- #1 FERALPALS
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polypaw
Windows
Feralpals is a chapter-based mascot horror game. Humanity was wiped out by a pathogen linked to Friendly Pals, genetically engineered creatures, granted human-like intelligence to serve mankind’s ambitions. The Pals are now left behind, imitating their creators' society long after humanity vanished.
Why similar: Episodic 42.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Horror 8.1%
- #2 Monte Cristo: Vengeance
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WAWE
Windows
A faithful investigative visual novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic. Follow Edmond Dantès from betrayal and imprisonment to escape, transformation and revenge. Examine historical scenes, connect evidence, solve deductions and shape his fate across an eight-act story with multiple endings.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 75.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Story Rich 3.9%, Adventure 3.6%, Investigation 2.8%
- #3 Telemetry
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ankyrian Software
Windows · Mac
An atmospheric cosmic horror story told through a retro-futuristic terminal. On your first day at a secretive transnational space agency, you'll operate deep-space probes, and explore a silent galaxy. Until you are noticed...
Why similar: Episodic 33.7% ★, Narrative 24.9% ★, Conspiracy 12.8% ★, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #4 The Session
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcadia Games
Windows
Strapped to a chair, you must find a way out before your therapist realizes what you're doing. Time your movements with the thunderclaps outside, choose your words carefully, and create the perfect distraction.
Why similar: Jump Scare 53% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #5 The Mannequin Forest
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: August Studios
Windows
A story based horror game about the disturbing practices of a serial killer in a haunted forest. A weekend meant to be spent taking care of your friends cat takes a much darker turn as you feel your every move being watching.
Why similar: Jump Scare 69.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #6 You Died!
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ratz 4 Brainz
Windows · Mac · Linux
How will you cope with the loss of yourself? Each episode of You Died! will give you an opportunity to experience a stage of grief for yourself. Make choices, deal with the consequences, and interact with your environment to express the emotions of the main character.
Why similar: Episodic 51% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #7 Our Eyes See No Evil
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: COG Studios Inc.
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game that uses your webcam to know when your eyes are open. Close them to hide and listen for what you can no longer see. Or open your eyes to the horrors.
Why similar: Jump Scare 45.2% ★, Experimental 18.8% ★, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 8.9%, Investigation 7.5%
- #8 (The Lingering) Last Customer
90% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Storytale
Windows
Devi, a 27-year-old young woman, books a late-night massage at Ahola Spa & Reflexology—the only spa that is still open.. What should have been a relaxing escape turns into a lingering nightmare…
Why similar: Episodic 45.7% ★, Narrative 27.9% ★, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.2%, Adventure 2.6%
- #9 Silent Wounds - The Doll
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.
Why similar: Episodic 47.4% ★, Narrative 16.9% ★, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.2%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #10 The 39 Steps
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,612 reviews2013
Dev: The Story MechanicsPub: The Secret Experiment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 69.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 2.6%, Horror 2.2%
- #11 Death Stream
87% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Elias Jose
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a basement room, bound, with a camera staring you down. A deranged masked man entices his audience. You’ve been abducted by a lunatic who thrives on chaos and carnage. His goal? To force you into a twisted game of luck while the entire internet watches in real time.
Why similar: Jump Scare 51.7% ★, Experimental 21.9% ★, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 7.8%, Interactive Fiction 6.1%
- #12 Smile Dog
84% matchVery Positive92% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Sweet Sennin Games
Windows
A desktop psychological horror inspired by the Smile Dog creepypasta. Open the attachment, read your emails, and survive a real nightmare spilling out across your screen.
Why similar: Jump Scare 70.7% ★, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 4.8%, 2D 1%
- #13 Bobok
85% matchVery Positive93% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Secta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
Why similar: Based On A Novel 64.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Horror 7.1%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #14 The Fog
86% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Horizon Games
Windows
Open your way across a dark open world and fight against what lives within the fog and beyond. The Fog is a survival horror game inspired on the 1980 novella "The Mist" by Stephen King.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 77.5% ★, Horror 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Adventure 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #15 Molytropia: Cloud in Shape of Hurt
84% matchVery Positive96% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: Alice Nowak
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first of seven chapters, which will tell an amazing story about the adventures of a girl and her friends. Colorful landscapes and warm sunny atmosphere. Also, they will find the real door! And take part in the contest! Can you imagine?
Why similar: Episodic 30.3% ★, Narrative 28% ★, Experimental 19.3% ★, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #16 Wasteland Horror Radio: Episode 1 - The Radio
83% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: HsRetroGames
Windows
Wasteland Horror Radio: Ep. 1 - The Radio: A gift, a radio of revelations bound to one man's personal hell, repeatedly showing him all the people he brutally murdered on September 20th, 1991..
Why similar: Episodic 61.5% ★, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 7.2%, Adventure 2.6%
- #17 Creepy Waves FM: Bugs Fixer
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: shipscaptainindie
Windows
A young and promising boy applies for a job at a AAA game development company. As he starts working night shifts on probation, he experiences a series of events that could lead to no good. As the story unfolds, you will be able to choose what you would do in his place.
