- #1 The Forsaken Ruins
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: SelfMadeGames
Windows
The Forsaken Ruins is a first-person atmospheric horror game. As prisoner of Ever-Bleed Keep, your chance to escape has come. Delve deep into the ruins and try to survive long enough to unravel its dark history and your true identity.
Why similar: Indie 25.6%, Horror 25.1%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Survival 14.7%, First-Person 9%
- #2 House of Nightmares B-Movie Edition
96% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2015
Dev: Morphodox Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A B-Movie inspired game with visuals and game play style reflected from the creators childhood
Why similar: Indie 35%, Horror 26.4%, First-Person 21%, Puzzle 17.7%
- #3 Lethe - Episode One
96% matchVery Positive85% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Indie 23.2%, Horror 21.6%, Survival 18.2%, First-Person 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #4 Schizophrenia
94% matchMixed50% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Indevelopment Productions
Windows
Schizophrenia is a indie horror game meant to be played at your own pace. Figure out the story of a child looking for her mom while experiencing her mental illnesses.
Why similar: Indie 58%, Horror 17.9%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #5 iREC
95% matchMixed47% of 394 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Indie 29.5%, First-Person 20.7%, Puzzle 18.4%
- #6 The Occupant
94% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Agency Principle
Windows
You've been sent to the 13th floor of a long abandoned hotel. Abandoned, that is, except for the Occupant
Why similar: Indie 38.3%, Horror 36.7%, First-Person 25%
- #7 Penny Black
92% matchVery Positive95% of 103 reviews2018
Dev: Bobby Zeal
Windows
A text only dating simulator, created using BBC Basic for Windows!
Why similar: Text-Based 55.3%, Indie 44.7%
- #8 Lost Roads
91% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: tRb
Windows
Lost Roads is a psychological horror game in a world where undecipherable mysteries hide, are you ready to start the game?
Why similar: Indie 58.2%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 14.3%, Puzzle 11%
- #9 Despair
93% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Horror 24%, First-Person 15.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #10 Other Submarine
91% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: OverTurn Studios
Windows
Trapped at the bottom of the ocean, you only have your trusty flashlight and a reliable submarine. Can you reach the surface before what lies beneath takes you?
Why similar: Indie 43.8%, Horror 36%, Puzzle 20.1%
- #11 Devil's dream
90% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Milkoi Games
Windows
In Devils's Dream you play as James, a student which want to examine an abandoned place. He and his girlfriend Sophie drove in the late of the Night to the place and get what they hadn't expected. Try to Survive Night. and dont forgot you cannot hide or run from him.
Why similar: Indie 57.2%, Horror 17.3%, First-Person 14.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #12 The ScreaMaze
89% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: White Puppet Studio
Windows
What score can you reach in this simple horror maze? Can you beat your best score and discover the scariest end?
Why similar: Indie 56.3%, Horror 26.1%, Puzzle 17.5%
- #13 Displace
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Eirtep
Windows
Single player, first-person puzzle game where you can spawn cubes and spheres while utilising switches, launch pads and boost pads to navigate through deceiving blocks to the next teleporter
Why similar: Indie 55.1%, First-Person 24.4%, Puzzle 20.6%
- #14 The Killer
82% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: NingPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Navigate Oak City’s eerie nights, solving puzzles and escaping chained rooms to survive. Uncover the dark plan of the relentless predator in this immersive adventure. Each step tests your wits and courage. Can you escape, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Survival 24.5%, Indie 15.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 12.1%
- #15 Log 141
85% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: AwesomeLeak
Windows
Log 141 is an indie game originally developed as a high school computer science project. Inspired by text-based games of the past, this game was created to be played entirely within a terminal window. Traverse a text-based adventure filled with puzzles and mystery as you uncover the secret of Log 141.
Why similar: Indie 56.3%, Text-Based 33.2%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #16 Penumbra: Requiem
89% matchMixed52% of 1,117 reviews
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is part of Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, included in the Penumbra Collection.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Indie 27.1%, Puzzle 19.9%, Atmospheric 13.5%, First-Person 8.1%
- #17 FM
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Jordan B Cutler
Windows
A mysterious radio announcer describes a recent murder-suicide as the unknown protagonist navigates through an ever-shifting environment.
Why similar: Indie 57.1%, Horror 21.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #18 House of Caravan
86% matchMixed67% of 803 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Indie 29.6%, First-Person 19.9%, Puzzle 14.3%
- #19 CAPSULE
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 185 reviews2014
Dev: Adam SaltsmanPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Capsule is a single-player survival game played entirely through a radar interface. Players navigate a hostile landscape, learn about their surroundings, and unravel a classic sci-fi story in the process. Best played in a dark room with headphones. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PLAYERS WITH MISOPHONIA.
Why similar: Indie 42.2%, Survival 39.2%, Atmospheric 18.6%
- #20 Asylum of the Dead
82% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: NoAvocadoPls StudioPub: NoAvocadoPls
Windows
Asylum of the Dead is a first person zombie survival game.
