- #1 Until Dawn™
97% matchVery Positive83% of 5,319 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.9%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact same cinematic horror DNA, choices-matter mechanics, and branching narratives crafted by the masters of the genre.
- #2 The Quarry
96% matchVery Positive82% of 25,301 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.5%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Cinematic 18.7%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers another stellar Supermassive-style teen-horror experience packed with high-stakes choices and multiple character fates.
- #3 The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
96% matchMixed55% of 6,297 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.6%, Multiple Endings 18%, Horror 12.7%, Cinematic 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Pits a group against a sadistic serial killer in a puzzle-filled, choice-driven nightmare reminiscent of classic slasher tropes.
- #4 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
95% matchVery Positive89% of 11,042 reviews2021
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.9%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same suspenseful, cinematic horror storytelling with tense decision-making and subterranean terrors.
- #5 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,814 reviews2020
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.6%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Supernatural 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Explores psychological horror and Salem witch trial themes through the familiar lens of branching narrative choices.
- #6 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,968 reviews2019
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
Why similar: Choices Matter 35.2%, Cinematic 22.7%, Horror 19%, Story Rich 7.8%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Launches you into a claustrophobic maritime ghost story where every decision can mean life or death for the crew.
- #7 Directive 8020
93% matchMixed62% of 2,287 reviews2026
Dev: Supermassive Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the cinematic horror tradition into deep space with high-stakes survival decisions and sci-fi dread.
- #8 As Dusk Falls
92% matchVery Positive90% of 4,479 reviews2022
Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.8%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Crime 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a heavily narrative-driven, choices-matter experience with a unique artistic style and branching crime drama plot.
- #9 Call of Cthulhu®
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,959 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 7.3%, Mystery 6%
Why You'll Like It: Dives deep into cosmic horror and sanity-shattering investigations with dark, atmospheric storytelling.
- #10 Heavy Rain
91% matchVery Positive86% of 31,694 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.1%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Cinematic 14.6%, Story Rich 8.9%, Thriller 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a gritty, suspenseful mystery where your split-second choices determine the fate of characters entangled in a serial killer's plot.
- #11 Detroit: Become Human
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 263,955 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.4%, Multiple Endings 24.3%, Cinematic 23.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 3%
Why You'll Like It: Elevates cinematic choice-driven gameplay to a grand scale where every decision drastically reshapes a sprawling sci-fi narrative.
- #12 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
89% matchMixed66% of 23,731 reviews2023
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Gun Interactive
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 63.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Why similar: Horror 54.7%, Cinematic 27.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the lethal asymmetry and terrifying slasher atmosphere of surviving against a relentless horror icon.
- #13 I Saw Black Clouds
89% matchMixed61% of 668 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: Cinematic 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines live-action cinematic horror with interactive choices to unravel a dark psychological mystery.
- #14 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,092 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Cinematic 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Builds constant dread and atmospheric tension as you try to survive an entity that learns from your mistakes.
- #15 Twin Mirror
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,737 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Cinematic 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Crime 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a psychological thriller where investigating a murder forces you to confront your own inner demons through key choices.
- #16 Beyond: Two Souls
85% matchVery Positive88% of 43,686 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.3%, Cinematic 25.2%, Story Rich 14.7%, Horror 8.8%, Thriller 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends supernatural elements with cinematic storytelling and emotional, consequence-laden choices.
- #17 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
86% matchVery Positive82% of 620 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Dark 8.8%, Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: Engages you in live-action interactive conversations to solve a dark mystery while managing psychological states.
- #18 Blair Witch
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,235 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Dark 10%, Investigation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Traps you in a tense, psychological first-person horror woods experience reminiscent of cinematic narrative dread.
- #19 Heart of the Forest
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 239 reviews2026
Dev: Trapped PredatorPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Why similar: Cinematic 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Explores eerie mythological folklore through interactive fiction and survival-horror decision-making.
- #20 The Wolf Among Us
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 40,310 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.8%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Story Rich 10.6%, Cinematic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a dark, noir-infused narrative adventure where investigative choices dictate the grim fate of fairytale characters.
- #21 House of Lost Souls
83% matchMixed63% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
House of Lost Souls is a story-driven horror game about Jack, who returns to his old family home in search of answers. Explore distorted memories, uncover dark secrets, and learn the truth about the tragedy that changed his life forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Thriller 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Supernatural 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Submerges you in atmospheric psychological horror where navigating dark spaces reveals a haunting story.
- #22 The Walking Dead
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,693 reviews2012
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.4%, Story Rich 20.9%, Horror 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on harrowing moral dilemmas and character relationships in a bleak, story-rich zombie apocalypse.
- #23 Life is Strange - Episode 1
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 176,179 reviews2015
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Why similar: Choices Matter 35.3%, Story Rich 21.9%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a deeply emotional supernatural mystery with time-manipulating mechanics and impactful dialogue choices.
