- #1 Closure
96% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2012
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
Why similar: Puzzle 55.5%, Indie 28.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Atmospheric 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core concept of manipulating light and darkness to solve puzzles in a surreal, atmospheric setting.
- #2 The Mooseman
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,190 reviews2017
Dev: Morteshka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…
Why similar: Indie 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, Adventure 22.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly atmospheric, side-scrolling experience rooted in mythology and unique visual storytelling.
- #3 Pavilion
95% matchMixed69% of 143 reviews2016
Dev: Visiontrick Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pavilion, a fourth-person puzzling adventure. Indirect guide the unknown main character through the puzzling narrative and levels by manipulation of the surrounding environment, lights and sounds.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.3%, Indie 25.9%, Isometric 24.8%, Adventure 22%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same isometric perspective and focus on environmental puzzle-solving within a highly stylized, atmospheric world.
- #4 STASIS
94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Isometric 43.3%, Puzzle 18.3%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 11.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric horror game captures the dark, claustrophobic tone and puzzle-heavy gameplay found in the seed game.
- #5 Fran Bow
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.4%, Indie 18%, Adventure 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the dark, psychological, and surreal horror elements that define the seed game's narrative.
- #6 Sanitarium
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,302 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Isometric 28%, Adventure 26.8%, Puzzle 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic isometric psychological horror game that mirrors the dark, surreal narrative themes of the seed game.
- #7 Machinarium
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Puzzle 40.4%, Great Soundtrack 19%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 13%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at isometric puzzle design and wordless, atmospheric storytelling that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #8 INSIDE
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 73,507 reviews2016
Dev: Playdead
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Indie 24.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Atmospheric 12%, Singleplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a masterclass in dark, atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a heavy emphasis on environmental storytelling.
- #9 LIMBO
91% matchVery Positive92% of 60,454 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle 42.9%, Indie 29.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: The stark, monochromatic visuals and focus on dangerous, puzzle-filled environments align perfectly with the seed game's tone.
- #10 Tiny Bunny
88% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Anime 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 24.6%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Adventure 14%, Indie 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric visual novel that captures a similar sense of dread and nonconformist storytelling.
- #11 Little Nightmares
90% matchVery Positive95% of 115,101 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Indie 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a deeply unsettling, atmospheric experience centered on navigating a hostile world through puzzle-solving.
- #12 Angels of Death
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,263 reviews2016
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 54.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.6%, Anime 25.7%, Indie 10.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Fantasy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-driven puzzle game that shares the seed game's focus on navigating dangerous, enclosed spaces.
- #13 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
89% matchVery Positive93% of 12,692 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Indie 94%, Adventure 2.3%, Puzzle 2.3%, Atmospheric 1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure that uses a 2D perspective to explore dark, oppressive themes similar to the seed game.
- #14 Pony Island
87% matchVery Positive95% of 17,910 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.1%, Indie 25.6%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-puzzle game that subverts expectations and features a dark, psychological horror undertone.
- #15 The last door
86% match6 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: AlekseyPub: AlekseyN
Windows
You control a combat robot. Your task is to go through the maze, destroy all the enemy robots and get to the finish line. The passages to the other rooms of the maze are littered with stones. You need to use bombs to free the passages.
Why similar: Puzzle 57.6%, Adventure 34.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on atmospheric, point-and-click horror that relies on mystery and sound design to build tension.
- #16 SIGNALIS
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, Adventure 20.3%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Singleplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric survival horror game features complex puzzles and a dark, oppressive atmosphere that fans of the seed game will appreciate.
- #17 Year Walk
86% matchVery Positive90% of 2,014 reviews2014
Dev: Simogo
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.5%, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 19.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Singleplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a deeply atmospheric puzzle game that draws on dark folklore and sensory-based mechanics.
- #18 MO:Astray
84% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Indie 34%, Adventure 25.5%, Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Puzzle 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines fast-paced action with intricate, atmospheric puzzle-platforming in a dark, sci-fi setting.
- #19 The Initiate
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 202 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Indie 29%, Puzzle 23.6%, Adventure 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features first-person puzzle-solving within a dark, mysterious, and hostile setting.
- #20 Shutter
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2015
Dev: Cosmic Logic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.
Why similar: Indie 37.1%, Adventure 30.5%, Puzzle 25.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game relies on camera and light mechanics to solve puzzles in a dark, atmospheric environment.
- #21 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,605 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Adventure 49%, Puzzle 25.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Singleplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror game that shares the oppressive, dark narrative themes of the seed game.
- #22 WORLD OF HORROR
78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Anime 57.2%, Adventure 22.2%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures a similar sense of cosmic dread and puzzle-based survival in a dark, stylized world.
- #23 Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
81% matchVery Positive93% of 957 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.
Why similar: Anime 29.6%, Adventure 26%, Strategy 23%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the atmospheric horror and puzzle-like navigation of its predecessor in a dark, hostile environment.
- #24 Yomawari: Night Alone
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,266 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Anime 35%, Great Soundtrack 26%, Adventure 25%, Strategy 7%, Atmospheric 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a cute aesthetic to mask a deeply unsettling and dark horror experience.
- #25 Minotaur
80% matchVery Positive95% of 340 reviews2019
Dev: U7 committee
Windows · Mac
An adventure game with visual novel-style narrative, Minotaur tells a dark mystery story set in a newly created science fantasy world of synthets, magic-wielding androids and cybernetically enhanced penguins… God, what a (bloody) mess.
Why similar: Indie 33.6%, Adventure 30.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Anime 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: This adventure game features a dark, cyberpunk-inspired narrative with complex puzzle elements.
