- #1 Somniata
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Skeletal Softworks LLC
Windows
Uncover the mystery—turned nightmare—of a missing family in rural Massachusetts. A lone detective must survive the horror unleashed upon a family of four.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Exploration 19.8%, First-Person 19.3%, Puzzle 16.5%, Linear 14.4%
- #2 COMA: Lost in the Maze
96% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: FranzDev
Windows
Find out the story of the main character and get out of the sinister nightmare.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.5%, Exploration 21.1%, Horror 20.2%, First-Person 17.9%, Linear 15.6%
- #3 Ghost Room: Enter The Darkness
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MXV
Windows
EVERY room is a new trap. EVERY shadow is a deadly threat. Unravel the mystery of this place and try to escape alive.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, Horror 22.4%, Linear 21.7%, First-Person 21.2%, Adventure 7%
- #4 Echoes From The Threshold 2
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holojet
Windows
Welcome to the Threshold, a place where reality is altered, and memories become disturbing, dark reflections of what once was. Find items to help escape, and explore an almost fully interactive environment!
Why similar: Puzzle 26.3%, Exploration 24.8%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 18.8%, Adventure 6.5%
- #5 First Report: Unreal
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugo Felipe
Windows
You will have to investigate and find the exits while you are in the company of silence and emptiness. Will you be able to stay calm even when there are more questions than answers? Will you make it to the end? Good luck!
Why similar: Investigation 25.3%, Exploration 21.9%, Puzzle 21.8%, First-Person 17.9%, Adventure 9.4%
- #6 Eclipse of the Lost
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Eclipse Forged LLC
Windows
A first-person horror story following Ryan's costly hiking shortcut. Solve puzzles, avoid monsters, get directions home, and survive.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Linear 22%, Puzzle 19.2%, Exploration 18%, First-Person 10.3%
- #7 Beyond The Evil
92% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Unravel a dark mystery by searching for hidden secrets that may reveal a deadly conspiracy in this psychological horror thriller. A strange phone call will put your life in danger, and you’ll have to make a decision that could change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Horror 15%, Logic 15%, Puzzle 14.7%, Linear 12.4%
- #8 I_Darkness
93% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Piotr Kowalski
Windows
Puzzle game in an escape room scenario created using Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Puzzle 19.7%, Exploration 19.1%, Logic 15%, First-Person 12.1%
- #9 Echoes Of Despair
91% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: MiddleNightGame
Windows
"Echoes Of Despair" plunges players into the horror of an abandoned hospital, where Sarah, an investigative journalist, must survive supernatural forces while uncovering the dark secrets of the past.
Why similar: Exploration 24.4%, Puzzle 24.3%, First-Person 20.7%, Horror 18.3%, Adventure 10.6%
- #10 Pregnant
91% matchMixed58% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Pregnant
Windows
In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, First-Person 17.6%, Exploration 16.5%, Linear 15.6%
- #11 The House Dreams Along With Them
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jeffrey NordinPub: Caranthos Mori Games
Windows
The House Dreams Along With Them is a first person puzzle adventure with an emphasis on interactivity and logic. Sleep and dream in the rooms of a mysterious house. Solve the puzzles to make the dreams real and take a step towards the enigmatic reification of night.
Why similar: Exploration 18.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, Horror 16.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Logic 16.3%
- #12 Cheesecake Cult: Unholy Feast
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: swezus
Windows
This game was born as a joke for Sirenkahls, a weird Australian streamer.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Exploration 17.5%, Puzzle 16.4%, Linear 15.5%, First-Person 15.3%
- #13 Shadow of Backrooms
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Panuzi
Windows
Explore a dark world full of liminal rooms, abandoned corridors and surreal places. You will feel lost in the backrooms, wandering aimlessly through endless corridors and hoping to find a way out. But beware: you are not alone. How long can you survive? Will you find the exit - or get lost forever?
Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Horror 20.1%, First-Person 18.8%, Linear 16.1%, Exploration 15%
- #14 Souvenir
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WU:REPub: Bitmap Production
Windows · Mac
The 54-year-old protagonist, living solely on memories from the past 10 years, undergoes a year of hypnotherapy with a psychiatrist to recover lost memories from 44 years ago. On January 14th, with no significant progress in the therapy, he encounters ruins and a young girl during hypnosis.
