- #1 Tsugunohi
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 600 reviews2021
Dev: ImCyanPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
One of the most terrifying J-horror games of all time is coming to Steam at long last. What's more, all you have to do is make the player walk to the left!? This collection includes the seven initial works of the popular Tsugunohi series, as well as an entirely new episode.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Thriller 8.2%
- #2 Red Bow
96% matchVery Positive85% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.
Why similar: Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Gore 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #3 Afterdream
96% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #4 The Stalked 2
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 267 reviews2025
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Thriller 12.8%, Dark 8.6%
- #5 My Sleeping Girlfriend
94% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.4%, Thriller 12.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #6 Unseasonable Flowering
93% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: KomeFukuro
Windows
"Unseasonable Flowering" is a first-person horror game set in Japan. After moving to a new home, the young protagonist, Mashiro, is met with eerie residents and inexplicable phenomena. Something "sprouting" everywhere quietly erodes her daily life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Horror 32.4%, Walking Simulator 16%, Adventure 11%, Indie 4.7%
- #7 マカブルの残党: Remnants of the Macabre
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Navigate 1980s Japan as a schoolgirl in this Junji Ito-inspired horror game. Each choice shapes your fate, leading to safety or deeper into the macabre. Uncover hidden horrors in an urban street filled with sinister details. Will you find your way home, or be consumed by the unknown?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Dark 10.2%, Casual 8.6%
- #8 The Way Home | 집으로 가는 길
92% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: DeepDarkSpot
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in the remote countryside of South Korea in the 1990s. Over the course of just three days, you will encounter a series of mysterious events and come face-to-face with an unseen, encroaching threat
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Dark 8.1%
- #9 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
91% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Thriller 16.6%, Adventure 10.7%
- #10 Infliction
91% matchVery Positive80% of 968 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Gore 11.5%, Violent 8.3%
- #11 Revengeful Ghost
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Akumu Yuko/RegistaPub: Regista
Windows
This title is a horror adventure game. The story unfolds mainly through line messages on smartphones. Just like real time, the in-game time is also ticking away, and messages arrive in real time. The player must use mysterious videos and messages as clues to unravel the mystery of the incidents.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 17.2%, Thriller 10.7%, Adventure 9.4%
- #12 RESTORER
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 13.5%, Thriller 8.6%, Linear 7%
- #13 Not in Heaven
89% 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: Adventure 21.2%, Casual 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Horror 10.9%
- #14 [Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり
89% matchMixed66% of 814 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 15%
Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 18%, Adventure 10.4%, Thriller 8.7%
- #15 CINERIS SOMNIA
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,216 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 20.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Dark 6.6%
- #16 Yomawari: Night Alone
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,337 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Horror 58.3%, Adventure 18.7%, Gore 9.6%, Violent 6.9%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #17 9 Souls
85% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Sandstorm in a BottlePub: DreamStudios
Windows
An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Walking Simulator 25.1%, Horror 21.5%, Dark 7.6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #18 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,323 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Adventure 7%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #19 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
84% matchVery Positive88% of 3,595 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Horror 24.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Story Rich 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #20 Paranormal VHS
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Gore 18.6%, Walking Simulator 16%, Horror 13.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #21 Akai Onna
83% matchVery Positive87% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Akai Onna | 赤い女 is a psychological J-horror game featuring a student.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Linear 8.7%, Casual 5.8%
- #22 SHE WAS 98
81% matchVery Positive85% of 511 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Dark 7.1%, Thriller 6.3%
- #23 Almost Home Now
82% matchVery Positive85% of 800 reviews2022
Dev: Timberwell 本幺
Windows · Linux
A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Horror 35.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Linear 6.7%
- #24 Forest Asylum 2
80% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Dark 7.4%
- #25 Re:Turn 2 - Runaway
82% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Red Ego Games
Windows
Re:Turn 2 is a 2D psychological horror adventure game. The game follows on from the events of the first game. Saki and her fiancé, Sen, are trapped on an abandoned train that is haunted by an evil spirit that takes the form of a little girl named Ayumi.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 26.5%, Dark 12.6%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 8%
- #26 Hollow Cocoon
78% matchVery Positive92% of 931 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Thriller 10.7%, Dark 9.3%
- #27 Evil God Korone
79% matchVery Positive94% of 501 reviews2021
Dev: ImCyanPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
An unexpected collaboration from Tsugunohi, the game where horror invades daily life, and VTuber Inugami Korone, from VTuber group hololive. Inugami Korone, who has been live streaming many horror game, has become an evil goddess and taken over Tsugunohi. Now, chop your finger and give it to her.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.6%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Thriller 8.9%
- #28 Subway Exorcist Girl
78% matchVery Positive83% of 331 reviews2025
Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
Windows
A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Thriller 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #29 The Path
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,058 reviews2009
Dev: Tale of Tales
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Horror 25%, Adventure 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Dark 4.8%
- #30 Neverending Nightmares
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,046 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Gore 11%, Adventure 5%
- #31 Urayama
77% matchVery Positive86% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Urayama | ウラヤマ is a psychological J-horror game featuring students on summer vacation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Casual 7.5%, Linear 6%
- #32 THRESHOLD
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,354 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 18.6%, Thriller 9.9%, Dark 9.1%
- #33 Dead of Night: Supermarket
77% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.3%, Thriller 8.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #34 House 2
74% matchVery Positive90% of 196 reviews2026
Dev: Bark Bark GamesPub: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
As a terrible storm rages on, a young girl tries to survive in a HOUSE hell-bent on killing her and her family...
