- #1 Creepy Fishing
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The main character came here for a peaceful fishing trip… but the lake hides something far more sinister. What begins as a quiet escape soon turns into a nightmare, as strange events unfold and an unseen presence makes itself known...
Why similar: Idler 37.3%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, RPG 10%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #2 Trucker Horror
96% matchMixed66% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The main character is a truck driver. Along the way, he finds a road that is not on the map and drives along it. On the road, abandoned cars and abandoned gas stations are a place shrouded in horror, secrets and mysteries. Soon the hero realizes that someone is watching him...
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Idler 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Realistic 11%, Dark 7.9%
- #3 The Last Ski Trip
96% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The main character, travels to a remote snowy valley with his brother for a skiing trip. But soon after their arrival, strange events begin to unfold. What was meant to be a peaceful getaway quickly turns into a nightmare. Over time, he realizes that something terrible is live in the valley...
Why similar: Idler 26.2%, Horror 20.1%, RPG 12.6%, Dark 9.1%, Linear 7%
- #4 Creepy Camping
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
Indie Horror. The main character arrives in the forest in a Motorhome. The forest is covered with secrets and mysteries. Exploring the forest, over time, the campsite turns into a real nightmare. The hero understands that he is not alone in the forest...
Why similar: Idler 31.9%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, RPG 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #5 Not Alone
94% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: DirectG Games
Windows
Not Alone is a first-person mystical horror game where you need to escape from a terrifying house. This house may look familiar to some, but that's only at first glance. Read the notes to understand what happened and search for ways to escape.
Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Idler 18.4%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #6 Breath of Ghosts 2
94% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Breath of Ghosts is a first-person horror game made in realistic 3D graphics that immerses you in an atmosphere of horror and scares you in every way. The main goal is to survive and be saved.
Why similar: Idler 37%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 7.2%, Realistic 7%
- #7 Company is watching
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wyyne
Windows
Company is Watching is a horror incremental game. You have a debt to pay. The factory walls have eyes, and the machine at the end of the belt is hungry. Manage workers, discipline the weak, and process 'organic waste'.
Why similar: Idler 48.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 6.7%, Linear 4.7%
- #8 Stay Sane
92% 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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Realistic 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Dark 9.8%
- #9 Village Cult
91% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The events take place in a Soviet forest village located far from civilization. The main character inherits a house. Soon the hero learns that the entire village is part of a cult. Those who sacrifice people and engage in cannibalism. The hero has to get out of the village. But can he?
Why similar: Idler 30.9%, Horror 24.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 8.8%
- #10 The Gift
91% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: One Face Studio
Windows
Horror point and click game. You play as an administrator who will have to try to survive in in a closed hotel full of traps and terrible creatures. To move along the plot, the player will have to solve puzzles for attentiveness and find letters left by a stranger.
Why similar: Idler 41.4%, Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Dark 5.4%
- #11 Piece of..Horror
90% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Azzunyan
Windows
An indie horror game about a hypermarket security guard.
Why similar: Idler 45.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 8.3%, Realistic 7.5%
- #12 Train 113
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vincent FranzePub: Wake Up Games
Windows
Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.
Why similar: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Realistic 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Dark 7.8%
- #13 Haunted Service
88% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Daring Cat Studio
Windows
A chilling psychological horror experience. Alone at home, you receive a cryptic message: "Congratulations! You got a haunted service." What starts as a prank quickly turns into a terrifying night as sinister events unfold. Will you survive until your parents return?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, Horror 25.7%, Linear 10.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #14 Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest
87% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: BugTeam
Windows
Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest - is a thrilling first-person horror game that immerses you in a terrifying and mystical forest. Your goal is to find a way out of this dark and gloomy place by collecting necessary items that will help you survive and escape to freedom.
Why similar: Idler 37.1%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, First-Person 7.7%
- #15 Typical Nightmare
89% matchMostly Negative33% of 111 reviews2018
Dev: ELECTROSTALIN ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Typical Nightmare is a narrative adventure horror game based on real cases from psychological practice. It tells the story of an ordinary guy named John that is trapped in his nightmares. Find out what force keeps him there and do everything to rescue John from his Typical Nightmare!
Why similar: Idler 31.2%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Dark 8.3%
- #16 Lost Hope: Prologue
86% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Станислав КлепицкийPub: AU Studio
Windows
The main character is an amateur journalist who sets out alone to collect materials about the bloodiest estate in the darkest depths of the forest, putting his own life on the line.
Why similar: Idler 53%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 8.5%, Realistic 6.9%, 3D 6.2%
- #17 Rotten Crop
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BeetleGame
Windows
Rotten Crop is an atmospheric horror game based on the lost game "That Evil Farming Game". Can you hide what you've done from your neighbors and the police? More importantly... can you live with it?
