- #1 The Butterfly Sign
97% matchMixed64% of 198 reviews2016
Dev: Quantum Phoenix Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Butterfly Sign is a detective story putting players into the role of the survivor of a disastrous incident. The protagonist takes an experimental drug which immerses him in the depths of his mind. In his memories, he will discover the ones responsible for the disaster, little by little, step by step…
Why similar: Adventure 65.4%, Action 19.8%, Indie 14.9%
- #2 Reflecting Fate
96% matchMixed55% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: KxONEPub: Starmops
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Game represents detective thriller from the first person with elements of my mysticism. Action takes place in 1996 in Denwood, player personates as its original resident. Suddenly cattle began to disappear on the island. Animals disappeared at nights absolutely without a trace, and, it seems that nobody could prevent it.
Why similar: Adventure 46.7%, Action 28.2%, Indie 25.1%
- #3 The Lost Valley
96% matchMostly Negative37% of 378 reviews2015
Dev: AndrewDrumov, Sanke BerdochanPub: AndrewDrumov
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"The Lost Valley" is a small game where you will play as a cyclist who will get in an accident. The protagonist finds himself in a great valley called "The Lost Valley". The bicycle is broken as a result of cliff falling and the protagonist has to move further on foot.
Why similar: Indie 50.5%, Adventure 36.5%, Action 13.1%
- #4 Darwin's Test
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Wolfalone Studio
Windows
Darwin’s Test is a first-person action and puzzle game that immerses you into a futuristic universe. You play as an amnesic patient following an experimental care protocol. Who are you ? Where are you ? So many questions to solve to discover the truth !
Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Action 28.5%, Indie 22.8%
- #5 Madness
94% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.
Why similar: Adventure 45.9%, Action 35.7%, Indie 18.4%
- #6 Judas
93% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2017
Dev: Studio48
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.
Why similar: Adventure 67.4%, Action 32.6%
- #7 Greenwood the Last Ritual
92% matchMixed62% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: AO2Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Greenwood The Last Ritual is an adventure game with isometric viewpoint where you will play as an envoy of Vatican. Use magic of pentagrams to break the Curse on the Valley. At the same time you will have to try to resist that Curse yourself and make it out alive.
Why similar: Adventure 83.4%, Indie 16.6%
- #8 Investigator
91% matchMixed69% of 1,029 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Adventure 70%, Indie 30%
- #9 Changeover: Decisions
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: KHB-Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Adventure 48.8%, Action 29.5%, Indie 21.7%
- #10 Helium
90% matchMixed51% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: rocketship
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hardcore sci-fi first person shooter. You are a liaison on Vega 237 spacecraft. All crew members died and you are all by yourself in the midst of an unknown planet. Your goal is to find out what happened to the crew and establish the signal's nature.
Why similar: Adventure 47%, Action 30.8%, Indie 22.3%
- #11 Meridian 157: Chapter 2
88% matchVery Positive96% of 231 reviews2020
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Trapped deep underground on a lost and forgotten island, David’s priority shifts from finding answers about the mystery surrounding him, to surviving the crisis he now finds himself trapped in. It’s now up to you to find an escape from the 157th meridian, but be warned, as escape may not be so easy
Why similar: Adventure 88%, Indie 12%
- #12 Stay Still 2
87% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.
Why similar: Action 48.1%, Adventure 45.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #13 The Albatross
89% matchMixed58% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Albatross is an indie first-person adventure themed game. You can take the role of an experienced private agent, who conceals himself behind an alias known as the 'Albatross'.
Why similar: Adventure 42.2%, Action 37.7%, Indie 20.1%
- #14 Forest Asylum 2
84% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #15 The Butterfly Collector
83% matchVery Positive89% of 902 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Adventure 80%, Indie 20%
- #16 Adam - Lost Memories
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 235 reviews2020
Dev: Adam DubiPub: AdamDubiGames
Windows
Adam - Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on my personal experiences with child abuse.
Why similar: Adventure 49.2%, Action 28.3%, Indie 22.4%
- #17 Silence Channel 2
84% matchVery Positive82% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?
