- #1 The Medium
97% matchVery Positive89% of 9,813 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.3%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 8.9%, Soundtrack 8.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: Features a core dual-world mechanic that mirrors the reality-shifting exploration found in the seed game.
- #2 Martha Is Dead
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-heavy psychological horror game featuring a female protagonist navigating a grim, atmospheric setting.
- #3 GYLT
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,197 reviews2023
Dev: Haven MediaPub: Parallel Circles
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.
Why similar: Stealth 24.1%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Horror 14.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused horror game featuring a young female protagonist navigating a dark, nightmarish world.
- #4 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,314 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Violent 16.7%, Gore 16.4%, Stealth 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-heavy horror game with a female lead that emphasizes hiding from persistent threats.
- #5 Visage
94% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Dark 12.5%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-tension, first-person horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and complex puzzle-solving.
- #6 The Park®
94% matchMixed70% of 3,168 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 16.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Mystery 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a mother searching for her missing child in a haunting, atmospheric environment.
- #7 SOMA
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Gore 14.6%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep, philosophical narrative with stealth-based survival in a dark, oppressive setting.
- #8 Infliction
92% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Gore 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Violent 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that relies on exploration and uncovering the history of a haunted home.
- #9 Amnesia: The Bunker
91% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Stealth 27.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, First-Person 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, first-person stealth mechanics that require careful planning and resource management to survive.
- #10 Charon's Staircase
91% matchMixed63% of 72 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 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Gore 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Violent 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, narrative-driven adventure that focuses on investigation and puzzle-solving in a mysterious setting.
- #11 Whitehaven
90% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.6%, Survival 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that focuses on uncovering dark family secrets.
- #12 Supernormal
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,081 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Stealth 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.6%, Realistic 12.1%, Mystery 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person supernatural horror game that features investigative gameplay and psychological tension.
- #13 God's Basement
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 13.1%, Violent 9.9%, Dark 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Mature 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror walking simulator that focuses on dark, supernatural themes.
- #14 Never Again
88% matchVery Positive80% of 922 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Stealth 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game featuring a female protagonist in a claustrophobic, dark environment.
- #15 Little Nightmares II
85% matchVery Positive93% of 55,847 reviews2021
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Dark 16.4%, Stealth 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, atmospheric world filled with stealth, puzzles, and a sense of constant danger.
- #16 Fragile
87% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Gore 22.7%, Violent 17.6%, Stealth 10.4%, Dark 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A violent, indie horror-adventure game that shares the dark, atmospheric tone of the seed game.
- #17 Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,565 reviews2017
Dev: Angry Demon Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn is a first person horror game heavily inspired by Swedish folklore and the Nordic mythology to create the nightmares that's been haunting Swedish children for many generations.
Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Gore 17.3%, Violent 14.8%, Stealth 9.5%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, indie horror game rooted in folklore and dark, unsettling exploration.
- #18 Doorways: The Underworld
86% matchMixed69% of 405 reviews2014
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Stealth 14.8%, Gore 11.4%, Mature 10.5%, Dark 10.1%, Violent 10%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror adventure that focuses on puzzle-solving and navigating unsettling, dark environments.
- #19 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
84% matchMixed59% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Realistic 12.1%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian horror game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a hostile, atmospheric town.
- #20 Palmyra Orphanage
84% matchVery Positive89% of 705 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Violent 16.8%, Horror 11.6%, Gore 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Stealth 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on survival and exploration within a dark, oppressive setting.
- #21 Observer: System Redux
83% matchVery Positive85% of 2,866 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Stealth 31.6%, Walking Simulator 25.9%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and uncovering dark secrets.
- #22 Silver Chains
82% matchMixed69% of 1,327 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Gore 10.8%, First-Person 7.9%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that blends puzzle-solving with exploration in a dark, abandoned estate.
- #23 File Destined
79% matchVery Positive86% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Metavision Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 11.5%, Violent 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking simulator that explores dark, surreal themes.
- #24 DarkHouse
81% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: VD Games
Windows
This is not a typical corridor horror, but a game in a semi-open world with horror elements. You will have to perform a reverse ritual in a psychiatric clinic in order to banish the creepy Doctor back to Hell! Especially in the Nightmare mode, a real hardcore awaits you!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.8%, Dark 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused horror game that emphasizes dark, atmospheric environments.
- #25 Nightfall: Escape
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: ZeenohPub: Zeenoh Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price.
Why similar: Gore 25.4%, Violent 22.5%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror-adventure game that relies on atmospheric tension and exploration.
