Games Like SCP: Observer

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 37%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for anomaly detection and camera-based horror, mirroring the core gameplay loop of monitoring for threats.

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: Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 21.5%, Multiplayer 20.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most robust multiplayer SCP experience, capturing the chaotic and dangerous nature of the Foundation's containment breaches.

A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 25%, Horror 20.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive SCP survival experience that established the atmosphere and lore foundation for most modern SCP games.

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: Survival Horror 24.4%, Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Difficult 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality VR-compatible horror game that places you directly inside the facility, emphasizing the same claustrophobic survival horror.

Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Difficult 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 7%

Why You'll Like It: As the pioneer of the 'stuck in a room' monitor management genre, it shares the exact tension and resource-management mechanics found in SCP: Observer.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Sci-fi 15%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI managing a space station through cameras, which provides a high-tech, immersive take on the facility-monitoring gameplay.

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: Survival Horror 27%, Horror 21.1%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful VR recreation of the classic SCP containment experience that excels at making the facility feel alive and dangerous.

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, First-Person 15.2%, Mystery 14.7%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strong focus on anomaly detection within a confined, repetitive environment makes this a perfect match for fans of observation-based horror.

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 26%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It brings the classic containment breach experience to a cooperative setting, increasing the intensity of the survival elements.

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.3%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Dark 14%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses entirely on the psychological horror of watching cameras and identifying anomalies in a dark, unsettling environment.

The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!

Why similar: Adventure 53.2%, Indie 46.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the horror of being alone in a workplace at night, requiring constant vigilance to survive.

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: Survival Horror 27%, Horror 19.6%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 10%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a more combat-oriented perspective on the SCP universe, focusing on tactical team-based survival.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 26.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Dark 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It refines the anomaly detection formula with more complex environments and terrifying supernatural events.

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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-fidelity SCP experience that blends psychological horror with intense first-person action.

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 25.7%, First-Person 17.2%, Mystery 12.7%, 3D 11%

Why You'll Like It: This game popularized the 'liminal space' anomaly detection genre, requiring the same keen eye for detail as SCP: Observer.

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Difficult 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced first-person horror game that forces players to navigate dangerous environments while avoiding relentless pursuers.

Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 19.9%, Difficult 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the original monitor-management mechanics with more complex threats and resource-draining systems.

Infiltrate a secret facility to recover an anomalous object.

Why similar: Horror 55.7%, Action 25.5%, Indie 13.5%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines strategy and action elements, requiring players to manage resources while navigating a hostile facility.

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 40.5%, Multiplayer 38.3%, Action 8.1%, 3D 6.5%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes teamwork and resource management to survive containment breaches.

This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.

Why similar: Horror 61.6%, Multiplayer 21.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that utilizes the SCP setting to create a tense, multiplayer-compatible experience.

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: Supernatural 26.7%, Survival Horror 18.6%, First-Person 12.8%, Horror 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy first-person experience that captures the chaotic nature of a facility-wide security failure.

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 41.2%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Action 17%, Indie 9.7%, 3D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person horror game that provides a different perspective on the containment breach experience.

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 27.5%, Horror 18.3%, Multiplayer 14.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Dark 10.3%

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: Multiplayer 25.3%, Horror 24.5%, First-Person 19.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the action-shooter side of the SCP universe while maintaining a gritty, realistic aesthetic.

An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, First-Person 18.6%, Dark 16.2%, 3D 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique puzzle-adventure take on the SCP lore, focusing on environmental storytelling.

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: Survival Horror 28.2%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

SCP: Nemesi is a multiplayer survival-horror game where one player takes on the role of the SCP (anomalous creatures, each with its own abilities and appearance), and the other four players play as Humans, each with their own personal goals and tasks that may branch into different paths.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.3%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on stealth and exploration, forcing players to carefully navigate the facility to avoid detection.

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: Supernatural 20.4%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.3%

Turn-based strategy horror. Terror in a confined space. Manage your limited power and time to protect yourself from the oncoming enemies and survive until dawn.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Resource Management 18.1%, 3D 6.9%

A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Management 11.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.8%

SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: A short but highly atmospheric horror experience that captures the dread of exploring the unknown depths of the Foundation.

Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.

Why similar: Supernatural 25.9%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 10.6%

Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, First-Person 12.9%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%

SURVIVAL HORROR in first person. We incarnate an investigator of paranormal events that only with the help of a paranormal activity detector (EMF DETECTOR) and a small oil lamp, we will try to perform an EXORCISM.

Why similar: Supernatural 19.7%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Horror 14.7%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer horror game that captures the feeling of being hunted in a dark, confined space.

A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Supernatural 26.5%, Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 24.7%, Dark 18.3%, Survival Horror 11.5%, First-Person 6.9%

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.7%, Resource Management 15.6%, Difficult 14.4%, Supernatural 13%, Horror 11.2%

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: Multiplayer 19.3%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.9%

Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the screens.

Why similar: Supernatural 30%, Horror 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%

Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.5%, Horror 22.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%, 3D 6.1%

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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Supernatural 19.4%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 9.1%

This is a nerve-wracking horror game that puts you in a dark, claustrophobic cave with a relentless creature. Survive by flashing your dying flashlight at the right moments, too soon or too late, and it’s over. You must keep an eye on the creature, but beware: staring too long is just as deadly.

Why similar: Survival Horror 45.6%, Horror 33.8%, First-Person 14%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 2.6%

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Dark 8.2%

Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.

Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Supernatural 16.9%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 5.6%

A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Supernatural 27.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 12.1%, First-Person 9.2%

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 28%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, First-Person 9.8%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 24.6%, Supernatural 22.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Survival Horror 12.6%, First-Person 12%, Dark 10.9%

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 25.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 13.3%, First-Person 8.3%

Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.

Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Survival Horror 15%, Difficult 13.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%

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: Psychological Horror 30%, Dark 17.9%, First-Person 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Survival Horror 10.8%

A spot the difference -type of puzzle horror game about monitoring live surveillance camera footage and spotting anomalies. Anomalies range from furniture movement to intruders. Fix anomalies by filing reports. You will need sharp eyes and good memory. The goal is to survive the entire night.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Mystery 14%, Supernatural 13.1%

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: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 24.4%, Survival Horror 12.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Supernatural 28.7%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Horror 17%, Dark 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.2%

"Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.5%, First-Person 9.2%