- #1 エレベーション
97% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: 電話倉庫
Windows
百貨店巡回ホラーアドベンチャー。かつて奇妙な使用方法で流行した鎮静剤「エレベーション」、上昇を続けるエレベーター、留まる時間。夜間警備員の青年二名が、上階を目指しつつ巡回し、各フロアで異常事態の真相を探る。
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Horror 25.7%, Retro 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%
- #2 Settled
96% matchVery Positive82% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Allen Dayan
Windows
Made in Construct2, Settled is a story driven game with hints of exploration. As you progress, subtle changes appear. Memories and nightmares act as new areas, although still remaining in the confines of the house. When you reach the end, the conclusion may not be what you expected.
Why similar: Adventure 35.2%, Horror 30.2%, Pixel Graphics 24.3%, 2D 10.3%
- #3 Nyctophilia
96% matchMixed64% of 305 reviews2015
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Nyctophilia is 2D psychological thriller about bad things in your head.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Horror 35.3%, 2D 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
- #4 Girl of the Ruins
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fireworks
Windows
“Girl of the Ruins” is a horror-mystery adventure game set in the future. One day, a girl who looks exactly like you suddenly appears. As you follow this suspicious girl, you will eventually uncover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Horror 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 22.9%, 2D 15.1%
- #5 The Abbey of Crime Extensum
94% matchVery Positive86% of 305 reviews2016
Dev: Manuel Pazos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A free game inspired by Umberto Eco's novel and Jean-Jaques Annaud's film "The Name of the Rose", and based on the game "La abadía del crimen" by Paco Menéndez and Juan Delcán.
Why similar: Adventure 64.5%, Retro 35.5%
- #6 RONNARIUM
93% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: ハルナノミウチ
Windows · Mac
An aquarium where a huge tank called "RONNARIUM" is on display. There is a rumor that if one enters the aquarium at night, he or she will be "divinely bewitched". A girl named "Yocto" hears the rumor and visits the aquarium to confirm the truth.
Why similar: Adventure 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 27.1%, Retro 23.6%, Atmospheric 12.9%, 2D 7%
- #7 D/Generation HD
94% matchVery Negative19% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: West Coast Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A virus has escaped at Genoq HQ in London, and Derrida, the lead scientist at Genoq, has asked you to help save the day. Travel up through the Genoq skyscraper rescuing the stranded employees and putting an end to the escaped virus.
Why similar: Adventure 66.3%, Retro 33.7%
- #8 GLiTCHiA
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
GLiTCHiA is an adventure that blends a 2D retro game with a 3D horror space Keep an eye on the door behind you, then use gimmicks and glitches to find what matters as you explore a lost series. Uncover why the ending went wrong, and save the game’s protagonist, Aby.
Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Adventure 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Retro 14.3%, 2D 5.5%
- #9 To the Basement
91% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: HugePixel
Windows
"To the Basement" offers an exciting journey in the world of robots, where players can explore mysterious locations, overcome difficulties on their way and fight with hostile machines.
Why similar: Adventure 41.7%, Retro 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, 2D 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #10 The Ammonite’s Whisper
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MITOH
Windows
A 2D exploration-based horror adventure set in the “Deep Realm,” an otherworld connected to a natural history museum. Experience a unique atmosphere where quiet intellectual spaces intertwine with unsettling phenomena.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 24.4%, Retro 22.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #11 Almost Home Now
90% matchVery Positive85% of 782 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Retro 19.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #12 ウワガキアイ
89% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: ツノウサギの家
Windows
A tragic story of repeated overwriting. Exploration type ADV I woke up in a laboratory. I immediately noticed something strange, but the erosion had begun. (In a certain laboratory, I started an experiment.) (The first and last experiment for me, risking everything...)
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Horror 23%, 2D 15.6%
- #13 Cursed Estate
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shoebill Rainworks
Windows
Gather your nerves and take that first uncertain step. Solve puzzles, collecting keys and other strange items to help you progress further into the depths of the manor. Piece together the information you find and discover the truth behind the events that transpired many years ago.
