- #1 Backspace Backspace Backspace
97% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 9.6%
- #2 Family curse
96% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Idler 19.1%, Detective 15.7%, Demons 13.5%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #3 You Shouldn't Be Here
95% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Demons 10.6%
- #4 What have you done, Father?
94% matchVery Positive91% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot. Embark on the frightening adventure of a young priest entangled in a forbidden affair with a beautiful lady who meets a gruesome end. Lust, wrath, murder, despair.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Thriller 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Horror 13%
- #5 Echoes
94% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychedelic 9.4%, Detective 9%
- #6 The Mildew Children
92% matchVery Positive93% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Horror 7.8%
- #7 The Demon Within Me
93% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Demons 25.2%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #8 Graces: Posthumous Wish
91% matchVery Positive97% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: TomoToro
Windows
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
- #9 Depression The Game
91% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 10.1%
- #10 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
90% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Peace & Love Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological 9.6%
- #11 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
89% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #12 One-Eyed Likho
87% matchVery Positive94% of 1,155 reviews2025
Dev: Morteshka
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Why similar: Mythology 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Thriller 11.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #13 The Hotel
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Horror 19.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Dark 9.8%
- #14 Experimentation
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Thriller 10.5%
- #15 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,296 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 163.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Thriller 19%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological 10.4%
- #16 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
85% matchVery Positive86% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, 2D 5.5%
- #17 Novena Diabolos
86% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: H5DEV GamesPub: Giiku Games
Windows · Mac
One reporter, trying to survive nine days in an isolated village. Four demonesses who are out for blood. Several supernatural murders... Welcome to Hope Hill!
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Demons 14.9%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #18 Saint Kotar
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 280 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Horror 9.1%
- #19 Without a Dawn
81% matchVery Positive93% of 757 reviews2025
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychedelic 10.8%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #20 Hell of Sins: soul
84% matchMixed60% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: GHF GAMEPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Hell of Sins: soul is a Cthulhu-style horror adventure game (AVG). The story tells that Qin Xuan, the male leading role, fell into hell after his death, and found that hell was not the legendary reincarnation place of souls, but a horrible prison with various kinds of evil ghosts--Hell of Sins.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.1%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Horror 16.5%, Adventure 2.6%
- #21 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Thriller 14.6%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #22 Bad Faith
82% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Thriller 12%, Horror 10.2%
- #23 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
81% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Story Rich 18.7%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 13%
- #24 When the Darkness comes
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.6%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 8.7%, Psychological 7.7%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #25 Tiny Bunny
76% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #26 Bad Dream: Fever
80% matchVery Positive82% of 1,319 reviews2018
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 18.2%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Demons 10.8%
- #27 The Black Within
78% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: waleedzo
Windows
"The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that takes players on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale where greed, fear, and change intertwine.
Why similar: Demons 17.1%, Thriller 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 9.7%
- #28 The Signifier Director's Cut
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 27%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Emotional 12.6%, Dark 11.5%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #29 Train of Afterlife
82% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 9.2%, Story Rich 7.6%, Dark 6.3%
- #30 THE WELL
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Creeps LTD.
Windows
Isolation. Hopelessness. Starvation. By the will of an unknown force, you find yourself isolated from the outside world. Now you are doomed to starve to death. No one will come to your aid. No one will hear your prayers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 52%, Horror 36.5%, Adventure 11.5%
- #31 Last Days of Lazarus
77% matchVery Positive88% of 183 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania WorksPub: GrimTalin
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Thriller 21.8%, Demons 16.6%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 10.7%
- #32 Burial
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: REVVALUTION Studio
Windows
A videographer receives the task of filming a wake in an old Soviet apartment. But he soon realizes that something terrible is lurking within these walls. And in the middle of the room there is a closed coffin...
Why similar: Demons 25.1%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 15.5%, Emotional 10.4%, Dark 9.6%
- #33 God's Basement
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #34 Glassy Stare
73% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Psychedelic 25.6%, Dark 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #35 SIMULACRA
74% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Thriller 13%, Horror 12%
- #36 Deep Sorrow
78% matchMixed50% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 30.5%, Dark 16.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 10%
- #37 THIEF'S SHELTER
73% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Demons 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 12%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #38 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,603 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Story Rich 24.6%, Adventure 22.9%, Horror 22.7%, 2D 17%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #39 Gore Screaming Show
73% matchVery Positive89% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Black CycPub: JAST
Windows
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Thriller 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 9.6%
- #40 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #41 The Derailed
71% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
Windows
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Horror 32.4%, Dark 18.9%, Story Rich 6.9%, Adventure 4.3%
- #42 Is Simon There?
72% matchVery Positive85% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Thriller 22.1%, Horror 20.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Dark 12.1%
- #43 Disturbed
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,861 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 9.2%
- #44 Siberian Way
70% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 15%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #45 Pink Noise
68% matchVery Positive90% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #46 Winter Novel
72% matchVery Positive84% of 608 reviews2016
Dev: DeXP
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!…
Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Emotional 8.1%
- #47 The Devilry Reservation
70% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Detective 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Demons 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #48 Hello my World! Lily.
67% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Idler 24.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Thriller 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #49 Silence of the Sleep
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 706 reviews2014
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Dark 8.3%, 2D 6%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #50 Chasing Static
68% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 18.9%, Thriller 17.6%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #51 Infliction
69% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 21.2%, Demons 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #52 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
66% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.5%, Emotional 11.8%, Psychological 9.1%
- #53 Night Grove
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: Admia
Windows
This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Psychedelic 18.2%, Horror 14.4%, Thriller 12.5%, Emotional 10.1%
- #54 The Last Ski Trip
67% matchVery Positive83% of 72 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 32.2%, Horror 25.4%, Dark 15.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Psychological 7.1%
- #55 Thin Threads
67% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Thin Threads is a first-person psychological horror game about a family's desperate struggle to survive poverty. Step into the shoes of each family member, witnessing their story unfold from different perspectives, immersing you in a truly haunting and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Demons 19.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 15.1%, Thriller 13%, Psychological 11.9%
- #56 The 111th Soul
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Ricardo Pratas
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Embark on a touching and creepy journey about sacrifice and how sometimes a person pays for the sins of another
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Psychological Horror 25%, Dark 13.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #57 The Agony
70% matchMixed57% of 319 reviews2017
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Do you often think of what is there, beneath the towns and the cities we live in? Sewer systems, bombshelters, scientific objects... Are you ready to find yourself in a place on the edge of the reality plane you are used to?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Horror 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychological 9.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #58 The Survey
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 832 reviews2016
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 22.6%, Dark 14%, Thriller 13.9%, Psychological 8.4%
- #59 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
65% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 24.3%, Dark 14.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Psychological 8.8%