- #1 SIMULACRA 2
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,688 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 22% ★, Detective 15.5%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Point & Click 8.9%, Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines the phone-based investigation mechanics and continues the series' signature found-phone horror style.
- #2 SIMULACRA 3
96% matchMixed59% of 364 reviews2022
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 21.9% ★, Detective 19.1%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The third entry expands the immersive-sim interface and deepens the mystery-solving gameplay found in the original.
- #3 Her Story
96% matchVery Positive89% of 10,391 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 31.4% ★, Detective 21.3%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title pioneered the non-linear database search mechanic, tasking players with piecing together a mystery through fragmented video clips.
- #4 Replica
95% matchVery Positive86% of 3,527 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 36.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.9%, Story Rich 15.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on hacking into a phone to uncover secrets, sharing the same core voyeuristic and investigative themes as the seed game.
- #5 Telling Lies
94% matchMixed63% of 1,323 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 28.4% ★, Detective 18%, Thriller 13.1%, Point & Click 9.7%, Mystery 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the database search concept with high-quality FMV performances and a complex, branching narrative structure.
- #6 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
94% matchVery Positive82% of 616 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 26.4% ★, Detective 15.2%, Psychological 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Horror 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes FMV and text-based questioning to uncover secrets, providing a similar investigative experience to the seed game.
- #7 Erica
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,757 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: FMV 30.9% ★, Detective 12.6%, Point & Click 10.9%, Thriller 9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic FMV thriller that relies heavily on player choices to determine the outcome of a dark mystery.
- #8 Who's Lila?
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a unique facial expression mechanic to interact with characters in a psychological horror setting, emphasizing player choice.
- #9 I Saw Black Clouds
91% matchMixed61% of 657 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: FMV 28.8% ★, Psychological 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror FMV game where player choices significantly impact the branching narrative and character fates.
- #10 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
89% matchVery Positive90% of 15,558 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Choices Matter 49.2%, Simulation 24.6%, Detective 9.1%, Mystery 3.5%, Point & Click 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: You play as a surveillance officer monitoring digital communications, which mirrors the investigative and privacy-invading feel of the seed game.
- #11 TELEFORUM
88% matchVery Positive92% of 3,537 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: FMV 19.2% ★, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, unsettling horror experience that uses a unique video-based interface to deliver its story.
- #12 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,911 reviews2018
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This follow-up deepens the surveillance simulation with more complex moral choices and information management.
- #13 Stories Untold
87% matchVery Positive87% of 5,505 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Point & Click 16%, Thriller 15.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines retro computer interfaces with psychological horror to create a tense, atmospheric narrative experience.
- #14 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
86% matchVery Positive94% of 12,685 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a voyeuristic interface where you monitor cameras and interact with subjects, blending investigation with dark humor.
- #15 Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
85% matchVery Positive89% of 726 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.
Why similar: FMV 24.2% ★, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A found-phone mystery game that tasks you with investigating a suspicious device to uncover a hidden threat.
- #16 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 493 reviews2020
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: FMV 28.3% ★, Detective 18.1%, Point & Click 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Thriller 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive FMV series that blends mystery and supernatural elements through decision-based gameplay.
- #17 FAKEBOOK
83% matchVery Positive91% of 822 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Point & Click 11.8%, Detective 11.7%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven investigation game centered on social media profiles and digital clues, mirroring the seed game's focus on digital footprints.
- #18 Saint Kotar
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Psychological 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure that emphasizes detective work and branching narrative paths in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #19 Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
84% matchMixed69% of 1,136 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.9%, Choices Matter 24.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Story Rich 13.5%, Simulation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel builds on the surveillance simulation with more diverse scenarios and a wider variety of digital interactions.
- #20 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
81% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 11%, Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that blends investigative gameplay with psychological horror themes and supernatural mysteries.
- #21 Abscission
82% matchVery Positive94% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Point & Click 20%, Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that requires careful investigation and puzzle-solving to uncover a dark mystery.
- #22 Not For Broadcast
80% matchVery Positive94% of 12,650 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: FMV 39.7% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical FMV game where you manage a live news feed, requiring quick decisions and attention to detail.
