- #1 Nine Days
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pansus Studio
Windows
9 Days brings a psychological horror experience where you play as a father. One time, someone kidnaps your child, and The kidnapper asks for money if he wants his child safe. In the end, you must find a way to make money as fast as possible and try to survive by hiding from them.
Why similar: Strategy 22%, Action 12.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Adventure 11.2%
- #2 Red Light White Light
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: overthrown interactive
Windows
Red Light White Light is a first-person, single-player horror reimagining of the classic childhood game where one wrong move seals your fate. Stay in the Light… or Die in the Dark.
Why similar: Action 17%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Stealth 10.6%, Adventure 10.3%
- #3 The Asodium
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: BlackNoise Games
Windows
The Asodium is a bite-sized atmospheric horror experience focused on exploration, tension, and survival. Navigate a decaying asylum, avoid unseen threats, and uncover fragmented truths hidden within its walls while struggling to escape an unsettling reality
Why similar: Action 19.8%, Dark 17.2%, Adventure 17%, Horror 12.2%, Strategy 9.4%
- #4 END UP ALONE
95% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Fast X Play
Windows
In a dark world, in an empty place full of hidden secrets and parasites, you have to try to escape.
Why similar: Action 24.3%, Adventure 20.6%, Dark 17.1%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Stealth 12.8%
- #5 Take A Deep Breath
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panagiotis Spyrakos
Windows
Step into a mind-twisting psychological horror adventure that blurs the lines between reality and delusion. Peel back the layers of a fractured psyche, confront chilling apparitions, and face the darkness that lurks within.
Why similar: Adventure 25.6%, Action 24.6%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, First-Person 14.8%, Horror 12.8%
- #6 The Smile Friends
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Smile Dev
Windows
You are an employee of a school that closed three years ago. Now, you have been anonymously invited to explore the premises, but apparently, you are not alone from the school...
Why similar: Adventure 20.3%, Action 19.7%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 12%
- #7 Fear Of Nightmares: Madness Descent
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2017
Dev: Christoffer Ryrvall
Windows
After having witnessed his own hanging, the character finds himself in a forest where strange events begin to happen. While traveling through dark enviroments in order to restore his sanity he will encounter various obstacles aswell as malformed horrors lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, Action 23.3%, Adventure 21.8%, Horror 12.5%, Indie 5.5%
- #8 Mr. Scientist
91% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: LANSHIFTPub: Blueflame Studio
Windows
Mr. Scientist is a single player horror game. You are a hostage of a mad scientist and now you need to escape from his house.
Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Adventure 19.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Action 7.2%
- #9 The Sight in a mirror
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Nilz
Windows
'The Sight in a mirror' is a game that collects items and escapes from the monster's house. Find the location of the monster with a mirror at home and find a way to escape!
Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, Action 25.2%, Adventure 23.6%, First-Person 6%, Indie 5.9%
- #10 Locomotive 115
89% matchVery Positive93% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Bucket of Fish
Windows · Mac
It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?
Why similar: Strategy 19.9%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Action 14%, Adventure 12.7%, First-Person 12.5%
- #11 Bear Haven Nights
90% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bear Haven Nights is a great indie horror game where you have to survive scary nights.
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Action 19.2%, Adventure 18%, Horror 15.8%, Indie 4.8%
- #12 Don't Eat Me, Granny
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peephole Team
Windows
Don’t Eat Me, Granny — a horror game in a cartoonish dark-fantasy style. Hide, solve puzzles, and travel between the past and the present to escape a strange grandma and uncover the secrets of this world.
Why similar: Stealth 16.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, Strategy 13.1%, First-Person 11.6%
- #13 Escape of the school
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Silverfox studios
Windows
Explore an abandoned Brazilian school, escape from the murderous teacher, and uncover the secrets behind a massacre that happened 20 years ago in this first-person horror filled with cultural references. Survive, hide, and escape.
Why similar: Strategy 25.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Action 17%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #14 Beyond Senses
88% matchMixed53% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
Beyond Senses is an innovative Multiplayer and Singleplayer Horror Game. Thanks to a variety of different features, Beyond Senses guarantees a varied and adrenaline-charged gameplay - both alone and with friends!
Why similar: Strategy 34.1%, Action 22.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 5.5%
- #15 Chuck Nolemland: The Starving Kid
86% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Miloš LužnjaninPub: Red Cap Games
Windows
Very STRANGE Indie Rage Horror Game...
