- #1 the static speaks my name
97% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.5%, Horror 31.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: This classic short indie horror game perfectly captures the same surreal, psychological dread found in Terroro.
- #2 TELEFORUM
96% matchVery Positive92% of 3,393 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Choices Matter 18%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Terroro, this game uses modern media and technology to deliver a deeply unsettling and short psychological experience.
- #3 SEPTEMBER 1999
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,446 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Multiplayer 20.3%, First-Person 8%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: A brief, found-footage style experience that relies on atmosphere and environmental storytelling rather than jump scares.
- #4 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
95% matchVery Positive90% of 10,232 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 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 37.3%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Multiplayer 18.5%, First-Person 10.5%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic series excels at creating relatable, modern horror scenarios that mirror the grounded yet creepy vibe of Terroro.
- #5 Channel 4 Midnight
94% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: foolkien
Windows
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes media-based horror tropes to create a modern, first-person experience that feels like a companion to Terroro.
- #6 Who's Lila?
94% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Horror 29.4%, Choices Matter 19.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game that emphasizes narrative choices and unsettling character interactions in a modern setting.
- #7 Stories Untold
92% matchVery Positive87% of 5,390 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Psychological Horror 36.1%, Story Rich 7.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This anthology of short, tech-focused horror stories shares the same experimental and story-rich DNA as Terroro.
- #8 The Closing Shift
91% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 53.5%, Psychological Horror 43%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of being watched in a modern, everyday environment, much like the stalker-esque tension in Terroro.
- #9 Iron Lung
91% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Psychological Horror 35%, First-Person 13.6%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, claustrophobic, and intense experience that focuses on building dread through a singular, confined perspective.
- #10 The Complex: Found Footage
90% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
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 31.2%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Multiplayer 18.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Story Rich 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the found-footage aesthetic to create a modern, first-person horror experience.
- #11 THANATOS
89% matchVery Positive85% 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 31.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, First-Person 19.2%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that emphasizes psychological mystery and puzzle-solving in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #12 When the Darkness comes
88% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.2%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Indie 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric walking simulator that delves into psychological themes and surreal imagery.
- #13 Evil Inside - Prologue
89% matchMixed68% of 1,036 reviews2021
Dev: JanduSoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
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 37.2%, Multiplayer 25.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror experience that focuses on family trauma and domestic unease.
- #14 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48%, Horror 37.4%, Story Rich 5.5%, Adventure 5%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and short psychological journey that explores mental instability through a unique, stylized lens.
- #15 Exanimum: The Silent Call
87% matchVery Positive84% of 278 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Psychological Horror 32.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, First-Person 8.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic and indie-focused psychological horror game that centers on unsettling, modern-day occurrences.
- #16 Almost Home Now
86% matchVery Positive85% of 782 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 37.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Adventure 5.2%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, pixel-art psychological horror game that effectively uses its limited scope to deliver a punchy, dark story.
- #17 Dark Deception
84% matchVery Positive89% of 23,237 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Dark Humor 13.4%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that blends arcade-like mechanics with psychological tension and indie-style storytelling.
- #18 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
84% matchVery Positive97% of 79 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 45.5%, Horror 35.7%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines psychological horror with a story-rich, dark narrative that fits the tone of Terroro.
- #19 Paratopic
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 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: Horror 46.8%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Indie 10.3%, First-Person 7.4%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal, low-poly horror game offers a disjointed and unsettling narrative experience that feels very similar to indie psychological titles.
- #20 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 45%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Story Rich 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play horror experience that relies on building tension through its atmospheric, first-person perspective.
- #21 Buddy Simulator 1984
83% matchVery Positive94% of 4,160 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.5%, Horror 34.9%, Story Rich 13.2%, Indie 6.7%, Adventure 4%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative horror game that plays with the player's expectations and relationship with the software, mirroring Terroro's modern themes.
- #22 First Session
82% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 29.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Dark Humor 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, story-driven psychological horror game that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and retro aesthetics.
- #23 Fear Therapy
81% matchMixed67% of 4,728 reviews2021
Dev: Black Flag Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Multiplayer 29.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, First-Person 3.6%, Indie 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer psychological horror game that emphasizes cooperative exploration and high-stakes tension.
- #24 Lost in Vivo
81% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.7%, Horror 37.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological horror game that excels at creating claustrophobic, dream-like environments.
- #25 Sub Terra
79% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 33.6%, First-Person 15.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and building a sense of dread.
- #26 Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy
80% matchVery Positive90% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: Broken Arrow GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
Why similar: Horror 74.3%, Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 4.8%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-heavy horror adventure that explores dark themes within a domestic setting.
- #27 Twilight Tales ∣ hollow's store
79% matchMixed58% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: roiten
Windows
While trying to avoid the dangers of working the night shift at a store deep in the forest, you'll also make decisions that shape the fate of the story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.7%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Horror 19.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Story Rich 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused psychological horror game where choices matter, leading to multiple endings similar to the branching nature of Terroro.