Why similar: Adventure 35.6%, Horror 25.4%, Retro 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #14 心霊旅館
87% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: WoodTableStudio
Windows
「心霊旅館」は廃旅館から脱出する3Dホラーゲーム。 謎を解き、恐怖を乗り越え脱出を目指しましょう!
Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Adventure 32.4%, Retro 31%
- #15 June
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lab36
Windows
「June」 is a horror adventure game in which you explore a haunted apartment and solve puzzles and try to escape. Use your companions' special actions at key points,and let's return to our world alive.
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 23.5%, Horror 20.2%, 2D 15.5%
- #16 Path Out
86% matchVery Positive92% of 191 reviews2017
Dev: Causa Creations
Windows · Mac
Path Out is an autobiographical narrative game following the real journey of Abdullah Karam, a young Syrian escaping the civil war in 2014. Abdullah himself comments the game through Youtube-style videos, giving insights into his dramatic travels through Syria's war torn countryside & daily life.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 57.9%, Adventure 42.1%
- #17 Creepy Castle
85% matchVery Positive90% of 239 reviews2016
Dev: DopterraPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A conspiracy is welling deep within the stone walls of an ancient castle.The keep’s master is leading its denizens to construct a revolutionary new device made to move the world forward onto a new path of evolution.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Retro 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, 2D 12.8%
- #18 Deep Sleep Trilogy
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 791 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Adventure 35.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #19 The Stars Are Hungry
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Children of Madness Studios
Windows
A 6-color pixel horror adventure game set in an abandoned space station. But you're not alone up here. And air's running out.
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Adventure 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, 2D 6.6%
- #20 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,691 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Adventure 16.3%, 2D 10%, Atmospheric 3.2%
- #21 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,304 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Adventure 18.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%, 2D 7.9%
- #22 La GRUTA
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Cerdeira
Windows · Linux
Grotto adventures
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.6%, Adventure 28.5%, Retro 17.9%, 2D 16.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #23 Alone K.W.
83% matchMostly Negative34% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: TeamWaterFlyPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dr. Kevin White, a drug manufacturing manager in the same company was sent to a conference in Greenland. In turn, the ship was caught in the ice and crashed. The main character was thrown by an unknown island. Seeing the house, Kevin went there.
Why similar: Adventure 76%, Horror 24%
- #24 Graveyard Birds
81% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Indispensable Studios
Windows · Mac
Graveyard Birds is a 2d puzzle game. Guide Lemmy the bird through 50 devious levels and escape the clutches of the undead with the help of your friends!
Why similar: Adventure 43.8%, Pixel Graphics 26.1%, 2D 15.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%
- #25 しかくの勿忘草
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Itine
Windows
Will you take the first step to reclaim your memories? Even if it means involving everyone...
Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 27%, Adventure 24.6%, 2D 19.6%
- #26 Space Raft
81% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: RaftronautPub: Nami Tentou Mushi, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a music-infused adventure as you recover stolen master tapes and release the new Space Raft record.
Why similar: Adventure 46.4%, Retro 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, 2D 11.3%
- #27 Reality Falls
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lewis DenbyPub: Game If You Are
Windows
In a dusty, dilapidated town on the former Soviet steppe, a young traveller finds himself embroiled in a strange and surreal plot that threatens the very existence of Reality Falls itself. A story-driven indie adventure, with classic point-and-click puzzles and a retro JRPG-style look and feel.
Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Retro 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, 2D 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #28 Owner Duk-Chun: Part-time Slayer
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hovid Games
Windows
This is a 2D growth-based RPG + store management game. Experience a character that gradually becomes stronger and a variety of craftable items.
Why similar: Adventure 54.7%, Pixel Graphics 27.1%, 2D 18.2%
- #29 Gloamroot
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dkabes
Windows
Gloamroot is a first-person adventure set in a small, surreal village. Tasked to finish chores for your sick father, you uncover unsettling details hiding beneath the town’s calm surface. Something else is watching.
Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Horror 32.5%, Atmospheric 16.6%
- #30 The Haunted Spot
75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
The Haunted Spot is a 2D Top-Down survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Jack who arrived at a haunted hotel in order to experience the paranormal.