Why similar: Adventure 66.1%, Action 33.9%
- #18 PLUTONIUM
86% matchMixed45% of 192 reviews2017
Dev: Ch.ZBK
Windows
PLUTONIUM: Distorted Shelter is a 2D adventure game about a major event that took place in a highly developed city state called Plutonium.
Why similar: Adventure 49.7%, Action 27.6%, Indie 22.6%
- #19 Forgotten Land
85% matchMostly Negative35% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Donbass Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Forgotten Land is a small adventure game in which you will play for the driver who had an accident. The protagonist finds himself in a large valley, which according to local legend was called the Forgotten Land.
Why similar: Adventure 49.5%, Action 29.9%, Indie 20.6%
- #20 The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center
80% matchVery Positive84% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.
Why similar: Action 85.5%, Indie 14.5%
- #21 Deep Inside
79% matchVery Positive84% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 47.9%, Adventure 32.5%, Action 19.6%
- #22 INHUMAN
81% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: 秋太虚工作室Pub: QutosoGame
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Action 26.4%, Indie 17.8%
- #23 INDICTED
82% matchMixed48% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.
Why similar: Adventure 49.4%, Action 31.9%, Indie 18.7%
- #24 Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
76% matchVery Positive99% of 356 reviews2026
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #25 Silent Love
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Adventure 81.2%, Indie 18.8%
- #26 Ghost Stories 2
79% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: AK StudioPub: AK Studio
Windows · Linux
This is an exciting adventure in an abandoned house in which you are left alone with ghosts and their heavy stories.
Why similar: Adventure 61.3%, Action 35.7%, Indie 3%
- #27 AMOK
81% matchMixed43% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
Why similar: Adventure 47.9%, Action 30%, Indie 22.1%
- #28 Chernobyl Trap
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows · Linux
You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?
Why similar: Adventure 58.9%, Action 33.1%, Indie 8%
- #29 Kona II: Brume
74% matchVery Positive83% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: ParabolePub: Ravenscourt
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Why similar: Adventure 80%, Indie 20%
- #30 GLOWCOMA: chapter 1
77% matchVery Positive85% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: Tsvetomir Georgiev
Windows
GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.
Why similar: Adventure 47.7%, Action 30.6%, Indie 21.7%
- #31 LiveStream: Chapter One
71% matchVery Positive93% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Artflux_Games
Windows
You are a streamer who entered an abandoned building for hype. But the game quickly turns into a real nightmare — the chat and donations influence what’s happening, and you try to survive and understand what’s going on.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #32 A SECOND BEFORE US
78% matchMixed57% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Adventure 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #33 HellSign
74% matchMixed68% of 2,273 reviews2021
Dev: Ballistic Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
HellSign is an investigative action RPG that pits you against the horrors of the afterlife, let loose on a small town. As a hunter, you’ll plan, hunt, and kill to pay the bills and piece together the fragments to your past. Just remember - a smart hunter is always prepared.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #34 Green Elephant: Epilogue
75% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: GRüN STUDIO
Windows
Green Elephant: Epilogue is a first-person detective quest set at a Soviet military base after the events of the Russian art film “The Green Elephant”.
Why similar: Adventure 53.8%, Indie 42.2%, Action 4%
- #35 The Occultist
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 286 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Adventure 72.6%, Action 27.4%
- #36 Beyond The Evil
72% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, Indie 32.7%, Action 27%
- #37 Liveza: Death of the Earth
76% matchMixed55% of 172 reviews2016
Dev: Nikita NefedovPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A global catastrophe has literally torn our planet apart, breaking Earth into many pieces. You are the survivor that explores the remains of our planet and investigates the anomalies that have settled upon it. You start out with only a single item: a broken weapon that also functions as a flashlight.
Why similar: Adventure 84.6%, Indie 15.4%
- #38 DEBUG DEADLINE
69% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: OTL GAME
Windows
The main character is hired as a debugger at the game company “Dokidoki Games”! With a time limit of one week, will he be able to find the bug safely? The debugging work with fate on the line begins now!
