- #1 Devilry
97% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 31.2%, Horror 27.1%
- #2 The Spirit Underneath
96% matchMostly Negative36% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Acuze InteractivesPub: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Indie 100%
- #3 Soer Dolls
96% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: SoerGamePub: KuKo
Windows
Soer Dolls is a horror adventure game in which you need to find enchanted dolls in order to save the small town of Lazyiville from the terrible curse that caused ghosts and monsters to appear in the city!
Why similar: Horror 46.6%, Action 33.1%, Indie 20.3%
- #4 Doll Impostor
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,019 reviews2024
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Doll Impostor is a horror game where 1-4 players take on the role of guardians of possessed dolls. Work together to identify the impostor doll before 9 a.m, or face dire consequences. Every hour counts in this tense, fear-filled race against time.
Why similar: Action 49.3%, Horror 36.8%, Indie 13.9%
- #5 Paper Dolls VR
94% matchMixed49% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
PaperDolls VR is a first-person VR horror game with oriental features. Explore the ancient ruins of the late Qing dynasty and search for your daughter . A complete story line goes through the whole game
Why similar: Action 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #6 At Home
92% matchMostly Negative21% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: BisquitPlay
Windows
At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Horror 34.6%, Indie 28.1%
- #7 Not in Heaven
91% matchMixed54% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: Ricardo Pratas
Windows
After a life threatening accident, a young girl is thrown into a surreal world that may not be as beautiful as it seems.
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Indie 38%, Horror 18.4%
- #8 INVITATION To FEAR
91% matchMixed60% of 468 reviews2021
Dev: CHEST BOX
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.
Why similar: Horror 63.6%, Action 36.4%
- #9 Devil's Toy
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Blueplant Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Toy is a first person horror game, is set in the middle of a cornfield, with you as the protagonist of a terrifying experience where you face the role of a child who is alone at home with a doll of unknown origin and does not give a good vibes.
Why similar: Indie 54.9%, Horror 45.1%
- #10 Find Me: Horror Game
89% matchMixed55% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: KalaOh GamesPub: Junkyard Media
Windows
"The malign spirits always try to manifest themselves". Host one of these demons through its summoning. Does finishing the ritual is the solution to your problems? 3:00 AM, the ritual begins; hide out and survive to the hide and seek game with a possessed doll. Do you dare to play?
Why similar: Horror 50.6%, Action 30.8%, Indie 18.6%
- #11 A Girls Fabric Face
89% matchVery Positive83% of 246 reviews2017
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A brutal murder has taken place. To that, you find yourself investigating what has happened through cameras set up in the house. Upon investigating you find yourself determining that not everything is as it seems. In the end, you are faced with an important decision to truly understand what happened to the girls with the fabric face.
Why similar: Horror 51.8%, Indie 48.2%
- #12 シシテナオ-Even in Death-
85% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Mugen Daraku
Windows
"シシテナオ-Even in Death-" is stealth horror action game that requires trial and error. It tells the story of a young girl who wakes up in a strange and unsettling world, where eerie creatures known as "Ochibito" roam.
Why similar: Horror 49%, Action 35.5%, Indie 15.6%
- #13 The Lost Souls
88% matchMixed46% of 284 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Indie 27.3%, Action 18.2%
- #14 Seek Or Die
87% matchMixed67% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Horror 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #15 Incoming Evil
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Indie 27.3%, Action 21.3%
- #16 Infernales
86% matchMostly Negative34% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Kill all the creatures of hell ...
Why similar: Action 59%, Indie 41%
- #17 TIMORE REMAKE
83% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Official remake of the original Timore, that was released in 2014. Mannequins, darkness, blood, loneliness and horror.
Why similar: Horror 95.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #18 You Deserve
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: TGA Company LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"You Deserve" is an horror indie game in which you will experience a bullying story about revenge, starring a teenager called Amy who is lost in a world that she doesn’t know and her only objective is to escape from it without getting murdered.
Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Horror 48.9%
- #19 Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth
84% matchMixed57% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: GoManga InteractivePub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth is a first person horror game. You play the role of Katherine, a young girl lost in the eerie hallways of a building she believes to be her school.
Why similar: Action 41.5%, Indie 30.5%, Horror 28%
- #20 Circus of TimTim - Mascot Horror Game
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Mascot Bro Studio
Windows
Circus of TimTim is a Stealth Horror Survival Game about two siblings trying to sneak inside the most hunted carnival of all time to recover lost items with a metal detector device, however enemies are roaming around and they can hear your every step! TimTim is not happy ..
Why similar: Horror 59.8%, Action 40.2%
- #21 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,314 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Horror 49.1%, Action 32.9%, Indie 18%
- #22 Le Dernier Don
81% matchVery Positive83% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: OopsAllFlesh
Windows
Following a tragic event in an orphanage caused by horrific human experiments, an orphan tries to find other survivors while danger still lurks.
Why similar: Horror 65.3%, Action 34.7%
- #23 Dolls
80% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Fake Fox
Windows
Dolls is a first-person horror game in which the player must escape from a dark school inhabited by seemingly lifeless dolls. Confront your fears, unravel the mysteries, and survive this suffocating environment in order to return to reality.
Why similar: Horror 85.1%, Indie 14.9%
- #24 Fragile
81% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Horror 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #25 Violent Horror Stories: anthology
77% matchVery Positive83% of 607 reviews2024
Dev: IndikatorPub: Trioskaz
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
4 short horror games from different authors and in different genres. Each game is an author's vision on the theme of 'pursuit'.
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Action 39.4%, Indie 14.1%
- #26 THE MUTE HOUSE
77% matchVery Positive82% of 278 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Horror 52.9%, Indie 25.7%, Action 21.4%
- #27 Worse Than Death
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Worse Than Death is a scary, action-adventure horror game about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong! Run for your life, hide from terrifying enemies, and solve devious puzzles to uncover the dark secrets of your wretched home town.
Why similar: Action 39.4%, Horror 32.3%, Indie 28.3%
- #28 The Hanged Man
78% matchVery Positive89% of 213 reviews2018
Dev: Uri GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"You're a demon child. Someday, you'll be burning in hell for your sins.". This is the fourth and final title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Will was running away from home with his mouse buddy Pop, until the two of them wandered into an abandoned building. What secrets lie hidden within?
Why similar: Horror 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #29 Kidnapped
79% matchMixed56% of 563 reviews2015
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.
Why similar: Horror 42%, Action 33.4%, Indie 24.6%
- #30 MITE - Terror in the forest
76% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Kanashi StudioPub: Carlos Julian Lopez Garcia
Windows
MITE is a horror game, with some difficulty, in which you play a hiker who has lost his family in a cursed forest... find your family and escape, while strange creatures from Japanese folklore chase you, orient yourself .
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #31 Garten of Banban 4
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the abandoned levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the residents of the establishment that was left suspiciously empty. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
Why similar: Horror 68.7%, Action 31.3%
- #32 Mr. Hopp's Manor Escape
75% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Toys-turned-monsters are roaming the manor. Find a way out and don't get caught!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Horror 42.4%
- #33 The Red Hood
76% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: EgutidzePub: My Way Games
Windows
Game is about little lost girl, who tries to find right path to visit her grandmother
Why similar: Action 90.6%, Indie 9.4%
- #34 BlackShadows
78% matchVery Negative17% of 169 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Horror 51%, Indie 49%
- #35 Welcome to Doll Town
71% matchMixed49% of 391 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Wish Games
Windows
In "Welcome to Doll Town," explore a cursed village where lifelike dolls roam. Uncover the dark secret that led a prosperous town turn into a living nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 61%, Action 39%
- #36 Hide Alone
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
Why similar: Horror 57.2%, Indie 25.8%, Action 17%
- #37 Fear of Clowns
74% matchMixed64% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: Mikhail Nevsky
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
You woke up in the middle of the night from the doorbell's sound. Someone wants to play with you...
