- #1 Hollowbody
97% matchVery Positive86% of 1,603 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 16.1%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Third-Person Shooter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its lo-fi dystopian sci-fi setting, vulnerable exploration, sparse resources, and tense puzzle-box structure make it one of the closest modern games to SIGNALIS in overall feel.
- #2 Tormented Souls
96% matchVery Positive90% of 8,120 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 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 31.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 10.3%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same classic survival-horror rhythm of careful item management, deliberate combat, environmental puzzles, and oppressive atmosphere.
- #3 Crow Country
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,157 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 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 36.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Third-Person Shooter 12.5%, Violent 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is another modern retro survival-horror game built around backtracking, keys, puzzles, and eerie melancholic horror rather than action overload.
- #4 Sorry We're Closed
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,997 reviews2024
Dev: à la mode gamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 21%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13%, Dark 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its queer female-led story, retro survival-horror design, and surreal psychological imagery overlap strongly with SIGNALIS' emotional and aesthetic appeal.
- #5 Fear the Spotlight
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,306 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 33.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Puzzle 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its PS1-styled presentation, puzzle-led progression, and emphasis on vulnerability over combat make it a great fit for SIGNALIS fans.
- #6 Dead Space
93% matchVery Positive91% of 70,332 reviews2023
Dev: MotivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 16.0 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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Third-Person Shooter 12.9%, Violent 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It trades retro framing for blockbuster polish, but the isolated facility, scavenging, and grotesque sci-fi horror are very much in SIGNALIS' lane.
- #7 Them and Us
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,644 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 33.4%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Third-Person Shooter 13.9%, Violent 7.2%, Mystery 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers old-school tank-control survival horror with scarce supplies, lonely atmosphere, and a female protagonist trapped in a nightmare.
- #8 Alisa
92% matchVery Positive89% of 1,580 reviews2021
Dev: Casper Croes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 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 47.7%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Action 4%
Why You'll Like It: This is a wonderfully strange retro survival-horror throwback with fixed cameras, cryptic spaces, and deliberate pacing that will click with SIGNALIS players.
- #9 Resident Evil
91% matchVery Positive92% of 36,188 reviews2015
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Why similar: Survival Horror 58.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, Third-Person Shooter 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: SIGNALIS draws heavily from this fixed-camera, inventory-limited template of methodical exploration, puzzle solving, and dread-heavy survival.
- #10 SOMA
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,486 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 15.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Dark 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its bleak existential sci-fi horror, identity themes, and crushing atmosphere make it a superb thematic companion to SIGNALIS.
- #11 SILENT HILL 2
89% matchVery Positive95% of 64,150 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.6 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%, Psychological Horror 32.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Cinematic 7.6%, Violent 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While less sci-fi, it shares SIGNALIS' psychological weight, symbolic horror, oppressive environments, and deeply personal descent into the uncanny.
- #12 Alien: Isolation
90% matchVery Positive93% of 66,577 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.1 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 41.7%, Sci-fi 19%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Psychological Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: Few games match SIGNALIS' sense of vulnerable survival in a hostile sci-fi environment as well as this slow-burn space horror classic.
- #13 Mouthwashing
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,381 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%, Dark 17.6%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: This compact sci-fi psychological horror game nails the same doomed, intimate, deeply unsettling atmosphere that makes SIGNALIS linger in your head.
- #14 Darkwood
89% matchVery Positive95% of 24,850 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 35.2%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down perspective, oppressive sound design, harsh survival pressure, and refusal to break tension should strongly appeal to SIGNALIS fans.
- #15 Amnesia: Rebirth
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,319 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 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its personal story of memory, identity, and survival against alien horrors makes it one of the stronger cosmic-horror matches here.
- #16 The Medium
85% matchVery Positive89% of 10,180 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.2 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 25.7%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Violent 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a female-led psychological horror focus and a slow, moody unraveling of trauma through exploration-heavy progression.
- #17 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,304 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 54.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Dark 9.2%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D psychological survival-horror game similarly leans on ambiguity, resource management, and a decaying mental-state atmosphere.
- #18 STASIS
86% matchVery Positive82% of 2,367 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 10.7%, Dark 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric sci-fi horror adventure shares SIGNALIS' fascination with industrial decay, body horror, and uncovering a nightmare hidden in a facility.
- #19 The Callisto Protocol™
84% matchMixed65% of 43,622 reviews2022
Dev: Striking Distance StudiosPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.2 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 17.7%, Third-Person Shooter 16%, Cinematic 8%, Dark 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It's a more combat-heavy take on prison-station sci-fi horror, but the setting and creature-infested survival are still a solid match.
- #20 Moons of Madness
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,931 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its off-world setting, cosmic horror focus, and unraveling personal reality align closely with SIGNALIS' sci-fi nightmare storytelling.
- #21 Observer: System Redux
83% matchVery Positive85% of 2,998 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%
Why You'll Like It: Its cyberpunk future, invasive psychological horror, and oppressive tech-drenched atmosphere overlap well with SIGNALIS' dystopian side.
