Games Like The Forgotten Ones

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Mod 12.7% ★, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Zombies 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive gold standard for the janky, atmospheric, and psychological indie FPS horror genre.

A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Zombies 15.1%, FPS 13.7%, Gore 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished indie FPS that perfectly captures the classic survival-horror feel with modern sensibilities.

Remorse: The List is a classic survival horror game where the player must figure out what is happening in the little hungarian town of Hidegpuszta, and your only clue is a list that doesn't make much sense. Exploring will be the key to unveiling its secrets and get out of there alive.

Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Gore 13.3%, FPS 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern indie horror title that emphasizes exploration, survival, and a dark, mysterious narrative.

The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...

Why similar: Horror 60.4%, FPS 13.6%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.8%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A direct gameplay match for the FPS horror style, focusing on combat and survival in a disturbing environment.

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

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, First-Person 13.1%, Exploration 8%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the short, experimental, and unsettling indie horror vibe of the early 2010s.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, FPS 12.6%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in claustrophobic, psychological indie horror that focuses on deep, unsettling atmosphere.

Linear World War 2 horror game where you play as a German Soldier who gets trapped inside a Bunker By Americans. Looking for a way out, things take a darker turn when he discovers a human war weapon.

Why similar: World War II 28.7% ★, Horror 18.1%, Cinematic 13.1%, FPS 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the specific historical horror backdrop and first-person adventure mechanics.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Horror 17.7%, Mod 14% ★, Survival 12.9%, FPS 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, free-to-play survival horror experience that emphasizes resource management and tension.

Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Survival Horror 18.8%, FPS 15%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the historical, war-torn horror theme found in the seed game's narrative background.

Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 17.4%, FPS 14.9%, Gore 10.9%, Shooter 10%

Why You'll Like It: A solid FPS horror experience that balances combat with a focus on survival.

An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga

Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 7.1%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: An early indie horror experiment that perfectly mirrors the era and style of the seed game.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9%, Survival 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title serves as a foundational pillar for the modern indie survival-horror genre, emphasizing physics-based interaction.

Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are.The game is inspired by classic roguelike games which include 100% procedural-generated maps and permadeath.

Why similar: Horror 44.2%, Survival Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the same brand of indie jump-scare horror and atmospheric exploration.

Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Gore 7.8%, FPS 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A recent indie horror title that fits the action-adventure mold with a focus on psychological elements.

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 57.2%, Adventure 14.3%, 3D 13.6%, Singleplayer 8.2%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares a thematic focus on memory, psychological trauma, and a dark, narrative-driven journey.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 48.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 5.7%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intense indie horror experience that prioritizes dread and claustrophobia above all else.

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 31.3%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Gore 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Survival 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled indie horror game that prioritizes tension and atmosphere over high-fidelity graphics.

Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

Why similar: Horror 52.4%, Survival 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Zombies 9%, First-Person 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic indie horror title from the same era that relies on atmosphere and isolation.

The dead city of Time Beach, in the American state of Misuri, generates a sense of fear and loneliness. This city and its districts are completely cut off from the real world. The main character is Caleb Ridus, having got there for not understandable reasons, it is necessary to understand what happened in this city.

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Zombies 15.2%, Gore 11%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, atmospheric indie horror title that mirrors the low-budget, singleplayer focus of the seed.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 46.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Gore 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational indie horror game that defined the modern survival-horror genre.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Survival 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival horror game that captures the same sense of dread and resource-starved survival.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 58.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Indie 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, low-poly psychological horror experience that feels like a fever dream.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Gore 15%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven psychological horror game that explores deep, unsettling themes about existence.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.6%, First-Person 6.4%, Exploration 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern psychological horror game that delivers an intense, terrifying atmosphere.

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: Horror 53.7%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological narrative horror game that deals with heavy themes similar to the seed.

Forgotten Polish town, Incident at a soviet military base and hellish monsters... This is a horror investigation story... Will you stop the relentless fight, or give into it?

