- #1 SIMULACRA
97% matchVery Positive90% of 4,689 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 19.2% ★, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Like TELEFORUM, it centers on investigating a stranger's digital device to uncover a disturbing mystery.
- #2 The Complex: Found Footage
96% matchVery Positive93% of 9,931 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
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 30.3%, Psychological Horror 28%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same unsettling found-footage atmosphere and claustrophobic dread found in TELEFORUM.
- #3 TAPE: Unveil the Memories
96% matchVery Positive98% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: BlackChiliGoat StudioPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Why similar: FMV 27.1% ★, Horror 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: It shares TELEFORUM's core theme of using recordings to unravel dark, buried memories.
- #4 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
95% matchVery Positive90% of 11,163 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 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 39.3%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Exploration 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Both games build intense psychological tension through realistic, narrative-driven everyday scenarios that turn horrifying.
- #5 Who's Lila?
94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 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: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly bizarre, investigative horror experience centered around uncanny interactions and unsettling visuals.
- #6 Rental
92% matchVery Positive92% of 5,674 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like TELEFORUM, it immerses players in a short, atmospheric indie horror narrative driven by exploration.
- #7 Paratopic
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,200 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: Experimental 31.4% ★, Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Retro 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This eerie, retro-styled game mirrors TELEFORUM's disjointed, surreal narrative and found-footage aesthetic.
- #8 Marie's Room
93% matchVery Positive93% of 6,711 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Story Rich 25.8%, Atmospheric 16%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a narrative-driven exploration style focused on sifting through someone else's personal space and past.
- #9 Killer Frequency
91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,238 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 26.4%, Choices Matter 18%, Puzzle 12.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Both games revolve around eerie audio-based interactions and media-centric suspense.
- #10 The Telephone
91% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
The Telephone is a first-person psychological horror game that will transport you to a world governed by anxiety. You will have to explore the house in which you are locked and the mysterious town of Lonely Plain, searching for clues that can help Roberta regain her memory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 22.1%, Hidden Object 17.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Both games lean heavily into dialogue-driven, psychological dread tied to communication devices.
- #11 The Cabin Factory
90% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 26.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same eerie, atmospheric psychological horror and isolated investigative pacing.
- #12 The Mortuary Assistant
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,787 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 51.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Hidden Object 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the same slow-burn, investigative dread and intimate, isolated atmosphere as TELEFORUM.
- #13 Iron Lung
88% matchVery Positive92% of 11,291 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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 35.2%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It matches TELEFORUM's claustrophobic, terminal-based horror and unrelenting sense of isolation.
- #14 My Head On Your Body
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Experimental 26.2% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Philosophical 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It explores dark, experimental psychological horror themes through a surreal visual novel lens.
- #15 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,362 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Visual Novel 21%, Horror 14%, Story Rich 9.6%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines investigative gameplay with eerie, supernatural mysteries similar to TELEFORUM's media investigations.
- #16 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,262 reviews2020
Dev: Saikono
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Point & Click 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a chilling, story-rich visual novel experience with heavy psychological horror elements.
- #17 Channel 4 Midnight
85% matchVery Positive87% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: foolkien
Windows
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 33.6%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares TELEFORUM's fixation on unsettling late-night media broadcasts and cursed tapes.
- #18 A Date in the Park
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,059 reviews2016
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 22.1%, Story Rich 11%, Exploration 10.7%, Point & Click 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Both games use point-and-click exploration to unfold unsettling, surreal short stories.
- #19 Netveil
84% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: KlownEris
Windows
A pixel art psychological horror game with a point-and-click system that takes the style of an interactive desktop environment.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 27.3%, Point & Click 12.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It employs a visual novel presentation to deliver dark, psychologically unsettling investigative horror.
- #20 The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center
84% matchVery Positive83% of 348 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.1%, Horror 32.1%, Story Rich 17.2%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: Both games focus on uncovering corporate or media secrets through tense narrative exploration.
- #21 Hazy Mind
83% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: It dives deep into a psychedelic, psychological horror narrative filled with surreal twists.
- #22 Hearing Voices
82% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Fuupu
Windows
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Both titles center around tense audio cues and psychological investigations into the unknown.
- #23 Disturbed
82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,876 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It presents a bleak, psychological horror story heavy on surreal atmosphere and choices.