Why similar: Indie 59.6%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #21 Tuun
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voltage Games
Windows
Horror set in the dark and mysterious Yakutia. Explore abandoned villages, uncover Soviet-era secrets, and face unexplained phenomena that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Indie 36.2%, Horror 26%, First-Person 20.7%, Atmospheric 17.2%
- #22 Astray
84% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Indie 21.9%, First-Person 15.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Survival 12.2%
- #23 Ad Exitum
83% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Since Idea Games
Windows
AD EXITUMExperience Ad Exitum, a horror survival jump scare indie game of Since Idea Games, which is developed with Unreal Engine 4
Why similar: Indie 46.6%, Horror 28.1%, Survival 25.3%
- #24 Inner
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows · Linux
Face your subconscious in an ever-growing anthology of mini-games dealing with psychological and surreal concepts.
Why similar: Indie 34.8%, Horror 28.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Atmospheric 17.3%
- #25 Horror Engine: Tech Demo
75% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Tansu Ergene
Windows
Horror Engine Tech Demo is a playable demonstration of a horror game design tool available on the Unreal Marketplace under the same name. It allows you to experience various mechanics included in the asset and explore the possibilities of game creation without requiring any coding knowledge.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Indie 33.4%, First-Person 32.1%
- #26 Kalidazkoph
79% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Cleaning up in your attic you find strange VHS tapes on which are recorded some experiments. Understand the secrets surrounding these tapes and understand the purpose of the dimension machine.
Why similar: Indie 42.8%, Horror 23.8%, First-Person 18.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%
- #27 Eleusis
81% matchMixed57% of 363 reviews2013
Dev: Nocturnal works
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Eleusis is a 3d first-person adventure game for Windows developed by Nocturnal Works using the technology of the unreal engine. It takes place in a seemingly abandoned village in Greece where the player character, while trying to seek refuge, finds himself in the center of a whirlwind of mysterious events.
Why similar: Indie 35.1%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 20.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Atmospheric 9%
- #28 OH DEMON! Fix my TV
64% matchVery Positive90% of 437 reviews2026
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.
Why similar: Horror 39%, First-Person 23.3%, Puzzle 21.8%, Indie 15.8%
- #29 Mimic
78% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Mimic
Windows
If you're stuck in deep darkness, you need to make a sound. But something in the dark will follow you through your voice. In order to escape from the house, you have to find levers hidden all over the house.
Why similar: Indie 64.3%, Horror 35.7%
- #30 Descent - Silence of Mind
79% matchMixed57% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Why similar: Indie 42.9%, Horror 25%, Puzzle 16.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%
- #31 Anna - Extended Edition
80% matchMixed60% of 1,614 reviews2013
Dev: DreampaintersPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.
Why similar: Horror 43.6%, Indie 20.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 10.3%
- #32 Timore 5
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Timore 5 is an indie horror game, 5th one in Timore series. A scientist named Frank has done a lot inventing new things, but his experiments aren't without the consequences. In this game Frank will try to record his dreams and convert them to computer data, allowing him to review his dreams later, but the experiment might not go as...
Why similar: Indie 64.5%, Horror 35.5%
- #33 Grandpa
77% matchMixed49% of 325 reviews2018
Dev: PuddingPub: Cheesecake
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
*Early access game* Grandpa is a survival horror game. You woke up in a house you never knew. Strange things happen in the house. You have to find a way to survive and get out of the house.
Why similar: Indie 65%, Horror 35%
- #34 Miegakure: Hide & Reveal
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mtb design works, inc.
Windows
Miegakure is a game where you navigate a four-dimensional world to perform miraculous feats and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 76.6%, Puzzle 23.4%
- #35 Strange Night ll
76% matchMixed46% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Indie 44.1%, Horror 25%, First-Person 16.8%, Puzzle 14.2%
- #36 1,000 Heads Among the Trees
77% matchMixed54% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Aaron OldenburgPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Visit the real town of Cachiche, Peru, to spend your nights searching for spirits and taking photos. Discover a generative narrative as you show your photos to local people who describe what they see in them.
Why similar: Indie 63.5%, Horror 36.5%
- #37 A Week of Circus Terror
76% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Richard Haraším
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 86.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A hand-drawn, point & click indie horror game about the haunted house and his owner. During the day, you have to search for some informations, but when the night comes, you have to understand, why are the possessed toys trying to kill you. You have to find a way to go through them and save your life!
Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Horror 33.1%
- #38 Bedtime Nightmare
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unseen Cat Studio
Windows
Complete nightly tasks and keep the lights alive. Survive what lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Survival 26.8%, Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Indie 12.4%
- #39 Night Blights
73% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2016
Dev: Trapdoor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
It's 11pm. Your parents are asleep and Teddy is guarding the end of the bed. Something's moving in the darkness. The wardrobe is creaking and there's laughter behind the door. Night Blights, cruel and mischievous monsters have invaded your home. Can you survive till morning and protect your family?
