Games Like Shattered Lights

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: VR 25.9%, Horror 23.4%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Difficult 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused horror game that captures the feeling of being trapped in a facility with unknown, dangerous entities.

Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.

Why similar: VR 48%, Horror 30.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Indie 5.4%, Atmospheric 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title is a definitive room-scale VR psychological horror experience that mirrors the immersive, slow-burn tension found in Shattered Lights.

Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Horror 19%, VR 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game built specifically for VR that focuses on surreal, psychological environments and atmospheric exploration.

Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: VR 27.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Violent 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the classic psychological horror trope of a derelict asylum, optimized for a VR perspective.

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 31.3%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Dark 6.1%, Walking Simulator 6%

Why You'll Like It: While not natively VR, this is widely considered the gold standard for psychological horror atmosphere and environmental storytelling.

You died in a mysterious seance and have become a Wraith, one of the restless undead. In this VR horror game, use your supernatural abilities to solve the mystery behind your death. But beware of the sinister Spectres lurking in the shadows...

Why similar: VR 50.5%, Horror 34.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 3%, Exploration 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-horror VR game that forces players to navigate a haunted mansion with the same sense of fragility and psychological weight.

You are trapped deep inside a massive dungeon. Explore it, survive it and find a way to escape. Your only weapons will be stealth, your own courage, and a faint light. Dreadhalls is an intense and scary experience, not for the faint of heart. You have been warned!

Why similar: VR 27.3%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Mystery 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic VR horror experience that relies on claustrophobic dungeon exploration and constant, creeping dread.

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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Survival Horror 7.6%, Dark 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror game that excels at building tension through simple, effective environmental cues.

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Horror 21.8%, VR 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Mystery 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological survival horror game that uses its unique underwater setting to create a suffocating, immersive atmosphere.

Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues. Embark on a journey through the human psyche to experience the everyday challenges associated with these conditions.

Why similar: Indie 42.8%, Psychological Horror 35.7%, First-Person 21.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful psychological horror game that explores mental health themes through immersive, first-person exploration.

Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.

Why similar: VR 37.8%, Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 18%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Difficult 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A VR roguelike horror game that emphasizes tension and resource management in a terrifying, isolated space station.

The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.

Why similar: Indie 28.5%, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven psychological thriller that prioritizes surreal visuals and atmospheric storytelling over traditional combat.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Violent 9.9%, Dark 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply unsettling psychological horror game that focuses on exploring a suburban home filled with dark secrets.

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Dark 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror experience that emphasizes immersion and environmental storytelling.

Insanity VR combines an immersive and intuitive locomotion system in VR, a compelling horror story and escape the room like puzzles with stealth mechanics. As the new intern at a futuristic institute for mental illnesses you get transported into the mind of a patient to reconstruct his memories.

Why similar: VR 36.6%, Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Violent 11.1%, Gore 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play VR horror experience that focuses on quick, intense scares in a confined environment.

A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Violent 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and a feeling of constant unease.

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on mystery and atmospheric exploration to keep the player on edge.

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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Dark 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological walking simulator that mirrors the minimalist, room-based horror style of your seed game.

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 18%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror experience that emphasizes atmosphere and walking-simulator mechanics.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 23.3%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Dark 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in shifting environments and psychological horror, perfect for those who enjoy the walking-simulator aspect of Shattered Lights.

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 20.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Dark 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator focuses on atmospheric dread and psychological tension within a confined, eerie setting.

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Why similar: Horror 36.4%, VR 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Dark 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: While multiplayer-focused, its VR implementation provides some of the most immersive ghost-hunting horror available on Steam.

Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Dark 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A horror game that utilizes a slow-paced, atmospheric approach to build psychological tension.

The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.

Why similar: VR 63%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle game that uses VR to create a tactile, mysterious environment that feels grounded and real.

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: VR 48.8%, Horror 20.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Atmospheric 6%, First-Person 4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that creates an incredibly immersive, lonely atmosphere in a surreal, post-apocalyptic landscape.

Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: VR 21.9%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Dark 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, adventure-focused horror game that provides a classic, unsettling exploration experience.

Directionless is an experimental Virtual Reality horror game. It tries out a variety of ways of using Virtual Reality to unnerve and disorient the player, with carefully crafted audio working with an interactive environment to pull you into a nightmarish world where you can't trust anything.

Why similar: VR 75.5%, Indie 24.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie VR experience that focuses on creating a unique, disorienting atmosphere.

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 32.3%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Dark 8.9%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%

A VR Horror Experience, not a Game! No controller input needed! After having checked into a haunted hospital, you are being confronted with its evil resident who is not too pleased about your visit.

Why similar: VR 34.2%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Dark 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual VR horror experience that provides a quick, unsettling visit to a strange location.

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Walking Simulator 7%, Indie 6.9%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Dark 7.6%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Dark 8.7%

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%, Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.9%

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Exploration 4.9%

The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.

Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Walking Simulator 7%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Mystery 7.6%, Violent 7%

Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Indie 7.8%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Dark 8.5%, Violent 8.4%

"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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 31%, Dark 10.9%, Indie 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%

REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.

Why similar: Horror 81.4%, Indie 18.6%

Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Violent 19.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Action 9.8%, First-Person 8.9%

Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 9.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Violent 7.9%

First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 20.9%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Dark 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Dark 6.2%

AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.

Why similar: VR 43%, Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Gore 2.7%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Dark 36.9%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Gore 11.3%, Indie 11%, Singleplayer 5.2%

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 27.1%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 7.3%

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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Dark 10%, First-Person 6.9%

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Dark 9%, Violent 8.9%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Walking Simulator 8%, Dark 6.4%

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 25.9%, Horror 25.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Dark 11.8%, Exploration 6.5%

Afterlife VR is a deeply immersive horror game. As Adam Bernhard, a young rookie police officer on a night patrol, you receive a call that will change your life forever. Uncover secrets hidden deep within the Black Rose mental hospital walls, where most of the patients pose a great danger.

Why similar: VR 31.7%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Exploration 5.1%

Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 26.4%, Dark 9.3%, Mystery 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Violent 8.8%, Dark 8.5%

Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

Why similar: VR 34.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Mystery 9.2%

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 32.3%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Dark 15.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Action 6.8%

The Visitor is a VR horror experience about an unexpected visitor calling to your door in the middle of the night. The game relies heavily on atmosphere, utilizing a dark environment to make the player both as nervous and uncomfortable as possible.

Why similar: VR 86%, Indie 14%

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 25.1%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Mystery 7%

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