- #1 Boogeyman 3
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork Wolf
Windows
A child lays awake in the light of the moon, unaware the Halloween curse will be starting soon. The radio crackles to life, a mysterious girl...
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Strategy 25.6%, Simulation 23.6%, Psychological Horror 23%, Indie 1.4%
- #2 ANDROMALIUS
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Unit Zero Studio
Windows
Spending the first night in a new apartment can be quite nervewracking. New sounds, and thin walls that seperate you from others in the complex. Do you trust your new surroundings?
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Simulation 29.8%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #3 Spectre
96% matchMostly Negative28% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Proscenium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fright or be frightened in Spectre, a haunted new multiplayer horror game with full VR integration. Now with Oculus CV1 Support!
Why similar: Simulation 32.9%, Horror 31.1%, Strategy 31%, Indie 5%
- #4 Mysteries of Black Hollow
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Ash StudiosPub: Ultimate Games
Windows
Set in a sunless town cursed by the Architect, Mysteries of Black Hollow is a shop management and extraction game. Ride your wagon into blighted lands, gather relics, and trade dark heirlooms to restore the church. But beware: every fortune has its price.
Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Simulation 25.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #5 不帰上 -Fukiage-
94% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: 翠星開発
Windows
Based on real-life haunted tunnels, this is a first-person horror game. Can you escape the tunnel filled with fear and tension and make it back home safely?
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Simulation 27%, 3D 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #6 Borrowed Sight
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
A mysterious epidemic violently killed millions in hours. Sealed inside a darkened van, your only connection to the silent, altered city is a damaged remote-controlled car. Navigate using coordinates, angles, and camera feeds to uncover the truth without drawing the attention of what remains.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Simulation 25.9%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Realistic 11.1%, 3D 7.5%
- #7 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
93% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Simulation 21.8%, Strategy 20.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Indie 3.8%
- #8 The Flower Inspector
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quiet Shell GamesPub: INDIETRUCK
Windows
It's time to return that favor. You must inspect flowers and decide where you'll ship them to. There's a long night ahead and some of your choices may haunt you.If you feel you're being watched, turn off the lights and hide.
Why similar: Simulation 38%, Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 28.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #9 The Sievert Scale
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WensleyDale Studios
Windows
A surveillance horror based inside a nuclear power plant. Monitor CCTV, Identify hazards, document incidents and keep operations running. Report too much and you fail the weekly audit, too little and danger spreads. What’s happening deeper inside the plant was never meant to be monitored.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 20.4%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 17.7%, Choices Matter 7%
- #10 nan
91% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Fight against weird purple objects with no end goal!
Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, Strategy 34%, Horror 25%, Indie 5.5%
- #11 Anomalous Backrooms
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cryptic Arcadia
Windows
The Anomalous Backrooms is a psychological observation horror game set in various portions of the backrooms. Study each room, decide whether something has changed, and choose the correct exit. Get eight right to escape. Make one wrong choice, and the loop resets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Strategy 24.4%, Horror 21.1%, 3D 10.4%, Realistic 8.6%
- #12 TheSpoiler
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Regen
Windows
When you come to your senses, you find yourself trapped in a nightmare. The books scattered around will guide you through your future.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Psychological Horror 32%, Simulation 29%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 1.9%
- #13 The Stairwell
88% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Hidden Palace
Windows
You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.7%, Horror 26.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Realistic 6.5%
- #14 Observe.
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CollectorDev
Windows
Eliminate multiple levels of anomalies. Find out why you're here and how to get out.
