- #1 Visage
97% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.8%, Horror 25.6%, Dark 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Walking Simulator 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same claustrophobic, house-based psychological horror experience with a heavy emphasis on grief and surreal environments.
- #2 SILENT HILL 2
96% matchVery Positive95% of 58,918 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.8%, Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 14%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Action-Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive psychological horror experience centered on the manifestation of guilt and personal trauma within a surreal setting.
- #3 Layers of Fear
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Dark 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully uses shifting, dream-like architecture to mirror the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.
- #4 Lost in Vivo
95% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.7%, Horror 21%, Atmospheric 16.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply unsettling, claustrophobic experience that mirrors the surreal and psychological dread found in the seed game.
- #5 Is Simon There?
94% matchVery Positive85% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Thriller 16.6%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A focused psychological horror experience that captures the same sense of dread and mystery in a domestic setting.
- #6 Martha Is Dead
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Thriller 22%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric psychological thriller that explores themes of grief and trauma through a first-person, narrative-heavy lens.
- #7 In Sound Mind
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,654 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.9%, Horror 23.2%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends surreal, psychological exploration with first-person mechanics to delve into the fractured minds of its characters.
- #8 SOMA
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Dark 17.8%, Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi, it excels at atmospheric, existential psychological horror that forces the player to confront deep-seated emotional trauma.
- #9 Honey Are You There?
92% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Psycho
Windows
Matthew Nate, a middle-aged man plagued with mental health problems whose home has become a site of unexplainable paranormal activity and a malevolent female entity is pursuing him to his death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Thriller 19.8%, Dark 14.3%, Walking Simulator 10%, Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the domestic horror and psychological thriller elements that define the seed game's atmosphere.
- #10 Observer: System Redux
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,866 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Horror 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: This immersive-sim offers a dark, psychological journey through the fractured memories and minds of others.
- #11 Limoria
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Thriller 19.9%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes immersive-sim elements and atmospheric exploration to create a tense, psychological horror experience.
- #12 When the Darkness comes
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.9%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 11.2%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person walking simulator that explores dark psychological themes through abstract and unsettling imagery.
- #13 What Remains of Edith Finch
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Atmospheric 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in environmental storytelling that explores the weight of family history and grief through house-based exploration.
- #14 White Room Protocol
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Thriller 15.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a focused, atmospheric psychological horror experience that fits well within the walking-simulator genre.
- #15 Amnesia: The Bunker
85% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.2%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, immersive-sim horror experience where the environment itself is a character that reacts to your presence.
- #16 Home_0
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12%, Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, walking-simulator focused horror game that mirrors the house-based mystery of the seed title.
- #17 The Park®
87% matchMixed70% of 3,168 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.3%, Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Thriller 10.9%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense psychological walking simulator that focuses on a parent's descent into despair and horror.
- #18 Reflection
84% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Dark 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Horror 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic, atmospheric horror game that prioritizes the psychological state of the player through its environment.
- #19 Cold House
86% matchMixed55% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Menge Studio
Windows
The protagonist gets into a car accident and is forced to take shelter from the cold in an abandoned house, waiting for warmer temperatures, where it will soon turn out that he is not alone at all..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Dark 19.9%, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that emphasizes the psychological toll of isolation and dark, supernatural occurrences.
- #20 SIGNALIS
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.6%, Dark 22.9%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Action-Adventure 5.6%, Action 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a surreal, dream-like atmosphere and deep psychological themes that resonate with the tone of the seed game.
- #21 God Is Not Here
84% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: GodPub: God Is Not Here
Windows
FREE THRILLING FIRST-PERSON HORROR! You will find yourself in a house haunted by ghosts, and there is no help from above. Fear, darkness, and real danger await you, hidden within the walls of the mansion. If you dare to enter, prayers will no longer save you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Horror 17%, Dark 16.8%, Atmospheric 13.2%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a supernatural, atmospheric horror experience that aligns with the dark tone of the seed game.
- #22 Cry of Fear
82% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 39%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 6.6%, Action 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, first-person psychological horror game that uses its dark, urban setting to externalize the protagonist's inner demons.
- #23 TRAFFIC
82% matchVery Positive83% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: Laud GamesPub: Laud Publishing
Windows
TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Dark 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that relies on dark, atmospheric tension to deliver its psychological narrative.
- #24 Omitted
83% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Thriller 20.6%, Dark 14.6%, Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar sense of atmospheric, psychological dread through its focus on mystery and environmental storytelling.
- #25 Lights Off: Director's Cut
80% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: Insanctum Games
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Dark 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses multiple endings and atmospheric exploration to build a compelling psychological horror narrative.
- #26 Obscula
81% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Thriller 21.2%, Dark 16.7%, Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a dark, thriller-focused horror experience with a strong emphasis on exploration.
