- #1 Implements of Hell
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Cinematic 9.8%
- #2 Hollow Faces
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 12%, Cinematic 12%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 8.1%
- #3 CALLUS
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 17.7%, Cinematic 16%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #4 Omitted
96% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Dark 9.9%
- #5 Sitter
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Games
Windows
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 12.2%, Mystery 8.6%
- #6 The Butcher's Village™
94% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Murtaza ErrorPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 12.9%, Cinematic 12%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Psychological 7.6%
- #7 Dreamless
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Psychological 13.8%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 12.1%, Mystery 8.5%
- #8 In My Head
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Cinematic 10.3%, Dark 9.9%
- #9 Obfuscation
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: mid1224
Windows
Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 14.1%, Dark 12%, Mystery 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
- #10 All Alone
91% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 17.5%, Realistic 10.1%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #11 The Wellmonts Case
89% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Dark 10.5%, Cinematic 9.9%
- #12 Flick
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inqdrop Studios
Windows
Shift realities with the flick of a light switch and plunge into the grotesque to uncover your family's twisted past. A psychological horror game where you must balance the light you need to progress with the terrifying nightmares it summons.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Cinematic 12.7%, Horror 12%, Dark 11%, Mystery 9.4%
- #13 Shattered Reflections: The Abyss Within
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Immortal Studios
Windows
Uncover your grandfather's sinister experiments in "Shattered Reflections." Dive into a twisted Mirror Realm, face every-minute terrors, collect Soul Essence, and shape your fate. Are you ready for a psychological descent into darkness?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Cinematic 13.4%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological 10.9%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #14 C.U.T.S
88% matchMixed70% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where a man named Ethan, passionate about collecting VHS tapes, receives a box full of them from a friend. But as he starts watching, he realizes he’s witnessing something deeply disturbing and unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 13.5%, Cinematic 12.3%, Psychological 10.3%, Walking Simulator 9.3%
- #15 Mirrored Phantoms
87% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 11.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Psychological 8.1%
- #16 AUTO-CRISIS
86% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.6%, Cinematic 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
- #17 Reflection
86% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%
- #18 Darkness in the Forest
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CORISCO STÚDIOPub: CORISCO STÚDIO
Windows
Your car ran out of gas in the wrong place... Escape a bloodthirsty werewolf in an abandoned factory deep in the forest, where darkness is your worst enemy. Survive this night... if you can.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 12%, Psychological 10.7%, Walking Simulator 8.4%
- #19 LoYuno - Horror Escape
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 9.9%, Cinematic 8.2%
- #20 Summer of '58
85% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.9%, Cinematic 12.3%, Psychological 10.9%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
- #21 The Cursed Tape
82% matchVery Positive81% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Cinematic 15.1%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Dark 9.2%
- #22 Witch's Doll
82% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Cinematic 14.9%, Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Mystery 9%
- #23 The Strange Lights
80% matchVery Positive91% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Cinematic 14.4%, Horror 13%, Mystery 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.6%
- #24 Toxoplasma
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SimmeringConcrete
Windows
You are trapped on an abandoned space station, developing a bio-weapon that makes the infected hallucinate demonic entities. Spot any anomalous signs of infection before they kill you, complete your research, and unmask the conspiracy that brought you here.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Mystery 18.3%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 11.9%, Realistic 8.8%
- #25 Dread Disc
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
Spot the differences in your apartment while something unknown is trying to get in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #26 SHE WAS 98
78% matchVery Positive85% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 12%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #27 Delirium
79% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Dark 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.5%
- #28 The Survey
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 832 reviews2016
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.2%
- #29 Silent Residence
77% 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 20.1%, Cinematic 15%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological 11.3%, Dark 9.9%
- #30 9 Childs Street
79% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 14%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #31 Prison Alone
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Gaister StudiosPub: Farmando XP
Windows
A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Horror 11.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Realistic 9.7%
- #32 Unseen
75% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Dark 9.1%
- #33 From The Past
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Cinematic 14.8%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological 11%, Walking Simulator 10.5%
- #34 Thou Shalt Not Kill
77% matchMixed42% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a VHS-style first-person psychological horror game. You play as Angel, a girl traveling through a forest who finds a VHS tape on the ground. As she watches it, she discovers unsettling footage telling a mysterious story, leading to shocking revelations.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Cinematic 13.2%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological 11.4%, Realistic 8.9%
- #35 Withered Haven
74% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Dark Snow Games
Windows
Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #36 Friday Night
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Priskon
Windows
Investigate a family’s gruesome fate, communicate using your microphone to uncover the truth, and hide from the spirit. Film the whole experience in your camcorder for the world to see.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Cinematic 16.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 8.4%
- #37 Silent Nights
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Cinematic 13.5%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