Why similar: Simulation 35.2%, Strategy 31.5%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 7.5%, 3D 5.9%
- #15 Twisted Toys
86% matchMostly Negative29% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Kizuna Game Studio
Windows
Pack toys. Ship orders. Finish the shift. And repeat. Twisted Toy is a psychological horror game where your nightly routine reveals you’re not alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 29.8%, Simulation 24.5%, 3D 7.2%, First-Person 5.5%
- #16 Junkyard File
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aihz
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration & environmental interaction, where a mysterious “free” pendrive game begins to affect your surroundings. Try them all while you still can.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Strategy 23.8%, First-Person 10.6%, 3D 8%
- #17 Backrooms Untold
86% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Maritime Games
Windows
Backrooms Untold is an atmospheric horror experience where you’re lost in an endless, infinite maze of fluorescent lit corridors, stained carpet, and humming lights. The deeper you go, the more it feels wrong—familiar spaces twisting into something hostile and unknowable. 8 total levels on launch.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 24%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Realistic 10.7%
- #18 Unsettled : NIGHT SHIFT
85% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Bongduck Games
Windows
Unsettled: NIGHT SHIFT is a horror game about the terrors of daily life experienced by someone who has moved to a new city to live alone.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Simulation 20.5%, First-Person 9.2%, 3D 4.1%
- #19 BeyondThere
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Regen
Windows
Beyond There is an immersive first-person horror game where you explore the eerie house of a missing friend. As you uncover dark secrets and confront terrifying encounters, your sanity will be tested. Can you uncover the truth behind their disappearance, or will the house consume you too?
Why similar: Simulation 29.1%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 27.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #20 Pharmacy 24
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HalfQuiet
Windows
Pharmacy 24 is a horror simulator game where you take on the role of a pharmacist, serving customers and taking care of the Pharmacy... Who knows, maybe one day it will accept you.
Why similar: Simulation 32.7%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 5.7%, 3D 4.3%
- #21 Decommission Protocol
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Worldspawn Studios
Windows
Edith station has been abandoned for a year - an unusually long time to sit derelict. You are a space station engineer sent up to decommission the station in a manual service elevator with the ability to stop between floors. Will you discover the truth or simply follow protocol?
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Simulation 9.5%, First-Person 6.3%
- #22 EXIT: Anomalous Zones
82% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: SXTEEN
Windows
You are locked inside a Hotel filled with anomalies, inspired by internet culture and streamer Byilhan. You must find all the anomalies on each floor to escape. The game also features other available environments to explore.
Why similar: Simulation 35.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 17.2%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 10%
- #23 Santa's Shadow
82% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Dillan VictoryPub: Raydillanv
Windows
A Christmas Indie Horror Game
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Strategy 22.3%, First-Person 8.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #24 The Vessel
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Raman Tarasau
Windows
A short, experimental horror experience with bleak and unsettling atmosphere.
Why similar: Simulation 41.2%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 19.6%, 3D 8.2%, Indie 2%
- #25 Cave Of Evil
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2HEADSTUDIOS
Windows
Cave of Evil is a horror game in which a desperate father becomes obsessed with recovering his daughter who died in an accident through a strange ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 30%, Simulation 14.9%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 9.5%
- #26 Hell Storage
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ascend Gaming
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about an ex-con working nights at a self-storage facility, where an old mirror reveals the spirits stalking him.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Simulation 19%, First-Person 9.5%, Realistic 8.8%
- #27 LoopSpace
79% 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 29.3%, Horror 29.3%, Strategy 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Simulation 9.9%
- #28 NO TRACE BY DAWN
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MovoIsHere
Windows
This is a first-person horror game about covering up a murder before sunrise. Dismember the body, clean the blood, dispose of the evidence, and keep your story straight when the police come knocking. By dawn, there can be no trace.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Simulation 29.6%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, First-Person 8.6%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #29 Fall Asleep
78% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Overthrown Interactive
Windows
Fall Asleep is a tense first-person climbing game where you’re trapped in a nightmare and the only way out is up. See only the platforms in front of you, make every jump count, and try to escape before the dream swallows you whole.
