Games Like ШП - ShP

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 42.7%, Indie 35.8%, Story Rich 7.8%, Singleplayer 7.4%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-fictional puzzle game that forces you to interact with a corrupted, malicious interface to progress.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Puzzle 68.4%, Story Rich 31.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror game that uses a unique facial-expression-based interface to create a deeply unsettling and cryptic experience.

How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.

Why similar: Indie 59.1%, Puzzle 40.9%

Why You'll Like It: This meta-horror game actively fights against the player, mimicking a broken or tampered-with software experience.

A simple 3d puzzle game.

Why similar: Difficult 44.8%, Puzzle 29.5%, Indie 23.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like ShP, this game offers an extremely high difficulty curve with no hand-holding, focusing on pure, minimalist logic.

"I need a Heart in order to open it"

Why similar: Difficult 35.5%, Indie 30.9%, Puzzle 20.8%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-horror title that uses file manipulation and interface glitches to blur the line between the game and your computer.

KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!

Why similar: Indie 32.8%, Simulation 28.1%, 2D 16.5%, Story Rich 15.7%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An unsettling virtual assistant simulation that uses meta-narrative elements to create a psychological horror experience.

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Simulation 27.1%, Puzzle 23.1%, Indie 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A complex simulation game that requires players to master a dense, technical interface to solve logic puzzles.

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Puzzle 30.1%, Indie 28.4%, Story Rich 13.7%, Simulation 13.5%, 2D 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A clever meta-puzzle game that constantly breaks the fourth wall and subverts player expectations regarding game interfaces.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Why You'll Like It: Features an intentionally repulsive and overwhelming UI that mirrors the game's surreal, nihilistic, and psychological themes.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Simulation 54.1%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 15.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation of a surreal 90s internet that relies on cryptic exploration and a unique, nostalgic interface.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Puzzle 51.7%, Story Rich 36.1%, 2D 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle game that hides deep meta-narrative secrets within its card-based interface.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Indie 51%, Story Rich 18.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Singleplayer 8.7%, 2D 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative puzzle game that deconstructs various game genres through a dark, psychological lens.

A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread.

Why similar: Simulation 64.6%, Puzzle 35.4%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, experimental horror experiences that utilize glitchy aesthetics and simulation elements.

"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...

Why similar: Puzzle 40.7%, Indie 28.3%, Story Rich 21.1%, Singleplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy adventure game that leans into psychological horror and dark, atmospheric storytelling.

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Indie 64.8%, 2D 22.4%, Singleplayer 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic surreal exploration game that relies on obscure, dream-like logic and psychological imagery rather than explicit instructions.

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

Why similar: Simulation 56.3%, Puzzle 25.8%, Indie 9.9%, Singleplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A hacking-themed simulation that uses an interactive-fiction style to deliver psychological horror.

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Why similar: Puzzle 53.4%, Indie 35.8%, Singleplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, exploration-based horror game that emphasizes a dream-like and often confusing narrative structure.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Difficult 41.6%, Puzzle 31%, Indie 18.8%, 2D 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant puzzle game that forces you to rewrite the rules of the game itself, mirroring the experimental nature of ShP.

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 78.6%, Singleplayer 21.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric psychological horror game that uses cryptic puzzles and a retro-futuristic interface to build tension.

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Simulation 60.7%, Puzzle 25.4%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator that uses repetitive, puzzle-like observation to create a psychological horror experience.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Indie 50.4%, Story Rich 35.8%, Singleplayer 9.9%, Puzzle 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and meta-narrative experience that explores the relationship between a developer and their broken, obscure creations.

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Indie 51.8%, Story Rich 37.7%, Singleplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror narrative that uses surreal imagery and a claustrophobic setting to explore themes of isolation.

Panel houses, snow, overcast sky, tiny kitchen, shabby staircase… It's Winter is an indie game which genre could be classified as sandbox, post-soviet, sad 3d, russian sadness. Nothing awaits you: there is no chance to get out, no room for adventures and breathtaking plot.

Why similar: Simulation 56.3%, Indie 38.2%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric simulation that captures a bleak, lonely, and surreal sense of isolation in a post-Soviet setting.

Navigate the internet's dark net, searching for pieces of a puzzle that once combined will clear your outstanding debt. Scan strange websites for info, hack into PCs while defending your own, and buy/sell goods & services, all while avoiding threats in this strategic, suspenseful horror game.

Why similar: Simulation 60%, Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 95.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly, surreal horror experience that uses fragmented storytelling and an unsettling atmosphere to disturb the player.

Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.

Why similar: Indie 71.6%, Story Rich 16.7%, Singleplayer 11.7%

You don't know who or where you are. The papers are there and the computers are asking you to insert paper. Your job here is simple: find the documents considering the information required by the reader machines.

