- #1 Village of Zombies
97% matchVery Positive83% of 70 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%, Shooter 27%, Action 21.6%, Indie 17.4%
- #2 Kaf village
96% matchMixed62% of 278 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 44.5%, Action 42.3%, Indie 13.2%
- #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: Action 38.6%, Casual 38.4%, Indie 11.9%, 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 57.7%, Action 18.9%, Indie 13.1%, Horror 10.3%
- #5 Village Feud
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 398 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 49.7%, Action 30%, Indie 20.3%
- #6 Black Forest
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 410 reviews2023
Dev: Lemuria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 66.2%, Casual 33.8%
- #7 Escape from Labyrinth
94% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Dexied Games
Windows
Escape from Labyrinth is a multiplayer horror game consisting of two modes. The player chooses who to be, a victim or a murderer. The victim is to find a way out of the maze with 3 other victims and leave it before the killer finds you.
Why similar: Action 46.1%, Indie 29%, Horror 24.9%
- #8 Contagion
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,738 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.8 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 40.8%, Shooter 33%, Action 26.2%
- #9 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 29.8%, Action 28.6%, Shooter 23.3%, Indie 18.3%
- #10 Help
91% matchMixed56% of 305 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 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 34.6%, Horror 26.8%, Action 23.2%, Indie 15.4%
- #11 pyramida
89% matchVery Positive84% of 757 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 73.2%, Indie 26.8%
- #12 Property
90% 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 41.4%, Indie 29.5%, Horror 29.1%
- #13 Harvest Hunt
88% matchVery Positive97% of 72 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 33.1%, Horror 28.6%, Action 21%, Indie 17.3%
- #14 Shadownest
87% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
Windows
Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror
Why similar: Action 36.3%, Indie 34.9%, Casual 28.7%
- #15 Werewolf Party
84% matchVery Positive88% of 148 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 28%, Strategy 26%, Action 19.4%, Casual 15.1%, Indie 11.5%
- #16 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 40.3%, Action 25%, Horror 19.7%, Indie 15%
- #17 Witch Hunt
85% matchVery Positive88% of 2,445 reviews2018
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 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 39.6%, Action 27.7%, Shooter 23.8%, Indie 8.9%
- #18 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 42.4%, Strategy 38.1%, Action 19.5%
- #19 V.T.
86% 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 29.4%, Casual 28.1%, Horror 21.5%, Indie 21%
- #20 EBOLA VILLAGE
79% matchVery Positive81% of 428 reviews2025
Dev: indie_games_studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43.1%, Action 36.4%, Indie 20.6%
- #21 Black River
84% matchMixed53% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 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 38.9%, Casual 23%, Action 22.2%, Indie 15.9%
- #22 Smell Of Death
83% 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 31.2%, Horror 30.4%, Indie 20.4%, Shooter 17.9%
- #23 Yet Another Zombie Defense
80% matchVery Positive87% of 12,385 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 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 25.8%, Action 21.4%, Shooter 17%, Indie 13.5%, Horror 11.9%
- #24 Bear Haven Nights
82% matchVery Positive87% of 106 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 46.9%, Action 19.4%, Horror 19%, Indie 14.7%
- #25 J.A.W.S
82% matchMixed49% of 171 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 30.3%, Horror 22.5%, Action 19.3%, Casual 15.6%, Indie 12.4%
- #26 Amberskull
81% matchVery Positive83% of 95 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 36.3%, Horror 32.1%, Action 31.6%
- #27 HOLE
75% matchVery Positive94% of 3,852 reviews2024
Dev: NEGAFISH
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Action 22.6%, Indie 21%, Shooter 18.2%
- #28 Eldervale
79% matchVery Positive88% of 138 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 43.2%, Action 32.8%, Shooter 23.9%
- #29 The Prison Experiment: Battle Royale
81% matchMostly Negative33% of 104 reviews2018
Dev: Aerolab Studios LTD
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 46.8%, Action 33.1%, Indie 20%
- #30 ArsonVille
78% matchVery Positive83% of 215 reviews2016
Dev: SlaviticaPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 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%, Casual 28.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #31 SEVERANCE
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 606 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 39.3%, Strategy 32.8%, Action 27.9%
- #32 Devil of the Plague
73% matchVery Positive80% of 218 reviews2026
Dev: SoulByte Games
Windows
A 1–4 player co-op horror game. Cleanse cursed lands, perform forbidden rituals, and survive a spreading plague. Fear is not scripted. It emerges from your choices, your mistakes, and your team.
