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #41 Dire Echo
70% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.1%, Linear 12.8%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Survival Horror 8.9%
- #42 The Backrooms Recorded
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Niux
Windows
Navigate a nightmarish labyrinth, avoid eerie entities, and uncover dark secrets in this liminality based horror game. Explore realistic levels, unravel secrets, and figure out life or death puzzles. Will you escape the madness? Brought to you by a solo 13 year old dev.
Why similar: Cinematic 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Simulation 23.8%, Survival Horror 7%, Exploration 4.3%
- #43 Lake Minnewaska
71% matchVery Positive96% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Bait ShackPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Lake Minnewaska is a narrative driven first person fishing game. Fish, explore, and uncover the secrets of Lake Minnewaska as you guide Sosa's journey in becoming a better father.
Why similar: Cinematic 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Linear 14.5%, Simulation 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #44 Dead Reset
69% matchVery Positive88% of 787 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Rift HorrorPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
Why similar: Cinematic 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Linear 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #45 THE FIFTH MASK
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KafamaGore Games
Windows
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Dark 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #46 Imaginary Friend Asylum
71% matchVery Positive100% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.
Why similar: Cinematic 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Simulation 12.2%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #47 Staircase55: A SCP-087 Story
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrPeanutBelly
Windows
An atmospheric psychological horror game that has you exploring a dark deep and paradoxical stairwell. Equipped only with a flashlight, navigate through the this strange staircase and uncover the secrets of the seemingly infinite stairwell, SCP-087.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery Dungeon 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #48 The Broken Dawn
69% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Rage Games
Windows
The Broken Dawn is a psychological horror in which you have to explore the abandoned city of Greyfield to find your friends. Explore spooky houses, solve puzzles, and enjoy the atmosphere of this mystical city.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.1%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 11.9%, Linear 8.5%
- #49 The Horrorscope
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Simulation 12.6%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #50 satori
69% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Burg Game StudioPub: burg
Windows
This game is a multi-ending horror game set in Japan. The story branches based on the player's choices, leading to different endings.
Why similar: Cinematic 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Adventure 4.8%
- #51 Them's Tale - The Road To Her
67% matchVery Positive78% of 137 reviews2026
Dev: BarryX/1858 StudioPub: Game Makers Myanmar
Windows
Them’s Tales is a story-driven game series based on Reddit-style storytelling. The stories are written to seem inspired by real events, but they’re completely fictional.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #52 SCHIZOPHRENIA
68% matchMixed69% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: TheCourget
Windows
SCHIZOPHRENIA. A psychological horror game, which will immerse you in a dark, sad, environment. This bastard is knocking, wake up, and open the door now. First game of TheCourget. Created by TheCourget
Why similar: Cinematic 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Linear 12.5%, Dark 9.5%
- #53 Forester: First Step
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Batareika007
Windows
An old cabin in the woods holds secrets. Explore the environment, search for objects and find a way out in a first-person horror.
Why similar: Cinematic 40.3%, Simulation 16.9%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
- #54 Signs Of Devourer
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Chill Room Games
Windows
Its another night shift in the store, except this time you are trapped with monster disguised as one of the items. Keep the floor clean, shelves full, serve the customers... and try to not get devoured until the dawn.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.1%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Simulation 11.9%
- #55 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
66% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Cinematic 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Dark 9.9%
- #56 CALLUS
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 400 reviews2026
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Callus is a story about coldness, overprotection, and indifference. It can turn your soul inside out and crawl under your skin, leaving a lasting mark. Or it may simply pass you by. It all depends on where you choose to look… and what you are willing to see.
Why similar: Cinematic 37.4%, Psychological Horror 21%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Dark 13%, Simulation 4.9%
- #57 Scream under the house
65% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.2%, Linear 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #58 One Night At The Shack
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uknes StudioPub: Uknes Studio
Windows
One Night at the Shack is a psychological horror adventure where you explore a sinister shack haunted by vengeful spirits. Engage in intricate puzzles tailored to each ghost's tragic story, unraveling mysteries and uncovering the dark truth behind their haunting.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Mystery Dungeon 15.4%, Linear 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8%