- #1 Mara
96% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
You’re a thief! You’ve received a job from a dealer, and now you must steal several artifacts from an ancient tomb recently discovered by archaeologists!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 18%, Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Puzzle 9%
- #2 Maze Escape
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: zzong
Windows
This game is to escape the maze while avoiding zombies and obstacles. Use the item and remember the way you came to escape from the maze. Good luck.
Why similar: Zombies 22.4%, Horror 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13%, Dark 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #3 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, First-Person 10.4%, 1990's 10.2%
- #4 9 Souls
95% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Sandstorm in a BottlePub: DreamStudios
Windows
An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Dark 13.1%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #5 Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
94% matchMixed59% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 19.6%, Dark 18.2%, 1990's 14.3%, Walking Simulator 12.9%
- #6 Circustime
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moncage
Windows
"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 23.9%, Dark 22.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 7.2%
- #7 Obscure Figures
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Dark 21.4%, Horror 20.3%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Adventure 8%
- #8 weekdays
92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: na3_anykey
Windows
Black-and-White Style: Immerse yourself in a unique atmosphere where light and shadow play a crucial role.Variety of Locations: Explore strange corridors with rooms, a forest with a witch's hut, an old cemetery, an abandoned house on a wasteland, and more.
Why similar: Zombies 20.8%, Dark 17.2%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 9.6%
- #9 DING DONG PITCH
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Fashion Gradebook LLC
Windows
Ding Dong Pitch is holiday horror at your doorstep. Sound is deadly, and perfect pitch is your only defense. Unsettling carolers sing while you must match their notes to keep them from breaking in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Zombies 17.9%, Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #10 Darkness Inside
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 21.6%, Dark 21.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, First-Person 9.6%
- #11 Deep in the Fields
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Del Campo Studio
Windows
With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 22.5%, Dark 22.5%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #12 The Deepest Shift
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Friendly Bug Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game about working night shifts in a remote underwater facility, maintaining equipment, completing tasks, and making it through another night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 21.5%, 1990's 13.6%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%
- #13 Knock
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 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 28%, Horror 26.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 7.3%
- #14 Engraving
87% 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 29%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Dark 12.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Walking Simulator 8.2%
- #15 Nightwatch: Closer
86% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Quokkariki
Windows
"Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Dark 17.4%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, First-Person 8.2%
- #16 the static speaks my name
88% matchVery Positive82% of 5,749 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Dark 21.6%, Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #17 The Railroad Crossing
84% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 23.8%, Dark 23.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Adventure 7.6%
- #18 Crimson Asylum
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Panzo GamesPub: Downmeadowstreet
Windows
Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 17.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Walking Simulator 10.5%
- #19 Loop Room
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: OOPs.K
Windows
The loop room is a horror game from the first person point of view, and the goal is to operate 5 panels in 100 repeated rooms and escape to the emergency exit. Run away from the endless room through various equipment and items.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Dark 25.6%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, First-Person 12.1%, 3D 4.1%
- #20 Dark Return
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Wally7Pub: Wally seven studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark journey filled with secrets and horror, as John returns home after receiving a mysterious letter from a family member stating that he must return home after traveling for treatment. Discover terrifying facts and uncover buried secrets in an exciting and fun experience
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 22.2%, Zombies 21.3%, Dark 17.4%, Adventure 8%
- #21 DROWSE
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KhotiCeres
Windows
Dive into the harrowing experience of DROWSE. One evening, one call. In this indie psychological horror game, step back into the 90s. Wander through the various rooms and places you’ll uncover. Observe, you only have a few copies to print, after all. Strange. Was that object really there before?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, 1990's 18.9%, Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #22 Haunted Property
83% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 17%, Dark 11.3%, 1990's 9.6%
- #23 Last Presence
82% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DUS
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore your childhood home, solve symbolic puzzles, and uncover a family curse that slowly takes control of your actions.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 15.9%, Puzzle 13.9%, First-Person 11.3%
- #24 Tales of the Uncanny
81% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: DDL Studios
Windows
A horror game featuring standalone stories filled with eerie atmospheres and unsettling mysteries. Each chapter reveals a new, chilling narrative where your choices shape the outcomes. Dive into the unknown and embrace the uncanny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 15.1%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 9.3%
- #25 Experiment 404
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lost Input Game
Windows
Room 404 repeats. Identify anomalies, file reports, and stay alive—some anomalies might hurt you. Nurture the plants, listen to the overlord, end the loop, and unlock multiple unique endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.1%, Zombies 13.5%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #26 Drowned Grave
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Horror 18.2%, 1990's 17.1%, First-Person 6.9%
- #27 Last Half of Darkness
79% matchVery Positive90% of 51 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 32.2%, Psychological Horror 23%, Dark 17.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #28 The Backrooms: Expedition
79% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Sylvester
Windows
Explore the world of backrooms from this solo developed game. explore creepy and eerie levels, and also calm and liminal levels, but be careful, you're not the only one there.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Dark 17.2%, First-Person 10.3%
- #29 Ghostprint
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DevRoids
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 9.4%, 1990's 9.1%
- #30 Where It Happened
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waycore Studio
Windows
You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Dark 13.1%, First-Person 10.6%
- #31 INSOMNIC
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quickly Games Studio
Windows
Insomnia is a prison built by your own mind. Set in the early 2000s within the walls of a decaying apartment, you struggle to hide from a killer terrorizing the city. But as sleep fades, reality turns into a nightmare, and the line between victim and predator begins to blur.