Why similar: Horror 66.2%, Action 33.8%
- #33 The Visitor
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 210 reviews2016
Dev: Stephen Long
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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 56.4%, Indie 43.6%
- #34 Panic In The Woods
74% matchMixed70% of 148 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 39.7%, Action 38.5%, Casual 21.8%
- #35 The Trud
77% 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: Action 34.2%, Indie 34.1%, Casual 31.7%
- #36 Fight the Horror
77% 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 43.5%, Indie 31.1%, Horror 25.5%
- #37 The Wendigo
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Rescue your chickens
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 208 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 64.6%, Indie 35.4%
- #39 Pacify
69% matchVery Positive86% of 42,730 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #40 14 Minesweeper Variants
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,656 reviews2022
Dev: Alith GamesPub: Artless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Minesweeper but the rules are changing.
Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, Casual 35.7%, Indie 20.7%
- #41 Grim Nights
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,550 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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%
- #42 Silence In The Cabin
72% 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 37.2%, Horror 31.4%, Shooter 23.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #43 Changgwi
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 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 64.6%, Action 20.2%, Indie 15.2%
- #44 Lycans
67% matchVery Positive92% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: Onu Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 48.5%, Action 28.2%, Horror 23.3%
- #45 Survival Games
73% 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 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #46 Project Unknown
66% matchVery Positive83% of 922 reviews2025
Dev: PsychoRavensPub: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 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 25.6%, Indie 20.4%
- #47 Masked Forces
71% matchMixed68% of 501 reviews2016
Dev: NightbinderPub: My Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 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 52.1%, Indie 34.3%, Shooter 13.6%
- #48 Frosty Nights
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 275 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Horror 24.5%, Action 20.8%, Indie 15.4%
- #49 Red Lake
72% matchMixed50% of 1,059 reviews2015
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Red Lake - horror shooter with elements of quest.
Why similar: Indie 52%, Action 19.4%, Horror 15.5%, Shooter 7.8%, Casual 5.3%
- #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 46.8%, Horror 29.6%, Action 23.6%
- #51 The Rake
68% matchMixed60% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: KanoleiroPub: Kanoleiro Games
Windows
Hunt The Rake in Singleplayer or 2-4 Player Multiplayer using Pistols, Beartraps, SMGs, ARs, Shotguns, Motion Sensors, Trail Cams, and whatever else you can find to survive The Rake while exploring and completing quests in the 2 Campaigns/Maps included (Hells Valley & 2015 Map Remake)
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Action 31.3%, Shooter 31.3%
- #52 Maurice: In The Predator's Nest
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,062 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 40.2%, Action 33.2%, Casual 26.6%
- #53 Madness Cubed
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,304 reviews2016
Dev: epic dreamsPub: diman production
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 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 44.7%, Indie 23.6%, Shooter 19.1%, Horror 12.6%
- #54 The Anomaly Project
65% matchVery Positive82% of 641 reviews2024
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 52%, Casual 32.6%, Indie 15.4%
- #55 CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
67% matchVery Positive81% of 3,599 reviews2019
Dev: Walnut LLC
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.4 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 65.1%, Action 34.9%
- #56 Vortex: The Gateway
70% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 45.7%, Indie 31.3%, Horror 23%
- #57 Five Nights At Monkeys: Flat Mode
64% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Gameboy_Alex
Windows · Mac
Five Nights At Monkeys: Flat Mode is a flat screen horror experience where every night is different. Survive roaming monsters, manage tricky power systems, and face sudden jumpscares across forests, canyons, cities, and dark mines.
Why similar: Strategy 63.5%, Horror 25.2%, Indie 11.3%
- #58 Deceit 2
65% matchMixed58% of 6,792 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 24.1%, Horror 22%, Casual 20.2%, Strategy 18.2%, Action 15.6%