Games Like Sinister

iris.exe is a psychological horror game that blurs the line between game and reality, turning your desktop into the stage for a truly disturbing experience.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 42.3%, Horror 32.8%, Choices Matter 22%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Can you escape the tunnels? An AI-powered buddy is following you as you discover the seemingly never-ending network of tunnels. Get ready for a personalized and unique experience at The Hollow Line.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 33.5%, Noir 21.7%, Horror 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Dark 10.3%

IRIS is a short psychological horror experience about being watched, controlled, and haunted by what was taken from you.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 47.2%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 14.6%, Top-Down 12.1%, 2D 6.1%

Madhouse for Toys is a top-down horror game where an AI-powered plush rabbit tries to escape from a toy asylum. Solve puzzles, hide, or fight against insane toys. The unique 3D horror style and the unusual world make the game unlike anything else.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 47.7%, Horror 29.7%, Top-Down 12.2%, RPG 8.1%, Indie 1.5%

Wheel of Fate is an old-school single-player fantasy RPG with a modern take on graphics and a breakthrough AI that adapts the world to the player. Become the hero of Providence and save the world in an ever-changing adventure in this new take on old classics.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 64.9%, RPG 30.2%, Indie 5%

Trans Neuronica is a puzzle game that takes the concept of Numberlink and intertwines it with a story about human - AI interactions.The goal of the game is to connect nodes while adhering to the rules imposed by the special limiters, switches and stations that get progressively more challenging.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 44.4%, Dark 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Puzzle 12%, Top-Down 8.6%

UNCHAINED is a psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned virtual desktop hiding a terrible secret. The deeper you look into this 2D and 3D experience, the more secrets you'll uncover about the projects that were left behind by the previous owner.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 48.5%, Horror 32.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, 2D 3.5%, Indie 1.5%

Your a specialist entering the children's wellness centre, its your job to find the truth and deactivate the robots, the mascots will hunt you... Only equipped with a company issued magnet watch, its up to you to hide from these monsters and survive with your body still in one piece.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 28.1%, Horror 25.9%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Puzzle 17.4%, Dark 7.6%

Kids are going missing in the Copple Doe Town over the last 10 years and nobody has any clue about the kidnapper. Will Ume be able to find out who is behind these disappearances or she will be the next victim?

Why similar: RPG 18.4%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 14.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.6%

Backrooms: 5 Missing Wanderers is a liminal-spaced horror game which is inspired by the backrooms. The player has to solve puzzles and find the exit.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 36%, Horror 31%, Dark 19.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%

A hand-drawn, creepy, puzzle, RPG adventure. Will you be able to escape this House?

Why similar: RPG 35%, Horror 21%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Puzzle 17.3%, 2D 5.8%

This game is an experiment in making a game using AI painting and AI music, so all materials and music in this game are generated by AI.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 78.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, 2D 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.

Why similar: Horror 37.8%, RPG 26.5%, Dark 17.3%, 2D 6.2%, Puzzle 5.9%

Claude, a high school student, pays a visit to his classmate Emma. He stumbles upon a strange knife in the attic, and both are thrown into an otherworldly realm, haunted by ghosts. Now they must find a way to restore the house to its original form, and seal back the rampaging ghosts.

Why similar: Choices Matter 30.6%, RPG 24.2%, Horror 18.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, Top-Down 5.8%

Step into the darkness with Ashley, a college dropout lost in a mysterious world devoid of light. Traverse eerie liminal locales and evade lurking monsters to unravel the mysteries of this chilling 2D game with horror elements. Can you lead Ashley to safety, or will the shadows consume her?

Why similar: RPG 30.6%, Horror 18.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, Dark 13.7%, Top-Down 12.1%

One day, Hinako, a high school student, finds her path to school transformed into the Sanzu River, where she meets a strange-looking man named Issa. Will she be able to get through the mysterious devices of the mysterious mansion and return safely to her family?

Why similar: Horror 45.9%, RPG 36.3%, 2D 9.3%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 3%

Shadow Seeker is a 2D survival-horror action game with a noir detective story. You are Carlos Ramirez, a detective from the Amorita Police Department. You must solve a mysterious case while braving the looming evil that awaits you at every turn.

Why similar: Noir 32.8%, Horror 28%, RPG 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Puzzle 4%

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Noir 46.8%, Horror 35.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Unscriptum is a world generator that uses AI to turn your ideas into playable story campaigns. Create a world, set its rules, then play through the story that grows from them.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 58%, RPG 21.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Top-Down 5.3%, Indie 1.2%

A puzzle adventure where a cat sets out to reclaim its lost souls.

