- #1 GRUDGE
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SV Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror experience where your own house becomes a twisted nightmare. Explore disturbing environments, solve puzzles, photograph hidden clues, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious clown watching you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 24.2%, First-Person 13.6%, Stealth 8.8%, Exploration 7.9%
- #2 Indian Paranormal Files - Sleepover
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tRoaster
Windows
What starts as a normal sleepover quickly turns into a terrifying paranormal nightmare. Explore the house, investigate strange occurrences, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the haunting before it's too late.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 14.6%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 12.7%
- #3 Domovoy
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Horror 28.4%, First-Person 17.6%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 7%
- #4 The Threshold
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sain Dreams
Windows · Linux
The Threshold is a psychological horror game. Trapped in an endless time loop, your only goal is to escape. However, with each new attempt, the environment fractures.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 22.3%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 9.2%
- #5 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. You were sent into an abandoned facility to retrieve something — but it's not as empty as you were told. No combat. No rescue. Just what's waiting inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 29.3%, First-Person 16.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 5.7%
- #6 Last Half of Darkness
94% matchVery Positive91% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 9.3%
- #7 Spider Maze
93% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Crescent Dial Games
Windows
You are alone in an abandoned maze. A monstrous, hairy spider hunts you. To escape, survive three deadly trials hidden within the maze. Experience intense scares and spine-tingling thrills. Player discretion advised - not recommended for players with arachnophobia.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 27.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Stealth 10.5%, Adventure 9.7%
- #8 Vorozhey
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Vorozhey is a psychological horror inspired by Slavic mythology. It tells the story of an artist haunted by terrifying visions and ancient forces.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Horror 26.4%, First-Person 16.8%, Action-Adventure 13%, Adventure 4.9%
- #9 OBSCURIA
91% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, First-Person 16.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 10.7%
- #10 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Horror 33.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, First-Person 8.3%, Adventure 7.6%
- #11 VHS \\ Bleach and Bones: Ritual
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GustafValentine
Windows
A terrifying VHS-style horror game. You're trapped in a cursed house haunted by a failed ritual. Stay silent, your microphone is always listening. Speak, and something will hear you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 20.4%, First-Person 16.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 7.3%
- #12 Unanswered
88% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Horror 24%, First-Person 15.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 6.9%
- #13 Static
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suraj M.
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 24.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #14 Hektor
89% matchMixed62% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 5%
- #15 Notes To Myself
87% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Spy On The Wall
Windows · Linux
The horror began when you wrote your first note.
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 32.7%, First-Person 17.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 2.8%
- #16 Knock
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: shanethehippoPub: Shanethehippo Productions
Windows
A short story psychological horror game about answering visitors at the door while being home alone after your brother goes out to buy pizza. During a time of a record-breaking number of serial home break-ins, you must decide whether or not to answer the knock at the door.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Horror 32.3%, First-Person 18.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #17 The Curse of Beatriz
86% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: DarkPlayerGAMES
Windows
Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 26.4%, First-Person 20.9%, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 6%
- #18 The Abandoned House in Yeongdeok
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UtanePub: Working Doves
Windows
She was sent to the abandoned house in Yeongdeok as part of a viewer punishment challenge. But the joke ended the moment the door slammed shut.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 27.7%, First-Person 17.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #19 Pixelwave Off
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PixelwaveCraft Studios
Windows
Pixelwave Off is a backrooms-mascot horror game set in the 2000s.You return to search for your friend, who disappeared a few years ago.Find him and uncover the dark secrets hidden within Pixelwave Entertainment.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, First-Person 16.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%
- #20 Dimension Omega
84% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: AdriDev
Windows
Explore, survive and escape the numerous levels of Dimension Omega in order to return to the real world in a creepy, liminal and eerie First-Person-Singleplayer experience while avoiding various terrifying entities that lurk in the shadows, waiting for you...
