Games Like The Mothering

The world and regime you once knew is crumbling day by day. The Major won't let you go until you've beat her at her own twisted card game. Bid, cheat and bend the rules to see another day, or die and be forgotten.

Why similar: Gambling 29.6% ★, Card Game 17.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Dark 8.7%

Roll the dice for a shot at rebirth in this card game adventure. Build your deck, collect otherworldly dice and battle spirits in a psychedelic purgatory. Do you deserve a second chance?

Why similar: Gambling 37.6% ★, Card Game 21.2%, Deckbuilding 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 10%

A surreal corporate horror deckbuilder where you gamble your life for cash, dodge murderous JERRY cards, and “maximise synergies” to climb the company ladder in Mr Magpie’s office nightmare.

Why similar: Gambling 28.6% ★, Card Game 17%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Horror 8.2%, Perma Death 8.1%

A Russian Roulette duel twisted with Cards and Rock–Paper–Scissors.

Why similar: Gambling 31.9% ★, Card Game 20.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Thriller 8%, Horror 7.3%

In this roguelike deckbuilder you’re an addict. Deep in debt to the mob, a little drunk, and out of time. Just one more spin, and then you'll quit.

Why similar: Gambling 36.3% ★, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological 9.1%

Let's build a champagne tower with glasses filled with liquid explosives. It's the only way to repay a debt of $1,000,000. ...Really?

Why similar: Gambling 35.7% ★, Dark 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

Deckline is an atmospheric war-horror card game. Out of ammo and encircled, you play one last game of Durak to distract from the inevitable. Experience the grit and dread of modern combat through the lens of a board game.

Why similar: Gambling 28.3% ★, Card Game 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Psychological 10%, Thriller 7.5%

HANDS OVER is a 5-player co-op horror game where harmless challenges become cruel tests of luck and nerve. Bluff, sabotage your friends, play dirty, and stay at the table longer than anyone else.

Why similar: Gambling 28.9% ★, Card Game 20.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Dark 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

A twisted trial of pill roulette for up to 4 players (solo or online). Pick your poison. Use experimental items to shift the odds. And remember: only one of you can survive.

Why similar: Gambling 42% ★, Dark 11.3%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

You are in a room without windows or doors. The TV dimly illuminates the room. What is this, a box? How to open it? After solving the riddle, you find the TV remote control. Click... a door appeared. You step into the darkness and hear laughter... turn around and find out what's behind the screen.

Why similar: Psychological 15.2%, Psychedelic 15%, Thriller 11%, Supernatural 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

You died, but the stakes are higher now. Face Kinger, master of the Gamble Lair, in a deadly game of Rock–Paper–Scissors where tokens are your life. Bet, survive, and bankrupt him before he bankrupts you.

Why similar: Gambling 26.7% ★, Card Game 19.9%, Psychological 11.6%, Dark 9.2%, Supernatural 7.7%

Roll the dice, climb the ladders, avoid scythes, take risky shortcuts, use Tarot Ability Cards to improve your odds or trap your opponent. Reach the end first to win.

Why similar: Gambling 37.5% ★, Card Game 15.3%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 9.7%

A claustrophobic click-based survival game where every spin, card, and choice could be your last. Earn oxygen by gambling your fate through charms, curses, and rising debt before the air runs out.

Why similar: Gambling 34.2% ★, Psychological 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Dark 9.4%, Horror 8.2%

A roguelike slot machine nightmare. The cursed machine has your family's lives in its grip: pay your debt every round, or they die. Bend the odds with cigarettes, line up 8 symbols, and force your way out of this hell. Losing is not an option.

Why similar: Gambling 36.6% ★, Psychological 15%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 8.6%

Save your cat from a house full of monsters in this distinctive blend of deckbuilding roguelite and survival horror genres. Wield two unique decks at once and keep your flashlight charged to fend off the gruesome creatures.

Why similar: Perma Death 18.6%, Card Game 15.4%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Horror 9.1%, Supernatural 8.4%

MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

Why similar: Perma Death 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychological 13.3%, Dark 13.1%, Thriller 12.6%

A Short Rogue-like Deckbuilder! As a missionary, you’re forced into a cardgame by a wicked man. He promises if you beat level 13, he'll set you free. Draw as many cards as you like, but if you pull the same color twice, all your cards burn! Obtain SPECIAL CARDS. Build Your Deck. Reach Level 13!

Why similar: Gambling 29.1% ★, Card Game 15.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Deckbuilding 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Roll the dice… or cities die. Learn lethal rules, twist outcomes, accept the cost. One bad throw calls the bombs. Win to delay death. Lose to become a murderer. Every choice reshapes your ending. Fate is loaded. Your turn is encoded?

Why similar: Gambling 25.3% ★, Psychological 16.1%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

"You Are Grounded" is a short psychological horror-slasher game from a first-person perspective. A terrifying killer clown terrorizes a teenager and his family on Halloween Eve.

Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Thriller 16.8%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.3%

STATIK is a 4 player online co-op horror game. A group of kids in the 1980's find an abandoned house with a shelf full of VHS tapes. When each tape is played, the events of the movie start to play out in real life. Will you escape with your lives or become another victim of the static.

Why similar: Psychological 14.5%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Supernatural 11.7%, Thriller 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Your daughter is sick. Hoping to alleviate her condition, you go to a distant temple. But your daughter disappears, your mind too, and the inhabitants of the church are not in the best mood for you. Will you be able to learn all the secrets of the Temple and get out of there alive?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Thriller 13.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 11.8%

This is not a rogue-like game. Test your luck and bet your life against the gods in a deadly card game. Use powerful relics to outplay immortal opponents — and survive until the last god falls.

Why similar: Gambling 37.2% ★, Psychological 19.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 13.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%

You are a patient. You should avoid treatment at the old hospital. The crazy doctor's strange methods raise doubts. The treatment may not go as you imagine.

Why similar: Psychological 14.8%, Psychedelic 13.7%, Thriller 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.2%

Survive in a creepy bar playing beer pong against terrifying opponents in roguelite style. Throw the ball into cups with various effects, collect weird items and passive cards, choose doors, play mini-games. Miss a shot — drink. Every cup you drink can give a bonus or kill you.

Why similar: Gambling 40.7% ★, Dark 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 10.1%, First-Person 5.7%

A stylized roguelike card game with horror undertones

Why similar: Card Game 27.6%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.4%, Perma Death 10.3%

Boo! Are you scared? Don't be afraid, I'm a friend. Play the «Chests» card game for souvenirs with your new friend.

Why similar: Gambling 33.3% ★, Card Game 26.5%, Horror 12%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 6.5%

This game is a psychological horror in which the main character wakes up in an unfamiliar house and must pass all the levels by solving puzzles.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Supernatural 14.1%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 13.3%, Psychedelic 12.2%

A disturbing psychological horror experience that unfolds as only the echo of your footsteps accompanies you through the dark corridors, where you move along the fragile edges of your own perception.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.4%, Psychological 16.9%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.5%

A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

Why similar: Gambling 40.8% ★, Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 8.6%, Horror 7.9%

Bet your blood in a twisted baccarat game to pay off your mob debt.

Why similar: Gambling 40.5% ★, Perma Death 17.6%, Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 5.1%

A delivery job turns into a nightmare as you enter a two-story haunted mansion where something hunts you from the shadows. A short, intense first-person horror experience with jump scares, atmosphere, and a relentless enemy.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 17.6%, Supernatural 14%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 11.6%

Confront your deepest fears in Psychomachia, trapped in a nightmarish loop at the heart of the dorms of mental instability. Explore the intricacies of the human mind, faced with terrifying manifestations of madness.

Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Psychedelic 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Supernatural 13.8%, Horror 11.1%

A hitchhiking journey through empty roads where every car could be your salvation… or your end. Walk through desolate places and encounter bizarre strangers along the way. Talk, decide, and survive unpredictable encounters as rumors of a roadside killer spread. While travelling towards the unknown.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological 12.3%, Thriller 11.4%

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Gambling 43.8% ★, Dark 13.5%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

You’re a journalist who came to Russia for a report. After renting an apartment from Zinaida Petrovna, you quickly realize she’s hiding something - and this place isn’t meant for random tenants. To get out, you’ll have to dig into her past - and keep your sanity.

Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14%, Dark 10.2%

I'M STILL HERE - is a realistic horror game with an interesting plot and horrific screamers.

Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Supernatural 14%, Thriller 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychedelic 11.3%

Feed the Boss is a first-person psychological horror game where a simple job serving meals to your boss slowly turns into a trap.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Thriller 11.7%, Supernatural 11.2%

Fuse or Lose is a tense multiplayer bomb-passing game of deduction and betrayal. Poke at wires and switches, twist cryptic clues to your advantage, and shove the ticking device into someone else’s hands before it explodes.

Why similar: Gambling 34.9% ★, Psychological 15%, Dark 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 8.9%

The demon from the void calls you to play. If you lose, he pulls the trigger! Complete the various mini-games that appear before you and use the points you earn to survive!

Why similar: Gambling 39.8% ★, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.5%, Thriller 10.9%, Dark 10.1%

Gamble your way through a deadly abandoned casino in this dark roguelite deckbuilder. Discover broken synergies, outscore your captors, and spin for your freedom.

Why similar: Gambling 42.7% ★, Psychedelic 17.1%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 5.6%

Nightmare: Worlds Collide is a unique horror experience that follows Jessica Redford as she recalls her memories after a horrific event causes her to lose touch with reality. Throughout the experience you will be unravelling the mystery as she tries to escape her dark inner secrets.

