- #1 Until Dawn™
97% matchVery Positive83% of 4,730 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.1 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 25%, Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Third Person 8.3%, Cinematic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive cinematic horror experience that established the choice-driven formula used in The Devil in Me.
- #2 The Quarry
96% matchVery Positive82% of 22,702 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.6 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 29.4%, Multiple Endings 20%, Horror 14.5%, Cinematic 12%, Quick-Time Events 9.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game features a similar ensemble cast and high-stakes decision-making in a slasher-horror setting.
- #3 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
96% matchVery Positive89% of 10,539 reviews2021
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.0 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 20.6%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Often considered the strongest entry in the anthology, it features intense action-adventure sequences and deep character relationships.
- #4 The Casting of Frank Stone™
95% matchMixed62% of 5,609 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Choices Matter 19.4%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Cinematic 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven horror game set in the Dead by Daylight universe that mirrors the cinematic, choice-heavy gameplay of the anthology.
- #5 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,527 reviews2019
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 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 31.8%, Horror 17.2%, Cinematic 13%, Co-op 9.1%, Quick-Time Events 8.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: The first entry in the series, offering the same branching narrative structure and multiplayer horror potential.
- #6 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,406 reviews2020
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.3 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 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Quick-Time Events 11% ★, Psychological 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror entry that relies heavily on atmosphere and the consequences of past actions.
- #7 Heavy Rain
93% matchVery Positive86% of 28,418 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.5 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 24.5%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Crime 11.3%, Cinematic 11%, Quick-Time Events 10.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic cinematic thriller that focuses on investigation and the emotional weight of player-driven consequences.
- #8 As Dusk Falls
92% matchVery Positive91% of 4,224 reviews2022
Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Choices Matter 20.6%, Crime 19%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Cinematic 13.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An intense interactive drama that focuses on the long-term impact of difficult moral choices.
- #9 Beyond: Two Souls
91% matchVery Positive88% of 40,195 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 31.9%, Cinematic 16%, Story Rich 14%, Quick-Time Events 10.8% ★, Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive drama that blends supernatural elements with a story-rich, cinematic presentation.
- #10 Detroit: Become Human
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 244,033 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 18.7 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 33.1%, Multiple Endings 26.2%, Cinematic 16.4%, Story Rich 13.6%, Third Person 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in branching narratives where player choices drastically alter the fate of multiple protagonists.
- #11 Alone in the Dark
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,635 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 17.1%, Cinematic 14.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Third Person 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern reimagining of the classic survival horror series that emphasizes puzzle-solving and investigative gameplay.
- #12 The Medium
89% matchVery Positive89% of 9,958 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 25%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Third Person 15.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Story Rich 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses dual-reality mechanics to solve puzzles and uncover a dark mystery.
- #13 The Council
89% matchVery Positive84% of 5,631 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Choices Matter 42%, Story Rich 14.5%, Mystery 11%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique narrative RPG where social manipulation and investigative choices drive the plot forward.
- #14 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,035 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.3 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: Choices Matter 21.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 16.4%, Third Person 11.5%, Cinematic 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fixed-camera horror game that features permadeath and a heavy emphasis on atmosphere and investigation.
- #15 Twin Mirror
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,651 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Choices Matter 17.1%, Crime 16.3%, Psychological 14.4%, Cinematic 11.4%, Third Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological mystery game that features a unique 'Mind Palace' mechanic for piecing together clues.
- #16 Call of Cthulhu®
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,561 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 27.2%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An investigative RPG that forces players to balance sanity with the need to uncover occult secrets.
- #17 Observer: System Redux
86% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 21.2%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Action-Adventure 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror game that focuses on investigation and uncovering disturbing truths in a dystopian setting.
- #18 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,330 reviews2021
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Crime 20.4%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Psychological 10.2%, Third Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world detective game that allows for player-driven deduction and moral choices during investigations.
- #19 Martha Is Dead
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 15.2%, Cinematic 13.9%, Story Rich 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological narrative game that explores trauma and mystery through a mature, realistic lens.
- #20 MADiSON
84% matchVery Positive87% of 3,329 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Survival 12%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Story Rich 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror game that relies on puzzle-solving and environmental storytelling to build dread.
- #21 Erica
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,724 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: Choices Matter 19.9%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Crime 15%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A live-action interactive thriller where every choice feels immediate and impactful to the narrative.
- #22 SIMULACRA
82% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.9%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique found-footage horror game that uses a simulated phone interface to drive the mystery forward.
- #23 Amnesia: The Bunker
80% matchVery Positive93% of 11,778 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 21%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Survival 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes player agency and emergent gameplay within a confined, terrifying space.
- #24 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
82% matchVery Positive82% of 4,789 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.2%, Psychological Horror 21%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes narrative puzzle game that features multiple endings based on player choices and logical deduction.
