- #1 Vigil
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,127 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Horror 18%, 1980s 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #2 Babba Yagga: Woodboy
97% matchMostly Negative38% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
Baba Yaga is a horror game, where you play as a wooden boy who needs to bring sleeping herbs for his mum, but on the way, he meets the BABA YAGA! After that everything becomes more brutal and scary.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.9%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.7%, 1980s 9.7%
- #3 Poppy Playtime
96% matchVery Positive88% of 139,951 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 11%, 1980s 10.1%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
- #4 Into The Mountain
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Golden Monkey
Windows
A psychological horror game disguised as a 2D platformer. The game shifts between genres, dimensions, and camera angles to create a nightmare that knows you a bit too well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 8%
- #5 Lyrvane Park
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Likater Studio
Windows
Lyrvane Park is a first-person meta-horror puzzle adventure. Use the "Radar of Emotions" to harvest children's emotions, power up the train, and unlock the path forward. Beyond the "Staff Only" signs, the park’s darkest secrets await.
Why similar: 1980s 14.8%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
- #6 One-Time Trigger
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ruren studio
Windows
Observe seven patients. Identify the one anomaly. Shoot to survive. You have only one bullet and no room for error.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 22.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #7 Convenient: Fiend
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luna Apps
Windows
Quickly dig graves and run for your life while solving puzzles to solve the mystery of the Wendigo
Why similar: 1980s 23.1%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 9.2%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #8 Play Things
91% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Burning Eye
Windows
A psychological horror game about testing dolls and determining if they are Good or Dangerous. Play in a strange location with dolls potentially filled with bloodlust. Uncover secrets about who you are, where you are, and just WHAT is happening.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 14.7%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #9 Chernobyl: Origins
92% matchVery Positive86% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Nelset
Windows · Linux
"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Why similar: 1980s 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dark 7.2%
- #10 The Night of the Scissors
91% matchVery Positive94% of 466 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, 1980s 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%
- #11 Last Report
89% matchVery Positive89% of 2,328 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Dark 8.3%
- #12 The Indoors
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RLStudios
Windows
Days after your daughter vanishes, an anonymous note says she’s trapped in an abandoned indoor playground. You break in. It’s dark, rotten, silent. As you search the ruins, something watches you. You’re not alone and it knows you’re there.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.7%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 11.5%, Survival Horror 9.8%
- #13 LEENIE'S TALE
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexander Bazhenov
Windows
In this sequel to Leenie Boog, you are an Artaktikon named Ballin. Plucking up your courage, you decided to start fresh: move to the big city and get a job. You truly believed that the dark ages, when carnivores devoured herbivores, were long gone... Or so you thought, until recently.
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, 1980s 11.6%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #14 Dont Look
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Angel
Windows · Mac
Your boat stops working. You are forced to the nearest dock. A fog-covered island lies before you. Abandoned buildings. Dense forest. No guidance. Blood everywhere. Warnings remain. You need to leave. Something is watching. It wants you to look.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Nonlinear 12.2%, 1980s 10%
- #15 Leenie Boog
88% matchVery Positive81% of 299 reviews2021
Dev: Alexander BazhenovPub: AB Developer
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
The war. Light versus darkness. It has been going on for thousands of years. One night, the Thousand-Year War suddenly knocked on your window. You will have to meet an uninvited guest.
Why similar: 1980s 19.4%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #16 The Jester
86% matchMixed69% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Psycho
Windows
"The Jester" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Something lives in the shadows and feeds on your fear. Are you ready to dive into insanity?
Why similar: Creature Collector 31.5%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 15%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #17 Night Escape
86% matchMixed68% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Racs Studio
Windows
"Night Escape" is a tense and strategic multiplayer game. Uncover the hidden assassin, solve puzzles, and escape the mysterious mansion before it's too late. Survive the night or become a victim. Embark on this deadly race for survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Mystery 9.5%
- #18 Alix
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olivier PIERRE
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this pixel-art Zelda-like, explore the Auralia archipelago and embody powerful guardian animals to solve puzzles, fight evil forces, and rescue your missing sister. The animals are the true heroes of this adventure.
