Games Like Tenebris Somnia

Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?

Why similar: 1980s 14.6%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Old School 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Point & Click 6.8%

ESCAPE THIS JOB INTERVIEW FROM HELL! Explore a deserted office building, solve puzzles, uncover its secrets, and hide from a killer who knows this place better than you do. A short 90s-style survival horror game with fixed cameras, tank controls, and no combat.

Why similar: 1980s 18.4%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Cinematic 11.7%, Old School 10.9%, Retro 6.4%

Is a psychological horror game set in the 1980s, centered around a cursed cemetery and a hidden underground bunker. A night of routine guarding turns into a descent into fear, where screams, secrets, and dark rituals blur the line between friend and enemy.

Why similar: 1980s 19.6%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Horror 13%, Retro 10.8%, Cinematic 8.8%

Ahon is a solo developed Filipino indie survival horror game that's inspired by real and historical/present events in the Philippines.

Why similar: Cinematic 21.7%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Third Person 11.1%, Dark 8.1%, Puzzle 7.8%

"My Bloody Weekend" is a survival horror in Quick Time Events, set in a mansion where a killer with a cleaver tries to kill a girl ... can you survive? Real actors, real terror!

Why similar: 1980s 20.1%, Cinematic 18.4%, Survival Horror 18.2%, FMV 16.6% ★, Horror 10.5%

The first chapter of the modern old school survival horror saga, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5. Same ruthless tension, sharper everything.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.2%, Cinematic 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Third Person 8.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.

Why similar: 1980s 16.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Cinematic 15.4%, Old School 9.8%, Horror 8.7%

Heltons Haunted Hotel is a 2D Top Down Survival Horror game based on the story of a Haunted hotel, located in the Helton City, which has witnessed the various tragic incidents occurred during the early 2000s.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Horror 10.2%, Old School 8.3%, Retro 8.3%

The second chapter of the iconic modern old school survival horror saga. Remastered in Unreal Engine 5 to deliver a dramatically improved experience, while keeping every mechanic, every scare, and every secret exactly as they were.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Cinematic 12.4%, Third Person 9%, Story Rich 7.8%

A DRILLING good time!... a VHS era, Lowpoly Slasher

Why similar: 1980s 18.2%, Survival Horror 17%, Old School 12.6%, Third Person 9%, Horror 8.7%

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: FMV 14% ★, 1980s 12.5%, Point & Click 11.5%, Horror 10.4%, Cinematic 9.4%

Step into the past. Uncover the truth. Face what waits in the dark.

Why similar: FMV 31% ★, Cinematic 19.2%, Third Person 12.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Adventure 7%

The famous game remastered in a new 25th Anniversary Edition! The father and mother of all 'Haunted Mansion' games. Winner of multiple gaming awards and “No. 1 Rated Game of 1994”.

Why similar: FMV 31.8% ★, Horror 9.5%, Point & Click 9.2%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Puzzle 6.7%

A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!

Why similar: 1980s 15.4%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Old School 10.1%, Third Person 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

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: 1980s 23.2%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Old School 13.3%, Horror 12%, Cinematic 8.8%

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Old School 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Third Person 9%, Horror 7.9%

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Why similar: 1980s 19.9%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Third Person 12.5%, Horror 8.2%, Dark 7.5%

You can't sleep, cause of strange noise from somewhere above. Go check it out.

Why similar: 1980s 13.4%, Old School 11.9%, Horror 8.8%, Point & Click 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

A kidnapping, a desperate mother, and a shadow from the past collide in the final chapter of the trilogy. A modern return to classic survival horror with an Italian neo-giallo twist. Master retrocognition, mirror abilities, and moth manipulation to uncover the truth behind the Red Nun.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Cinematic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 9.5%

"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, Cinematic 17.7%, FMV 14.8% ★, Third Person 10.9%, Horror 10.1%

Seamlessly combining 3D action and point-click adventure, "Kwaidan" provides a nostalgic-yet-new experience. Explore old Japanese manor and solve the clever puzzles set there, and fight against monsters called Yoki.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Old School 14%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Horror 9.9%, Retro 7.6%

Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Horror 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Old School 9.4%, Third Person 9.1%

You’re looking to disconnect in a secluded country house. A family welcomes you in. Soon, you’ll discover that feeling at home here… may be more real than you imagine.

Why similar: FMV 34.7% ★, Cinematic 12.6%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Retro 7.9%

Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Horror 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Point & Click 8.2%

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, 1980s 15.1%, Cinematic 10.7%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

PECADO is a first-person folkloric horror experience set in the “España profunda”. Listen to the word of God.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, 1980s 15.2%, Cinematic 12.1%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

A third-person survival horror game styled after early-2000s horror game classics. What was supposed to be a regular inn turned out to be hiding a nightmare inside...

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Third Person 15.4%, Horror 14.9%, Retro 9.8%, Puzzle 9.7%

Kill monsters using your camera and solve puzzles as you try to survive Dracula himself in his castle in this retro-style survival horror game.

Why similar: 1980s 23.1%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Old School 14.5%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

In Ghost Ripper, you play as Heather, a night-shift waitress abducted and held captive in an abandoned asylum by a sadistic serial killer known as the Ghost Ripper. Hide, survive, and uncover his dark past as you search for a way out.

Why similar: Cinematic 19%, Survival Horror 17.8%, 1980s 17%, Old School 12%, Horror 7.4%

Old-school psychological horror inspired by Silent Hill series, based on exploration of abandoned places, combat with monsters, puzzles solving and objects and texts to find. Vincent remembers a murder he never witnessed. What if his memories were mixed with those of a real killer?

