- #1 The Cursed Forest
97% matchVery Positive89% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Drama 17.5%, Nature 17.3%, Dark 12.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Mystery 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same focus on atmospheric, first-person exploration through a dense and terrifying woodland setting.
- #2 Blair Witch
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,865 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Dark 17.1%, First-Person 16.2%, Adventure 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive experience for forest-based horror, featuring a lost protagonist and a malevolent, unseen presence.
- #3 HORROR TALES: The Wine
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 470 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
Why similar: Dark 17.4%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Exploration 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of first-person exploration and atmospheric horror within a mysterious, isolated environment.
- #4 The Lancaster Leak - O'Brien State Park
95% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. An FBI intern leaked special investigation tapes before suddenly disappearing. The first tape of the series contains found footage from O'Brien State Park revealing the true events that were covered up in the 1980s.
Why similar: 1980s 28.1%, Horror 13%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly matches the 1980s aesthetic and the specific theme of investigating a dangerous, remote park.
- #5 Kona
94% matchVery Positive83% of 3,588 reviews2017
Dev: Parabole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
Why similar: First-Person 27.8%, Horror 24.8%, Exploration 23.7%, Adventure 17.9%, Casual 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Set in the 1970s, this mystery game captures the same era-specific, isolated exploration feel found in the seed game.
- #6 Viltnemda
94% matchVery Positive83% of 257 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 34.2%, Exploration 27.7%, First-Person 22.9%, Adventure 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strong match for players who enjoy walking-simulator style horror set in deep, lonely forests.
- #7 It Lurks in the Woods
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Olivier Leclair
Windows
It Lurks in the Woods is a short first-person horror game based on French Canadian folklore.
Why similar: Dark 27.7%, Horror 27.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Exploration 19.5%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This indie title leans heavily into the dark, claustrophobic feeling of being hunted in a forest.
- #8 Firewatch
91% matchVery Positive91% of 96,852 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Mystery 19.9%, First-Person 17.2%, Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Drama 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: While less overtly horrific, it is the gold standard for first-person forest exploration and isolation-driven storytelling.
- #9 Passing Pineview Forest
92% matchMixed65% of 1,695 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 62.5%, First-Person 17.1%, Adventure 11%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Indie 1%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential example of the forest-horror subgenre that emphasizes survival and exploration.
- #10 Ranger Danger
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Reid Annin
Windows
A park ranger's life is changed forever as they discover what really lurks in their national park. A first-person horror, exploration, and stealth-based game.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Nature 17.1%, Exploration 13.8%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific theme of forest-based supernatural horror and atmospheric exploration.
- #11 From The Past
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Exploration 15.2%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the psychological horror and exploration aspects of being stranded in a dark, mysterious location.
- #12 Midnight Snack
89% matchVery Positive86% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Dark 16.3%, Horror 14.7%, Nature 13%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, dark exploration experience that aligns with the eerie tone of the seed game.
- #13 The Strange Lights
88% matchVery Positive91% of 109 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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Dark 11.5%, First-Person 11%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the psychological horror and atmospheric exploration elements that define the Hoia Baciu experience.
- #14 Slender: The Arrival
89% matchVery Positive88% of 9,226 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 44.4%, Dark 17.4%, First-Person 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre that focuses on being stalked by an unseen entity while navigating dark, outdoor environments.
- #15 Horror inside the forest
87% matchVery Positive91% of 79 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: Action-Adventure 30.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 16.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Comedy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on survival horror within a dense, dark woodland.
- #16 Forest Ranger Services: Episode 1
86% matchVery Positive82% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: GuardHouse
Windows
Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story! Based on true events.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Mystery 13.6%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the specific niche of forest-themed psychological horror and investigation.
- #17 Bigfoot Forest
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 181 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: Horror 27.9%, Adventure 25.9%, First-Person 18.7%, 3D 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the urban legend and creature-feature aspect of forest horror exploration.
- #18 The Tavern In the Woods
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Chris J MitchellPub: Motion Forge CG
Windows
"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.
Why similar: Drama 16.9%, Dark 14.9%, Exploration 14%, First-Person 12.7%, Nature 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an immersive, forest-based adventure that focuses on exploration and narrative mystery.