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Gore 16.5%, Violent 14.3%, Adventure 10.8%
- #35 Greed Stays Home
74% matchVery Positive89% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.2%
- #36 孵道
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
振り返らずに帰るだけのアンリアルホラーアドベンチャー
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Adventure 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Dark 12.3%, Gore 10.3%
- #37 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
73% matchVery Positive95% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 27.1%, Thriller 14.6%, Adventure 11%, Dark 8.9%
- #38 Dear Brother
76% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: NGS Studios
Windows
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Dark 11.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #39 Tsugunohi -Pocky dog’s adventure-
75% matchVery Positive83% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ImCyanPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
"Tsugunohi" and the video game play-by-play artist, Pocky, have collaborated. "Tsugunohi -Pocky dog’s adventure-," created in conjunction with Pocky's 10th anniversary event, is now available on Steam. Lured by a white butterfly, Pocky the dog's "little adventure" now begins.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.7%
- #40 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 382 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Thriller 15.2%, Horror 14.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Dark 10.3%
- #41 White Room Protocol
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 17.8%, Thriller 10.4%, Dark 7.2%
- #42 The Cabin Factory
70% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 26.9%, Walking Simulator 26.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #43 Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
73% matchVery Positive93% of 990 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The dark is no place to be alone. After a beautiful show of summer fireworks, two young girls begin to make their way home. However, a mysterious attacker separates them, and both must brave the haunting night filled with unspeakable terrors and survive the darkness.
Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Gore 16%, Violent 13.5%
- #44 Yume Nikki
71% matchVery Positive94% of 10,656 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 8.7%, Adventure 6.9%
- #45 Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 26.5%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Horror 23.7%, Adventure 9%, Dark 6.9%
- #46 Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
70% matchVery Positive82% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Notex
Windows
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Horror 16.3%, Gore 11.3%, Thriller 8.8%
- #47 The ER: Patient Typhon
72% matchVery Positive87% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Professional Villains
Windows
The ER: Patient Typhon is an atmosphere and exploration horror game where you are a young woman who has lost her arms. You have to use your wits, hide and run to survive this tale of deadly monsters and disturbing, environmental puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Story Rich 8.6%, Gore 8.6%
- #48 Make Good Choices
68% matchVery Positive87% of 642 reviews2025
Dev: TN Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
You’re just trying to get home. It’s only a quarter mile. One street. What could go wrong.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.4%, Walking Simulator 34.9%, Linear 9.3%, Casual 5.9%, Indie 1.7%
- #49 Thin Threads
71% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
Thin Threads is a first-person psychological horror game about a family's desperate struggle to survive poverty. Step into the shoes of each family member, witnessing their story unfold from different perspectives, immersing you in a truly haunting and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 22.3%, Thriller 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #50 NIGHTSLINK
71% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 20.5%, Story Rich 9.4%, Linear 8.7%
- #51 The Rainman
69% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Copperbolt
Windows
Watch your back in the small peaceful town of Crystalpine Grove, as it is haunted by The Infamous Rainman.
Why similar: Horror 51.6%, Adventure 21.8%, Casual 11%, 2D 4.7%, Gore 4.3%
- #52 OMUSUBI
68% matchVery Positive94% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: KUSAKABE OSAMUPub: Vaka Game Magazine
Windows
One day, Hinako, a high school student, finds her path to school transformed into the Sanzu River, where she meets a strange-looking man named Issa. Will she be able to get through the mysterious devices of the mysterious mansion and return safely to her family?
Why similar: Horror 55.5%, Adventure 19.4%, 2D 11.9%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #53 Midnight Syndrome
68% matchVery Positive99% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Horror 37%, Adventure 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 14.9%, 2D 7.8%
- #54 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
67% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Linear 7.1%
- #55 NIDANA
67% matchVery Positive86% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 59.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Indie 3.9%
- #56 Psalm 2
65% matchVery Positive88% of 723 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Gore 13.2%, Thriller 7.2%
- #57 The Haunting of Joni Evers
67% matchVery Positive90% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Linear 10.5%, Adventure 10.4%
- #58 God's Basement
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,318 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 8.6%, Violent 8.2%
- #59 Ria's Hook
69% matchVery Positive81% of 469 reviews2018
Dev: Fossil
Windows
Ria's journey to the strange storm...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.2%, Horror 30%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 6.3%
- #60 9 Childs Street
66% matchVery Positive90% of 822 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: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 20.9%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Dark 9.8%, Adventure 6.9%