Why similar: Strategy 27.3%, Adventure 18.4%, Action 18%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #16 Church of Shadows
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Resurrected Games
Windows
In a cursed, abandoned church, you must destroy six demonic spell books to weaken the evil & vengeful witch sealed away for centuries. Evade her twisted creations, burn the books, and survive her deadly traps before she claims your soul. Will you escape, or be bound forever?
Why similar: Strategy 31.9%, Action 23.7%, Adventure 19.5%, First-Person 17.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #17 Washed Up Wizard
85% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Cyber Chroma
Windows
Welcome to Washed Up Wizard, a 3d top-down shooter following the adventures of a crazy wizard with all kinds of magical abilities at your disposal to take down enemies and escape from a multidimensional mental hospital. But as real as danger seems, you're just hallucinating... right?
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, Action 31%, Adventure 26.4%
- #18 The Toymaker's Apprentice
84% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Cross-Media Productions LLC
Windows
This world is dark. The Toymaker’s Apprentice has captured our citizens and enslaved us with his evil toys. Is there one amongst you brave enough to journey into his world on an unforgiving quest to end his tyranny and free so many lost souls……...
Why similar: Strategy 43.2%, Action 30%, Adventure 26.8%
- #19 busy spider
84% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: yousoi
Windows
"BUSY SPIDER" is a 3D shooting strategy action game launched by Yousoi Co.,Ltd. It is specially developed for game consoles and mainframes. It adopts full-view mode. Players are in constant and intense battles, using wisdom to defeat enemies. To accomplish this, you must rely on yourself alone.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Action 32%, Adventure 25.3%
- #20 Leveron Space
82% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Hunter Games AustraliaPub: Hunter Software Pty Ltd Australia
Windows
You are required to go into battle against huge enemy forces, using your wit you must engage and defeat huge enemy forces. This 3D first person space combat role will require you to protect civilians, remove enemy threats and clear the way for you capital ships to annihilate the enemy forces.
Why similar: Strategy 45%, Action 28.4%, Adventure 26.6%
- #21 STARBOY
83% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: BoominShit
Windows
The hardest game in the world.
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Action 29.4%, Adventure 26.2%
- #22 Control Freak
81% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: AiyO Games
Windows
Control Freak is the wacky action game where you have to think fast to out smart your friends.
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Action 28%, Adventure 27.5%
- #23 Psychic Enigma
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolf Realm StudiosPub: Lak1z
Windows
Psychic Enigma is a psychological horror where you enter your patients’ nightmares, exploring surreal dreamworlds to uncover the secrets—and threats—buried in their subconscious.
Why similar: Action 25.1%, Adventure 21.3%, Action-Adventure 18%, First-Person 13%, Horror 10%
- #24 Poseidon
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Henmova
Windows
Poseidon is a ghost ship horror game. Recover cursed pirate gold, survive vengeful spirits, and escape a drifting nightmare before you become part of its legend.
Why similar: Action 28.4%, Adventure 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, First-Person 15.4%, Horror 10.4%
- #25 Fall Asleep
78% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Overthrown Interactive
Windows
Fall Asleep is a tense first-person climbing game where you’re trapped in a nightmare and the only way out is up. See only the platforms in front of you, make every jump count, and try to escape before the dream swallows you whole.
Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, Adventure 23%, First-Person 15.5%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #26 Subjectivation
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ADC-AX
Windows
Subjectivation is a first person horror adventure game set in a snow-covered town frozen in time. Solve puzzles, manage your body heat, and defend yourself from the warped inhabitants of the frostbitten city. Explore the town’s past - and shape its future with your actions.
Why similar: Adventure 19.2%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Action 13.5%, Horror 11.8%
- #27 Candy Thieves - Tale of Gnomes
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: TrolleyBuzz LLC
Windows · Mac
A dynamic adventure. Protect delicious candies from impudent thieving gnomes! A whole assortment of development opportunities! Candy Thieves is a dynamic strategy game about making candy and protecting it from impudent thieving gnomes. They are legendary misers, known for their greed – and so are the main characters of the game.
