- #1 Alien: Isolation
97% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Stealth 38%, Horror 28.1%, Sci-fi 19.8%, FPS 4.5%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sci-fi stealth-horror experience that perfectly captures the feeling of being hunted in a claustrophobic space station.
- #2 SOMA
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Sci-fi 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Story Rich 15%, Action 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological sci-fi horror that mirrors the narrative-driven unease and isolation found in Solarix.
- #3 Prey
96% matchVery Positive91% of 53,291 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.3%, Stealth 21.5%, Horror 17.7%, FPS 13.2%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that offers deep sci-fi atmosphere and rewards stealthy, tactical play against alien threats.
- #4 Amnesia: The Bunker
94% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Stealth 39.7%, Horror 18.8%, FPS 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense, systemic stealth and resource management that forces players to navigate dangerous environments with extreme caution.
- #5 Syndrome
95% matchMixed64% of 361 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Stealth 37%, Horror 18.8%, FPS 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game set on a derelict spaceship that focuses on stealth and limited resources.
- #6 System Shock
93% matchVery Positive91% of 12,269 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.1%, Horror 24.9%, FPS 19.2%, Action 16.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful remake of the classic sci-fi horror title that emphasizes exploration and survival in a hostile, high-tech facility.
- #7 Phantaruk
94% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Horror 34.7%, Indie 26.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival-horror title that emphasizes stealth and environmental storytelling in a dark, dangerous facility.
- #8 Penumbra Overture
92% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Stealth 28.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational first-person horror game that prioritizes physics-based puzzles and stealth over combat.
- #9 ROUTINE
90% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Stealth 34.2%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi horror game that focuses on stealth and exploration within a retro-futuristic lunar base.
- #10 Monstrum
91% matchVery Positive91% of 3,664 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Horror 58.4%, Stealth 22%, Indie 11.9%, Psychological Horror 3.3%, Action 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a procedurally generated sci-fi horror experience where stealth is your only defense against a lethal predator.
- #11 The Persistence
91% matchMixed67% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Firesprite Ltd
Windows
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
Why similar: Stealth 36.3%, Horror 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.2%, FPS 13.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror game that blends stealth mechanics with roguelite elements on a derelict space station.
- #12 Observer: System Redux
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,866 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Stealth 49.8%, Horror 24.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a heavy dose of psychological sci-fi horror with an oppressive, high-tech atmosphere.
- #13 Hektor
89% matchMixed62% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Horror 51.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Action 17.1%, Indie 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game featuring shifting environments that keep the player disoriented and vulnerable.
- #14 Intruders: Hide and Seek
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 348 reviews2019
Dev: Tessera StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first-person stealth game, an intense thriller combining intense psychological terror with the point of view of a defenseless boy.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Stealth 23.5%, Action 22.4%, Indie 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person stealth-horror game that forces players to remain undetected to survive.
- #15 Starless
87% matchPositive94% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Petr Sapozhnikov
Windows
In Starless, navigate a space Ark infested with terrifying monsters in this stealth-action game inspired by classic sci-fi. Can you help the colonists survive, or will they be doomed to roam the endless void of space forever?
Why similar: Stealth 38.6%, Horror 16.9%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological sci-fi horror game that utilizes stealth mechanics to navigate a hostile, dark environment.
- #16 Moons of Madness
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,891 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Sci-fi 35.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sci-fi exploration with psychological horror elements on a remote Martian base.
- #17 Inner Chains
86% matchMixed48% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, FPS 24.7%, Action 16.5%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, surreal sci-fi atmosphere with a heavy emphasis on stealth and environmental hazards.
- #18 It Steals
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,298 reviews2020
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.
Why similar: Stealth 32.8%, Horror 24.2%, FPS 18.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Action 9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror experience that focuses on evasion and managing intense, high-stakes encounters.
- #19 Narcosis
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Why similar: Horror 56%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Indie 16.6%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic deep-sea survival-horror game that captures the same sense of isolation and psychological pressure.
- #20 Harvest Hunt
83% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Stealth 44.6%, Horror 22%, Story Rich 12.8%, Action 10.2%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that emphasizes tension and stealth in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #21 Sanity of Morris
84% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanity of Morris: a psychological horror adventure game. Your flashlight reveals the clues you need to stay sane in the search for your father. Discover the truth. Could aliens be real?
Why similar: Stealth 33.1%, Horror 17.4%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends psychological horror with stealth and detective elements in a sci-fi setting.
- #22 Exanimum: The Silent Call
82% matchVery Positive84% of 278 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Story Rich 14.4%, Indie 14.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on a dark, oppressive atmosphere to build tension.
- #23 ZERO PROTOCOL
81% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Sci-fi 24.4%, FPS 20%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 18.5%, Story Rich 17.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes exploration and psychological tension in a sci-fi setting.
- #24 White Room Protocol
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 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: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, FPS 21.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and exploration.
- #25 Kidnapped
82% matchMixed56% of 563 reviews2015
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Action 16.4%, FPS 15.8%, Indie 12%, Sci-fi 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on survival and navigating a hostile, isolated environment.
- #26 Mortal Decay
79% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Stealth 43.3%, Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Story Rich 12.4%, Action 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric first-person horror game that focuses on exploration and survival in a decaying environment.
- #27 Absinth
80% matchMixed69% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Soulven Games
Windows
A psychological first-person horror experience. Set in California, USA, blurring the line between game and reality. Confront the events which completely changed Zane Zaminsky´s life.
Why similar: Horror 43%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Indie 17.3%, Action 8.8%, Sci-fi 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses atmosphere and puzzle-solving to create a sense of unease.
