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Games Like The Baby In Yellow

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Adventure, Atmospheric, First-Person.

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You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive — 96% — of 2,275 reviews
Released: 2023-05-25
Developer: Team Terrible
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 84%

Overview

The Baby In Yellow is a uniquely unsettling experience that blends physics-based babysitting mechanics with surreal, dreamlike horror and dark humor. These recommendations focus on games that capture that same sense of domestic dread, job-based horror, and surreal environments where the familiar becomes terrifying.

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  1. #1 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
    97% matchVery Positive89% of 8,178 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 51.3%, First-Person 14%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It captures the vulnerability and unique perspective of a child navigating a terrifying, surreal world.

  2. #2 Who's Your Daddy?!
    96% matchMostly Positive80% of 31,650 reviews2016
    Dev: Evil Tortilla Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.4 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 44.4%, Comedy 31.6%, First-Person 24%

    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. #3 Poppy Playtime
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 138,123 reviews2021
    Dev: Mob Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    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 32.6%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, First-Person 11.7%

    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. #4 Little Nightmares
    95% matchVery Positive95% of 115,868 reviews2017
    Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 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 36%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Story Rich 10.6%

    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.

  5. #5 Hello Neighbor
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 29,697 reviews2017
    Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.9 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 21.1%, Horror 17.5%, Surreal 17.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It utilizes physics-based puzzle solving and stealth mechanics within a domestic setting that hides dark, sinister secrets.

  6. #6 The Mortuary Assistant
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 8,546 reviews2022
    Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

    Why similar: Supernatural 25.3%, Demons 23.7%, Horror 22.9%, Surreal 15%, First-Person 6.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the horror of performing a specific, mundane job that slowly descends into supernatural chaos.

  7. #7 My Friendly Neighborhood
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,340 reviews2023
    Dev: John SzymanskiPub: DreadXP
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 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 26.2%, Horror 17.1%, Puzzle 12%, First-Person 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This game features puppet-based horror that balances puzzle-solving with a distinct sense of dark, comedic absurdity.

  8. #8 Happy Game
    92% matchVery Positive90% of 3,482 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 28.5%, Surreal 26.4%, Supernatural 17.3%, Linear 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: The game offers a surreal, nightmarish visual style that leans heavily into dark, twisted humor.

  9. #9 Tattletail
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 4,970 reviews2016
    Dev: Waygetter ElectronicsPub: Little Flag Software, LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 49.1%, First-Person 27.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Singleplayer 7%, Atmospheric 5.2%

    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.

  10. #10 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,995 reviews2021
    Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 32.9%, Horror 17.5%, Lore-Rich 17%, First-Person 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It blends mundane service-industry work with surreal, atmospheric horror and dark humor.

  11. #11 Amanda the Adventurer
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 7,110 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 26.7%, First-Person 15%, Puzzle 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Supernatural 11.5%

    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.

  12. #12 Dollmare
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 2,064 reviews2024
    Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 29.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 18.7%, Linear 13.8%, First-Person 12.6%

    Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on psychological horror centered around unsettling toys and dolls in a confined, creepy space.

  13. #13 Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face
    88% matchVery Positive87% of 3,010 reviews2024
    Dev: 2OO2
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 17%

    Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..

    Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Lore-Rich 24.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 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.

  14. #14 Garten of Banban
    89% matchMixed53% of 12,613 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    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 19.4%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.8%, 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.

  15. #15 Baby Blues Nightmares - Toddler Horror Game
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 184 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 24.7%, Horror 23%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, First-Person 16.3%, Puzzle 14.1%

    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. #16 Kindergarten
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,258 reviews2017
    Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 55.3 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 35.4%, Dark Comedy 32.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, Horror 6.4%, 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. #17 Water Delivery
    85% matchVery Positive87% of 211 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 19.5%, Demons 18.4%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.7%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, job-based horror game that maintains a mysterious and unsettling tone throughout.

  18. #18 Bendy and the Ink Machine
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 35,088 reviews2017
    Dev: Joey Drew Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.7 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 33.7%, First-Person 16.8%, Puzzle 14.3%, 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.

  19. #19 Visage
    84% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
    Dev: SadSquare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 36.8%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Surreal 10.2%, First-Person 9.7%, 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.

  20. #20 The Classrooms
    83% matchVery Positive90% of 2,977 reviews2022
    Dev: Xefier Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 26.5%, Demons 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 14.2%, 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.

  21. #21 The Cabin Factory
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 3,623 reviews2024
    Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    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 33.1%, First-Person 16.4%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides immersive psychological horror with a focus on dark themes and environmental storytelling.

  22. #22 Granny
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 9,929 reviews2018
    Dev: DVloper
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...

    Why similar: Horror 43.1%, First-Person 20.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, 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.

  23. #23 Infliction
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
    Dev: Caustic Reality
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 21%, Horror 20.1%, Demons 16.8%, Surreal 15.9%, First-Person 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on domestic dread and the secrets hidden within a family home.