Why similar: Strategy 47.3%, Action 27.2%, Adventure 25.5%
- #28 Kindergarten of hell
77% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Twid Entertainment
Windows
You are a detective investigating a case that has been forgotten for 5 years. The case involves finding out why everyone disappeared from a daycare.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.8%, Action 16.8%, First-Person 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Adventure 14%
- #29 Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess
78% matchMixed62% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: ERE InformatiquePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 57.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Slip through the door of time and face your destiny in a bizarre parallel universe! In this imaginative classic from ERE Informatique's Exxos label, your quest to rescue the Sci-Mutant Princess pits you against the five terrifying Ordeals of Delios in the treacherous realm of the Protozorqs.
Why similar: Strategy 41%, Adventure 31.9%, Action 27.2%
- #30 Battle Time
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: FoggybusPub: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take a role of a true general of a real army. Join the battle, capture enemies’ castles and raise the power of your army. Lead your clan to the victory!
Why similar: Strategy 50.4%, Action 26.1%, Adventure 23.4%
- #31 StarSmashers
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Wayne JacksonPub: War Hungry Games
Windows
You are Captain Carter, of the Space Beagle. Ahead lies an army lead by the scumbag Kaldor Seth, he will obliterate all who oppose him in his pursuit of power. Carefully manage your ships weapons and defenses to bring your enemies to their knees!
Why similar: Strategy 40.8%, Action 28.2%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 5.7%
- #32 SUPER ROBO MOUSE
76% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: RCMADIAX
Windows
Over 20 courses across 3 different worlds await you as you help ROBO escape. Many obstacles such as saw blades, spikes, flamethrowers, lasers, and even sharks will try to stop you along the way. Beautiful hand-drawn art and exclusive music will dazzle you in 1080p HD.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Action 27.6%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 5.9%
- #33 REDEMPTION
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Soomin LeePub: SnoCap Studios
Windows
"Redemption": A spine-chilling Stealth-Puzzle in a graveyard. Navigate as a skeleton, facing rats, zombies, and gargoyles. Use bone-throwing, parrying, hover jumping. Evolve abilities by consuming foes. Can you find redemption among the undead?
Why similar: Strategy 20.1%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Dark 11.5%
- #34 The Ball Adventure
75% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: PG Entertainment
Windows
Dive into this wonderful cartoon world and learn to use the characteristics of each material to overcome challenges. You will need balls to pass this game.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Action 28.8%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 2.3%
- #35 Pine Seekers
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Pine Seekers is a Bomberman inspired project. It's a Competitive Online Multiplayer where your main mission is to either kill or outsmart other players. The game also features a simple Singleplayer mode.
Why similar: Strategy 40.6%, Action 29.4%, Adventure 24%, Indie 6%
- #36 Network E.L.E.
74% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Aeneas MiddletonPub: Royal Middleton Entertainment
Windows
Network E.L.E.™ is an open-world, survival story set on Planet Mercury in 2184, an abandoned city — military base filled with deadly radiation. You play as Myorah, a NASA exploration pilot going after four Mercury-980 single board Space-VPX chips, which activate a dormant spaceship left within the city.
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Action 31.4%, Adventure 29.4%, First-Person 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #37 Khospis
73% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Luiz Felipe Da Silva MarianPub: Mushroom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From the Indie Game Development Studio "MushRoom Angels Games". Set in the forest. You will embark on an adventure through hell. The biggest challenge is not going to be fear, to get away you will need to use strategy. Gameplay in First Personnel, You have the goal to escape.
Why similar: Strategy 21.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Action 16.1%, Action-Adventure 12%, Horror 10.7%
- #38 Guiding Hand VR
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Winter's Chill Studio
Windows
Guide your followers, gather resources, build your town and defend it against the surging hordes in this fast-paced survival game set on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Action 28.5%, Adventure 24.3%, Indie 6.1%
- #39 Abyss Cave
70% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Piao Jingfu
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a member of an elite squad, you are tasked with a mission to penetrate into the great abyss. You are to explore an unknown cave system and eliminate all threats that may arise, Good luck Soldier!
Why similar: Strategy 43.3%, Action 26.1%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #40 The Ruins: VR Escape the Room
72% matchMixed59% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Entropy Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
As an archaeologist following in the footsteps of your grandfather, you find yourself trapped in an arcane site. Uncover artifacts and solve ancient puzzles to fulfill your legacy. There's a great secret held here; what will you discover?