Why similar: Idler 28.2%, Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Stylized 8.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #18 Francisca 2
86% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Biscuit Play
Windows
Francisca 2 – a first-person indie horror game. Every day you’ll have to survive in your own house. At the start of each level, you need to place video cameras inside the house and in the yard and conceal yourself as well as you can, because a ghost girl is going to visit you soon.
Why similar: Idler 42.4%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Realistic 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #19 Loop Room
85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: OOPs.K
Windows
The loop room is a horror game from the first person point of view, and the goal is to operate 5 panels in 100 repeated rooms and escape to the emergency exit. Run away from the endless room through various equipment and items.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Dark 13.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Realistic 10%
- #20 Mirrored Phantoms
82% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Dark 8.6%
- #21 Putridum Horror
83% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: RedLightsStudio
Windows
Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 27%, Atmospheric 17%, First-Person 11.5%, Realistic 6.9%
- #22 Astral Maze: Escape The Horror
82% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: ART-KAR
Windows
"Astral Maze: Escape the Horror" is a first-person horror game. Be attentive and careful, enemies may chase you. Look for the keys and find a way out of the maze.
Why similar: Idler 42.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.2%, RPG 9.7%, First-Person 6.4%
- #23 The Hauntings: Dark Passenger
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Cuff Studio
Windows
Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Realistic 11.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #24 Tuun
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voltage Games
Windows
Horror set in the dark and mysterious Yakutia. Explore abandoned villages, uncover Soviet-era secrets, and face unexplained phenomena that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Atmospheric 15.9%, First-Person 12.8%, 3D 8.6%
- #25 Sect House
79% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
Indie Horror in which you play as a child whose once-happy life is shattered after your how your parents gave you to a cult by a pastor. Trapped in a nightmarish home, you must explore environments, solve eerie puzzles, and without falling into the hands of the pastor. Can you escape the house?
Why similar: Idler 45.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Realistic 7.6%, Horror 6.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #26 CALLUS
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Horror 27.2%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Realistic 10.6%, Dark 8.4%
- #27 Locked Up
81% matchVery Positive86% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Coyote's CorpsePub: Akiyamy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.
Why similar: Idler 41.9%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Linear 7.5%
- #28 Concealment
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: HorrorTheory
Windows
Go to an abandoned village to find your missing brother. Explore the objects that come in your way. Solve the terrible mystery of this mysterious place.
Why similar: Idler 37.3%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #29 The Darkest Paths: The House
78% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: AtranonStudios
Windows
The Darkest Paths - The House is a Psychological Horror Game in which you slip into shoes of Michael Holster, a journalist going back to his old hometown, Ravens Hollow, to investigate weird and mysterious cases, hoping to get fame, money, and maybe even closure.
Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Atmospheric 13%, Realistic 11.2%, Dark 8.8%
- #30 Maison Rouge
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Messor Games Studio
Windows
Это история об обычном человеке, живущим во времена экономического кризиса во Франции. Страна на пороге революции. Главному герою предстоит выбор, на чью сторону встать. Руководить восстанием или отстаивать честь короля. Предать ли друзей ради благой цели или поставить на кон всё - решать вам.
Why similar: Idler 35.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, RPG 6.8%
- #31 Auto Dungeon:Idle Adventure
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Player
Windows
In AutoDungeon, craft your Build, defeat bosses, collect legendary gear, and experience deep interactions between skills, equipment, and talents. Explore 60+ dungeons, challenge legendary bosses. 400+ legendary items, 170+ skills, and gear crafting to build a dungeon-destroying hero.
Why similar: Idler 86.4%, RPG 10.5%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #32 Exanimum: The Silent Call
76% matchVery Positive84% of 278 reviews2024
Dev: Perspektik
Windows
"Exanimum: The Silent Call" is a first-person psychological horror game. In this chilling experience, you will find yourself confronting terrifying mysteries and chilling secrets.
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Realistic 11.7%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #33 SHE WAS 98
73% matchVery Positive85% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Realistic 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #34 The Weald
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elliott Dahle
Windows
Following the last of the Salem Witch Trials, a Puritan father claims to have had a vision showing a place where his missing son might be, and suspects a witch is behind his abduction.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 24.1%, Realistic 11.7%, Dark 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%
- #35 A Factory Job
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Mitchell HartwellPub: Mellow Day Games
Windows
A short psychological horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.7%, RPG 18%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Dark 12%, First-Person 11.7%
- #36 RunPunk: The parkour game
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: FollowTheMoney Entertainment
Windows
This is an open-world parkour game with an emphasis on atmosphere. The player can overcome any obstacles he encounters. The game takes place in Tokyo in the future. In the future, as the game develops, it is planned to add other cities and game mechanics.
