- #1 CULTIC
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,749 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: FPS 29.4%, Shooter 19.8%, Horror 14.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Dark 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same intense, retro-styled first-person shooter combat against twisted cultists and monstrous entities.
- #2 My Friendly Neighborhood
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,442 reviews2023
Dev: John SzymanskiPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
Why similar: FPS 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Shooter 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar uncanny blend of horror and creepy mascot-themed environments where you must survive living puppet creatures.
- #3 INDUSTRIA 2
96% matchMixed52% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
INDUSTRIA 2 is a narrative FPS adventure about a woman stranded in a parallel dimension. Explore, scavenge and fight your way through a mysterious boreal landscape consumed by an ever-hungry artificial intelligence to find a way home.
Why similar: FPS 19.6%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an immersive first-person shooter experience deeply rooted in atmospheric storytelling and eerie exploration.
- #4 Forgive Me Father
95% matchVery Positive84% of 6,121 reviews2022
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Why similar: FPS 36%, Shooter 21.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Stylized 9.8%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced boomer-shooter action with a dark, atmospheric horror style reminiscent of Twisted Tower's intensity.
- #5 Luna Abyss
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,051 reviews2026
Dev: Kwalee LabsPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Luna Abyss is a single player story driven action-adventure with fluid platforming and bullet hell combat. Follow the journey of Fawkes, a prisoner of Luna caught between a cryptic prophecy and their prison sentence.
Why similar: FPS 17.1%, Shooter 12.8%, 3D Platformer 11.9%, Horror 10%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends intense first-person shooting action with dark, narrative-driven exploration in a hostile alien environment.
- #6 Death Park 2
94% matchVery Positive90% of 231 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Shoot terrifying monsters and a killer clown in a haunted city full of nightmares. Explore 8 locations, solve puzzles, switch between dream and reality, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park 2 is a horror FPS with multiple endings and a boss fight.
Why similar: FPS 18.3%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Horror 15.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Exploration 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Explores a twisted, creepy amusement park setting filled with deadly monsters and puzzle-solving survival elements.
- #7 Crisol: Theater of Idols
93% matchVery Positive86% of 4,316 reviews2026
Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.
Why similar: FPS 16.8%, Shooter 12.8%, Horror 11.9%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a horrific first-person shooter adventure deeply tied to dark folklore, puzzles, and action.
- #8 GRAVEN
92% matchMixed53% of 1,532 reviews2024
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.
Why similar: FPS 21.2%, Shooter 16.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a dark fantasy retro shooter experience focused heavily on exploration, puzzles, and atmospheric combat.
- #9 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
91% matchVery Positive87% of 814 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this mascot horror game, you explore an abandoned children’s asylum and solve deceptive puzzles with your plush squid gun. Escape Chompy Chasey, befriend (or avoid) Binky Drinky, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Takes players through a creepy, haunted themed environment from a first-person horror perspective.
- #10 Beyond Hanwell
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 755 reviews2024
Dev: Steel Arts Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.
Why similar: Shooter 15.1%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Horror 14.5%, FPS 11.6%, Dark 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features dark, gritty first-person horror exploration in a desolate urban environment filled with hostile threats.
- #11 ZERO PROTOCOL
90% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.6%, FPS 16.1%, Shooter 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person survival horror elements with immersive exploration and eerie atmospheric tension.
- #12 Saint of Chains
89% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: FPS 16.8%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 11%, Shooter 10.1%, Dark 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers atmospheric first-person survival horror mechanics paired with tense retro aesthetic exploration.
- #13 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
89% matchVery Positive83% of 2,375 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Shooter 14.8%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 11%, FPS 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Immerse yourself in a psychological survival horror game featuring intricate puzzles and terrifying encounters from a first-person perspective.
- #14 Grimhook
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,225 reviews2023
Dev: Unlimited Fries
Windows
Bounce, dash, and grapple through flooded caverns in this fast-paced first-person action platformer. Descend into Grimhook's sunken ruins as Dart, mastering Lovecraftian powers and decimating robotic foes. Explore, battle, and unravel the mysteries below Miletos.
Why similar: FPS 16.6%, Shooter 13.4%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fast-paced first-person action and dark supernatural movement mechanics similar to tense shooter campaigns.
- #15 Project Tower
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Yummy Games
Windows
Dive in Project Tower, a third-person shooter mixing intense bullet hell combat with a unique morphing ability. Imprisoned by the "Hiks", fight to the top of their deadly tower for freedom. Will you outsmart them and make your way out ?
Why similar: Shooter 38.2%, Dark 21.9%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to ascend a mysterious, deadly tower filled with intense action and arcade-style combat.
- #16 Metal Garden
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,589 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: FPS 28.4%, Shooter 15%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric first-person sci-fi shooter that emphasizes mystery and solo combat survival.
- #17 Comatose
84% matchVery Positive97% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.1%, FPS 12.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Shooter 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers an atmospheric survival horror experience focused on psychological tension and exploration.