- #26 Witching Hour
80% matchMixed67% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.
Why similar: Violent 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Realistic 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Dark 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized, violent horror game that emphasizes a dark, atmospheric narrative.
- #27 Uventa
81% matchMixed52% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: BlackRat
Windows
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Why similar: Gore 16.5%, Stealth 14.1%, Violent 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person indie horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering dark mysteries.
- #28 Amnesia: Rebirth
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,173 reviews2020
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Why similar: Stealth 21.8%, Horror 9.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 8.7%, Dark 8.2%
- #29 The Mortuary Assistant
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,435 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #30 7th Floor
75% matchVery Positive98% of 53 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: Stealth 16.7%, Violent 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Gore 11.8%, Horror 10.7%
- #31 Hellkind
75% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Motamot
Windows · Mac
You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.4%, Horror 19.1%, Gore 16%, Atmospheric 13%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #32 Incantation
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,098 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Gore 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Violent 11.7%
- #33 Enola
79% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2014
Dev: The DomaginariumPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Survive a macabre world conjured up by the tortured memories of Angelica.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.5%, Stealth 13.6%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game featuring a female protagonist in a dark, horror-themed setting.
- #34 Out of Sight
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 866 reviews2025
Dev: The Gang
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
Why similar: Stealth 19.5%, Dark 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Horror 9.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #35 Wayward Harbor
76% matchVery Positive83% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Daniil ShashenkovPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Short first-person horror experience with a unique mirror mechanic. Escape from an invisible monster that can be only seen in the reflection.
Why similar: Stealth 19%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Gore 9.1%, Violent 8.8%
- #36 Through the Woods
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,657 reviews2016
Dev: AntagonistPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Dark 8.2%
- #37 The Chant
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,179 reviews2022
Dev: Brass TokenPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Realistic 14.3%, Horror 13.5%
- #38 INDIKA
71% matchVery Positive90% of 7,865 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Mature 15.4%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 12%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #39 Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
72% matchMixed69% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Aya Games
Windows
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
Why similar: Stealth 23%, Dark 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.6%
- #40 Mists of Aiden
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Violent 16.3%, Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Gore 8.8%
- #41 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,268 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Violent 23.7%, Puzzle 12%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%, First-Person 10.7%
- #42 INDUSTRIA
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,883 reviews2021
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 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: Soundtrack 30.1% ★, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Horror 9.2%, First-Person 8.8%
- #43 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
69% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 19.6%, First-Person 14.9%, Realistic 10.6%, Adventure 9.8%
- #44 Dead of Night: Supermarket
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.1%, Realistic 9.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #45 Perception
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2017
Dev: The Deep End Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Horror 22.2%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 8.9%
- #46 Not in Heaven
74% 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 17.6%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Violent 13%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 10.5%
- #47 Noch
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
Why similar: Dark 18.7%, Survival 14.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #48 Project Liminal 2
67% matchVery Positive96% of 56 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: Puzzle 17.8%, Realistic 14.6%, Adventure 14.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 10.8%
- #49 Despair: Blood Curse
69% matchVery Positive84% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Crimson Sequence
Windows
A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.8%, Gore 16%, Horror 14.6%, Violent 11.2%, Dark 10.1%
- #50 MADiSON
68% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.1%, Violent 9.7%, Gore 8.4%
- #51 Selene's Unbearable Night
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: Farelas
Windows
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: Female Protagonist 20.9%, Horror 19.8%, Realistic 18%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Dark 13.9%
- #52 Implements of Hell
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.4%, Realistic 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%
- #53 Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,077 reviews2023
Dev: Keplerians
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.
Why similar: Stealth 20.5%, Violent 14%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.5%
- #54 White Room Protocol
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 11.7%, Realistic 11%
- #55 INHUMAN
69% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: Qiutaixu studio
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 12.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #56 The Method of Hiding a Body
66% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Mystery 30.9%, Psychological Horror 29%, Gore 13.7%, Violent 12.7%, Female Protagonist 3.5%
- #57 ALONE?
71% matchMixed42% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #58 Seek
65% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: cloud_li
Windows
In this game, you play as Alice, an girl trapped in a twisted, ever-changing world. Survive a frozen orphanage filled with lurking horrors, eerie classical music, and unsolved mysteries. Scavenge, evade monsters, and uncover the truth. But can you face the brutal reality—or remain trapped forever?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 15.1%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #59 Crow Country
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,186 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 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: Female Protagonist 19.6%, Gore 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Violent 15%, Horror 13.6%