Why similar: Adventure 63.3%, Action 36.7%
- #39 Lake Haven - Chrysalis
69% matchVery Positive97% of 499 reviews2023
Dev: Encrypt Games
Windows
This game serves as a prequel chapter for the upcoming game 'Lake Haven'. Detective Zeke Reynold is called to investigate what he assumes will be another case he'll quickly forget, but what he finds will be sewn into the fabric of his existence forever.
Why similar: Adventure 74.6%, Action 25.4%
- #40 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
73% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: Adventure 70.1%, Action 29.9%
- #41 Despair
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Indie 52.7%, Adventure 27%, Action 20.3%
- #42 Alan Sharp
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: Mystive Studios
Windows
Alan Sharp is a Detective, Mystery/Horror video game driven by immersive storyline and character development, focused on exploration, survival, puzzles, and open-world investigation.
Why similar: Adventure 48.7%, Indie 26.3%, Action 25.1%
- #43 Anomalies Detective
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Adventure 69.9%, Indie 30.1%
- #44 Dementium II HD
73% matchMixed50% of 1,276 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
Why similar: Adventure 49%, Action 31.3%, Indie 19.8%
- #45 The Growth Journey
73% matchMixed59% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Cleverweek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A game about tactical growth, where growth is irreversible.
Why similar: Action 47.3%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 17%
- #46 Last Day of FEAR
71% matchMixed69% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Last Day of FEAR - the game tells the story about a detective for the County of Rayna. He was not an easy task to deal with the difficult situation. Near highway 66 was the house where it was quite numerous suicide and murder.
Why similar: Indie 40.4%, Adventure 39.1%, Action 20.5%
- #47 Incoming Evil
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Indie 28.4%, Action 21.1%
- #48 The Stalked 2
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
Why similar: Adventure 75.3%, Indie 24.7%
- #49 EBOLA 2
68% matchMixed69% of 276 reviews2021
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
EBOLA 2 is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
Why similar: Adventure 59.3%, Action 40.7%
- #50 Langoth
71% matchMixed50% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Atum SoftwarePub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Langoth (Old English) means a very specific yearning, when a person had a vision of Paradise – and it was gone, but the rest of his life he was looking for it reflections.
Why similar: Adventure 39.9%, Indie 37.1%, Action 23.1%
- #51 Reversion - The Meeting (2nd Chapter)
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 219 reviews2014
Dev: 3f Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You’ve escaped the guarded hospital holding you prisoner to find Buenos Aires in ruins. Memories still missing, you must beat puzzles and collect clues to find a mysterious stranger who may hold the truth to what happened 20 years ago.
Why similar: Adventure 71.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #52 Home Sweet Home EP2
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,036 reviews2019
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP PUBLIC CO., LTD.Pub: Ningbo Inception Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Terror and mystery meet in Home Sweet Home Sweet Home Episode 2, the sequel to last year’s cult-hit first-person horror game, Home Sweet Home. Immerse yourself in a world where evil hides behind every corner, in a world inspired by Thai folklore and mythology.
Why similar: Adventure 48%, Action 29.6%, Indie 22.3%
- #53 I Know This Place..? (chapter II)
62% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: SameFrame
Windows
Chapter II of an extremely unusual trans-media franchise with game and short film chapters. Players influence the plot of the chapters and can leave their real-life items in the chapters. Game+Short films+visual novel. Ultra-deep meaning, nostalgic references, vibe mysticism.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #54 From The Other Side
62% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Adventure 65.2%, Action 34.8%
- #55 Project: R.E.B.O.O.T 2
70% matchMixed53% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Meet the continuation of the hardcore platformer Project: R.E.B.O.O.T!
Why similar: Action 41.8%, Adventure 41.2%, Indie 17%
- #56 Morphine
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 696 reviews2015
Dev: Kerim Kumbasar
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An independent story-based cinematic FPS game describing the drama of a student 's. Story is based on experienced emotions.
Why similar: Adventure 58.3%, Indie 31.5%, Action 10.2%
- #57 Bite Size Terrors: Erobos Heaven
63% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: anOVERTHINKER
Windows
Unsettling & Disturbing Events Quickly Rise After Being Saved By God.
Why similar: Adventure 81.8%, Indie 18.2%