- #1 Haunt the House: Terrortown
97% matchVery Positive87% of 2,356 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Haunt your way through town in the dead of night! Possess objects to scare people away from a museum, a hospital, a theatre and a cruise ship. Will you be able to scare everyone out and reclaim what has been lost, before the night is over? A side-scrolling action puzzle game starring ghosts!
Why similar: Casual 37.4%, Action 31.5%, Indie 31.1%
- #2 Mr. Hopp's Manor Escape
96% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Toys-turned-monsters are roaming the manor. Find a way out and don't get caught!
Why similar: Strategy 60.3%, Action 39.7%
- #3 Devilry
96% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Action 54.1%, Indie 45.9%
- #4 Archibald's Adventures
95% matchVery Positive91% of 114 reviews2016
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A paranoid computer issued a lock down on a mad scientist's mansion after his experiments and security robots broke loose, and you are trapped inside! Overcome all the pitfalls of the mansion in this action puzzle game! Test your skills and wit in nearly 200 levels!
Why similar: Casual 35.8%, Action 35.4%, Indie 28.8%
- #5 Shelley Manor
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #6 Nekomew's Nightmares
94% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Pikewin
Windows
Face Nekomew's nightmares in this spooky rhythm game!
Why similar: Casual 35.4%, Action 33.3%, Indie 31.2%
- #7 Spooky Cats
93% matchVery Positive84% of 458 reviews2015
Dev: russpuppy
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Oh no! This cute little kitty cat is alone and lost in a haunted house! Only by collecting pennies and defeating monsters can she find the way out! Use your fast fingers to defeat this adorably dark and funny platform game.
Why similar: Casual 36.6%, Action 35%, Indie 28.4%
- #8 Monster Clicker : Idle Halloween Strategy
92% matchMixed50% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: Autotelic Games LLC
Windows
Fight Halloween Monsters in this Idle Clicker! Upgrade your Skills! Defeat Evil!
Why similar: Strategy 35.4%, Casual 23.1%, Action 22.9%, Indie 18.6%
- #9 Rats, Bats, and Bones
91% matchVery Positive91% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Smallfry Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The undead have awakened! You must build clever mazes of traps if you wish to defeat them in this challenging trap defense game. Travel across the land battling a host of creepy monsters, unlocking new traps and upgrades, and finally finding the source of the evil and stopping it once and for all.
Why similar: Strategy 65.7%, Indie 34.3%
- #10 The OG Cake Factory
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Glaseeze
Windows
You've woken up in this magnificent cake factory, but soon realize that a crazy chef is after you… Get ready to bake cakes in this stressful First-person Horror game!
Why similar: Action 66.1%, Indie 33.9%
- #11 Grimind
91% matchMixed64% of 290 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Indie 70%, Action 30%
- #12 Panic Porcupine
88% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A Meat-Like/Hedge-Like Mashup! Dr. Proventriculus is snatching up the Chickabirbs! Help Panic blast through over 50 stages of topsy-turvy, spike-laced, slime-drenched, buzzsaw-filled deathtraps to rescue them! And remember, there are no rings...
Why similar: Action 55.7%, Indie 44.3%
- #13 Cakey's Twisted Bakery
86% matchMixed69% of 1,310 reviews2024
Dev: TinyMindz
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 24%
It's bake or die at Cakey's Bakery, where human children are the secret ingredient to strange monsters' delicious pastries. Find the recipe for survival to escape the bakery and it's sweet and scary staff!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #14 The House
89% matchMostly Negative36% of 91 reviews2014
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Plunge into the atmosphere of fear and horror,investigate the dark house full of mysteries and danger!
Why similar: Action 51.4%, Indie 48.6%
- #15 Blinding Dark
89% matchMostly Negative32% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: Games HutPub: BulkyPix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Blinding Dark is a First Person Adventure horror game. Complete puzzles, collect items and power-ups, fight enemies and do your best to manage the very thin resources you have at your disposal to uncover terrible secrets.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #16 Zombie Ballz
87% matchMixed68% of 153 reviews2017
Dev: Almighty GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Arcade-style physics puzzle game where you kill undead & keep villagers alive. Level challenges offer a variety of weapons with their own physical properties. Choose the right weapon and solve puzzles by exploding crates, magnetizing metal, burning, slicing, dicing and bouncing your balls to victory
Why similar: Casual 28.9%, Action 27.4%, Indie 23.3%, Strategy 20.4%
- #17 Water Boiling Simulator
83% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: wolfyer
Windows · Linux
It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.