- #26 Oxenfree
79% matchVery Positive91% of 12,023 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Indie 27.7%, Adventure 21.5%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes sound manipulation and atmospheric storytelling to create a sense of dread and mystery.
- #27 Gods Will Be Watching
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,923 reviews2014
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.
Why similar: Indie 28.6%, Puzzle 23.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a dark, strategy-heavy game that forces the player to make difficult choices in a hostile environment.
- #28 The Cat Lady
79% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Indie 29.3%, Puzzle 29.2%, Adventure 27.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological adventure game that explores mature, unsettling themes through a unique visual style.
- #29 The Blind Prophet
77% matchVery Positive88% of 519 reviews2020
Dev: Ars Goetia
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.
Why similar: Indie 42.4%, Adventure 36.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Atmospheric 1.7%
- #30 Neverending Nightmares
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Indie 48.7%, Adventure 24.5%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Singleplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological horror and surreal, dark imagery that mirrors the seed game's tone.
- #31 Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
76% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2019
Dev: Screaming Void
Windows
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Why similar: Indie 30.4%, Adventure 25%, Puzzle 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #32 SEEING THINGS
73% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Puzzle 51.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #33 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
73% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Anime 49.1%, Adventure 30.6%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Singleplayer 7.5%
- #34 House of Caravan
77% matchMixed67% of 803 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 38.6%, Puzzle 32.2%, Adventure 26.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #35 The Executioner
76% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2019
Dev: Lesser Evil Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.
Why similar: Indie 27.5%, Puzzle 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Strategy 14.1%
- #36 Nightmare (Incubo)
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: inngamezstudio
Windows
INCUBO is a side scrolling platform game with a semi-horror theme. We present many ghost from around the world in our game as enemy and bosses. You played as a child in his nightmare and discover the truth about his story.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.8%, Indie 24%, Anime 22.3%, Adventure 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%
- #37 Slender Threads
69% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Indie 30.2%, Adventure 26.3%, Puzzle 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #38 Out of Sight
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 866 reviews2025
Dev: The Gang
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Puzzle 58.5%, Adventure 27.1%, Atmospheric 14.3%
- #39 Seduction
74% matchMixed55% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: KOEX studioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
《Seduction》is a 2d horror adventure puzzle game. Lee has to survive in the dark realm and to save Mei's soul from being use for the great summoning. Facing with mysteries, he has to figure out the truth in order to end it.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.2%, Indie 23.9%, Adventure 20.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #40 Blind
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 144 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Navigate an unfamiliar world in virtual reality using echolocation, where sounds become images. Trapped in a mansion by the devious Warden, make your way through its many rooms, riddled with puzzles and dangers, moving ever closer to the truth—and your only chance to escape.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.8%, Indie 29.8%, Adventure 24.5%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #41 Nightmare Zapping
70% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Anime 49.2%, Indie 19.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #42 Waveform
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,137 reviews2012
Dev: Eden Industries
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!
Why similar: Indie 35.5%, Puzzle 25.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #43 Sea Salt
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 712 reviews2019
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.
Why similar: Indie 32.4%, Strategy 28%, Adventure 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #44 Thy Creature
71% matchVery Positive82% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Puzzle 43%, Indie 22.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #45 Mr. Shadow
74% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: bycomb
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Mr. Shadow is a 2D graphic adventure game. The player uses a simple point and click interface to solve diverse puzzles. Enter a surreal and dark world inhabited by shadows.
Why similar: Indie 28.6%, Puzzle 26.1%, Adventure 24.6%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%
- #46 Beyond The Evil
70% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.6%, Indie 28.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #47 Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 689 reviews2014
Dev: Lostwood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.
Why similar: Indie 29.8%, Great Soundtrack 29.1%, Adventure 28%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #48 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Indie 65.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Singleplayer 8.6%
- #49 Hellslave
67% matchVery Positive85% of 3,129 reviews2022
Dev: Ars GoetiaPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.
Why similar: Indie 49.5%, Adventure 39.5%, Singleplayer 11%
- #50 Sinister Entity
67% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: Adventure 58.3%, Indie 34.7%, Singleplayer 7%
- #51 Hentai Forest
71% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Hentai Forest is a totally classic puzzle game but with a wonderful forest atmosphere and a slight Japanese touch ...
Why similar: Indie 28.3%, Strategy 22.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, Anime 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%
- #52 I Can't Escape: Darkness
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2015
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!
Why similar: Indie 42.2%, Adventure 36.1%, Atmospheric 21.7%
- #53 Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
65% matchMixed69% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Aya Games
Windows
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
Why similar: Puzzle 39.1%, Indie 23%, Adventure 20.6%, Atmospheric 12%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #54 Howl
66% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Howl is a turn-based tactical folktale set in medieval times. A sinister "howling plague" has ravaged the land, turning all who hear it into feral beasts. You play a deaf heroine plunging into danger in search of a cure.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.1%, Strategy 23.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Fantasy 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #55 Paratopic
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Indie 38.2%, Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Adventure 21.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #56 PRICE
68% matchVery Positive94% of 5,134 reviews2016
Dev: YETU GAME
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》
Why similar: Puzzle 34.6%, Anime 26.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Indie 13.4%, Adventure 7.7%
- #57 Caligo
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,064 reviews2017
Dev: Krealit
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.
Why similar: Indie 33.5%, Great Soundtrack 27.2%, Adventure 26.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #58 Castle of Secrets
64% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 15.7%, Fantasy 11.7%, Atmospheric 8%
- #59 Iris.Fall
66% matchVery Positive88% of 2,853 reviews2018
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Iris.Fall is a puzzle adventure game featuring striking visuals and a spellbinding theme of "light and shadow".
Why similar: Puzzle 45.3%, Indie 24.9%, Adventure 24.7%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%