Why similar: Exploration 24.1%, Puzzle 24%, Investigation 21.9%, First-Person 17.9%, Adventure 10.4%
- #15 House of Caravan
88% matchMixed67% of 814 reviews2015
Dev: Rosebud GamesPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, First-Person 20.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 7.4%
- #16 Pixelwave Off
86% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: PixelwaveCraft Studios
Windows
Pixelwave Off is a backrooms-mascot horror game set in the 2000s.You return to search for your friend, who disappeared a few years ago.Find him and uncover the dark secrets hidden within Pixelwave Entertainment.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Exploration 21.6%, First-Person 17.6%, Linear 16%, Adventure 8.6%
- #17 Cave Explorers
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: MarkV
Windows
Play as a member of the Cave Explorers. A team of specialist puzzle solvers who's role is to dodge traps and decipher clues in order to unlock hidden rooms and treasures for archaeologists to study.
Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Puzzle 19.1%, Exploration 18.1%, Logic 15%, First-Person 10.6%
- #18 Minerva (2015)
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: davidh
Windows
first-person exploration game, explore the forbidden planet, uncover the dark secrets.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Horror 17%, Exploration 16.8%, First-Person 16.1%, Linear 13%
- #19 Demon Of The Dark
84% matchMixed64% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: Green Stream Studio
Windows
A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.
Why similar: Investigation 24.5%, Horror 22%, Exploration 19.1%, Puzzle 16.8%, First-Person 14.3%
- #20 Price of Knowledge
84% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dark Mind
Windows
Start your journey to meet your fears and new knowledge. You are forced to become an adult and learn the truth.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Exploration 20.4%, First-Person 20.2%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 6.7%
- #21 Speechless
83% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: BlazingfallgamesPub: TruemotionStudio
Windows
Speechless is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, emotional storytelling, repetition, and environmental transformation
Why similar: Exploration 21%, Linear 19.6%, Horror 18.5%, Puzzle 18.3%, First-Person 16.8%
- #22 The Maze X: The First Chapter
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Riley GeddesPub: Timothy Geddes
Windows
You return back to the once innocent and carefree escape room on Earth, filled with characters who brought joy to the living children dwelling the mazes walls! Now, it's a blood bath... You must press on! Complete the puzzles, activate the generators and free not just you, but the mazes soul itself.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Exploration 23.3%, Puzzle 23.1%, First-Person 19.1%, Indie 2.3%
- #23 THANATOS
81% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.2%, Exploration 23.8%, Horror 20.7%, First-Person 19.6%, Adventure 10.1%
- #24 The Storm
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Hammer Vise Studios
Windows
In this short prologue of mystery and intrigue, Eric Foy wakes up to a strange phone call from his wife, Audrey, she is missing from their bed and pregnant with their first child. As Eric braves the storm, he finds remnants of his wife's belongings.
Why similar: Investigation 31.8%, Exploration 24.6%, First-Person 19.1%, Puzzle 17%, Adventure 3.4%
- #25 Vorago
81% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Adam HandschuhPub: Hidden Palm Interactive
Windows
Welcome to the Oracle-Fields. You are AL-1, a droid tasked with assisting research across space stations on the edge of the galaxy. But now, the 'Time-Event' has changed something. Everyone has disappeared. Locate the others. Face the horrors of space. Solve puzzles. Find your way home.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Puzzle 24.9%, Exploration 22.3%, First-Person 14.4%, Adventure 10.5%
- #26 50 Cents Please
80% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: The Creaky Floorboard
Windows
You are stranded in a subway where everybody has seemingly disappeared. With only a penny to your name, solves puzzles around the map and find your way out. Explores shops, and various rooms--and avoid the train tracks.
Why similar: Exploration 21.2%, Puzzle 21%, Horror 18.6%, Linear 16.2%, First-Person 9.8%
- #27 Locust_4457
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: absurd_software
Windows
Locust_4457 is a self-contained compilation of puzzles with elements of cryptography, escape rooms, and some ARG tropes.
Why similar: Exploration 25%, Puzzle 20%, First-Person 16.9%, Investigation 16.9%, Logic 16%
- #28 Ocularis
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio 127Pub: JVKK
Windows
An ancient intelligence can no longer learn so it made you. Enter a sequence of abstract chambers, decipher an unfamiliar visual language, and solve the puzzles it created. As you learn through its carefully constructed experiences, it studies how you learn...and begins to understand again.
Why similar: Exploration 20.2%, Puzzle 19.9%, Investigation 16%, First-Person 14%, Logic 12.7%
- #29 Recovered Occurrence
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dylan MacDonaldPub: Repentant Minds Interactive
Windows
A new home owner begins to experience and capture unsettling occurrences around his property.
Why similar: Exploration 20.4%, Puzzle 20.1%, Investigation 17.5%, First-Person 17%, Horror 14.1%
- #30 From BELOW
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Belowworks_studio
Windows
A first-person mystery horror game where you explore a mysterious mansion, interact with objects, collect evidence and records, and uncover the truth behind a past incident.