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, First-Person 13.5%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Stealth 11%
- #21 Shadow Bounded
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Lonewolf Interactive
Windows
A horror game where a relentless AI enemy haunts your every move. Navigate through darkness, uncover the secrets of the cabin, and survive the nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 32%, First-Person 18.1%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Stealth 16.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #22 Project Tape
82% matchMixed68% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Stealth StudioPub: Stealth Studio UE
Windows
Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 37.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 5.7%, Indie 5.3%
- #23 Kindergarten of hell
81% matchMixed40% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Twid Entertainment
Windows
You are a detective investigating a case that has been forgotten for 5 years. The case involves finding out why everyone disappeared from a daycare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 23.2%, Action-Adventure 20%, First-Person 19.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #24 ColdSide
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 529 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Horror 26.9%, First-Person 16.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 8.4%
- #25 Neurophobia 神经恐惧
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 金银花社团工作室Pub: 花落游戏
Windows
Neurophobia is a personal first-person decryption exploration. In order to get rid of neurological symptoms, the protagonist woke up from a coma for unknown reasons and has come to the research institute. As one of the former researchers, he came to explore the true face of it.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
- #26 Illusion 幻覚
81% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: MONZEN
Windows
Delivery personnel headed to a condominium building to deliver a package.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 7.7%
- #27 Yukimura
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aethvion
Windows
Trapped in a remote, snowbound village, uncover the haunting secrets buried beneath Yukimura’s endless winter. A Japanese-inspired survival horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 21.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Stealth 10.3%
- #28 Liberation
80% 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: Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #29 Fading Reality
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fracture Tone Studio
Windows
Haunted by the disappearance of his wife Emily, Thomas returns to an abandoned place where reality and nightmares begin to merge.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 26.1%, First-Person 16.9%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 8.1%
- #30 The Duchess Curse
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
As a security guard tasked with a simple job in a long-abandoned mansion, you quickly find yourself trapped within its haunted walls. Dark secrets unravel as you uncover the tragic tale of the Duchess, who, in a desperate attempt to resurrect her daughter, summoned something far more sinister.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Adventure 11.7%
- #31 Don't Drop The Cake: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive86% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: Midoriyama
Windows
Let’s deliver the cake. To reach your goal, you must cross a space crawling with monstrous creatures. If fear makes you tremble or you panic and drop the cake, it’s all over. This challenge isn’t for cowards. Only the brave and composed will make it through. Are you up for it?
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, First-Person 15%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 7.8%
- #32 Lady Dracula's Mansion
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Stingy Hat Games
Windows
Explore a creepy gothic mansion and survive the night while being hunted down by a lady dracula! Lady Dracula's Mansion is an FPS horror game with retro graphics where you must sneak around and use your wits while scavenging whatever weapons and resources you can find to help you survive.
Why similar: Horror 22%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 12.6%
- #33 TheMemory
79% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: TeamNPC
Windows
Find the lost memories and escape from Mor's Asylum.
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, First-Person 16.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 7.4%
- #34 Exit Denied
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Bonsai Bytes
Windows
Exit Denied is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned asylum. Hunted by a shifting entity known as Morph, you must search for parts, build a weapon, and survive long enough to escape. But Morph won’t wait—and it doesn’t let anyone leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 32.3%, First-Person 25.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Indie 3%
- #35 THANATOS
76% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, First-Person 18.2%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 13.7%
- #36 Asylum 45
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ury
Windows
You are trapped in an abandoned asylum with no end. Every corner hides something strange. Capture the anomalies with your camera before the loop traps you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Horror 23.7%, First-Person 15.2%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 9%
- #37 Room231
74% matchMixed50% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Genie Games
Windows
Room231 is a single player horror game, which is based on the famous creepy pasta called "Backrooms". Player must find an exit to leave room231 and reach the truth of room231.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, First-Person 15.4%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #38 地禍駐車場 -The Cursed Underground Parking Lot-
72% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Diabonobbu Game
Windows
After finishing work, the protagonist heads to the underground parking lot to retrieve their car. For some reason, their car is nowhere to be found, and as they search, strange events unfold one after another...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Horror 32.2%, First-Person 18%, Adventure 10.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #39 Backrooms:The Exit
73% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: XXE Games studio
Windows
Backrooms: The Exit is a single-player adventure game based on theme of backrooms.Inside the game you will need to avoid all threatening entities and find the cutscenes (exits) for each level, and perhaps many unexpected ways out of a level.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 10.5%
- #40 Engraving
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 9.3%
- #41 Black Room
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadOwl Studio
Windows
Black Room is a first-person psychological horror game focused on story and experience. What starts as a night in a motel will pull you deep within the human psyche, leaving you grasping for an exit – and not only for yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 22.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Stealth 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
- #42 Synthetic Captive
71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Synthetic Captive is a first-person stealth escape game designed to reveal that the most terrifying monsters originate from the human mind. In this dungeon, escape is nearly impossible. You play as the protagonist, exploring the dungeon prison, struggling to survive and escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Horror 23.8%, First-Person 14.7%, Stealth 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #43 Lumber Island - That Special Place
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: DeanForge
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
"Lumber Island - That Special Place" is a psychedelic first-person horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Adventure 19.9%, First-Person 19.7%
- #44 1116
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SpaghettiCode
Windows
First-person psychological horror set in an abandoned school. Explore eerie environments, collect keys and hidden clues to piece together your past and uncover the truth behind the ghost that haunts you.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 28.4%, First-Person 15.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 8.1%
- #45 Disappeared
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deborah Vellozo da Silva
Windows
Disappeared is a horror game focused on exploration and stealth progression. As Axel, in a dark forest, you must uncover what happened to Deb, your missing wife, and find a way to save her while being hunted by powerful entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 30%, First-Person 16.8%, Stealth 9.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #46 GhostHunt With Triggered Insaan
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Arkesh BharadwajPub: Indian Developers
Windows
A Horror Game Featuring Triggered Insaan (Nischay Malhan) as a Ghost Hunter.
