- #1 Decarnation
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,131 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Survival Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #2 Massacre At The Mirage
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 570 reviews2024
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Why similar: Thriller 24.6%, Survival Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 15.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #3 The Count Lucanor
96% matchVery Positive93% of 3,004 reviews2016
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Gore 12.6%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #4 Lamentum
95% matchVery Positive88% of 842 reviews2021
Dev: Obscure TalesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.6%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Gore 12.5%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #5 Dead of Darkness
94% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #6 The Night of the Scissors
94% matchVery Positive93% of 480 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.9%, Thriller 18.7%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #7 The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: Copperbolt
Windows
He is back. Once again take control of mass serial killer John Wade. Six years later, the infamous Pale Grin resurrects from the grave to terrorize the broken town of Happyhills. This time he has more on his mind than simple killing.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.9%, Dark Humor 18%, Action-Adventure 12%, Puzzle 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #8 Dead Dreams
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Thriller 17.6%, Horror 12.5%, Gore 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Linear 10.9%
- #9 Dread X Collection 2
91% matchVery Positive94% of 690 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Thriller 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.7%
- #10 Flesh Made Fear
90% matchVery Positive94% of 419 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.8%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Thriller 13.7%, Action-Adventure 12.1%
- #11 Pneumata
91% matchMixed48% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Demons 11.3%
- #12 Sins of Sinister: The Viscera-Eater
89% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: RockyJims
Windows
Sins of Sinister is an episodic horror experience inspired by lore stories. Each chapter delivers a short yet intense descent into fear, folklore, and the unknown. A rural village begins to fall victim to mysterious deaths with no medical explanation. As dark whispers of witchcraft spread.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #13 Look Outside
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 12.6%, RPG 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #14 The Scarlet Harvest
89% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Gore 16%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #15 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
85% matchVery Positive95% of 9,000 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Lovecraftian 15.5%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Gore 10.9%
- #16 Weeping Falls Massacre
86% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.6%, Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
- #17 INDICTED
87% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #18 The Long Reach
86% matchVery Positive84% of 504 reviews2018
Dev: Painted Black GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.
Why similar: Gore 30.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Adventure 9.6%
- #19 RATUZ
84% matchVery Positive88% of 375 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.6%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Gore 13.5%, Horror 12.7%, Linear 9.7%
- #20 Bloody Hallowfest
84% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
What starts as the preparation for a special Halloween night event at a summer camp turns into a nightmare when someone with a bloodied axe ends the lives of all your friends. Will you manage to escape and save yourself?
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Thriller 14.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Horror 7.1%
- #21 Post Trauma
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 703 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.6%, Thriller 16.8%, Action-Adventure 14%, Gore 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #22 Butcher's Creek
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,681 reviews2025
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.7%, Demons 16.3%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Gore 13.2%, Horror 12.6%
- #23 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
82% matchVery Positive81% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Thriller 12.2%, Horror 11.6%, Gore 11.5%
- #24 Edge of Sanity
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 246 reviews2024
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.9%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #25 Tormenture
80% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Croxel StudiosPub: Billete Cohete
Windows
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.7%, Horror 19%, Puzzle 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #26 Fear the Spotlight
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,323 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.2%, Linear 9.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #27 Murder House
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,345 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Survival Horror 34.6%, Horror 26.4%, Gore 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Adventure 2.7%
- #28 WORLD OF HORROR
78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.4%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #29 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 461 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Demons 15.4%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Gore 10.6%, Horror 10.4%
- #30 Crow Country
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Gore 12.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #31 Saint of Chains
76% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Gore 8.3%
- #32 You Will Die Here Tonight
76% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, RPG 8.9%
- #33 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
79% matchVery Positive85% of 1,306 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.5%, Horror 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Atmospheric 6%
- #34 The Skin Stapler
74% matchVery Positive90% of 574 reviews2026
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Gore 16.1%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #35 Sinister Entity
77% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: Demons 34.8%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Horror 18.4%, Gore 14.5%, Adventure 7%
- #36 Nightmare of Decay
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Horror 22.5%, Gore 15.7%, Demons 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.9%
- #37 3 O'clock Horror
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: 3 O'clock grymlins TeamPub: Gabe Simao
Windows
This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #38 Connection: The Nightmare Within
73% matchVery Positive86% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Level
Windows
Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy. Explore atmospheric levels, fight monsters, and solve puzzles. Unravel a story of twists and turns. Choose classic fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.