- #28 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
77% matchVery Positive93% of 152 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 37.7%, Psychological Horror 32.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 4.3%
- #29 Lights Off!
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #30 Blameless
78% matchVery Positive84% of 5,079 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 50.9%, Multiplayer 21.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 5.3%, Psychological Horror 4.4%
- #31 Uh Oh!
76% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, First-Person 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Adventure 6.1%
- #32 Scary Game
74% matchVery Positive94% of 409 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Dark Humor 37.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Indie 5.4%, Adventure 4.5%
- #33 The Last Job
77% matchMixed66% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Multiplayer 18.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Indie 4.3%
- #34 Backrooms: Found Footage
75% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Multiplayer 24.7%, Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 8.9%
- #35 The Backrooms: Unbounded
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 658 reviews2023
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Multiplayer 19.4%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 4.5%
- #36 Seek Or Die
76% matchMixed67% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Multiplayer 31.7%, Indie 9%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #37 Silent Residence
71% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.4%, Horror 32.9%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #38 Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,875 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Toaster Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.
Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Psychological Horror 36.1%, First-Person 17%, Adventure 5.8%
- #39 TEST RE
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: K App.
Windows
A short 5 minute horror game!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.7%, Horror 39.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Adventure 7%
- #40 Obsessed : Night Shift
71% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Psychological Horror 29.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Adventure 5.1%
- #41 No, I'm not a Femboy
72% matchMixed49% of 795 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 15%
The game takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. You experience all the horrors of the apocalypse in your own cozy house on the outskirts of a small town. People may knock on your door in need of your help. Will you be able to save them?
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Choices Matter 19.1%, First-Person 8.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #42 Terror Lab
75% matchMixed55% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 9.6%
- #43 Sad Satan
73% matchMixed44% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: DVGamix
Windows
Sad Satan is a horror and mystery game that takes you on a terrifying journey through dark corridors and locations filled with secrets
Why similar: Psychological Horror 50%, First-Person 26.1%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 6.9%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #44 Yoko no Hanashi
69% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: MerendaTeam
Windows
Yoko no Hanashi is a first-person survival horror game where you need to survive in an abandoned college with one of your chosen yandere: Yoto (male version) and Yoko (female version)
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, First-Person 15.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Indie 6.8%
- #45 BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 1,186 reviews2024
Dev: FriedGPU
Windows
Explore the poolrooms in a inmersive cooperative horror game. Immerse yourself in the story of scientists who are exploring the depths of the poolrooms and end up encountering various obstacles in order to find a way back to reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 25.2%, Multiplayer 19.2%, First-Person 14%, Story Rich 9%
- #46 Kill or Love
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.8%, Horror 25.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Indie 5.6%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #47 Fungiman
70% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2022
Dev: svinoman
Windows
Just a game about a friendly fungus. There's nothing wrong, is there?
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Multiplayer 19.9%, First-Person 15.2%, Adventure 3%
- #48 Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Choices Matter 39.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 9.9%
- #49 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 74.4%, Indie 13.4%, Adventure 12.2%
- #50 Arruyo
70% matchMixed55% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arruyo is a 3D first-person horror game, where the player is inside a farmhouse with different monsters that will try to kill him/her. To survive and discover the mystery of that place, the player will have to hide from these monsters while investigating the farmhouse.
Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Multiplayer 28.6%, First-Person 19.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #51 From The Darkness
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, Multiplayer 14.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Indie 4%
- #52 Again and Again
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
Again and Again is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy the terrifying moments of being in a realistic home environment and a suspenseful story.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 29.8%, First-Person 14.3%, Story Rich 11%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #53 Pleh!
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,337 reviews2023
Dev: Jester Games
Windows
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43%, Horror 22.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, First-Person 12.8%, Adventure 5.1%
- #54 Hide and Shriek
68% matchVery Positive82% of 5,323 reviews2017
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Multiplayer 39%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, First-Person 8.9%, Strategy 0.8%
- #55 The Room Syndrome
67% matchVery Positive95% of 362 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 53.2%, Choices Matter 31%, Indie 15.8%
- #56 Something Strange
67% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.3%, Horror 41%, Indie 5.1%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #57 Interactive Horror Stories
69% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares
Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Choices Matter 22%, Story Rich 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #58 Bleeding Roots
64% matchVery Positive93% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Mechanikoi
Windows
Bleeding Roots is a free fifteen minute horror game about a man taking care of his plants throughout the seasons.
Why similar: Horror 53.1%, Psychological Horror 33.5%, Singleplayer 4.8%, Indie 4.4%, Adventure 4.2%
- #59 Only Faces Remain
63% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Santiago Garcia
Windows
ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 33.7%, First-Person 17.3%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%