- #1 Fear the Dark Unknown: James
97% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 27%, Action 18.4%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%
- #2 Phantaruk
96% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Action 19.8%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Indie 14.9%, Horror 14.1%
- #3 Room 208
94% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows
Victor Rockford, a spiritual medium has been asked to use his otherworldly abilities to stop the EVIL that resides inside Room 208 of 'The Great Leaf Hotel'. Does he have what it takes to put a stop EVIL? Or will the EVIL claim yet another victim?
Why similar: Adventure 23.2%, Action 15.3%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Indie 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #4 Fear the Dark Unknown
94% matchMixed66% of 161 reviews2019
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 31.4%, Action 21.1%, Indie 15.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Horror 8.9%
- #5 Silent Descent
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Adventure 23.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Action 15.7%, Horror 14.6%, Indie 12.1%
- #6 Dimmed Light
91% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
Windows
You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Action 21.2%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Indie 16.3%, Horror 11.2%
- #7 Dreadful
92% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Dreadful is a survival horror game that features an altered gameplay style with third-person navigation currently in development.
Why similar: Adventure 28.1%, Action 18.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Indie 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #8 Fear the Dark Unknown: Chloe
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Action 22.3%, Indie 17.2%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #9 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: K Monkey
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Survival Horror 21.8%, Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Adventure 17%, Action 10.8%
- #10 Faiths End - 2D Survival Horror
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron BestPub: BadBunny Games
Windows
When Matilda Stockwood's partner is abducted her only hope is to follow the trail back to her childhood home, but the once idyllic town of Raven's Point isn't exactly how she remembers.
Why similar: Adventure 24.7%, Survival Horror 18%, Action 16.8%, Indie 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #11 Inn 8
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AMINPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Inn 8 is a first-person horror adventure game with unique gameplay mechanics. Stumbled upon a cursed inn while taking a selfie in the wild. Endless rooms and terrifying monsters await. Use your wits to uncover the house's evil secrets, defeat your enemies and break the curse.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.5%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #12 SCP-087: Recovered document
89% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Korovkin Nikita
Windows
SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Action 12.5%
- #13 Wrong train
87% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
What if you got on the wrong train that you were waiting for and fell asleep, and woke up to find that there are no people around anywhere else, and the train itself is endless? Will you be able to return home?
Why similar: Adventure 24.3%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Action 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13.2%
- #14 Gevaudan
86% matchMixed55% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: Microids Indie
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Indie 19.9%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #15 The Disappearance of the Mitchells
86% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Cupfox Studio
Windows
A short horror game about the sudden disappearance of a husband and wife, leaving their house and all of their belongings.
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Action 22%, Indie 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.7%
- #16 Dream Night
84% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: ZonelyGames
Windows
You wake up from a nightmare. You can't count how many times you've had a nightmare this month. But this time, after waking up, you find some strange phenomena in your house. You want to go out to see, but the door is locked...
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Puzzle 10%
- #17 Wick
84% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Horror 21.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Action 9.8%
- #18 Horror Tale 2: Samantha
83% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #19 Joe's Diner
85% matchMostly Negative40% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe’s Diner. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains are laid to rest; while alive each could not stand the other.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 21.5%, Action 15.6%, Indie 13.5%
- #20 祟り坂 | TATARI Curse road
81% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
A simple survival horror set in a hilly town where you must escape from a ghost. There are no puzzles, item usage, or complex controls. If you fail, try again, memorize the roads, and find your way to the goal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 19.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Action 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #21 Best Friend
82% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
"Best Friend" is a 3D horror game. Escape and survive from your beloved doll named David after you don't have time to play with him. Follow the advice that David has told you, survive, and remember that you must never turn your back on David!
Why similar: Adventure 35.9%, Action 23.7%, Indie 18.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Horror 8.2%
- #22 The Ancient Labyrinth
82% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Nicola Gaeta
Windows · Mac
The Ancient Labyrinth is a psychological horror game set in a mysterious labyrinth which hides a terrible secret. Play as a man who has lost his memory, trapped for some strange reason and stalked by a frightening monster that will hunt him the whole time.
Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Action 17.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #23 The Initiate
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 202 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: Adventure 27.8%, Indie 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Action 12.4%, Horror 12.1%
- #24 The Searchers of Legends : Origin
80% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Second Reality
Windows
Psychological, story indie horror, made in the style of Penumbra and Amnesia. An interesting story with a lot of details, the ability to interact with almost all the objects around, the random of some events and the unpredictable behavior of the characters, dangers, riddles and a terrible atmosphere are waiting for you!
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Action 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Indie 13.9%
- #25 Rainy Night
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diamond Dogs
Windows
Rainy night is a Survival Horror game with resource management, sparse ammo and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 24.3%, Indie 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 6.6%
- #26 Climb up the down
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
Why similar: Adventure 28.6%, Survival Horror 26.1%, Action 20.8%, Horror 16.8%, Indie 5.3%
- #27 Vollun
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Mauricio Scherer
Windows
Vollun is a first-person with great focus on story, puzzles and exploration. You wake up in a strange place full of mysteries. Something happened in this place and you're not alone.
Why similar: Adventure 39%, Indie 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #28 The Eerie Inn
77% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Przestraszeni
Windows
The Eerie Inn is a mystery, puzzle-solving horror game with a strong emphasis on the narrative. You play as one of the girls staying at a guest house and your mission is to find out the truth behind the mysterious things happening there. You will soon realize that things aren't what they appear to be..
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 18.1%, Indie 16.3%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #29 Soul Street
75% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: DululuPub: BD Games
Windows
Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.
Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 18%, Puzzle 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #30 A Simple Door
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keter studio
Windows
Try to escape from “A Simple Door” by facing your past, your darkest secrets and your fears through the doors.
Why similar: Adventure 22.6%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.2%, Action 15.8%
- #31 Backrooms: Realm of Shadows
75% matchMixed42% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Cyprus Games
Windows
Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms.
Why similar: Adventure 24.5%, Action 14.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.1%
- #32 Terror Lab
77% matchMixed55% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone.
Why similar: Adventure 27.7%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Indie 16.4%, Horror 15.6%
- #33 Liberation
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: WINTERS
Windows
Liberation is a strategy survival horror game. You have to go to the Deathworld and collect crosses to liberate ghosts. Survive from the attacks of various ghosts!
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 18.6%, Action 12.2%
- #34 Duder
76% matchMostly Negative30% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: HorrorC
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 8%
Duder is a new horror with the familiar game concept, an unusual ending and full immersion in an atmosphere of fear in which you have to explore the dense forest and escape from the terrible creature that will haunt you everywhere.
Why similar: Adventure 25.2%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Indie 13.4%
- #35 Shadows 2: Perfidia
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 283 reviews2017
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: IceTorch Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Shadows 2: Perfidia is a survival horror game inspired by classics like the Penumbra series and Layers of Fear. Explore a darkened office complex and uncover the truth behind the horrifying events that have befallen its inhabitants.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 10.3%, Action 10%, Indie 8.7%
- #36 Stairs
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 361 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Action 14.2%, Indie 13.8%
- #37 Two Bad Fellas
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Rabbit Bay Games
Windows
In this first person, horror, casual game, you have to protect your Teddy from the Two Bad Fellas. Find quickly a safe spot to hide your buddy and than move him to the next one. Explore the house and solve riddles but be aware, if you hold your Teddy for too long, you will be in big danger!
Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Horror 18.9%, Action 11.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 8.7%
- #38 The Last Tale Told: Spam
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zignus
Windows
You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Possible fraud” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.
Why similar: Adventure 36.4%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 18.8%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Indie 6.1%
- #39 Block Granny Horror Survival
73% matchMixed50% of 44 reviews2019
Dev: Polantronic
Windows
Survive on the island and protect your family. Granny comes to hurt your wife or child. Craft weapons (bow, club, arrows) and fight Collect the food and feed your family.
