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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Horror, Adventure, Survival.

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  1. #1 SPAGHET 2: Al Dente Chapter
    97% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
    Dev: Torrey DanielPub: TD Indie
    Windows

    You just couldn't keep your hands to yourself... could you?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 26.3%, Survival 25.6%, Horror 15.9%, Action 15.4%, 3D 7.2%

  2. #2 Woodlands
    96% matchMostly Negative29% of 295 reviews2017
    Dev: Acuze Interactives
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    Survive. Build shelter. Build a fire. Scavenge and kill for materials. Craft. Eat and drink. Do what you need to do to survive.

    Why similar: Survival 27.7%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Action 13.2%, Indie 12.7%, Adventure 12.3%

  3. #3 P.A.M.E.L.A.®
    96% matchMixed59% of 924 reviews2020
    Dev: NVYVE® Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Explore, fight, and survive as an awakened sleeper, in a fallen utopian city ravaged by a horrific disease. With an array of hi-tech weapons, highly immersive UI, full-body awareness, and much more, P.A.M.E.L.A. delivers an intense and unforgiving survival experience.

    Why similar: Survival 24.2%, Open World 21.9%, Survival Horror 21.5%, Horror 12.4%, Action 7.3%

  4. #4 Pursuer
    94% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2019
    Dev: AntonyStiv
    Windows

    You are a pursuer, and your job is to catch a criminal who has more than 20 victims.

    Why similar: Open World 20.1%, Action 18.7%, Survival 18.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Horror 13.3%

  5. #5 Mia's Hunt
    92% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2024
    Dev: Synax
    Windows

    In Mia's Hunt, you plunge headfirst into the heart of darkness, a dense, zombie-infested world where survival is a moment-to-moment struggle. As the 21-year-old Mia, your every step could mean the difference between life and death.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Survival 23%, Horror 16.4%, Open World 16.1%, Adventure 14.6%

  6. #6 The Last Curse
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Aurex Studio
    Windows

    The Last Curse is a first-person psychological horror game. Uncover terrifying secrets, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate dark, atmospheric environments where fear lurks around every corner. Trust your instincts to survive the night.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 19.7%, Action 19%, Indie 4.4%

  7. #7 Bigfoot Forest
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 187 reviews2021
    Dev: Kiddy
    Windows

    Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.

    Why similar: Survival 21.5%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Action 12.6%

  8. #8 Lost Room: Escape
    90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Fantastica Games
    Windows

    As twilight descends and the world plunges into darkness, you, a seasoned police officer, find yourself answering a harrowing call that shatters the peace of a quiet, unassuming neighborhood. The distressed voice on the other end speaks of Lost Apartment, a place steeped in sinister legends.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 35.2%, Horror 23.4%, Action 18.7%, 3D 14.4%, Indie 4.8%

  9. #9 Backrooms: No Way Out
    89% matchMixed55% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: ShreddedDev
    Windows

    Backrooms: No Way Out is a 1-4 player liminal horror game. Explore various backrooms levels, avoid entities, solve puzzles, and search for a way out.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Survival 22.9%, Horror 18.5%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 9.2%

  10. #10 Joe's Diner
    89% matchMostly Negative39% of 262 reviews2015
    Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe’s Diner. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains are laid to rest; while alive each could not stand the other.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31.1%, Horror 26.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 15.6%, Indie 11.2%

  11. #11 Ka Mate
    88% matchMixed40% of 35 reviews2021
    Dev: 2645Interactive
    Windows

    An adventurous TV presenter goes to New Zealand. He want to find this place to investigate the story of Maori & Haka Dance. The adventurous who encounters with unexpected events will have to struggle for life against wildlife.

    Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Open World 29.5%, Action 15%, Adventure 14%, Indie 10.1%

  12. #12 DESOLATE
    86% matchMixed66% of 8,063 reviews2019
    Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

    Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Open World 32.1%, Horror 18.4%, Adventure 5.5%, Survival Horror 5.4%

  13. #13 Duder
    87% matchMostly Negative32% of 41 reviews2018
    Dev: HorrorC
    Windows
    Median: 0 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%

    Duder is a new horror with the familiar game concept, an unusual ending and full immersion in an atmosphere of fear in which you have to explore the dense forest and escape from the terrible creature that will haunt you everywhere.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Survival 27.9%, Horror 18.3%, Adventure 15%, Indie 10.8%

  14. #14 Basement3
    84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Zimka2024
    Windows

    Your task is to escape from the basement in which the maniac locked you.

