- #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 42.6%, Indie 30.5%, Horror 27%
- #2 The Spirit Underneath
96% matchMostly Negative37% of 126 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% matchMixed65% of 52 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 46.4%, Action 33.8%, Indie 19.8%
- #4 Paper Dolls VR
95% matchMixed49% of 117 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 60.8%, Indie 39.2%
- #5 Doll Impostor
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,081 reviews2024
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 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 47.4%, Horror 39.8%, Indie 12.8%
- #6 At Home
93% matchMostly Negative21% of 58 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 37.2%, Horror 36.1%, Indie 26.7%
- #7 The Red Hood
91% matchMixed48% of 56 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 91%, Indie 9%
- #8 Purgatory -NARAKU-
89% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: NamaPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
This is a survival horror action game in which a young girl "Enri" tries to escape from a mysterious facility filled with blood and madness.
Why similar: Horror 79%, Indie 21%
- #9 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 44.5%, Indie 37.2%, Horror 18.3%
- #10 The Lost Souls
90% matchMixed48% of 290 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.5 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 54.5%, Indie 26.8%, Action 18.7%
- #11 INVITATION To FEAR
89% matchMixed61% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: CHEST BOX
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
『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%, Action 37%
- #12 Devil's Toy
88% matchMixed69% of 61 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 54.4%, Horror 45.6%
- #13 Find Me: Horror Game
87% 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 50.4%, Action 31.5%, Indie 18.1%
- #14 A Girls Fabric Face
86% matchVery Positive82% of 248 reviews2017
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 52.3%, Indie 47.7%
- #15 Seek Or Die
86% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 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 70.9%, Indie 29.1%
- #16 Incoming Evil
85% 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 26.7%, Action 21.8%
- #17 シシテナオ-Even in Death-
82% matchVery Positive94% of 80 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 48.8%, Action 35.9%, Indie 15.3%
- #18 You Deserve
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: TGA Company LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
"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 50.6%, Horror 49.4%
- #19 Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth
84% matchMixed56% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: GoManga InteractivePub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 42.3%, Indie 29.7%, Horror 27.9%
- #20 Le Dernier Don
81% matchVery Positive83% of 173 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 64.8%, Action 35.2%
- #21 TIMORE REMAKE
82% matchMixed67% of 79 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 95.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #22 Circus of TimTim - Mascot Horror Game
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 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 59.3%, Action 40.7%
- #23 Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence
78% matchVery Positive96% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: _atfs
Windows
A new home. A new family. A nightmare waiting inside. Adopted into a new family, Maria soon realizes she was never meant to feel safe there.
Why similar: Horror 78%, Action 22%
- #24 Infernales
83% matchMostly Negative34% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Kill all the creatures of hell ...
Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%
- #25 Dolls
79% matchVery Positive91% of 65 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 85.3%, Indie 14.7%
- #26 Fragile
80% matchMixed65% of 430 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 59%, Indie 41%
- #27 Violent Horror Stories: anthology
77% matchVery Positive82% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: IndikatorPub: Trioskaz
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 46.2%, Action 40.1%, Indie 13.7%
- #28 THE MUTE HOUSE
76% matchVery Positive80% of 307 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 53.1%, Indie 25.1%, Action 21.8%
- #29 Ino
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: L Rod
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
INO is an Adventure/Horror story driven game that tells the story of Kaede and Hitaki, two classmates that get involved with a mysterious girl called Ino. Follow the story as they try to figure out who she is while they try to escape from being murdered.
Why similar: Indie 61.5%, Horror 38.5%
- #30 Worse Than Death
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 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 40.2%, Horror 32.2%, Indie 27.6%
- #31 MITE - Terror in the forest
76% matchVery Positive80% of 60 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%
- #32 Mr. Hopp's Manor Escape
75% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Toys-turned-monsters are roaming the manor. Find a way out and don't get caught!
Why similar: Action 58.2%, Horror 41.8%
- #33 Garten of Banban 4
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,928 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.4 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 68.2%, Action 31.8%
- #34 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,881 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Horror 55.6%, Action 29.1%, Indie 15.4%
- #35 Welcome to Doll Town
73% matchMixed45% of 440 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 60.4%, Action 39.6%
- #36 BlackShadows
77% matchVery Negative16% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 17%
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 51.5%, Indie 48.5%
- #37 Hide Alone
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 224 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 57.1%, Indie 25.5%, Action 17.4%
- #38 Kidnapped
74% matchMixed56% of 566 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 41.9%, Action 34.1%, Indie 24%
- #39 AMOK
74% 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 45.5%, Action 32.6%, Indie 21.9%
- #40 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,873 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 78.1%, Indie 21.9%
- #41 The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
71% 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%, Action 13.3%
- #42 We Used to Play Here
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 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 55.2%, Horror 33.9%, Indie 11%
- #43 Emily Wants to Play Too
71% matchVery Positive80% of 561 reviews2017
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 22.7%, Indie 16.6%
- #44 The Witch's House MV
69% matchVery Positive95% of 4,117 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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%
- #45 Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 525 reviews2025
Dev: Pugsy StudiosPub: GameDev.ist
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
"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 69.8%, Action 30.2%
- #46 Fear of Clowns
72% matchMixed64% of 203 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 38.3%, Action 36.1%, Indie 25.5%
- #47 Strike of Horror
71% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: TheAmanStudios
Windows
Scary game PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK
Why similar: Horror 68%, Indie 32%
- #48 Play Things
64% matchVery Positive99% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Burning Eye
Windows
A psychological horror game about testing dolls and determining if they are Good or Dangerous. Play in a strange location with dolls potentially filled with bloodlust. Uncover secrets about who you are, where you are, and just WHAT is happening.
Why similar: Horror 59.1%, Action 40.9%
- #49 Cursed Bet
67% matchMixed57% of 101 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 62.2%, Action 20.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #50 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
66% matchVery Positive81% of 173 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 58.2%, Action 41.8%
- #51 Ghost Stories
69% matchMixed69% of 85 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 41%, Horror 29.9%, Indie 29%
- #52 The Empty Eyes
65% matchVery Positive82% of 74 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: Horror 54.6%, Indie 24%, Action 21.5%
- #53 9 Childs Street
65% matchVery Positive90% of 815 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 67%, Indie 33%
- #54 Nyctophobia
70% 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 50.4%, Horror 49.6%
- #55 Trapped With the Dolls VR
69% 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 50.9%, Horror 49.1%
- #56 ALONE?
70% matchMixed41% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Action 36.6%, Indie 25.1%
- #57 [Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 629 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.
Why similar: Horror 53.6%, Action 25.2%, Indie 21.2%