Why similar: Adventure 29.6%, Survival Horror 28.5%, Action 22.3%, Horror 19.5%
- #40 The Door Before
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StormBrew
Windows
Step into a haunted hotel that will test your resolve. Run, hide, and use your resources to survive the dangers that lurk. Every attempt brings you closer to uncovering the way out, but beware as the monsters that hunt you grow more bold. Do you have what it takes to escape this nightmare?
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Action 9.2%
- #41 Ben The Exorcist
72% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: WraithStudio
Windows
Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.
Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Survival Horror 23.7%, Action 18.6%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 14.3%
- #42 Observo
70% matchPositive82% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: SpaceZeta Games
Windows
A third-person survival horror game styled after early-2000s horror game classics. What was supposed to be a regular inn turned out to be hiding a nightmare inside...
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #43 Dark Watching Chapter 1
68% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Cannedheart's studios
Windows
your goal is to find your sister that went missing. Solve simple puzzles and avoid being found by the Watcher.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 11.8%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #44 From the Last Shift: Horror Collection
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RadiosityPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
The Last Shift is a first-person adventure horror game. At midnight, demons roam the amusement park while you are alone on the night shift in the security booth. Collect clues, solve puzzles, face your enemies, and strive to survive the night!
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Horror 19%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #45 Zaru
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Ascent Games Ltd
Windows
Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.
Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Action 19.1%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 14.5%, 3D 9%
- #46 Spaceman
71% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: ConmtrastPub: LGV
Windows · Mac
Explore, gather resources, find the artifacts, but most important... survive! Spaceman is an adventure game that takes you into an amazing and challenging journey across the temples of space.
Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Action 25.7%, Indie 19.8%, Survival Horror 6.8%, Psychological Horror 5.1%
- #47 SCP: EXPERIMENTS
68% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: sylvester
Windows
EXPERIMENTS is a first person horror game about escaping a research facility while being hunted by a creature
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Action 15.3%, Horror 14.5%
- #48 Nightwalker
70% matchMixed64% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Nightwalker is a short horror adventure game in which you play as an aspiring investigator.
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Action 19.7%, Indie 15.1%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 9.3%
- #49 Another Hope
67% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: MamkaloPub: MB Studio
Windows
Trapped in a doorless room, you must follow the commands given to you. This psychological horror experience will test your resolve and sanity. Can you escape, or will you remain imprisoned forever?
Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Action 20.2%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #50 The Mine
69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Stepanov Dmitriy
Windows
You will find a fascinating and frightening adventure through the old mine in Soviet Union, where you have to hide from enemies in order to survive and figure out what else hiding the old mine
Why similar: Adventure 33%, Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 18.6%, Indie 16.7%
- #51 Robotization: The Last Human
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ten Art Games
Windows
Robotization: The Last Human - a first-person survival-horror game in which you have to survive in a world full of horrors. Be afraid of unknown creatures and lose your last hope for salvation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Adventure 20%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Horror 8.7%
- #52 THE 8IGHT
65% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: KJAE GAMES
Windows
Max, who suffers from schizophrenia due to childhood trauma, decides to break free from the endless torment of hallucinations and delusions.
Why similar: Adventure 30.3%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 18.1%, Indie 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #53 Transfigured
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinecone Studio Inc.
Windows
Transfigured is a 2D side-scroller psychological horror game. Humanoid monstrosities stalk you from the dark. Armed with nothing other than a dying flashlight, survival depends on hiding, finding tools, and carefully navigating your surroundings.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Adventure 17.5%, Horror 13.9%, Action 9.5%
- #54 Deep Sorrow
69% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Adventure 28.8%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.6%
- #55 MUZY
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
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: Adventure 20.2%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Action 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #56 Rite of Osiris
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Time Break Studios
Windows · Linux
Explore the tombs beneath Egypt’s desert in a first-person survival horror. Hide from the horrors that stalk the dark, scavenge and craft to progress, and manage your light, tools, and scarce supplies to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Adventure 14.6%, Atmospheric 10%