Games Like The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

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: Multiple Endings 19.9%, Horror 16.7%, Quick-Time Events 14.7% ★, Multiplayer 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, this cinematic horror game features branching paths and high-stakes decision-making.

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: Horror 26.8%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Quick-Time Events 11.2% ★, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This definitive cinematic horror experience set the standard for the choice-driven gameplay found in Little Hope.

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: Survival Horror 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mythology 13.1%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the same anthology series that maintains the signature co-op horror and branching narrative structure.

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: Co-op 21.6%, Horror 18.1%, Quick-Time Events 11.7% ★, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The first entry in the anthology, offering a similar multiplayer horror experience with multiple endings based on player choices.

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: Multiple Endings 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Quick-Time Events 11% ★, Psychological 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This installment refines the series' mechanics while delivering the same tense, story-rich horror gameplay.

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.4%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Supernatural 10%, Story Rich 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy horror game from the same universe that focuses on cinematic storytelling and impactful choices.

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: Multiple Endings 30.6%, Quick-Time Events 25.1% ★, Story Rich 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Mystery 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic interactive drama that pioneered the cinematic, choice-heavy gameplay style seen in modern horror titles.

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: Multiple Endings 44.8%, Story Rich 25.8%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Horror 3%, Violent 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi, it is the pinnacle of choice-driven, cinematic narrative games where every decision drastically alters the outcome.

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: Quick-Time Events 21.8% ★, Story Rich 20.2%, Co-op 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Horror 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven experience offers a cinematic journey with significant branching paths and emotional weight.

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 29%, Horror 24.2%, Story Rich 21.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Dark 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in choice-driven storytelling where character relationships and survival are dictated by player decisions.

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: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Survival Horror 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends Lovecraftian psychological horror with investigative mechanics and choice-based narrative consequences.

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 24.8%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 18.9%, Story Rich 12.4%, Mystery 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological thriller that emphasizes narrative depth and atmospheric horror in a historical setting.

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Why similar: Episodic 21.4% ★, Story Rich 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique narrative RPG where choices and character interactions have profound effects on the story's progression.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Supernatural 21.2%, Story Rich 17.5%, Horror 15%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Mystery 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural thriller that uses a branching dialogue system to drive the narrative and character relationships.

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 20%, Horror 19.3%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Supernatural 11.2%, Story Rich 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated psychological horror experience that uses shifting environments to tell a haunting, story-rich tale.

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: Survival Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 10.1%, Supernatural 10%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes permadeath and narrative investigation, capturing a classic horror feel.

Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

Why similar: Supernatural 21.2%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Mystery 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the supernatural, choice-driven narrative style of its predecessor with an even more atmospheric mystery.

As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Psychological 11%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that forces players to navigate between two realities to solve mysteries and survive.

Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Co-op 10.6%, Gore 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-based horror game that focuses on atmospheric tension and a deep, folklore-inspired story.

Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.6%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Supernatural 13.4%, Mystery 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern atmospheric horror game that balances mystery and narrative with intense survival sequences.

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 28.2%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Survival 9.3%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that blends historical mystery with modern-day tension and branching narrative elements.

Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric adventure that relies on environmental storytelling and tension to convey its horror.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Survival Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 10.5%, Story Rich 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A profound psychological horror game that prioritizes a deep, thought-provoking story over traditional jump scares.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Dark 15.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original game in the series, offering a masterclass in visual storytelling and unsettling, atmospheric horror.

London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Story Rich 23.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Dark 12.9%, Gore 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy game forces players to make difficult moral choices that directly impact the world and the story's conclusion.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival 16%, Supernatural 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on survival, it offers a highly immersive, atmospheric horror experience where player choices dictate survival.

In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.

Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Psychological Horror 36.1%, Story Rich 21.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A creative psychological horror game that weaves narrative storytelling into its unique, mind-bending level design.

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Gore 10.5%, Survival Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror visual novel that is famous for its branching paths and multiple, often gruesome, endings.

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 30.4%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Multiple Endings 21%, Story Rich 16.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tense psychological horror game that excels at building atmosphere and delivering a complex, story-rich experience.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Mystery 27.3%, Horror 25.2%, Supernatural 19.6%, Story Rich 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric narrative game that focuses on exploration and piecing together a dark, supernatural mystery.

The creators of Little Nightmares™ I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother & sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.

Why similar: Co-op 32.4%, Horror 31%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Dark 13.7%, Mystery 4.4%

Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.

Why similar: Co-op 30.6%, Horror 24.9%, Multiplayer 16%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Dark 7.1%

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Co-op 20.7%, Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Multiplayer 13.5%

Sign of Silence is a 4-player cooperative horror game set in dreadful outskirts of Danwille town. Whether you will escape the place or stay here forever depends on cautious and coordinated actions of the whole team!

Why similar: Co-op 26.2%, Horror 25.7%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Together After Dark is a co-op horror psychological game with a survival touch for 1-4 players. 4 Teens are stuck in the forest and need to find a way out but they are not alone

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Co-op 12.3%

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Dark 10.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%

For some time now, Leafmore High School has been the setting for unexplained disappearances. In this survival horror game, you take control of a group of 5 American students. With your friends, you try to unravel the mysterious happenings at this unremarkable-looking school. The night will be long and survival not will not be easy...

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.9%, Horror 32.7%, Co-op 18.1%, Survival 7%, Multiplayer 3.3%

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Co-op 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 14.9%, Co-op 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Supernatural 10.8%

Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Horror 14.6%, Co-op 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%

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: Co-op 20.6%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Mystery 10.5%

10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.

Why similar: Horror 45%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Co-op 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

School 666 is a 1-4 Player Co-op Survival Horror. You must escape this endless nightmare. Try to identify the correct path and survive the anomalies in this endless school. Some extremely powerful anomalies will catch you to their dimensions. Explore the reason why you are here... and don't die.

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Supernatural 21.5%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Mystery 5.6%

A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.6%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13%

Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.

Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Supernatural 15.6%, Dark 8.7%

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Gore 13.6%, Dark 12.4%, Supernatural 11.8%

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: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Gore 14.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Dark 10%

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: Survival Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 18%, Psychological 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

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: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.8%, Psychological 14.9%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Supernatural 11.5%

Don’t play alone – invite a friend and double the scares during your time in The Devil In Me. The Friend's Pass works on a single save game and allows you and a friend one full playthrough of The Devil In Me with only one full version of the game.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Gore 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Violent 8.3%

Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Co-op 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Survival Horror 5.2%

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9%

Stay Close is open-world horror game, with options for single-player and co-op. It has an unique and new gameplay approach unseen so far in any other game. You'll find yourself in a creepy and anomalous town, what is your next move?

Why similar: Co-op 30.9%, Horror 28.5%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

A short narrative horror experience, in which you find yourself in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm without knowing what has happened to the driver or the other passengers in the vehicle, you just know that there is something out there lurking.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Supernatural 12.5%

The train is the only escape.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Horror 18.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Gore 15.8%, Violent 11%

Two years ago, a group of young teenagers found themselves trapped inside their school. They suffered through the longest night of their lives, chased by abominable creatures created by their principal. Some of them survived that terrible night, while others perished.

Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Survival Horror 27.5%, Co-op 22.5%, Survival 8.2%, Multiplayer 3.6%

The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. 1-4 players explore procedurally-generated missions against a fearsome enemy you can only see with your eyes closed.

Why similar: Co-op 30.6%, Horror 29.7%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival Horror 4.4%