- #1 Bloodwash
97% matchVery Positive92% of 1,394 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?
Why similar: 1980s 22.7%, Horror 17.1%, FPS 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at capturing the grimy, low-poly atmosphere of 80s horror cinema while focusing on a terrifying serial killer encounter.
- #2 Murder House
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,337 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: 1980s 26%, Horror 20.4%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Retro 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential 80s-style slasher game that perfectly mirrors the retro aesthetic and intense cat-and-mouse gameplay of Skinfreak.
- #3 Stay Out of the House
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: 1980s 28.9%, Horror 22.2%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Retro 12%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival-horror experience where you must escape a sadistic killer's home, matching the high-stakes stealth and tension of the seed game.
- #4 Cannibal Abduction
95% matchVery Positive96% of 371 reviews2023
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: 1980s 26.5%, Horror 21.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Retro 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong 1980s retro aesthetic and a terrifying premise involving a maniacal killer that aligns perfectly with the themes of Skinfreak.
- #5 The Night of the Scissors
94% matchVery Positive93% of 477 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 20.1%, 1980s 20%, Mystery 14%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short but incredibly effective slasher horror game that focuses on survival and escape from a lethal pursuer.
- #6 Deadly Night
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 293 reviews2022
Dev: Cubyte GamesPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Carol is down on her luck, hitchhiking across the country. She arrives at a small roadside motel but there's something strange about the owner. As the secrets unravel, she finds herself entangled in a long, DEADLY NIGHT! Can she escape from hellish nightmare or will she die trying?
Why similar: 1980s 23.6%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the essence of 80s slasher films with its first-person perspective and focus on psychological horror and survival.
- #7 Rewind Or Die
93% matchVery Positive94% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: Comp-3 InteractivePub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Mystery 18.4%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Retro 13.9%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror game that pays homage to the VHS era of slasher films with its unique visual style and gameplay.
- #8 Nightmare of Decay
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,395 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, FPS 20.9%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, Retro 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person action and survival horror elements, offering a more combat-heavy approach to the genre.
- #9 Christmas Mutilator
91% matchMixed63% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.
Why similar: Gore 14.2%, Violent 12.6%, Horror 12.3%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, action-oriented slasher game that leans heavily into the violent, retro-horror aesthetic.
- #10 Butcher's Creek
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,653 reviews2025
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 14.6%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Gore 11%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person slasher game that emphasizes combat and survival against a deranged killer in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #11 Jawbreaker
91% matchMixed64% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, FPS 16.5%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Mystery 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tense first-person horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being hunted by a dangerous serial killer.
- #12 Sniper Killer
89% matchVery Positive86% of 673 reviews2024
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.
Why similar: 1980s 18.9%, Horror 15%, FPS 13.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A violent, action-packed horror game that focuses on the thrill of the hunt and survival against a deadly adversary.
- #13 Power Drill Massacre
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
A DRILLING good time!... a VHS era, Lowpoly Slasher
Why similar: 1980s 23%, Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Retro 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers the raw, unfiltered terror of being hunted by a killer in a confined, atmospheric setting.
- #14 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
87% matchVery Positive90% of 11,040 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Realistic 8.1%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An episodic horror game that excels at building dread through realistic home-invasion scenarios.
- #15 911: Cannibal
88% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
A terrifying first-person hide-and-seek horror escape game. Outsmart a cannibal maniac, solve puzzles, and try to survive his creepy house.
Why similar: Horror 20%, FPS 17.9%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that puts you in the shoes of a victim trying to escape a dangerous kidnapper.
- #16 Carnival Massacre
86% matchVery Positive90% of 215 reviews2025
Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
Windows
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!
Why similar: Horror 22%, Inventory Management 15.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Retro 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a classic slasher premise set in a creepy location, focusing on inventory management and survival.
- #17 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
86% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, First-Person 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Action 12.3%, 3D 12%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired horror game that uses 3D environments to create a sense of unease and tension.
- #18 JANITOR BLEEDS
84% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Mystery 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric first-person horror game that uses retro aesthetics to build a unique and unsettling experience.
- #19 Outlast
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 138,315 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11%, Gore 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive first-person survival horror game that masterfully captures the feeling of helplessness when being hunted.
- #20 The Mortuary Assistant
82% matchVery Positive92% of 8,717 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 47.5%, Mystery 21.9%, First-Person 8.9%, Realistic 8.7%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric horror game that focuses on survival and uncovering dark secrets in a confined space.
- #21 Summer of '58
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,931 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Realistic 13.9%, Mystery 13.8%, First-Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror game that uses a retro setting to build suspense and dread.
- #22 Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
80% matchVery Positive92% of 6,366 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Realistic 13.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An episodic horror experience that builds tension through isolation and the threat of a looming killer.
- #23 Roots of Insanity
84% matchMixed67% of 443 reviews2017
Dev: Crania Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, FPS 14.4%, Gore 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Action 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person action-horror game that blends survival mechanics with a dark, unsettling story.
- #24 The Skin Stapler
78% matchVery Positive90% of 460 reviews2026
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
Why similar: 1980s 26.3%, Horror 22.3%, FPS 14.8%, Retro 8.6%, Action 6.7%
- #25 Cry of Fear
81% matchVery Positive89% of 86,798 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.5%, FPS 11%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, first-person action-horror game that features intense combat and a dark, psychological narrative.
- #26 Lost in Vivo
81% matchVery Positive91% of 3,974 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, FPS 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Retro 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological first-person horror game that excels at creating claustrophobic environments and disturbing encounters.
