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Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.

Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Psychological Horror 24%, Adventure 15.3%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 10.4%

A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Dark 9%

With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 27.6%, Dark 15.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 10.1%

"Oniwaki Village" is a first-person Japanese horror adventure game set in a Japanese village that has been abandoned due to an incident. Players endure horror as they explore the village and pursue the mystery of the incident....

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Adventure 22.8%, Dark 16.6%, Singleplayer 2%

In 'Stranger Watch' players step into the shoes of an elementary school student in a town plagued by recent sightings of suspicious figures. As they make their way home, it’s up to them to spot and report these lurking dangers

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Adventure 24.1%, Dark 18.9%, Singleplayer 2%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 24%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Dark 8.6%

A forgotten file. An echo that repeats. Memories that aren’t yours. The past always finds a way back. Are you ready to remember?

Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 31.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 6%

"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Dark 16.1%, Adventure 14.3%, 3D 5.5%

The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 30%, Dark 16.1%, Adventure 14.3%, 3D 8%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.1%, Horror 27.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Dark 15.7%, 3D 5.7%

Forbidden Tapes is a game consisting of three different horror stories. In the first episode, discover Jeremy Winterroad's recording, an urban exploration enthusiast searching for abandoned places full of stories. He won't be disappointed when he explores the old McNale house.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Adventure 16%, Dark 13.3%, Exploration 10%

Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.2%, Horror 38.9%, Adventure 18.9%, Singleplayer 3%

Hide and Sink series is a retro horror anthology chronicling short stories of uncanny childhood events. Part 2: Hide and Sink is a first-person psychological horror game. What starts as an innocent game of after-school hide-and-seek quickly unravels into an uncanny terror.

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Adventure 19.1%, 3D 8.8%, Story Rich 6.5%

Backrooms: The Exit is a single-player adventure game based on theme of backrooms.Inside the game you will need to avoid all threatening entities and find the cutscenes (exits) for each level, and perhaps many unexpected ways out of a level.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 13.3%, 3D 7.3%

A first-person psychological horror game about escaping a seemingly endless tunnel where something is always watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 23.8%, Adventure 20.8%, Dark 14.9%, Exploration 12.2%

A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 36.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Dark 7.1%, 3D 4.8%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 8.8%, Dark 8.5%

Deranged is a single player puzzle and psychological horror video game. Find a way to escape the O'Connor mansion before things get tough. Remember that in order to escape you must complete challenging puzzles against the clock ... Will you be able?

Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Adventure 18.6%, Exploration 15.3%, 3D 11.1%, Story Rich 9.4%

A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.

Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 34.3%, Dark 20.6%, Adventure 5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Strange phenomena occur one after another in one apartment. You, an exorcist, are asked to investigate and go to the room, but you are trapped by the spirits living in the room. The only way to escape is to suppress all the spiritual phenomena caused by the spirits.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Dark 17.3%, Adventure 13.9%, 3D 7.8%

A sick mother and her young son move into the home of a lonely old woman. A tragic story inspired by the dark puppet animations of the 80s and 90s.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Dark 10.3%, Exploration 8.9%

The Threshold is a psychological horror game. Trapped in an endless time loop, your only goal is to escape. However, with each new attempt, the environment fractures.

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Exploration 18.8%, Adventure 16.5%, 3D 9.9%

Mysteries of Hoia Baciu Forest is a first-person horror game inspired by the real Romanian legend, and the first chapter in the Dark Realms series, developed by a Romanian solo dev.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Dark 13.5%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 8.4%

After years of missing out on life, the journeys, the friendships, the experiences, you are prescribed an experimental medication to help you reclaim your life. The side effects were supposed to be minor, but as you drift off to sleep, you wake up in your childhood home.

Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Dark 15.3%, Adventure 14.2%, 3D 4.5%

A psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. A sound-sensitive creature hunts you. Stay silent, hide, and escape before it hears you.

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Dark 15.2%, Exploration 14.4%, 3D 8.8%

A short story-driven horror game with a worn VHS finish. Move into the last house on Sycamore Street, unpack, meet the neighbor, and find out why the dog won't go near the attic. After dark, hide in the wardrobe, watch through the slats, and try to get a phone signal.

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Dark 10.1%, 3D 8.1%

In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.

Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Dark 13.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%

She was sent to the abandoned house in Yeongdeok as part of a viewer punishment challenge. But the joke ended the moment the door slammed shut.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 8.6%

Alex and his friends set out for a camping trip deep in the forest. What starts as a fun escape quickly turns into something far darker. This forest hides secrets… and something is always watching. Survive. Escape. Don’t look back...

