- #1 SCP: Containment Breach 2
96% matchVery Positive80% of 2,712 reviews2025
Dev: Euclid LabsPub: Mixarar
Windows
Survive the chaos of SCP Foundation! Step into a thrilling SCP horror experience with story-driven co-op, intense PvP Breach mode, and randomized maps. Play as Class-D, scientist, SCPs, and more, each role bringing unique challenges in an unpredictable, immersive facility.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.3%, Horror 15%, Lore-Rich 13%, Exploration 9.1%, Dark 7.2%
- #2 SCP: Labrat
96% matchVery Positive82% of 4,358 reviews2022
Dev: Bezbro Games
Windows
You are a test subject in the underground SCP research facility. When a containment breach occurs, you must find your way out. Escape the SCPs, discover anomalous objects, and collect valuable resources along the way.
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Survival 9.5%
- #3 SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
95% matchVery Positive84% of 27,997 reviews2021
Dev: Fusion Creators Studio
Windows
Multiplayer survival horror game based on stories from the SCP Foundation. The game is about a facility containing anomalous entities known as SCPs. When a catastrophic containment breach occurs at one of the facilities, it is your main goal to escape the facility. Try to escape with your friends!
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Survival 12.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #4 SCP: Blackout
94% matchMixed68% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Survival Horror 28.9%, First-Person 10%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #5 SCP: Fragmented Minds
93% matchVery Positive92% of 1,168 reviews2025
Dev: HST StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 18.3%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 9%
- #6 Kohate
94% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
Why similar: Horror 13.5%, Surreal 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Sci-fi 9%
- #7 SCP: Nine-Tailed Fox
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,731 reviews2022
Dev: Third Subdivision Studios
Windows
You are the leader of Foxtrot Unit 1, "Nine-Tailed Fox", a highly trained force tasked with re-containing a multitude of terrifying anomalous entities that have broken loose inside a top-secret research facility.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 19.1%, Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 9.1%
- #8 SCP: Secret Laboratory
91% matchVery Positive91% of 228,941 reviews2017
Dev: Northwood Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Survival Horror 25.2%, First-Person 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Survival 9.1%
- #9 Uh Oh!
90% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.6%, Horror 18.9%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Dark 9.1%
- #10 SCP: Daybreak
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 377 reviews2022
Dev: SquiffyDev
Windows
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Dark 15.3%, First-Person 14.5%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%
- #11 SCP: Rulebreaker
89% matchMixed60% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: PixeleurPub: ARCHIVES FONDATION SCP
Windows
After the opening of Site Samekh, only Sites 15 and 19 remain active. Complex Samekh was the most secure, but a new director hastened its downfall. As a guard, surviving the madness of anomalies is vital.Survive and find the way out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.9%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, First-Person 12.2%
- #12 The Backrooms: Lost Tape
88% matchVery Positive84% of 1,325 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.6%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Surreal 12.5%, Mystery 8.7%
- #13 SCP: Observer
86% matchVery Positive93% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: Maximilian Fischer
Windows
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25%, Horror 20.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #14 SCP: Escape Together
87% matchMixed65% of 3,570 reviews2021
Dev: SCP: Escape Together development team
Windows · Linux
In the midst of a site-wide containment breach, you must team up with other Class-D personnel to escape the underground, isolated facility while evading the dangerous anomalies that have breached containment.
Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Moddable 26.7% ★, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Action 9.3%, 3D 6.2%
- #15 SCP-087: Recovered document
89% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Korovkin Nikita
Windows
SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.
Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Survival Horror 33.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Action 10.9%
- #16 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
84% matchVery Positive89% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: YAPPub: Yet Another Publisher
Windows · Mac
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #17 Backrooms Doors
86% matchMixed68% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 19%, Dark 11.2%, Survival 8.8%, First-Person 8.1%
- #18 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
85% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
Windows
An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.9%, Surreal 17.6%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #19 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
83% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.6%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Mystery 9.5%
- #20 White Room Protocol
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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 32.1%, Dark 16.2%, Atmospheric 15.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #21 OPEN DOOR
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.
Why similar: Atmospheric 22.9%, Dark 21.6%, Exploration 17.4%, First-Person 16.6%, Survival Horror 11%
- #22 Egghead Gumpty
82% matchMixed69% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Explore an infinite procedurally-generated abandoned juvie as you try to survive a monstrous egg with legs named Egghead Gumpty that’s hiding in the building. He can watch you from anywhere, so catch him stalking you before it’s too late in this unique horror experience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.4%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Surreal 13%, Mystery 8.9%
- #23 Enter The Backrooms
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.9%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 14.3%, Moddable 11.5% ★, Surreal 9.5%
- #24 Project Liminal 2
78% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Exploration 19.4%, Action 15.3%, Stylized 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, First-Person 11.3%
- #25 SCP: Ground Zero
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 731 reviews2022
Dev: Nikk F.
Windows
Infiltrate a secret facility to recover an anomalous object.
