Games Like The Cat Lady

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 17.7%, Point & Click 16.3%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creator as The Cat Lady, this game shares the same dark, surreal, and psychological horror DNA.

The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...

Why similar: Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Dark 9%

Why You'll Like It: As the final chapter in the trilogy, it continues the thematic exploration of trauma and supernatural horror found in The Cat Lady.

Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...

Why similar: Cats 18%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title maintains the signature dark atmosphere and mature storytelling style characteristic of Harvester Games.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Point & Click 15.8%, Horror 12.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Psychological 8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a young protagonist navigating a disturbing, surreal world that mirrors the psychological depth and unsettling imagery of The Cat Lady.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a dark, story-rich experience with a unique art style that explores heavy themes through the eyes of a child.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Point & Click 10.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A powerful psychological horror game that uses atmospheric storytelling to explore historical and personal trauma.

An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 15.5%, Point & Click 13.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Dark 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An episodic, dark, and psychological adventure that deals with trauma and mystery in a way that resonates with fans of Susan Ashworth's journey.

The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!

Why similar: Point & Click 33.1%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 7.8%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click horror game that shares the bleak, psychological intensity and mature subject matter of The Cat Lady.

Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.1%, Horror 25.4%, Story Rich 18.2%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building a slow-burn, atmospheric horror experience through its point-and-click gameplay and Lovecraftian themes.

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 32%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Indie 5.1%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a striking art style to convey the visceral, terrifying experience of living with mental illness and intrusive thoughts.

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Dark 8.1%, Psychological 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological adventure game that focuses on the protagonist's internal struggle and sense of isolation.

Stray Cat Crossing is an indie pixel horror game about an encounter with a mysterious little girl named Cat. Explore a surreal world filled with colorful characters, challenging riddles, and dark secrets.

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Surreal 18.2%, Female Protagonist 17%, Adventure 15%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game that uses surreal imagery and a dark atmosphere to tell a haunting, character-focused story.

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 53.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 4.5%, Psychological 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D psychological horror game that focuses on guilt and human nature, mirroring the internal struggle of the seed game.

Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.

Why similar: Horror 40.6%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling horror game that emphasizes the psychological state of its female protagonist as she navigates a nightmare world.

You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 16.6%, Point & Click 15%, Surreal 10.9%, Story Rich 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the psychological exploration of the first game with an even stronger emphasis on narrative and emotional impact.

There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Exploration 7%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, atmospheric horror game that uses symbolism and exploration to tell a dark, psychological tale.

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Dark 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong female lead and explores dual realities, blending psychological horror with a deep, mystery-driven plot.

Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Story Rich 7.2%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal psychological horror point-and-click game that explores the fractured mind of its protagonist in a surreal environment.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Psychological Horror 25%, Point & Click 24.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game that captures a similar sense of dread and dark, indie-focused psychological storytelling.

A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychological 14.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Dark 10%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that relies on psychological tension and a dark, unsettling atmosphere to keep the player engaged.

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Point & Click 96.6%, Female Protagonist 0.9%, Detective 0.8%, Adventure 0.5%, Psychological Horror 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure with a strong, complex female lead that deals with past trauma and dark secrets.

Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Why similar: Point & Click 16.6%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Surreal 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that offers multiple endings and a bleak, surreal world that feels very similar to The Cat Lady.

You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological point-and-click adventure that challenges the player with cryptic puzzles and a haunting narrative.

Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Point & Click 11.7%, Surreal 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click game that takes the player through surreal, psychological landscapes in a quest for healing.

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Psychological 17.3%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Dark 13%, Story Rich 12.7%, Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven thriller that relies on atmosphere and psychological tension to uncover a dark past.

Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Point & Click 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Emotional 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a female lead that focuses on the terrifying nature of dreams and nightmares.

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Point & Click 14.8%, Horror 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Surreal 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric point-and-click adventure that focuses on mystery and the unsettling nature of a small, isolated community.

When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.8%, Female Protagonist 19%, Detective 12.2%, Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click series featuring a female protagonist dealing with supernatural events and personal growth.

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Point & Click 14.4%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Psychological 12%, Female Protagonist 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, dark, and poignant game that explores the difficult themes of childhood trauma and neglect.

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Story Rich 15.4%, Point & Click 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich horror adventure where the protagonist uses supernatural abilities to uncover dark family secrets.

You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 15.9%, Realistic 13.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Horror 11.9%

Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.

Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Story Rich 6.3%

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: Horror 44.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Story Rich 7.4%, Dark 5.9%

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

Why similar: Cats 33%, Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Indie 13.7%, Story Rich 12.6%

Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Surreal 14.4%, Horror 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Psychological 11%

Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.6%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Surreal 10.6%

A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.

Why similar: Cats 31.1%, Emotional 17.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

Why similar: Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10.8%, Surreal 9.6%

An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Cats 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 11.9%

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.4%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Dark 11.8%

"The Lady" is a 2D Surreal Puzzle Horror, featuring hand drawn character art, stop motion animation, and a hauntingly abrasive Noisecore Soundtrack. The game features the most unique female protagonist to ever exist in a video game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 23.5%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Puzzle 7.6%

Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 7.4%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Point & Click 14.5%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

A better place. Made just for us. – A 2D platformer about a liquid cat and her friends.

Why similar: Cats 32.9%, Adventure 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Indie 14.2%, Story Rich 8.7%

Cat Silence is a horror suspense puzzle game with urban legend themes. The story takes place in an abandoned experimental middle school. With the deepening of the investigation, the unknown and long-buried bloody stories of this school slowly emerged, putting together a chilling truth...

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Dark 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%

Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Detective 14.5%, Horror 14.4%, Point & Click 14%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 17%, Point & Click 14.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Dark 9%

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Story Rich 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Dark 10.2%

In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.

Why similar: Point & Click 40%, Horror 27.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.

Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Horror 17.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 9.2%

Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological 17.9%, Surreal 13.4%, Story Rich 13%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological 13%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Surreal 8.7%

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Why similar: Detective 13.3%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Point & Click 9.7%

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Dark 8.2%

Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.8%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Detective 13.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 5.1%

Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Surreal 16.8%, Psychological 15.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dark 10.9%

You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 20.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Dark 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.2%

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Horror 21%, Psychological 15.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Adventure 10.8%

You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Point & Click 10.2%, Dark 8.6%

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

Why similar: Cats 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 17.6%, Stylized 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%