- #27 Last Guest
79% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror title that uses atmosphere and psychological tension to drive its narrative forward.
- #28 House of Lost Souls
79% matchMixed62% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
House of Lost Souls is a story-driven horror game about Jack, who returns to his old family home in search of answers. Explore distorted memories, uncover dark secrets, and learn the truth about the tragedy that changed his life forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Dark 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Thriller 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the exploration of a dark, mysterious house, mirroring the core setting of the seed game.
- #29 Who's at the door?
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,538 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Thriller 11.7%, Horror 11.4%
- #30 The Liminal Dimension
78% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Dark 16.1%, Horror 14.6%, 3D 4%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes the concept of liminal spaces to create a surreal and unsettling psychological horror experience.
- #31 The Empty Eyes
77% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Thriller 19.3%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11.5%
- #32 Unmourned
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Codebros Studio
Windows
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Thriller 15.9%, Horror 14.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #33 MIRROR MIRROR
77% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 9.9%
- #34 Scauage
74% matchVery Positive92% of 788 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Thriller 19.7%, Dark 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Horror 11.4%
- #35 Restless Dreams
74% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #36 Try To Fall Asleep
76% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: AmberDrop
Windows
John Herrin survived a horrible accident, damaging his brain and memory. Through falling asleep, he can rediscover his unfortunate past in his dreams, but due to his brain damage he'll start to see visions and hallucinations, and falling asleep won't be as easy as it seems at first...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.7%, Horror 17.3%, Atmospheric 16%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #37 Dark Fracture: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,356 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Dark 16.7%, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #38 New Face On The Block
73% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
A psychological home-invasion horror set in the bleak year of 1992, focusing on tension, atmosphere, and an immersive soundtrack. The story involves elements of a cult, rituals meant to reach the dead, and the haunting presence of those who should have remained in the past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Thriller 18.3%, Dark 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Horror 10.9%
- #39 Welcome Home
73% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Stalker StudiosPub: ITU Games
Windows
Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 8.6%
- #40 Autumn Dream
78% matchMixed49% of 234 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You've inherited a small house. The documents say that you will only have a right to own it once you manage to live there for at least few days. But you must not go outside at night and shouldn't open the cellar door. Is there a chance to meet the conditions? Only time will show!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 19%, Atmospheric 12.5%, 3D 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, indie walking simulator that captures a melancholic and eerie atmosphere.
- #41 We Used to Play Here
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: ThreeFrauds
Windows
Daniel wakes up to the same nightmare every night. A girl he cannot escape. When he finds a missing child report tied to his childhood home, he returns to uncover a truth buried in twisted games and shattered memories.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Dark 17.1%, Thriller 16.3%, Horror 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12.8%
- #42 Can't revert
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 213 reviews2024
Dev: Metaphor
Windows
Can't revert is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where your wife and son are dead. Discover hidden clues in the house and uncover the secrets of their deaths. Experience the constant tension and fear in the repetitive space.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Dark 23.8%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 16.6%, 3D 5.3%
- #43 Delirium
72% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Dark 14%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #44 There Exists Nobody
69% matchVery Positive93% of 865 reviews2024
Dev: HeavyLight Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 29%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%, First-Person 7.6%
- #45 Silent Residence
70% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Thriller 15.5%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #46 Afterdream
71% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.5%, Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Linear 7.8%
- #47 RESTORER
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #48 Kach
71% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Dark 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #49 Forgot
69% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #50 VHS Collection: Goodnight Me
70% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Notick
Windows
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Thriller 23.5%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #51 The Last Job
70% matchMixed66% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.3%, Horror 28.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Linear 7.7%, 3D 4.7%
- #52 Halu - The Fracture
67% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 66%, Horror 29.9%, Action 2.3%, Adventure 1.9%
- #53 The Renovator: Origins
67% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Thriller 27.7%, Horror 17.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.1%
- #54 Days Without Incident
64% matchVery Positive95% of 484 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dark 16.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 8%
- #55 Faint Call
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
Faint Call is a psychological horror game about a police officer investigating a distress call from someone at a notoriously cursed house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Horror 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%
- #56 Weeping Falls Massacre
68% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.4%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.4%, First-Person 11.6%
- #57 Minds Eyes
69% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 48.3%, Thriller 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, First-Person 3.9%, Action 3.1%
- #58 Sector 404
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Thriller 12.7%, Horror 10.2%
- #59 DeathOmen
66% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
DeathOmen is a short psychological horror Experience that challenges players to maintain their sanity over the nights in a mysterious house that hides mystery and fear, disturbing events and jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Thriller 14.3%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10.1%
- #60 Familiar Stranger
66% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Action-Adventure 24.5%, Horror 22%, First-Person 6.7%, Action 4%