Why similar: Idler 36.4%, Sports 36.4%, Realistic 6.6%, First-Person 5.4%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #37 Sinister Nights
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: NeMo_met GamesPub: Alexey Chernov
Windows
You are a guard of an abandoned workshop who will have to survive under the onslaught of animatronics. Use doors, tablet and many other things to survive.
Why similar: Idler 47.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.1%, Realistic 8.8%, First-Person 8%
- #38 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%, First-Person 5.9%, Dark 5.6%
- #39 Hollowglass
72% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: BeetleGame
Windows
Try to survive in the desert for at least a few more moments and let neither thirst, nor jackals, nor death stop you...
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Dark 11%, First-Person 6.5%
- #40 Cycle Idle RPG
71% matchMixed69% of 242 reviews2025
Dev: LeafcutterPub: Leafcutter Studios
Windows
An RPG where your character is constantly grinding - even when you're offline!
Why similar: Idler 73.5%, RPG 24.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #41 Fatal Pursuit
72% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Oleksii MurashkoPub: BIG ANT Interactive
Windows
An unrelenting evil spirit stalks you at every turn as you search for ancient totems to complete a ritual of protection. Explore a world shrouded in danger, evade its deadly pursuit, and uncover secrets that draw you deeper into the darkness. Will you restore peace or fall victim to a fatal pursuit?
Why similar: Idler 34.1%, Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 21%, Realistic 7.6%, First-Person 5.2%
- #42 Hell Storage
71% matchNo user reviews
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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Realistic 11.4%
- #43 From The Darkness
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%, First-Person 7.1%
- #44 Hollowing
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Koishi.lab
Windows
Play as a student who is alone outside. He is constantly under academic and social pressure. As anxiety and loneliness accumulated, he began to notice something unusual. In this inescapable fear, he must find the answer... or be consumed by it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 23.6%, RPG 18.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, First-Person 10.1%
- #45 THE LAST PORTRAIT
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOCKDOWN Adventures
Windows
THE LAST PORTRAIT is a spooky adventure that takes you to the abandoned Ashwood Manor. You're on a mission to steal a supposedly cursed painting from the old villa. Solve the difficult puzzles that secure the house and escape the ghost that guards the property!
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 10.1%
- #46 Who is There?
73% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Bootur Games
Windows
Who Is There is a single-player action-horror game. You have to find a safe place to hide from the shadows.
Why similar: Idler 49.4%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Dark 5.6%
- #47 The Spooky Island
69% matchMixed67% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
A dark horror game in which the protagonist, Liam, embarks on an expedition to an island to find treasure and earn money. But the island holds secrets and horrors. Over time, the expedition turns into a nightmare from which he must escape...
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, RPG 12.8%, Linear 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #48 Nameless
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AibsK
Windows
A man hides in a remote building deep in a silent forest, where uncertain memories resurface and reality begins to slip. As you uncover the reasons behind his retreat, you’ll gather scrap, buy equipment, and try to survive an intruder who grows more unpredictable each night.
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Atmospheric 13%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 5.8%
- #49 Fiak
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DTF Studio
Windows
Four nights of survival in a realistic, immersive horror experience. Alone in your house, you face a malicious entity determined to get inside. This is not a walking simulator: every decision affects your survival. One mistake is fatal.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Realistic 12.3%, First-Person 7.3%
- #50 9 Childs Street
70% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #51 Idea Fix
67% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: ZuitLabs
Windows
Incremental physics based game about pushing levers, clicking buttons and coming to terms with obsession.
Why similar: Idler 35.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%, First-Person 6.8%
- #52 Darkness Inside
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Dark 12.8%, First-Person 9.6%
- #53 Project Hypnagogia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
An experiment set up by a mad scientist called "Hypnagogia" to reveal absolute fear by revealing the subject's most terrifying images into reality. The line between dream and reality is blurred. It's not easy to find a way out when there's only one scary dream going on around you.
Why similar: Idler 44.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15%, Realistic 8.1%, First-Person 7.8%
- #54 Labyrinth: Veins of the Machine
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Beyond Illusion Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.
Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Dark 8.1%
- #55 Obscure Figures
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.2%, Horror 28.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Dark 13.3%, First-Person 6.1%
- #56 ROOST
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jack Chapman
Windows
'ROOST' is a brief first-person horror game, set in the English town of Mournbrough - a place harbouring dark secrets and seemingly lost to time. Welcome to your happy place.
Why similar: Idler 39.3%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 7.3%
- #57 Dead Tapes: Fading Father
66% matchPositive89% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Nektogone
Windows
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Stylized 7.3%
- #58 August Night
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 22.3%, Atmospheric 15%, Realistic 12.5%, First-Person 11.1%
- #59 Teddy Won't Help
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
One night, your plushies whisper a warning: Three monsters from under the bed will come for you before dawn. The only way to survive is to play their games… and win. Fail, and you won’t live to see the morning.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 25%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Dark 11.2%, Realistic 7%