- #1 MORTEM
97% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Daníel Ómar HaukssonPub: Daníel Ómar Hauksson
Windows
You are Timothy Collins. You arrive home late from work and enter your house. At first the silence is so deep, you realize that none of your family is home. Your home reverberates with revenge. MORTEM want's to play Hide and Seek, bringing deadly consequences, and she might not have come alone.
Why similar: Jump Scare 51.5% ★, Quick-Time Events 20.9% ★, Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 7.6%, Indie 5.6%
- #2 Kaet Must Die!
96% matchPositive75% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Strength in Numbers Studios, Inc
Windows
This is the hardest, most challenging, horror puzzle game you will ever play. 30+ hours of sanity-testing puzzles over the course of 10 horror filled levels. You are Kaetheran, an extremely powerful psionicist with a flair for cyberpunk style. You have awoken in a dank sewer without your mind powers.
Why similar: Gore 50.3%, Jump Scare 27.5% ★, Survival Horror 8.8%, Indie 8.1%, Horror 5.2%
- #3 Sanguine Sanctum
96% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: Modus Interactive Games
Windows · Mac
It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic.
Why similar: Gore 74.1%, Horror 13.7%, Indie 12.1%
- #4 School Grounds
95% matchMixed43% of 82 reviews2018
Dev: JubleLemonSeed
Windows
Strange mannequins silently stalk visitors to the school grounds as they piece together the mystery of what is happening at the school.
Why similar: Gore 75.3%, Horror 12.4%, Indie 12.3%
- #5 Project IO
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: T124 Studios LLC
Windows
Project IO is a first-person, survival horror video game set in the late 1950's, with an emphasis on exploration and narrative.
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #6 Obligation
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: 朽木布可凋夜Pub: JingtuStudio
Windows
"Obligation" is a decryption game made by RPGMaker. The player learns what happened to the character by switching the character personality. Different personalities have different ideas and operations on the same item.
Why similar: Gore 87%, Indie 13%
- #7 Nine
93% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Baiacu Games
Windows
Never stop walking and try to stay alive, even a child should be able to do it
Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%
- #8 House of Velez part 1
92% matchVery Positive82% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Dark Room Games
Windows
House of Velez is a horror game based around stealth/puzzle elements. It emphasizes sneaking, running and hiding mechanics to surpass obstacles rather than combat. This game draws inspiration from titles like Haunting Ground and even film such as the 1980's Hellraiser.
Why similar: Gore 61.2%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Indie 12.5%
- #9 Diastone: Confusion
91% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Souluted GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
A short story about a mysterious incident in the North of Transylvania and the punishment suffered by his culprit. Get ready to be a part of this story and learn its solution.
Why similar: Gore 75.6%, Horror 12.6%, Indie 11.8%
- #10 Fever Cabin
91% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Justin Foley
Windows
"Five Nights at Freddy's meets COD Zombies" in this challenging horror shooter with pseudo puzzle elements that forces you to use your head and listen carefully.
Why similar: Gore 58.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Indie 14.2%, Horror 11.1%
- #11 The Inevitability
90% matchMixed58% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...
Why similar: Gore 75.6%, Indie 12.4%, Horror 12%
- #12 The 9th Gate
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Spacepup Entertainment
Windows
A girl goes missing. The voices are a-calling. Can you find her before they find you?
Why similar: Gore 50.8%, Time Attack 23.1% ★, Survival Horror 10.2%, Indie 8%, Horror 7.9%
- #13 The Pillage
89% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Bishop Armstrong
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fast paced hack-n-slash arcade game where kidneys are harvested from everyone in your path.
Why similar: Gore 99.5%, Indie 0.5%
- #14 Horror at the Harpers
87% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Asilo Studios
Windows
Dive into a gripping first-person horror adventure as Tony, a father searching for his lost daughter, Ellie. Connect with the spirit world, face demonic forces, and explore a chilling atmosphere that will test your nerves and courage to the limit.
Why similar: Jump Scare 58% ★, Survival Horror 16.9%, Indie 15.1%, Horror 9.9%
- #15 krAsAvA Shot
88% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: MIGALOO GAMES
Windows
2079 planet Earth. Together with the spacecraft conducting the expedition on Mars, the earth gets an unknown virus. Almost the entire population of the planet exposed to infection and mutated into zombies.