Why similar: Episodic 45% ★, Narrative 26.5% ★, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #18 Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
81% matchVery Positive92% of 6,451 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
Why similar: Episodic 40.5% ★, Narrative 25.1% ★, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #19 Project [XYZ]
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lei
Windows
Run, fly, and save the world.
Why similar: Episodic 37.4% ★, Experimental 27% ★, Psychological Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #20 The Forest of Doom (Standalone)
82% matchVery Positive81% of 307 reviews2014
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are the hero in Forest of Doom! Explore the sinister Darkwood Forest in the digital Fighting Fantasy Standalone version of Ian Livingstone's classic RPG gamebook!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 78.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Adventure 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #21 TIME TO GO HOME
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Oh Nice!
Windows
♫Oh where, oh where, has my little daughter gone? Oh where, oh where could she be?♫ An atmospheric horror depicting a desperate mother searching for her missing daughter.
Why similar: Jump Scare 51.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Investigation 9.3%, Horror 8.9%
- #22 At Tony's
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: GoodSleepGames
Windows
At Tony's is a first-person horror experience taking place in a haunted pizzeria. The last night shift worker vanished mysteriously, it's your turn to step in to help the family's business.
Why similar: Jump Scare 60.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Horror 7.1%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #23 Living Nightmares - False Familiar
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Eiko Interactive
Windows
Carl Williams, a 15-year-old boy, finds himself alone at home one unsettling night. What begins as a quiet evening soon spirals into something far stranger. Shadows shift, silence speaks, and someone—or something—seems to know him better than he knows himself.
Why similar: Episodic 50% ★, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10%, Horror 9.5%
- #24 Bonanit - A Menorcan Horror Story
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Necesito Estudios
Windows
Experience sleep paralysis in Bonanit, where every game is unique and every blink counts. Face the terror lurking in the darkness of your room and find out if you can maintain your sanity until daylight arrives.
Why similar: Jump Scare 57% ★, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #25 Colossals
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Isaac BirchmierPub: If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, LLC
Windows
Colossals tells the story of a vagrant, who, together with his love interest, the soon-to-be-Empress Khalida, interpret the fairy tales they read in front of a windmill to be fact, telling them of a faraway land where, once upon a time, giants roamed.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 73% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Story Rich 6.2%, 2D 2.8%, Adventure 1.8%
- #26 At Night : Freakshow
76% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: Limeless
Windows
You are not here to watch the Freakshow. You are one of its acts. A freak. Pretend to be mute, speak through your parrot, train with freaks, learn their ways, and participate in the Freakshow to deliver a spectacular performance they will never forget.
Why similar: Episodic 60.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #27 Cursed Canvas
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WooAS
Windows
Explore the cursed location, find and destroy the haunted objects while avoiding the ever-looming Cursed Canvas! When the Cursed Canvas finds you, you will encounter the fear that lies deep within your heart.
Why similar: Jump Scare 71.6% ★, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Adventure 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #28 Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tachycardia Games
Windows
Attend to patients and fill out paperwork as 22-year-old Kimora Jackson on her first shift after graduating nursing school. Draw blood, administer medications, and try not to lose your head in the chilling hallways of Coldrock Medical Center.
Why similar: Narrative 33.1% ★, Episodic 24.1% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #29 Divine Omen
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ruby RingPub: Ruby Ring
Windows · Mac · Linux
An explorative horror point-and-click adventure game where your decisions seal the fates of your companions. Explore the world to uncover what happened at Dawnhall village. Listen to the messages in Avan's dreams to determine your choices. Become what you were born to be.
Why similar: Episodic 38.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.3%, Investigation 8%
- #30 The Sculptor
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 25.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #31 Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note
76% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Follow Dr. Richard P. Griffin during the scariest journey of his life. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 41.8% ★, Narrative 22.2% ★, Conspiracy 11.3% ★, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.2%
- #32 Silent Village
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AshoudPub: Ashoud Interactive
Windows
Bora, a middle-aged teacher, was assigned to a village school. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong; he was unaware of what was happening in Blackwood Village.
Why similar: Episodic 44.2% ★, Narrative 25.9% ★, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #33 Horror Prison
74% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Panzo GamesPub: Downmeadowstreet
Windows
Uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows, confront the monstrous results of these experiments, and escape with your sanity intact.
Why similar: Jump Scare 63.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.9%, Investigation 7.3%, Adventure 2.6%
- #34 Damned House
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShadowCore Studios
Windows
"Damned House" is a horror game set in a scary house. Explore the house, while trying to escape from very hostile creature and various dangers. There will always be a constant danger of death. Do you dare to explore the house and escape from it?
Why similar: Jump Scare 65.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 11.5%, Investigation 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #35 Horror Manor
73% matchMixed45% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Spilled Coffee GamesPub: Downmeadowstreet
Windows
Step into the decaying halls of Horror Manor, an abandoned estate shrouded in mystery. With a sudden click, the doors slam shut, trapping you within its chilling embrace.
