Games Like The Housewife

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Indie 59.7%, Female Protagonist 40.3%

Experience life as a woman - cleaning, cooking, laundry, and no time to rest. Full immersion into the world of everyday chaos!

Why similar: Simulation 35.7%, Female Protagonist 35.2%, Indie 23.5%, Casual 5.7%

Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 62.5%, Indie 31%, Casual 6.5%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Abstract 51.3%, Female Protagonist 26.1%, Indie 19.3%, Casual 3.3%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Simulation 58.8%, Indie 41.2%

Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 48.4%, Indie 38.6%, Dark 13%

There’s no place like home - and yours is no home at all. Play as Rosa, a neglected child trying to escape her abusive family. Sneak out, but be ever so quiet. Mom is listening, dad is angry, and your big sister is always watching…

Why similar: Female Protagonist 68.7%, Indie 20.7%, Dark 10.6%

You got a job, which is to take care of an old man during the night in a recently purchased house; this house does not have electricity and you have to rely on some kind of hand crank generators to light the place up, but there is something in the darkness draining their power, don’t let it happen!

Why similar: Simulation 45.1%, Indie 28.3%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Dark 9.7%

Step into a Psychological Horror Experience where you live in an apartment complex where the walls between reality and nightmares are crumbling. Run for your life, solve small puzzles and use items to help you survive.

Why similar: Indie 51.7%, Abstract 33.1%, Dark 15.2%

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

Why similar: Abstract 59%, Simulation 23.2%, Indie 17.8%

In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game

Why similar: Simulation 62.9%, Indie 23.1%, Dark 14%

Come home to see your wife who loves you a lot every day.

Why similar: Simulation 71.8%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Casual 4.1%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 57.3%, Dark 42.7%

A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.

Why similar: Simulation 83.1%, Dark 16.9%

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Experimental 39.6% ★, Abstract 30.3%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Indie 9.2%, Dark 8.8%

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, Indie 41.2%, Dark 17.3%

You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 46%, Simulation 43.3%, Dark 10.8%

A first-person psychological horror game about a strict home, a child’s daily routines, and something beneath the surface that grows more disturbing the deeper you go.

Why similar: Simulation 76.1%, Indie 19.5%, Casual 4.4%

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.8%, Simulation 36.2%, Indie 20%

A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 56.7%, Dark 26.4%, Abstract 8.6%, Casual 4.6%, Indie 3.7%

Play as Vroombi, a brave little robo-vacuum who needs to keep Lily's house nice and clean! Clean away dust, dirt and debris in this satisfying twist on an interactive cleaning simulator. What awaits little Vroombi at night? What is Lily scared of?

Why similar: Simulation 50.7%, Indie 24.5%, Dark 13.9%, Casual 10.9%

A first-person exploration game based on the actual memories of a 92-year-old grandmother, told to players in her own voice. Take pictures of what remains of her abandoned childhood home to uncover the dark, traumatic events that she had to fight through as a teenage girl.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 51.4%, Simulation 19.3%, Dark 17.1%, Indie 12.1%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 85.9%, Dark 7.1%, Indie 7%

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

Why similar: Indie 46.3%, Female Protagonist 30.4%, Dark 14.1%, Casual 9.2%

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 63.1%, Dark 36.9%

It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.

Why similar: Simulation 37.9%, Female Protagonist 30.3%, Indie 25.8%, Casual 6%

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR, the exciting new game where you play as Cuckold (that is his name) in his day-to-day life. Work hard, give all your money to the bull, and be verbally abused by your fat wife.

Why similar: Simulation 45.7%, Indie 44.9%, Casual 9.4%

Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.

Why similar: Simulation 57.9%, Indie 37%, Casual 5.1%

A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Why similar: Indie 41.3%, Female Protagonist 36.9%, Dark 21.8%

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 64.4%, Indie 35.6%

The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Remake is a Japanese horror game that revolves around working at a bathhouse. A complete revamp of the original bathhouse.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 46.8%, Simulation 33.3%, Dark 13.6%, Casual 6.3%

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Simulation 53.6%, Female Protagonist 18%, Indie 14.9%, Dark 13.5%

Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

Why similar: Simulation 100%

An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.9%, Indie 49.1%

A silly little physics-based game about moving on... or is it? Be neat, be careful, or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours. But be warned, not all is as it seems in this quiet little house.

Why similar: Simulation 90.4%, Casual 9.6%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Simulation 37.2%, Indie 35.8%, Dark 27%

You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

Why similar: Simulation 72.3%, Dark 18.4%, Indie 9.2%

Witchblood is a first-person psychological horror game that draws you into the heart of a dark curse. Explore a decaying house where reality begins to unravel. Uncover the truth behind a forgotten family’s tragedy and face what should have remained buried.

Why similar: Indie 66.6%, Dark 33.4%

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 said things you would soon regret.

Why similar: Dark 55.1%, Indie 44.9%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 64.8%, Dark 22.8%, Indie 12.4%

This game is about bed rotting. You lie in the bed for 20 days trying to survive.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 100%

You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

Why similar: Simulation 67.9%, Dark 25.7%, Indie 6.3%

My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.

Why similar: Simulation 84.3%, Casual 15.7%

The Call of Karen is a PC simulation comedy game about a 1950s suburban housewife whose home is being invaded by Cthulhu. Keep up appearances in the face of an unhappy marriage, ungrateful child, and eldritch madness!

Why similar: Simulation 44.9%, Indie 33.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Casual 7.1%

Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.3%, Indie 35.9%, Dark 20.8%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Dark 65%, Indie 35%

A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.

Why similar: Casual 100%

The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 58.4%, Dark 22.1%, Indie 19.5%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Indie 48%, Dark 42.5%, Casual 9.5%

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: Indie 62.8%, Dark 37.2%

Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.2%, Indie 26.6%, Dark 23.3%

A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.

Why similar: Simulation 36.2%, Dark 34.5%, Indie 29.3%

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: Experimental 51.7% ★, Abstract 38.9%, Indie 9.4%

The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー is a Japanese-style horror game where you play as a sushi chef working the night shift.

Why similar: Simulation 48.1%, Female Protagonist 42.9%, Casual 5.4%, Dark 3.6%

A first-person psychological horror game set in the remote countryside of South Korea in the 1990s. Over the course of just three days, you will encounter a series of mysterious events and come face-to-face with an unseen, encroaching threat

Why similar: Female Protagonist 37%, Indie 36.2%, Dark 26.8%

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.1%, Dark 24.1%, Indie 23.5%, Casual 5.3%

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.2%, Simulation 49.8%