    Why similar: Survival 28.1%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Action 18.4%, Horror 15.3%, 3D 10.6%

  15. #15 Survive Avalon
    85% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
    Dev: Sky Empire Games
    Windows

    Open World, Survival, Crafting, Dungeons

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Open World 23.4%, Survival 22.1%, Horror 11.1%, Action 8.2%

  16. #16 AsHes
    82% matchMixed61% of 247 reviews2024
    Dev: Yanmo Games
    Windows

    This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.

    Why similar: Open World 27.2%, Survival 21.9%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Action 6.6%

  17. #17 Rainbow Gate
    82% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2026
    Dev: 7EVIL Studio
    Windows

    Rainbow Gate is a survival horror game set in an abandoned toy factory and amusement park that was once full of joy, but has now become a deadly trap. You are trapped in a twisted game, forced to find a way to escape from the lurking shadows and relentless Animatronics before it’s too late.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28.9%, Survival 25%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 11.3%, 3D 5.8%

  18. #18 Ice Star Tribes
    84% matchNo user reviews2020
    Dev: Avisgames
    Windows

    Action , adventure shooter in the dark world.

    Why similar: Open World 29.9%, Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 18%, Action 16.7%, 3D 8.1%

  19. #19 BlackFaith
    83% matchMostly Negative35% of 386 reviews2018
    Dev: JUBSTUDIO
    Windows

    BlackFaith a Survival horror game based on local horror stories podcast

    Why similar: Survival 33.5%, Survival Horror 27.5%, Horror 19.7%, Open World 9.6%, Indie 4.9%

  20. #20 Don't Look
    81% matchMixed40% of 60 reviews2020
    Dev: DygoDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Don't Look is a horror game where you are being hunted by things that can only move when you see them. With no explanation or recollection of where you came from your only objective is to survive and make it out of that hell and hopefully uncover some secrets on the way.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 32.5%, Survival 24.7%, Horror 21%, Adventure 8.7%, 3D 8.1%

  21. #21 Shirazu Yama
    81% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
    Dev: B-Bits
    Windows

    First-person horror action game. Stranded on a mountain, you can only rely on your lighter to show you the way through the dark forest. Can you overcome your fear and find the way out?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 41.3%, Horror 26.6%, Action 17.3%, 3D 11.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  22. #22 Climb up the down
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: RG-Studio
    Windows

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34%, Action 20.8%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 4.5%

  23. #23 MaskuLand Survival
    79% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: DR_Godot_Dev
    Windows

    You are Masku, an explorer who crash-landed in an unknown world carrying a rare cure for your son! To breathe you need special Masks, each one grants you a unique ability! Repair your balloon and get supplies, fight you way back home! His life depends on you! You need to SURVIVE!

    Why similar: Survival 25.4%, Survival Horror 23.7%, Open World 23.1%, Horror 12.2%, Adventure 7.1%

  24. #24 The Nurse
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ASKIR Games
    Windows

    Hide wherever you can, look for everything you can use, be quiet to avoid attracting attention, protect yourself from the enemy's bloodthirst, Katherine sees and hears everything, don't get caught in her sight. Explore the territory, find a way to escape from this hell.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Survival 25.4%, Horror 17.1%, Action 9.9%, 3D 8.1%

  25. #25 Alone in the Dark (2008)
    79% matchMixed40% of 1,505 reviews2013
    Dev: Eden GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    The game that started the popular survival horror genre returns better than ever! Players control Edward Carnby, the main character from the original Alone in the Dark, on a thrilling journey through a dark and terrifying re-creation of New York's Central Park where Carnby must discover the truth behind a dark conspiracy.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 22.9%, Open World 13.7%, Action 13%, Adventure 12.6%

  26. #26 Protocol Nightmare
    76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Cauan BuzolinPub: Buzolin Studios
    Windows

    Survive three nights of absolute terror while more than 10 monsters hunt you down. Explore secret paths, complete tasks, use your flashlight and scanner, upgrade your abilities, and face an intense survival experience.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 37.1%, Horror 22.3%, Action 20.7%, Indie 10.8%, Adventure 6.4%

