- #1 Village of Zombies
97% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Marco GamesPub: Hoi 4 Deu
Windows
In Village of Zombies you can fight against zombies and mutants together with other players or alone on different maps, the goal is to survive as many levels as possible. The game always starts at level 1 and with each level increase, more zombies and stronger zombies come.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Shooter 26.7%, Action 21.3%, Indie 17.9%
- #2 Kaf village
96% matchMixed64% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: SignaturePub: Signature
Windows
( True story gameplay ) For those who have a hard heart, they shall enter the village to search for the precious ring. During this time, you will face difficulties
Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Action 41.6%, Indie 13.6%
- #3 Survive The Hill
96% matchMixed68% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Redivided Studios
Windows
Survive the Hill is an asymmetrical multiplayer/co-op survival experience that supports Solo and 4/8-player options and AI versus scenarios. Blow up the exit areas with your aim to escape. Look for ways to defeat the killer, build your strategy, never wander alone.
Why similar: Casual 38.8%, Action 37.8%, Indie 12.2%, Horror 11.1%
- #4 Trouble In The Manor
95% matchMixed66% of 411 reviews2015
Dev: Charyb Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trouble In The Manor is an online multiplayer game which takes place in a spooky far away manor. You are designated one of three roles upon each round: innocent, bloodhound, or murderer.
Why similar: Casual 58%, Action 18.4%, Indie 13.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #5 Black Forest
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 409 reviews2023
Dev: LemuriaPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Strategy 66.4%, Casual 33.6%
- #6 Village Feud
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2019
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The 2 villages on the island don't get along very well. You are the mayor of one of these cities, grow your city, earn gold, buy troops and attack the other village. Defeat the other mayor and claim the island, play against your friends or try out singleplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 50.4%, Action 29.1%, Indie 20.6%
- #7 Contagion
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,669 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Shooter 32.8%, Action 25.9%
- #8 Help
92% matchMixed55% of 290 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
Why similar: Strategy 35.1%, Horror 26.7%, Action 22.5%, Indie 15.7%
- #9 pyramida
90% matchVery Positive84% of 743 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #10 Witch The Bloodlines
91% matchMostly Negative28% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: Kerim Kumbasar
Windows
Witch The Bloodlines is an FPS horror - adventure game that focused on reversing a curse of the 18th century village which you are living in. Discover the living forest and experience the horror that you are in.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Action 28.1%, Shooter 23%, Indie 18.8%
- #11 Property
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 84 reviews2018
Dev: randomcreations
Windows
Property is a first person horror online game, killer is hunting survivors on different randomly generated environments.
Why similar: Action 40.5%, Indie 30.3%, Horror 29.2%
- #12 Harvest Hunt
89% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Strategy 33.6%, Horror 28.5%, Action 20.4%, Indie 17.5%
- #13 Shadownest
88% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
Windows
Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror
Why similar: Indie 35.6%, Action 35.4%, Casual 29%
- #14 Damned Nation Reborn
89% matchMostly Negative20% of 83 reviews2015
Dev: Sinister
Windows
Blending horror survival/ Building and tower defence elements Damned Nation gives the player more ways to experience the post apocalypse the ever before.
Why similar: Strategy 40.9%, Action 24.3%, Horror 19.6%, Indie 15.2%
- #15 STRANGER
86% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Lost Frame Development
Windows
STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support
Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Strategy 38.8%, Action 19%
- #16 Witch Hunt
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,406 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Action 27.3%, Shooter 23.6%, Indie 9.2%
- #17 Werewolf Party
84% matchVery Positive88% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
A medieval mystery, 4 to 12 players, where villagers scheme and werewolves hunt. Sharpen your wits, trust no one, and see who makes it through the night.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Strategy 26.5%, Action 18.9%, Casual 15.2%, Indie 11.6%
- #18 V.T.
87% matchMixed50% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Revmatek
Windows
V.T. is a game where you live through the eyes of the protagonist throughout various horror stories a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Survive and explore the worlds within each story as you navigate unique sandbox environments with utterly terrifying atmospheres. 1-8 players.
Why similar: Action 28.7%, Casual 28.3%, Horror 21.5%, Indie 21.5%
- #19 Black River
85% matchMixed53% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Black River is a Survival-Horror RPG worth 3-5 hours of intense gameplay where you ultimately have to turn the table on those who want to harm you. It is not about escaping the village of Black River, it's about putting an end to its misery!
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Casual 23%, Action 21.5%, Indie 16.1%
- #20 Smell Of Death
84% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
Smell of Death is a Horror FPS virtual reality game includes action and horror items. The game consists of two game modes including Story and Survival.In story mode you can explore the manor with teleport.You should find magazines and keys.
