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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?

Reviews: Very Positive — 85% — of 611 reviews
Released: 2025-04-14
Developer: Misterial Games
Publisher: Fulqrum Publishing
Genres: Action, RPG, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 1.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 59%

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    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Supernatural 9.2%, Survival 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  54. #54 Penumbra Overture
    71% 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 18.5%, Lovecraftian 15.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Stealth 11%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

  55. #55 The Other Side
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 642 reviews2025
    Dev: Vectora Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Embark on a chilling co-op adventure in The Other Side, an action packed horror experience. Customize your gear, strategize with friends, and uncover paranormal mysteries. Are you prepared to face the unknown together in this immersive supernatural experience?

    Why similar: FPS 20.7%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Action-Adventure 12.7%

  56. #56 Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone
    68% matchMixed65% of 708 reviews2025
    Dev: The Farm 51
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 21.7%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Action RPG 14.3%, FPS 14.1%, RPG 8.2%

  57. #57 Mirror Forge
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
    Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
    Windows

    Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Survival 11.8%, Dark 11.4%

  58. #58 DYSTHANASIA
    64% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
    Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
    Windows

    You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, Stealth 17.3%, Supernatural 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.5%

  59. #59 Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 8,486 reviews2024
    Dev: DON'T NODPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?

    Why similar: Action RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Supernatural 15.9%, Horror 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.8%

  60. #60 The Echo Paradox
    65% 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: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Horror 10%, Dark 7.6%

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