- #1 Care
97% matchVery Positive95% of 74 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 14.7%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #2 Last Report
96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,443 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 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 28.5%, Point & Click 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 8%
- #3 The Horror Of Salazar House
96% matchVery Positive94% of 390 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 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%
- #4 The Night Shift
95% matchMixed58% of 144 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 21.1%, Puzzle 20.7%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #5 Benny Bash
94% matchVery Positive80% of 56 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 14.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Old School 12.2%
- #6 Last Shift: Gas Station
94% matchVery Positive81% of 53 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 40.5%, Retro 18.7%, Mystery 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #7 Paranormal Night Shift
93% matchVery Positive97% of 199 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%, Horror 20.7%, Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #8 Empty Gauge
92% matchNo user reviews97% of 69 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%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%
- #9 Shifting To The Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive87% of 75 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 Desktop Explorer
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Point & Click 17.8%, 1990's 15.2%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #11 Midnight Shift
91% matchMixed70% of 63 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 24.1%, 1990's 16.9%, Old School 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #12 Employee of The Month
89% matchVery Positive96% of 185 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%
- #13 DREAM LOGIC
88% matchVery Positive89% of 406 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 13.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Investigation 8.4%
- #14 Midnight Special
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Scared Stupid Inc
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%
- #15 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,925 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 23.6 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 39.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Point & Click 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #16 JANITOR BLEEDS
87% matchVery Positive86% of 276 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 11.7%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #17 Home
89% matchMixed67% of 1,775 reviews2012
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 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 20.7%, Multiple Endings 15%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Mystery 10.2%
- #18 Narrow Woods Hotel
86% matchVery Positive97% of 67 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 20.6%, Retro 19.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #19 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
84% matchVery Positive92% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 21.4%, Horror 17.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 9.1%
- #20 Obsessed : Night Shift
83% matchVery Positive90% of 164 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 35.7%, Multiple Endings 24.7%, Retro 23.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #21 THRESHOLD
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,340 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 25.6%, Horror 18.8%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Retro 12%, Mystery 10.5%
- #22 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 16.3%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Old School 8.8%
- #23 Overtime Anomaly
82% matchVery Positive85% of 78 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 19.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 7.7%
- #24 Nightmare Shift
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 254 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 35.6%, Horror 23.1%, 1990's 10.8%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 7.7%
- #25 The Incident at Galley House
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,745 reviews2026
Dev: William RousPub: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Mystery 31.5%, Puzzle 23.4%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 9.5%, Investigation 6.6%
- #26 Shift 87
81% matchVery Positive87% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 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 39.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Horror 16.1%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #27 Night Guard - The Last Shift
79% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
Check license plates, handle incidents, and keep working your shift while an unauthorized visitor keeps insisting on getting into the lot. What starts as a dull routine turns into an increasingly terrifying night
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, 1990's 18.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Retro 13.2%
- #28 The motel
80% matchVery Positive85% of 130 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 34.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 10%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #29 The Anomalous Hour
79% matchVery Positive92% of 88 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 19.9%, Horror 18.8%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Mystery 11%
- #30 Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,665 reviews2024
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 13.5%, Retro 12.9%, Mystery 12%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #31 The Gravedigger
78% 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 41.2%, Mystery 30.1%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Puzzle 3.6%, Adventure 3.4%
- #32 Insight
77% matchVery Positive88% of 72 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 35.4%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #33 ELEVATOR: AVICI
75% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 20.4%, Retro 17.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #34 Endacopia
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,841 reviews2026
Dev: Andyland
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Why similar: Point & Click 17%, Horror 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Retro 11.5%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #35 The Guest
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 968 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'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%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Adventure 11.5%
- #36 The Cemetery Shift | 墓地の夜勤
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 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 10.3%, Retro 9.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #37 Paranormal VHS
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 145 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 17.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #38 The Derailed
73% matchVery Positive83% of 134 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 22.5%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 1.5%
- #39 Fear the Spotlight
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,306 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 19.6%, Puzzle 16.2%, Old School 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #40 Upstairs
72% matchVery Positive94% of 64 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 14.1%, Horror 14%, 1990's 12%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #41 Don't Escape Trilogy
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 773 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 24.5%, Horror 23.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Adventure 10.6%
- #42 NIGHTSLINK
75% 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%
- #43 The Haunted Building
73% matchVery Positive87% of 393 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 19.7%, 1990's 18.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Mystery 12%
- #44 Sinister Entity
73% matchVery Positive88% of 65 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 27.8%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #45 Arcadia Cafe
70% matchVery Positive93% of 184 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 14.2%, Horror 12%, Point & Click 11.4%
- #46 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
69% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 22.2%, Horror 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Point & Click 15.9%, Adventure 11.1%
- #47 Shift At Midnight
66% matchVery Positive88% of 10,180 reviews2026
Dev: Bun MuenPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Retro 17.9%, Investigation 17.9%, 1990's 12.8%, Mystery 12%
- #48 The Closing Shift
71% matchMixed66% of 121 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 81.7%, Mystery 16.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #49 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
69% matchVery Positive84% of 106 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%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 14.9%
- #50 Cult Vacui
67% matchVery Positive98% of 56 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 16.8%, Investigation 16.5%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #51 The Corruption Within
70% matchVery Positive94% of 168 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 9%
- #52 Greenhouse
68% matchVery Positive90% of 60 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 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #53 The Gretlow Tapes
67% matchVery Positive92% of 123 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 30.1%, Horror 25.2%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #54 Security 51
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 416 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Point & Click 15.1%, Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Mystery 10.3%
- #55 The Wellmonts Case
66% matchVery Positive95% of 233 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 29.3%, Horror 21.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 13%, Adventure 9%
- #56 The Last Letter
66% matchVery Positive86% of 86 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 7%
- #57 The Lost Crown
71% matchVery Positive83% of 523 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 30.8%, Horror 28.2%, Adventure 24.7%, Mystery 8.6%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #58 Horns of Fear
70% 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 19.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Retro 13.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #59 Museum of Monoliths
68% matchVery Positive92% of 106 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 8.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Mystery 6.9%
- #60 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
67% matchVery Positive88% of 940 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 11.4%