- #1 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,906 reviews2017
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Cute 8.8%, Survival Horror 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive, visually upgraded version of the seed game that maintains all the original charm and terror.
- #2 Bendy and the Ink Machine
96% matchVery Positive89% of 35,388 reviews2017
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Cartoon 13.7%, First-Person 9.9%, Survival Horror 7.5%, Dark 7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the 'cartoon-turned-nightmare' aesthetic that makes the seed game so memorable.
- #3 Poppy Playtime
96% matchVery Positive88% of 139,299 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 50.6%, First-Person 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Survival Horror 9%, Dark 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features the same mascot-horror subversion where seemingly innocent toys become the source of your fear.
- #4 Dark Deception
95% matchVery Positive89% of 23,693 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Survival Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines fast-paced, maze-like gameplay with high-quality horror elements similar to the mansion's room-based progression.
- #5 Doki Doki Literature Club!
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 222,822 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Cute 13.3%, Dark 10.5%, First-Person 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the seed game's core philosophy of using a deceptively cute exterior to hide a dark, psychological horror narrative.
- #6 Tattletail
94% matchVery Positive95% of 4,979 reviews2016
Dev: Waygetter ElectronicsPub: Little Flag Software, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, First-Person 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Cute 9.7%, Dark 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it uses a nostalgic, cute toy aesthetic to build tension and deliver effective jump scares.
- #7 the static speaks my name
93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,762 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Dark 11.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Walking Simulator 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and deeply psychological experience that captures the same unsettling indie atmosphere.
- #8 IMSCARED
92% matchVery Positive95% of 3,850 reviews2016
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 9%, Dark 7.8%, Survival Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes meta-horror elements that break the fourth wall, much like the unexpected shifts in the seed game.
- #9 Cry of Fear
91% matchVery Positive89% of 84,992 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 55.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Survival Horror 10.1%, First-Person 5.8%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, atmospheric psychological horror game that provides a more serious, gritty take on the first-person horror genre.
- #10 Garten of Banban
91% matchMixed53% of 12,694 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…
Why similar: Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Dark 9%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the mascot horror genre, featuring a facility filled with colorful but dangerous creatures.
- #11 Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered
89% matchVery Positive93% of 16,720 reviews2022
Dev: Basically GamesPub: Basically Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!
Why similar: Horror 49.6%, Survival Horror 13.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Funny 10.6%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: The low-poly, surreal, and subversive nature of this game aligns well with the indie horror feel of the mansion.
- #12 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
90% matchVery Positive95% of 35,454 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 52.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Survival Horror 8%, First-Person 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational title for first-person atmospheric horror that influenced the tension-building mechanics found in the mansion.
- #13 Amanda the Adventurer
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,169 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Horror 50.9%, First-Person 15%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the corruption of child-friendly media, mirroring the unsettling transition from cute to creepy.
- #14 Five Nights at Freddy's
88% matchVery Positive94% of 58,489 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 10.5%, First-Person 8.1%, Dark 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential mascot horror game that popularized the concept of surviving against cute-but-deadly animatronics.
- #15 Five Nights at Freddy's 2
87% matchVery Positive94% of 25,775 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%, Dark 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the original mascot horror formula with more complex mechanics and increased psychological pressure.
- #16 Iron Lung
85% matchVery Positive92% of 10,872 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic and intense indie experience that focuses on building dread in a confined, first-person environment.
- #17 Emily Wants To Play
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,309 reviews2015
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
Why similar: Horror 65.1%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 3.9%, Indie 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features survival-horror mechanics involving creepy dolls, matching the 'cute-to-horror' theme of the seed game.
- #18 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
84% matchVery Positive95% of 8,643 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Dark 10%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Survival Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its retro-styled visuals and unsettling atmosphere create a unique psychological horror experience similar to indie classics.
- #19 Slender: The Arrival
86% matchVery Positive88% of 9,279 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 51.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Survival Horror 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%, Dark 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror experience that focuses on being hunted through atmospheric, dark environments.
- #20 Penumbra Overture
84% matchVery Positive91% of 4,121 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 47.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Survival Horror 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features physics-based puzzle horror that rewards exploration and careful navigation, similar to the mansion's layout.
- #21 Murder House
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,314 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Horror 52.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Survival 6.7%, 3D 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a VHS-aesthetic to deliver a slasher-horror experience that feels like a classic indie nightmare.
- #22 Killer Frequency
81% matchVery Positive93% of 5,972 reviews2023
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, First-Person 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Funny 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a narrative-driven, atmospheric horror experience that relies on tension and environmental storytelling.
- #23 Yume Nikki
82% matchVery Positive94% of 10,217 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 71.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Dark 9.6%, Cute 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, exploration-based psychological horror game that relies on strange, dreamlike imagery to unsettle the player.
- #24 Buckshot Roulette
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 120,532 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Dark 16.9%, First-Person 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, tense indie game that uses a simple premise to create an incredibly stressful and memorable atmosphere.
- #25 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
83% matchMixed70% of 12,028 reviews2013
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, First-Person 6.1%, Atmospheric 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused horror game that emphasizes atmospheric dread and environmental storytelling.
- #26 Five Nights at Freddy's 3
80% matchVery Positive90% of 11,183 reviews2015
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l
Why similar: Horror 44.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 10.9%, First-Person 10.4%, Survival 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' focus on managing limited resources while being stalked by a single, persistent threat.
- #27 Fingerbones
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,597 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Dark 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror game that excels at environmental storytelling and building a sense of unease.
- #28 Saiko no sutoka
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,800 reviews2021
Dev: Habupain
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Saiko No Sutoka is a Horror Survival Game where you as a Protagonist must escape and avoid the crazy yandere girl who wants you dead.