Why similar: Noir 28.7%, Horror 21.3%, Dogs 17.6% ★, Puzzle 14%, Dark 11.2%

What dark and twisted things are happening in the strange town?

Why similar: Noir 43.3%, Horror 34.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Bale Out is a short, relaxing puzzle game with a unique puzzle mechanic: AI prediction. Save barnyard animals by learning their movement patterns and manipulating the environment!

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 67.2%, Puzzle 15%, Top-Down 11.2%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 1%

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: Horror 61.7%, RPG 13.5%, Dark 7.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, 2D 5.9%

You return back to the once innocent and carefree escape room on Earth, filled with characters who brought joy to the living children dwelling the mazes walls! Now, it's a blood bath... You must press on! Complete the puzzles, activate the generators and free not just you, but the mazes soul itself.

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Choices Matter 26.9%, Puzzle 20.9%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

SE3 Protocol is a horror puzzle RPG set in an SCP-inspired world. An amnesiac girl wakes in the darkness—frail, timid… but not alone nor defenseless. Face deadly entities: observe, evade, exploit… or simply eliminate them. Lead her through this surreal nightmare, and uncover the secret behind it.

Why similar: Horror 28%, RPG 19.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Dark 12.9%

This is a psychological horror game steeped in oppressive atmosphere. Players must control Daniel as he races against time to protect his companions, gather clues and items, while evading Victor's relentless pursuit and the curse of the colossal face-shaped boulder.

Why similar: Noir 29.4%, RPG 29.2%, Horror 16.1%, Puzzle 15.3%, Choices Matter 8%

A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 53.5%, Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Dark 8.1%, 2D 5.4%

There is a tunnel rumored to be a place where people mysteriously disappear. You are asked to investigate a missing persons case and step into the tunnel. Will you be able to escape safely?

Why similar: Horror 58.7%, Choices Matter 35.4%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Horror 17.4%, Puzzle 17.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Dark 9.5%

An AI-driven narrative RPG that grows alongside your focus sessions. Set a real-life task, start a 25-minute Pomodoro, and return to a fresh chapter written while you worked. Choose a fantasy cooking journey or a sci-fi survival mystery. Free AI built in.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 49.8%, RPG 30%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Singleplayer 1%

La Villa de la Muerte is a looping psychological horror game where players will progress through an ever-changing environment in pursuit of the truth behind a family disappearance.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 43.6%, Horror 28.2%, Dark 14.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

The game takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. You experience all the horrors of the apocalypse in your own cozy house on the outskirts of a small town. People may knock on your door in need of your help. Will you be able to save them?

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Artificial Intelligence 21%, RPG 14.5%, Dark 8.6%

“Man Without organs” is a 2D detective adventure game. The player assumes control of “Man Without organs”, whose body is hollow inside, on his journey through a ruined Hong Kong.

Why similar: Noir 39.5%, Horror 18.1%, Dark 17.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, 2D 6.1%

Project H is a horror escape room game. Solve various puzzles while being haunted by a spirit that would prefer you not to leave.

Why similar: Horror 49.5%, Puzzle 22%, Dark 16%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 5.3%

A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.

Why similar: Noir 37.1%, Choices Matter 19.7%, RPG 17.4%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 6.9%

"City of Stars" is a 2D action role-playing game.You take on the role of a "Human" and journey to "City of Stars" to explore the future of humanity and AI.You must manage your time to enhance attributes, earn gold, and advance relationships with humans and AI beings..

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 64.5%, RPG 23.2%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

In a pitch dark maze like factory, you must avoid He, secure secret documents, and escape with only a flashlight. If He finds you, He’ll charge from the dark with an axe. Can you survive and escape?

Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Artificial Intelligence 29.8%, Dark 15.1%, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 1.6%

Night of Spirits is an individual or online horror game for up to 4 players, where the main objective is to hunt down the spirits that haunt the city.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 63.1%, Horror 33%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Step into the dark and eerie world of "Never Play Evil," an action horror noir game that combines puzzle-solving, exploration, and thrilling combat. You are an invitee to the party as a musician in a mansion full of hidden mysteries. Navigate its corridors and confront the forces lurking within.

Why similar: Noir 36.1%, Horror 35.6%, Dark 13.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

On one continent, a special group of individuals exists. Although their appearance is no different from mankind beings, but their bodies contain great power. They are entrusted with a divine destiny and can only be freed after passing a trial.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Noir 18.4%, Dark 17.5%, RPG 17.3%, Puzzle 9.4%

Fast-paced survival horror with brutal close combat. Lose limbs, learn the dungeon, and survive a three-day trial beneath a ruined castle.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Dark 24.2%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Top-Down 13.3%, 2D 6.7%

Lunar Strings is a fantasy action-adventure RPG where players control heroes to explore randomly generated levels, fight using weapons such as swords, staves, and bows, enhance skills and equipment, challenge powerful bosses, and unravel the mysterious legend behind the crescent moon!

