- #1 Dark Forest: The Horror
97% matchMixed58% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Maks VolegovPub: Gamesforgames
Windows
Dark Forest is an adventure horror game in which you have to find a way out of your prolonged sleep. Otherwise, you risk staying in it forever.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, Dark 8.8%
- #2 Madness in the dark
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enfain
Windows
Monsters hide in the darkness - shoot to light up the room. But be careful - shots attract new enemies. Will you be able to find your way to the light?
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 11%, First-Person 9.2%
- #3 Morgman
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nomade Games
Windows
MORGMAN is a first-person horror game. You find yourself deep in the woods, in an abandoned mansion, behind which lurks a dark past. Numerous puzzles await you to solve in order to uncover the mansion's secrets and move forward. Remember - to stay alive, use not only wit, but also caution.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 9.3%
- #4 Mystic Rest Stop: Weekend at Stillpoint
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catire Games Studio
Windows
Leo Carter, a content creator, arrives at SteelPoint to investigate the local urban legends. What seemed like a peaceful getaway soon turns into a nightmare when he discovers that the forest hides a cult willing to do anything to keep its secret.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 8.8%
- #5 As Duty Demands
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rabbit Bay Games
Windows
A first-person narrative psychological horror game focused on exploration and environmental storytelling, set in a decaying naval retirement home ruled by a tyrannical former admiral, where you play as Coral, a newly hired nurse who must navigate shifting environments and uncover hidden truths.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 13%, First-Person 9.2%
- #6 Unsealed: The Mare
94% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Gamhalla
Windows
A challenging first-person psychological horror game where you play as Vera, trapped in a nightmare tied to her family’s tragic past. Burn the cursed teddies, restore lost memories, and break sealed doors to survive The Mare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 15%, First-Person 9.1%
- #7 Insider Threat
93% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.8%
- #8 The Guest
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 13%
- #9 Dark Shadows
91% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Karakaya Inc.
Windows
Elena killed Jason to protect her friend but unleashed a terrifying curse. Now Dark Shadow is back for revenge. Survive, face your fears, and don’t scream—if you do, it all starts over!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 8.2%
- #10 Slender: The Arrival
91% matchVery Positive88% of 9,266 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #11 Spiritus Sancti
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divider Studios
Windows
Spiritus Sancti is a first-person psychological horror where your voice is your weapon. Speak sacred rites through your microphone to repel, stun, and exorcise the forces of darkness. Every encounter is real-time, every word a test of faith. An experience like no other.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 8.3%
- #12 Bigfoot Forest
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Idler 20.6%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.6%, Survival 9.2%, Adventure 7.8%
- #13 September Fall - Loneliness
88% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nguyen Quoc Hai
Windows
You are playing the role of a husband going to meet his wife, who is on a deserted island fighting for survival with others to obtain a powerful stone.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, First-Person 8.9%
- #14 Deep Sorrow
89% matchMixed50% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Adventure 10.3%
- #15 Dark DieMansion
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tempus Rift Games
Windows
Escape a dark, randomly generated mansion where creatures stalk you in the shadows. Outsmart them by manipulating the environment, restoring the power, and scavenging supplies to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.9%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 8.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #16 Ardena
85% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: RRSTUDIO
Windows
Ardena is a first-person survival horror game where your only light is a dwindling campfire. Gather wood to keep it burning, uncover chilling clues about you and your location, and find a way to escape the mysterious forest—before she finds you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #17 Basement
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RealStorm
Windows
You’ve just moved into your new home. The neighbors are quiet. But the basement... isn’t empty. Uncover the tragic truth behind the house’s previous owners in this story-driven psychological horror experience. Explore, and survive the lingering presence of a soul trapped in darkness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #18 It follows you
86% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Hidden Object 10.3%
- #19 Blasfemia
84% matchVery Positive91% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 6.6%
- #20 Mental Harm
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: a1esska
Windows
Mental Harm is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore an old, long forgotten atmospheric basement of a house where some strange things are happening
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.9%
- #21 Darkness Inside
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Dark 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 9.6%
- #22 You had a bad dream
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Loot Loop Games
Windows
A minimalist horror game where you move through procedurally generated narrow corridors and avoid lurking monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 11.8%, First-Person 6.8%
