- #1 KEEP LOOKING
96% matchVery Positive92% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Solshade Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a nerve-wracking horror game that puts you in a dark, claustrophobic cave with a relentless creature. Survive by flashing your dying flashlight at the right moments, too soon or too late, and it’s over. You must keep an eye on the creature, but beware: staring too long is just as deadly.
Why similar: Horror 82%, Indie 18%
- #2 Seek Or Die
97% matchMixed67% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 73.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #3 Nyctophobia
96% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Horror 52.6%, Indie 47.4%
- #4 Fear of the Light
94% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Jakob FereniusPub: Team Fuve
Windows
A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #5 The Trud
95% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Matheus Antônio
Windows
The Trud is a horror game that combines exploration with stealth gameplay, here you'll need to find your way out and discover what's happening in the school while monsters are trying to catch you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #6 MITE - Terror in the forest
94% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Kanashi StudioPub: Carlos Julian Lopez Garcia
Windows
MITE is a horror game, with some difficulty, in which you play a hiker who has lost his family in a cursed forest... find your family and escape, while strange creatures from Japanese folklore chase you, orient yourself .
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #7 The Pulse of Evil
92% matchVery Positive95% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
Windows
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Horror 89.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #8 It follows you
93% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #9 Greetings
91% matchVery Positive84% of 632 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #10 Those Who Crawl
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Hush Fin Games
Windows · Linux
Escape an ever-shrinking cave tunnel in this tense spelunking horror. As the stone walls transform into flesh, you'll face perilous claustrophobic spaces, flooded passages, and twisted inhuman creatures.
Why similar: Horror 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #11 Dark Deception
89% matchVery Positive89% of 23,237 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 87.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #12 Vigil
88% matchVery Positive86% of 2,025 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Horror 94.5%, Indie 5.5%
- #13 Fear in Hospital
90% matchMixed48% of 504 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Horror 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #14 Depths of Madness
89% matchMixed43% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Slap KrakenPub: SAU Game Lab
Windows
An atmospheric underwater horror game, can you evade and survive?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #15 Siren Head: The Siren's Forest
87% matchMixed52% of 544 reviews2020
Dev: Gwydion LLyr Meredydd
Windows
In this indie horror game, you must escape the Siren’s Forest! Use multiple means of transportation to aid your escape. Unearth what truly happened in the forest by interacting with certain objects that could provide you with the answers you need. But be careful… There’s something out there!
Why similar: Horror 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #16 THE DESCENT
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
The Descent, a horror walking sim in Rockwell Mine, immerses players in miners' harsh life and unsettling mine encounters. Play as an investigator uncovering a hometown mystery.
Why similar: Horror 75.5%, Indie 24.5%
- #17 Shelley Manor
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
- #18 Like Clay
86% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Horror 53.8%, Indie 46.2%
- #19 Escape from Hornhead
84% matchVery Positive97% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Escape from Horn head is 3D horror game. You need to find the keys and potions before he catches up with you. Explore the rooms, look for objects and avoid the pursuer. Try to find the best way, remember the movement of the Horned-headed demon chasing its victim, that is, you.
Why similar: Horror 66.4%, Indie 33.6%
- #20 The Wailer
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Ethan RobichauxPub: Vultive Entertainment
Windows
A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #21 THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME
83% 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: Horror 100%
- #22 It Moves
81% matchVery Positive88% of 321 reviews2019
Dev: SnowOwlPub: Kodama Games
Windows
It Moves is a horror game that will try to scare you without too many of the typical "screamers", instead relying on atmosphere and suspense. You'll be solving puzzles along the way, and encountering all manner of not-so-friendly creatures.
Why similar: Horror 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #23 REALITY
82% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #24 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
79% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #25 The Night Shift
79% matchMixed58% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Why similar: Horror 81.6%, Indie 18.4%
- #26 Don't Look
82% matchMostly Negative40% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DygoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don't Look is a horror game where you are being hunted by things that can only move when you see them. With no explanation or recollection of where you came from your only objective is to survive and make it out of that hell and hopefully uncover some secrets on the way.
Why similar: Horror 84.6%, Indie 15.4%
- #27 Effugium
80% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Horror 81.6%, Indie 18.4%
- #28 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 457 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #29 Eyes: The Horror Game
76% matchVery Positive91% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: Fearless GamesPub: QubicGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #30 Backrooms: Found Footage
77% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 79.6%, Indie 20.4%
- #31 Mist of the Dark
81% matchMixed45% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Visualistic Studios, LLC.Pub: Visualistic Studios, LLC.
Windows
Mist of the Dark challenges your ability to survive. Can you face your fears? Play as a monster and scare your friends. Play as the soldier and use tactics to hunt the monster(s) down. Scare the players. Stick with your team and discover objects and level advantages to take down the monster.
