Games Like Scholar's Mate

Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.

Why similar: Escape Room 54.1% ★, Thriller 7.9%, Mystery 7%, Horror 4.8%, Psychological Horror 4.4%

[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

Why similar: Escape Room 23.9% ★, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9%

As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events.

Why similar: Escape Room 33.8% ★, Stealth 13.2%, Thriller 7.9%, Dark 7.7%, Horror 7.1%

There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.

Why similar: Escape Room 33.9% ★, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Thriller 8.4%, Horror 7.5%, Female Protagonist 6.2%

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 8.4%

You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.

Why similar: Stealth 19%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10%, Puzzle 9.4%

CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

Why similar: Escape Room 40.2% ★, Female Protagonist 8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Dark 7.9%, Horror 7.1%

Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Why similar: Stealth 16.3%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Dark 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Thriller 13.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Mystery 7.4%

Psycho Fear is a heart-pounding escape room puzzle where players must escape to survive. Solve challenging puzzles, overcome deadly obstacles in an intense atmosphere, nerve-wracking and dark environment will keep players on edge.

Why similar: Escape Room 41.3% ★, Dark 9.3%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Escape: Malice is a two-player co-op escape room-style puzzle horror game. Swallowed by a sinkhole, you find yourself trapped in a nightmarish Japanese mansion haunted by a sinister presence. Solve twisted puzzles, uncover dark secrets, make unforgiving choices, and descend deeper to escape Malice…

Why similar: Escape Room 35.8% ★, Horror 7.9%, Dark 7.7%, Thriller 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.8%

Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.

Why similar: Escape Room 26.2% ★, Horror 10.3%, Thriller 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Dark 7.4%

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Thriller 16.9%, Dark 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.

Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Dark 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Dark 10.1%, Mystery 9%, Thriller 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%

You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???

Why similar: Escape Room 54.9% ★, Hidden Object 11.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Dark 6.6%, Thriller 5.5%

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Adventure 17.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Story Rich 10.1%

Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.

Why similar: Stealth 20%, Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Hidden Object 13%, Puzzle 10.4%

Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.

Why similar: Dark 15.9%, Thriller 15.7%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 9.1%

A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

Why similar: Stealth 20.9%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 8.2%

Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.

Why similar: Escape Room 40.9% ★, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Logic 7.9%

You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

Why similar: Horror 68.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10%, Adventure 5.1%, Psychological Horror 2.6%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Thriller 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 9.1%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Thriller 15.6%, Dark 14.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Atmospheric 8.2%

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.6%, Horror 23.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, First-Person 10.5%

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Escape Room 42.6% ★, Horror 8.4%, Puzzle 7.1%, First-Person 5.7%, Mystery 5.7%

Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Stealth 19.8%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Stealth 7.8%, Exploration 7.5%

You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...

Why similar: Thriller 14.8%, Dark 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Dark 14.7%, Adventure 9.6%

A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.

Why similar: Thriller 13.9%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 7.8%

Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.

Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%

An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 9.2%

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Logic 8.9%

Narin: The Orange Room is a third-person adventure horror game. Play as Narin, a young girl whose sister mysteriously disappeared. Help her find her sister in the twilight dimension, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Stealth 16.7%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Why similar: Stealth 16.7%, Dark 16.3%, Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Puzzle 9.7%

A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Mystery 27.6%, Story Rich 22.6%, Female Protagonist 3.6%, Adventure 3.5%

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Why similar: Stealth 23.9%, Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 9.9%

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Dark 15%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Thriller 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%

13 Candles is an atmospheric horror game where you play as Sara, 13 year old girl who wakes up in an abandoned hospital. Find your way to the light switch and wake up from your nightmare.

Why similar: Stealth 21.5%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Horror 18.1%, Puzzle 15.9%, Exploration 12.7%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Thriller 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%

In Guilty Me, take the role of Lucy on a scary nighttime journey home from the coffee shop. Face psychological terror, explore a dark environment, and uncover hidden secrets. Survive the chase and immerse yourself in a gripping walk simulator of suspense.

Why similar: Stealth 18.7%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 10.7%

Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.

Why similar: Escape Room 60.9% ★, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9.5%, Hidden Object 7.7%, First-Person 3.7%

"Captive" tells the story of a woman who awakens badly hurt in an unknown cell, without any memories about herself. Will you be able to escape?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.4%, Horror 30.6%, Mystery 18.8%, Atmospheric 18.2%

Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.

Why similar: Hidden Object 15%, Puzzle 11.9%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 9.8%, Exploration 7.7%

Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.

Why similar: Stealth 14.5%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 11.7%, Hidden Object 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11%

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Puzzle 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Dark 8.9%

SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.

Why similar: Stealth 15.4%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.9%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

You have lost your memory and are looking for a way out of the castle. The power of the nightmare magic has put the castle into an infinite loop. Carefully observing all possible abnormalities is the only way to crack the secrets of the vampire castle

Why similar: Hidden Object 14.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Puzzle 12%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Puzzle 26.2%, Exploration 20.3%, Story Rich 16.7%, Singleplayer 4%

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

Why similar: Dark 23.5%, Horror 22%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.1%

Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.

Why similar: Thriller 17.9%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 9.1%

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Puzzle 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Atmospheric 14.2%

Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.

Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Thriller 13.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8%

Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Mystery 11.2%

This is not a typical corridor horror, but a game in a semi-open world with horror elements. You will have to perform a reverse ritual in a psychiatric clinic in order to banish the creepy Doctor back to Hell! Especially in the Nightmare mode, a real hardcore awaits you!

Why similar: Dark 14.4%, Horror 13.9%, Hidden Object 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 9.5%