Games Like The Dark Inside Me

A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.

Why similar: Sexual Content 32.6%, Nudity 28.1%, Gore 10.3%, Horror 9.4%, Violent 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the seed game's focus on mature, explicit, and dark psychological horror themes within a narrative-driven adventure.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Point & Click 14.8%, Dark 12%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential dark, mature, and psychological point-and-click horror game that deals with heavy themes of trauma and despair.

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: Point & Click 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13.1%, Gore 12.9%, Dark 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click game that explores disturbing, surreal imagery through the eyes of a child, mirroring the seed game's unsettling nature.

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: Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Point & Click 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Gore 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: From the same developer as The Cat Lady, this title offers a similarly grim, violent, and surreal point-and-click horror experience.

A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!

Why similar: Gore 28.1%, Horror 19.3%, Point & Click 16.3%, Violent 14%, Dark Humor 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cult classic point-and-click adventure that features extreme, disturbing, and satirical violence similar to the seed game's tone.

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.3%, Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric point-and-click horror game that leans heavily into gore, isolation, and a dark, oppressive atmosphere.

This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Why similar: Sexual Content 18.2%, Dark 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 8.3%, Mystery 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the human psyche through surreal, dream-like investigation mechanics that mirror the seed game's psychological focus.

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 27.1%, Gore 26%, Psychological Horror 17%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the manifestation of mental illness through disturbing, hand-drawn, and visceral horror imagery.

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Psychological 17.5%, Horror 11%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A mature point-and-click mystery that deals with dark family secrets and psychological tension.

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 15.1%, Sexual Content 10.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dual-reality mechanic that explores psychological horror and trauma in a dark, atmospheric setting.

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 24.5%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Dark 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror adventure that delves into the fractured mind of its protagonist through surreal and disturbing scenarios.

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Gore 16.5%, Violent 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A photorealistic horror adventure that blends psychological tension with historical mystery and violent encounters.

TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

Why similar: Gore 21%, Point & Click 16.9%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal point-and-click adventure that features a bleak, nightmare-inspired aesthetic similar to the seed game.

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 63.3%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Dark 3.7%, Psychological 3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses a 2D point-and-click style to explore themes of guilt, greed, and moral decay.

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 13.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on the descent into madness through exploration and narrative discovery.

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Point & Click 25.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click horror adventure that emphasizes Lovecraftian dread and psychological investigation.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 51.2%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, Story Rich 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, cyberpunk-infused psychological horror game that forces players to navigate the disturbing memories of others.

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: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Dark 16.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror experience that focuses on the mental breakdown of an artist, utilizing shifting environments to create dread.

An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.

Why similar: Gore 19.6%, Horror 16.2%, Point & Click 15%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Dark 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric point-and-click horror game set in a sprawling, decaying mental institution.

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Horror 14.2%, Gore 13.2%, Violent 13.1%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator style psychological horror game that focuses on disturbing, surreal imagery and narrative exposition.

Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.

Why similar: Gore 19.6%, Horror 16%, Dark 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes choices and the protagonist's internal struggle.

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 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Point & Click 9.3%, Dark 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling psychological horror game that uses cultural folklore to tell a deeply disturbing and mature story.

Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.

Why similar: Psychological 20%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intense psychological horror experience that focuses on family tragedy and supernatural manifestations.

Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the FREE, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS.

Why similar: Gore 23.9%, Violent 17.6%, Horror 16.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A free, gore-filled sci-fi horror point-and-click adventure that maintains a high level of tension and disturbing imagery.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Gore 24.1%, Horror 17.6%, Violent 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy psychological horror game that explores the dark history of a suburban home.

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 97.6%, Adventure 0.6%, Mystery 0.6%, Psychological Horror 0.3%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more grounded, this point-and-click mystery explores dark, mature themes and personal trauma in a small-town setting.

In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Dark 10.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that uses pixel art to convey deep psychological distress and surreal, nightmarish encounters.

At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

Why similar: Gore 45.8%, Horror 16.8%, Adventure 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art adventure that blends science fiction with horror, featuring mature themes and violent consequences.

NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.

Why similar: Gore 25.5%, Violent 19.2%, Point & Click 8.2%, Horror 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that uses a unique art style to depict gore and violent, surreal themes.

The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Dark 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Story Rich 6.1%

The Archetype is a psychological-horror where you'll be in control (or not) of Archty's psychological aspects, like Fear, Despair, Anxiety, Sadness, Jealousy, Anger, Aggression, Libido, Envy, Guilt, Depression and Solitude.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.7%, Adventure 31.9%, Story Rich 18.3%, Atmospheric 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on atmosphere and the exploration of a dark, mysterious environment.

The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

Why similar: Violent 21.5%, Horror 21.2%, Gore 16.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 9.3%

A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.

Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Point & Click 15.5%, Gore 14.9%, Nudity 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, World War II 13.2% ★, Horror 12.5%, Nudity 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.

Why similar: Gore 18.1%, Nudity 15.9%, Violent 13.4%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...

Why similar: Gore 18%, Violent 12.5%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9%

The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.

Why similar: Gore 23.3%, Violent 17.7%, Horror 11%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Why similar: Gore 27.2%, Horror 26%, Violent 21.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Adventure 8%

Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological 13.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Dark 11.2%

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Gore 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Dark 16.7%, Violent 13%

A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.

Why similar: Adventure 17.7%, Point & Click 16.1%, Gore 12.7%, Indie 12.2%, Nudity 9.1%

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Mystery 6.7%

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: Dark 18.1%, Psychological 17.3%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Mystery 9.9%

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Gore 22%, Horror 18.5%, Violent 17.8%, Nudity 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Gore 20.8%, Nudity 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 9.1%

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 40.9%, Horror 24.8%, Adventure 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%

Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Gore 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Violent 12%, Dark 10.9%

You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...

Why similar: Gore 23%, Horror 14.1%, Violent 14%, Dark 8%, Psychological 7.8%

The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Gore 17.7%, Dark 16.4%, Violent 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.

Why similar: Gore 22.2%, Horror 15.7%, Violent 13%, Psychological 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 15.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 14.8%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological 11.4%

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 24%, Sexual Content 15.3%, Horror 13.8%, Nudity 13%, Dark 9.4%

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

Why similar: Psychological 34.1%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Atmospheric 16%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 6.6%

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Horror 34%, Psychological 21.2%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 12.6%, Story Rich 6.6%

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Gore 14.8%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 6.3%

Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Dark 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 9.8%

THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.

Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Point & Click 18.6%, Dark 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 8%

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 23.8%, Violent 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 10.9%, Adventure 9.1%

An interactive psychological horror drama.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Dark 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Story Rich 9.5%