- #23 Pyromaniac
81% matchVery Positive90% of 361 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Horror 10.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #24 For Those We Forgot
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
In this first person psychological horror game your concept of what is real will be questioned over and over again while you venture in this old apparently abandoned apartment. Be careful at every corner and every shadow, things may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 9.9%, First-Person 9.6%
- #25 Midnight Train
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anderson Miguel
Windows
You wake up alone on a mysterious subway train. Can you find the true story ? Solve puzzles and escape… before the thing in the shadows finds you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 9.2%
- #26 Your Friend Wiggles
79% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: BOC Studio
Windows
In this terrifying walking simulator, you will meet those virtual pets you once forgot in a drawer, and who now seek revenge, in an atmosphere full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 8.2%
- #27 Forest Asylum 2
79% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Dark 9.8%
- #28 Jorogumo's Cradle
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: KiriThrills
Windows
Jorogumo’s Cradle is a short first person horror game. You are stuck in the woods with a monster that attacks you during the night. Explore the area, build tools to fend off incoming attacks, and most importantly, survive until the very end.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Dark 10.4%
- #29 Yellowstone
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro Hertz
Windows
Yellowstone is a first-person survival horror game set in Yellowstone National Park. Explore a hidden cave system where ancient creatures lurk in the shadows. Navigate the ever-changing labyrinth, evading these creatures as you uncover the cave’s dark secrets and struggle to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.6%
- #30 THE EXPERIMENT: 49
78% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Echo Forge
Windows
THE EXPERIMENT: 49 is a first-person horror game that immerses you in the depths of fear A dangerous experiment that escaped from HelixGen Labs has reached a family home deep in the forest. Your mission is to uncover the secrets hidden within the house, survive, and find a way to end this nightmare.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #31 Escape from Tung Tung Sahur
77% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Quad Labs
Windows
Escape from Tung Tung Sahur it's a puzzle-horror game where you must to survive from Italian Brainrot Characters. The main door is covered with different locks and now you have to search the house and find keys and other objects to unlock the door and escape this house.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.5%, Hidden Object 13.9%, Dark 8.2%, Psychological Horror 8%, Horror 7.9%
- #32 Whisper Forest
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Actor
Windows
Whisper Forest is a Japanese-style horror game where "Nesting creatures." lurks. Players collect Amulets and offer them to lanterns.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Hidden Object 14.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%
- #33 Panic Files: Buried Sanity
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LTuomio
Windows
Your first day at the local mine got a hell of a twist when the tunnels caved in. Can you escape when the only way out is going deeper? Avoid the deadly creatures, push through hallucinations and remember: Don't panic.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17%, First-Person 9.9%, Walking Simulator 8.3%
- #34 GleanBound
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TOPH
Windows · Mac
GleanBound: is first-person horror semi-realistic maze runner that mixes adrenaline-fueled chase mechanics with creepy events and terrifying creatures. Collect soul stones and stay ahead of what’s hunting you — but remember, every corner could be your last.
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Survival Horror 18.6%, First-Person 13.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Dark 7.9%
- #35 From The Darkness
75% matchVery Positive89% of 3,460 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Dark 12.3%
- #36 Francisca 2
76% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Biscuit Play
Windows
Francisca 2 – a first-person indie horror game. Every day you’ll have to survive in your own house. At the start of each level, you need to place video cameras inside the house and in the yard and conceal yourself as well as you can, because a ghost girl is going to visit you soon.
Why similar: Idler 22.8%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Horror 12.4%, Survival 9.1%, Dark 7.9%
- #37 Water Boiling Simulator
73% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: wolfyer
Windows · Linux
It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 11%, Hidden Object 8%
- #38 Horror Tale 2: Samantha
74% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.2%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Hidden Object 8.2%
- #39 Silent Shores
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Sky High Games
Windows
Silent Shores is a first-person open world horror game where you play as a father searching for his missing son on an abandoned island.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 14%, Open World 11.3%, Dark 7.7%
- #40 Creepy Fishing
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The main character came here for a peaceful fishing trip… but the lake hides something far more sinister. What begins as a quiet escape soon turns into a nightmare, as strange events unfold and an unseen presence makes itself known...
Why similar: Idler 29.8%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.6%
- #41 Breath of Ghosts 2
73% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Breath of Ghosts is a first-person horror game made in realistic 3D graphics that immerses you in an atmosphere of horror and scares you in every way. The main goal is to survive and be saved.
