- #1 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
97% matchVery Positive89% of 8,361 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 51.4%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the vulnerability and unique perspective of a child navigating a terrifying, surreal world.
- #2 Who's Your Daddy?!
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 31,983 reviews2016
Dev: Evil Tortilla Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Who's Your Daddy is a casual multiplayer game featuring a clueless father attempting to prevent his infant son from certain death. Play with up to 7 of your friends, and test your parenting skills in a competitive setup with wacky physics and over 67 potentially ominous household items.
Why similar: Dark Humor 43.1%, Comedy 31%, First-Person 23.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features physics-based babysitting chaos that perfectly mirrors the frantic, comedic, and dangerous nature of caring for a supernatural infant.
- #3 Poppy Playtime
96% matchVery Positive88% of 142,648 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 32%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of mascot-based horror that relies on puzzle-solving and exploration in a creepy, abandoned facility.
- #4 Hello Neighbor
95% matchVery Positive86% of 33,241 reviews2017
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.8%, Horror 17.6%, Surreal 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes physics-based puzzle solving and stealth mechanics within a domestic setting that hides dark, sinister secrets.
- #5 Little Nightmares
94% matchVery Positive95% of 116,669 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Puzzle 16%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Story Rich 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: The game excels at creating a surreal, unsettling atmosphere where a small protagonist must navigate a world of grotesque threats.
- #6 Happy Game
94% matchVery Positive90% of 3,640 reviews2021
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Surreal 26.2%, Supernatural 17.1%, Linear 10%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: The game offers a surreal, nightmarish visual style that leans heavily into dark, twisted humor.
- #7 My Friendly Neighborhood
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,442 reviews2023
Dev: John SzymanskiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.6%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game features puppet-based horror that balances puzzle-solving with a distinct sense of dark, comedic absurdity.
- #8 Tattletail
92% matchVery Positive95% of 5,065 reviews2016
Dev: Waygetter ElectronicsPub: Little Flag Software, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!
Why similar: Horror 49.5%, First-Person 27%, Story Rich 11.4%, Singleplayer 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines toy-based horror with dark humor and survival elements, creating a similar vibe of a seemingly innocent object turning malicious.
- #9 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,016 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.5%, Horror 18.2%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, First-Person 12.3%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends mundane service-industry work with surreal, atmospheric horror and dark humor.
- #10 Amanda the Adventurer
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,298 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, First-Person 14.9%, Puzzle 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Supernatural 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title uses surreal, media-based horror that feels just as strange and unsettling as the dream sequences in The Baby In Yellow.
- #11 Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face
89% matchVery Positive86% of 3,101 reviews2024
Dev: 2OO2
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 16%
Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Lore-Rich 24.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Linear 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game explores the dark side of childhood and domestic trauma through a surreal lens.
- #12 Garten of Banban
90% matchMixed54% of 13,519 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Surreal 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This mascot horror game features puzzle-solving and exploration in a surreal, colorful environment that hides deep malice.
- #13 The Mortuary Assistant
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,787 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.1%, Demons 23.7%, Horror 23.4%, Surreal 14.8%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the horror of performing a specific, mundane job that slowly descends into supernatural chaos.
- #14 Dollmare
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,183 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 18.8%, Linear 13.9%, First-Person 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on psychological horror centered around unsettling toys and dolls in a confined, creepy space.
- #15 Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game
87% matchVery Positive91% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Baby Blues Nightmares is a survival horror stealth game where you play as a toddler going into a little adventure with your tricycle which you can fix, maintain and customize. Paddle, hide and survive but remember; try not to cry when you are scared.. or the monsters will hear you and get you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 23%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Puzzle 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: It directly captures the experience of being a toddler in a world that feels far too large and dangerous.
- #16 Kindergarten
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,658 reviews2017
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 54.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
Why similar: Dark Humor 35.3%, Dark Comedy 32.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, Horror 6.7%, Psychological Horror 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a school setting to deliver dark humor and surreal, violent events that feel oddly familiar to the tone of the seed game.