Why similar: Adventure 32%, Horror 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Retro 11.2%, 2D 9.5%
- #31 The Last Tale Told: Spam
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zignus
Windows
You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Possible fraud” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.
Why similar: Adventure 48.4%, Horror 34.2%, Atmospheric 17.3%
- #32 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
77% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
Why similar: Adventure 58.1%, Horror 30.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #33 Ninjahtic Mind Tricks
76% matchMixed55% of 47 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ninjahtic Mind Tricks is an 8-bit hack-and-slash platformer with stealth, adventure, and puzzle elements. Like it's predecessor, Ninjahtic, levels have an open-ended nature and are presented in a linear fashion. Though, several features have been added to the predecessor's formula to create a more varied experience.
Why similar: Adventure 40.8%, Retro 29.7%, Pixel Graphics 29.5%
- #34 Claire
76% matchMixed66% of 414 reviews2014
Dev: Hailstorm Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.
Why similar: Horror 41%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Adventure 20.1%, 2D 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #35 Captain MaCaw 2
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Auld Games
Windows
We're not in Guadeloupe anymore Capn'! Captain MaCaw 2 is a Sci-Fi flip screen retro platform adventure game with pixel art graphics and old school chip tunes!
Why similar: Adventure 54.8%, Retro 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%
- #36 メアリウム
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 群悠
Windows
少年が迷い込んだのは悪夢の水族館『メアリウム』。果たして彼は襲い来る異変を乗り越え、無事家に帰る事ができるのでしょうか?KOTAKE CREATE様の『8番のりば』を参考に、ドット絵で構成された2Dホラーゲームです。
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Adventure 41.2%, 2D 16.9%
- #37 HUMDLE
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Team train is fast
Windows
You're in a dark room. you have to escape from here but.. can't see anything!!
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Pixel Graphics 26.8%, 2D 17.6%, Atmospheric 13.5%
- #38 Scare Girl 2
72% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: PartyGaming
Windows
A game at a haunted house and you're trying to collect 10 radio to open an escape door from a killer.
Why similar: Adventure 60.5%, Horror 39.5%
- #39 Vaccine War
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Games For Tutti
Windows · Mac · Linux
“Vaccine War” is an action adventure game with exploration features. It is set in the tense Europe from the thirties, with the Spanish Civil War (and some fiction stories) as background. Aesthetically, the game combines the pixelart retro style with a 3D environment.
Why similar: Adventure 38.7%, Retro 31.9%, Pixel Graphics 29.4%
- #40 Smashroom
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Jonathan Calsolaro
Windows
The faith of the forest is threatened by evil forces. A mysterious curse has turned your human body into a small mushroom and your world is invaded by molds, but not all is lost. Your new form comes with new abilities!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34%, Retro 27.9%, 2D 19.1%, Adventure 19%
- #41 Isolation
73% matchMixed41% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Interactive Gaming Studios
Windows
The plague destroyed the world you once knew. This unknown bacteria destroyed the lives of many people who lived in various countries around the world. When the plague was first identified by doctors, researchers started working on a cure immediately. The infected people were transported into hospitals to isolate them from other people.
Why similar: Adventure 51.6%, Horror 48.4%
- #42 Touch of Madness
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NLT Productions
Windows
In this 2D Survival-Horror, you switch between two protagonists as you advance through the story: Neo, a man lost in his own mind, trying to survive an endless nightmare, and Lavina, a loyal friend who will do anything to try to save him.
Why similar: Horror 29%, Adventure 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Retro 11.1%, 2D 8.8%
- #43 Hide and Sink
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hell0 Dirtty Games
Windows
Hide and Sink is a VHS horror game that tells a story about a group of elementary kids whose after-school hide-and-seek becomes uncanny terror.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Adventure 34.6%, Retro 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #44 Uncanny Valley
72% matchMixed56% of 497 reviews2015
Dev: Tiny Mold
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 31%, Horror 27.7%, Adventure 26.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, 2D 4.2%
- #45 Reason Unfound
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tissue Inu
Windows
Your brother's unexpected death leads you to unsettling locations in search of floppy disks with cursed retro games.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Retro 25.8%, Adventure 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #46 Black Jewel
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 121 reviews2017
Dev: Oscar CelestiniPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You are Ryan, a barbarian warrior and you've got to keep back to the realm the Black Jewel, stolen by Darkor.