Why similar: Psychological 26.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Supernatural 15.4%, Horror 12.5%, Thriller 12.5%

Let's Pray — an atmospheric horror game with a unique mechanic. Pray into your microphone in any language to save lost souls and banish evil, so that God may light your path… Experience the faith of a young nun in a dark forest filled with spirits, temptations, and her own sins.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Horror 15%, Dark 14.5%, Psychological 9.5%

Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.7%, Thriller 17%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Psychological 13.6%, Horror 12.5%

A first-person psychological survival horror set in an abandoned subway station. Monitor cameras, manage your sanity, and survive the night shift while something moves through the tunnels.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychological 15.1%, Horror 14.9%, Thriller 12.9%, Dark 10.9%

Excrucia is a first-person indie psychological horror game. You play as Chris — a father who returns home only to find everything disturbingly unfamiliar. But what truly terrifies you… is the monster that calls you “Dad.”

Why similar: Thriller 15.5%, Psychological 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Card Game 12.2%, Dark 11.7%

Beneath the Bell is a horror game that combines exploration, bizarre puzzles, and frightening paranormal phenomena, all enriched by brief action sessions. A gloomy and disturbing atmosphere, which changes and deforms due to paranormal events that you will unintentionally trigger.

Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychological 13.6%, Horror 13%, Supernatural 12.5%

You only have 3 months left to live. Gamble for extra time in Alice-sama’s life-or-death game. Be careful — she wants to steal your heart. 🔪🔪🔪💜

Why similar: Gambling 37.4% ★, Card Game 18.8%, Psychological 13.8%, Dark 10.5%, First-Person 6.2%

Veil Realm is a psychological horror with astral survival elements. Search for your missing son in an abandoned school, where reality twists into a nightmarish astral world. Face your fears, solve puzzles, and escape before you become part of the darkness.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.5%, Psychological 13.9%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 9.7%, Supernatural 9.5%

A war veteran, haunted by the scars of combat, struggles with tormenting hallucinations that revive the guilt of his darkest memories while trying to prepare everything for family dinner.

Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Psychedelic 13.7%, Thriller 12.5%, Horror 11.3%

A short psychological VHS horror about routine tape digitizing, where reality starts to feel more and more strange with each new recording.

Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Perma Death 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.9%, Psychedelic 10.2%

A short, linear narrative-driven psychological horror walking simulator set in Malaysia. Play as a traumatized veteran on his first night as a school security guard, where routine patrols quickly reveal that something is wrong within the school.

Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.7%, Supernatural 12.5%

Lost Verses is a first-person psychological horror game where you face supernatural forces and inner fears, using faith and your mother's teachings as defense. Survive the spiritual battles, PRAY! Resist the enemy, and it will flee from you.

Why similar: Supernatural 16.1%, Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, Thriller 10.9%

Sarah is returning home from work, She will face her worst nightmaress, strange things start to happen to her, will she escape alive or declared dead?

Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Thriller 12.6%, Dark 12%, Horror 11.5%

Step into HAMAM, a Backrooms-inspired psychological horror set in a cursed Turkish bathhouse. Find ritual seals, use your camera to reveal hidden horrors, survive cursed music boxes, and escape the presence waiting in the steam.

Why similar: Psychological 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Thriller 14.5%, Perma Death 11.9%, Horror 11.9%

Build custom decks and survive brutal showdowns where cards can trigger deadly knife duels. Trust your luck or react fast, because one mistake could cost you a finger.

Why similar: Gambling 26% ★, Psychological 19.3%, Dark 12%, Card Game 11.3%, Deckbuilding 10.7%

No more job in the city. Managed to find one in the middle of nowhere. Stevedore. Crane worker. It feels off, but you need money. Stevedore is a short industrial horror game where you take a role of a crane worker. Lift containers, load ships and complete your contract. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 15.9%, Thriller 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

A psychological party horror where every sip could kill you. You gamble with life itself at the vial wheel, choose, drink, and hope the Overseer spares you. Is surviving part of your fate?

Why similar: Gambling 42.8% ★, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 12.9%, Stylized 7.6%, Dark 7.2%

In a world devastated by radiation, the surface of the Earth has turned into a lifeless wasteland. People long ago sought refuge in underground shelters, but even there, death caught up with them through disease. The protagonist is the last survivor in his shelter

Why similar: Psychological 26.4%, Dark 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%

The shadows are following you. Navigate an oppressive, familiar darkness in this 3rd-person psychological horror. Make use of your environment to escape the looming presence, and make your way safely home.

Why similar: Supernatural 19.1%, Perma Death 17.3%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

Another's Memories is a first-person psychological horror video game located in Argentina. Explore a sinister country house, solve puzzles, and survive ruthless enemies in an immersive experience where every shadow hides a disturbing story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychological 16.3%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 13.8%, Thriller 12.3%