- #1 Hollowbody
97% matchVery Positive85% of 1,618 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Third-Person Shooter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its rain-soaked dystopian setting, limited supplies, environmental puzzles, and deliberate classic-survival-horror structure make it one of the closest modern companions to SIGNALIS.
- #2 Tormented Souls
96% matchVery Positive90% of 8,214 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Third-Person Shooter 10.3%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It closely recreates the fixed-camera survival-horror formula with scarce ammunition, intricate puzzles, backtracking, and an isolated heroine confronting a grotesque conspiracy.
- #3 SILENT HILL 2
96% matchVery Positive95% of 65,757 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.2%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Atmospheric 10%, Cinematic 7.6%, Violent 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A landmark of psychological survival horror built around oppressive exploration, symbolic monsters, puzzle-solving, and a deeply personal descent into grief and guilt.
- #4 Crow Country
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Female Protagonist 17%, Third-Person Shooter 12.5%, Violent 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly retro visuals, compact interconnected environments, inventory puzzles, and unsettling cosmic mystery strongly suit SIGNALIS fans.
- #5 Sorry We're Closed
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,039 reviews2024
Dev: à la mode gamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Dark 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its queer protagonist, surreal demon-infested world, resource management, and stylized survival-horror structure offer a more colorful but comparably strange alternative.
- #6 Heartworm
94% matchVery Positive86% of 502 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent AdinolfiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 10.6%, Cinematic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deliberately retro psychological horror game with exploration, puzzle-solving, supernatural dread, and an emotionally vulnerable protagonist.
- #7 SILENT HILL f
91% matchVery Positive80% of 29,564 reviews2025
Dev: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Pub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Cinematic 8.2%, Violent 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It centers a female protagonist in a psychologically charged nightmare full of grotesque imagery, survival-horror exploration, and emotionally fraught storytelling.
- #8 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
93% matchVery Positive85% of 1,306 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Survival Horror 54.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 12%, Dark 9.2%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art psychological survival horror similarly uses limited resources, ambiguous reality, isolation, and multiple interpretations of its protagonist's deteriorating mind.
- #9 Them and Us
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,665 reviews2021
Dev: TendoGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Third-Person Shooter 13.9%, Violent 7.2%, Mystery 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A female-led, puzzle-heavy survival horror experience with limited supplies, traditional camera options, and a deliberately old-school Resident Evil-like rhythm.
- #10 Alisa
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,598 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
Why similar: Survival Horror 47.6%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly retro aesthetic, scarce resources, eccentric enemies, and mansion exploration evoke the era of survival horror that SIGNALIS lovingly reinterprets.
- #11 Post Trauma
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 703 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Cinematic 16.6%, Action-Adventure 11%, Puzzle 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It channels classic Silent Hill-style survival horror through fixed viewpoints, cryptic puzzles, oppressive otherworldly spaces, and restrained combat.
- #12 Fear the Spotlight
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,323 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Puzzle 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A more accessible but highly atmospheric survival-horror mystery with a female lead, stealthy vulnerability, environmental puzzles, and a strong emotional core.
- #13 Lamentum
89% matchVery Positive88% of 842 reviews2021
Dev: Obscure TalesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Lovecraftian 25.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art Lovecraftian survival horror combines exploration, inventory management, branching choices, and a bleak descent into supernatural madness.
- #14 Dead Space
87% matchVery Positive91% of 71,387 reviews2023
Dev: MotivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Third-Person Shooter 13%, Violent 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its derelict spacecraft setting, dismemberment-focused combat, resource tension, and escalating cosmic horror provide a more action-heavy version of SIGNALIS's sci-fi dread.
- #15 SOMA
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 53,096 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Dark 9%
Why You'll Like It: It trades combat for existential sci-fi horror, but its isolated facility, identity-focused narrative, and devastating philosophical questions strongly align with SIGNALIS's themes.