Why similar: Retro 38.7%, Adventure 34.9%, Pixel Graphics 26.4%
- #47 Curse of the Old Gods
70% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Tim Rachor
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.
Why similar: Adventure 62%, Horror 21.2%, Retro 16.8%
- #48 From Beyond Prologue
69% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2018
Dev: SuckerFree Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 1910, professor Crawford Tillinghast mounted an expedition into the mountains of Europe. He went searching for a lost village shrouded in the myths and rumors of a bygone era. This is his story...
Why similar: Adventure 47.9%, Horror 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%
- #49 The Shadow People
68% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Roc Studios
Windows
The Shadow People is a retro point and click horror adventure game with a minimalistic aesthetic. As a student cramming for finals, you drive all the way to school, sit through class, and try to slog your way back home. But fatigue sets in, and dark creatures dance in the edge of your eyesight.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Retro 25.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #50 Sylvio
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2015
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Horror 44.7%
- #51 The Forest of Drizzling Rain
66% matchVery Positive97% of 477 reviews2022
Dev: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows · Mac
Alas, it was the "promised place," where Shiori was never meant to go. Finally, a remake of The Forest of Drizzling Rain, that masterpiece of an exploration horror game with multiple endings from the creator of the big hit Angels of Death!
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Adventure 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, 2D 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #52 Droste Effect
66% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: ParasomniasGames
Windows
Explore the peculiar tale of Droste Effect, a captivating 2D puzzle game. Confront the mysterious past of your new home with Alexandra, uncover secrets, and manage your sanity in an intense adventure. Rediscover the power of memories as you dive into a past that will reshape your present.
Why similar: Adventure 35.1%, Horror 30.2%, 2D 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Retro 9.7%
- #53 Eragon's Tale
67% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
Brave through the darkness in his dreams. Or die trying.
Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Adventure 27.4%, Retro 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, 2D 6.7%
- #54 Unlimited World Book: Retro
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuzioLP
Windows
Unlimited World Book: Retro is a single-player story game about the origin story of the character Doctor Edward Retro from Unlimited World 1.
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Retro 28.3%, Horror 26.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #55 Blueberry Tales
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: G Game TeamPub: Adrien Vasseur
Windows
Dive into the captivating adventure of Blueberry Tales, a narrative game combining exploration and legendary mysteries!
Why similar: Adventure 52.6%, Pixel Graphics 28.4%, 2D 19%
- #56 The Warden
69% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Matteo CillarioPub: Black Mist Studios
Windows
“The Warden” is a first-person psychological-horror game with puzzles.Ephram Elias Barkley is a landowner who , after losing his family , lives his life in a alcoholic loneliness.His life is interspersed with moments of lucidity and states of trance that seem to leave, as only trace, mysterious drawings of dark landscapes in which stands...
Why similar: Adventure 62.9%, Horror 37.1%
- #57 Shutter
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2015
Dev: Cosmic Logic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.
Why similar: Adventure 51.9%, Horror 35%, Atmospheric 13.1%
- #58 Faiths End - 2D Survival Horror
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron BestPub: BadBunny Games
Windows
When Matilda Stockwood's partner is abducted her only hope is to follow the trail back to her childhood home, but the once idyllic town of Raven's Point isn't exactly how she remembers.
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Retro 19.4%, Horror 18%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, 2D 10.9%
- #59 Diastone: Memories
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Souluted GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Discover a world unknown to you, becoming the figure before whom the universe itself shudders, the one unacquainted with the confines of time and space, experiencing the lives of different individuals. Transform into someone who fears only one thing: the creature trailing closely behind.
Why similar: Adventure 47.2%, Horror 38.1%, Atmospheric 14.7%