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #16 Wolf or Boy
86% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: AIRLIB Co., Ltd.Pub: Icelink
Windows
Wolf or Boy is a simulation game in which you can experience a physiological battle between humans and werewolves. Hearing a rumor that horrible murders are repeated in a village in the middle of nowhere, you decide to visit the site. Apparently, how they got killed is not a human beings doing. There are werewolves amongst the villagers..
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #17 Matter of the Dreams
86% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Zuev Nikita
Windows
Matter of the Dreams - is a game for die-hard action fans. No exploration, no searching for keys to unlock paths – the player needs nothing more than good aim and a quick trigger finger to succeed.
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #18 One Night 2: The Beyond
85% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Dark Gaia Studios
Windows
A Lovecraftian survival horror adventure game inspired by the classics of the 90s.
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #19 Nystagmus
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: LGDC
Windows
An island, shrouded with darkness and clouds of mystery, is your only hope for salvation. In this first-person horror game, your character, an engineer in search for his fiancee, arrives at the suspicious island you’ve only ever heard about.
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #20 The Last Wait
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beanutts Games
Windows
Trapped in a sterile hospital, clinging to life, you anticipate your daughter’s arrival as reality slowly begins to slip. Your only chance is to endure the long, suffocating wait. The Last Wait. Can you hold on long enough to see her once more?
Why similar: Jump Scare 37.1% ★, Quick-Time Events 23.2% ★, Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 10.8%, Indie 8%
- #21 THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME
82% matchVery Positive92% of 226 reviews2019
Dev: games by lum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive, explore and discover the secrets of the woods. But be careful, there's something else in these woods...
Why similar: Gore 63.4%, Survival Horror 24.7%, Horror 11.9%
- #22 Worlds
80% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Y Develop
Windows
Worlds-is a psychological horror with a deep story, where nothing is accidental. The narrative is delivered in an unconventional way — not through dialogues or a narrator, but through the environment and subtle details And remember, nothing in this game is done for no reason.
Why similar: Gore 72.1%, Indie 16.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #23 The Hospital: Allison's Diary
83% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: KR GamesPub: Star Consult S.r.l.
Windows
"The Hospital: Allison's Diary" is a new horror virtual reality experience, putting the user alone in an abandoned hospital searching for the unknown with only the help of a single torch. You will face true fear in a way you had never thought possible.
Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%
- #24 Strike Force: Arctic Storm
82% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: West Forest Games
Windows
Strike Force: Arctic Storm is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games and a standalone add-on for Strike Force: Desert Thunder.Customize your loadout and join intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks.
Why similar: Gore 85.3%, Indie 14.7%
- #25 Never Let Me Awake
81% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: SUZUKI PRODUCTIONS
Windows
A first-person psychological survival horror game
Why similar: Gore 63.2%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 10.5%, Indie 9.9%
- #26 彼岸画廊/Nether Gallery
79% matchVery Positive86% of 206 reviews2019
Dev: HongShou Studio
Windows · Mac
《Nether Gallery》 is a cross-section puzzle-solving horror game in which players play a social animal and solve puzzles in the interlaced environment of dreams and reality. The style of background art is similar to that of contemporary China, and the living condition of the protagonist has a lot of resonance with the young people of...
Why similar: Gore 65.6%, Indie 19.3%, Horror 15.1%
- #27 The Other Side Of The Screen
81% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
The game has 5 main characters that participate in a deadly show called "The Other Side of the Screen" . Each player has to find a way out of his location. The levels and their difficulty are completely different. You are given an opportunity to play for any of the mentioned characters.
Why similar: Gore 77.6%, Indie 12.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #28 Vended
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: kaneymonPub: kaneymon_games
Windows
Even the most familiar halls seem foreign once you are left in them alone. The sounds, smells, lighting, all seem recognizable, but wrong... or maybe its something else? dive in, test your courage and learn the truth in this unique short single player experience.
Why similar: Jump Scare 61% ★, Survival Horror 17.8%, Indie 10.7%, Horror 10.4%
- #29 ENDURE
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noir Studios
Windows
ENDURE is a randomly generated psychological horror experience, focusing on individual phobias to create the most terrifying experience possible.
Why similar: Gore 54.7%, Indie 22.8%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Horror 8.3%
- #30 The 8th Day
79% matchMostly Negative23% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Tainted GamesPub: TAINTED GAMES
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum. The only feeling of safety is light. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind every corner lurks an evil presence and horrifying noises...
Why similar: Gore 62.8%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Indie 9.8%, Horror 9.6%
- #31 Allison's Diary: Rebirth
78% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: KR GamesPub: Star Consult S.r.l.