- #19 Lost in Vivo
84% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Psychological Horror 34.3%, First-Person 25.1%, Indie 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply psychological and claustrophobic horror experience that mirrors the dark, unsettling tone of the seed game.
- #20 Twilight Tales ∣ hollow's store
84% matchMixed58% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: roiten
Windows
While trying to avoid the dangers of working the night shift at a store deep in the forest, you'll also make decisions that shape the fate of the story.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.8%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, First-Person 15.5%, Horror 14.5%, Casual 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a blend of psychological horror and choice-based exploration that complements the seed game's tone.
- #21 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
83% matchVery Positive88% of 8,931 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Mystery 29.1%, First-Person 18.6%, Exploration 18.5%, Horror 17.8%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on environmental storytelling and exploration in a beautiful but eerie, isolated landscape.
- #22 AUTO-CRISIS
81% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Dark 19.2%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a surreal, dark adventure that fits well with the themes of being stranded and stalked.
- #23 The Forest
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Horror 45.3%, First-Person 22%, Exploration 16.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more survival-focused take on being stranded in a dangerous, forest-based environment.
- #24 Misery Mansion
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Horror 18.3%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, First-Person 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a strong psychological horror experience that mirrors the dark, unsettling atmosphere of the seed game.
- #25 Pineview Drive
82% matchMixed63% of 674 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A one-of-a-kind horror shocker – a game aware of your fear!Check out the improvements introduced with Update 2.0!
Why similar: Horror 70.7%, Adventure 19.2%, First-Person 7.9%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and exploration to build its scares.
- #26 Visage
79% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 35.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Dark 18%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: While set indoors, it is the pinnacle of psychological horror and atmospheric dread for those who enjoy the intensity of the seed game.
- #27 Gray Dawn
80% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 21.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Mystery 12.6%, First-Person 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on atmospheric, first-person horror and mysterious, dark storytelling.
- #28 The Park®
81% matchMixed70% of 3,168 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, First-Person 19.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven horror experience that focuses on the dread of searching through an unsettling environment.
- #29 Backrooms: Found Footage
78% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Exploration 15.8%, First-Person 14.9%, Adventure 14%, Dark 13.8%, Horror 13.4%
- #30 Thekku Island
76% matchVery Positive89% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Ales Devs Games
Windows
A chilling psychological horror set in 1980s Kerala. After weeks of silence, you arrive on a remote island to search for your missing wife. Explore an abandoned house, uncover local folklore, survive haunting encounters, and unravel the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Exploration 17.9%, 3D 12%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.8%, 1980s 10.6%
- #31 East Wood Carnival
77% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: 1980s 39%, Horror 20.3%, Dark 9.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #32 Forest Horror
78% matchMixed55% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
Why similar: Dark 44.5%, Exploration 27.4%, First-Person 16.3%, 3D 11.8%
- #33 Heart of the Forest
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Trapped PredatorPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Why similar: Dark 27.1%, Horror 22.6%, Mystery 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Adventure 11.8%
- #34 Kach
76% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Dark 18.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 9.9%
- #35 Spirits of Baciu - Prologue
75% matchVery Positive87% of 160 reviews2022
Dev: Horns Level Up Games
Windows
SPIRITS OF BACIU - PROLOGUE is the enigmatic adventure of a mysterious cat-like spirit who suddenly awakens in the dark forest of Baciu. Join him on this strange journey and meet many spirits that inhabit the forest. Help him to solve puzzles and to find his way through the forest.
Why similar: 1980s 52.3%, Adventure 27%, Linear 18.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #36 Uh Oh!
72% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Dark 19.7%, First-Person 15.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #37 Into The Unknown
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?
Why similar: Adventure 49.5%, Casual 44.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #38 Bushside Rangers
72% matchVery Positive84% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Team Bushside
Windows
Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19%, First-Person 17.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #39 Mortuar
74% matchMostly Negative40% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Dan-Rareș CraiPub: mortuargame
Windows · Mac
Mortuar is a 1-4 player Online co-op psychological horror game. Delve deep into Hoia Baciu Forest where eerie sightings and paranormal activity have transpired. Make use of various ghost hunting equipment to first identify the ghost's type, then attempt to banish it back to the afterlife.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Casual 10.4%, Exploration 9.6%
- #40 Escape The Glubinka
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: blevsoft
Windows
December 6, 1994. the village of Glubnkovo. You were driving home after a very difficult day along an abandoned village and did not notice a tree peeking out ahead. In an instant, complete darkness overtook you and you passed out...