- #38 St. Agony's Rest
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Huy Ngo
Windows
You were with her. Then you weren't. Push an elderly woman's wheelchair through the shadowed halls of a Croatian monastery turned hospice. She is dying. She sees what you cannot. What do you owe the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Psychological 15.1%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Dark 9.2%
- #39 The Somnus Fracture
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adhiraj Bhagawati
Windows
A psychological horror adventure where you explore shifting dream worlds, solve immersive environmental puzzles, and unravel the mysteries of your fractured mind inside a surreal facility.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 13%, Dark 7%, Psychological 6.9%
- #40 Silent: Abandoned
73% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Massbolt Games
Windows
Michael and John are vloggers exploring a notorious abandoned house. John disappears without a trace, and Michael gets trapped inside. Now Michael has to find out what’s really going on to make it out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Cinematic 15.5%, Psychological 14.6%, Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11%
- #41 Where Is Mother
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kornux Games
Windows
A son returns to his childhood home to find his mother. The door is open. The house is frozen. Where Is Mother is a harrowing horror walking simulator, oppressive… with every step pulling you further from reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological 16%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Mystery 9%
- #42 SANITY
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skorpion Interactive
Windows
A psychological horror where your mind is your worst enemy and reality can’t be trusted. Focus or Doubt what you see, reshape the truth, and decide what’s real before your sanity collapses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 12.5%, Cinematic 10.7%, Dark 8.4%
- #43 Mayfly
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backyard Zoo
Windows
A story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Follow Caroline Miller's descent into an increasingly twisted reality as she searches for her missing husband
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Mystery 15.7%, Dark 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Horror 10.1%
- #44 Reality Breach
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheBossa Works
Windows
Reality Breach is a first-person psychological horror where your own creation turns against you. Step into the mind of a game developer on the edge of exhaustion, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Cinematic 12.7%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Horror 11.8%
- #45 The Dark Gift
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Cinematic 14.9%, Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Mystery 9.8%
- #46 The Last Visit: 98th
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Mystery 9%
- #47 Henry's Forgotten Performance
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PixelThrive Games
Windows
Henry's Forgotten Performance is a dark horror game about an abandoned corporation, a forgotten arcade machine, and choices that decide your fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 15.3%, Realistic 10.4%, Cinematic 10%, Mystery 9.7%
- #48 Kenophobia
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: BeamCRASHPub: UGGPL Games
Windows
A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Psychological 16.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Horror 8.3%
- #49 Lost Verses
69% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Behrmann Studios
Windows
Lost Verses is a first-person psychological horror game where you face supernatural forces and inner fears, using faith and your mother's teachings as defense. Survive the spiritual battles, PRAY! Resist the enemy, and it will flee from you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Dark 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
- #50 Mental Harm
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: a1esska
Windows
Mental Harm is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore an old, long forgotten atmospheric basement of a house where some strange things are happening
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 11.9%, Cinematic 11.7%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
- #51 Haunted Property
70% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Dark 8.7%, Psychological 8.2%
- #52 Clandestine: The Hidden Truth
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Solitude Games
Windows
"Clandestine: The Hidden Truth" is a first-person psychological horror game. Investigate a family homicide, manipulate reality with polaroids, and solve puzzles to unveil chilling secrets hidden within this enigmatic home of horrors. Will you come back unscathed?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Cinematic 10.9%
- #53 Uninvited Guest
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 16%, Mystery 14.8%, Dark 13.6%, Walking Simulator 8.6%
- #54 The Weald
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elliott Dahle
Windows
Following the last of the Salem Witch Trials, a Puritan father claims to have had a vision showing a place where his missing son might be, and suspects a witch is behind his abduction.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 17.2%, Dark 15.6%, Realistic 10.2%, Mystery 8.4%
- #55 Obey the Voice™
65% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Dark 14.6%, Cinematic 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
- #56 Past Due: Midnight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ebon Crown Games
Windows
Venture through a twisted corporate office in this first-person psychological horror. An ordinary evening of overtime turns into a nightmare. You awaken at midnight, trapped in a place you no longer recognize. Follow the clues, unravel what happened. Can you survive the night and escape alive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 14.9%, Mystery 12%, Cinematic 7.7%
- #57 Backrooms: Reminiscence
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 19.7%, Cinematic 12.3%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Dark 6.9%
- #58 FLASH AND DIE
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AtmoPixel
Windows
You’ve been hired by a real estate agency to take photos of their listings at night to give them a unique look online. Grab your camera, step into dark, quiet rooms, and capture every shot before the house notices you. Finish the job or never leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Mystery 16.7%, Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #59 Scream under the house
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
A first-person psychological horror about inheritance, silence, and a secret your parents tried to hide. Explore the house, uncover fragments of the past, and decide — face the pain or seal it away forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological 11.4%, Dark 9.8%
- #60 Thin Threads
66% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Thin Threads is a first-person psychological horror game about a family's desperate struggle to survive poverty. Step into the shoes of each family member, witnessing their story unfold from different perspectives, immersing you in a truly haunting and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Cinematic 15.7%, Psychological 13%, Horror 11.7%, Walking Simulator 9.1%