Why similar: Horror 38.5%, Action 35.4%, Indie 26.2%
- #38 AMOK
75% matchMixed43% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
Why similar: Horror 45.6%, Action 32%, Indie 22.4%
- #39 Strike of Horror
73% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: TheAmanStudios
Windows
Scary game PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK
Why similar: Horror 67.6%, Indie 32.4%
- #40 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
72% matchMixed65% of 3,324 reviews2016
Dev: Game Mechanics LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.
Why similar: Horror 71.7%, Indie 15.3%, Action 13%
- #41 We Used to Play Here
69% 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: Action 54.5%, Horror 34.2%, Indie 11.3%
- #42 Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: Pugsy StudiosPub: GameDev.ist
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"Lost Lullabies - The Orphanage Chronicles" is a Co-Op horror game set in 1980, inspired by the real stories of an orphanage ruined by a fire in 1960 Lowell. Playable with 1-4 players, the goal is to identify and expel malevolent spirits alone or with your team.
Why similar: Horror 70.2%, Action 29.8%
- #43 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,810 reviews2019
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Every kid has that one toy that scares them, imagine if it came to life. You play as Ruby, a young girl who has a fear of her handmade toy called Mr. Hopp. Things take a dark turn when Ruby sees that Mr. Hopp, who usually sits motionless in the corner of her room, is gone.
Why similar: Horror 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #44 Ghost Stories
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Action 40.2%, Horror 30%, Indie 29.7%
- #45 Emily Wants to Play Too
70% matchVery Positive80% of 549 reviews2017
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
No one believed the pizza guy. They kept the dolls. A sandwich delivery guy is on his way to Central Evidence. He is not ready for what he finds. Emily and the dolls are back with new friends, scares and more. Use stealth and strategy to survive their unique games in this survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 60.8%, Action 22.8%, Indie 16.4%
- #46 Nyctophobia
72% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Indie 50.9%, Horror 49.1%
- #47 Cursed Bet
68% matchMixed59% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
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 62.3%, Action 20.4%, Indie 17.3%
- #48 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
67% matchVery Positive84% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
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: Horror 58.8%, Action 41.2%
- #49 Trapped With the Dolls VR
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Designated Play Space
Windows
The room is dark and unformed. You hear the voice of Claire: "I didn't mean to hurt anybody..." As the room snaps into place, you discover puzzles and solve them to learn more about what happened to her. The dolls are always close by, and her message is one of warning. Can you escape her mind?
Why similar: Indie 51.4%, Horror 48.6%
- #50 Pacify
66% matchVery Positive86% of 42,392 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
There is reportedly an evil inside that house. Something about an old funeral parlor offering a last chance to talk to their dead loved ones. Plus something about lights, laughter, a girl, missing people, etc... You know the same stuff everyone claims. Take a team, and check the place out.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #51 The Dolls: Reborn
71% matchMixed57% of 386 reviews2016
Dev: HUSH InteractivePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the darkness they sing in the darkness they sway. The toys that had been swept away want to play, And you are now the toy...
Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Indie 44.2%
- #52 9 Childs Street
66% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Horror 66.5%, Indie 33.5%
- #53 Home Security
70% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Toshihiko Kikuchi
Windows
A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.
Why similar: Indie 51.5%, Horror 48.5%
- #54 FLIGHTMARE
68% matchMostly Negative28% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Van Studios
Windows
Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.
Why similar: Action 53.3%, Horror 29.3%, Indie 17.4%
- #55 The Witch's House MV
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 84.8%, Indie 15.2%
- #56 Despair: Blood Curse
65% matchVery Positive84% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Crimson Sequence
Windows
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 62.1%, Action 37.9%
- #57 Demonologist
62% matchVery Positive85% of 23,523 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Wizard Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
Why similar: Horror 58.5%, Action 23.4%, Indie 18.1%