Why similar: Exploration 23.4%, Puzzle 23.3%, Horror 20.3%, First-Person 19.3%, Adventure 10%
- #31 The Evaluation
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Unicorn Games
Windows
A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Investigation 17.5%, First-Person 17%, Exploration 16.1%, Puzzle 16%
- #32 Ungrounded
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows
Ungrounded is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore, observe, and engage with Ungrounded’s mechanisms and machinery. The further you travel, the more uncertain the path home.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.5%, Exploration 27.9%, First-Person 22.8%, Adventure 11%, Indie 3%
- #33 Legacy
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Reset Games Studio
Windows
On a journey filled with STEALTH and PUZZLE-SOLVING, you'll encounter threats and obstacles guarding the truth. Every clue brings you closer to uncovering your family's hidden legacy—and the horrors the Mighty Ones fought to silence.
Why similar: Exploration 24.7%, Puzzle 20%, First-Person 15.8%, Linear 15.5%, Horror 15.4%
- #34 Cursed Bloodline
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Infinite Games Studio
Windows
A narrative psychological horror where past and present slowly blur inside a remote house. The line between memory and reality is gone.
Why similar: Exploration 27.9%, Horror 21.5%, Linear 21.2%, First-Person 20.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #35 Egnima
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Arcrux
Windows
Egnima is a solo puzzle game where you explore diverse biomes and their unique challenges.
Why similar: Logic 26.6%, Puzzle 24.5%, Linear 22.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #36 True Abstraction: Rewind
75% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: PrismBytes
Windows · Linux
Solve puzzles in a secret, Lunar facility, while trying to not get killed by whatever nightmare still roams the chambers.
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Logic 17.8%, Linear 16.1%, Exploration 15.5%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #37 The elevator
73% matchVery Positive86% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Springbok
Windows
Something is going on in the elevator of your new home.
Why similar: Exploration 33.9%, Horror 27.4%, Linear 25.2%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 4%
- #38 Truth or Dare
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mixa Vision
Windows
What starts as a simple dare quickly turns into a fight for survival as Claire and Jamie explore the dark, abandoned rooms, solve eerie puzzles, and uncover the terrifying truth behind the family’s death. Can they escape, or will they become the house’s next victims?
Why similar: Puzzle 22.8%, Exploration 21.3%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 14.2%, Linear 13.7%
- #39 Replace the Lamp: The Last Shift
73% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Penjaga Malam Studio
Windows
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Investigation 22.8%, Exploration 17.7%, Puzzle 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Linear 14.2%
- #40 TRACE//5
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Totori Works
Windows
Explore an office swallowed by darkness with only a camera to guide you, photographing and reporting traces of spirits in this short psychological horror game. Use flash and night vision to uncover anomalies. But not every anomaly is something you should photograph.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Investigation 25.8%, Exploration 22.3%, Puzzle 18.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #41 DREMA
74% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: SHALDMI
Windows
A journey through consciousness, with puzzle and horror elements.
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Puzzle 23.1%, Exploration 20.6%, Horror 15.6%, Linear 11.6%
- #42 Bonded Forever
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seven Owl Games
Windows
Bonded Forever is a co-op game that combines horror and puzzle elements. In this game, you and your friend try to go back to the place where you live in your childhood and solve the mysteries that happened while you were away and try to overcome the problems you will face by working together.
Why similar: Exploration 24.5%, Puzzle 19.8%, Horror 18.1%, First-Person 16.9%, Investigation 14.9%
- #43 OH DEMON! Fix my TV
70% matchVery Positive88% of 488 reviews2026
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Puzzle 26.4%, First-Person 22.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #44 Room 0: The right exit.
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Estoult
Windows
Find your way out of a looping labyrinth by observing, experimenting, and uncovering its hidden logic.
Why similar: Exploration 20.7%, Puzzle 20.7%, Investigation 18.5%, First-Person 15.2%, Logic 14.6%
- #45 Dead Air
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Feather
Windows
Isolated in a forgotten Canadian forest, you must unravel the truth behind E.C.H.O. Track down lost cassettes, solve cryptic puzzles, and evade the creatures lurking in the fog. Piece together the secrets of a defunct organization.
