Games Like This Curse Is Metal as Hell! | Kusodeka Bayashi

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Immersive Sim 44.8%, Psychological Horror 39.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same surreal, violent, and immersive-sim sensibilities with a distinctively dark sense of humor.

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Action-Adventure 12%, First-Person 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the horror-comedy vibe with its first-person perspective and bizarre, unsettling enemies.

POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.

Why similar: Violent 33.7%, Comedy 25.2%, Horror 20.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same fast-paced, violent, and irreverent comedic action that defines the 'metal' aesthetic of the seed game.

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: First-Person 58.9%, Action 41.1%

Why You'll Like It: The high-octane, metal-inspired soundtrack and visceral, fast-paced combat mirror the intensity of the seed game.

"Disappearance - Takeshi. You were right. That Abandoned Village is Too Bad" is a first-person horror-comedy game in which you search an abandoned Japanese village for your missing best friend.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.5%, Comedy 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Violent 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror-comedy that shares the same niche, offbeat tone and first-person exploration style.

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, First-Person 15.9%, Indie 9%, 3D 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, dark, and highly atmospheric experience with unique mechanics that feel just as gritty.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Horror 30.4%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 10.2%, 3D 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror experience that matches the strange, dreamlike nature of the seed game's narrative.

Fight off Krampus on Christmas Eve, in a terrifying, double-barrel-wielding, jump-scaring, thrill ride!

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Violent 24.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark Comedy 9.7%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action-heavy gameplay with horror themes, focusing on surviving a relentless, supernatural threat.

Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.

Why similar: Violent 44%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 10%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends retro-inspired, violent action with horror elements, creating a similar adrenaline-fueled gameplay loop.

In this story focused horror game, you are a priest! And you need to help a family with their cursed house, explore, follow your visions, find the root, and exorcize it!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 20.6%, Exploration 9.1%, Survival Horror 8.7%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes atmospheric storytelling and exploration.

Fear, anxiety, and laughter are the symbol of youth. Experience the true paranormal haunting with your friends from the first-person perspective and stay alive. The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is an adaptation of a horror film, includes Taiwanese urban legend and an intriguing backstory.

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Drama 17.3%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that balances exploration and puzzle-solving with a strong sense of supernatural dread.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Indie 7.1%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a child protagonist navigating a terrifying, distorted world, mirroring the core perspective of the seed game.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 49.4%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 6.4%, Survival Horror 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that masterfully uses a child's perspective to make the environment feel threatening and surreal.

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Why similar: Violent 28.6%, Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, violent, and atmospheric horror gameplay set in a claustrophobic environment.

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Indie 19.2%, Adventure 17.8%, First-Person 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric indie title that shares the same unsettling and experimental art style.

Take the ultimate quest and discover the secret of the Waxworks! Embark on the fight of your life as vicious creatures, and mutants are ready to rip you apart. This gory horror game has no mercy and dares you to enter its ghastly world. Will you rise to the challenge or die trying?

Why similar: Violent 32.1%, Horror 20.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gore-filled, indie adventure game that focuses on dark, cursed themes.

Amberskull is a survival horror anthology with several terrifying experiences where you must overcome 4 unique enemies in widely different environments.

Why similar: Violent 45.6%, Horror 23.8%, Indie 13%, Action 9.6%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, violent indie horror game that relies on tension and survival mechanics.

Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.

Why similar: Violent 33%, Cinematic 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 7.8%, Realistic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the violent, action-oriented horror style with a dark, comedic edge.

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

Why similar: Cinematic 25.5%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 17.7%, Realistic 13.5%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person horror game that focuses on the unsettling nature of cursed media.

In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Horror 31.3%, Violent 24.2%, Adventure 11%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror game that emphasizes a sense of dread and isolation.

Hegis' Grasp is a story-driven, atmospheric survival horror game. Play as Henry Wood, a curious journalist investigating rumors of what is happening to the once peaceful village, Hegis. It will be up to you how this story ends, but first, you must survive the insanity of the natives within this damned place.

Why similar: Violent 47.6%, Horror 17.8%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, action-adventure title that leans into the same gritty, supernatural horror themes.

Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Horror 25.2%, Drama 18.9%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on puzzle-solving and psychological horror within a cursed, family-oriented narrative.

Curse of Anabelle is a story driven adventure-horror/puzzle game which players can experience in the first person perspective. The storyline is based on real world myths and legends.

Why similar: Indie 26.9%, Adventure 26.8%, Action 20.1%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-horror game that incorporates supernatural elements and exploration similar to the seed game.

You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Horror 18.4%, Realistic 17.6%, Exploration 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, psychological horror game that uses a unique camera mechanic to build tension.