  27. #27 Block Granny Horror Survival
    78% matchMixed49% of 45 reviews2019
    Dev: Polantronic
    Windows

    Survive on the island and protect your family. Granny comes to hurt your wife or child. Craft weapons (bow, club, arrows) and fight Collect the food and feed your family.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 36.5%, Horror 23.5%, Action 22%, Adventure 18%

  28. #28 Dimmed Light
    76% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
    Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
    Windows

    You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 26.7%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 21.2%, Horror 14.8%, Indie 14.6%

  29. #29 Deathly Dominion
    75% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2024
    Dev: xHARDHeMPuS
    Windows

    Deathly Dominion is an intense survival game where players face endless hordes of zombies in a post-apocalyptic world. Each wave brings new challenges, requiring quick skills and well-thought-out strategies to survive. An immersive and challenging game for fans of the genre.

    Why similar: Survival 18.3%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Action 14.6%, Open World 12.3%

  30. #30 Phantaruk
    77% matchMixed61% of 241 reviews2016
    Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Action 22.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Horror 19.3%, Indie 13.9%

  31. #31 Dark Fairy Tales: The Boogeyman
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Density Games
    Windows

    Deep in the forest is the old manor. 4 innocents want to know if the myth of Ouija is true, but they never expect the presence of a real devil. Now they have to pay for their curiosity and for their lives because the Boogeyman is going to hunt them down.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Survival 25.6%, Horror 15.7%, Action 14.2%, Open World 10.7%

  32. #32 祟り坂 | TATARI Curse road
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: STUDIO DYD
    Windows

    A simple survival horror set in a hilly town where you must escape from a ghost. There are no puzzles, item usage, or complex controls. If you fail, try again, memorize the roads, and find your way to the goal.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 37.7%, Horror 25.3%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 7.8%

  33. #33 Faiths End - 2D Survival Horror
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Aaron BestPub: BadBunny Games
    Windows

    When Matilda Stockwood's partner is abducted her only hope is to follow the trail back to her childhood home, but the once idyllic town of Raven's Point isn't exactly how she remembers.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Action 18.2%, Survival 16.4%, Adventure 16.4%, Horror 11.9%

  34. #34 The Echo Escape
    73% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: mumumu
    Windows

    Escape from the suspicious space by eluding [them].

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Horror 21.7%, Survival 13.9%, Indie 9.3%, 3D 8.8%

  35. #35 Deathtouch
    72% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: RichoPOV
    Windows

    DEATHTOUCH is an open-world horror game where exploration leads to hidden secrets—and lurking nightmares. Uncover mysterious locations, navigate eerie environments, and survive terrifying encounters in a world that feels truly alive.

    Why similar: Survival 31%, Open World 26.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Action 10.8%, Survival Horror 8.1%

  36. #36 The Skeleton
    73% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2018
    Dev: ZIGGSTER GAMES
    Windows

    The Skeleton is a Survival Horror Game in which you must survive for as long as you can. Meanwhile, A Skeleton is trying to kill you and you must try to do whatever you can to escape him.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Action 21%, Survival 20.9%, Horror 16.2%, Adventure 12.7%

  37. #37 Funtime with Buffy
    72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2020
    Dev: Darius Bucataru
    Windows

    Things are not going so well since you've been left alone in the house. Your friendly plushie toy, Buffy, is not so friendly anymore. Otherwise he's haunting you all along.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Survival 20.8%, Horror 20.3%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 7.1%

  38. #38 The Ancient Labyrinth
    71% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2019
    Dev: Nicola Gaeta
    Windows · Mac

    The Ancient Labyrinth is a psychological horror game set in a mysterious labyrinth which hides a terrible secret. Play as a man who has lost his memory, trapped for some strange reason and stalked by a frightening monster that will hunt him the whole time.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 20.6%, Action 19.3%, Survival 17.4%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 12.8%

  39. #39 Creature Hunt
    71% matchMostly Negative40% of 40 reviews2019
    Dev: Bisquit Play
    Windows

    Creature Hunt is a combination of a survival horror and a hunting simulator. According to some articles in the local press, a few days ago several bodies of dead tourists were found in the woods of North Carolina.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Open World 20.1%, Survival 17%, Action 11.6%, Horror 11.1%