Why similar: Strategy 57.3%, Action 32.3%, Indie 10.3%
- #18 Pitty Meaty
84% matchVery Positive82% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Pitty Meaty is a horrifying creepypasta survival horror game where you must survive in a dangerous territory under the constant threat of a menacing, swollen corpse head.
Why similar: Action 49.9%, Strategy 35.9%, Casual 14.2%
- #19 Ghost Stories
85% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Action 54.4%, Indie 45.6%
- #20 Ghost Blood
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: BigBread
Windows
Ghost Blood is a first-person action game where you must fight the horrors of an abandoned graveyard to learn about ancient secrets and magic. Discover a rich world filled with challenging riddles and lifelike graphics, and emerge as the first of a new generation of magicians.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #21 Poltergeist Watcher
82% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: DuckGod
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive the night watching the haunted house?
Why similar: Casual 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #22 Echoes of Dread
81% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.
Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #23 Bear Haven Nights
81% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 56%, Action 23.7%, Indie 20.4%
- #24 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,881 reviews2017
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Indie 55.6%, Action 44.4%
- #25 The Clingy Ghost
77% matchVery Positive93% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: AlleyInn
Windows
Become the hottest exorcist star and save a cursed haunted house! The most annoyingly clingy ghost is about to awaken.
Why similar: Action 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #26 Hidden Shelter
80% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: White Vortex Games
Windows
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
Why similar: Action 53%, Casual 47%
- #27 Hoomanz!
75% matchVery Positive100% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Koffeecup
Windows
Scare away all the invading Hoomanz! A stealth-adventure game packed with coziness and humour, featuring non-combat gameplay & family-friendly content. Play as Shoo, the mythical guardian of Planet Erf, with a hidden dual nature. Darkness is nature’s friend, light is its enemy.
Why similar: Casual 40.2%, Indie 30.1%, Action 29.7%
- #28 The Dweller
77% matchVery Positive94% of 754 reviews2016
Dev: Villainous GamesPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Dweller is a puzzle game where you play as the MONSTER! It's time to get rid of all those pesky archaeologists snooping around in your lair. SCARE them, CRUSH them, DEVOUR them! ELIMINATE THE INTRUDERS!
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Casual 31.4%, Indie 26.8%
- #29 The Defenders: The Second Wave
79% matchMixed57% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: FallenMaster
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fight the ghosts through 50 waves of growing danger. Play as a powerful wizard, a mighty warrior, or a strategic builder to stop the ghost invasion. Evolve your character in the direction you want. Survive until dawn, or die trying.
Why similar: Strategy 61.2%, Action 38.8%
- #30 Ghoul Kid
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 167 reviews2016
Dev: Specter Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play as Ghoul Kid, a mischievous ghost who possesses household objects to scare visitors to death. In this wave based game, Ghoul Kid cannot be seen by humans. Use your wits and abilities to manipulate household objects so you can scare people to death! Happy haunting!
Why similar: Strategy 47.9%, Casual 29.4%, Indie 22.8%
- #31 The Initiate
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Indie 55.3%, Action 44.7%
- #32 The House of Toys
73% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Old School Bros
Windows
The House of Toys is a horror game in which the player ventures into an old mansion filled with seemingly harmless toys. His mission is to explore each room, searching for clues to discover which of the toys is cursed. To free the soul trapped in this toy, the player must solve intricate puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 59.9%, Casual 27.8%, Action 12.3%
- #33 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
74% matchVery Positive92% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Strategy 47.7%, Casual 26.2%, Action 26.1%
- #34 Chocolate makes you happy: Halloween
76% matchMixed65% of 97 reviews2018
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
Casual colorful physical puzzle with sweets, jumpers, teleports, accelerators, reverse gravity, traps, treadmills, fires, ghosts, Jack-O'-Lantern's and explosions.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #35 Haunted House Escape: A VR Experience
76% matchMixed42% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: MEPTIK
Windows
Enter, if you dare...Haunted House Escape - A VR Experience: A chilling mini escape adventure leading through an abandoned house. Highly realistic, immersive graphics and sounds. Be aware, you might not be the only one there.
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Casual 49.5%
- #36 QuattroMan
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: natamigame
Windows
Escape from creepy and irrational enemies. Fight your fear!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Monstro Maestro
71% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Game Academy
Windows
Play as a conductor trapped in a haunted and crazy mansion! As a concert begins, a jealous ghost appears and takes possession of your orchestra. To free them, you must explore every corner of the mansion, complete musical challenges, and rebuild your troupe.
