- #1 The Horror Of Salazar House
97% matchVery Positive94% of 388 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Horror 15.4%, Point & Click 15.2%, Retro 13.9%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 10.5%
- #2 Care
96% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 14.6%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #3 Last Report
96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,328 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Point & Click 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #4 The Night Shift
95% matchMixed58% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Red Spiral Studios
Windows
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Puzzle 20.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #5 Benny Bash
94% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Point & Click 15.3%, Puzzle 14.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Old School 12.2%
- #6 Last Shift: Gas Station
94% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Cat Forge
Windows
A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Retro 18.6%, Mystery 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #7 Paranormal Night Shift
93% matchVery Positive97% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Wheeler Whale Games
Windows
Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.
Why similar: Puzzle 31%, Mystery 29.1%, Horror 20.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #8 Empty Gauge
92% matchNo user reviews97% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Playnova Studio
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%
- #9 Shifting To The Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Horror 27%, Puzzle 17.4%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #10 Midnight Shift
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, Horror 23.9%, 1990's 17%, Old School 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #11 Employee of The Month
90% matchVery Positive96% of 182 reviews2022
Dev: Projeckt Skeleton
Windows
An atmospheric retro inspired survival horror game. Enjoy the late shift at 'The Month' in an abstract and unsettling night of terror, spooks and convenience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Old School 18.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #12 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,851 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Point & Click 9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #13 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,146 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 9.1%
- #14 Home
89% matchMixed67% of 1,774 reviews2012
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Multiple Endings 15%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Mystery 10.3%
- #15 DREAM LOGIC
87% matchVery Positive90% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Horror 18.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Investigation 8.4%
- #16 Midnight Special
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 167 reviews2026
Dev: Scared Stupid IncPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Horror 19.5%, Retro 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Old School 11.3%
- #17 JANITOR BLEEDS
86% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Horror 16%, Multiple Endings 15%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #18 Narrow Woods Hotel
85% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Horror 20.5%, Retro 19.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #19 Obsessed : Night Shift
84% matchVery Positive90% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Multiple Endings 24.9%, Retro 22.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #20 THRESHOLD
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,295 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Horror 18.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Retro 12%, Mystery 10.5%
- #21 Coffin Mall
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Retro 18.5%, 1990's 16.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Old School 8.8%
- #22 Overtime Anomaly
82% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 15.6%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #23 Nightmare Shift
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 240 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Horror 23%, 1990's 10.8%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 7.6%
- #24 Shift 87
81% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.9%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 16.1%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #25 The motel
81% matchVery Positive85% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Aura studios
Windows
Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Multiple Endings 34.4%, Adventure 16.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #26 The Anomalous Hour
80% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Gambir Studio
Windows
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Investigation 20%, Horror 18.7%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Mystery 11%
- #27 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,622 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 18%, Investigation 13.6%, Retro 12.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #28 The Gravedigger
79% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Authogin
Windows
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Mystery 30.2%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Puzzle 3.6%, Adventure 3.4%
- #29 Insight
78% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #30 The Cemetery Shift | 墓地の夜勤
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: KIKIPub: KM Studios
Windows
You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Horror 32.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Retro 9.6%, Atmospheric 5%
- #31 The Guest
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 960 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Puzzle 22.7%, Mystery 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Adventure 11.3%
- #32 Fear the Spotlight
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,264 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Horror 22%, Retro 19.5%, Puzzle 16.3%, Old School 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #33 The Derailed
75% matchVery Positive83% of 127 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: Horror 32.6%, Walking Simulator 29.7%, 1990's 22.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 1.5%
- #34 The Haunted Building
75% matchVery Positive87% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, 1990's 18.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Mystery 12.1%
- #35 Paranormal VHS
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #36 NIGHTSLINK
77% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Horror 20.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, 1990's 8.4%
- #37 Don't Escape Trilogy
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 744 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.6%, Horror 23.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Adventure 10.5%
- #38 Upstairs
73% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Karellen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Retro 14%, Horror 14%, 1990's 12%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #39 Arcadia Cafe
71% matchVery Positive93% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Judas Brothers
Windows
Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Retro 14.5%, 1990's 14.3%, Horror 12%, Point & Click 11.4%
- #40 Sinister Entity
74% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Spooky Hand Games
Windows
Third-Person horror game . The game contains many puzzles and mysteries. The game contain escaping and hiding from evil entity.
Why similar: Horror 44.2%, Mystery 28%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #41 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
70% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Mystery 22%, Horror 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Point & Click 15.9%, Adventure 11%
- #42 The Complex: Found Footage
71% matchVery Positive93% of 9,843 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, 1990's 13.3%, Mystery 13%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #43 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
71% matchVery Positive84% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Disordered Media
Windows
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 14.9%
- #44 The Closing Shift
73% matchMixed66% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 81.6%, Mystery 16.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #45 The Corruption Within
72% matchVery Positive94% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.8%, Investigation 15%, Retro 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 8.9%
- #46 Cult Vacui
69% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: LBRTY gamesPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cult Vacui is a horror point-and-click adventure with survival and time management elements where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.7%, Investigation 16.5%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #47 Greenhouse
69% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: 7D Games Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Horror 25.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Puzzle 10%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #48 Horns of Fear
73% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Investigation 14.3%, Retro 13.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #49 The Gretlow Tapes
68% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 25.1%, Investigation 20.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #50 The Wellmonts Case
67% matchVery Positive95% of 222 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Horror 21.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 13%, Adventure 8.9%
- #51 The Last Letter
67% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Horror 25.6%, Retro 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #52 The Lost Crown
72% matchVery Positive83% of 521 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.9%, Horror 28.2%, Adventure 24.5%, Mystery 8.7%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #53 Museum of Monoliths
69% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.5%, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 7.1%, Mystery 6.9%
- #54 Darkness Under My Bed
70% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Point & Click 21%, Mystery 20.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #55 NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
66% matchVery Positive84% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Taco Al Pastor Dev
Windows
First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Retro 38.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 2.7%, Indie 0.8%
- #56 Them
66% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Retro 12.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #57 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
67% matchVery Positive88% of 921 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 16.9%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 13.5%, Investigation 11.5%
- #58 Krypta FM
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,010 reviews2024
Dev: Under The Sink Studio
Windows
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Horror 24.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #59 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
66% matchVery Positive90% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42%, Horror 31.2%, Investigation 18%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #60 Into The Gloom
70% matchVery Positive81% of 295 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 29.4%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%