- #24 The Sixth Sorrow
81% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Nezumirra
Windows
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a moody psychological horror journey where your choices shape multiple dark endings.
- #25 Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker
80% 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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Crime 12.8%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on narrative-driven psychological horror and heavy dialogue choices.
- #26 Omen Exitio: Plague
82% matchVery Positive85% of 641 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.5%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a rich text-based lovecraftian mystery where your choices dictate your survival against dark forces.
- #27 Creepy Support
78% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style dark comedy with multiple disturbing endings.
- #28 Care
79% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Horror 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers atmospheric puzzle-horror elements tied together by an eerie narrative mystery.
- #29 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.9%, Horror 14.8%, Cinematic 13%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you with moody horror exploration and impactful narrative choices in a tense setting.
- #30 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
78% matchVery Positive95% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Thriller 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Explores retro-styled point-and-click psychological horror laden with deep lore and dark choices.
- #31 Omen Exitio: Hunger
77% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Crime 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #32 Halloween: The Game
76% matchMixed67% of 15,447 reviews2026
Dev: IllFonicPub: IllFonic Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.
Why similar: Horror 57.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Singleplayer 6.3%, Exploration 4.8%
- #33 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
77% matchMixed57% of 372 reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #34 SILENT HILL: Townfall
76% matchMixed66% of 3,896 reviews2026
Dev: Screen BurnPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Returning to an island town to ‘put things right’, Simon Ordell descends into a world of tense evasion, explosive confrontations, and mind-bending puzzles that slowly surface the truth of St. Amelia.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Cinematic 17.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #35 The Old Flesh of Nuraga
75% matchVery Positive96% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ortica
Windows
Your Grandpa descends into madness in a family cosmic horror. Dig cursed relics, meet eldritch beings, and awaken a forgotten God.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 11.3%
- #36 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
75% matchVery Positive90% of 6,818 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Horror 6.9%, Story Rich 6%
- #37 Rehaunted
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 342 reviews2026
Dev: Cauchemar
Windows
Enter a house where every clue feels wrong. Investigate a brutal crime scene, uncover hidden evidence, and use your detective tools to piece together a disturbing truth buried beneath the silence.
Why similar: Cinematic 15.5%, Supernatural 11.7%, Thriller 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.8%
- #38 The motel
74% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Cinematic 11.1%, Horror 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #39 [HERROR] Gas Station Case
71% matchVery Positive97% of 464 reviews2026
Dev: [HERROR]
Windows
A cinematic, story-driven alien horror set in 1999 Ohio. Work the night shift at a remote gas station. A mysterious briefcase from the lake. Stolen uranium fuel. A blood-covered coworker.
Why similar: Cinematic 15%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Thriller 14.5%, Crime 9.3%
- #40 Killer Frequency
72% matchVery Positive93% of 6,238 reviews2023
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Investigation 11.6%
- #41 Erica
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,765 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Cinematic 10.5%
- #42 What the Fog
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,389 reviews2024
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
What the Fog?! You’ve been sucked into a cursed boardgame! Now you and a friend will need to work together to survive. Run, jump, dash, and shoot to escape swarms of angry monsters in this chaotic co-op roguelite from the world of Dead by Daylight.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #43 We Used to Play Here
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: ThreeFrauds
Windows
Daniel wakes up to the same nightmare every night. A girl he cannot escape. When he finds a missing child report tied to his childhood home, he returns to uncover a truth buried in twisted games and shattered memories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Horror 12.8%, Crime 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Dark 9%
- #44 Witching Hour
73% matchMixed68% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.7%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 10.5%
- #45 Scarlet Hollow
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,335 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14%, Lovecraftian 13%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.7%
- #46 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
71% matchVery Positive82% of 3,016 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Investigation 7.8%
- #47 Layers of Fear
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,749 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Dark 8.7%
- #48 While We Wait Here
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,471 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choices Matter 14%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.6%
- #49 A.I.L.A
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,420 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Cinematic 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Thriller 12.4%, Choices Matter 12%
- #50 Saint Kotar
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #51 Family curse
68% matchVery Positive91% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Thriller 16.8%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #52 SILENT HILL f
65% matchVery Positive80% of 29,564 reviews2025
Dev: NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.Pub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 20.5%, Cinematic 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #53 Moth Lake: A Horror Story
69% matchVery Positive83% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Stefano Mazzotta (Il Sui)Pub: Sui Arts
Windows
This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret. Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%
- #54 Abscission
67% matchVery Positive94% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.1%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Horror 16.9%, Crime 10.8%, Investigation 8.6%
- #55 SILENT HILL 2
64% matchVery Positive95% of 65,757 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Cinematic 12.5%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #56 Dreamless
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years — and it is happening again. You are a high school student about to turn 18… But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 14.5%, Supernatural 11.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #57 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
66% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
- #58 Alone in the Dark
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,932 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Cinematic 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 8.9%
- #59 The Summoning
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%
