- #1 The Other Side
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,005 reviews2025
Dev: Vectora Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.
Why similar: Action 48%, Horror 46.2%, Indie 5.8%
- #2 Old School FOTD
97% matchMostly Negative37% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Andrey BelyPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...
Why similar: Gore 64.7%, Action 14.4%, Indie 9.9%, Horror 7.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #3 Escape from Labyrinth
96% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Dexied Games
Windows
Escape from Labyrinth is a multiplayer horror game consisting of two modes. The player chooses who to be, a victim or a murderer. The victim is to find a way out of the maze with 3 other victims and leave it before the killer finds you.
Why similar: Gore 66%, Action 15.5%, Indie 10.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #4 Locked Fears
95% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 62.2%, Action 14.1%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #5 Dark Maze
94% 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 31.2%, Great Soundtrack 31%, Action 22.8%, Horror 15%
- #6 Smell Of Death
94% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
Smell of Death is a Horror FPS virtual reality game includes action and horror items. The game consists of two game modes including Story and Survival.In story mode you can explore the manor with teleport.You should find magazines and keys.
Why similar: Gore 61.8%, Action 14.6%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #7 Last Floor
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 369 reviews2020
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.
Why similar: Action 26.7%, Gore 25.3%, Indie 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Horror 8%
- #8 Irony Of Nightmare
91% matchVery Positive87% of 703 reviews2017
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%
In the Irony of Nightmare things aren't always as they seem. Those who decide to solve all puzzles of the game, not only will unravel true secret of house, but also will open completely different ending of the story.
Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Indie 25.2%, Horror 21.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #9 Hegis' Grasp: Evil Resurrected
91% matchMixed50% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Odd Branch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hegis' Grasp is a story-driven, atmospheric survival horror game. Play as Henry Wood, a curious journalist investigating rumors of what is happening to the once peaceful village, Hegis. It will be up to you how this story ends, but first, you must survive the insanity of the natives within this damned place.
Why similar: Gore 65.2%, Action 14.7%, Indie 10.5%, Horror 9.6%
- #10 Mist of the Dark
90% matchMixed46% of 138 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: Gore 58.5%, Horror 21.2%, Action 12.3%, Indie 8%
- #11 FLIGHTMARE
89% matchMostly Negative27% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Gore 51.2%, Action 24.3%, Horror 10.3%, Indie 8.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #12 Zombie Desperation
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 119 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Zombie Desperation is a small horror game where you shoot hordes of zombies until you die, aiming to obtain a higher rank in the online leaderboards while unlocking new scenarios and weapons.
Why similar: Gore 57.8%, Action 12.5%, Indie 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Horror 5.9%
- #13 Pixel Gladiator
87% matchVery Positive82% of 455 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Islands Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers.
Why similar: Gore 39.8%, Great Soundtrack 22.9%, Action 17.9%, Indie 13.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #14 The Beast Inside
85% matchVery Positive83% of 12,010 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Gore 36.4%, Horror 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Action 11%, Indie 7.4%
- #15 HorrorToleranceTest
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: うさうさはっぴーげーむず
Windows
A horror game that challenges you to play three different games and diagnoses your tolerance for fear. “Surprise fear,” “hiding fear,” “escaping fear”—are you tolerant of all types of fear?
Why similar: Gore 47.1%, Horror 25.6%, Action 19.4%, Indie 7.9%
- #16 Nightmare (Incubo)
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: inngamezstudio
Windows
INCUBO is a side scrolling platform game with a semi-horror theme. We present many ghost from around the world in our game as enemy and bosses. You played as a child in his nightmare and discover the truth about his story.
Why similar: Gore 61.8%, Indie 13.1%, Horror 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%
- #17 After Death
86% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.8%, Action 23.1%, Indie 18.5%, Horror 11.6%
- #18 From The Other Side
81% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Horror 53.1%, Action 46.9%
- #19 SCP: Blackout
82% matchMixed68% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Mahelyk
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Indie 21.2%, Action 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #20 Nevrosa: Escape
81% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: GexagonVR
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked in with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play.