Why similar: Creature Collector 36.9%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Action RPG 15.4%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #19 St. Mary's 1985
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ci8bit
Windows
You wake up on a red chair in the waiting room of a closed psychiatric hospital. You know this place. Clothes that aren't yours. A file with your name you don't remember reading. Your heartbeat rises. The memories come back. Not all of them want to be remembered. St. Mary's, 1985.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, 1980s 16.2%, Horror 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #20 HeartStuck
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EasyT4RG3T
Windows · Linux
A horror story with many paths. Whole open prison with environmental puzzles and interesting characters.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #21 Days Without Incident
81% matchVery Positive94% of 597 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #22 Clausum
83% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 21.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Dark 8.1%
- #23 Nightmare Tale
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Notes Studio
Windows
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #24 MOM
81% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: cursedcat
Windows
Mom says I can't get out of my room after 12:00 AM. But I always hear the door opening and closing after that hour. Why isn't mom sleeping?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
- #25 The Clown's Forest
82% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Retrowave Studios
Windows
You play as Michael, an 18-Year-old College Student, who had gone camping with his friends over the weekend, although, unfortunately for them, it turned from a peaceful getaway to a fight for survival.
Why similar: 1980s 21.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #26 Sleepover at Sam’s
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 0xp Games
Windows
You’re invited to a birthday sleepover in May 1985. But when the laughter fades, the nightmare begins. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive the night in this psychological horror inspired by MADiSON and Stranger Things.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #27 Nightshift - The School Janitor
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Irreplaceable Studios
Windows
Survive the night shift at an abandoned school. Complete your cleaning tasks before 5 AM, manage your flashlight battery, and avoid the darkness that hunts you. Can you last 5 nights?
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #28 DECEIVED
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ExtyPub: Skylark Publishing
Windows
DECEIVED is a psychological horror game where you find yourself trapped in the endlessly looping left wing of your home. Uncover hidden clues and experience the horror as you peel back the curtain of what truly happened that night at the Walker residence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Horror 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, 1980s 7.5%
- #29 Joyville
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
Why similar: 1980s 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Mystery 7.1%
- #30 Uninvited Guest
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 344 reviews2021
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Creature Collector 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%
- #31 The Lost Bunker
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osama M.S.A
Windows
Is a psychological horror game set in the 1980s, centered around a cursed cemetery and a hidden underground bunker. A night of routine guarding turns into a descent into fear, where screams, secrets, and dark rituals blur the line between friend and enemy.
Why similar: 1980s 25.1%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #32 FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,936 reviews2023
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Japanese survival horror game "FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse" is back with better graphics.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, 1980s 14.5%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.2%
- #33 HELL OF VERDUN
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIENTURE
Windows
HELL OF VERDUN is a first person horror game in which you'll experience the horrors of the First World War. Will you manage to discover all the secrets and escape from this hell? It's up to you, soldier.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Dark 10%
- #34 Sleeping Oli
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tarot the Cat
Windows
Alone, you are nothing. She is your shield, your sword. Apart, you are nothing but prey. In this psychological horror action-adventure, survival depends entirely on your bond. No one will take her away from you. No one.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
- #35 Darkness Has Eyes
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ecksoft
Windows
Survive the dark in this tense atmospheric horror game. Face your fears and explore abandoned floors while searching for key items to escape the dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 27.8%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #36 End Of Line
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Troxan Studios
Windows
Stay alive in this first-person horror-puzzle game. Trapped inside a claustrophobic train, each carriage tests you differently.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #37 Backrooms: Lost Tape
75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,391 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, 1980s 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.8%
- #38 Delivery Driver Massacre - Definitive Edition
73% matchMostly Positive69% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: RotHeartGamesPub: Midnight Rental Games
Windows
A late-night delivery turns into a PSX nightmare. Trapped in a house with a killer, you must solve puzzles and hide to survive. Multiple endings and authentic VHS visuals. Can you escape the rot?
Why similar: 1980s 16.1%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #39 The Backrooms: Reset
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Permafried Games
Windows
A first person 2.5D survival-horror exploration roguelike.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Nonlinear 19.9%, Horror 19.6%, Survival Horror 15%, Exploration 9.8%
- #40 Nightwalker 2
76% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Nightwalker 2 is a horror adventure game that focuses on story and exploration. While trying to uncover the mysteries of the lost village, Nightwalker needs to do more than before to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #41 INSPECTION REPORT
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zolduck
Windows
INSPECTION REPORT is a horror / point & click game focused on exploration and dialogue. Fulfill your duties as a building inspector and uncover the secrets of an abandoned property in total dark using only a flashlight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Nonlinear 9.9%
- #42 Eyes Never Wake
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Allan Hedlund
Windows
A horror game where the monster watches you through your webcam. Hide by physically ducking beneath your desk while exploring a strange game never meant to be played.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
- #43 Fear Calibration
72% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: NeoCOMS Entertainment
Windows · Mac
It's your first day and you're trapped in your school–or at least what seems to be of it. Through piecing together hints hidden across rooms, accessing your teachers' computers, and fixing what's broken, find your way out of the room... before they can catch you. This game should work on laptop.