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Dark 17%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 9.2%

This 2D horror game is set in Edo period of Japan. The girl notices that her old sister has disappeared. The girl will look for her and clues of her. What will the girl find in end of the story?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.5%, Horror 30%, Adventure 24%, Story Rich 10.5%

Disappeared is a horror game focused on exploration and stealth progression. As Axel, in a dark forest, you must uncover what happened to Deb, your missing wife, and find a way to save her while being hunted by powerful entities.

Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Psychological Horror 30%, Dark 14.7%, Adventure 13.5%, 3D 5%

2D exploratory adventure

Why similar: Adventure 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 19.2%, Exploration 15.4%, Dark 14.8%

You wake up in your familiar home, only to find yourself completely locked inside. Search for clues, evade an unknown presence, and piece together forgotten memories... In this confined space, the real terror is only just beginning. A intense 30-minute psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 29.9%, Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Story Rich 5.4%

What starts as a normal sleepover quickly turns into a terrifying paranormal nightmare. Explore the house, investigate strange occurrences, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the haunting before it's too late.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 21.7%, Exploration 17.1%, Adventure 11.7%, 3D 8.4%

The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...

Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Psychological Horror 36.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 36.6%, Adventure 24.8%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Horror 27.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 12.4%, Dark 5.7%

Max, who suffers from schizophrenia due to childhood trauma, decides to break free from the endless torment of hallucinations and delusions.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.7%, Horror 31.4%, Adventure 23.7%, 3D 6.1%, Story Rich 5.8%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 29%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 8.3%, Story Rich 7.9%

Delivery personnel headed to a condominium building to deliver a package.

Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Story Rich 6.2%

A horror game featuring standalone stories filled with eerie atmospheres and unsettling mysteries. Each chapter reveals a new, chilling narrative where your choices shape the outcomes. Dive into the unknown and embrace the uncanny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Horror 24.9%, Adventure 18.9%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8.1%

Control an RC car in an abandoned hospital. Capture eerie anomalies, avoid making noise, and uncover a chilling mystery—before something finds you first.

Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 11%, Dark 10%

In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Horror 27.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Dark 7.7%, Story Rich 6.4%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 31.7%, Adventure 11.8%, 3D 8.1%, Dark 6.7%

Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.

Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 30.6%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8.6%, 3D 5.3%

You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Suspected Scam” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.

Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Psychological Horror 33.7%, Adventure 29.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Mia Jane disappeared in 1990 during a camping trip. Years later, Gabriel finds her recording while searching for a cure for her infection at the Lurmont facility. Explore two timelines, uncover the hidden truth, and survive the presence that lurks in the shadows of Black Wood.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.4%, Horror 34.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Story Rich 4.5%

Set in a sunless town cursed by the Architect, Mysteries of Black Hollow is a shop management and extraction game. Ride your wagon into blighted lands, gather relics, and trade dark heirlooms to restore the church. But beware: every fortune has its price.

Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Psychological Horror 34.6%, Exploration 9%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Hands UP Experience a classic first-person horror in pixel graphics Use your shovel to clear the debris and reach the lowest level Do not tear wrist tendons.

Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Dark 7.9%, Exploration 7.2%

On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Exploration 9%, Story Rich 5.7%

A psychological horror where you're trapped inside your own school, hunted by an unrelenting entity. As you search for an escape, the walls shift around you, and reality begins to distort. Escaping is just as important as keeping your sanity intact.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44%, Horror 33.7%, Adventure 12.9%, 3D 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories

Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Adventure 17.6%, Dark 13.6%, 3D 4.8%

このホラーゲームでは、プレイヤーは先端恐怖症になった看護師として、病院内で業務を進めながら彼女の先端恐怖症の原因を探ります。 しかし、深く掘り下げるにつれ、驚くべき事実が明らかになり、衝撃的なラストへと導かれます。 小規模ながらもプレイヤーを引き込む深いストーリーと、緻密な演出による臨場感あふれる恐怖体験を提供しています。

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Adventure 17.5%, Dark 13.1%, 3D 7.7%

Relying on a single flashlight, secure your objective in the dark factory and escape avoiding 'his' eyes. Overcome the extreme fear of the unknown that the darkness brings, and break through your limits.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Dark 10.9%, 3D 8.8%

A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Exploration 19.4%, Adventure 15.1%, 3D 12%

How far are you willing to go?

Why similar: Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Dark 15.4%, Exploration 8.6%

THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.

Why similar: Adventure 26.7%, Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Exploration 16.2%, Story Rich 6.8%

Noah had run from his past, from his sins. But they had other plans for him. The mind always harbors its deepest dread, and when the time comes, you must face it. For Noah, that time has come.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Horror 26.1%, Dark 14.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 8.6%

A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with secret Soviet experiments. Explore atmospheric tunnels, hidden laboratories, and abandoned shrines inspired by real locations—and survive by solving intricate, mind-bending puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Dark 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 7.9%