- #27 Butcherman
78% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: 1980s 18.4%, Horror 18.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Realistic 10.7%
- #28 DON'T SCREAM
79% matchMixed65% of 4,869 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Mystery 19.2%, Realistic 14.1%, First-Person 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique first-person horror experience that relies on atmosphere and tension to keep the player on edge.
- #29 Cat Named Mojave
76% matchVery Positive96% of 335 reviews2025
Dev: Stargazers Studios
Windows
Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Retro 12.8%, Gore 9.8%
- #30 MADiSON
77% matchVery Positive87% of 3,425 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 12.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #31 Paratopic
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Retro 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Adventure 9.8%, Mystery 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, retro-styled horror game that focuses on atmosphere and narrative mystery.
- #32 Partum Artifex
76% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 9.8%
- #33 Weeping Falls Massacre
77% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: 1980s 17.9%, FPS 15.6%, Horror 10.3%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 9.3%
- #34 Slitterhead
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,206 reviews2024
Dev: Bokeh Game Studio lnc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"I must eliminate them...ALL..." The bodiless "Hyoki" hunts down the brain-devouring "Slitterheads", lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit city
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Mystery 14.3%, Realistic 12.6%, Survival Horror 10.6%
- #35 DOCTOR VISCERA
74% matchVery Positive93% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Retro 9.5%
- #36 Death Frame
73% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Mystery 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Adventure 11.8%
- #37 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,665 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Mystery 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Retro 10.4%
- #38 Fear the Spotlight
72% 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: Horror 20.1%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12%, Retro 10.9%
- #39 Don't Be Afraid
75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,000 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Inventory Management 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Realistic 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #40 Manivore
73% matchMixed70% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Realistic 19.5%, Horror 18.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Gore 6.3%
- #41 SLACKJAW
72% matchVery Positive82% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Nostromo Interactive
Windows
As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Mystery 16.9%, Realistic 13.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #42 Stay Out Of The Farm: Prologue
74% matchMixed55% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Yasha
Windows
Free Prologue to Stay Out Of The Farm, a ps1 styled horror game where you try to escape from a serial killer.
Why similar: 1980s 30.7%, Horror 13.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Retro 10.7%, Action 10.7%
- #43 Christmas Massacre
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,111 reviews2021
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.
Why similar: 1980s 29.5%, Horror 19.7%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Retro 8.4%, Gore 7.8%
- #44 Deformed
70% matchVery Positive95% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Deformed Studios
Windows
Single player horror game set in an underground lab. Kill monsters and escape.
Why similar: FPS 49.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, First-Person 17.6%, 3D 13.1%
- #45 BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 278 reviews2026
Dev: Serafini Productions
Windows
BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW is a first-person psychological horror game that explores the impact social media has on mental health through the story of Anne, a victim of bullying trapped in a surreal nightmare where she must solve a dark mystery and confront sinister creatures.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Mystery 19.6%, Realistic 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 10.2%
- #46 Deep Inside
69% matchVery Positive84% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Action 20.2%, Adventure 20.1%
- #47 Dead Format
68% matchVery Positive83% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 13.3%, 1980s 11.7%
- #48 Plastomorphosis
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Retro 11.5%, Mystery 11.4%
- #49 Night At the Gates of Hell
69% matchVery Positive90% of 890 reviews2022
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
From the sick mind behind Bloodwash, Jordan King, comes his latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night of the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood dripping, neon soaked, flesh rotting experience.
Why similar: 1980s 16.6%, Horror 14.8%, FPS 14.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #50 SANRI
70% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Realistic 11.7%, First-Person 10%
- #51 Potato Thriller
71% matchVery Positive81% of 639 reviews2016
Dev: Samer Khatib (Snowconesolid Productions)
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Known for deep frying his victims, Potato Man is the most notorious serial killer out there...
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Action 12.4%, Adventure 12.4%
- #52 Black Light Kills
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Atacan PRODUCTIONS
Windows
Welcome to the darkness of the town; here, you walk a fine line between reality and dreams, questioning your sanity. Black Light Kills takes you deep into Aiden’s mind, where nightmares begin as reality fades.
Why similar: Mystery 22.1%, Horror 18.5%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #53 Dollhouse
71% matchMixed51% of 174 reviews2019
Dev: Creazn StudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dollhouse is a frightening film noir horror story sure to send shivers down your spine. Survive a horrifying trip into the mind of detective Marie. Piece your past together, but watch your back, as something gravely dangerous is hunting you down.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #54 Cryptid
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: INFLUX Games
Windows
Cryptid is a single-player horror fps game that chronicles an experienced hunter and a creature's encounter from the perspective of the Body Cam.
Why similar: FPS 20.1%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Realistic 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #55 Pigsaw
67% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Christopher Yabsley
Windows
Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.
Why similar: FPS 33.6%, Horror 23.8%, First-Person 12.9%, Gore 10.3%, Action 9.9%
- #56 OVERDOSE
66% matchVery Positive85% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: For Fun GamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Survive the night in a deadly asylum—deliver sinister meds, keep the insane in line, and outwit a killer hiding in the dark.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Retro 11.1%, First-Person 8.6%
- #57 Hollowbody
64% 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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Horror 12.3%, Realistic 11.8%
- #58 SILENT HILL f
62% 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: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Survival Horror 16%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Action 6.1%
- #59 Madness inside
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.4%, Horror 18%, Realistic 15.3%, First-Person 14.9%, Violent 9.1%