- #17 Bendy and the Ink Machine
85% matchVery Positive89% of 37,215 reviews2017
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, First-Person 16.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title features strong puzzle and exploration elements within a mascot-themed horror setting.
- #18 The Classrooms
84% matchVery Positive89% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Xefier Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.
Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Demons 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, procedural horror experience in an environment that feels liminal and deeply unsettling.
- #19 Water Delivery
83% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Supernatural 19.1%, Demons 18.7%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, job-based horror game that maintains a mysterious and unsettling tone throughout.
- #20 The Cabin Factory
81% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Horror 33.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides immersive psychological horror with a focus on dark themes and environmental storytelling.
- #21 Try To Fall Asleep
84% matchVery Positive90% of 194 reviews2019
Dev: AmberDrop
Windows
John Herrin survived a horrible accident, damaging his brain and memory. Through falling asleep, he can rediscover his unfortunate past in his dreams, but due to his brain damage he'll start to see visions and hallucinations, and falling asleep won't be as easy as it seems at first...
Why similar: Surreal 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the psychological horror of dreams and the surreal nature of trying to rest in a hostile environment.
- #22 Backrooms: Lost Tape
82% matchVery Positive82% of 1,418 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.3%, Surreal 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the surreal, liminal space horror that resonates with the dream-like sequences of the seed game.
- #23 Infliction
82% matchVery Positive80% of 968 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.1%, Demons 17.1%, Surreal 15.9%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on domestic dread and the secrets hidden within a family home.
- #24 Visage
81% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 31.7%, Surreal 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply surreal, psychological horror experience set in a house that shifts and changes in dreamlike ways.
- #25 Granny
80% matchVery Positive94% of 11,644 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Horror 44.6%, First-Person 20.2%, Puzzle 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Singleplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person escape horror game that relies on puzzle mechanics and constant tension in a domestic environment.
- #26 Stay Out of the House
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,893 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 38.9%, Puzzle 22.5%, First-Person 18.6%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Singleplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This VHS-style horror game features intense survival and puzzle elements that feel gritty and claustrophobic.
- #27 DON'T SCREAM
79% matchMixed65% of 4,873 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.
Why similar: Supernatural 20%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 17.1%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Linear 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror experience that relies on player interaction and tension to build a sense of dread.
- #28 Garten of Banban 0
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,445 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 17%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #29 Tall Poppy
78% matchVery Positive89% of 162 reviews2021
Dev: Attainable Entertainment
Windows
Tall Poppy is a fun-house horror experience where you must find your wife's purse and a way off the church property before the prankster ghost gets you!
Why similar: Comedy 15.2%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Dark Comedy 13.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that blends exploration with comedic horror elements in a first-person perspective.
- #30 Scary Game
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,021 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: Dark Comedy 38.1%, Dark Humor 20.6%, Horror 12.4%, Comedy 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #31 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
76% matchVery Positive89% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
Why similar: Demons 33.5%, Supernatural 29%, Horror 13.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #32 The Chaput's Baby
78% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Gundes
Windows
The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.
Why similar: Demons 21%, Supernatural 19.6%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #33 My Peephole: Hotel Harborview
76% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Limeless
Windows
One room. One hole. One judgement. Watch the guests through your peephole, inspect their documents, dial the telephone, and judge who's normal and who's not. Do your job properly to avoid the demon's punishment.