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Action 27.2%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 6.1%
- #41 C.A.T.S. - Carefully Attempting not To Screw up
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Magnet Games
Windows
C.A.T.S. is an action-adventure stealth game were you will become James Bones a skilled hacker in a top secret mission for the doggerment of Og Uniti. In this secret mission you will have to steal the blueprints of a devastating nuclear weapon.
Why similar: Strategy 40.6%, Action 29.2%, Adventure 24%, Indie 6.2%
- #42 Lands of Pharaoh: Episode 1
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Pyramid GamesPub: Orion Asistan Hizmetleri A.S.
Windows
Lands of Pharaoh is a multi-camera-angle based adventure game. The hero, Heragos, tries to get to Cairo in order to find the messages, related to his divine duty, left for him by Nefertiti.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Action 27.8%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #43 Nexus Warfare
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ertugrul KindansPub: Metacortex
Windows
Embark on a thrilling adventure through mysterious worlds, conquering obstacles and unraveling intriguing puzzles. Immerse yourself in minimalist graphics and uncover secrets in this unique gaming experience. Get ready for surprises!
Why similar: Strategy 20.2%, Action-Adventure 15%, First-Person 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Stealth 11%
- #44 At Home
71% 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: Adventure 21.9%, Action 15.3%, Stealth 14.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #45 Pix
70% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel After Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pix jumps through perilous platformer levels on a quest to collect colorful, sparkling pixels. Death lurks around every corner in each risky mission to recover the glowing goodness!
Why similar: Strategy 40.6%, Action 28%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #46 Grey Zone
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: A.Lepunov
Windows
Become a member of the first space expedition! Go through the path with the main character from the first landing to the final point. Take under your control the colonist Scipio and prove that it's hard for you to break!
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #47 The Hope
67% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Eusebiu Caraivan
Windows
Join a desperate father in his quest to find his daughter, in this first-person horror survival game. Unravel the mysteries of his old town and confront unimaginable horrors to reunite with his lost daughter.
Why similar: Action 22.7%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Dark 12.6%, First-Person 10.7%
- #48 Electric Sheep: A Cyberpunk Dystopia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cross-Media Productions
Windows
In the near future, humanity has been minimalized, as the rise of android-rule crushes any threats to its near-term dominance. As part of the resistance, it’s your goal to undermine the automated dictatorship, and help free mankind from its robotic bonds.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #49 Convoy Mod Tools
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #50 Bulleto Master
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Browith
Windows
Bulleto Master is a game in the wild wild west style. You shoot and control your bullets and try to move them to bunce and hit your targets.You can also go into slow motion for a limited time to gain additional controls over them. Defeat all the enemies and keep your town safe at all cost.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #51 The Roaring Empire
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArGeymsPub: Komiker Media
Windows · Mac
How about entering an epic and fantastic medieval world than you've ever seen before. In the legendary world of The Roaring Empire, you can talk to dragons, charm and guide your adventure with countless characters. Add a new color of RPG with this game.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #52 Arcane's Watch
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Fire Studios
Windows
After Returning to your hometown in search of your missing father, you find that the town has been abandoned, search for clues around the town to find your father, but be careful, you aren't the only one there
Why similar: Strategy 29.8%, Action 21.6%, Adventure 18.8%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, First-Person 9%
- #53 BattleParty
67% matchMostly Positive68% of 27 reviews2020
Dev: TeamNova
Windows
BattleParty is a survival topdown game in an apocalypse world.
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, Action 26.8%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 6.3%
- #54 Space Ship Commander
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Dog Games
Windows
You and your space buddy must do whatever it takes to make it to your destination, wherever it is... The hard part about this journey is that your space ship is constantly breaking! Make repairs and avoid getting hit by asteroids in order to survive. Rack up points by fixing broken stations and shooting asteroids.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 6.2%
- #55 Coin Pickers
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Pablo Arismendi Rabe
Windows
Running across this maze-type of environment, you will have to open doors and avoid dangers to pass through the final door. Simple but cool. Classic but fresh at the same time.
Why similar: Strategy 42%, Action 26.9%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 6.3%
- #56 Dark Return
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Wally7Pub: Wally seven studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark journey filled with secrets and horror, as John returns home after receiving a mysterious letter from a family member stating that he must return home after traveling for treatment. Discover terrifying facts and uncover buried secrets in an exciting and fun experience
Why similar: Action 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 14.3%