Why similar: Gore 53.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Action 12.2%, Horror 12.2%, Indie 9.7%
- #21 Circus of Pain
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.
Why similar: Gore 60.1%, Horror 19.6%, Action 12.2%, Indie 8.1%
- #22 Strike of Horror
79% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: TheAmanStudios
Windows
Scary game PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK
Why similar: Gore 71.5%, Horror 17%, Indie 11.5%
- #23 The Rare Nine
79% matchMixed53% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Agafonoff
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 22%
The Rare Nine - ultrafast and explosive beat 'em up, in which you should break through the darkness and hordes of undead in a giant skyscraper. Also you can enjoy a lot of great chiptune music.
Why similar: Gore 35.2%, Action 22.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Indie 17.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #24 Samosbor
78% matchMixed67% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: rocketship
Windows
The player will take the role of a liquidator destroying the consequences of Samosbor in the narrow corridors of Gigakhrushchevka.
Why similar: Gore 56.1%, Action 16.5%, Indie 13.5%, Horror 7%, Atmospheric 7%
- #25 Into The Gloom
78% matchVery Positive81% of 294 reviews2015
Dev: earrgamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Action 25.7%, Atmospheric 20.9%, Indie 13.5%
- #26 ALPAGES : THE FIVE BOOKS
80% matchMostly Negative36% of 243 reviews2015
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
RUN, ESCAPE, SHOOT, SURVIVE AND FIND THE 5 BOOKS ! An indie Arcade Horror Game.
Why similar: Action 45.9%, Indie 30%, Horror 24%
- #27 Blood Harvest 3
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Gore 39.6%, Action 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Indie 17.4%
- #28 STARBO - The Story of Leo Cornell
77% matchMixed62% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Diax Arts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
STARBO tells you the story of a dead man's journey through a mysteriously blue world filled with strange messages and beings all trying to tell you a story, the story of Leo Cornell.
Why similar: Gore 46.1%, Action 18.7%, Indie 15%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Horror 5.7%
- #29 Psychopathy Assessment
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Gore 70.9%, Indie 11.9%, Action 10.4%, Horror 6.8%
- #30 The Inevitability
76% matchMixed58% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...
Why similar: Gore 76.3%, Indie 13.4%, Horror 10.3%
- #31 Marrow
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
Windows
Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.
Why similar: Gore 71%, Action 15.3%, Indie 13.6%
- #32 GLOWCOMA: chapter 1
73% matchVery Positive85% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: Tsvetomir Georgiev
Windows
GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.
Why similar: Gore 65.4%, Action 20%, Indie 14.6%
- #33 MO:Astray
71% matchVery Positive92% of 5,040 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Gore 44%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Action 16.3%, Indie 13.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #34 The Initiate
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Indie 24.8%, Action 21%, Horror 15.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #35 Red Lake
75% matchMixed50% of 1,059 reviews2015
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Red Lake - horror shooter with elements of quest.
Why similar: Indie 39.2%, Gore 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Action 13.4%, Horror 10%
- #36 HALF DEAD 2
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,239 reviews2019
Dev: Room710Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Go through deadly rooms of multi-storey building. Team up with other players and make your way through traps with a friendly team (CO-OP)! Or take a weapon and kill them all in the PvP game mode!
Why similar: Gore 79.8%, Action 14.7%, Horror 5.5%
- #37 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Gore 55.6%, Horror 15.8%, Action 13%, Indie 10%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #38 The Executioner
73% matchMixed66% of 372 reviews2019
Dev: Lesser Evil Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.
Why similar: Gore 55%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 12.5%, Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #39 Half Dead
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,295 reviews2016
Dev: Room710Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Half dead is a multiplayer sci-fi game about a violent TV show. The players' goal is to survive in a network of rooms full of traps.
Why similar: Gore 61.7%, Action 23.4%, Horror 10.2%, Indie 4.7%
- #40 Hot Mars 69
74% matchMixed42% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
You play for the commander of the special forces group - Elon, and you need to kill all the devil-mutants in the colony on Mars to avenge for the dead comrades, and to escape.
