- #1 Tattletail
97% matchVery Positive94% of 5,038 reviews2016
Dev: Waygetter ElectronicsPub: Little Flag Software, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 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 38.2%, Survival Horror 16.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Cute 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same unsettling blend of cute, nostalgic toys and genuine, terrifying horror.
- #2 Dark Deception
96% matchVery Positive88% of 24,190 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.1 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 52.2%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the arcade-style maze-running and jump-scare intensity found in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion.
- #3 Poppy Playtime
96% matchVery Positive88% of 141,722 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 51.6%, Survival Horror 14.5%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential mascot horror experience that utilizes a similar first-person perspective and environmental storytelling.
- #4 Indigo Park: Chapter 1
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 23,402 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 38.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Cute 8.2%, Survival Horror 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a vibrant, abandoned theme park setting that feels like a spiritual successor to the mansion's aesthetic.
- #5 Bendy and the Ink Machine
95% matchVery Positive89% of 36,854 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 37.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Survival Horror 11.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the iconic stylized, cartoon-inspired horror visuals that contrast sharply with the dark, dangerous environments.
- #6 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,905 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Horror 39.6%, Survival Horror 20.6%, First-Person 17%, Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends mundane, stylized tasks with surreal, high-stakes horror in a way that feels very similar to the mansion's progression.
- #7 123 Slaughter Me Street
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 94.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 74.9%, Indie 12.9%, Action 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the same type of sudden, mascot-based jump scares that define the early levels of Spooky's.
- #8 IMSCARED
92% matchVery Positive95% of 3,954 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 31.2%, Jump Scare 19.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror experience that breaks the fourth wall, similar to the way Spooky's plays with the player's expectations.
- #9 Emily Wants To Play
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,325 reviews2015
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 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 48.8%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Jump Scare 9% ★, VR 7%, Psychological Horror 6%
Why You'll Like It: It relies heavily on jump scares and specific survival rules, much like the various entities encountered in the 1000 rooms.
- #10 Baldi's Basics Plus
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,562 reviews2020
Dev: Basically GamesPub: Basically Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Baldi's Basics® Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist! Play Hide & Seek with Baldi as he chases you through procedurally generated levels while using your surroundings, items, and game knowledge to shift chaos in your favor.
Why similar: Horror 43.5%, First-Person 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Funny 10%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a deceptively simple, educational-game aesthetic to mask a frantic and deeply unsettling survival experience.
- #11 Neverending Nightmares
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,035 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Gore 7.8%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on psychological horror and surreal, shifting environments that mirror the mansion's descent into madness.
- #12 House
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,179 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Horror 54.7%, Gore 10.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a cute art style that hides a dark, branching narrative filled with gruesome and unexpected horror.
- #13 Amanda the Adventurer
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,259 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 54.6%, First-Person 19.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The game utilizes a cursed media format to deliver a creepy, mascot-driven horror narrative.
- #14 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
88% matchVery Positive89% of 8,309 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 53.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Survival Horror 5.8%, Adventure 5.4%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a unique perspective to make the environment feel overwhelming and threatening, much like the mansion's scale.
- #15 The Witch's House MV
87% matchVery Positive95% of 4,117 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 60.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Survival Horror 6.6%, Indie 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of exploring a dangerous, trap-filled building where the environment itself is out to get you.
- #16 Stay Out of the House
86% 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: Horror 40.3%, Survival Horror 25.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Indie 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled indie horror game that emphasizes tense stealth and survival against a persistent threat.
- #17 Choo-Choo Charles
86% matchVery Positive91% of 17,402 reviews2022
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Survival Horror 24.5%, First-Person 14.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a terrifying mascot-like entity that stalks the player, mirroring the relentless pursuit found in the mansion.
- #18 Bendy and the Dark Revival
84% matchVery Positive92% of 16,146 reviews2022
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Survival Horror 16.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A more polished, modern expansion of the stylized horror themes established in the original Bendy game.
- #19 Five Nights at Freddy's 3
85% matchVery Positive90% of 11,311 reviews2015
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 23.8 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 41%, Survival Horror 15.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Jump Scare 5.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: It remains a cornerstone of the mascot horror genre, focusing on monitoring threats and surviving the night.
- #20 The Beast Inside
84% matchVery Positive83% of 12,117 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Survival Horror 11.4%, First-Person 9%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that blends historical mystery with intense, supernatural survival elements.
- #21 Mouthwashing
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,381 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, First-Person 8.6%, Gore 8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a distinct, stylized aesthetic that focuses on narrative-driven terror.
- #22 Home Sweet Home
83% matchVery Positive87% of 3,784 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 42.8%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8%, VR 7.5%, First-Person 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a persistent stalker mechanic that forces the player to hide and navigate dangerous, dark environments.
- #23 Who's Lila?
81% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 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 54.3%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, First-Person 19.5%
Why You'll Like It: This meta-horror game features unique mechanics and a surreal atmosphere that will appeal to fans of psychological twists.
- #24 Kraven Manor
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 748 reviews2014
Dev: Demon Wagon Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself. Explore the depths of the immersive, atmospheric world of Kraven Manor. Uncover its secrets, solve its mystical puzzles, and face its growing threat. Face your fears and see if you have what it takes...the doors of Kraven Manor await you.
Why similar: Horror 62.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 10%, First-Person 8.8%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game where the environment shifts and changes as you explore, much like the mansion's layout.
