- #1 The Inevitability
97% matchMixed58% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...
Why similar: Gore 34.5%, Adventure 26.3%, Horror 21.2%, Indie 18%
- #2 Darkness Ahead
96% matchMixed52% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Adventure 35.1%, Horror 32.6%, Indie 32.3%
- #3 Like Clay
96% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Indie 34%, Adventure 28.8%
- #4 Demented
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 138 reviews2022
Dev: VisualTech48Pub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Enter the crooked world of Demented, where everything seems to be fine. But it isn't. It's up to you to find out.
Why similar: Horror 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #5 The Strange Lights
93% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Why similar: Horror 84.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 4.2%
- #6 The Darkest Woods
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: teamsupport
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Horror 33.8%, Indie 28.9%
- #7 The Renovator
94% matchMixed66% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: mirzagame5
Windows
In this game you’re an experienced restorer currently working in a museum workshop. The restorer’s friend requested him to fix some old exhibits. From that moment his adventure starts.
Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Indie 39.1%, Adventure 19.3%
- #8 Horror inside the forest
92% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Erik García Díaz
Windows
Plunge into the captivating realm of "Horror Inside the Forest," an exhilarating game that tests your bravery. Explore a mysterious forest, confront supernatural forces, uncover secrets, survive the darkness, and escape its shadowy embrace in this immersive horror experience.
Why similar: Adventure 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #9 Backrooms: Exploration
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%
- #10 Tales From Hoia Baciu Forest
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.
Why similar: Horror 51.3%, Adventure 42.8%, Indie 5.9%
- #11 Rooten
90% matchVery Positive80% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Amortiz Games
Windows
There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.
Why similar: Horror 61.1%, Indie 27.6%, Adventure 11.3%
- #12 The Rake Sees You
89% matchNo user reviews78% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
Alex and his friends set out for a camping trip deep in the forest. What starts as a fun escape quickly turns into something far darker. This forest hides secrets… and something is always watching. Survive. Escape. Don’t look back...
Why similar: Horror 60.8%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #13 Nyctophobia
89% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Indie 33.8%, Adventure 30.8%
- #14 My Friend is a Raven
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2020
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
Why similar: Horror 51%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 18.2%, Gore 11%
- #15 Horror Story: Hallowseed
87% matchMixed65% of 355 reviews2021
Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Gore 30%, Indie 20.2%
- #16 Help
88% matchMixed55% of 301 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Why similar: Horror 49.5%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 21.8%
- #17 The Cursed Forest
85% matchVery Positive89% of 883 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Adventure 39.6%, Indie 17.9%
- #18 KRAMPEN
84% matchVery Positive91% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: GMD13
Windows
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Horror 54.7%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 21.6%
- #19 Waiting in the Lime forest
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: UnicaPub: BARON DU JUVÉNILE
Windows
Face your friend's twisted mind and do your best. You should stay sane until the end.
Why similar: Adventure 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #20 I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
86% matchMostly Negative29% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Cats Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.
Why similar: Horror 54%, Adventure 25.9%, Indie 20.1%
- #21 ZahmahreL - Chapter 1
82% matchMixed64% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
As a YouTuber investigating supernatural events, explore the mysterious and terrifying happenings in an abandoned location. Your camera is your only ally, but can you uncover these dark secrets?
Why similar: Horror 62.1%, Adventure 17.9%, Gore 13.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #22 Inferis: Dead Below
80% matchVery Positive86% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Gore 33.4%, Indie 17.2%, Adventure 13.9%
- #23 A Lonely Cabin Trip
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Horror 60.5%, Adventure 32%, Indie 7.5%
- #24 ALONE?
83% matchMixed41% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 41.5%, Adventure 33%, Indie 25.6%
- #25 Forest Horror
81% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
- #26 In My Head
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
Why similar: Horror 59.8%, Adventure 36.9%, Indie 3.3%
- #27 Unwelcome
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Why similar: Horror 73.3%, Adventure 26.7%
- #28 JANITOR BLEEDS
78% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Horror 67%, Adventure 33%
- #29 Dark Night
81% matchMostly Negative38% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: NighthoodGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Welcome home Amelia, familiar eyes are watching you, and they want to play. Home alone you can feel them. You can hear their footsteps. You need to move. You have limited visibility. Light a matchstick to see in the dark. Close your eyes. Start begging for your life.
Why similar: Indie 34.5%, Horror 33.1%, Adventure 32.4%
- #30 GORE
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
GORE is a Lovecraft-inspired horror experience set deep in the Rocky Mountains. Explore the wilderness and uncover the origins of the fleshy entity.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Gore 31.4%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 12%
- #31 Coincidences?
74% matchVery Positive91% of 283 reviews2026
Dev: FogTime
Windows
After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Adventure 29.5%, Gore 16%, Indie 8%
- #32 THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME
77% matchVery Positive93% of 229 reviews2019
Dev: games by lum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive, explore and discover the secrets of the woods. But be careful, there's something else in these woods...
