- #1 The Occupant
97% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Agency Principle
Windows
You've been sent to the 13th floor of a long abandoned hotel. Abandoned, that is, except for the Occupant
Why similar: Horror 50.9%, Indie 49.1%
- #2 Descent - Silence of Mind
96% matchMixed57% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Why similar: Indie 49.4%, Horror 31.2%, Puzzle 19.4%
- #3 Other Submarine
96% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: OverTurn Studios
Windows
Trapped at the bottom of the ocean, you only have your trusty flashlight and a reliable submarine. Can you reach the surface before what lies beneath takes you?
Why similar: Indie 42.6%, Horror 37.9%, Puzzle 19.6%
- #4 Remind Yourself
95% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Marcos Dumont
Windows
Remind yourself maintains a characteristic of suspence and horror where the story has a fundamental role and you must guess because it has multiple endings. It will prove your mind. It is needed that a player be quiet in extremes moments to maintain himself alive. Each step will be an experience to have into account.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #5 The ScreaMaze
94% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: White Puppet Studio
Windows
What score can you reach in this simple horror maze? Can you beat your best score and discover the scariest end?
Why similar: Indie 55.1%, Horror 27.7%, Puzzle 17.2%
- #6 6 PEOPLE
94% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: GsK
Windows · Mac
A man travels in a subway car alone. Where is he going? Will he or any of his fellow passengers arrive at their destination? Are they drawn together by pure coincidence, or something more sinister?
Why similar: Indie 55.5%, Horror 24.2%, Mystery 20.3%
- #7 Murder...
93% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Jack GloyensPub: Flying Interactive
Windows
An unassuming village with only a handful of residents, but one of them is a murderer! Use your skills as a master detective to put the clues together and deduce which one of them is the villain. Good luck detective...
Why similar: Indie 39.8%, Mystery 36.5%, Puzzle 23.8%
- #8 Mimic
91% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Mimic
Windows
If you're stuck in deep darkness, you need to make a sound. But something in the dark will follow you through your voice. In order to escape from the house, you have to find levers hidden all over the house.
Why similar: Indie 62.4%, Horror 37.6%
- #9 1,000 Heads Among the Trees
92% matchMixed54% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Aaron OldenburgPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Visit the real town of Cachiche, Peru, to spend your nights searching for spirits and taking photos. Discover a generative narrative as you show your photos to local people who describe what they see in them.
Why similar: Indie 61.6%, Horror 38.4%
- #10 Timore 5
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Timore 5 is an indie horror game, 5th one in Timore series. A scientist named Frank has done a lot inventing new things, but his experiments aren't without the consequences. In this game Frank will try to record his dreams and convert them to computer data, allowing him to review his dreams later, but the experiment might not go as...
Why similar: Indie 62.7%, Horror 37.3%
- #11 Grandpa
90% matchMixed49% of 325 reviews2018
Dev: PuddingPub: Cheesecake
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
*Early access game* Grandpa is a survival horror game. You woke up in a house you never knew. Strange things happen in the house. You have to find a way to survive and get out of the house.
Why similar: Indie 63.1%, Horror 36.9%
- #12 Mesel
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Mesel is inviting you to become the protagonist and the writer of a novel at the same time. Create your own novel with your own decisions.
Why similar: Indie 50.4%, Horror 34.4%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #13 A Week of Circus Terror
89% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Richard Haraším
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 86.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A hand-drawn, point & click indie horror game about the haunted house and his owner. During the day, you have to search for some informations, but when the night comes, you have to understand, why are the possessed toys trying to kill you. You have to find a way to go through them and save your life!
Why similar: Indie 65.1%, Horror 34.9%
- #14 Night Blights
87% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2016
Dev: Trapdoor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
It's 11pm. Your parents are asleep and Teddy is guarding the end of the bed. Something's moving in the darkness. The wardrobe is creaking and there's laughter behind the door. Night Blights, cruel and mischievous monsters have invaded your home. Can you survive till morning and protect your family?