- #18 INDUSTRIA
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,373 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: FPS 27%, Shooter 17%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian first-person shooter that shares narrative-heavy exploration and eerie mechanical combat.
- #19 Project Liminal 2
85% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Shooter 16%, Platformer 11.6%, Exploration 8.5%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features surreal exploration and action-packed puzzle elements from an immersive perspective.
- #20 Funny Park Reawakening
84% matchMixed50% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: RightarDevPub: Ginichi
Windows
Dive into this terrifying adventure as you solve challenging puzzles that will put your skills to the test. Equip your charge crossbow and activate the colored buttons in time. Run and use your wits to survive Funnybear, who will be stalking you in every corner of the park.
Why similar: Exploration 16.6%, Horror 16%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, First-Person 12.8%, 3D 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores a creepy abandoned park filled with puzzles and unsettling atmospheric secrets.
- #21 Forgive Me Father 2
82% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2024
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Embark on a journey into the darkest nightmares to restore your sanity. Blast your way through hordes of possessed enemies, unlock an arsenal of deadly weapons and unearthly abilities, and get ready to face even more Lovecraftian madness in this action-packed FPS sequel.
Why similar: FPS 22.9%, Shooter 13.8%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the Lovecraftian boomer-shooter tradition with intense action and dark visual flair.
- #22 Never Forgotten
83% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.5%, Emotional 13%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Dark 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich survival horror game featuring dark atmospheric exploration and terrifying encounters.
- #23 7th Floor
81% matchVery Positive98% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Vörös GergelyPub: IGT Games
Windows
Find your missing daughter in the Hospital of Madness. Collect items, fight enemies, and do whatever it takes to reach her!
Why similar: Shooter 21.1%, Horror 20.9%, First-Person 13.7%, Story Rich 11.9%, Dark 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A story-driven horror game that combines puzzle-solving and shooter elements in a confined space.
- #24 Familiar Stranger
82% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 29.3%, Exploration 22.2%, Horror 20%, First-Person 7.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends horror and action-adventure exploration in a tense, realistic first-person world.
- #25 Don't Drop The Cake
79% matchVery Positive92% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: Midoriyama
Windows
Use your mouse to balance a cake that slides with every step in this horror game. Escape twisted beings and overcome dangerous traps, uncover the mystery behind the cake, and see the story through to its conclusion.
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, 3D Platformer 15.3%, Action-Adventure 14%, Exploration 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure horror game that weaves a story-rich journey through unsettling environments.
- #26 Ruined Nurse
78% matchVery Positive83% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Explore the hospital by Thwarting the creatures that are trying to stop you and solving puzzles. Successfully install the internet and surprise customer...
Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Shooter 14.6%, Horror 13.1%, Action-Adventure 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror action game featuring tense exploration and shooter mechanics in scary settings.
- #27 Crow Country
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 32%, Horror 20.9%, Exploration 15.1%, Stylized 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #28 Witching Tower VR
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2018
Dev: Daily Magic Productions
Windows
The Witching Tower is a VR Action Adventure title set in a dark fantasy world. Fight and puzzle your way through a foreboding fortress tower, unraveling each level’s mysteries. An unparalleled experience with breathtaking visuals and environments.
Why similar: FPS 20.2%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Involves battling your way up a dangerous, puzzle-filled tower packed with dark atmospheric traps.
- #29 Cakey's Twisted Bakery
77% matchMixed69% of 1,334 reviews2024
Dev: TinyMindz
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
It's bake or die at Cakey's Bakery, where human children are the secret ingredient to strange monsters' delicious pastries. Find the recipe for survival to escape the bakery and it's sweet and scary staff!
Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, Stylized 9.4%
- #30 You Will Die Here Tonight
76% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Dark 20.4%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Horror 14.9%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, First-Person 11.3%
- #31 Nightmare of Decay
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: FPS 25.3%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 20.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #32 Twisted Arrow
79% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2017
Dev: Phaser Lock Interactive
Windows
Twisted Arrow is a first-person shooter that gives players adrenaline-packed arcade style action. Armed with a top secret combat bow and an arsenal of devastating arrows, you must traverse and fight your way through a city occupied by a high-tech army, mechs, zombies, and chemical monsters.
Why similar: FPS 44.6%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Action 17.9%, Adventure 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a similarly titled high-octane action-shooter premise focused on clearing out hostile forces.
- #33 Tower of Mask
75% matchVery Positive96% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Papertip Studio
Windows
Tower of Mask is a thrilling survival horror in the spirit of the 80's dungeon crawlers. The most claustrophobic dungeon in modern times is yours to venture through alone. Hero, face the ancient tower where eerie masked humans prowl.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, FPS 27.2%, Horror 19%, First-Person 16.4%, 3D 3.1%
- #34 Finding Frankie
74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLOU
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Finding Frankie invites YOU to a true experience of terror as you compete in a terrifyingly twisted parkour show. Stealthily navigate around horrifying characters and swing through challenging parkour courses. This is one game show you won’t want to miss!