Become the hottest exorcist star and save a cursed haunted house! The most annoyingly clingy ghost is about to awaken.

Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Comedy 18.4%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Action 7.4%

【Can you live with this fear?】 A horror game developed by a Japanese high school student all by himself is coming to Steam! Escape the monster's pursuit in the creepy mansion, sometimes using weapons to fight back and find the key to escape!

Why similar: Violent 26.5%, Action 16.2%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy indie horror game that features intense, violent encounters.

Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Violent 19.8%, Horror 16.3%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a visceral, psychological horror experience that is well-suited for fans of first-person scares.

In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.

Why similar: Horror 48.3%, Adventure 16.3%, First-Person 15.4%, Comedy 12.2%, Indie 7.9%

Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Why similar: Comedy 37.9%, Horror 17%, Action 16.1%, Indie 14.5%, Adventure 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, comedic, and bizarre first-person experience that shares the same off-the-wall energy.

Today Is My Birthday offers a classic horror experience for fans of the genre, thrusting players into insurmountable odds with only a few tools at their disposal to escape death. Your own survival instincts, problem solving skills, and willingness to explore will shape your fate.

Why similar: Violent 31%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 8.6%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that captures a similar sense of vulnerability and dread.

Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Realistic 13.6%, Cinematic 10.8%, Immersive Sim 8.1%

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 17.4%, Realistic 16%, Horror 15.9%, Action-Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 13.2%

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Cinematic 23%, Horror 18.1%, Realistic 16.4%, First-Person 5%

You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 20.7%, Realistic 9.4%, Comedy 7.7%, First-Person 7.5%

Descend into hell and destroy the cursed tapes with occult music known as †HEAVY METAL† to save our children's souls. On your way you will face Satan himself.

Why similar: Rhythm 63.2%, Action 20.2%, Indie 16.6%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 25.1%, Violent 17.1%, Survival Horror 6.9%, First-Person 6.6%

CURSE is a point-and-click horror game that throws the player into the world of paranormal investigations.

Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Realistic 15.4%, First-Person 9.2%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Are you ready to embark on a spine-chilling adventure? Step into the shoes of the protagonist and experience the terror of being "Buried Alive" in a crypt. Your mission is clear: Escape the confines of your coffin, find the key to unlock the door, and unveil the dark secrets that lie within.

Why similar: Cinematic 18.3%, Violent 16.8%, Horror 13.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Horror 22.8%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Survival Horror 11.9%, First-Person 9.3%

Sad Satan is a horror and mystery game that takes you on a terrifying journey through dark corridors and locations filled with secrets

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.2%, First-Person 13.4%, Indie 9.5%, Survival Horror 8.8%, 3D 8.6%

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Violent 15.3%, Realistic 6.8%, Survival Horror 6.7%

Yoko no Hanashi is a first-person survival horror game where you need to survive in an abandoned college with one of your chosen yandere: Yoto (male version) and Yoko (female version)

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Violent 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 7.5%

Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Realistic 15%, Action 8.5%, Indie 7.5%

A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 21.2%, Realistic 15.1%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8%

Mental Hospital is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Action 14.5%, First-Person 13%, Adventure 12.5%

A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Action-Adventure 23%, Exploration 20.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Action 1.6%

THREAT -SCREAM AND ESCAPE- is a unique horror game where you must scream into your microphone to stun approaching creatures and make your escape. Use the power of your voice to clear the path and guide the protagonist, who wakes up in a mysterious research facility, to freedom.

Why similar: Cinematic 21.6%, Horror 19.2%, Realistic 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Action 9.7%

Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...

Why similar: Violent 26.1%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.9%, Realistic 13.3%, First-Person 7.7%

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Why similar: Violent 20.5%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Realistic 13.5%, Exploration 7.4%

A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Violent 27.5%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 7.5%

IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! and nobody came to celebrate with you… Hell of a Birthday is a First-Person comedic horror game where you play as the Birthday Boy trying to survive your special day. From the maker of Bite Night and Invasion of the Halloween Fiends comes another unique adventure.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 13%, First-Person 7.4%

MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Horror 30.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Survival Horror 7%, Indie 6.9%

Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside.

Why similar: Action 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Indie 16.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Horror 14.7%

Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 17.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Survival Horror 8%

The Spirit Underneath is a first-person horror game. You wake up in an unknown, creepy looking environment which you soon discover is hell. The problem? You don't remember what happened before waking up there, and don't know your way out. Are you ready to visit the most terrifying depths of hell?

Why similar: Violent 58.3%, Indie 29.4%, Adventure 12.3%

The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 21.8%, Drama 14.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Supernatural 8%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Exploration 16.4%, First-Person 12%, Action 12%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 21.7%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Survival Horror 8.7%