- #1 Lucidus Mortem
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories
Windows
In the 1930's, Samuel, a man with occult beliefs is contacted by S. Stenfield, an elderly man desperate for the suicide of Alice, his daughter. Through a voodoo ritual, Samuel enters a world that only the dead can access. There he will try to recover Alice's soul... But nothing is what it seems.
Why similar: Cinematic 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Investigation 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #2 Alone in the Dark Prologue
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,639 reviews2023
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 6%
This stand-alone prologue puts you in the tiny shoes of Grace Saunders – an 11-year-old girl delivering a letter, when things go horribly wrong… Experience the unique 1920s horror atmosphere of Alone in the Dark and prepare for the terror that awaits in Derceto Manor
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Cinematic 15.2%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Realistic 8.3%
- #3 Alone in the Dark
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,635 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Cinematic 12.1%, Detective 10.4%, Dark 6.8%
- #4 A Little Time
95% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Thorson
Windows
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Cinematic 15.6%, Noir 13%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Investigation 12.7%
- #5 Yokai Crossing
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jotaz Larrain
Windows
A 7-year-old boy has vanished inside his own home. Find him and uncover what happened beneath its walls, while evading the Yōkai that have claimed this place as their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Cinematic 14.1%, Detective 12%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Investigation 8.8%
- #6 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
94% matchVery Positive83% of 2,770 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 9.2%, Realistic 7.2%, Action-Adventure 7%
- #7 Don't Turn Back
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Scrnshot Interactive
Windows
Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Investigation 9.3%, Realistic 8.7%, Cinematic 7.1%
- #8 The Dame
92% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Dovlet Mammedov
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where a harmless camp ritual awakens The Dame: a presence bound to mirrors and silence. Break the mirrors before she reaches you.
Why similar: Cinematic 20%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Realistic 9.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #9 Victim Complex: Part 1
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: 5ive Bullet Games
Windows
Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Detective 11.5%, Supernatural 10.4%, Investigation 9.2%, Realistic 9.1%
- #10 The Casting of Frank Stone™
91% matchMixed62% of 5,609 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Cinematic 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Lovecraftian 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 6.9%
- #11 Necropolis Suite
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.7%, Noir 19.3%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 8.7%, Horror 7.3%
- #12 DESOLATIUM
89% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Lovecraftian 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Investigation 8.1%, Realistic 7.2%
- #13 captain midnight
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Detective 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Realistic 8.1%, Investigation 8%
- #14 The Last Case of John Morley
86% matchVery Positive84% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Realistic 8.1%, Dark 7.2%
- #15 SAS: Heks
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZenVision Games
Windows
Investigate a second-hand laptop in this first-person psychological horror experience, uncovering files, messages, and anomalies that don’t match reality.
Why similar: Cinematic 12.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Realistic 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #16 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 14%, Cinematic 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Investigation 10.8%
- #17 The Lighthouse
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 10.2%, Cinematic 10.1%, Thriller 8.1%
- #18 Unforgotten: Ordinance
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows
Face your fears, uncover the secrets of the past and fulfill your own destiny. In the wild impenetrable forests of Siberia you will face those who look beyond our reality and only the right choice will allow you to reach the end. Test yourself in a new psychological ethno-horror.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Lovecraftian 11.1%, Horror 8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
- #19 Casting Whispers
84% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Supernatural 8.8%, Dark 8.3%
- #20 ECHO OF FEAR: Vol.1 Night Visit
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEVA
Windows
ECHO OF FEAR is a psychological horror game where you play as a detective who receives a box containing 6 mysterious videotapes. Each tape represents a separate story connected by a common plot. The plot is based on the Cthulhu myths by H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Detective 16.5%, Cinematic 14.1%, Realistic 7.7%, Horror 7.2%
- #21 System Says Normal
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KovalGames
Windows · Mac
You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.