Why similar: Comedy 18.2%, Dark 18%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #41 THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME
73% matchVery Positive92% of 226 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: Horror 54.2%, Adventure 45.8%
- #42 Frightened Beetles
73% matchVery Positive92% of 604 reviews2018
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Something terrible happened in the forest! Someone frightened all Bugs! What happened? You are the only one who can find it out!
Why similar: Casual 51.3%, Adventure 42.2%, Indie 6.5%
- #43 Siren Head: The Siren's Forest
74% matchMixed52% of 544 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 41.4%, First-Person 20.2%, 3D 15.5%, Casual 15%, Linear 6.2%
- #44 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
69% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 14.8%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 11.2%
- #45 DREAM LOGIC
70% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: 1980s 12.9%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Exploration 11.6%
- #46 Horror Story: Hallowseed
71% matchMixed65% of 349 reviews2021
Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 21.4%, Dark 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, First-Person 15.8%, Action-Adventure 14.7%
- #47 A Lonely Cabin Trip
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 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: Dark 17.9%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 12.6%
- #48 Cold House
71% matchMixed55% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Menge Studio
Windows
The protagonist gets into a car accident and is forced to take shelter from the cold in an abandoned house, waiting for warmer temperatures, where it will soon turn out that he is not alone at all..
Why similar: Dark 20.2%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 13.3%, Mystery 12.9%
- #49 Siren Head: Awakening
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 918 reviews2020
Dev: Prisma Games L.L.C.
Windows · Mac
Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Dark 18.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Action-Adventure 11.9%
- #50 Tall Poppy
69% matchVery Positive89% of 161 reviews2021
Dev: Attainable Entertainment
Windows
Tall Poppy is a fun-house horror experience where you must find your wife's purse and a way off the church property before the prankster ghost gets you!
Why similar: Comedy 18.9%, Action-Adventure 18.9%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 14%, First-Person 13.8%
- #51 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
64% matchVery Positive95% of 1,543 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Dark 19.1%, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 15.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #52 Tales from Candleforth
67% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
Windows
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Dark 20.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Exploration 12.5%
- #53 MITE - Terror in the forest
68% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Kanashi StudioPub: Carlos Julian Lopez Garcia
Windows
MITE is a horror game, with some difficulty, in which you play a hiker who has lost his family in a cursed forest... find your family and escape, while strange creatures from Japanese folklore chase you, orient yourself .
Why similar: Dark 19.3%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Horror 17.5%, Exploration 15%, Psychological Horror 14.2%
- #54 Blackberry
70% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: AndeoTEAM
Windows
Psychological Horror. The action takes place in forestry, in which a married couple of foresters stopped communicating with city. You were sent to investigate. But once in the forest, not lose your mind - turns out to be a very difficult task
Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 12.2%
- #55 Siren Head: The Horror Experience
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 374 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 21.6%, Dark 16.9%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 14.2%, 3D 10.8%
- #56 King of Silence - Prologue
66% matchVery Positive85% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey in King of Silence, a first-person horror game where silence is survival. Trapped in a dark, abandoned temple, you must quietly uncover its secrets and the eerie legend of the King of Silence to find your escape. Make a sound, and it may be your last.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Mystery 16.9%, First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 14.9%
- #57 God Is Not Here
67% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: GodPub: God Is Not Here
Windows
FREE THRILLING FIRST-PERSON HORROR! You will find yourself in a house haunted by ghosts, and there is no help from above. Fear, darkness, and real danger await you, hidden within the walls of the mansion. If you dare to enter, prayers will no longer save you.
Why similar: Horror 14.8%, Dark 12.8%, Mystery 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 11.2%
- #58 Cartier 06
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: CowardlyKnights
Windows
After a long day at work, all you want is to relax on the couch—but the night has other plans. Step into the shoes of a Romanian engineer in the mid-2000s and survive a harrowing night as something hunts you in the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Mystery 29.2%, First-Person 17.6%, 3D 10.6%, Linear 6.8%
- #59 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
70% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Adventure 28.1%, Dark 20.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Indie 3%
- #60 Backrooms: Exploration
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 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 23.4%, First-Person 19%, Dark 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Adventure 11.5%