Why similar: 1980s 24.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.4%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Dark 9.1%
- #44 DREADROOM
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yusuf Arda Gocer
Windows
It was supposed to be just a funny escape room experience... until you realize the incredible truth. In this tense horror puzzle-adventure, solve complex mechanisms, navigate deadly corridors and evade terrifying entities lurking in the dark, while trying to find the true exit.
Why similar: Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Mystery 8.7%
- #45 Exit From: Director's Cut
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: concole_Pub: White Box
Windows
You wake up from the noise of thunderstorms, no one there. You are trying to get out and realize that after all you are not alone here... Сan You Exit From?
Why similar: Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Lore-Rich 14%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #46 Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,555 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Explore the most obscure levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new deceives and mysteries that await you. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Dark 8.9%
- #47 Hagyo-gil: The Way Home
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Incomplete Combustion
Windows
You simply fell asleep, bored of studying as usual. But when you opened your eyes, you were trapped in a school where the same day repeats. No friends, no teachers. Only things that used to be your friends roam the corridors. Gather supplies, survive, and find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 20.8%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%
- #48 PECADO
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Solid Neon SD
Windows
PECADO is a first-person folkloric horror experience set in the “España profunda”. Listen to the word of God.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, 1980s 15.9%, Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Mystery 7.7%
- #49 Nanima: Curse of Kalavati
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Nimit Walia Productions
Windows
Your Nani has been possessed by a vetala. Your father went to save her and never came back. Now it's your turn. Explore the house, solve puzzles, and perform a sacred ritual to free her soul — before she finds you. 60+ Hindi voice lines, she talks based on the situation.
Why similar: Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Survival Horror 15%, 1980s 13.9%, Atmospheric 8%
- #50 Webs of Reverie
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mouse Byte Studios
Windows
Webs of Reverie is a first-person Survival horror game where you must explore the halls of Ironveil Psychiatric Hospital, solving puzzles, avoid detection from the staff, and managing your sanity levels. Will you decipher the clues and safely escape or fall victim to what hides in the shadows?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 9%, Lore-Rich 7.5%
- #51 Sunshine Manor
70% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2021
Dev: Fossil GamesPub: Hound Picked Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunshine Manor is an 8-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Ada. Dared to spend the night in the haunted Sunshine Manor she encounters ghosts, demons, blood-soaked horror and more in this prequel to 2016's Camp Sunshine.
Why similar: 1980s 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #52 Second Shift
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lead Game Studio
Windows
SECOND SHIFT is a first-person game that immerses the player in a deep and intense horror atmosphere. Using a mysterious clock, you must uncover terrifying secrets while trying to escape the mine. Solve puzzles, pay attention to your surroundings, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Dark 10%, Exploration 9.9%
- #53 Mental Hospital VR
70% matchMixed69% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: 1980s 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Exploration 7.7%
- #54 Garten of Banban 7
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,625 reviews2024
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 18.5%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Dark 9.1%
- #55 The Beast In The Cave
69% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Azazel木糖醇
Windows
This is an adventure plot game in the pixel style of kesulu. Follow the tourists described by Lovecraft to have an incredible Cave Adventure. In the depths of darkness, there are eyes staring at you
Why similar: 1980s 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Horror 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #56 Final Age
69% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Shalini Deb
Windows
FINAL AGE is a first person single player psychological horror game . The player takes on the role of a curious investigator who is drawn to a cottage which was previously owned by an army man Samuel, who mysteriously disappeared during a war. Contains tricky puzzles. Needs good observation skills.
Why similar: 1980s 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.9%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #57 Miasma
66% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: GhostMasakiPub: GMRX
Windows
Miasma is a first-person psychological horror maze game with a horrific atmosphere, you are trapped in a maze-like prison with a mysterious creature, and your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 17%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #58 Separated by Nightmares: The Last Stand
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Storyly Games
Windows
In this first-person, story-driven horror game, a grieving woman retreats to a secluded forest seeking peace. Instead, she faces dark spirits with unknown motives. To survive, she must unravel the mystery behind the haunting entities while confronting the inner demons of her own grief.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #59 Dendrophobia
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meowrizon Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A twisted pixel-art horror thriller about death, ancient gods, and a persistent waiter. Explore The Willow’s Embrace hotel, solve puzzles, and gather paranormal evidence. Challenge the madness to find a way out and avoid becoming part of an eternal nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Dark 7.4%