Why similar: Gore 72.8%, Action 15%, Indie 12.2%
- #41 Presence
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 108 reviews2021
Dev: VLADIMIR GUSSAKOVPub: H.Studio
Windows
Plunge into the world of the bloody tragedy that took place at the boarding school and feel the fear and someone's frightening presence.
Why similar: Gore 61.6%, Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Indie 7.9%, Action 5.4%
- #42 Somewhere inside
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 66 reviews2019
Dev: Funny Games
Windows
The game is full of adrenaline and emotions. Quietly and not noticeably collect objects or drown everything in a flame.
Why similar: Action 38.7%, Indie 31%, Horror 21.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #43 Post Soviet Zombies
69% matchVery Positive89% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: Ascension Studio
Windows
Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.
Why similar: Gore 54.2%, Action 22.2%, Indie 17.9%, Horror 5.8%
- #44 Save the Ninja Clan
69% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: WillzPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Save the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching.
Why similar: Gore 62.8%, Indie 19.4%, Action 17.8%
- #45 CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 288 reviews2019
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows
1986. Chernobyl disaster. The story that you will see in the game resembles a delusional dream of a man exhausted by radiation. But whether it is nonsense or the nightmarish reality of the Soviet era – you decide.
Why similar: Gore 54.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Indie 12.6%, Action 11.2%, Atmospheric 5%
- #46 LASERS
65% matchMixed68% of 2,203 reviews2024
Dev: Straight Back Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
LASERS is a brutally hard multiplayer game about surviving deadly laser mazes. Only one player can win. Will it be you?
Why similar: Gore 75.7%, Action 15.5%, Indie 8.8%
- #47 Violent Horror Stories: anthology
63% matchVery Positive83% of 615 reviews2024
Dev: IndikatorPub: Trioskaz
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
4 short horror games from different authors and in different genres. Each game is an author's vision on the theme of 'pursuit'.
Why similar: Action 35%, Horror 31.8%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Indie 13.6%
- #48 The Watchers
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 531 reviews2020
Dev: Straight Back Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Watchers is a haunting co-op stealth game in which 2 players take control of a brother and sister trying to uncover the truth behind their mother’s disappearance. Explore the sinister compound of a local cult and work together to evade brutal enemies. But be careful. You’re being watched.
Why similar: Action 36.6%, Indie 29%, Horror 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Atmospheric 2.8%
- #49 Attack Of Insects
65% matchMixed70% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: BadWolf GamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Love insects? And insects that are two or even ten times more than you? If you love, then - it's fine, you will definitely be pleased with our insects. And if you do not love, then you will be happy, because you have to shoot on insects and watch them fly apart!
Why similar: Gore 56.1%, Action 24.3%, Indie 19.6%
- #50 Redium
70% matchMixed43% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: ZovGamePub: Errigar Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Redium it is adventure Action 2D, with the pixel, detailed graphics. In this game you should understand the crimes which began after detection of a crystal with special characteristics. The outcome of all events depends on your actions.
Why similar: Gore 69.6%, Action 17.4%, Indie 12.9%
- #51 Oxide Room 104
66% matchMixed68% of 255 reviews2022
Dev: WildSphere
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Gore 59.4%, Horror 15.1%, Action 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Indie 6.9%
- #52 Grimind
70% matchMixed64% of 290 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Indie 43.3%, Horror 25.5%, Action 19.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #53 A Way To Be Dead
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: Crania Games
Windows
A Way to be Dead is an asymmetrical multiplayer (up to 5 players) horror game. Players can take on the role of killer, the victims, or even the undeads. Escape | Kill | Eat...
Why similar: Horror 53.9%, Action 30%, Atmospheric 16.1%
- #54 House
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,128 reviews2020
Dev: Bark Bark Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.
Why similar: Gore 54.5%, Horror 21.1%, Action 10.8%, Indie 7.5%, Atmospheric 6%
- #55 Boiling Steel
66% matchVery Positive82% of 380 reviews2020
Dev: MIROWIN
Windows
"Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.
Why similar: Gore 38.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.2%, Action 19.7%, Indie 11.4%, Horror 9.7%