Why similar: Indie 53.6%, Horror 46.4%
- #15 NUMB
86% matchMostly Negative25% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Sakarikos Kleanthis
Windows
Numb will get to you in position to experience some of the sleep phases, through James, a normal person with some stress problem which effect his sleep. Are you ready to live, or die, in a dream? Is it actually a dream, though?
Why similar: Indie 52.9%, Horror 47.1%
- #16 Goodnight Butcher
88% matchMixed55% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: Perfect Square Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Goodnight Butcher is an arcade-style horror game with an isolated, heart-pounding atmosphere which shifts seamlessly between running your butchery and running for your life.
Why similar: Indie 55.5%, Horror 44.5%
- #17 The Mine
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: IanPub: M.I.M
Windows
You find yourself lost in a mine, the only objective is to find a way out. But something lurks in the shadows, following. Hunting you. Good luck. It's simply a game of cat and mouse. You can run and hide, but your ultimate goal is to find the key and escape the mine. While avoiding the monsters.
Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Indie 49.9%
- #18 祭壇の花/Saidan no Hana
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Zacro
Windows
"Saidan no Hana" is a horror game with puzzle elements. A building that was somewhere, a person who lived somewhere Purify the soul that cannot be lifted.
Why similar: Indie 60.5%, Horror 39.5%
- #19 Joana's Life
86% matchMostly Negative31% of 228 reviews2016
Dev: Old Shack StudioPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In a peaceful part of the town, a series of deaths occur, seemingly random at first, but gruesome in their nature. One day, you find an object that doesn't belong in your house. An old, worn-out, stained mirror. You'll come to discover that the simple mirror isn't the only thing that is out of place.
Why similar: Indie 58.3%, Horror 24.7%, Mystery 17%
- #20 The Guest
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 945 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Mystery 25.9%, Indie 23.6%, Puzzle 23.2%
- #21 The Renovator
82% matchMixed66% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: mirzagame5
Windows
In this game you’re an experienced restorer currently working in a museum workshop. The restorer’s friend requested him to fix some old exhibits. From that moment his adventure starts.
Why similar: Indie 57.7%, Horror 42.3%
- #22 Miegakure: Hide & Reveal
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mtb design works, inc.
Windows
Miegakure is a game where you navigate a four-dimensional world to perform miraculous feats and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 76.6%, Puzzle 23.4%
- #23 Small Nights
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xio-Fret Games
Windows
Set in a desolate forest in rural Shreveport Louisiana, a 16 year old teenager and experienced abandoned building explorer "Riley" finds himself exploring a school with a darker history than meets the eye
Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Mystery 30.6%, Puzzle 16.7%, Indie 11.9%
- #24 Lost Roads
81% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: tRb
Windows
Lost Roads is a psychological horror game in a world where undecipherable mysteries hide, are you ready to start the game?
Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Horror 20.5%, Puzzle 12.7%
- #25 Damn Dolls
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: Rodrigo Riquetto
Windows
You are Suzi and your best friend Ana is missing.The only evidence you have is: That Ana was seen near an abandoned house in the forest and the former owner of the property was killed by local residents for being accused of kidnapping and killing a girl.Enter the house and solve this mystery!
Why similar: Indie 69%, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 15%
- #26 House of Nightmares B-Movie Edition
83% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2015
Dev: Morphodox Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A B-Movie inspired game with visuals and game play style reflected from the creators childhood
Why similar: Indie 43.1%, Horror 35.1%, Puzzle 21.8%
- #27 Near Midnight
82% matchMostly Negative40% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Dynamics
Windows
Taste the fear like never before
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 FM
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Jordan B Cutler
Windows
A mysterious radio announcer describes a recent murder-suicide as the unknown protagonist navigates through an ever-shifting environment.