- #22 STASIS: BONE TOTEM
82% matchVery Positive93% of 2,654 reviews2023
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Survival Horror 23%, Sci-fi 17%, Cinematic 12.8%, Puzzle 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers another bleak, oppressive sci-fi horror mystery full of industrial misery, body horror, and slow-burn revelation.
- #23 Lamentum
82% matchVery Positive88% of 835 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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 9.2%, Mystery 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers pixel-art survival horror with limited supplies, puzzle progression, and lovecraftian dread in a way that feels spiritually adjacent to SIGNALIS.
- #24 Returnal™
81% matchVery Positive81% of 11,015 reviews2023
Dev: HousemarquePub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.6%, Third-Person Shooter 18.3%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Lovecraftian 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Though more action-heavy, it mirrors SIGNALIS through its female lead, alien world, looping trauma, and striking cosmic-horror imagery.
- #25 CONTROL Ultimate Edition
81% matchVery Positive86% of 62,941 reviews2020
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its female protagonist, reality-warping bureaucracy, and eerie facility exploration make it a strong match for SIGNALIS' uncanny institutional vibe.
- #26 ROUTINE
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,198 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Dark 11.7%
- #27 SILENT HILL f
78% matchVery Positive80% of 28,701 reviews2025
Dev: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Pub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 23.8 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 24.3%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Cinematic 8.2%, Violent 5.8%
- #28 Saturnalia
79% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 36.5%, Survival Horror 28.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This experimental survival-horror game emphasizes maze-like exploration, fragility, and surreal dread over straightforward action.
- #29 The Chant
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,248 reviews2022
Dev: Brass TokenPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Female Protagonist 17%, Mystery 11.5%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its female-led descent into cosmic horror and psychological collapse gives it a thematic kinship with SIGNALIS despite a different structure.
- #30 Subversive Memories
77% matchVery Positive97% of 135 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%, Dark 8.5%
- #31 Prey
79% matchVery Positive91% of 54,492 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Sci-fi 32%, Survival Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Action 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is more immersive sim than survival horror, but its isolated station, scavenging, and slowly uncovered sci-fi conspiracy make it a worthwhile adjacent pick.
- #32 System Shock
77% matchVery Positive90% of 12,905 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.8%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Violent 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #33 Tormented Souls 2
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,153 reviews2025
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10.8%, Dark 6.7%
- #34 1000xRESIST
75% matchVery Positive94% of 6,940 reviews2024
Dev: sunset visitor 斜陽過客Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Cinematic 14.4%, Mystery 11.9%
- #35 Starless
76% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Petr Sapozhnikov
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 18.6%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Dark 10.1%
- #36 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,680 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.0 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%
- #37 Look Outside
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,361 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 37.9%, Survival Horror 37%, Dark 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Violent 5.3%
- #38 UNSIGHTED
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,219 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Pixel PunkPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 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+ 32%, Female Protagonist 29.3%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Action 5.3%
- #39 Heartworm
73% matchVery Positive86% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent AdinolfiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 16.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10.7%, Cinematic 10.1%
- #40 >observer_
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,924 reviews2017
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 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 20.1%, Dystopian 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #41 Psychopomp GOLD
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,350 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 31.7%, Female Protagonist 24.8%, Survival Horror 22.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Action-Adventure 3.6%
- #42 Selene's Unbearable Night
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 169 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 28%, Third-Person Shooter 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Cinematic 8.8%
- #43 Eclipsium
70% matchVery Positive91% of 3,488 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 32.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #44 Eldervale
74% 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 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #45 Fear & Hunger
71% matchVery Positive94% of 22,619 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.2 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 28.7%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Violent 18.4%, Dark 12%, Survival Horror 8%
- #46 Comatose
68% matchVery Positive97% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Violent 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #47 WORLD OF HORROR
69% matchVery Positive90% of 9,835 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 34.9%, Survival Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #48 MOTORSLICE
67% matchVery Positive85% of 5,490 reviews2026
Dev: Regular StudioPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 30.7%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Dark 15.3%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #49 Pseudoregalia
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,813 reviews2023
Dev: rittzler
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 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 85.7%, Singleplayer 7.4%, Adventure 6.9%
- #50 NEDRA
70% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 27.6%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Cinematic 8.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #51 OMORI
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 88,316 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 86.9%, Atmospheric 13.1%
- #52 ZERO PROTOCOL
69% matchVery Positive83% of 628 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #53 ECHO
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,841 reviews2017
Dev: ULTRA ULTRA
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 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 27.6%, Sci-fi 27.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Cyberpunk 7%, Violent 6.8%
- #54 INDUSTRIA
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,313 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 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 25.8%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #55 ANNO: Mutationem
70% matchVery Positive81% of 6,610 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 36.9%, Female Protagonist 30.3%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Action 3.7%
- #56 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,222 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.7%, Mystery 24.3%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #57 INDUSTRIA 2
68% matchMixed52% of 481 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 23.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #58 Peripeteia
66% matchVery Positive86% of 3,395 reviews2025
Dev: Ninth Exodus
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #59 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,285 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 78.8%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #60 Beyond Citadel
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,601 reviews2025
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.0 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 29.4%, Cyberpunk 24.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Dark 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%