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, First-Person 13%, Dark 12.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #35 Project Silverfish
73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,353 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: FPS 15%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Shooter 10.6%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #36 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
74% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Why similar: FPS 21.8%, Survival Horror 17%, Horror 16%, Dark 12.8%, Shooter 12.6%
- #37 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
75% matchVery Positive81% of 175 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: FPS 18.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Shooter 13.9%, Horror 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #38 The Tower
80% matchVery Negative16% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: Narrow Monolith
Windows · Mac
"I awaken once again. Shackled. Beaten. Broken. And yet there is hope. An opportunity..." Enter the darkness of The Tower. A unique, constantly expanding dungeon crawling experience. Gather your senses and find your way through the hellish corridors of your prison.
Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Action 24.5%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game centered around exploring and conquering a mysterious vertical structure.
- #39 Killing Time: Resurrected
73% matchVery Positive92% of 374 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you'll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.
Why similar: FPS 27.6%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 15.1%, Shooter 9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #40 Poopy's Playland
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: EmilJoes Games
Windows
Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.6%, Horror 18.9%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 13.9%, First-Person 12.3%
- #41 Idols of Ash
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,529 reviews2026
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, 3D Platformer 15.7%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #42 Carnival Massacre
70% matchVery Positive90% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Norbert BaranyiPub: BEDTIMESTORIES
Windows
Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!
Why similar: Survival Horror 27%, Horror 22%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark 9.9%
- #43 The Tower on the Borderland
71% matchVery Positive86% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: DascuMaru
Windows
A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland. Explore, survive and escape from a mysterious tower, inhabited by ghouls and monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 15.7%, Stylized 13.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Dark 9%
- #44 JANITOR BLEEDS
71% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, First-Person 17.1%, Exploration 15.2%, Dark 13.8%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #45 Mother Hub
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: FPS 23.6%, Horror 17.6%, Shooter 16.8%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, First-Person 11.1%
- #46 DeadCore
72% matchVery Positive85% of 2,045 reviews2014
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
Why similar: FPS 26.5%, Platformer 23.5%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Action 7.5%
- #47 NEDRA
70% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.6%, Shooter 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #48 Rainbow Gate
69% matchMixed69% of 128 reviews2026
Dev: 7EVIL Studio
Windows
Rainbow Gate is a survival horror game set in an abandoned toy factory and amusement park that was once full of joy, but has now become a deadly trap. You are trapped in a twisted game, forced to find a way to escape from the lurking shadows and relentless Animatronics before it’s too late.
Why similar: Horror 30.3%, Survival Horror 28.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 8.9%, 3D 6.9%
- #49 Deformed
68% matchVery Positive95% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Deformed Studios
Windows
Single player horror game set in an underground lab. Kill monsters and escape.
Why similar: FPS 34.9%, Shooter 24.4%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 8.4%
- #50 Charon's Staircase
71% matchMixed60% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Dark 21.8%, Exploration 20.5%, Horror 19.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #51 Eraser
68% matchVery Positive83% of 3,548 reviews2021
Dev: Ringating
Windows
Punch, platform, and parry your way up a perilous tower that's doing everything it can to erase your progress.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.1%, Platformer 19.5%, Stylized 18.8%, 3D 11%, Action 6.6%
- #52 Ikarus Parkour
67% matchVery Positive81% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Vanja Aleksić
Windows
Ikarus Parkour is a precision 3D platformer set within a deadly game show. Climb the massive 850-meter vertical tower, overcome its obstacles, and claim the fortune that awaits.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 30.8%, First-Person 18.2%, Exploration 14.3%, Platformer 14%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #53 Consortium: THE TOWER
72% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A hardcore sci-fi first-person role-playing experience. Explore, talk, fight and/or sneak through The Churchill Tower in 2042! Play an active role in the ongoing narrative. Every choice counts.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 42.9%, FPS 23.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Action 8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #54 DeadCore Redux
66% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Bits Games
Windows
DeadCore Redux is a challenging FPS-platformer set in a futuristic universe. Chain precise jumps, manipulate mechanisms with your SwitchGun, hunt hidden collectibles and new shortcuts, and push your skills to the limit as you climb a colossal Tower born from the void. Will you reach the Summit?
Why similar: FPS 23.8%, 3D Platformer 16.7%, Shooter 12.7%, First-Person 11%, Platformer 10.8%
- #55 MUZY
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Dark 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 8.9%
- #56 Among Ashes
65% matchVery Positive95% of 483 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
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: FPS 17.5%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 11.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #57 Albert Innovation
67% matchVery Positive91% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Delirium Den
Windows
Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.
Why similar: FPS 16.1%, Horror 15%, Dark 14.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #58 Misery Mansion
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12%, First-Person 11.8%
- #59 THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
64% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: tweakEra
Windows
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Stylized 14.7%, Dark 13.2%, Story Rich 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%