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, FPS 18.5%, Shooter 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9%

First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.

Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Zombies 20.6%, FPS 16.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Gore 8.3%

Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.

Why similar: Horror 18.5%, Survival Horror 17.2%, FPS 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Shooter 7.7%

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 61.5%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 5.6%, Adventure 3.4%, Action 3.2%

A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.

Why similar: Gore 33.8%, Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Indie 9.2%, First-Person 9.2%

80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.

Why similar: Horror 18.9%, FPS 17.7%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 8.2%, Survival Horror 7.3%

Cursed Ones is a co-op horror stealth survival game. Play as the Crane siblings as you hunt down the worst kinds of spirits and continue your late parents' legacy. Make sure you both don't die in the process.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Survival Horror 21.8%, Gore 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 8.8%

Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Survival 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Adventure 7.8%

Haunted by grief and guilt after a tragic accident, you start seeing a house in your dreams. No matter what you do, you can't get its image out of your mind. You feel it calling for you, so you answer it.

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.9%, 3D 4.6%

Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!

Why similar: FPS 25.5%, Horror 18.5%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Zombies 8.4%

A first-person, psychological horror game, The Lodge takes players on a journey into the horrors of a twisted mind.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Gore 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Action 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%

It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, Zombies 11.6%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Action 7.4%

Welcome to the horrific altered memories of my childhood home.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Survival Horror 19.2%, FPS 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.4%

Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Gore 19.6%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Action 11.1%, Exploration 9.2%

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Gore 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Survival 11.8%

Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.

Why similar: Mod 39.9% ★, Horror 19.5%, Zombies 13.6%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.4%

04/03/2017How much does this date tell you? For the main character, it became very significant, because this is the day of his death. The protagonist was precisely in the train that arrived at the metro station "Technological Institute" with the bodies of innocent, already dead, people ...

Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Survival Horror 16.1%, FPS 14.2%, Gore 11.9%, Survival 8.6%

Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Gore 12.4%, 3D 5.3%

Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.

Why similar: Horror 17%, Zombies 14.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, FPS 11.8%, Survival 10.5%

Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.

Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Survival Horror 15.8%, FPS 13.7%, Survival 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

Horror based action game themed during World War. Prepare to know the darkside of it.

Why similar: Action 53.5%, Adventure 46.5%

Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Cinematic 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 7.8%

You play has Hebert Grimm For the last nine years, You've been studying abroad. You return home six month ago, and found out that you're father died over six years ago. Apparently, the letter had never been delivered, or so they say...

Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Action 17.6%, First-Person 14%, Indie 12.5%

Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 16.9%, Zombies 15%, Gore 12.1%, Survival 9.7%

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, FPS 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 5.4%

Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Cinematic 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10%, First-Person 8.8%

Close your eyes. Step into a world filled with nothing but darkness and terror, where everything wants to destroy you. Your time has come to fight the shrieking darkness, be brave and don't look back or you won't make it.

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Survival Horror 14.5%, FPS 13.2%, Cinematic 10.3%, Zombies 9.1%

After having witnessed his own hanging, the character finds himself in a forest where strange events begin to happen. While traveling through dark enviroments in order to restore his sanity he will encounter various obstacles aswell as malformed horrors lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Horror 50.2%, Adventure 18.8%, Action 18.1%, Indie 12.9%

Find your missing daughter in the Hospital of Madness. Collect items, fight enemies, and do whatever it takes to reach her!

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Zombies 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Gore 10.9%

Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Zombies 13%, Survival 10.4%, FPS 8.5%

Ravenous is a psychological horror game in which you play as Louis, a child trapped in a monster's basement. Explore the mysterious abode, solve puzzles to save your little sister and survive the psychological nightmare prepared for you.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Action 6.9%

Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare?

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Zombies 14.5%, Gore 13.6%, FPS 8.7%

Estranged: The Departure follows the story of a fisherman, stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm. Little does he know his adventure has just begun, and the island is home to more than it first seems.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Zombies 15.8%, FPS 14.6%, Adventure 11%, Action 10.1%