Why similar: Action 30.7%, Horror 30.6%, Indie 21%, Shooter 17.7%
- #21 EBOLA VILLAGE
80% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, Action 35.7%, Indie 21.1%
- #22 Bear Haven Nights
83% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 47.9%, Action 18.9%, Horror 18.2%, Indie 15%
- #23 Yet Another Zombie Defense
81% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Strategy 26.2%, Action 20.9%, Shooter 16.7%, Indie 13.8%, Horror 11.9%
- #24 J.A.W.S
82% matchMixed50% of 165 reviews2018
Dev: Corn Fed Games, LLC.
Windows
An RNG, dynamic and strategic FPS. Test your mettle against endless waves of super soldiers. How long can you last?
Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Horror 22.4%, Action 18.7%, Casual 15.6%, Indie 12.5%
- #25 Amberskull
81% matchVery Positive85% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Amberskull is a survival horror anthology with several terrifying experiences where you must overcome 4 unique enemies in widely different environments.
Why similar: Indie 37.1%, Horror 32.1%, Action 30.8%
- #26 HOLE
75% matchVery Positive94% of 3,400 reviews2024
Dev: NEGAFISH
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Action 22.5%, Indie 21.5%, Shooter 18.2%
- #27 The Prison Experiment: Battle Royale
82% matchMostly Negative33% of 104 reviews2018
Dev: Aerolab Studios LTD
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
The Prison Experiment is a genre defining Battle Royale game with a twist. With several game modes to chose from you will never be left wanting more. From Classic Battle Royale & King of the cell block, we offer more than any other games in the genre.
Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Action 32.1%, Indie 20.3%
- #28 Eldervale
79% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Solkitte
Windows
Eldervale is a Third-Person Survival Horror Adventure game, made in the style of early 2000's classics. Explore a large, interconnected level, solve puzzles, uncover the story and survive the horrors by strategic use of your resources and fight or flight decisions.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Action 32.5%, Shooter 23.7%
- #29 The Visitor
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 210 reviews2016
Dev: Stephen Long
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The Visitor is a VR horror experience about an unexpected visitor calling to your door in the middle of the night. The game relies heavily on atmosphere, utilizing a dark environment to make the player both as nervous and uncomfortable as possible.
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #30 Descending The Woods
77% matchMixed52% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Why similar: Horror 61.5%, Action 38.5%
- #31 The Trud
78% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Matheus Antônio
Windows
The Trud is a horror game that combines exploration with stealth gameplay, here you'll need to find your way out and discover what's happening in the school while monsters are trying to catch you.
Why similar: Indie 34.7%, Action 33.4%, Casual 31.9%
- #32 SEVERANCE
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Sykes Games
Windows
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
Why similar: Horror 39%, Strategy 33.8%, Action 27.2%
- #33 Fight the Horror
78% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: 4DMACAU
Windows
Fight the Horror is a multiplayer third person action role playing game with a horror theme.
Why similar: Action 42.6%, Indie 31.8%, Horror 25.6%
- #34 Panic In The Woods
74% matchMixed70% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Exit Plan Games
Windows
A horror survival and extraction game playable in single player or co-op for up to 4 players. Lost in a creepy forest, you and your friends are hunted by a monster. Stay quiet while extracting keys through nightmarish realms using items like traps, sonars, and flare guns to survive!
Why similar: Horror 40%, Action 37.8%, Casual 22.2%
- #35 The Wendigo
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: warkaPub: Warka Development
Windows
The Wendigo - is a first person investigation horror game set in a Victorian era mansion, located in the heart of a forest. You must rely on your instinct and intuition to survive the horrors that lie within. With tools to aid you, you will seek answers, but will you survive?
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #36 Bloodwood Reload
77% matchMostly Negative40% of 428 reviews2015
Dev: Luminy Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
In a small village in central Europe something is happening, the forest growing around has something different. Its wood is red color, unique in the world. This does not pass unnoticed to the world's largest logging company, the White Wood Company
Why similar: Horror 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #37 Rescue your chickens
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Mihai Morosanu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
This game is a story of a father who is left alone to take care of his chickens. You must use your skill to avoid all sort of forest creatures and to save all 10 chickens. Fight bosses, and be prepared for an epic finale. The game difficulty start from easy to hard making this game last for hours of fun gameplay.
Why similar: Action 63.6%, Indie 36.4%
- #38 Frosty Nights
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, Horror 24.8%, Action 20.6%, Indie 15.4%
- #39 Grim Nights
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,530 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #40 14 Minesweeper Variants
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,535 reviews2022
Dev: Alith GamesPub: Artless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Minesweeper but the rules are changing.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 20.8%
- #41 ArsonVille
73% matchVery Positive84% of 192 reviews2016
Dev: SlaviticaPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A calming, relaxing, yet slightly disturbing casual game in which you attempt to completely burn down a village.