- #25 Murdered: Soul Suspect
81% matchVery Positive86% of 17,211 reviews2014
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Crime 27%, Horror 20.9%, Mystery 16%, Third Person 13.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural detective game that focuses on solving one's own murder through investigation and spirit abilities.
- #26 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
81% matchVery Positive88% of 8,955 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.8%, Horror 24.7%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric mystery game that prioritizes environmental storytelling and uncovering the truth behind a tragedy.
- #27 What Remains of Edith Finch
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,731 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Story Rich 35.7%, Mystery 19.8%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused exploration game that delivers a series of short, impactful, and branching stories about a cursed family.
- #28 The Inn-Sanity
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,572 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Realistic 8.9%
- #29 The Outlast Trials
76% matchVery Positive93% of 102,823 reviews2024
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Co-op 14.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Realistic 9%
- #30 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
78% matchVery Positive83% of 2,770 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.9 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: Choices Matter 18.3%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #31 Directive 8020
77% matchMixed64% of 1,593 reviews2026
Dev: Supermassive Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Quick-Time Events 11.6% ★, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 9.4%
- #32 The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me - Friend's Pass
79% matchMostly Negative33% of 262 reviews2023
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Cinematic 18.8%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Horror 15.4%, Realistic 12.9%
- #33 REANIMAL
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 21,977 reviews2026
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Horror 27.4%, Third Person 17.3%, Cinematic 16.5%, Co-op 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #34 Layers of Fear
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,635 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 22.2%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Horror 21.2%, Story Rich 12%, Mystery 11.3%
- #35 Welcome to Kowloon
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,881 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Realistic 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #36 Maid of Sker
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,408 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 26.1%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
- #37 Demonologist
73% matchVery Positive85% of 23,709 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Wizard Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Cinematic 19.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Co-op 12.1%
- #38 The Haunted Building
74% matchVery Positive87% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 20%, Horror 16.5%, Realistic 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, 1990's 9.9%
- #39 The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
72% matchVery Positive94% of 3,064 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENTPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 21%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Mystery 14.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Cinematic 10.4%
- #40 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,305 reviews2016
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Crime 27.3%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Third Person 14.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #41 Butcherman
71% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Psychological 14.9%, Cinematic 11.7%, Realistic 11.4%
- #42 They See Us
72% matchVery Positive89% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: MalumGames
Windows
They See Us is a multiplayer horror game built for creepy vibes, scream-worthy jump scares and hilarious co-op tension. Work together to spot terrifying anomalies lurking in familiar places – before they find you!
Why similar: Choices Matter 23%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 18.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%
- #43 Crimson Snow (2023)
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,509 reviews2023
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.2%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Cinematic 12.4%
- #44 SILENT HILL 2
67% matchVery Positive95% of 61,098 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 26.6 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 20.7%, Horror 16%, Psychological 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 10%
- #45 Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,445 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 20%, Psychological 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #46 Dead Take
67% matchVery Positive88% of 807 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Story Rich 15%, Psychological 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #47 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,295 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Mystery 17.8%, Story Rich 14.4%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #48 The motel
68% matchVery Positive85% of 128 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: Multiple Endings 21.2%, Crime 18.9%, Horror 17.3%, Cinematic 12%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #49 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
71% matchVery Positive83% of 601 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 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: Psychological 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #50 Mists of Aiden
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Mystery 10%, Story Rich 8%
- #51 Mirror Forge
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Psychological 13.4%
- #52 Murder House
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,305 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Third Person 12.7%, Cinematic 9.9%, Survival 9.9%
- #53 THIEF'S SHELTER
66% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
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 26.8%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Story Rich 14.2%, Cinematic 12.5%
- #54 NightCry
71% matchMixed59% of 298 reviews2016
Dev: Nude MakerPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
NightCry is set on a cruise ship, and you have been invited along for the cruise of a (possibly short) lifetime. While your surroundings are luxurious and the guests are friendly, not everything is as it should be. The guests and the crew start to turn up dead, the victims of some foul murderer.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.9%, Third Person 14.2%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Cinematic 11.2%
- #55 Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86
65% matchVery Positive88% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror anthology inspired by real-life cases. In Route 86, a group of friends ends up in a remote nightmare. Explore, hide, and survive in this first-person experience with multiple playable characters and rising tension.
Why similar: Crime 33.4%, Horror 16.8%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Cinematic 13.7%, Atmospheric 11%
- #56 Death Frame
65% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Psychological 19.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #57 The Walking Evil
70% matchMixed55% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Multiple Endings 15.1%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Third Person 12.2%, Psychological 11%
- #58 Psychopath Massacre
67% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
George Dinescu kidnapped you in his home in Romania. Get out alive while utilizing a V.H.S camera to film everything that happens inside. Torture, murder, and dismemberment take place inside the house, exposing the frightening legacy of a serial killer's decade of terror.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological 16.6%, Realistic 14.5%, Cinematic 12.6%