Windows
Immerse yourself into this terrifying first person horror adventure, where you will have to explore and search for the truth about the night Allison killed her parents, while trying to survive against the darkness.
Why similar: Gore 59.5%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Indie 13.8%, Horror 9.9%
- #32 The Mors
77% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Joseph LloydPub: Evallis Entertainment
Windows
The Mors is an intense and terrifying dive into the darkness, as you are thrown through diverse locations and horrific events, the pressure continuing to rise as you try to escape. Use anything at your disposal to survive as you run and hide from the horrors that hunt for you in the shadows.
Why similar: Gore 48%, Survival Horror 25%, Horror 14.7%, Indie 12.3%
- #33 Barry Has a Secret
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sandbay Games
Windows
Meal hiding simulator.
Why similar: Gore 86%, Indie 14%
- #34 Haunted Elevator - 闹鬼电梯
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Nyxtales
Windows
Play as a photographer compelled by a haunted elevator to uncover a tragic story. Find dark secrets about your company, using your camera and choices to seek justice or follow a darker path. The outcome is in your hands.
Why similar: Jump Scare 58.7% ★, Gore 21.5%, Horror 13.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #35 Ash Asylum
76% matchMixed42% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Tainted Games
Windows · Linux
In Ash Asylum you play an amnesiac thrust into a morbid, really creepy universe. After an accident you wake up to find that instead of lying in a hospital, you’re in an asylum with your head wrapped in bandages. Who the hell am I? What am I doing here? How do I escape?
Why similar: Gore 58.5%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Indie 13.5%, Horror 11.3%
- #36 Hot Earth: inVasion
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: .M.Y.W.
Windows
Earth, 11019 year, George and Jack, first encountered the bloodthirsty race "Virus". Which captures and subjugates the other worlds. Led by the emperor Necrofus, their army invaded the land. -You have a unique opportunity to become a hero and save the earth!
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #37 Follow My Footsteps
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edvardas ŠneiderisPub: Lukas Litinskas
Windows
This is horror VR game with puzzle elements and deep story line that you have to unfold when you play this game. You have to learn everything about this new house and beyond.
Why similar: Gore 63.6%, Survival Horror 15%, Horror 11.4%, Indie 10%
- #38 魔光
75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Magic Light TeamPub: Magic Light & LittleV
Windows
I am a Milky Way administrator from the Imperial Army. This time I was serving at a small base station 200 light years away from Earth. Although the Zerg had been defeated by the Empire for half a century, some insects still threatened us.
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #39 Unnamed Experiment
72% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Ke Zhou
Windows
A point-and-click puzzle game with no textual guidance at all, relying solely on cryptic symbols and mundane objects given an alien twist. An atmospheric journey awaits. Lean on your sensation and gut instinct, but don't get lost.
Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%
- #40 To the Hell
73% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: 森林纵火犯
Windows
This is a nerve-racking, stimulating, exciting, and even crashing horizontal version game. In this personal adventure, you have to use the easiest operation to move on in the hardest level.
Why similar: Gore 81.4%, Indie 18.6%
- #41 WRONGED US
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delusional Studio
Windows
Face the twisted, living incarnations of a town's lost hope in this open-world survival horror game, inspired by Dark Souls and Silent Hill.
Why similar: Gore 64.6%, Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 8.9%
- #42 Lone Leader
74% matchMostly Negative35% of 366 reviews2016
Dev: SirGoosePub: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lone Leader is a unique zombie apocalypse survival game. Your only aim in life is to survive. Explore the spine chilling open world map in a quest to survive.
Why similar: Gore 51.3%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Indie 17.7%, Horror 11.9%
- #43 Fork Road
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Au Yeung
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Fork Road is a first-person immersive atmospheric game with new gameplay , Be prepared to face fears you've never faced before
Why similar: Jump Scare 66.1% ★, Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.2%, Indie 6.8%
- #44 Near Death Experience
72% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Distorted Games
Windows
Near Death Experience is a defensless horror game that puts you in the mind of a car crash victim that lost his memory and finds himself in a threatening and unknown area. The player has to solve riddles to try to regain his memory while running from dark forces.
Why similar: Gore 61.7%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 11.7%, Indie 9.2%
- #45 KOJOUJI
71% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: SRR_GAMES
Windows
Kojouji is a sci-fi survival-horror puzle game that takes place in an abandoned factory.