Why similar: Jump Scare 63.4% ★, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 11.8%, Investigation 6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #36 Flan's BN
71% matchVery Positive98% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: Geism
Windows
《Flan's BN》is the prequel to 《Flan's MS》, which combines JRPG and deckbuilder mechanics. Experience Flan's story of self-discovery
Why similar: Based On A Novel 57.4% ★, Card Game 21.5%, Faith 11.1% ★, Psychological Horror 5.5%, Horror 3.6%
- #37 ESCAPE: Orphanage
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 34.6% ★, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #38 The Lost Legends of Redwall™: Escape the Gloomer
73% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Soma Games
Windows · Mac
Lost Legends of Redwall: Escape the Gloomer is based on Mossflower, one of the NYT bestselling Redwall™ books by Brian Jacques, with over 35 million copies sold. Set in the caverns and catacombs of Kotir Castle, you guide Gillig the fledgling otter as you build your story.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 71.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #39 The Metamorphosis
72% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Izmir Games Collective
Windows
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 67.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Story Rich 5.3%, Adventure 2.2%
- #40 IMSCARED
72% matchVery Positive95% of 3,993 reviews2016
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
Why similar: Jump Scare 48.1% ★, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15.9%, Difficult 10.5%, Story Rich 3.7%
- #41 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
71% matchVery Positive92% of 7,607 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 57.9% ★, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 3.8%
- #42 Reigns: Three Kingdoms
70% matchMixed53% of 362 reviews2024
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Swipe through military negotiations, marry to strengthen alliances and recruit soldiers to fight in turn-based card battles in this historical epic.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 46% ★, Card Game 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #43 Mannequin The Spotting
70% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Robot Legs Games
Windows
Mannequin The Spotting is a single-player psychological horror game. Get through the stages watching the mannequins carefully through cameras, then enter their room and escape!
Why similar: Jump Scare 57.5% ★, Psychological Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 10.1%, Investigation 5%
- #44 The Old Man’s Will
68% matchNo user reviews0% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: JoseDesuPub: RoomDreams
Windows
Welcome to your grandfather’s old property, a lonely patch of land deep in the woods. Strange creatures roam the area at night, hungry and unpredictable. Watch the cameras, keep them fed, and try to make it through five long nights alive.
Why similar: Jump Scare 48.8% ★, Difficult 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #45 The Duchess Curse
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
As a security guard tasked with a simple job in a long-abandoned mansion, you quickly find yourself trapped within its haunted walls. Dark secrets unravel as you uncover the tragic tale of the Duchess, who, in a desperate attempt to resurrect her daughter, summoned something far more sinister.
Why similar: Jump Scare 54% ★, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 16.4%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #46 Place of Decay
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: GridBoxGames
Windows
Explore a corrupted game project in this horror-puzzle adventure. Uncover the mystery behind its collapse and the developer's abandonment. Use the Code Cannon to break through the digital barriers and navigate the chaotic realm to uncover the truth behind its downfall.
Why similar: Jump Scare 63.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Adventure 2.4%
- #47 Serbian Dancing Lady
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Astra Playroom
Windows
In the deserted streets of a night city, in a dark forest or in abandoned buildings you can sometimes meet a strange dancing girl in black clothes. If you dare to approach her, she will chase after you and then nothing can save you.
Why similar: Jump Scare 61.5% ★, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, Difficult 8.5%, Story Rich 2.7%
- #48 Dancing with Shadows: Prologue
67% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Glass Umbrella Inc.
Windows
Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is a 2D dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines. Guide three protagonists through an interlocked and inexorably connected storyline. There are no wrong answers, but your decisions have consequences.
Why similar: Episodic 37% ★, Narrative 21.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #49 Maximilien — A Psychological Horror Interactive Novel
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yohan Dupuy
Windows · Linux
A psychological horror interactive novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your footing. Your choices shape a branching story where your mental state governs what you see and which paths open to you. 4 intersecting routes, 12 possible endings, 15 to 20 hours of play.
Why similar: Narrative 20.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #50 VHS Collection: Goodnight Me
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Notick
Windows
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Episodic 45.3% ★, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.1%, Narrative 11.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #51 Untold Cases - Stillwater Lake
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Le Mesurier
Windows
Inspired by true events. A suspicious disappearance at Stillwater Lake is quickly ruled an accident. Relying on scattered notes and your radio, explore the restricted zones to uncover her final hours. You must survive a ruthless local cult determined to keep their dark secrets hidden.
Why similar: Episodic 59.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Horror 6.7%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #52 ESSOMENIC
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRYGD Interactive
Windows · Linux
You are the surgeon navigating patients' memories via crude, retro machinery, under the command of a strange, occult organization. Keep your patients alive long enough to uncover your exact role in this surreal mess of an operation.
Why similar: Experimental 31% ★, Narrative 18.8% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Conspiracy 13.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #53 The Wickers House
65% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Marshmallow Games Studio
Windows
An atmospheric first-person horror game. You wake up after a road accident. Before you stands a house where you thought you could find help. But this house is a trap for those who dare enter...
Why similar: Jump Scare 55.1% ★, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Story Rich 7.5%