Why similar: Idler 22%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.9%
- #42 Liberation
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: WINTERS
Windows
Liberation is a strategy survival horror game. You have to go to the Deathworld and collect crosses to liberate ghosts. Survive from the attacks of various ghosts!
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Adventure 7.9%
- #43 Darkness in Reflection
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Other Games
Windows
"Darkness in Reflection" is a first-person psychological horror game where the player explores an abandoned village, uncovering dark secrets. Mirrors here lead to a world of darkness, hiding something sinister. Use a flashlight, solve puzzles and try to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Dark 8.3%
- #44 Inside The Shadows
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blood Snakes
Windows
Inside The Shadows is a first-person psychological horror game with a heavy, realistic atmosphere. Embark on an intimate and unsettling journey as you explore every room of the house, uncovering secrets that shaped your life before you were born and reveal your family’s dark past.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 11.6%, First-Person 9.7%
- #45 The Gift
72% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: One Face Studio
Windows
Horror point and click game. You play as an administrator who will have to try to survive in in a closed hotel full of traps and terrible creatures. To move along the plot, the player will have to solve puzzles for attentiveness and find letters left by a stranger.
Why similar: Idler 23.2%, Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Hidden Object 9.1%
- #46 Skull Hotel
68% matchVery Positive80% of 900 reviews2025
Dev: James Hall
Windows
Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Horror 14%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #47 Leak
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Point
Windows
Leak is a psychological horror game. Except when you return home your family are missing, and there is a corpse of an unknown man hanging from a ceiling in your study. Explore the house and the area, solve riddles and hide from monsters, for saving your family. Be careful - you are being watched.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%
- #48 Sky High Games Horror Collection
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Sky High Games
Windows
This is The Sky High Games Horror Collection. With this collection you will have 5 survival horror games to choose from. That can be played in any order.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 9.5%, Survival 8.8%
- #49 Vellar
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHADOW
Windows
Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a terrifying house and uncover the mysteries behind the deaths of its members. Experience intense fear through its chilling atmosphere.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
- #50 The three little pigs at the slaughterhouse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nostrom game
Windows
Deep inside a slaughterhouse, play as three little pigs trying to escape in this first‑person horror adventure. Between twisted experiments and industrial death, will you survive this hell where madness and hatred reshape flesh
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 9.5%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
- #51 TRAFFIC
69% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Laud GamesPub: Laud Publishing
Windows
TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 12%
- #52 NineHells
68% matchMixed41% of 330 reviews2024
Dev: caffeineline
Windows
Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 11.3%
- #53 Backrooms Doors
68% matchMixed68% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 9.8%
- #54 Catastrophe - Earthquake
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Meraki
Windows
Trapped in a condemned building, you must escape before the earthquakes and collapses bring a tragic end. Survive the tremors, find essential items, and flee! Each tremor is a new challenge in this fight for survival. Time is running out... Can you escape?
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.6%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dark 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%
- #55 After the Flood
67% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: AlexXIIs
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey into the heart of a desolate town trapped in the clutches of an ancient curse. "After the Flood" is a single-player horror game that combines atmospheric exploration, immersive storytelling, and heart-pounding survival elements.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 14%, Dark 12.8%, First-Person 8.7%
- #56 Abyssal Trench
65% match6 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Haunt LabsPub: Haunt Labs
Windows
Abyssal Trench is a first-person underwater horror game where you play as a lone explorer waking from cryo-sleep after a failed mission. With your pod out of fuel and your crew gone, a mysterious AI voice guides you to collect data from three abandoned drilling sites deep beneath the ocean.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Dark 6.5%
- #57 The Nurse
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ASKIR Games
Windows
Hide wherever you can, look for everything you can use, be quiet to avoid attracting attention, protect yourself from the enemy's bloodthirst, Katherine sees and hears everything, don't get caught in her sight. Explore the territory, find a way to escape from this hell.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 11.5%, Survival 11.3%, Hidden Object 10%
- #58 CPA:Reports Bousy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IMDEI
Windows
Experience the constant fear and loneliness surrounded by the decrepit old walls of an abandoned house with a tragic story, while feeling the true horror of being hunted by a creature created from a strong friendship. Try to survive and escape the house!
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Walking Simulator 11%, Dark 10.5%