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Old School 13%, Cinematic 11.2%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

When Emmie brings home a toy rabbit she found in the woods, her mother, Kaiya, starts experiencing strange happenings inside their home as everything becomes a fight for survival.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Horror 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

Why similar: FMV 29.8% ★, Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 7.4%

Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Old School 15.1%, Third Person 12.2%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Point & Click 10.9%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

You are a sparrow trapped inside a mansion of unnatural horrors. Your babies have wandered into its walls and their cries have faded into darkness. Navigate vents, crawlspaces, and hidden rooms to uncover the mansion's secrets and find your children... before something else does.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Cinematic 15%, Third Person 9.8%, Horror 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

A survival horror experience inspired by 90s FMV games and VHS nightmares. Choose your path as a paranormal investigator in a haunting interactive film and uncover the secrets of Barlang Valley. Every choice you make shapes the story—leading to new scenes, multiple endings, and many ways to die.

Why similar: FMV 32.1% ★, Survival Horror 16.3%, Cinematic 15.7%, Point & Click 8.8%, Horror 6.8%

Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Old School 11.2%, Horror 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Retro 8.8%

A VHS/PS1 Survival Horror Experience! Play as Emilia, a young woman cursed by an ancient rosary, transported into the Realm of the Inquisitor, a surreal dimension filled with the ghosts victims of the Inquisitor himself. Solve puzzles, free ghosts, and escape the Inquisitor!

Why similar: 1980s 17.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Third Person 8.2%, Horror 8.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

Why similar: Third Person 13.6%, Old School 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

Evercursed is a narrative-driven, atmospheric horror experience that delves into the world of sleep paralysis, and the demons that lurk within it. Step into Amelia's haunting nightmares, where the line between dreams and reality is blurred.

Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Story Rich 9.6%

"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Face supernatural horrors in these 2 games in 1 remastered collection of third-person survival horror. Play as Linda, a high school student armed with a smartphone and camera, as she survives terrifying encounters and uncovers dark secrets across two chilling adventures. Will you survive the dread?

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Third Person 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Dark 8.6%

Quickly dig graves and run for your life while solving puzzles to solve the mystery of the Wendigo

Why similar: 1980s 25.4%, Horror 11.7%, Old School 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Survival Horror 7.8%

A heart-pounding adventure taking place in the twisted town of West Grove. Play as a patient trapped in a world where dream and reality begin to blur. Use light to solve puzzles, reveal hidden items, and transform objects to explore in a way like never before.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Cinematic 13.4%, Third Person 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8.3%

A story-driven psychological horror game. Play as a novelist searching for her missing nephew, and the man the whole town still blames for the truth she's about to uncover. Two perspectives, One town.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Cinematic 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 10%

Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Horror 11.3%, Old School 9.3%, Puzzle 8.1%, Atmospheric 8%

This game serves as a prequel chapter for the upcoming game 'Lake Haven'. Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.

Why similar: Old School 18.4%, Third Person 15.3%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9.4%, Exploration 7.9%

Last Frame is a First-Person Psychological Horror set within an isolated West Virginia corporate facility. Explore your surroundings, use what you can to survive, and uncover the secrets to discover your true purpose.

Why similar: 1980s 23.5%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

Play as the Final Girl and explore a haunted children's hospital in this PSX-style fixed-camera survival horror inspired by "Fatal Frame" and "Resident Evil". Hunt anomalies through a CCTV camera loop similar to "I'm on Observation Duty". Unravel an unsettling mystery, and escape a glitching entity.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Cinematic 12.9%, Horror 9.9%, Third Person 9.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Neo Ha_Bits plunges players into a chilling journey of psychological horror and mystery within a cyberpunk setting.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, 1980s 16.8%, Cinematic 14.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.9%

Survive and escape the Oldlake Stalker after being chained in the basement of a convenience store.

Why similar: 1980s 25%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Old School 15.6%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 7.1%

Trapped in the depths of a frozen Soviet bunker, geophysicist Anna must survive deadly cold, horrifying abominations, and the trauma of a buried past. A third-person survival horror blending psychological storytelling with hand-drawn static cameras.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, 1980s 13.2%, Old School 10.9%, Third Person 10%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

New York, 1937... The Ardmore Hotel. Guests call. The elevator answers. Listen closely, trust no one too quickly, and choose carefully when the cage door opens. Play Night One in the free demo.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Cinematic 17.8%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 8.6%

Two have been reborn. One remains in the shadows. Explore a cursed temple, uncover ancient secrets, and survive a gripping and terrifying journey through forgotten gods and darkness.

Why similar: 1980s 18%, Cinematic 15.9%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.1%, Survival Horror 8%

A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?

Why similar: 1980s 21%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Old School 12.4%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

If you were put in a horror movie, would you survive? Play multiple roles in various classic horror films. Try to survive in horror films by decrypting and fighting

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, 1980s 17.8%, Cinematic 17.7%, Retro 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

CE-III Protocol is a horror puzzle RPG set in an SCP-inspired world. An amnesiac girl wakes in the darkness—frail, timid… but not alone nor defenseless. Face deadly entities: observe, evade, exploit… or simply eliminate them. Lead her through this surreal nightmare, and uncover the secret behind it.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Explore the halls and travel deeper into the Vincent estate, but beware what lurks there. Father is coming home.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.5%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Dark 8.1%

Welcome to Oniria, a forgotten village in Spain where dark rural legends from the past intertwine with the present, seeking to take hold of reality. Will you be able to face the demons of your childhood and uncover what lies behind Oniria’s shadowy secrets?

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Retro 7.4%

Henry's Forgotten Performance is a dark horror game about an abandoned corporation, a forgotten arcade machine, and choices that decide your fate.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, 1980s 15.3%, Cinematic 13.8%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%