Why similar: Indie 63.1%, Horror 25.4%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #29 The Eerie Inn
79% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Przestraszeni
Windows
The Eerie Inn is a mystery, puzzle-solving horror game with a strong emphasis on the narrative. You play as one of the girls staying at a guest house and your mission is to find out the truth behind the mysterious things happening there. You will soon realize that things aren't what they appear to be..
Why similar: Indie 41.8%, Horror 37.2%, Puzzle 21.1%
- #30 Skinny
78% matchMixed59% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: lol
Windows
Skinny is a weak horror game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 Kalidazkoph
77% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Cleaning up in your attic you find strange VHS tapes on which are recorded some experiments. Understand the secrets surrounding these tapes and understand the purpose of the dimension machine.
Why similar: Indie 46%, Horror 27.8%, Mystery 26.2%
- #32 Wooden Floor
81% matchMixed49% of 213 reviews2015
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Wooden Floor is a first person horror game full of visual trickery ... Not being able to predict what is going to happen next you need to make your way through the haunted house.
Why similar: Mystery 36.6%, Indie 35%, Horror 28.4%
- #33 iREC
80% matchMixed47% of 394 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.
Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Indie 36%, Puzzle 22.4%
- #34 Arevoatl Seven Coins
77% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Arevoatl Games
Windows
Arevoatl Seven Coins is a first-person puzzle/hidden object game that takes place in an old estate. You receive a cryptic letter from your grandfather, when you come to him, you do not find him at home. Carefully study the letter and follow its clues. You need to collect objects and solve quests, passing room by room.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #35 Alien Jelly: Food For Thought!
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Collective Mass
Windows · Mac
Alien Jelly delivers on 50 levels of thoughtful puzzle design, mixed with weird and lovable characters packaged in a 50’s b-movie sci-fi environment.
Why similar: Indie 74.5%, Puzzle 25.5%
- #36 Magnibox
75% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Joseph Gribbin
Windows · Mac
A puzzle game about magnets designed for human brains.
Why similar: Indie 72.9%, Puzzle 27.1%
- #37 Code Tracer
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Woodpecker Games
Windows
Code Tracer is a simple puzzle game. You only have to cut codes, but be careful about time and electricity.
Why similar: Indie 72.8%, Puzzle 27.2%
- #38 Mu Cartographer
76% matchVery Positive88% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Titouan Millet
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Colourful sandbox toy - Experimental treasure hunt. Manipulate an abstract machine to shape and explore colourful landscapes, and find the mysteries hidden in a shifting world.
Why similar: Indie 75.7%, Puzzle 24.3%
- #39 ZACH-LIKE
72% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
ZACH-LIKE is a book of behind-the-scenes design documents from Zachtronics. The digital version of ZACH-LIKE contains the full contents of the book, a bunch of terrible games that Zach made before SpaceChem, and some prototypes and early builds of Zachtronics games, both released and... not.
Why similar: Indie 80.2%, Puzzle 19.8%
- #40 Caliper 2
73% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Tort
Windows · Linux
Caliper 2 is an absolute, turn-based puzzle. By manipulating objects with different properties, you need to put some object on the button and enter the portal.
Why similar: Indie 70.3%, Puzzle 29.7%
- #41 YANKAI'S PEAK.
73% matchVery Positive90% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pyramid-Pushing Puzzles.
Why similar: Indie 69.5%, Puzzle 30.5%
- #42 Asylum of the Dead
68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: NoAvocadoPls StudioPub: NoAvocadoPls
Windows
Asylum of the Dead is a first person zombie survival game.
Why similar: Indie 67.7%, Horror 20.7%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #43 Greetings
71% matchVery Positive84% of 632 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.
Why similar: Horror 63.6%, Indie 36.4%
- #44 Apartment203:HongKong
57% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Apartment 203: HongKong is a first-person horror adventure game set in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. The story follows a young man who returns from abroad to investigate his sister's mysterious disappearance by moving into her former residence in an old tenement building.
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Mystery 27%, Indie 20.9%, Puzzle 17.5%
- #45 Secret Admirer
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nosleepcreepsgames
Windows
Newly single, you try to enjoy your first Valentine's Day alone. You have a nice evening planned, one that will make you forget all about your past life. Just you and your wine, or so you thought.