Why similar: Horror 24%, Dark 21.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 13.9%, Puzzle 13.4%
- #32 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 26.3%, Dark 14%, First-Person 13.2%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #33 Ritual
77% matchMixed53% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
Ritual is a first-person psychological horror game. Immerse yourself in this sinister experience of terror, where everything familiar becomes strange to you, find the necessary elements to complete the ritual and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Dark 19.4%, Horror 18.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
- #34 True Nightmare - Diner Loop
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a new FBI agent, you become trapped in a looping anomaly inside a secluded roadside cafe. With every room you explore, the nightmare grows, and something relentlessly follows you. Can you escape?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, First-Person 7.4%
- #35 Left By Angels
74% matchVery Positive87% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 23.8%, Dark 14.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 6.9%
- #36 Aonaran Nevaeh
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TheAonaran
Windows
Read the streets, follow the signals, and survive what your mistakes awaken.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 12.6%, Puzzle 11%, First-Person 10.1%
- #37 Eyes On Them
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umbra Games
Windows
Your car breaks down on a deserted road at midnight. As you walk through the fog-covered forest, you arrive at the entrance of an abandoned factory. But the place isn’t as empty as it seems. Dark traces of the past and something unexplained are waiting in the depths of the factory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 15.1%, 1990's 12.2%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
- #38 Paragon Tower
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Lizard Tank
Windows · Linux
A first-person atmospheric horror game. Explore and uncover secrets about the Paragon Corporation, a pharmaceutical on the forefront of innovation.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 13%, First-Person 9.8%
- #39 Playback Trauma®: The Dog
73% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Undying Joy
Windows
Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.1%, First-Person 15.8%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 11.1%
- #40 Night Errors
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insomnia Interactive
Windows
Your job at Mr. Sandman's Dream Factory is simple: Enter children's nightmares and spot hidden anomalies - known as Night Errors. Make the right decisions to go deeper in the dreams, or start over from the beginning!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dark 10.8%
- #41 Incoming Evil
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 17.3%, First-Person 13.1%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #42 Bring the Book back
71% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
You wake up on the floor of a library, guilt-ridden for forgetting to return your borrowed book. Now, you find yourself trapped in an endless loop of bringing it back to ease your conscience, forced to check for anomalies to work off your debt.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, Dark 9.5%
- #43 Unanswered
70% matchPositive96% of 48 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 27.7%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 12%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Dark 7.9%
- #44 Dead Tapes: Fading Father
71% matchPositive89% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Nektogone
Windows
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 23.8%, Dark 18.5%, 1990's 12.2%, Adventure 8.8%
- #45 STOP THE TRAIN(열차 막기)
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: After School Vtuber
Windows
"The tip for this game is: you just have to stop the train."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Dark 21.8%, Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, First-Person 9.4%
- #46 The Rite Holds
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: PV Development
Windows
In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Dark 18.4%, Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, First-Person 9.4%
- #47 NO TOMORROW
72% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Abra
Windows
You are stuck in an infinite loop. Observe unusual activites and escape the loop.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Horror 15.9%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #48 Expired Meds
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Cinema Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 24.7%, Dark 15.3%, First-Person 12.4%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #49 Grinny’s Playhouse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abnormal Studios
Windows
Enter Grinny’s Playhouse, a once‑lively children’s fun centre now abandoned after its mysterious shutdown. Explore the dark party rooms and uncover what happened here. But be careful… the mascot who once entertained families hasn’t fully powered down.
Why similar: Dark 21%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, First-Person 15.2%, Puzzle 13.9%
- #50 The Cabin Factory
68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,623 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, First-Person 8.4%
- #51 Shards of Dread
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 18.2%, 1990's 17.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Adventure 7.7%
- #52 The Lecture: Classroom 1.09
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goat Tower Games
Windows
You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, First-Person 9.6%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #53 The Guest
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Dark 20.1%, Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, First-Person 10.6%
- #54 Revengeful Ghost
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Akumu Yuko/RegistaPub: Regista
Windows
This title is a horror adventure game. The story unfolds mainly through line messages on smartphones. Just like real time, the in-game time is also ticking away, and messages arrive in real time. The player must use mysterious videos and messages as clues to unravel the mystery of the incidents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Zombies 22.2%, Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Dark 7.4%
- #55 The Way Home | 집으로 가는 길
65% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: DeepDarkSpot
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.9%, 1990's 16.6%, Dark 15%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
- #56 LoopSpace
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XUZHIHAO
Windows
Enter the patient's inner world. Seek out the abnormal, uncover the truth. You will step into the patient's mental world, explore their psyche, and search for anomalies and fragmented memories. Every wrong choice will send you back to the beginning—can you reach the eighth level?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, First-Person 16.2%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #57 From The Darkness
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,460 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Dark 17.8%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, First-Person 7.9%
- #58 When will I get Home?
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZForgeGames
Windows
Indie anomaly-detection game set in a bleak Eastern-European stairwell. 11 floors, 40+ anomalies, minimal horror, maximal tension.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, 1990's 11.2%
- #59 Midnight Lane
67% matchPositive83% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Blossom Legion
Windows
It's a short horror experience that deals with the fear of dark city streets. Or maybe it's the fear of the daily routine, when the maniac's break-in is just a deliverance
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, 1990's 11.1%