- #16 System Shock
86% matchVery Positive90% of 13,021 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.7%, Survival Horror 22.9%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Violent 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Exploring a hostile space station ruled by a malicious AI offers immersive sci-fi paranoia, environmental storytelling, and a foundational influence on horror in abandoned facilities.
- #17 Resident Evil 2
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 224,292 reviews2019
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Why similar: Survival Horror 47.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Violent 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Dark 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its police-station labyrinth, inventory pressure, key-item puzzles, and tense encounters are foundational mechanics behind much of SIGNALIS's design language.
- #18 Lost in Vivo
85% matchVery Positive91% of 4,007 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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: Survival Horror 29.2%, Lovecraftian 25.5%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Violent 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This lo-fi first-person horror game delivers labyrinthine environments, unsettling sound design, surreal psychological imagery, and deliberately abrasive retro horror sensibilities.
- #19 Darkwood
84% matchVery Positive95% of 25,035 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its hostile isolation, restricted visibility, unnerving world-building, and constant pressure to conserve resources create a similarly relentless atmosphere of dread.
- #20 Alien: Isolation
84% matchVery Positive93% of 67,015 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.6%, Sci-fi 19%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Atmospheric 10%, Psychological Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its lonely space-station setting, scavenging, vulnerable protagonist, and emphasis on hiding from an unstoppable creature make it an excellent sci-fi survival-horror counterpart.
- #21 Mouthwashing
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,851 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Psychological Horror 50.2%, Dark 17.5%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: This compact, deeply disturbing spaceship horror story shares SIGNALIS's interest in isolation, fractured perception, doomed crews, and unsettling character psychology.
- #22 Amnesia: Rebirth
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,356 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.4%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused horror journey through alien ruins and fractured memories, built around vulnerability, cosmic revelations, and a protagonist uncovering traumatic truths.
- #23 Detention
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,832 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Dark 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive authoritarian setting, personal trauma, symbolic horrors, and tragic supernatural narrative resonate strongly with SIGNALIS's dystopian melancholy.
- #24 The Medium
82% matchVery Positive89% of 10,319 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Female Protagonist 26%, Dark 13.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Violent 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its female protagonist, dual-reality exploration, fixed-camera presentation, and grief-driven psychological horror make it a fitting narrative-focused alternative.
- #25 ROUTINE
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Sci-fi 14%, Cinematic 13.3%, Dark 11.6%
- #26 Scorn
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,900 reviews2022
Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its wordless traversal through biomechanical ruins emphasizes alien architecture, bodily horror, sparse puzzles, and an oppressive sense of cosmic alienation.
- #27 Subversive Memories
78% matchVery Positive97% of 149 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Dark 8.4%
- #28 Saturnalia
79% matchVery Positive91% of 133 reviews2023
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Survival Horror 28.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers stylized retro horror, a hostile isolated setting, interconnected exploration, and a mystery that gradually becomes more uncanny and personal.
- #29 STASIS
81% matchVery Positive82% of 2,377 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Sci-fi 30.7%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Cinematic 12%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Dark 10%
Why You'll Like It: A bleak point-and-click sci-fi horror set aboard a derelict facility, featuring environmental puzzles, body horror, and a grim mystery about human experimentation.
- #30 FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
79% matchVery Positive83% of 6,550 reviews2021
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
“FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water” comes to Steam for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror-adventure series FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO. The game is set on sacred Mt. Hikami, a site of many mysterious and terrifying incidents.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Violent 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its vulnerable heroine, limited defensive tools, mournful ghost story, and exploration of haunted spaces make it a strong atmospheric survival-horror choice.
