- #1 the static speaks my name
97% matchVery Positive82% of 5,749 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Horror 28.5%, Walking Simulator 8%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: A brief, surreal, and deeply disturbing psychological horror game that shares the indie spirit of the seed.
- #2 Paratopic
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 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: Horror 42.5%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Indie 12.2%, Walking Simulator 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the surreal, low-fidelity VHS aesthetic and fragmented storytelling found in SEPTEMBER 1999.
- #3 September 7th
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,992 reviews2023
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the found-footage style and atmospheric tension that makes the seed game so effective.
- #4 Iron Lung
95% matchVery Positive92% of 10,709 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, First-Person 7.4%, Indie 6.9%, Walking Simulator 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly claustrophobic and intense short-form experience that relies on atmosphere over traditional gameplay.
- #5 The Complex: Found Footage
94% matchVery Positive93% of 9,623 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 26%, Multiplayer 17.8%, First-Person 7.9%, Walking Simulator 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the found-footage genre, it focuses on the same unsettling, liminal space horror.
- #6 Murder House
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,305 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Gore 26%, Indie 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a retro VHS aesthetic to deliver a terrifying, slasher-inspired horror experience.
- #7 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
93% matchVery Positive90% of 10,482 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 38%, Psychological Horror 25%, Multiplayer 18.4%, First-Person 6.4%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic series excels at the found-footage, realistic horror vibe that makes the seed game so immersive.
- #8 No Players Online
92% matchVery Positive85% of 625 reviews2025
Dev: Beeswax GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.
Why similar: Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, unsettling experience that uses a retro aesthetic to deliver a haunting psychological horror story.
- #9 Welcome to Kowloon
91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,881 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Gore 15.7%, Walking Simulator 8%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dense, atmospheric, and psychological horror experience set in a claustrophobic urban environment.
- #10 From The Darkness
90% matchVery Positive89% of 3,460 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Walking Simulator 6.5%, Dark 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the same brand of indie psychological horror that relies on exploration and atmospheric tension.
- #11 Shattered Lights
91% matchVery Positive87% of 432 reviews2019
Dev: Team MorbidPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
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 31.9%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 11%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror game that uses lighting and atmosphere to create a sense of constant unease.
- #12 9 Childs Street
89% matchVery Positive91% of 783 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Indie 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that excels at building a sense of dread in a domestic setting.
- #13 Lost in Vivo
88% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.5%, Horror 33.8%, Gore 10%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses claustrophobia and surreal imagery to create a lasting impact.
- #14 The Tape
89% matchMixed55% of 486 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, Gore 25.5%, Indie 13.5%, First-Person 10.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the found-footage and VHS aesthetic to create a short, atmospheric horror experience.
- #15 Almost Home Now
87% matchVery Positive85% of 786 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 40%, Psychological Horror 36.7%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror game that uses a unique visual style to create a sense of unease.
- #16 Stories Untold
86% matchVery Positive87% of 5,426 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Psychological Horror 38%, Indie 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic game uses retro technology and atmospheric storytelling to build a sense of dread similar to VHS horror.
- #17 The Closing Shift
86% matchMixed67% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Psychological Horror 36.7%, Dark 12.9%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a slow-burn, psychological horror experience that feels grounded and deeply unsettling.
- #18 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
85% matchVery Positive82% of 3,227 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Indie 7.5%, Walking Simulator 5.9%, First-Person 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror game that excels at building tension in a mundane, everyday setting.
- #19 Unknown Host
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.
Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Gore 18.8%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on atmospheric exploration and psychological tension, mirroring the walking-simulator elements of the seed.
- #20 Visage
84% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, First-Person 4.8%, Dark 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: While longer, it is one of the most effective psychological horror games at creating a claustrophobic and terrifying atmosphere.
- #21 Stay Out of the House
83% matchVery Positive95% of 1,805 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 60.8%, Indie 14.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines a retro VHS aesthetic with intense stealth-horror mechanics.
- #22 Psalm 5:9-13
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,834 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 24%, Gore 21.1%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, First-Person 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, mysterious, and psychological horror experience that relies on exploration and atmosphere.
- #23 POOLS
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.3%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on liminal spaces and atmosphere, creating a unique, unsettling experience without traditional combat.
- #24 Exanimum: The Silent Call
82% matchVery Positive84% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Indie 7.3%, Dark 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic and dark psychological horror experience that feels grounded and unsettling.
- #25 White Room Protocol
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 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 28.2%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Gore 13.1%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a minimalist, atmospheric approach to build psychological tension in a confined space.
- #26 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
79% matchVery Positive95% of 8,573 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Gore 19%, Indie 6.8%, Dark 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a retro aesthetic to deliver a deeply disturbing and psychological horror story.