Why similar: Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Cute 11.1%, Survival Horror 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: An anime-styled stalker horror game that features an AI-driven antagonist, providing a unique and unpredictable challenge.
- #29 Who's Lila?
78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,636 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Psychological Horror 28%, First-Person 15.6%, 3D 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative psychological horror game that forces players to engage with its systems in unsettling ways.
- #30 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
77% matchVery Positive94% of 32,968 reviews2017
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Why similar: Horror 52.6%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, First-Person 8.1%, Funny 4.9%
- #31 Ultimate Custom Night
76% matchVery Positive95% of 62,390 reviews2018
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Survival Horror 12.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Dark 7%
- #32 Paratopic
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,134 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 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 46.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Indie 6.9%, Dark 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, low-poly horror experience that prioritizes atmosphere and strange imagery over traditional jump scares.
- #33 ENA: Dream BBQ
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 36,222 reviews2025
Dev: ENA TeamPub: Joel G
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Why similar: Dark Humor 25.5%, First-Person 17.1%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Funny 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #34 Hide and Shriek
76% matchVery Positive82% of 5,327 reviews2017
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!
Why similar: Horror 65.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Funny 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #35 Passing Pineview Forest
77% matchMixed65% of 1,698 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 63.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Psychological Horror 5.5%, Survival Horror 5.5%, Survival 5.1%
- #36 Five Nights at Freddy's 4
74% matchVery Positive93% of 16,670 reviews2015
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 42.4%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 10.5%, Dark 9.5%
- #37 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
74% matchVery Positive89% of 8,210 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 56.7%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Psychological Horror 5.2%, Walking Simulator 3.9%
- #38 Minds Eyes
75% matchMixed69% of 1,838 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 71.5%, Survival Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, First-Person 3.5%, Indie 2.4%
- #39 Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
73% matchVery Positive90% of 12,519 reviews2016
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Survival Horror 11.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Dark 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #40 Enter The Backrooms
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,057 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, First-Person 9%
- #41 When the Darkness comes
72% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 27.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 6.9%
- #42 Only If
75% matchMixed62% of 5,959 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, First-Person 16.9%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Survival 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #43 The Way of Life Free Edition
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,195 reviews2016
Dev: CyberCoconut
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 14%
The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, First-Person 26.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Indie 9.3%, Survival 7.6%
- #44 Iron Snout
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 17,459 reviews2016
Dev: SnoutUp
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Why similar: Cartoon 31.4%, Funny 27.5%, Cute 10.9%, Survival 10.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #45 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
71% matchVery Positive90% of 10,672 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 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 51.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Walking Simulator 4.3%
- #46 Scary Game
68% matchVery Positive92% of 760 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Dark Humor 24.5%, Funny 9.3%, Comedy 7%, First-Person 5.7%
- #47 Outlast
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 136,412 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 19.0 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 52.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Survival Horror 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #48 Blameless
71% matchVery Positive84% of 5,098 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 67.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 3.8%, Survival Horror 3.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #49 Indigo Park: Chapter 1
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 23,226 reviews2024
Dev: UniqueGeese
Windows
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Why similar: Horror 47.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Cute 9.4%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Survival Horror 5.4%
- #50 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,938 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Survival Horror 6.4%
- #51 Visage
69% matchVery Positive84% of 10,777 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 8.2%, Dark 6.9%, First-Person 6.5%
- #52 Mitos.is: The Game
70% matchVery Positive81% of 12,037 reviews2015
Dev: Freakinware Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the microscopic world of Mitos.is! Eat or be eaten—become the ultimate cell in a highly addictive multiplayer game. Diverse modes, daily tournaments, guilds, and gear await! The BEST game of 2015 is back!
Why similar: Funny 31.4%, Survival 28.7%, Comedy 20.1%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 8.4%
- #53 The Complex: Found Footage
67% matchVery Positive93% of 9,790 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Walking Simulator 8.7%, Atmospheric 6%
- #54 Sakura Clicker
69% matchVery Positive83% of 14,464 reviews2015
Dev: Winged Cloud
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 79.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
The latest entry in the Sakura series is more action-packed than ever before! Sakura Clickers is a fast-paced, exciting adventure, full of content, in which you defeat your foes with the power of your mouse!
Why similar: Singleplayer 40.7%, Indie 30%, Funny 24.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #55 The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,604 reviews2019
Dev: Pie On A Plate Productions
Windows · Linux
Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.
Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 6.5%, Survival Horror 6.1%, First-Person 5.8%
- #56 Black Rose
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 982 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 69%, Survival Horror 10%, First-Person 8.4%, Indie 3.9%, Psychological Horror 3.5%
- #57 Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage
68% matchVery Positive91% of 5,928 reviews2013
Dev: RuneStorm
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Tragedy! Santa; the toy giving folk-hero, and purveyor of fine Christmas goods, has had enough. Endless requests from greedy children wanting more and more every year, tax increases, pressure from elf unions, bills, reindeer!
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, First-Person 17.6%, Funny 15.7%, Comedy 13.4%, Dark Humor 8.2%
- #58 Codename CURE
67% matchVery Positive85% of 16,494 reviews2017
Dev: Raptor Byte
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Codename CURE is a first person, co-operative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fragging with both objective, and survival-based missions.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40%, First-Person 36.2%, Singleplayer 9.3%, 3D 7.8%, Action 6.7%
- #59 KinitoPET
64% matchVery Positive93% of 14,435 reviews2024
Dev: troy_en
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
Why similar: Horror 54.5%, Psychological Horror 35.2%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%, 3D 1.9%
- #60 Garten of Banban 0
64% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,186 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 9%, Survival Horror 8.7%