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Exploration 17.3%, Investigation 15.5%, First-Person 15%, Linear 14.1%
- #46 Riot of Willy
71% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Too Production
Windows
Is a horror game with an adventure twist. Your task is to solve puzzles and not to get caught by monsters. They all hear and see you, so be careful. Explore the locations and survive in this thrilling horror game
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, First-Person 26%, Exploration 22.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 5.4%
- #47 THE ILLUSION
72% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Raven Games
Windows
THE ILLUSION Is a Puzzle Game Where You Have To Pass Through A Different Set Of Tests For Your Brain, Memory, senses and interactivity with the environment While You Are Trapped In mysterious mansion surrounded With Unknown Dark Forces
Why similar: Exploration 18.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Investigation 14.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Horror 11.4%
- #48 Decamped
71% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Sobek Games
Windows
Decamped is a first-person puzzle adventure game that finds the character waking up to an overgrown desolate world. They must face their past in order to move forward and unravel the mystery of what happened in Deckner.
Why similar: Investigation 21.3%, Puzzle 21.3%, Exploration 20.1%, Linear 12.2%, First-Person 12.2%
- #49 Simulation 9
67% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Wildfox Interactive
Windows
You wake up trapped in a simulation. A voice asks you to report anomalies. You have two choices: follow its instructions or defy them. One leads to a simple anomaly game, the other to an exploration horror experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Exploration 19.5%, Horror 17.7%, Logic 17.6%, First-Person 9%
- #50 CodeX
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
CodeX is probably the worlds hardest first person adventure game with a thrilling story told via environmental storytelling. Will you be able to solve your Mystery?
Why similar: Exploration 21.2%, Puzzle 20.9%, Investigation 19.1%, First-Person 17.6%, Linear 11.7%
- #51 Shieven
67% matchPositive94% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Velicron Innovations
Windows
Venture into the enigmatic Luminora Hospital, where, as an investigator on the brink of ruin, you take on a case that will test your courage. Amidst dark rumors, you'll uncover terrifying secrets that have caused those who ventured too far to disappear.
Why similar: Investigation 19.4%, Horror 19%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 14.5%, First-Person 14%
- #52 Boston Nursing Home
70% matchMostly Negative35% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Siyuan Studio
Windows
Boston Nursing Home is a First-Person Indie Horror Game. There’s luggage stacked on the ground, bloodstains on the wall. What happened here and why did people move out in such a hurry? What unpredictable disaster made everything lose control? The truth, is waiting to be uncovered...
Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Exploration 15%, Linear 13%, First-Person 11.9%
- #53 Ascendora
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beepy Games
Windows
A first person horror game where you play as Harper, the child of an infamous scientist. You must explore his abandoned laboratory to find the answers you have been looking for. Unravel the secrets of your parents, but be aware, you might not be alone...
Why similar: Investigation 32%, Horror 25.6%, Exploration 21.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #54 11 Years Ago
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Commodore SinapsyPub: Commodore Industries
Windows
11 Years Ago is a puzzle-solving single player adventure game made with Unreal Engine 5 and it is the final project of the Red 32 team of BigRock School.
Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Logic 21.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9.7%
- #55 ClayTown Horror Part One
68% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: The Nightmare Jar
Windows
Come, friend, and explore the decaying ruins of this once beautiful home. Overcome relentless monsters, tricky puzzles, and your own mind as you struggle to find a way to escape the estate. Or, perhaps you could look deeper into the horror around you and see if you can untangle its grisly mystery.
Why similar: Exploration 24%, Horror 22.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, First-Person 15.5%, Linear 13.8%
- #56 Trapaze
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FragconX Studios
Windows
You play as an adventurer on the lookout for puzzles. Relive the maze as it was built. As the character you play in First Person where you have to find the key to unlock what you hope will be the escape. Dodge traps and have a good sense of direction.
Why similar: Exploration 28.2%, First-Person 28.1%, Puzzle 27.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #57 One/Iro
66% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Altrea Stories
Windows · Linux
Dylan has lost everything and now wants to forget everything, help him in this little journey. One/Iro is a 3D first person puzzle game, explore the rooms to find letters and parts of the dream machine so you can discover the truth.
Why similar: Exploration 21.9%, Puzzle 21.5%, First-Person 16.9%, Logic 15.4%, Linear 12.9%
- #58 EscapeGameShow: THE TIMELINE
67% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hapc
Windows
Dive into an immersive adventure with EscapeGameShow: THE TIMELINE. You participate in a TV game show to try to win the jackpot. Explore fascinating eras by solving complex puzzles that will test your intelligence and ingenuity.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Exploration 21.6%, First-Person 16.4%, Logic 15.4%, Linear 12.8%
- #59 Idrscape
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: idrsgames
Windows · Mac
Idrscape is a first-person solo game, search and analyze the clues to find the codes and keys that will allow you to get out of the building as quickly as possible.
Why similar: Investigation 37.3%, Puzzle 31.1%, Exploration 29%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #60 iREC
69% matchMixed47% of 400 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.
Why similar: Horror 36%, Puzzle 27.4%, First-Person 25.5%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%