Games Like Uncanny Valley

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Survival Horror 11%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Uses retro aesthetics to deliver intense, psychological horror with branching narrative paths.

In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Horror 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the pixel-art survival horror aesthetic and psychological depth perfectly.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Survival Horror 38%, Psychological Horror 34.9%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 6.3%, Action-Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the essence of classic survival horror with a modern, atmospheric, and narrative-driven touch.

Exploration, puzzles and a touch of classic horror awaits you! Uncover the secrets and mysteries of Neuville's Mansion. Test your logic against diverse puzzles, locate and use a variety of items, and don't lose your sense of direction, as navigation itself becomes an obstacle in your path!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 14%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D horror adventure that mirrors the exploration and puzzle-solving mechanics of the seed game.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 20.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a top-down, atmospheric survival experience that emphasizes resource management and environmental dread.

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: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Horror 32.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Indie 6.5%, Survival Horror 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, hand-drawn aesthetic and focuses on psychological horror and branching paths.

At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-art adventure with psychological horror elements and environmental storytelling.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Psychological Horror 33.1%, Adventure 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological, narrative-driven horror game with a distinct, unsettling art style.

Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.

Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling horror game that focuses on psychological trauma and exploration in a dark environment.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-heavy horror game that prioritizes tension and physics-based interaction over combat.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror RPG that leans heavily into retro aesthetics and branching consequences.

Try to survive in this semi open horror game inspired by the ps1 graphic era.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Horror 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.1%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival horror game that emphasizes multiple endings and exploration.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Survival Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D atmospheric horror game that focuses on narrative and psychological tension within a school setting.

A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 21.8%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A love letter to mid-90s survival horror with a distinct low-poly aesthetic and clunky, intentional controls.

HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.

Why similar: Atmospheric 48.3%, Adventure 39%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist pixel-art horror game where player choices significantly impact the story and outcome.

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: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 25.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the old-school survival horror feel with a focus on exploration and oppressive atmosphere.

Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern survival horror game that respects the genre's roots in exploration and atmosphere.

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D horror game known for its branching paths and brutal psychological consequences.

Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.9%, Horror 31.1%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Adventure 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-penciled horror game that emphasizes exploration and a unique, unsettling folk-horror atmosphere.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.9%, Horror 22.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click psychological horror game with a haunting atmosphere and dark themes.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Adventure 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 2.5D horror game that excels at environmental storytelling and building tension through vulnerability.

Made in Construct2, Settled is a story driven game with hints of exploration. As you progress, subtle changes appear. Memories and nightmares act as new areas, although still remaining in the confines of the house. When you reach the end, the conclusion may not be what you expected.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D pixel-art horror game that emphasizes atmosphere, isolation, and retro-inspired gameplay.

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Horror 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror game with a unique art style and a heavy focus on narrative choices.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Psychological Horror 18%, Atmospheric 17%, Adventure 12%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on branching dialogue and supernatural dread, aligning with the narrative weight of the seed game.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational psychological horror game focusing on helplessness, environmental puzzles, and atmosphere.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 49.4%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that captures the feeling of vulnerability and psychological exploration.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.1%, Horror 42.8%, Action-Adventure 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk psychological horror game with deep narrative and investigative elements.

"Red Valley" is a silent hill-inspired short game with 80s trash horror elements.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Horror 10.7%

A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Eldervale is a Third-Person Survival Horror Adventure game, made in the style of early 2000's classics. Explore a large, interconnected level, solve puzzles, uncover the story and survive the horrors by strategic use of your resources and fight or flight decisions.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 10.2%

A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.7%, Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Adventure 11%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40%, Horror 32.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.9%, Horror 27.2%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 6.3%

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 29.7%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

"INDICTED" is a first-person psychological horror game exploring the fears of Arthur, a police investigator with a dark past. With immersive graphics and environments, and a touch of horror from the 80s and 90s. Thus bringing a unique experience of horror and survival.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%

A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 19%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 11.4%

Days Under Custody is a title made as a classic horror adventure game where a dramatic story, unique puzzles and an enemy stalking you all the time, will test and keep you tense to discover the history behind a lot of inexplicable events.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.6%, Adventure 27.5%, Horror 26.8%, Indie 18.1%

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 29.4%, Survival Horror 26.6%, Horror 17.9%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Indie 23.2%, Adventure 23%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Action 7.5%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 42.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 9.4%, Action 7.4%

Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Adventure 22.5%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Indie 14.4%, Action 13.6%

Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.

Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Pixel Graphics 30.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Survival Horror 6.8%, Psychological Horror 5.8%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 8.1%

Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Action-Adventure 7.5%

Kidnapped is a psychological story-driven horror game, featuring emphasis on exploration, puzzle solving and combat. Kidnapped dynamically changes as the player progresses, and aims to unnerve the player. Traverse a two hundred year old manor, dark damp caves, an eerie forest and more.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 8.6%

Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 23.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Horror 19.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 19.8%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 9.4%

Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 18.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Action 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Indie 6.3%

An experimental 2D-shooter with the elements of a horror game. D'lirium brings together some mechanics back from 90s classics. Non-linear levels, search for the keys, violence and a lot of other things. Including the colourful ponies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Action-Adventure 7.1%

Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Action 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 23.7%, Survival Horror 23.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 5.1%

Cube Gothic is a Story-driven Shoot 'em up Adventure. Shooting enemies and dodging projectiles while solving simple puzzles and trying to comprehend the surreal plot - these are the challenges you'll be facing in Cube Gothic.

Why similar: Horror 33%, Pixel Graphics 26.7%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Action 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 10.7%

Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 37.1%, Adventure 19.3%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Indie 11.9%, Action 11.2%

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 28.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 8%

Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.3%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 25.3%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Action 6.6%