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 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Gore 11.9%, Dark 10.3%, Violent 8.1%

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 25.8%, Dark 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Story Rich 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 19.2%, Gore 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Dark 10.4%

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

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 23.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 11.5%

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

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 21.4%, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%

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

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 25.8%, Point & Click 23.4%, Dark 11.6%, Gore 10.5%, Story Rich 9.3%

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 18.6%, Gore 11.8%, Dark 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Horror 10.6%

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 30.4%, Lovecraftian 23.3%, Dark 18.5%, Violent 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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.

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 21.7%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Horror 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dark 10.8%

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

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%, Point & Click 20.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.3%

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

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 29.9%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

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

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Dark 17%, Point & Click 16.4%, Horror 11%, Violent 10.8%

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 18.7%, Point & Click 18.5%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 11.8%, Gore 7.9%

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

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 47.6%, Horror 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Retro 6.9%, Story Rich 6.8%

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 23%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 9%

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

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 25%, Lovecraftian 24.3%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 8.5%

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

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 36.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 11%, Dark 8.3%, Gore 7.3%

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

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 26.1%, Gore 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 9%, Adventure 8.6%

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

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 16.3%, Point & Click 15.5%, Dark 11.5%, Story Rich 8.1%

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

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 30.8%, Dark 22.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Horror 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

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

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 18.7%, Dark 13.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Gore 10.9%

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

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 35.9%, Dark 24.8%, Horror 16.1%, Adventure 4.7%, Violent 4.7%

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

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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 10%, Dark 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 50.2%, Adventure 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Indie 10.2%

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

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%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Gore 11.4%, Horror 10%

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 33.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 11%, Violent 7.8%

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

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 16.4%, Adventure 8.8%

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

Wound Man is a macabre jigsaw puzzle adventure where you reconstruct a tortured figure from centuries-old anatomical art. Uncover hidden secrets and collect strange curiosities with every piece.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.8%, Gore 18.5%, Dark 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 11.6%

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 23.5%, Horror 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Violent 9.6%

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 14.6%, Point & Click 14.4%, Dark 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Violent 10.2%

This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 13.1%, Gore 12.1%, Horror 9.3%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 17.2%, Dark 17%, Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%

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 37.8%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 11.6%, 2D 3.5%

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

Why similar: Dark 24.3%, Lovecraftian 21.1%, Gore 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 10.4%

Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

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 21.3%, Gore 17%, Horror 11.7%, Violent 10.6%, Story Rich 9.8%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.1%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 12.2%, Adventure 10%, Indie 5.3%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Gore 16.8%, Point & Click 13.1%, Dark 11.5%, Violent 10.6%

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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 11.4%, Gore 9.9%, Dark 9.7%

A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Horror 18.4%, Gore 15.1%, Violent 8.5%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Gore 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

A pixel art psychological horror game with a point-and-click system that takes the style of an interactive desktop environment.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Singleplayer 2%

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%, Dark 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Horror 11.1%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Dark 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%

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 32%, Lovecraftian 26.1%, Multiple Endings 23.8%, Gore 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Point & Click 23.2%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 10.4%, Story Rich 8.3%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Gore 18.7%, Dark 16.3%, Horror 11.6%, Violent 10.3%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.9%, Horror 22.5%, Dark 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.1%, Dark 16.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Horror 8.7%

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 27.7%, Horror 23.5%, Dark 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Retro 8.7%

Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%

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 21.1%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12%, Violent 11.9%

Scarred is a first-person atmospheric horror puzzle game where you must uncover the truth about one of your schoolmates before it’s too late. Traverse a world of nightmares inspired by nostalgic Singaporean architecture as you fight to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Dark 22.5%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%

A psychological horror game about testing dolls and determining if they are Good or Dangerous. Play in a strange location with dolls potentially filled with bloodlust. Uncover secrets about who you are, where you are, and just WHAT is happening.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Point & Click 21.8%, Dark 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Horror 12%

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 59.4%, Story Rich 22.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 3.1%

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 35.4%, Violent 22.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

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: Lovecraftian 25.9%, Point & Click 25.5%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.7%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Violent 18.4%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 11.2%