Why similar: Horror 81%, Indie 19%
- #32 Banshee
77% matchMixed49% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoX
Windows
The game is about escaping from a house where “Banshee”, a frightening looking fairy, wanders around, exploring the surroundings and using the items found to escape.
Why similar: Horror 85.5%, Indie 14.5%
- #33 The Luminist
78% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Lucid DreamPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
An inconvenient electrical failure turns into an unspeakable nightmare as Dietrich becomes trapped in an abandoned subterranean mining town full of horrid creatures.
Why similar: Horror 67%, Indie 33%
- #34 SCP: Observer
75% matchVery Positive93% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: Maximilian Fischer
Windows
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Horror 81.5%, Indie 18.5%
- #35 SCP: Labrat
73% matchVery Positive82% of 4,358 reviews2022
Dev: Bezbro Games
Windows
You are a test subject in the underground SCP research facility. When a containment breach occurs, you must find your way out. Escape the SCPs, discover anomalous objects, and collect valuable resources along the way.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #36 Hide Time
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Midnight_Games
Windows
Hide Time is a story-driven horror game where you play as new employee of Passion Oasis. Explore that huge complex, do your tasks and uncover mysteries of your past.
Why similar: Horror 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #37 Arruyo
75% matchMixed55% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arruyo is a 3D first-person horror game, where the player is inside a farmhouse with different monsters that will try to kill him/her. To survive and discover the mystery of that place, the player will have to hide from these monsters while investigating the farmhouse.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #38 Mimic Search
70% matchVery Positive88% of 966 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Horror 92.5%, Indie 7.5%
- #39 Dark Maze
76% matchMostly Negative37% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: TortishkaPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Your task is to get out of the maze. For this, you need to find the key!
Why similar: Indie 56.3%, Horror 43.7%
- #40 Face The Abyss
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Team KGD
Windows
The experiment has failed. The facility that was supposed to control the monster has stopped working, and now your only hope is to escape the facility before the monster hunts you down.
Why similar: Horror 86.9%, Indie 13.1%
- #41 Eternal Cave Escape
72% matchVery Positive83% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: HarderGaming
Windows
You find yourself stuck in a cave with nothing but your wit... and a pickaxe! As you climb your way out you'll find this is no ordinary cave.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Welcome To The Dark Place
68% matchVery Positive88% of 559 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Indie 53.3%, Horror 46.7%
- #43 Into The Unknown
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Sharks and Minnows
69% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: CollinPub: Collin's Game Company
Windows
Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.
Why similar: Horror 56.8%, Indie 43.2%
- #45 Zardy's Maze
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,570 reviews2021
Dev: Full Trek Media
Windows · Mac
Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Horror 86.3%, Indie 13.7%
- #46 Escape the Clinic
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 414 reviews2020
Dev: JubleLemonSeed
Windows
A first-person puzzle horror game. Solve clues, find hints, discover keys, and use passwords to navigate the haunted Clinic and find a way out.
Why similar: Horror 81.9%, Indie 18.1%
- #47 The Exit 8
67% matchVery Positive93% of 10,306 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #48 The Doll's Window
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ujumiru
Windows
A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #49 Fear For Freedom
73% matchMixed51% of 169 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Gods
Windows
"Two days ago a monster appeared in the hallway outside the office. Maybe if I just wait it will leave eventually." A very short psychological game dealing with isolation, entrapment and the nature of fear.
Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #50 King of Silence - Prologue
68% matchVery Positive85% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey in King of Silence, a first-person horror game where silence is survival. Trapped in a dark, abandoned temple, you must quietly uncover its secrets and the eerie legend of the King of Silence to find your escape. Make a sound, and it may be your last.
Why similar: Horror 94.4%, Indie 5.6%
- #51 Sub Terra
68% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Horror 86%, Indie 14%
- #52 Exit The Abyss
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Veloneer Games
Windows
Exit the Abyss is a psychological horror game where you are trapped in an abandoned, haunted hospital. The game focuses on an oppressive atmosphere, exploration, and mysteries, with minimalist puzzle elements. Immerse yourself in a distorted reality, confront your fears, and find the way out!
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #53 AfterHours
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2022
Dev: Runway Studios
Windows
Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.
Why similar: Horror 89.4%, Indie 10.6%
- #54 Minds Eyes
71% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 90%, Indie 10%
- #55 Missing Hiker
66% matchVery Positive85% of 3,592 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #56 Black Rose
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 978 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 84.1%, Indie 15.9%
- #57 Project H
67% matchVery Positive88% of 443 reviews2021
Dev: HollowPixels
Windows
Project H is a horror escape room game. Solve various puzzles while being haunted by a spirit that would prefer you not to leave.
Why similar: Horror 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #58 Very Scary Backrooms Game
67% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Horror 85%, Indie 15%
- #59 10 Seconds
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: ithinknotM8!
Windows
Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.
Why similar: Horror 84.5%, Indie 15.5%