Why similar: RPG 38.4%, Artificial Intelligence 36.2%, Puzzle 17.8%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A 2D exploration-based horror adventure game set in a creepy train and mysterious buildings.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Choices Matter 18.1%, RPG 16.1%, Dark 13.2%, Puzzle 9%

You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.

Why similar: Noir 36%, Horror 17.4%, RPG 16.4%, Dark 12.6%, Puzzle 11.3%

A terrifying virus has breached our reality. In 404 Breakpoint, you're not fighting zombies or monsters—you're battling a digital plague that twists the world around you. Navigate through the digital world made for you, the protagonist and rely on stealth to survive against the digital virus.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 57.1%, Horror 22%, Puzzle 18.1%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Hunted like prey, solve tricky situations and collect items to get yourself to safety. But watch out, the demon isn't so easily beat and your instincts WILL betray you.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 31.3%, Horror 27.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Dark 12.7%, RPG 10.5%

This is a horror puzzle game. To be a successful player, use objects in the mystery house wisely, and find the meaning of this metaphoric story.

Why similar: Horror 35.3%, RPG 23.8%, Puzzle 23.3%, 2D 11.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Ward X is a indie horror puzzle game set inside an abandoned hospital that should have stayed forgotten. Navigate twisted halls and solve puzzles as you search for a way out.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Dark 26.2%, Puzzle 24.3%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A dark adventure full of tense moments that will test your skills. Your main goal is to climb to the top while avoiding difficult obstacles and disturbing creatures. NoRoY is very agile, but a single mistake can cause you to lose all your progress. Inspired by games like: Celeste + Getting Over it

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 41.4%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 14.9%, 2D 2.9%

「いつもあなたの傍に」 Galeid.は不気味な夢の世界で魚を釣ったりゴミを食べたり世界を救ったりする こわかわホラーRPGです。

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, RPG 29.8%, Dark 17.9%, Top-Down 10.1%, 2D 5.3%

You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

Why similar: Horror 46.2%, RPG 15.5%, Dark 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10%, Puzzle 9.8%

This is a short physics game about escaping from a closed chamber.

Why similar: Horror 78.4%, Puzzle 17.1%, Indie 4.5%

Always wanted to work in a graveyard? Maybe, maybe not. But now you have a chance to experience it! Graveyard Shift is a horror thriller based in a graveyard where you work the literal graveyard shift, but nothing is what it seems. Explore this supernatural world and uncover its secrets!

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 40.8%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

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: RPG 23.4%, Horror 18.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Dark 14.5%, Top-Down 12.2%

To solve the mystery of his brother’s disappearance, Guido ventures into the tuscanian village of Pietralba to uncover the truth about the marble quarry and his family’s past.

Why similar: Noir 31.7%, Horror 24.3%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Dark 12.9%, Puzzle 11.4%

Throw a party at a maniac's mansion. RIP Party is a single player slasher horror game inspired by 80s & 90s horror movies where you and the NPCs are being hunted. Try and survive the micro sandbox experience.

Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Noir 26%, Dark 17%, Puzzle 11.4%, Top-Down 11.3%

Negotiate water rights from scorpion gods in this necromantic legal thriller! Discredit your boss, solve murders, and reanimate your own corpse to keep your city from drying out.

Why similar: RPG 47.4%, Choices Matter 44%, Indie 8.6%

Transfigured is a 2D side-scroller psychological horror game. Humanoid monstrosities stalk you from the dark. Armed with nothing other than a dying flashlight, survival depends on hiding, finding tools, and carefully navigating your surroundings.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Noir 25.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Dark 8.9%

Please don't let the fact I used RPG Maker Discourage you from buying the game its cheap and fun. It is also the first part to a larger series i am working on! The full version of this game is releasing in Nov it will overwrite the old game free/cheap upgrades.

Why similar: RPG 36%, Horror 28%, Puzzle 18.2%, Top-Down 14.5%, Indie 1.9%

Dreamcore early-2000 atmosphere — nostalgic, warm… and quietly wrong • Psychological horror — fear born from subtle distortion, not cheap jumpscares • Environmental storytelling — every object remembers something • Multiple endings — your choices shape Lanlan is willing to face

Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Horror 31.2%, Puzzle 18.6%, 2D 7.5%, Indie 2%