- #23 Hypnospace Outlaw
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,534 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Detective 27.7%, Point & Click 25.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Psychological 7.7%, Mystery 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of exploring a simulated internet, filled with mystery and strange discoveries within a retro interface.
- #24 Tokyo Dark
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,344 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Point & Click 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game with multiple endings and a heavy focus on investigative choices and psychological themes.
- #25 Dingir OS
79% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Point & Click 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed visual novel that utilizes a simulated operating system interface to deliver its narrative.
- #26 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,249 reviews2015
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 37% ★, Detective 25.7%, Point & Click 13%, Mystery 8.3%, Story Rich 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An FMV detective game that focuses on identifying inconsistencies in witness testimonies to solve a crime.
- #27 Sinheritance
77% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: STIM GAMES
Windows
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: Detective 25.3%, Point & Click 14.6%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #28 KRAMPEN
77% matchVery Positive91% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: GMD13
Windows
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Detective 19%, Thriller 13.9%, Point & Click 11.4%, Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #29 Late Shift
78% matchVery Positive86% of 9,253 reviews2017
Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Why similar: FMV 57.2% ★, Choices Matter 19.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 5.9%, Thriller 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes FMV crime thriller where your choices dictate the protagonist's survival and the story's progression.
- #30 Desktop Explorer
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #31 Neve
76% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: Thriller 13%, Point & Click 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Psychological 9.4%, Visual Novel 9%
- #32 Dead Take
75% matchVery Positive88% of 840 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: FMV 31.9% ★, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Thriller 7.3%, Psychological 7%
- #33 The Bunker
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,910 reviews2016
Dev: Splendy InteractivePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.
Why similar: FMV 47.4% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.9%, Thriller 7.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric FMV horror game set in a nuclear bunker, focusing on survival, discovery, and uncovering past events.
- #34 Empty Gauge
73% matchNo user reviews97% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Playnova Studio
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Thriller 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%
- #35 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.6%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #36 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Mystery 9%
- #37 The Operator
72% matchVery Positive92% of 8,818 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, FMV 20.1% ★, Thriller 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #38 Insight
73% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Thriller 18.3%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #39 Sector 404
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.4%, Thriller 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Psychological 12%
- #40 The Test
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,140 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #41 Dead Dreams
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Thriller 13.3%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #42 Graces: Posthumous Wish
70% matchVery Positive95% of 205 reviews2024
Dev: TomoToro
Windows
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 8.6%, Psychological 7.1%
- #43 Heaven Does Not Respond
69% matchVery Positive91% of 529 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Point & Click 13.7%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.3%
- #44 Pink Noise
70% matchVery Positive86% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 12%
- #45 White Room Protocol
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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: Thriller 23.7%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 21%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #46 Jessika
72% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: FMV 39.9% ★, Detective 19.6%, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #47 Breakout 13
69% matchVery Positive88% of 7,474 reviews2023
Dev: ALT Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: FMV 25.9% ★, Detective 14.8%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Point & Click 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #48 The Signifier Director's Cut
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #49 Siberian Way
69% matchVery Positive82% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: ROOT GAMES
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.5%
- #50 Dead Reset
67% matchVery Positive88% of 787 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Rift HorrorPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
Why similar: FMV 31% ★, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 8.1%
- #51 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
68% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #52 Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
70% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Visual Interactive
Windows
Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime. Decide who committed the crime and see them get arrested and have their day in court. The latest interactive video experience.
Why similar: FMV 29.7% ★, Detective 16.3%, Thriller 10.3%, Psychological 7.6%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #53 Face of Another
67% matchVery Positive96% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Dark 13.5%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #54 Security 51
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 416 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Point & Click 14.7%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #55 PAGER
66% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological 15%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #56 New Folder
66% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Evicted Games
Windows
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Detective 46.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 13.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #57 Anomalies Detective
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
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: Immersive Sim 27%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Multiple Endings 23.6%, Horror 19.7%, Adventure 3.7%
- #58 For Your Tranquility
68% matchMixed68% of 193 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