Why similar: Noir 13.9%, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #22 Mind Diver
81% matchVery Positive96% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Thriller 7%
- #23 Shadows on the Walls
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bowl of Tentacles
Windows
Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.3%, Detective 15.3%, Cinematic 13.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Realistic 7.2%
- #24 Veil of Sanity
82% matchMixed67% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Sphereka
Windows
Veil of Sanity: Echoes of the Carnival (Chapter 1) combines psychological horror with intense gameplay. Keep your sanity intact as you explore a forsaken carnival. More chapters coming soon!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 11.9%, Investigation 11%, Realistic 10.3%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%
- #25 What have you done, Father?
80% matchVery Positive91% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot. Embark on the frightening adventure of a young priest entangled in a forbidden affair with a beautiful lady who meets a gruesome end. Lust, wrath, murder, despair.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Detective 12.5%, Thriller 8.9%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Mystery 6.7%
- #26 The Sleeping Sickness
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Lovecraftian 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Detective 11.1%, Cinematic 10.1%
- #27 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Noir Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Noir 24.1%, Detective 15%, Cinematic 12.1%, Investigation 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #28 Maledictum
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FoxGameDev
Windows
In Maledictum (1–4 co-op), you’re not a ghost hunter you’re an Investigator of Guilt. Identify the entity, uncover the victim/culprit/cause, and decide a final ritual to free or condemn a spirit that reacts to your voice.
Why similar: Detective 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Supernatural 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #29 Veil of Torment
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews
Dev: Dejan Milosevic
Windows
Enter the abandoned Black Water Asylum in search of a missing girl. Veil of Torment is a psychological horror game where reality twists, shadows whisper, and every step drags you deeper into madness.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.6%, Detective 15.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Dark 9.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #30 Signal Lost: The Ping
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mousavi Tech
Windows
Signal Lost: The Ping is a first-person atmospheric horror adventure set in a pitch-black underground facility. Use sonar-like PING pulses to reveal paths for a heartbeat, but each ping raises the Threat and draws the Sentinel closer.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Realistic 9.1%, Dark 8.2%
- #31 IFU
78% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Cinematic 15.2%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 9.7%, Dark 9.2%, Thriller 8.4%
- #32 Short Stories Whispers In The Walls
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Risen Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow in the footsteps of Detective John Palisnki, drawn to a small town after a tragic suicide. As he searches for answers, John encounters supernatural phenomena that challenge his understanding of reality. Unravel dark secrets and face your fears in a haunting atmosphere filled with mystery.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Supernatural 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Horror 7.8%
- #33 BANNED TAPES
75% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: NickNickolas
Windows
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Cinematic 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Detective 10.1%, Investigation 7.8%
- #34 Angst
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forgeworks Studio
Windows
Escape the cube.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Investigation 10.1%, Realistic 8.4%
- #35 M.S. Salmon
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoybloQ
Windows · Mac · Linux
M.S. Salmon is an interactive 2D story adventure. Help Ben Hearnden and Ranieri solve a murder on a luxury liner. As they gather more evidence, they uncover not only the truth about the murder but also their own dark past.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Cinematic 15.4%, Detective 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #36 Orph - The Lost Boy
76% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows · Linux
Orph - The Lost Boy is a first-person horror game where you have to find out what happened with your son. Explore an old orphanage, uncover secrets long forgotten and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Cinematic 14.3%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.3%
- #37 This Bed We Made
74% matchVery Positive91% of 3,051 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Cinematic 14.7%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #38 Look Inside
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Bitwise Games
Windows
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 18.9%, Dark 10.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Thriller 8.9%
- #39 Neighbors
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Max BarsanaPub: Oddlybeast
Windows · Mac
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark 7.6%
- #40 GHOST at DAWN
73% matchVery Positive82% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Blue and Red Games
Windows
In 1947, hard-boiled private eye Ben O'Hara is searching for a missing girl in an abandoned hotel. Investigate room by room, piece together clues, and give the living dead lead poisoning in this noir horror. Can you push through your fear and discover what became of her?
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Detective 14.3%, Cinematic 10.8%, Investigation 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #41 DREADCORE : Locked Unit
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vladislav LukyantsevPub: MonkeyFactory Media
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, and environmental storytelling. Discover the tragic story of Unit 199, where a fragmented consciousness still haunts the place.