Why similar: Gore 41.8%, Horror 30.3%, Adventure 27.9%
- #33 Forest Asylum 2
75% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!
Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Adventure 37.7%, Gore 20.1%
- #34 Behind The Door
78% matchMixed58% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Dio Alias Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's a story about a skeptical detective John who's investigating the abandoned's house massacre where group of teenagers were killed. On early night Detective John arriving to the abandoned house to find out what has happened there but suddenly he realized that he is not alone...
Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 27.9%
- #35 Apparition
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
First-person survival horror with ghosts and demons. Find yourself smack in the middle of a haunted forest in the dead of night. Talk to spirits through your Spirit Board. Capture evidence of the paranormal, but beware, fiercely aggressive demons are on the hunt.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Gore 27.3%, Indie 17.8%, Adventure 13.2%
- #36 Lighthouse Keeper
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 411 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 9%
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Horror 57.7%, Adventure 38.7%, Indie 3.6%
- #37 Among Ashes
71% matchVery Positive95% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Horror 47.5%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 17.2%, Gore 16.3%
- #38 SILENT BREATH
72% matchMixed68% of 1,210 reviews2024
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Horror 75.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 11.4%
- #39 Siren Head: The Horror Experience
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas JC IronmongerPub: Ironmonger Games
Windows
Some teenagers have gone camping in the woods far out of town after hearing an old folks tale about a monster lurking within the woods. The monster surrounds its habitat with horrifying and distorted siren noises.
Why similar: Horror 58.2%, Adventure 30%, Indie 11.8%
- #40 Trapped
73% matchVery Positive82% of 165 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Horror 34.7%, Indie 29%
- #41 Bigfoot Forest
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Adventure 44.9%, Horror 44.3%, Indie 10.8%
- #42 Uventa
74% matchMixed52% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: BlackRat
Windows
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Why similar: Gore 35.5%, Horror 30.5%, Indie 18%, Adventure 15.9%
- #43 Somewhere in the Shadow
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 731 reviews2021
Dev: Aydy
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...
Why similar: Horror 65.6%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #44 Reflection
69% matchVery Positive84% of 255 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Horror 70.4%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 4%
- #45 DARKLIGHT
71% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: polytely games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you ready to investigate a mysterious occurrence at a remote lighthouse? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game.
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 29%
- #46 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
68% matchVery Positive84% of 825 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Gore 62.3%, Adventure 37.7%
- #47 Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut
70% matchVery Positive85% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: CBE softwarePub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
How far would you go if your daughter didn’t come home? Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is a first-person psychological horror. This story-driven game offers enhanced features, an improved story, and additional content. Enter the woods if you dare and begin a search you’ll never forget.
Why similar: Horror 57.5%, Adventure 27.3%, Indie 15.2%
- #48 Gil's Lucid Dreams
72% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Oblion Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Gil's Lucid Dreams is a FPS horror game based on the story and exploration. Gil use lucid dreams to get away from his unsatisfacting life. He will lose the control of his dreams, becoming completely succubus of his nightmares. Will Gil be able to face his Alter Ego?
Why similar: Gore 32%, Adventure 28.8%, Horror 21.6%, Indie 17.6%
- #49 Gordy
68% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Meet Gordy your very own Feral Human companion. The two of you have become best friends as you wander the woods creating memories of friendship and love amongst the beauty of nature. I really hope nothing bad happens.
Why similar: Adventure 49.9%, Horror 45.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #50 Siren Head: The Siren's Forest
70% matchMixed52% of 557 reviews2020
Dev: Gwydion LLyr Meredydd
Windows
In this indie horror game, you must escape the Siren’s Forest! Use multiple means of transportation to aid your escape. Unearth what truly happened in the forest by interacting with certain objects that could provide you with the answers you need. But be careful… There’s something out there!
Why similar: Horror 62.7%, Gore 19.9%, Indie 17.5%
- #51 Unlasting Horror
70% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Sowards Games
Windows
Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Gore 31.4%, Adventure 24.1%
- #52 Viltnemda
67% matchVery Positive83% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Not In Kansas Games
Windows
You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game
Why similar: Horror 67.8%, Adventure 32.2%
- #53 Inside the Backrooms
63% matchVery Positive80% of 46,418 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Horror 80.2%, Adventure 19.8%
- #54 Missing Hiker
64% matchVery Positive85% of 3,703 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Horror 72.4%, Adventure 27.6%
- #55 Shelley Manor
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #56 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,622 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 63.3%, Adventure 36.7%
- #57 Paranormal VHS
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Gore 37%, Adventure 23.1%, Horror 20.9%, Indie 19.1%
- #58 Cry Of Monster
66% matchMixed55% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: MindBreak
Windows
Everything fell apart. People started getting sick… not in a normal way. Now the city is desolate, and the only thing that matters is finding out if your best friend is still alive. You'll have to explore, run, hide, and face the contamination.
Why similar: Adventure 51.7%, Horror 35.1%, Indie 13.2%
- #59 From The Past
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Horror 66%, Adventure 34%