- #31 Tormented Souls 2
77% matchVery Positive88% of 2,210 reviews2025
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.3%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10.8%, Dark 6.7%
- #32 1000xRESIST
75% matchVery Positive94% of 7,061 reviews2024
Dev: sunset visitor 斜陽過客Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Cinematic 14.4%, Mystery 11.8%
- #33 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,471 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 87.8%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #34 Psychopomp GOLD
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,426 reviews2024
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Female Protagonist 25%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Action-Adventure 3.5%
- #35 >observer_
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,934 reviews2017
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Dystopian 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #36 Starless
76% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: MouseDeer
Windows
In Starless, navigate a space Ark infested with terrifying monsters in this stealth-action game inspired by classic sci-fi. Can you help the colonists survive, or will they be doomed to roam the endless void of space forever?
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Dark 10%
- #37 The Callisto Protocol™
76% matchMixed65% of 43,752 reviews2022
Dev: Striking Distance StudiosPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.4%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Cinematic 8.1%, Dark 7.1%
- #38 Look Outside
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Survival Horror 36.8%, Dark 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Violent 5.3%
- #39 UNSIGHTED
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,240 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Pixel PunkPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.8%, Female Protagonist 30.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Action 5.5%
- #40 Eldervale
75% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Solkitte
Windows
Eldervale is a Third-Person Survival Horror Adventure game, made in the style of early 2000's classics. Explore a large, interconnected level, solve puzzles, uncover the story and survive the horrors by strategic use of your resources and fight or flight decisions.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Third-Person Shooter 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #41 Selene's Unbearable Night
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: Farelas
Windows
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Third-Person Shooter 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Cinematic 8.8%
- #42 MOTORSLICE
70% matchVery Positive85% of 5,785 reviews2026
Dev: Regular StudioPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Parkour through the ruins of a megastructure, climb massive bosses, and hunt down every construction equipment in this slice of life action-adventure with immaculate vibes.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.1%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Dark 15.1%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #43 Observer: System Redux
73% matchVery Positive85% of 3,032 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.2%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Dystopian 23.4%, Sci-fi 12%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #44 Pseudoregalia
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 19,071 reviews2023
Dev: rittzler
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 85.9%, Singleplayer 7.3%, Adventure 6.8%
- #45 Fear & Hunger
71% matchVery Positive94% of 22,918 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Violent 18.4%, Dark 11.9%, Survival Horror 8.2%
- #46 NEDRA
71% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Cinematic 8.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #47 Comatose
68% matchVery Positive97% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Violent 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #48 INDUSTRIA
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,373 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #49 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,585 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Survival Horror 42%, Lovecraftian 29.7%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #50 ANNO: Mutationem
70% matchVery Positive81% of 6,636 reviews2022
Dev: ThinkingStars
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.7%, Female Protagonist 30.7%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Action 3.7%
- #51 ECHO
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,844 reviews2017
Dev: ULTRA ULTRA
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.7%, Sci-fi 26.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Violent 7.1%, Cyberpunk 6.9%
- #52 Beyond Citadel
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,708 reviews2025
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.6%, Cyberpunk 24.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Dark 10.4%, Shooter 10.2%
- #53 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,405 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 78.7%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #54 WORLD OF HORROR
68% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 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: Lovecraftian 35%, Survival Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #55 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,763 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 31.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.8%, LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Dystopian 22.6%, Female Protagonist 17%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #56 Peripeteia
67% matchVery Positive86% of 3,490 reviews2025
Dev: Ninth Exodus
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.6%, Cyberpunk 27.3%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #57 INDUSTRIA 2
69% matchMixed52% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
INDUSTRIA 2 is a narrative FPS adventure about a woman stranded in a parallel dimension. Explore, scavenge and fight your way through a mysterious boreal landscape consumed by an ever-hungry artificial intelligence to find a way home.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.6%, Dystopian 23.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #58 Eclipsium
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,724 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #59 ENA: Dream BBQ
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 37,394 reviews2025
Dev: ENA TeamPub: Joel G
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Why similar: Atmospheric 56.1%, Adventure 25.2%, Singleplayer 18.7%
- #60 ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
66% matchVery Positive94% of 45,986 reviews2021
Dev: Live WirePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.9%, Dark 18.2%, Atmospheric 18%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Action 3.1%