  24. #24 Stay Out of the House
    79% matchVery Positive95% of 1,805 reviews2022
    Dev: Puppet Combo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 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 38.3%, Puzzle 22.5%, First-Person 18.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Singleplayer 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This VHS-style horror game features intense survival and puzzle elements that feel gritty and claustrophobic.

  25. #25 Backrooms: Lost Tape
    80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,343 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 21.9%, Surreal 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It captures the surreal, liminal space horror that resonates with the dream-like sequences of the seed game.

  26. #26 Try To Fall Asleep
    81% 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 14.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13%

    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.

  27. #27 DON'T SCREAM
    78% matchMixed65% of 4,826 reviews2024
    Dev: Digital Cybercherries
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.8%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Linear 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror experience that relies on player interaction and tension to build a sense of dread.

  28. #28 Scary Game
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 589 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 38.4%, Dark Humor 20.4%, Horror 12.3%, Comedy 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8%

  29. #29 Tall Poppy
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 161 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 15.3%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Dark Comedy 13.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that blends exploration with comedic horror elements in a first-person perspective.

  30. #30 Garten of Banban 0
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,124 reviews2025
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 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 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Lore-Rich 17%, First-Person 12.1%, Surreal 11.4%

  31. #31 The Chaput's Baby
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 73 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 20.6%, Supernatural 19.8%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

  32. #32 Garten of Banban 2
    77% matchMixed67% of 4,421 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 18.2%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Surreal 11.4%, First-Person 11.3%

  33. #33 Unemployment Simulator 2018
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 103 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 27.1%, Dark Humor 21.3%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Story Rich 6.6%

  34. #34 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 344 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 26.1%, Demons 23.3%, First-Person 17.7%, Supernatural 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%

  35. #35 Garten of Banban 3
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,909 reviews2023
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 15.9%, Surreal 13.6%, First-Person 10.9%

  36. #36 My Peephole: Hotel Harborview
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 53 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: Lore-Rich 16%, Gothic 15.3%, Demons 12.8%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

  37. #37 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 260 reviews2024
    Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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.

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  38. #38 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 801 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 48.9%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Puzzle 17.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%

  39. #39 HELLMART
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 964 reviews2026
    Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 26%, Surreal 23.4%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 10.3%

  40. #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?

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  41. #41 PLEASE STOP CRYING
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 102 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 66.4%, Horror 30.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  42. #42 Shifting To The Backrooms
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 68 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 16.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 10.8%

  43. #43 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 526 reviews2026
    Dev: Skunx Games
    Windows

    In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.6%, Lore-Rich 20%, Horror 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9%

  44. #44 Knock On The Window
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 182 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%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 13.6%, Comedy 13.4%

  45. #45 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 39.7%, Horror 36.5%, Puzzle 23.7%

  46. #46 Palmyra Orphanage
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 706 reviews2019
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  47. #47 Garten of Banban 7
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,614 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 18%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 10.9%

  48. #48 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,355 reviews2025
    Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.5%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 7.9%

  49. #49 You’ve Got a Package
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 186 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%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 18.2%, Supernatural 14.8%, Surreal 7.2%

  50. #50 Inside the Backrooms
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 46,110 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 38.6%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Puzzle 15.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%

  51. #51 The Ice Cream Shop
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 51 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 34.1%, First-Person 15.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  52. #52 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 341 reviews2020
    Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Gothic 26.3%, Horror 9.9%, Supernatural 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7%

  53. #53 The Christmas Cackler
    66% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: MyGrandfather Games
    Windows

    The Christmas Cackler is a first-person Christmas-themed Comedic Horror game where you play as little Jimmy, lying in bed on the night before Christmas, trying to finish drawing his mother's present and avoid getting grabbed by the Christmas Cackler!

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.1%, Comedy 18.3%, Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 8%, First-Person 7.2%

  54. #54 SILENT BREATH
    68% matchMixed69% of 1,189 reviews2024
    Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    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 39.5%, Psychological Horror 38.5%, First-Person 18.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  55. #55 Dark Fracture: Prologue
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,364 reviews2020
    Dev: Twisted II Studio
    Windows

    Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Demons 14.5%, Supernatural 13.8%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 10.5%

  56. #56 BLINK: The Last Night
    69% 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 22.4%, Surreal 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 17.2%, Story Rich 10.7%

  57. #57 The Hotel
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
    Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
    Windows

    The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.

    Why similar: Supernatural 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Surreal 14.4%, Horror 13.7%, Linear 9.2%

  58. #58 Score the Fear
    64% matchVery Positive98% of 224 reviews2025
    Dev: AquaEternity
    Windows

    The little ghost that appeared before your eyes seems to want to become a proper evil spirit. He'll scare you in a variety of ways, so rate him on whether he was scary or not.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 63.8%, Horror 25.2%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 4%

  59. #59 Overtime Anomaly
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 77 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 26.4%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 10.2%

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