Why similar: Strategy 34.2%, Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #30 Escape Exit: Floor 10
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KonaMGames
Windows
You’ve stepped into an office building haunted by an unsolved murder. The elevator traps you in endlessly repeating floors — each one slightly different from the last. Discover all 31 subtle anomalies, avoid deadly supernatural events, and reach the final EXIT to uncover the true ending.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Simulation 26.1%, First-Person 5.7%, Realistic 5.6%
- #31 Spookie Dookie
76% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Studioz
Windows
Spookie Dookie is a horror bathroom simulator where a simple pit stop goes wrong. Explore a decaying gas station restroom, uncover hidden tapes, survive encounters with what lurks within, and unlock multiple endings. Sometimes… holding it is the smarter choice.
Why similar: Strategy 31.6%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Realistic 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%
- #32 Anamnesis
77% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Isaac Brewster
Windows
Anamnesis is a psychological horror game with a heavy focus on tension, you'll never feel truly alone as you explore the vast darkness of the office. Relive a digitized memory of a power cut, with nothing but a box of matches for protection.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Simulation 30.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #33 The Consumed
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OTR HVN STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Play as a Night-Shift Mall Security Guard in this first-person analog horror game. Check, secure, and attempt to survive the haunted shops in this dying mall.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Simulation 22.7%, First-Person 8.4%, 3D 6.8%
- #34 Boogeyman
76% matchVery Positive80% of 671 reviews2015
Dev: Clockwork Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.
Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 3.5%
- #35 0th floor. - The cursed elevator to floor zero -
75% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Half/Phai
Windows
You've been trapped in an elevator that always goes to the 0th floor. Don't overlook any anomalies, and try to move to the designated floors.
Why similar: Simulation 32.6%, Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Realistic 11.8%, 3D 4.1%
- #36 Insomnia
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Conner Games
Windows
You wake up in a cold sweat, paranoid, and unable to move. Is it just another case of sleep paralysis or something else? Check your cameras to ensure you're not having delusions, and, most importantly, try not to panic..
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Simulation 21.5%, First-Person 5.8%, Realistic 5.7%
- #37 Assessment
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ignis Byte Studios
Windows
Assessment is a short psychological horror experience focused on tension, atmosphere, and player choice. You are trapped in a confined environment where you must read, think, and respond under pressure. As the test progresses, the situation becomes more disturbing, unpredictable, and dangerous.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Simulation 27.2%, Horror 26.5%, First-Person 7.3%, 3D 3.8%
- #38 Knock
73% matchMixed67% of 15 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: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 35%, Choices Matter 11.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #39 Stay Sane
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HalfPasTwo Productions
Windows
You stay up until late at night, trying to gather evidence of the anomalies you have been witnessing the last months. The more photos you can capture, the better, but don't forget: you are not alone. There's something with you, constantly watching you, just waiting for you to miss out on an anomaly.
Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Realistic 13.4%, Strategy 11.8%, First-Person 5.9%
- #40 [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明
73% matchVery Positive84% of 659 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Simulation 25%, Strategy 23.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Indie 4.4%
- #41 Shadow Of The Abyss
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jimmybear Studios
Windows
Shadow Of The Abyss is a psychological horror game where you play through the eyes of a bodycam. As a security guard, your job is to survey an office building during a night shift, until you fall into the hands of fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Horror 31%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 9.4%, 3D 3.6%
- #42 New Year Home
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: 白金城
Windows
"New Year Home" is a horror game set during the New Year. Players explore a familiar yet eerie home, navigating festive yet dangerous spaces. They must solve abnormal events to uncover a terrifying truth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 19.9%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 11%
- #43 Study of Unusual: Forest of Secrets
72% matchMixed51% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: EviceGames
Windows
In Study of Unusual: Forest of Secrets you are secret agent which went to unusual forest. You need to find out the reason of people disappearing. During the investigation you need to unravel the mystery of the forest, collecting notes and documents of disappeared people and try to stay alive.
Why similar: Simulation 37%, Strategy 36.6%, Horror 20.5%, Indie 5.9%
- #44 Blame Him
72% matchMixed44% of 203 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Blame Him is true first-person survival horror. A game about surreal atmosphere and dark challenges. A bone-chilling experience made by 2 people from Japan. Loved by and scared many YouTubers and Streamers.
Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 4.4%
- #45 Pandamonium
70% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows
Pandamonium is a single-player psychological horror game. You have been taken. The only way out is through three eerie mazes where roaming panda-suited strangers are on the hunt. Escape them, or become them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Simulation 25.9%, Horror 23%, First-Person 9.8%, 3D 4.3%
- #46 Unclaimed World
71% matchMixed50% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.
Why similar: Simulation 43.4%, Strategy 39%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Indie 5%
- #47 こっくりさんのいうとおり
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hanedaSK.Games
Windows
A 3D horror game where movement is prohibited. (Japanese Only) 3D一人称視点「移動禁止」ホラーゲーム。観察・会話・こっくりさんが鍵。
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Simulation 27.4%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Realistic 6.9%, First-Person 5.9%
- #48 Ep.家族
70% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Kutsunasi
Windows
A first-person Japanese horror game.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Psychological Horror 30%, Simulation 19.2%, Realistic 7.2%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #49 There was something in that room
69% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Enrique M.
Windows
Move through the rooms of the lab in this short but replayable horror game. Debug the computers in each room, watch out for errors, and fix sabotages. Make sure you always know where you are... and where other things are.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Strategy 29.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%, First-Person 5.4%
- #50 Dream Prison
69% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 26%, Simulation 23%, First-Person 9.9%, 3D 7.3%
- #51 Forest Keeper Lookout
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kizuna Game Studio
Windows
Take a temporary job as a forest ranger deep in the mountains. Complete daily tasks, maintain equipment, and enjoy the quiet, until strange things start to happen.
Why similar: Simulation 31.2%, Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, First-Person 7.6%, 3D 6.2%
- #52 [Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 632 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Realistic 5.3%
- #53 Not My Hand
66% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: BeetleGame
Windows
A psychological horror puzzle about an strange VHS tape that captured a disturbingly realistic ritual. Each viewing changes what happens on screen. Notice these changes, figure out what they mean and see if you can rewrite the ending.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Horror 26.7%, Simulation 23.9%, First-Person 7.8%, 3D 6.2%
- #54 NOT ONE OF US
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Zubak
Windows
NOT ONE OF US is a psychological horror inspection game where you must determine who is human — and who is only pretending to be. Examine documents, search belongings, uncover anomalies, and make the right decision before it’s too late.
Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Strategy 11.3%
- #55 Smile
68% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Ecco Studios
Windows
A simple trip to the doctor has turned the life of Theodore Caldwell upside down. Unaware of what has really happened, Theo now finds himself in a strange location with hostile entities around every corner. Smile utilizes time management and fear of the unknown to create a truly haunting experience.
Why similar: Strategy 35.4%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 18.9%, Sci-fi 12.3%, First-Person 6.7%
- #56 Haze of Lucidity (Halu) - The Phoenix
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HwayePub: Hwaye Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game about Annie, a nurse working at an old hospital. After caring for an elderly patient, strange events begin to unfold. Explore the hospital, uncover its mysteries, and discover the truth behind what is happening.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 33.4%, Simulation 29.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #57 No Further Instructions
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apex SevenPub: DEHMAIN
Windows
Silent. Foggy. The murmur of an anxious crowd. Only a cheerful voice on the radio keeps you from giving up. Who is to blame? There is no answer. Guess.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, Horror 25.8%, Simulation 22.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Indie 5.6%
- #58 Overdue
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josh Lasley
Windows
Work the night shift at a haunted library, alone or with up to three friends. Help strange patrons, finish your duties, and survive what waits between the shelves. Earn your pay, follow the rules, and uncover the past Bellweather tried to bury.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Simulation 29.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, First-Person 8.4%, 3D 6.4%
- #59 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
65% matchVery Positive82% of 3,323 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 45.7%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Simulation 12.8%, First-Person 4.8%, Realistic 4.5%