- #28 SCP: Fragmented Minds
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,168 reviews2025
Dev: HST StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Why similar: Stealth 31.6%, Horror 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.5%, FPS 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #29 Kohate
79% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
Why similar: Stealth 46.5%, Horror 21.9%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Action 9.5%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused horror game that requires careful navigation to avoid detection.
- #30 CASE: Animatronics
77% matchVery Positive83% of 4,174 reviews2016
Dev: Walnut LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?
Why similar: Stealth 31.6%, Horror 27.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Action 5.9%
- #31 Everything Is For Humanity
78% matchMixed68% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Vanquisher Games
Windows
Everything is for Humanity is a story-driven, exploration and puzzle-solving based science fiction horror game which sets in a massive science facility in 2020. You will discover tons of things and find out about the blood-chilling truths with its first-person experience.
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Story Rich 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Action 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and environmental storytelling.
- #32 Project Pulsation
78% matchMixed71% of 377 reviews2015
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Project Pulsation - a sci-fi first person shooter with elements of horror and stealth. The distant space station 'Complex' located nearby Thanatos Asteroid keeps a valuable Artifact. Fight your way through turrets, unknown creatures and mysterious ghosts, survive and try to get back.
Why similar: Action 63%, Horror 19.8%, FPS 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-horror title that incorporates exploration and survival elements.
- #33 Dark Atlas: Infernum
75% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Stealth 42.5%, Horror 21.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, FPS 8.3%
- #34 Jawbreaker
76% matchMixed64% of 106 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 29%, FPS 19.6%, Story Rich 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Action 15.7%
- #35 NEDRA
75% matchMixed68% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Stealth 34.4%, Horror 18.2%, FPS 15%, Story Rich 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #36 SurvHive
77% matchMixed62% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Rocking Hamster
Windows
Inspired by "The Thing", SurvHive is an asymmetric sci-fi horror multiplayer FPS in which the only one you can trust is yourself, as alien shape-shifters lie in wait. Will humans be able to eradicate the alien menace? Will the infection spread instead? Welcome to their Hive...
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Action 31.2%, Indie 23.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%
- #37 The Guest
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 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: Horror 45.6%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Indie 17.4%, Action 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #38 A.I.L.A
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,218 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Story Rich 15.4%, Action 12.4%
- #39 OVERWHELM
74% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Action 42%, Indie 31%, Horror 24.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #40 Stay Still 2
73% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.
Why similar: Stealth 30.3%, Horror 19.9%, FPS 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #41 Familiar Stranger
71% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Indie 16.5%, Action 15.1%, Story Rich 13.9%
- #42 Project Silverfish
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Stealth 33%, Horror 20.2%, FPS 18.6%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Action 8.5%
- #43 Fear of the Light
70% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Jakob FereniusPub: Team Fuve
Windows
A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!
Why similar: Stealth 47.4%, Sci-fi 20%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Action 6.1%
- #44 The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game
70% matchVery Positive83% of 322 reviews2023
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Voidness is a SCI-FI psychological horror game where it takes place inside the void where it's filled with just gloom - the only way to see is by scanning the environment with your range finder device, however you are not alone. Don't breathe ... as they are listening.. and watching.
Why similar: Stealth 39.5%, Sci-fi 19.8%, FPS 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Action 11.5%
- #45 Strange Night
73% matchMixed60% of 472 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Indie 24.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #46 Mental Hospital VR
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Stealth 38.9%, Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Action 12.9%, Indie 6.9%
- #47 Shrieking Darkness: Reloaded
72% matchMostly Negative24% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Walford
Windows
Close your eyes. Step into a world filled with nothing but darkness and terror, where everything wants to destroy you. Your time has come to fight the shrieking darkness, be brave and don't look back or you won't make it.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, FPS 25.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Action 10%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #48 Project Liminal 2
68% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, FPS 29.5%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Indie 7.3%
- #49 The Echo Paradox
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Story Rich 23.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #50 HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
68% matchVery Positive90% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Abyss AssemblyPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Sci-fi 30.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Action 12.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #51 Who Knocks
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Who Knocks is a first person psychological horror game that will make your nightmares come true. You have just moved into a new home. Welcome the presences that will knock at your door. Solve puzzles, explore the environment and fight your nightmares.
Why similar: Stealth 26%, Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #52 The Light Keeps Us Safe
71% matchMixed57% of 198 reviews2019
Dev: Big Robot Ltd
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
THE LIGHT KEEPS US SAFE is a procedurally-generated apocalypse in which only The Light can save us. Use stealth and evasion to avoid terrifying machines that patrol the desolate world, and employ the powers of Light to unpick their deadly traps.
Why similar: Stealth 42.9%, Horror 18.2%, Action 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Indie 9%
- #53 Pneumata
69% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Stealth 30.3%, Horror 23%, FPS 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 10%
- #54 SHIATH
67% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: theJameskrik
Windows
Sitting on the brink of extinction, you keep doing what you do best: take and survive. But deep down, you know. Something horrible is about to happen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.8%, FPS 25.8%, Story Rich 16.1%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #55 Dark Sector
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,387 reviews2009
Dev: Digital Extremes
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Why similar: Action 42.2%, Horror 28.3%, Sci-fi 25.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #56 Stygian: Outer Gods
66% matchVery Positive85% of 611 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Stealth 36.1%, Horror 18.1%, FPS 14.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #57 Halu - The Fracture
66% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Story Rich 22.1%, Indie 11%, Action 6.4%
- #58 The Empty Eyes
65% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, Indie 12.9%, Action 11.1%
- #59 Beyond The Evil
67% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Horror 56.9%, Indie 22.1%, Action 19.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%