Why similar: Gore 67.7%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 12.5%
- #46 Red Flu
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Kostrov Games
Windows
The game "Bird flu" - is a shooter (with elements of horror game) first-person. The action takes place in the USSR in the nineteen eighties.
Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%
- #47 Azurael's Circle: Chapter 3
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Jordan AllenPub: Enkian Games
Windows
Azurael's Circle: Chapter 3 is a horror-mystery adventure game. Explore the Old Ways nursing home and speak to the various residents to learn the secrets and answers within the nursing home.
Why similar: Gore 75.6%, Horror 12.6%, Indie 11.8%
- #48 Stary
71% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Yars
Windows
Death is the inevitable and logical conclusion of life. All people, one way or another, understand this, but until the end they dare to accept only a few. Stary - the story of the traveler
Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #49 Daemonical
69% matchMixed65% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: FearemPub: Gamifier
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Having ended up on an remote and abandoned island, you find yourself in a life and death battle against an evil coming straight from perdition. With each of your four friends possibly being a bone chilling demonic entity that will try to slaughter the rest of the group - who can you trust?
Why similar: Gore 47.9%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Horror 20.1%, Indie 10.8%
- #50 Truecolors
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Team Newtype
Windows
Truecolors is a game where we have to gather clues to the murder in the ship and get to the bottom of it, and survive the dangers and traps everywhere.
Why similar: Gore 72.4%, Indie 27.6%
- #51 Heebie Jeebies: The Roller Coaster
69% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Lukas Litinskas
Windows
Heebie Jeebies is a horror roller coaster game created especially for VR. To survive the whole ride, you will have to hold the handles in front of you. If at any point you will release them - GAME OVER. This is the perfect game for you to experience something spooky and to scare your friends as well.
Why similar: Gore 85.8%, Horror 14.2%
- #52 Employee Recycling Center
70% matchMostly Negative29% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: Idea Cabin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Abandoned by your co-workers after a terrible accident in the factory, you are trapped. Interact with your environment, solve puzzles and unlock up to 500 achievements in this new adventure for PC and Virtual Reality Headsets.
Why similar: Gore 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #53 Blackbay Asylum
69% matchMixed57% of 552 reviews2014
Dev: TAD Productions ABPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Blackbay Asylum, you take on the role of a confused psychopath who finds himself able to leave his cell one day. Explore the hospital grounds, solve mind shattering puzzles, survive relentless horrors and follow the story of Doug Dunheiw as he tries to find some clarity in what goes on at Blackbay Asylum.
Why similar: Gore 78%, Horror 13.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #54 The Alchemist's House
67% matchMixed69% of 270 reviews2019
Dev: Angry Bunny
Windows
An invitation from a stranger... There's something evil in this house... Will you survive?
Why similar: Gore 42.8%, Jump Scare 29% ★, Horror 19.4%, Indie 8.8%
- #55 Guroopia!
67% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Josh Sullivan
Windows
A fun 2D puzzle physics platformer where you manipulate the direction of gravity to complete your mission. You are Marvin, a cool stick-man who is abruptly disturbed by the Dream Wizard. Marvin is told he owes a "dream debt" to the Dream Wizard and will not be allowed to wake up until it's paid!
Why similar: Gore 81.2%, Indie 18.8%
- #56 William's dad's secret
66% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Violardi
Windows
You can't sleep at night. There's something trying to get into your room and you don't know what it is. You must do whatever is possible to stop it.
Why similar: Jump Scare 65.1% ★, Survival Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 7.6%
- #57 Horror Prison
65% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Panzo GamesPub: Downmeadowstreet
Windows
Uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows, confront the monstrous results of these experiments, and escape with your sanity intact.
Why similar: Jump Scare 63.2% ★, Gore 25.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #58 CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
62% matchVery Positive93% of 315 reviews2024
Dev: NIGHT DIALPub: Banshee Games
Windows
You have the briefcase. Now it's after you. It's not going to stop. Be careful—it may take the form of someone else. A short horror game by NIGHT DIAL.
Why similar: Jump Scare 50.7% ★, Gore 22%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #59 Redie
67% matchVery Positive80% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.
Why similar: Gore 87.7%, Indie 12.3%
- #60 Armed Warrior VR
68% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: antrorse
Windows
Realistic VR Action Game that deals with various weapons in battle and becomes a true medieval warrior! It has a virtual fantasy world view that matches the emotions of the global market. The hero use weapons such as swords, shields, bows and guns, defeating the enemies and becoming a true warrior.
Why similar: Gore 100%