Why similar: Gothic 15.5% ★, Dark Humor 14.6%, Demons 13.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Linear 8.9%
- #34 Garten of Banban 2
77% matchMixed67% of 4,562 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Continue the story of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve deeper into the bizarre establishment where the place was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents, all while uncovering the truth behind the place…
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 11.5%, First-Person 11.3%
- #35 Unemployment Simulator 2018
75% matchVery Positive84% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.9%, Dark Humor 21.1%, Surreal 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #36 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
74% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Demons 23.7%, First-Person 17.6%, Supernatural 16.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #37 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
74% matchVery Positive84% of 838 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.7%, Action-Adventure 22.7%, Puzzle 17.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #38 Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven
73% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven is a First-Person comedy horror game about being stuck babysitting while the news is expressing that the world around you is ending.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 37%, Dark Humor 23%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #39 Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,461 reviews2026
Dev: KanGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Your first day as the new shepherd in the village… and everything is going wrong. The animals are missing. The villagers are strange. And the truth is far more terrifying.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31%, Dark Humor 22.4%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Comedy 8.1%
- #40 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
73% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 8.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #41 HELLMART
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,129 reviews2026
Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Supernatural 25.6%, Surreal 23.4%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 10.2%
- #42 Garten of Banban 3
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,977 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Embrace the horrors of Banban’s Kindergarten. Delve even deeper into the depths of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Try to survive the unexpected residents and continue the search for your child…
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 16.1%, Surreal 13.6%, First-Person 10.9%
- #43 Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game Prologue
72% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Baby Blues Nightmare - Prologue is a small taste of the horrors that awaits in this survival horror game where you play as a toddler going into a little adventure with your tricycle which you can fix, maintain and customize. Paddle, hide and survive but remember; try not to cry when you are scared..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Horror 36.6%, Puzzle 23.9%
- #44 PLEASE STOP CRYING
71% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Konrad PawlikowskiPub: Cloudless Studio
Windows
PLEASE STOP CRYING is a lighthearted horror game about a father taking on housework and babysitting all at once.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 65.7%, Horror 31.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #45 Knock On The Window
69% matchVery Positive91% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Surreal 13.7%, Comedy 13.4%
- #46 Garten of Banban 7
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,663 reviews2024
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.6%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 11.2%, Puzzle 11%
- #47 DREAM LOGIC
70% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 17%, Linear 11.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #48 You’ve Got a Package
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
You are a young and talented writer. One evening, someone leaves a mysterious box on your doorstep. What’s inside will turn your life into a living nightmare...
Why similar: Demons 29.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 18.2%, Supernatural 14.5%, Surreal 7.2%
- #49 The Ice Cream Shop
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: odwar
Windows
A cozy horror game where you run an ice cream shop. Your illness twists reality. Sometimes you see things that shouldn't be there. Serve strange customers and try to separate your mind’s visions from the horrors at your door.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, Horror 34.5%, First-Person 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #50 Palmyra Orphanage
71% matchVery Positive89% of 713 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Psychological Horror 26%, First-Person 12.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #51 Inside the Backrooms
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 46,832 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Puzzle 15.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #52 Shifting To The Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 16.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 10.8%
- #53 Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker
67% matchMixed69% of 2,372 reviews2025
Dev: markuwaaaaa
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 27%, Linear 21.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #54 BLINK: The Last Night
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Abandoned House Studios
Windows
A vengeful entity comes to kidnap the girl you're babysitting. Guide your way through various psychological twists and turns as you begin to realize that not everything is as it seems. BLINK: The Last Night is a short first chapter of a four-chapter psychological horror story.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.9%, Surreal 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.4%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #55 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
65% matchVery Positive87% of 814 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this mascot horror game, you explore an abandoned children’s asylum and solve deceptive puzzles with your plush squid gun. Escape Chompy Chasey, befriend (or avoid) Binky Drinky, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.5%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, First-Person 10.6%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #56 Bad Cheese
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 684 reviews2025
Dev: Simon LukasikPub: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bad Cheese is a psychological horror inspired by the eerie charm of 1920s animation. Step into the tiny paws of a mouse spending the weekend at home with a dysfunctional Dad while Mom's away. Be on your best behavior and KEEP DADDY HAPPY.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 19.9%, Surreal 15%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #57 SILENT BREATH
66% matchMixed68% of 1,268 reviews2026
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 38.4%, First-Person 18%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #58 Overtime Anomaly
67% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Surreal 26.5%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #59 Moving Houses
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 261 reviews2024
Dev: Gordon Little
Windows
A silly little physics-based game about moving on... or is it? Be neat, be careful, or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours. But be warned, not all is as it seems in this quiet little house.
Why similar: Surreal 20.9%, Dark Humor 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Physics 13.9%, Horror 13.5%