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Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Retro 8%

Step into the world of "Nevermind this", a heart-pumping horror where confusion, chaos, fear, distraction and even fun come together for an unique game experience, in a cursed hut from old Lumberjack. Don't let them mess with your mind.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 8.9%, Walking Simulator 7.8%

You're trapped in an abandoned bunker with no way out. Collect items and solve puzzles to escape, but be careful, because The Bunker Freak is always watching...

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 15%, Retro 12.8%, 1990's 11.4%

A psychological horror game about working the night shift in a store that reacts to your mistakes. Follow procedure. Avoid irregularities.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Gore 14.4%, Retro 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.5%

When your wife returns to the cursed village of her childhood nightmares, you follow. As a man of science, you are immune to the forest's hypnotic song, so it sends its monsters instead. Scavenge, hide, and survive in this first-person psychological survival horror game.

Why similar: Gore 23.6%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 6.6%

Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿

Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.1%, Realistic 8.6%

Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.2%, Retro 11%, Gore 9.7%

Your car breaks down on a deserted road at midnight. As you walk through the fog-covered forest, you arrive at the entrance of an abandoned factory. But the place isn’t as empty as it seems. Dark traces of the past and something unexplained are waiting in the depths of the factory.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, 1990's 9.3%

You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.

Why similar: Gore 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.4%, Retro 10.7%, Survival Horror 10.4%

Use your camera and lens to survive the haunting of an old farmhouse. The bells toll, and Scary Sam draws near. Short VHS-inspired survival horror experience set within the DEADCAM universe.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 13.6%, Gore 10.6%, Realistic 9%

In this Easter Horror Game compete in the mini games, solve puzzles, and escape the Easter Bunny. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: Gore 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 13%, Horror 12.1%, Retro 11.9%

Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Gore 10.1%, Walking Simulator 9.8%

Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Horror 12.4%, Realistic 10.9%

The Haunted Exmone Theatre is a 2D Survival Horror Game based on the story of a paranormal investigator called Omar, who got an urgent call from the owner of the Exmone Theatre to investigate the building for the paranormal evidence.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Gore 13.4%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 13%, Retro 12.6%

BLOK is an Orwellian psychological horror game set in post-communist Poland. You play as a political exile who fled during the communist regime. Years later, after the system’s collapse, a strange letter from your mother draws you back home. But something is deeply wrong.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 15%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Retro 11.2%

Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.

Why similar: Experimental 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Horror 12%, Realistic 10.3%

Play as an intern on the set of an upcoming movie, "Lights, Camera, Slaughter!" - where things turn BLOODY. Try and escape this ever-evolving, living hell - OR DIE TRYING. A game inspired by earlier PS1 horror titles.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.2%, Gore 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Retro 9.6%

An unexpected disaster traps you inside a research station. With the main exit blocked, you must make your way through the darkest and most twisted pits of the complex and survive against all odds while uncovering the secrets that were never meant to see the light of day...

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 12%, Realistic 10.2%, Dark 9.5%

Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Dark 11.6%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Dark 11.7%

In this terrifying walking simulator, you will meet those virtual pets you once forgot in a drawer, and who now seek revenge, in an atmosphere full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Retro 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11%

Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, 1990's 12.6%, Dark 12.1%

Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Gore 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Dark 9.6%

Veil of Sight is a first-person psychological horror game. After disturbing eye experiments, blinking is no longer natural. Explore an abandoned hospital, solve puzzles and survive the doctor who turned your body against you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Realistic 9.3%

In this psychological horror set deep within a top‑secret Cold War research bunker, fear takes form in shadows. Aim your film‑camera and watch reality shift. Solve mind‑bending puzzles, and confront both the specter of global conflict and the creatures lurking in your psyche.

Why similar: Gore 18.6%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 9.7%

Play as a detective investigating his wife's disappearance. Suspecting the asylum she was researching, he infiltrates it, only to uncover a realm of horror. Solve puzzles, maintain sanity, and confront monsters as you unravel the asylum's secrets.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Gore 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.9%, Retro 9.7%

Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 14.1%, Realistic 9.2%, Retro 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.5%

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.7%, Gore 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Realistic 10.3%

Lurking is a first-person survival horror game set in a building infested by giant spiders. Search for tools and weapons to fight back and survive. Find a way out before you're eaten alive.

Why similar: Gore 23.4%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Old School 6.2%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12.1%, Realistic 11.5%

Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Gore 18%, Psychological Horror 13%, Retro 10.7%, Horror 10.5%

Control an RC car in an abandoned hospital. Capture eerie anomalies, avoid making noise, and uncover a chilling mystery—before something finds you first.

Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Gore 10.3%

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: Walking Simulator 12.7%, Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Realistic 9.4%, 1990's 9.4%

Retro styled low budget Asian Indie Walking Simulator Horror Game. Based on Malaysian and Indonesian supernatural beliefs, where the protagonist is a young pregnant mum to be who is being targeted and stalked by the feared night creature, The Penanggalan, or "The Flying Head".

Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 10.4%, Gore 9.8%

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Gore 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Realistic 9.3%

With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 19.5%, Dark 14.5%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, Gore 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.9%

First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

Why similar: Gore 22%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%

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: Survival Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Realistic 7.7%

It is an indie psychological horror game in which you must solve the mystery behind the Dewey family while various entities try to hunt you down and torment you. Will you be able to survive and escape this infinite loop?

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 14.5%, Gore 13.9%, Dark 11%

"Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.

Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Survival Horror 9.5%

Diving into Abyss is a cave diving horror game with Photorealistic graphics. It's not just a diving simulation. It's a deep-sea survival horror that needs to survive suffocating closure fears and unidentified beings.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Realistic 9.7%, Mystery 6%

A first-person narrative psychological horror game focused on exploration and environmental storytelling, set in a decaying naval retirement home ruled by a tyrannical former admiral, where you play as Coral, a newly hired nurse who must navigate shifting environments and uncover hidden truths.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.2%, Dark 12.3%, Walking Simulator 7.4%

Freak Accident is a first-person survival horror game. Stay silent and hidden to escape a violent serial killer. Explore to uncover the mystery behind a killer’s past and the tragic events that fell on his family. Find clues and items to escape an intense nightmare of being hunted by a psychopath.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 15%, Gore 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 8%

Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

Why similar: Gore 14%, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Horror 10.7%

CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Gore 10.5%

Gregor Hills Haunted Hospital is a Top Down survival horror game based on the story of one of the most Haunted hospitals located in Gregor Hills.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Gore 20.6%, Horror 14.5%, Retro 13.4%, Story Rich 7.8%

Jorogumo’s Cradle is a short first person horror game. You are stuck in the woods with a monster that attacks you during the night. Explore the area, build tools to fend off incoming attacks, and most importantly, survive until the very end.

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Gore 11.6%, Dark 9.3%

You’ve been hired by a real estate agency to take photos of their listings at night to give them a unique look online. Grab your camera, step into dark, quiet rooms, and capture every shot before the house notices you. Finish the job or never leave.

Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Retro 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10%

Experience a unique psychological horror set in the 90s with retro style. Solve complex puzzles and uncover ominous rituals of a secret society. Immerse yourself in someone else's past and feel deep emotional pain and fears. Face your own demons and uncover dark secrets that will keep you on edge.

Why similar: Gore 17.3%, Horror 14.7%, Retro 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, 1990's 12.9%

You’ve just moved into your new home. The neighbors are quiet. But the basement... isn’t empty. Uncover the tragic truth behind the house’s previous owners in this story-driven psychological horror experience. Explore, and survive the lingering presence of a soul trapped in darkness.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

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: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Dark 8.8%, Walking Simulator 5.5%

2006. You become the new reserve caretaker. Patrol the territory in your rugged 4x4, check the phototraps, and monitor the area using surveillance cameras. But remember: you are not the only one watching.

Why similar: Gore 18.1%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 9.8%

BLIGHTEN is a survival horror fps set in an abandoned facility overrun by mindless creatures infected by the Blight. Scavenge for resources and do whatever it takes to survive the industrial hellscape you're isolated within.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Retro 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Gore 9.2%

In the shadowed year of 1985, a killer has been at large leaving behind trails of clues and grisly scenes. Two years have passed, yet the enigma of Ophelia's disappearance still remains. Ophelia vanished without a trace, leaving behind an unsettling scene.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.8%, Gore 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Retro 10.3%, Horror 10.2%

You are trapped on the Phantom Floor. You must find a way to escape, but keep quiet, it's always listening.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 18.6%, Retro 15.6%, 1990's 9.2%, Old School 6.8%

Ardena is a first-person survival horror game where your only light is a dwindling campfire. Gather wood to keep it burning, uncover chilling clues about you and your location, and find a way to escape the mysterious forest—before she finds you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Horror 17.6%, Gore 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Midnight Laundry is a short first-person horror game where a long night at the laundromat takes an unexpected turn.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 11.7%, Realistic 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Retro 9.6%

Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 13.5%, Gore 10.7%, Walking Simulator 9.3%

In this psychological horror game, play as a little girl who's been mysteriously shrunk down. Using a camera, take photos of the scary invisible figure that's been haunting you. He doesn't like getting caught on camera. Can you survive until 6:00 AM?

Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 9.1%, Walking Simulator 8.5%