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, Casual 28%, Indie 20.9%
- #42 Changgwi
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Mandam
Windows
First-perspective Co-op horror game (up to 4 online players). A terrible incident has struck a Joseon-era village. Become an investigator and survive the cursed night.
Why similar: Horror 64.8%, Action 19.8%, Indie 15.5%
- #43 Project Unknown
67% matchVery Positive83% of 893 reviews2025
Dev: PsychoRavensPub: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
Why similar: Horror 54.1%, Action 25.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #44 Maurice: In The Predator's Nest
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,016 reviews2022
Dev: Lucas Cavataio
Windows
Plunge into "Maurice: Predator's Nest". A survival game where you're either a cunning survivor or a fearsome predator in a dark, treacherous world. Outwit or hunt in this thrilling battle for survival.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Action 32.6%, Casual 27%
- #45 Silence In The Cabin
71% matchMostly Negative31% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: RedRockGameStudios
Windows
"Silence In The Cabin" is an Open Map Survival Horror Game, where you must survive Dark linear story sections in order to unlock more areas of the world.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Horror 31.7%, Shooter 23.6%, Indie 7.9%
- #46 The Anomaly Project
66% matchVery Positive81% of 581 reviews2024
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your goal is simple, spot anomalies to escape. Play alone or together with up to 8 players in online co-op. Make the right decisions to advance to the next level, or risk being reset to the beginning!
Why similar: Horror 51.7%, Casual 32.6%, Indie 15.7%
- #47 Madness Cubed
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,277 reviews2016
Dev: epic dreamsPub: diman production
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Online shooter with a variety of game modes and a huge arsenal of weapons. Fight with other players, or team up with them to defeat hordes of zombies and mutants!
Why similar: Action 44.1%, Indie 24.3%, Shooter 18.9%, Horror 12.7%
- #48 Survival Games
72% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: 2.0 Studios
Windows
Survival Games is a Multiplayer survival voxel shooter in an ever-changing world full of secrets, traps, wildlife and treasure. Play in 64 player games ONLINE in three different game modes. Zombies, Battle Royale and Arena now Available.Never play the same game twice with a unique world that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #49 Masked Forces
71% matchMixed67% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: NightbinderPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Masked Forces is an action-packed game where your main purpose is to eliminate your enemies using any means necessary. You have a great singleplayer campaign and multiple online game modes that you can use to show your might.
Why similar: Action 51.2%, Indie 35.3%, Shooter 13.5%
- #50 Unlasting Horror
70% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Sowards Games
Windows
Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.
Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, Horror 29.5%, Action 22.9%
- #51 CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
68% matchVery Positive82% of 3,516 reviews2019
Dev: Walnut LLC
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!
Why similar: Horror 65.6%, Action 34.4%
- #52 The Midnight Walkers
65% matchMixed56% of 1,432 reviews2026
Dev: Oneway Ticket Studio
Windows
Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.
Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Shooter 27%, Action 22.9%, Indie 16.2%
- #53 Vortex: The Gateway
71% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Action 44.8%, Indie 32.1%, Horror 23.1%
- #54 Lycans
65% matchVery Positive93% of 353 reviews2023
Dev: Onu Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lycans is a multiplayer game. It can accommodate up to 12 players. Investigate to find the werewolves hiding among the villagers during the day and hide at night to survive their attacks !
Why similar: Strategy 49.3%, Action 27.4%, Horror 23.2%
- #55 Deceit 2
65% matchMixed58% of 6,376 reviews2023
Dev: World Makers
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Deceit 2 is an online social deduction horror game. Inspire fear as the Infected, investigate as the Innocent, or create mayhem as the Cursed. Trapped with friends and strangers: who can you trust to help you escape?
Why similar: Shooter 23.8%, Horror 21.6%, Casual 20.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Action 15.4%
- #56 The Balcony
70% matchMixed69% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: Holotna
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
'The Balcony' is a challenging, yet satisfying physics based game. The game consists of two game types; the campaign and the zombie mode.
Why similar: Strategy 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #57 Survivor
68% matchMixed55% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: kolacape
Windows
Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Shooter 23.2%, Action 20.8%, Casual 17.3%, Indie 14.6%
- #58 Whisper Mountain Outbreak
60% matchVery Positive85% of 2,284 reviews2025
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Escape room meets co-op survival horror. The year is 1998, and an ancient curse has been unleashed, trapping everyone on Mount Bisik. Alone or with up to 4 players, you must explore, find clues, figure out a way to escape...and survive the horror.
Why similar: Horror 100%