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Lovecraftian 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Cinematic 12.5%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #42 The Occultist
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 286 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 16%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Supernatural 7.2%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #43 The 7th Guest Remake
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
The iconic game The 7th Guest has been brought back to life with modern technology, delivering an atmospheric story like no other. Explore a foreboding mansion, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets. The 7th Guest is the ultimate mystery adventure, reimagined for modern platforms.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Noir 16%, Mystery 9.6%, Supernatural 8.9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #44 Secrets Of Suburbia
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: coolmysterydev
Windows · Linux
Investigate a disappearance in a quiet American suburb in 1997. Spend the night exploring the early internet and following a digital trail in this first-person mystery-horror experience.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 11.3%, Detective 10.8%, Realistic 7.9%
- #45 The Empty Desk
71% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: CheesecakeGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Cinematic 13%, Investigation 11.2%, Realistic 7%
- #46 The Lost & The Found
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ironic Despair
Windows
The Lost & The Found is a game about cooperation, deduction, and making the right choices. You and your colleague must reunite the people with their forgotten treasures. But be aware, all is not what it seems. Opposing forces vie for both your inventory and your loyalty.
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 8.2%
- #47 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17%, Detective 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 7.4%, Exploration 7.4%
- #48 Sanguis Luna
70% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Domynyo SRL
Windows
Sanguis Luna is a first person Horror video game that catapults you into a frightening Mansion. Your main objective is to escape the infested Mansion, finding objects and challenging riddles while exploring incredible scenarios.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 13.2%, Realistic 12.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Dark 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #49 Echoes Of The House
69% matchVery Positive80% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Sordar Studios
Windows
Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.
Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Cinematic 13.4%, Supernatural 8.3%, Realistic 8.1%, Thriller 8%
- #50 Ghost Frequency
68% matchMixed68% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: PIT GAMES
Windows
In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Detective 15%, Investigation 13.9%, Dark 9.9%, Thriller 8.8%
- #51 Open Roads
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Open Roads TeamPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Cinematic 17.7%, Investigation 16.7%, Detective 14%, Exploration 8.8%
- #52 Forester: First Step
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Batareika007
Windows
An old cabin in the woods holds secrets. Explore the environment, search for objects and find a way out in a first-person horror.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.2%, Action-Adventure 13%, Realistic 12.1%, Dark 10%, Adventure 6.5%
- #53 Radiolight
66% matchVery Positive92% of 411 reviews2025
Dev: Krystof KneslPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Cinematic 13%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 11.1%
- #54 Shadowless
68% matchNo user reviews2030
Dev: ultron01
Windows
Shadowless is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a creepy house marked by tragedy, where dark entities and the past haunt you. Defenseless, you face a nightmare that consumes you before you can escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 8.4%, Realistic 7.6%
- #55 Hoton
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AvvAG
Windows
Hoton is a horror game with various mechanics that will make you feel fear. Run, hide, survive.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Investigation 9.1%, Cinematic 8.4%
- #56 NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tupelo Labs
Windows
Embark on a an unforgettable narrative journey with NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles, a chilling collection of interactive horror stories from the r/NoSleep subreddit. Explore immersive environments, face grotesque encounters, and fight to survive in this gripping anthology of terror.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Dark 9.3%, Realistic 9.1%
- #57 Flower Shop
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Bile
Windows
It is a hermetic horror that pretends to be your friend. The game begins at a flower shop. At first, it looks like a naive florist simulator. Gradually, the game pulls you into the abyss of madness.
Why similar: Cinematic 15.9%, Detective 11.6%, Thriller 8.2%, Realistic 8.1%, Investigation 7.5%
- #58 The Unluckiest Man
68% matchVery Positive92% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Noir 18.5%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.2%, Dark 7.8%
- #59 The Rules
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Zoo
Windows
In this first-person horror survival game, you must Follow the Rules, keep a clear head, and be attentive. Only then may you live to see the end of the night. Relying on ambient horror and speech recognition to keep the player on their toes, this is a horror game like you've never played before.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Detective 12.3%, Realistic 10.3%, Exploration 9%, Adventure 8.3%