Why similar: Indie 55.6%, Horror 44.4%
- #40 NUMB
72% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Sakarikos Kleanthis
Windows
Numb will get to you in position to experience some of the sleep phases, through James, a normal person with some stress problem which effect his sleep. Are you ready to live, or die, in a dream? Is it actually a dream, though?
Why similar: Indie 54.9%, Horror 45.1%
- #41 LRRL or RLLR
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: talalilulalilula
Windows
LRRL or RLLR is a puzzle game in which you enjoy increasing your score by choosing left or right according to one recursive rule. You can enjoy it as long as you don't make the wrong choice. All choices are divided to the left or right when you start, and either contains all of your later choices.
Why similar: Indie 71.8%, Puzzle 14.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%
- #42 Goodnight Butcher
74% matchMixed55% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: Perfect Square Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Goodnight Butcher is an arcade-style horror game with an isolated, heart-pounding atmosphere which shifts seamlessly between running your butchery and running for your life.
Why similar: Indie 57.5%, Horror 42.5%
- #43 Horror Office
63% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Yahaha Studios
Windows
As you open your eyes, it's already deep night, you find yourself waking up in the office due to overtime work. But tonight is different: strange sounds fill the air, and a knife-wielding rabbit is hunting you. Use anything you can find to escape, solve puzzles, and get out before it's too late.
Why similar: Survival 32.7%, Puzzle 16.6%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 13.7%, First-Person 13.3%
- #44 Shutter
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2015
Dev: Cosmic Logic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.
Why similar: Indie 40.1%, Horror 28.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, Atmospheric 15.5%
- #45 Only If
73% matchMixed62% of 5,958 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, First-Person 20.7%, Puzzle 16.3%, Indie 15.4%, Survival 15.2%
- #46 Faceless Residence
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neriverso
Windows
Explore an abandoned mansion shrouded in mystery and danger. Face eerie creatures, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets that could be your key to escape – or something far darker.
Why similar: Horror 39.5%, First-Person 24.7%, Puzzle 22.7%, Indie 13.1%
- #47 Greetings
69% matchVery Positive84% of 632 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 55%, Indie 34.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #48 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
70% matchVery Positive89% of 8,096 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 48.1%, Indie 15.2%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 13%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #49 Unborne
71% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Silly Pill Studios
Windows
Unborne is a blend of the Mystery, Puzzle, and Horror genres, with a non-linear experience that lets you explore however you wish. Discover clues and examine your environment to piece together the lives of the family who have disappeared from their home.
Why similar: Indie 51.4%, Horror 31%, Puzzle 17.6%
- #50 The Mine
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: IanPub: M.I.M
Windows
You find yourself lost in a mine, the only objective is to find a way out. But something lurks in the shadows, following. Hunting you. Good luck. It's simply a game of cat and mouse. You can run and hide, but your ultimate goal is to find the key and escape the mine. While avoiding the monsters.
Why similar: Indie 51.9%, Horror 48.1%
- #51 Whispers of the Gallows
55% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Bambui
Windows
Whispers of the Gallows is an atmospheric horror game inspired by the classic Hangman game, reimagined in a dark Victorian setting. The player explores an old, haunted house made up of multiple main rooms, each representing a different level and a different hidden word.
Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Indie 28.2%, Puzzle 22.6%, Text-Based 19.4%
- #52 Shadow of Backrooms
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panuzi
Windows
Explore a dark world full of liminal rooms, abandoned corridors and surreal places. You will feel lost in the backrooms, wandering aimlessly through endless corridors and hoping to find a way out. But beware: you are not alone. How long can you survive? Will you find the exit - or get lost forever?
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, First-Person 27.1%, Puzzle 26.6%, Atmospheric 17.7%
- #53 The Guest
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Indie 23.9%, Puzzle 23.5%, First-Person 14%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #54 The Tape
71% matchMixed55% of 485 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Indie 30.6%, First-Person 20.3%, Atmospheric 15%
- #55 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
70% matchMixed65% of 3,324 reviews2016
Dev: Game Mechanics LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.
Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Indie 16.5%, First-Person 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Survival 4.2%
- #56 Great Toilet Simulator
66% matchVery Positive82% of 534 reviews2019
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Great Toilet Simulator is a first-person indie horror telling you the story of a man who has his car broken on his way home, in the middle of a thick forest. What makes the situation even worse is that the main character is really in need of a toilet.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Indie 23.3%, Survival 19.3%, First-Person 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #57 祭壇の花/Saidan no Hana
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Zacro
Windows
"Saidan no Hana" is a horror game with puzzle elements. A building that was somewhere, a person who lived somewhere Purify the soul that cannot be lifted.
Why similar: Indie 62.4%, Horror 37.6%