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, First-Person 16%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 9.4%
- #47 The Abandoned Levels
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArcadeHorizon
Windows
After personal tragedy, you fall into the nightmarish Backrooms. Navigate handcrafted levels, evade deadly creatures, and cling to your sanity. Find the exit – and the answer to whether survival is worth the struggle at all.
Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, First-Person 15.3%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 12.7%
- #48 The Incident
67% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: RemasGames
Windows
The Incident is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a closed circus, destroy evidence before investigators arrive, and avoid someone still inside watching your every move.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, First-Person 17.7%, Adventure 14.7%
- #49 A Simple Door
68% 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: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Horror 29.1%, First-Person 23.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 2.7%
- #50 Tihama | تهامة
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bader Albaker Pub: Bader albaker
Windows
Tihama is a first-person Mysterious story driven adventure game. You return to your family home to take care of your grandfathers property, but strange events begin to appear. Explore, feel the tension, and uncover the truth behind what’s happening. A thrilling journey full of secrets and surprises.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Action-Adventure 17.9%, Exploration 16.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 13.2%
- #51 PREDATOR AND WRECK
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Snym[スナイム]
Windows
Test your mettle with the award-winning stealth horror/sci-fi game PREDATOR AND WRECK. Keep your eyes and ears open, and be on the lookout for the strange, mutating, man-eating life form stalking the space station while you attempt to make your escape and unravel a mystery.
Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Stealth 11.9%
- #52 Familiar Stranger
67% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 20.3%, Exploration 15.5%, First-Person 6.8%
- #53 Riot of Willy
69% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Too Production
Windows
Is a horror game with an adventure twist. Your task is to solve puzzles and not to get caught by monsters. They all hear and see you, so be careful. Explore the locations and survive in this thrilling horror game
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, First-Person 23.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Indie 6.5%
- #54 Hands up
66% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Ghuvyi
Windows
Hands UP Experience a classic first-person horror in pixel graphics Use your shovel to clear the debris and reach the lowest level Do not tear wrist tendons.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, First-Person 19.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 6.2%
- #55 File 47
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Kalimater Studios
Windows
A forgotten file. An echo that repeats. Memories that aren’t yours. The past always finds a way back. Are you ready to remember?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Horror 34.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 6.6%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #56 Lost Hope: Backrooms
64% matchMixed68% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
Windows
Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, First-Person 17.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #57 Chat, Is This Real?
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Retroverse Studio
Windows
Chat is this Real? is a first-person psychological horror game. Play as a streamer in an abandoned hospital during a livestream. Uncover the hospital's dark past, follow the clues in the chat, and survive a nightmare that should have remained buried.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Horror 30%, First-Person 17.1%, Indie 6%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
- #58 Silver Chains
69% matchMixed69% of 1,349 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Psychological Horror 29.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 5%
- #59 Don't Return to Wonderland
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krachware
Windows
A dark fairy-tale horror adventure inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Use mysterious powers to forge your path and confront the horrors lurking within a world that is both adorable and cruel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 29.6%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 7.5%