Games Like The Flayed Man

Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!

Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the pixel-art point-and-click horror aesthetic with a focus on uncovering dark, supernatural secrets.

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Dark 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the atmospheric, narrative-heavy, and dark storytelling style found in The Flayed Man.

Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Gore 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Dark 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click horror game that focuses on choices and multiple endings within a surreal, dark world.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Lovecraftian 17%, Horror 16%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the macabre and lovecraftian horror themes with a distinct, retro-inspired visual style.

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

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 14.7%, Story Rich 11%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal psychological horror game that masterfully explores dark, mature themes through a unique artistic lens.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Point & Click 23.2%, Dark 11.9%, Gore 10.3%, Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at blending childhood innocence with grotesque, surreal horror in a point-and-click format.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Gore 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist pixel-art style creates an incredibly tense and atmospheric horror experience that feels raw and visceral.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Dark 20%, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Violent 12.5%, Atmospheric 11%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its pixel-art aesthetic and heavy psychological horror atmosphere are a perfect match for fans of the genre.

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Point & Click 20%, Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: From the creator of The Cat Lady, this game offers a similarly bleak and intense psychological horror narrative.

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dark 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes choices and multiple endings in a dark, atmospheric horror setting.

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 17.1%, Point & Click 16.1%, Horror 12%, Violent 10%

Why You'll Like It: A brief, free-to-play psychological horror game that focuses on environmental storytelling and mystery.

You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Point & Click 18.6%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 12.2%, Gore 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie horror adventure that captures a melancholic and dark tone.

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Gore 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 9.1%, Horror 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that focuses on mystery and psychological horror in a small, unsettling town.

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Point & Click 30%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that centers on detective work and difficult moral choices.

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 8.6%, Gore 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure is filled with dark, surreal puzzles and a macabre tone that fits perfectly.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.4%, Horror 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Story Rich 6.5%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and highly psychological experience that mirrors the unsettling nature of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses pixel graphics to convey a sense of isolation and creeping dread.

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Dark 25.4%, Horror 17.8%, Violent 4.6%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play psychological horror game that is deeply unsettling and focused on narrative impact.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 17.8%, Point & Click 15.1%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric horror game that uses historical and cultural themes to build a haunting narrative.

Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story.

Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Lovecraftian 20.1%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, lovecraftian point-and-click adventure that captures a classic horror aesthetic.

Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.6%, Dark 14.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Gore 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is an atmospheric, story-rich adventure that leans into dark, lovecraftian themes.

Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Dark 22.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Horror 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-driven walking simulator that explores psychological themes in a short playtime.

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Horror 19.7%, Dark 16.4%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that features multiple endings and a focus on exploration.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, narrative-driven experience that explores grim themes through a unique, stylized perspective.

Session Seven is a free point & click adventure game in which you play as Ryan, an estranged father and husband who has just awoken, beaten, bruised, and alone in a locked cellar.

Why similar: Point & Click 51%, Adventure 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, pixel-art point-and-click game that focuses on narrative and psychological tension.

The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

Why similar: Point & Click 33%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Gore 12.1%, Horror 12.1%, Violent 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct follow-up in the Bad Dream series that maintains the point-and-click horror style.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Dark 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Gore 11.5%, Horror 11.3%

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 13.3%, Gore 11.9%, Horror 10.1%

Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story is a point & click puzzle adventure with hand-drawn 2D graphics and a cozy horror setting that tells a short story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 12.1%, Adventure 1.1%

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Violent 8.9%

A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Dark 14.9%, Point & Click 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Horror 10.9%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Dark 27.4%, Gore 18.3%, Lovecraftian 17%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 10.9%

A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.6%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 17%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 9.9%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 24%, Dark 12%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 8.4%

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Dark 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Story Rich 19.5%, Dark 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Horror 13.2%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Gore 18.5%, Dark 16.4%, Horror 12.6%, Violent 9.6%

Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Point & Click 23.3%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 10.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

A short, 3D narrative-driven horror platformer. Journey deep into the meat tunnel and talk with survivors to uncover the grim truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Multiple Endings 25.6%, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Gore 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%

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: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Gore 20.7%, Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.2%, Violent 11.1%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 24.6%, Dark 16.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Retro 7.3%

This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.1%, Gore 10%

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Why similar: Horror 54.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Gore 17.3%, Horror 13%, Violent 10.1%, Story Rich 9.5%

This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.

Why similar: Gore 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 17.9%, Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Dark 18.6%, Gore 13.4%, Horror 13%, Violent 11.4%

Experience all the stages of dementia in this mood-swinging psychological horror game that we call FORGOTTEN. Travel as a fox through progressively disturbing stages searching for memories explaining the protagonist's life. Pay close attention to what the fox is trying to offer before it's too late

Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.3%, Story Rich 21.7%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 5.2%, Indie 2.8%

First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Gore 19.1%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 9.6%

The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Lovecraftian 21.3%, Horror 17.7%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Traum is a short, story-driven adventure about a man with a dream. Can even the best of plans be shattered by unexpected news?

Why similar: Gore 34.8%, Violent 21.6%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 8.4%

An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Dark 20.6%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%

Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Dark 16.9%, Lovecraftian 15%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Horror 12%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Violent 17.5%, Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 10.8%

A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Dark 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%

This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 17.8%, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Horror 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 38.8%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Dark 6.3%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Gore 17.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Dark 12%, Violent 10.2%

Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.8%, Lovecraftian 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.5%

I fell from Grace is a retro style adventure game, that blends storytelling and puzzle solving in a branching narrative style. Can you solve the mystery of the strange gift that has cured your wife of terminal illness, but unleashes sinister events before it's too late?

Why similar: Gore 35.1%, Violent 21.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Adventure 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%