Why similar: Indie 64.4%, Horror 35.6%
- #46 Deep Inside
59% matchVery Positive83% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 78.4%, Horror 21.6%
- #47 The Testing Floor
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: User Experience Studios
Windows
Welcome to The Testing Floor. Begin the preliminary testing phase for a prototype tool known as the C.U.B.E.R. Master the projectile-based teleportation system and Power Cube abilities all while solving puzzle-filled floors that push you and the C.U.B.E.R to its utmost limits.
Why similar: Indie 72.8%, Puzzle 27.2%
- #48 Pressured
75% matchMixed48% of 558 reviews2014
Dev: Paul MarrablePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Pressured is a unique and intense number puzzler. Hit your targets to unlock pieces of the dark story, all told via the poetry of Nicholas Gordon. Created by Paul Marrable With music from Matt Mcfarland.
Why similar: Indie 73.2%, Puzzle 26.8%
- #49 RYB
71% matchVery Positive90% of 597 reviews2016
Dev: FLEB
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
RYB is a logic puzzle game that plays like a combination of sudoku and minesweeper.
Why similar: Indie 65.1%, Puzzle 34.9%
- #50 Aztec Number
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: CTU
Windows
Challenge puzzle masters from all over the world Accompanied by powerful sound effects, solve 108 puzzles and take possession of the secret treasure of the Aztecs.
Why similar: Indie 68.5%, Puzzle 31.5%
- #51 Like Clay
70% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Indie 56.9%, Horror 43.1%
- #52 Log 141
67% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: AwesomeLeak
Windows
Log 141 is an indie game originally developed as a high school computer science project. Inspired by text-based games of the past, this game was created to be played entirely within a terminal window. Traverse a text-based adventure filled with puzzles and mystery as you uncover the secret of Log 141.
Why similar: Indie 65.6%, Mystery 22.2%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #53 Revenis Prologue 01
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Christopher Hyun
Windows
Dreadful, isn't it?
Why similar: Indie 52.9%, Horror 47.1%
- #54 Serpent Fusion
67% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2019
Dev: Ramsey Boyce
Windows · Mac
Serpent Fusion is a difficult puzzle game based on Snake where you grow longer by attaching boxes to your back instead of eating food. From this, you also gain the ability to stand still and move backwards, allowing you to reverse into boxes and stick to them.
Why similar: Indie 60.9%, Puzzle 39.1%
- #55 IVAN POE
61% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: REACTOR PROJECTS LTD
Windows · Mac
Ivan Poe is a third person find-your-way puzzle adventure following this cuboid character as they keep truckin' on through the Cosmic Soup.
Why similar: Indie 52.3%, Mystery 29.8%, Puzzle 17.9%
- #56 Devilry
71% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Indie 60.7%, Horror 39.3%
- #57 Sliptime Sleuth
66% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Sunburst Studio
Windows
In Sliptime Sleuth, play as a P.I. with a twist. In this time-traveling puzzle game, utilize your handy gadget to take on a variety of contract work, slipping through time in order to earn an honest buck.
Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Mystery 20.7%, Puzzle 12.4%
- #58 Abraxas Interactive's PUSH
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Abraxas Interactive
Windows
PUSH is a really hard top-down push block game that is a love letter to classic top-down push block puzzle games.
Why similar: Indie 63.7%, Puzzle 36.3%
- #59 The Haunting Of Stabbey Road
55% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Bailiff Interactive
Windows
Discover the dark secrets of a once renowned recording studio.
Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Indie 32.3%, Puzzle 12.5%
- #60 Schizophrenia
67% matchMixed50% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Indevelopment Productions
Windows
Schizophrenia is a indie horror game meant to be played at your own pace. Figure out the story of a child looking for her mom while experiencing her mental illnesses.
Why similar: Indie 75%, Horror 25%