- #24 Nightmare Zapping
81% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: Both games deal with the uncanny nature of televised media and shifting dreamscapes.
- #25 The Sixth Sorrow
81% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Nezumirra
Windows
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 23.6%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into atmospheric psychological horror where player choices shape a grim narrative.
- #26 Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker
80% matchMixed69% of 2,372 reviews2025
Dev: markuwaaaaa
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 30.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dialogue-heavy, walking-simulator style psychological horror focused on heavy themes.
- #27 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
79% matchVery Positive97% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
Windows
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, Horror 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the indie, dark visual novel vibe with deep psychological horror undertones.
- #28 Murmurs of the Mist
79% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Jenna YourstonePub: JamJam Studios
Windows
In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Horror 26.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Both games blend puzzle-solving with atmospheric, story-driven psychological horror.
- #29 Tales of Fear - Episode Zero
77% matchVery Positive96% of 467 reviews2026
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #30 Forgive or Finalize
77% matchMixed69% of 262 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Horror 11.9%
- #31 Case #1472
78% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 18.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the investigative, text-heavy narrative pacing found in TELEFORUM's interview structure.
- #32 My Friend is a Raven
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,329 reviews2020
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 17%
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 33.5%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Point & Click 7.5%, Puzzle 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a short, atmospheric psychological horror experience with a strong narrative focus.
- #33 Office Hours
75% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.6%, Horror 20.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #34 Desktop Explorer
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Puzzle 13%, Point & Click 11.9%, Exploration 10.3%
- #35 Terroro
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,769 reviews2024
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this psychological horror game about a famous TikToker, you take on the role of her boyfriend to discover that behind their perfect life, nothing is as it seems. Duration 30 minutes.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #36 THANATOS
76% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 12.3%
- #37 Pink Noise
73% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #38 Aimi
76% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Toasty
Windows · Mac
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #39 The Backroom - Lost and Found
74% matchVery Positive89% of 455 reviews2022
Dev: Lollin' Pony
Windows
The Backroom - Lost and Found is a story rich adventure game with some horror elements. Why is there an orphaned room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space? Is it "the backrooms" or something else? CYOA? SCP? Weirdcore? No clipping? And what's with the cute paintings?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 20.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #40 Blameless
73% matchVery Positive84% of 5,119 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 52.1%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
- #41 The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
70% matchVery Positive86% of 595 reviews2024
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?
Why similar: Horror 52.6%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #42 DISTURBING FEARS - Workplace
68% matchVery Positive90% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: Horribilia
Windows
DISTURBING FEARS is an episodic psychological horror game based on true events that immerses players in haunting narratives.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Horror 28%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #43 Narrow Woods Hotel
70% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Retro 11.7%, Point & Click 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #44 The Room Syndrome
71% matchVery Positive95% of 364 reviews2019
Dev: Jesse CarradinePub: Jesse Carradine?
Windows
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.7%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Female Protagonist 15.9%
- #45 Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
71% matchVery Positive81% of 12,573 reviews2020
Dev: Bitbeast Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Multiplayer 26%, Puzzle 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #46 Evil Inside - Prologue
73% matchMixed67% of 1,045 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Experimental 27.4% ★, Multiplayer 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #47 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
69% matchVery Positive91% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #48 DEAD LAMB WALKING
69% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Horror 19.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Female Protagonist 13.7%
- #49 Backrooms: Found Footage
69% matchVery Positive82% of 396 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: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #50 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
72% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 24.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #51 Flesh Water
70% matchVery Positive82% of 928 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 17%
This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 21.9%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #52 The Cursed Tape
68% matchVery Positive80% of 339 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Horror 35.8%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Adventure 4.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #53 Krypta FM
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,064 reviews2024
Dev: Under The Sink Studio
Windows
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 7.5%
- #54 I'll Do It Tomorrow
67% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #55 REALITY
71% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 83.2%, Adventure 16.8%
- #56 The Gretlow Tapes
65% matchVery Positive92% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 24.8%, Hidden Object 15.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 11%
- #57 last seen online
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,361 reviews2024
Dev: Sochin Studio
Windows · Mac
Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #58 Afterdream
66% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 26.1%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #59 Fran Bow
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,083 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, Horror 17.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Point & Click 9.4%