Why similar: Horror 69.1%, Action 30.9%
- #26 The Classrooms
77% matchVery Positive90% of 2,819 reviews2022
Dev: Xefier Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.6%, Surreal 16.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 8.2%
- #27 Project Crypt
78% matchVery Positive85% of 372 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 17.2%, Surreal 11.2%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #28 SCP: Abhorrent
79% matchMixed59% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Black Ivy Games
Windows
Play as Agent Sigma, an operative assigned to a GOC assessment team. In a mission to exterminate an uncontained SCP-363 instance located in an abandoned mining tunnel - the situation suddenly goes critical. With communication broken and fellow agents now assumed KIA/MIA..
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Procedural Generation 21.9%, Action 14.9%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Survival 8.6%
- #29 The Backrooms
79% matchMixed64% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Dark 17.3%, Atmospheric 16.2%, First-Person 16.1%, Survival 12.7%
- #30 Among Ashes
75% matchVery Positive95% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 10.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Mystery 8.9%
- #31 ROUTINE
71% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #32 Noclipped
77% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: MateussDev
Windows
Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.7%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.6%, Survival 12.6%, Exploration 12.5%
- #33 Exit From
76% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Why similar: Horror 18%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%
- #34 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
74% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Horror 25.6%, Dark 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Stylized 9%
- #35 ZERO PROTOCOL
73% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%
- #36 SCP: Descent
75% matchMixed56% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Drip Games
Windows
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Surreal 15.2%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Dark 13%, First-Person 10%
- #37 THE_ABYSS_HAS_WALLS
76% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: James Madsen Digital Enterprises
Windows
THE_ABYSS_HAS_WALLS takes you into Ad Infinitum (also known as "The Backrooms") like never seen before. Review footage. Document fate.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 18.8%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #38 The Complex: Expedition
71% matchVery Positive89% of 2,232 reviews2025
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Mystery 17.6%, Exploration 17.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, First-Person 7.4%
- #39 Scauage
71% matchVery Positive92% of 788 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%
- #40 Backrooms: Found Footage
72% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Exploration 17.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 11.2%, Mystery 10.4%
- #41 Vigil
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,025 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Dark 11.3%, First-Person 8.8%
- #42 The Backrooms: Found Footage
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
Windows
The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.
Why similar: Surreal 18.7%, Procedural Generation 17.3%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Horror 14.8%, Exploration 10.8%
- #43 SCP: Retrieval
72% matchMixed61% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Arcsteel Games
Windows
SCP: Retrieval is an indie multiplayer action horror game set in the SCP universe. You will play as a Mobile Task Force unit sent to retrieve dangerous anomalous creatures after a massive series of major breaches.
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, Stylized 16.3%, First-Person 15.8%, Dark 13.6%, 3D 12.2%
- #44 SCP: EVENT CLASSIFIED
73% matchMixed47% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Archotech
Windows
SCP: EVENT CLASSIFIED is a multiplayer horror shooter that allows players to take on a role of a soldier, prisoner, scientist and even a monster. Fight other players or unite with them to survive in this secret facility with game sessions up to 120 players.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 30.8%, Horror 24.5%, Sci-fi 22.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Action 8.7%
- #45 Backrooms: Exploration
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Dark 12.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #46 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
68% matchVery Positive90% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Sci-fi 16.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #47 DOCTOR VISCERA
68% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Horror 20.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #48 JANITOR BLEEDS
70% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Surreal 18.4%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #49 Project Silverfish
65% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Exploration 10.8%, Dark 9.8%
- #50 Daughter of Shadows: An SCP Breach Event
73% matchMixed57% of 99 reviews2016
Dev: Blackrose Industries
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The player assumes the role of a dangerous and powerful girl known as SCP-029. After a facility wide power outage occurs, numerous SCPs breach containment and proceed to wreak havoc throughout the facility. SCP-029 must use her mind-controlling powers to survive and find a way to escape from the facility.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #51 CAPTURED
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 526 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Surreal 16%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #52 Zoonomaly
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 898 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTS ARE OFF LLC
Windows
You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Exploration 18.2%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, First-Person 11%, Survival Horror 9%
- #53 Project Liminal Redux
69% matchMixed64% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Project Liminal Redux is a first-person horror made in realistic 3D graphics. The gameplay consists of collecting notes, solving riddles and escaping from various entities. The main goal is to survive and escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 19.8%, Mystery 15%, Exploration 12.5%, Survival 8.5%
- #54 The Wailer
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Ethan RobichauxPub: Vultive Entertainment
Windows
A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Surreal 23.8%, Horror 21.6%, Exploration 14.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #55 Omitted
69% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
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: Horror 28.7%, Mystery 17.9%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 15.3%, 3D 6.8%
- #56 It's Dark
68% matchMixed67% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Connor Redwine
Windows
There has been a containment breach in a secret facility located deep underground. Experiment E.C.H.O has escaped and is running loose. The lab has gone into shutdown mode, and it's dark...
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Procedural Generation 22.5%, Dark 22.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, 3D 6.9%
- #57 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
64% matchVery Positive85% of 799 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Survival 19%, Dark 14.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #58 Rip Current
64% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Breaking Dimensions
Windows
Rip Current is a horror game set in a cryptic research facility where genetic experiments, in a bid to strengthen aquatic ecosystems, have spiraled out of control. Navigate flooded corridors, uncover the fate of the scientists, and survive the prehistoric apex predators stalking the depths.
Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Action-Adventure 19.5%, Action 17%, Dark 15.6%, First-Person 12.7%