- #27 Shadow of Pharos
81% matchMixed69% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Team Gaivot
Windows
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Walking Simulator 10%, Atmospheric 6.6%, First-Person 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an immersive, atmospheric mystery that relies on psychological horror elements.
- #28 Cave Crawler
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,111 reviews2022
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
Why You'll Like It: A short, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and building a sense of dread.
- #29 Cry of Fear
79% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Multiplayer 17.8%, First-Person 4.2%, Indie 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie psychological horror title that excels at creating a dark, oppressive, and immersive world.
- #30 Unwilling Host
78% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 32.5%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Indie 6.1%, First-Person 5.2%
- #31 The Forgotten Apartment
76% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Umbra Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.
Why similar: Gore 30.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 18.5%, Indie 10.8%, Walking Simulator 7.3%
- #32 廃病院探索
77% matchVery Positive81% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: カニお@VtuberPub: vkanio_game
Windows
This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Gore 29%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Dark 6.7%, Atmospheric 4%
- #33 SHE WAS 98
74% matchVery Positive85% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological Horror 28%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, First-Person 8%, Indie 7.2%
- #34 SCP022
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 823 reviews2019
Dev: KL GAMES
Windows
This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.
Why similar: Horror 66.6%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Indie 8.3%, First-Person 6.4%
- #35 Cave Crawler
74% matchVery Positive85% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Indie 3.8%
- #36 The Last Visit: 98th
73% matchVery Positive80% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Gore 16.8%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, First-Person 6.8%
- #37 Golgotha
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,040 reviews2023
Dev: Craig LawrencePub: LockleyGames
Windows
Dare to explore the most haunted vicinity in all of England? You will leave no stone unturned as you walk along the eerie grounds of the Black Waters Station and uncover the horror that lies within.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Multiplayer 21%, First-Person 9.2%, Walking Simulator 8.1%
- #38 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,142 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, First-Person 6.4%, Dark 4.8%
- #39 Passing Pineview Forest
76% matchMixed65% of 1,697 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 59.2%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, First-Person 5.8%, Walking Simulator 5.4%
- #40 Bleeding Roots
71% matchVery Positive93% of 426 reviews2024
Dev: Mechanikoi
Windows
Bleeding Roots is a free fifteen minute horror game about a man taking care of his plants throughout the seasons.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Atmospheric 8%, Dark 5.7%, Indie 5.2%
- #41 VHS Collection: Goodnight Me
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Notick
Windows
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Psychological Horror 34.2%, Dark 7.7%, First-Person 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #42 CALLUS
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 350 reviews2026
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.2%, Horror 39%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Dark 6.4%, Indie 2.6%
- #43 I'mitation The Eight Suicide Note
75% matchMixed59% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: 木枯組
Windows
A first-person search-type horror game developed for developers. Use the night vision, rean, slide and other actions to find eight items in the facility. Content that can be gameplayed in a short time.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Gore 25.9%, Multiplayer 21.5%, Indie 8.8%
- #44 Lights Off!
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, Dark 4.6%
- #45 Seek Or Die
75% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 55.2%, Multiplayer 30.8%, Indie 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #46 TEST RE
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: K App.
Windows
A short 5 minute horror game!
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Dark 7.9%, First-Person 7.1%
- #47 Perfect Vermin
70% matchVery Positive93% of 3,830 reviews2020
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Gore 11.6%, Indie 8%, First-Person 8%
- #48 Paranormal VHS
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Psychological Horror 34.7%, Dark 8.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Gore 5%
- #49 10 Seconds
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Horror 56.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Dark 6.5%
- #50 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 477 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 27.2%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, First-Person 8.5%
- #51 The Guest
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Indie 7.7%
- #52 Mimic Search
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,002 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 32.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, Dark 6.9%
- #53 Sanguine Sanctum
70% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Modus Interactive Games
Windows · Mac
It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic.
Why similar: Gore 53.2%, Horror 33.5%, Indie 13.3%
- #54 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
66% matchVery Positive85% of 801 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: Psychological Horror 41.1%, Gore 38.3%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Dark 8.1%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #55 Missing Hiker
66% matchVery Positive85% of 3,664 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Walking Simulator 7.5%, First-Person 6.8%
- #56 Death Motel
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, First-Person 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #57 Effugium
68% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 15%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #58 Fingerbones
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,593 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Dark 7.4%
- #59 The Last Letter
64% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Dark 5.1%, Atmospheric 5%
- #60 Analog - Skin off
63% matchVery Positive94% of 311 reviews2025
Dev: Adouson
Windows
Skin Off is an analog horror game where you play as a teenager spending a summer night alone at your uncle’s house. As you wait for your friends to arrive the next day, a strange message is broadcasted on national television, signaling the start of a nightmare you can’t escape.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9%, Indie 8.5%