  40. #40 Dashie's Puh-ranormal Activity
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2021
    Dev: GFJ Studios, LLC
    Windows

    Dashie's Puh-ranormal Activity is a 3D comedy/horror game developed for the YouTuber Dashie. (YouTube: DashieGames, DashieXP, DashieXP2). The game features various references to Dashie's skits and videos. In this game, Dashie is being haunted by the ghost of his ex and former skit characters.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Survival 23.4%, Horror 19.3%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 8.7%

  41. #41 Nightmare on Azathoth
    71% matchMixed57% of 30 reviews2015
    Dev: Modesto RabenaPub: Divergent Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Nightmare on Azathoth is a dark game, in which you might not want to find the truth. Manage your base, scavenge, collect memory fragments, and collect resources to power up your spaceship to escape this planet. Death only brings an endless time loop, that restarts everything on the 4th day.

    Why similar: Survival 25.5%, Survival Horror 24.6%, Action 19.3%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 12.1%

  42. #42 The Mine
    70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2016
    Dev: Stepanov Dmitriy
    Windows

    You will find a fascinating and frightening adventure through the old mine in Soviet Union, where you have to hide from enemies in order to survive and figure out what else hiding the old mine

    Why similar: Survival Horror 42%, Horror 23.2%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 14.2%

  43. #43 Zaru
    68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: Ascent Games Ltd
    Windows

    Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Adventure 20%, Action 19.4%, Horror 18.1%, 3D 11.5%

  44. #44 Ben The Exorcist
    69% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2017
    Dev: WraithStudio
    Windows

    Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 19.1%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 12.3%

  45. #45 All Is Dust
    69% matchMixed45% of 1,324 reviews2015
    Dev: Mannequin Games LLC
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%

    All Is Dust is a first-person horror game for PC and Oculus Rift. Experience the terror of a dust storm in the 1930s and unravel the mystery surrounding your decaying farm.

    Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Survival 23.9%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Open World 13.8%, Adventure 6.3%

  46. #46 ROCK
    69% matchMixed47% of 16 reviews2016
    Dev: Ragnar
    Windows

    World ROCK is a Survival open game With a large craft building And the struggle for survival!waiting for you day A night cycle,Hunting animals,Furnace of smelting,and Zombie-Monsters"!

    Why similar: Open World 26.5%, Survival 24.4%, Action 21.5%, Indie 13.8%, Adventure 13.8%

  47. #47 The Hunt In Sanity
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kaboom Games
    Windows

    The Hunt In Sanity is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as Jason searching for his wife. As you explore eerie environments.You must scavenge for supplies to survive relentless attacks from evil Enemies.Find hidden clues, solve puzzles, and delve into the secrets of your wife's past

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 15.6%, Horror 15%, Indie 10%

  48. #48 Rake
    67% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,393 reviews2015
    Dev: Konsordo
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, Horror 23.7%, Survival 19.3%, Open World 17.3%, Action 4.6%

  49. #49 HEPH
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2017
    Dev: Creature of the Rise co.,ltd.
    Windows

    You are the only one who has to deal with the worst situation happens on this spaceship, and make sure it arriving the destination safely. Gathering material and craft items. Shoot, Sneak, Run, Use your own strategy to survive.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34.7%, Survival 28.2%, Action 13.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 10.9%

  50. #50 The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,528 reviews2020
    Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Horror 26.2%, Survival 12.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 8.6%

  51. #51 Manor Maze
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fieldtenstein
    Windows

    Have you ever dreamed about being trapped in a manor where the architecture is a maze? Understandable, but unfortunately that will be happening. Where each maze has its own mechanic, will you be able to decipher them to free yourself from a place where it seems like you have no allies.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 41.4%, Horror 24.9%, Indie 14.8%, 3D 7.8%, Adventure 6.8%

  52. #52 Fear the Dark Unknown: James
    67% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
    Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
    Windows

    The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28.7%, Action 22.3%, Adventure 20.1%, Horror 14.5%, Indie 14.3%

  53. #53 Frosty Nights
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 275 reviews2017
    Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 32.4%, Survival 27.4%, Horror 20.6%, Action 11.7%, Indie 7.8%

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