Why similar: Indie 64.3%, Simulation 35.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie horror simulation that uses a retro aesthetic to create an unsettling, cryptic experience.

The Princess of the Flower Kingdom has vanished! She was taken by the Ghulibas of the north, and it is up to brave Zee Tee to rescue her. On his quest, he - and you - will discover the hidden lands behind the peaceful kingdom, and come face to face with secrets that will set you on edge!

Why similar: Indie 59.6%, 2D 12.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deceptive platformer that hides dark, psychological horror elements behind a seemingly simple and innocent interface.

Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Simulation 26.4%, Indie 19.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, 2D 8.7%

Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on atmospheric exploration and puzzle-solving in a confined space.

The game that simply confuses your fingers.

Why similar: Difficult 44.9%, Simulation 36%, Indie 16.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Photographs is a Narrative Tragedy Puzzle Game? What the hell does that mean

Why similar: Simulation 32.4%, Indie 31%, Puzzle 16.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, 2D 7%

A single move to carve a path through blood.Use the information on the grid to avoid, fight, and devour unseen enemies in this Minesweeper-style puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Difficult 34.7%, Puzzle 20.4%, Indie 19.9%, Simulation 10.9%, 2D 5.9%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Indie 63.5%, Puzzle 29%, Singleplayer 7.6%

Тюремные Загадки

Why similar: Simulation 72.8%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Welcome to Netbreak™, a horror-puzzle experience. When a mysterious USB drive arrives on your desk, your curiosity drags you into a nightmare. Piece together clues, watch forbidden videos, and take down an underground SNUFF marketplace, that allows you to see interactive torture and murder.

Why similar: Simulation 42.8%, Indie 24.9%, Difficult 20.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%

simian.interface++ is an abstract puzzle experience for simian participants of all ages and abilities. There are no explicit rules, no instructions, and very simple controls. Puzzles must be solved using pattern recognition, intuition, and experimentation.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Strange simulator for a certain type of people who want to get NOTHING and PAIN. Game based on real events.

Why similar: Simulation 60.7%, Indie 39.3%

Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Simulation 29.2%, Indie 17.5%, Singleplayer 6%

A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

Why similar: Simulation 35.9%, Puzzle 24.2%, Indie 18.7%, Story Rich 15.6%, Singleplayer 5.6%

A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

Why similar: Indie 86.1%, Singleplayer 13.9%

Гыгы

Why similar: Simulation 87%, Story Rich 8.1%, Singleplayer 5%

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Indie 24.6%, Difficult 24.6%, 2D 10.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Do you like spontaneous purchases? Do all your purchases bring you happiness? Everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.

Why similar: Simulation 59%, Story Rich 21.1%, Singleplayer 19.9%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Simulation 39.7%, Difficult 27.3%, Indie 26.7%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Come explore a disgustingly LOVE-addled world! Solve 'puzzles' in ever-changing, emotion-based, overly-hyphenated levels -- while hunting down the murderer. Experience an ever tightening knot in your stomach as you realize: "Something is terribly wrong here, and I don't want to dig any deeper".

Why similar: Simulation 63.2%, Indie 36.8%

Psi Project is a hardcore 2D shooter with elements of horror. The main character wakes up in an unknown place. Absolutely remembers nothing. Who he is and how he got here. Throughout search of answers he is strongly plagued by different kinds of hallucinations.

Why similar: Simulation 61%, Indie 39%

4 short horror games from different authors and in different genres. Each game is an author's vision on the theme of 'pursuit'.

Why similar: Simulation 56.3%, Puzzle 20.2%, Indie 13.5%, Story Rich 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: Indie 51.2%, Puzzle 44.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%

A pixel game that contains some puzzles. It tells a story about five strangers who were trapped on a mysterious train.

Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Puzzle 25.5%, Difficult 18.3%, Story Rich 12.1%, 2D 11.1%

Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.

Why similar: Puzzle 83.7%, Singleplayer 16.3%

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: Indie 27.9%, Simulation 20.6%, Story Rich 19.1%, Puzzle 17.4%, Singleplayer 15.1%

Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..

Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Indie 25.9%, Puzzle 19.5%, Singleplayer 8.7%

A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Why similar: Indie 35.1%, Story Rich 34%, 2D 20%, Singleplayer 10.9%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Difficult 81%, 2D 10%, Singleplayer 9%

《Back》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy ！！！！ The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.

Why similar: Simulation 35.2%, Puzzle 34.4%, Indie 22.4%, Singleplayer 7.9%

SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.

Why similar: Simulation 68.5%, Puzzle 24.8%, Singleplayer 6.7%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Puzzle 41%, Story Rich 22.9%, Simulation 14.5%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 9.7%

In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.

Why similar: Simulation 37.3%, Puzzle 35.5%, Indie 17.2%, Singleplayer 10.1%

Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.8%, Story Rich 25.3%, Indie 20.2%, 2D 13.6%, Singleplayer 7.1%