Why similar: Action 47.2%, Casual 41.1%, Indie 11.7%
- #38 Riddlewood Manor
70% matchVery Positive93% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows · Mac
Riddlewood Manor is a point & click adventure set in a haunted house that will try to kill you each step of your way. Overcome eerie logic puzzles to uncover a maze of mysterious rooms filled with dark secrets, spooky encounters, and hidden pathways. Optional jump scare warning is available.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 Pudding: Lyre Knight
71% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Katatema
Windows
"Let's defeat the demon lord together!" A thrilling action-adventure of destruction!
Why similar: Action 47.3%, Casual 45.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #40 Malebolgia
75% matchMixed61% of 143 reviews2015
Dev: DascuMaru
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Abandon all hope, ye who enter Malebolgia! Explore this haunted palace and fight the terrible demons and beasts within, as you struggle to escape the cold and desolate wasteland of Hell.
Why similar: Action 54.5%, Indie 45.5%
- #41 Fright Light
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: Chris Antoni
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience an intense, strategy dependent game disguised as a cheesy parody of all those jump scare "games" we love to laugh at. Master the art of tracking up to four intruders at once along with timing your flashlight reloads for maximum protection from your enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 48%, Action 28%, Indie 24%
- #42 In The Shadows
73% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Colorspace Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #43 Galactic Lords
72% matchMixed67% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: TheDreikPub: Phoenix Reborn Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Experimental indie strategy game. Lead the group of Galactic Lords through 7 levels to discover the origin of a world-wide menace!
Why similar: Strategy 38.8%, Casual 23%, Action 20.6%, Indie 17.6%
- #44 The Trud
72% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Matheus Antônio
Windows
The Trud is a horror game that combines exploration with stealth gameplay, here you'll need to find your way out and discover what's happening in the school while monsters are trying to catch you.
Why similar: Indie 36%, Casual 32.2%, Action 31.8%
- #45 Jelly Killer
71% matchVery Positive80% of 381 reviews2016
Dev: Immortal Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Jelly Killer - Retro Platformer The Adventures Of A Young Bioweapon. In this game you will act like the young bioweapon. You will encounter lots of traps and puzzles. You will have to possess human bodies to pass the game to the end. Good luck!
Why similar: Casual 35.5%, Action 35.1%, Indie 29.4%
- #46 All She Wants For Christmas Is YOU
68% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Costek Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When the clock strikes midnight, the Christmas demon will be at your door. Trapped at home, you must discover what's around you to survive the night and thwart her terror.
Why similar: Strategy 63.6%, Action 33.1%, Indie 3.3%
- #47 Nightmare House: The Original Mod
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,479 reviews2024
Dev: We Create Stuff
Windows
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: Indie 100%
- #48 Nocturia The Game
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #49 Face It - A game to fight inner demons
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,255 reviews2017
Dev: Tlön StudiosPub: Gamestorming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.
Why similar: Action 53.1%, Indie 46.9%
- #50 Five Nights At Skibidi Toilets
69% matchMixed52% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: CITADELE
Windows
FNAST offers a unique gameplay that combines elements of strategy, survival and horror. Will you be able to solve the mystery of this mysterious building and prove the truth of the information from the newspapers?
Why similar: Strategy 50.5%, Action 31.1%, Indie 18.4%
- #51 DYSTHANASIA
65% matchVery Positive90% of 322 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #52 Jewel Match Twilight 3 Collector's Edition
69% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Suricate SoftwarePub: Grey Alien Games
Windows
Send shivers down your spine... with this creepy-crawly Match-3 quest that will chill you to the bone and make your flesh crawl. Discover eerie scenes and restore abandoned buildings, but beware of marauding creatures in this dark land.
Why similar: Casual 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #53 123 Slaughter Me Street
70% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Action 52.8%, Indie 47.2%
- #54 OVERDOSE
66% matchVery Positive85% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: For Fun GamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Survive the night in a deadly asylum—deliver sinister meds, keep the insane in line, and outwit a killer hiding in the dark.
Why similar: Strategy 67.6%, Indie 32.4%
- #55 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
66% matchVery Positive93% of 15,419 reviews2015
Dev: Lag Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Why similar: Indie 65.9%, Action 34.1%
- #56 Mold on the Pizza
69% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2015
Dev: BTNcafe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Mold on the Pizza is a mold-growing game to fight against the Preservative troops and conquer a pizza! Meet up 53 types of unique molds and preservatives!
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, Casual 21.5%, Action 21.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #57 100 Pumpkins 2
66% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremiah Stilts
Windows · Linux
Explore, solve puzzles, and fight your way through over 100 screens and return your pumpkin pals!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #58 Roswell Ranch
67% matchMixed57% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: HELIX Games
Windows
Howdy, stranger! Hide from a vigilant UFO, find weapon components, and protect the farm from malevolent extraterrestrial threats.
Why similar: Action 49%, Casual 42.4%, Indie 8.6%