Why similar: Thriller 21.6%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #39 No Vacation for an Executioner
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: JayO
Windows
It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows. It aroused a riot of monsters, he had to clean up this cruel mess, and find out the truth of this crazy world.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.7%, Thriller 23.4%, Horror 20.1%, RPG 9.4%, Gore 7.7%
- #40 Tower of Mask
71% matchVery Positive96% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Papertip Studio
Windows
Tower of Mask is a thrilling survival horror in the spirit of the 80's dungeon crawlers. The most claustrophobic dungeon in modern times is yours to venture through alone. Hero, face the ancient tower where eerie masked humans prowl.
Why similar: Survival Horror 42.5%, Horror 19.1%, Linear 17.9%, Puzzle 11.1%, RPG 7.2%
- #41 Horns of Fear
75% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Gore 21.1%, Horror 19.4%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #42 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
73% matchMixed60% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Demons 14.4%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 9%
- #43 Them
71% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Puzzle 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #44 MEAT
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Trippin Bears
Windows · Mac · Linux
M.E.A.T. is a pixel art RPG game in a horror sci-fi setting, with renowned fight, movement and character development systems. Unravel the mystery of a sinister substance and become the hero of a small Canadian city during the Gold Rush era.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #45 Last Bloody Snack
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Small Throne Studios
Windows
Cody, haunted by psychological demons, envisions a monstrous threat eliminating all he hates.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 7%
- #46 Night At the Gates of Hell
70% matchVery Positive90% of 895 reviews2022
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
From the sick mind behind Bloodwash, Jordan King, comes his latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night of the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood dripping, neon soaked, flesh rotting experience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Gore 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 16.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #47 The Lacerator
67% matchVery Positive99% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: DreadXP
Windows
Lose a limb? You’ll adapt in THE LACERATOR! A titillating mix of survival horror and trashy 80’s film.
Why similar: Survival Horror 45.9%, Horror 26.2%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Puzzle 12.4%
- #48 Partum Artifex
70% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, Gore 9.8%
- #49 Nightmare Zapping
69% 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: Dark Humor 18.3%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Linear 10.9%
- #50 Into The Gloom
72% matchVery Positive81% of 296 reviews2015
Dev: earrgamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Survival Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 14%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #51 JANITOR BLEEDS
69% matchVery Positive86% of 276 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: Thriller 27.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #52 The Tower on the Borderland
68% matchVery Positive86% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: DascuMaru
Windows
A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland. Explore, survive and escape from a mysterious tower, inhabited by ghouls and monsters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.5%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 4%
- #53 Dark Fear
70% matchVery Positive94% of 235 reviews2016
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...
Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Horror 33.5%, Adventure 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%
- #54 Insight
68% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Thriller 23.2%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #55 Nightmare Frames
66% matchVery Positive98% of 438 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #56 The Horror Of Salazar House
67% matchVery Positive94% of 391 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Gore 16.3%, Survival Horror 14%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #57 Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One
65% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: RedDot Studios
Windows
You are the prime suspect in the massacre of your squad during a clandestine rescue mission. An indie cinematic experience with an immersive psychological horror narrative and a retro visual style inspired by PS1-PS2 classics.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #58 KEEP OUT
69% matchMixed68% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Weaveractive
Windows
KEEP OUT is a horror puzzle adventure Game. Players explore Devota Hill by manipulating Mr. M in 3d side scrolling views. Survive from all threats. You are the lord of toys. With all your toys paying attention to you, think only about salvaging the world of threatened toys!
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.9%, Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #59 Schizo Dark
65% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.
Why similar: Horror 42.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #60 Neverending Nightmares
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,046 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 27%, Gore 19.8%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%