- #25 Iron Lung
79% matchVery Positive92% of 11,191 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 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 42.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 11.5%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on claustrophobic, atmospheric horror where the player is trapped in a hostile environment.
- #26 Security Booth: Director's Cut
79% matchVery Positive90% of 288 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Why similar: Horror 29.7%, First-Person 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-style indie horror game that creates intense dread through a simple, repetitive job-based premise.
- #27 Paratopic
80% 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 37.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a low-poly, surreal aesthetic to deliver a fragmented and deeply unsettling horror story.
- #28 Dementium II HD
81% matchMixed50% of 1,282 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
Why similar: Horror 64.2%, Adventure 11.1%, Action 8.8%, Indie 8.4%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror experience that emphasizes combat and survival in a nightmarish, confined setting.
- #29 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
78% matchVery Positive93% of 15,528 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 43.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Cute 8.7%, Survival Horror 5.9%
- #30 Visage
78% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 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 46.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 12.6%, First-Person 7.7%, Walking Simulator 4.4%
- #31 Granny
77% matchVery Positive94% of 11,309 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Horror 38%, Survival Horror 17.3%, VR 11.2%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 4.2%
- #32 Mists of Aiden
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 42%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Walking Simulator 7.7%
- #33 Palmyra Orphanage
76% matchVery Positive89% of 713 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Walking Simulator 6.5%
- #34 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
74% matchVery Positive91% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, First-Person 10.1%
- #35 Slender: The Arrival
75% matchVery Positive88% of 9,341 reviews2013
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 48.7%, Survival Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Walking Simulator 6.3%
- #36 Last Floor
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 373 reviews2020
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 13.3%, Action 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%
- #37 Saiko no sutoka
73% matchVery Positive92% of 3,858 reviews2021
Dev: Habupain
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 60.6 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%, First-Person 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Cute 12.1%, Survival Horror 9.2%
- #38 The House
77% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!
Why similar: Horror 67.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 9.1%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, Action 6.9%
- #39 Very Scary Backrooms Game
72% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, First-Person 7.4%
- #40 The Dark Occult
74% matchMixed69% of 1,270 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Gore 9.2%, First-Person 8.7%, Adventure 8.7%
- #41 Score the Fear
69% matchVery Positive98% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: AquaEternity
Windows
The little ghost that appeared before your eyes seems to want to become a proper evil spirit. He'll scare you in a variety of ways, so rate him on whether he was scary or not.
Why similar: Horror 53%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Adventure 14%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #42 The Guest
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 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 30%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 12%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.5%
- #43 The Initiate
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Adventure 15%, Indie 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #44 House of Caravan
73% matchMixed67% of 814 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 54.4%, First-Person 17.2%, Indie 13.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #45 Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
71% matchVery Positive90% of 12,630 reviews2016
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 58.7 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 45.3%, Survival Horror 19.8%, First-Person 14.4%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Indie 4.4%
- #46 NineHells
70% matchMixed43% of 423 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: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12%, Survival Horror 10.9%
- #47 Murder House
69% 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: Horror 46.6%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Gore 8.9%, Adventure 4.5%
- #48 Five Nights In Saransk
68% matchMixed63% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You wake up in the middle of the night in your cozy one-room apartment and notice something wandering around your five-story panel building. Your only task is to prevent these strange creatures from getting inside.
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Jump Scare 25.7% ★, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 6.3%
- #49 Garten of Banban
70% matchMixed54% of 13,429 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%
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 26%, Survival Horror 13.3%, VR 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 11.2%
- #50 Ghost Stories
71% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Adventure 18%, Indie 15.2%, Action 13%, First-Person 12.8%
- #51 UnderDread
72% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, Indie 10.6%
- #52 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
70% matchMixed65% of 3,324 reviews2016
Dev: Game Mechanics LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.
Why similar: Horror 62.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Indie 6%, Adventure 4.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #53 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
65% matchVery Positive88% of 768 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Horror 43%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Adventure 5.8%
- #54 Don't Be Afraid 2
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.8%
- #55 Escape the Ayurok
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,097 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 12.5%, Gore 8.2%
- #56 Don't Be Afraid
67% 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 24.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #57 Dread X Collection 3
67% matchVery Positive92% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience 12 all-new games made exclusively for this unique horror anthology. Explore a mysterious castle that changes as you play. Keep your wits about you as the line between cute and creepy begins to blur. Uncover the next chapter in the ongoing Dread X Collection storyline.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Cute 10.4%
- #58 QuietMansion2
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: K App.
Windows
【Can you live with this fear?】 A horror game developed by a Japanese high school student all by himself is coming to Steam! Escape the monster's pursuit in the creepy mansion, sometimes using weapons to fight back and find the key to escape!
Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 15.7%, Action 15.2%, Survival Horror 9.7%
- #59 Nightmare of Decay
65% 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 40.6%, Survival Horror 21.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Gore 7.9%, Action 7.2%
- #60 HorrorToleranceTest
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: うさうさはっぴーげーむず
Windows
A horror game that challenges you to play three different games and diagnoses your tolerance for fear. “Surprise fear,” “hiding fear,” “escaping fear”—are you tolerant of all types of fear?
Why similar: Horror 55.1%, First-Person 19.8%, Action 9.1%, Gore 8%, Indie 5.4%