- #1 Silver Chains
97% 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 31.7%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Adventure 7.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Mystery 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic mansion-based horror game that emphasizes puzzle-solving and uncovering dark secrets in a gothic environment.
- #2 Layers of Fear
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 12.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same surreal, mansion-based psychological horror and shifting environment mechanics found in Uninvited Guest.
- #3 The Beast Inside
96% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 39.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar period-accurate setting and a deep, mystery-driven narrative centered on exploring a dark, isolated estate.
- #4 What Remains of Edith Finch
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Mystery 16.6%, Atmospheric 15%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at atmospheric, narrative-driven exploration within a sprawling, mysterious mansion.
- #5 The Guest
94% 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 20.1%, Mystery 18.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core puzzle-adventure DNA and the feeling of being trapped in a mysterious, isolated room-based environment.
- #6 Infliction
94% 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: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 14%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a terrifying, narrative-driven exploration of a haunted home that mirrors the seed game's focus on psychological trauma.
- #7 Visage
93% 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 32.3%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Dark 13.7%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is a premier psychological horror experience that captures the claustrophobia and dread of being trapped in a haunted home.
- #8 Conarium
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,240 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly atmospheric, puzzle-heavy experience set in a remote, unsettling location with Lovecraftian undertones.
- #9 Martha Is Dead
91% 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: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 16%, Dark 14%, Mystery 13%, Cinematic 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological horror game that utilizes a strong period setting to deliver an unsettling and immersive narrative.
- #10 God's Basement
91% 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: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Dark 14.6%, Mystery 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on atmospheric tension and environmental puzzles to keep the player on edge.
- #11 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
90% matchVery Positive88% of 8,931 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Mystery 22%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.5%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a masterclass in atmospheric mystery and walking-simulator mechanics that mirror the investigative feel of the seed game.
- #12 Implements of Hell
89% 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: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator that leans heavily into atmospheric dread and psychological horror, much like the seed game.
- #13 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
89% 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: Horror 39.2%, Psychological Horror 38.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers intense, mansion-based survival horror that emphasizes stealth and uncovering hidden truths.
- #14 Zemblanity
88% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: XenOxygen
Windows
Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Hidden Object 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, puzzle-filled adventure that aligns well with the atmospheric horror of Uninvited Guest.
- #15 Close To The Sun
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,270 reviews2020
Dev: Storm in a TeacupPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Horror 26.6%, Adventure 15.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a highly atmospheric, puzzle-focused exploration experience set in a grand, isolated historical location.
- #16 Psalm 5:9-13
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,774 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Dark 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a short, intense psychological horror experience that focuses on exploration and mystery.
- #17 Don't Remember
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Horror 18.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Dark 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror title that emphasizes the mystery and atmospheric tension found in the seed game.
- #18 Incoming Evil
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 20%, Dark 15.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A solid indie horror experience that prioritizes first-person exploration and atmospheric storytelling.
- #19 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
83% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 35.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential mansion-based horror game that defines the genre of helpless exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #20 MADiSON
82% 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 25.4%, Horror 23.7%, Dark 16.9%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines psychological horror with complex puzzle mechanics that require careful observation of the environment.
- #21 Omitted
84% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 15.2%, Dark 13.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a tense, psychological horror experience that relies on atmospheric building and mystery.
- #22 NightGhast
81% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 24.6%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Puzzle 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy horror game that emphasizes the walking-simulator elements found in the seed game.
- #23 The Demon Within Me
82% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a supernatural, first-person horror experience that focuses on atmospheric dread and puzzle-solving.
- #24 The Hotel
80% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Horror 32.4%, Singleplayer 18.1%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the claustrophobic, first-person horror experience of exploring a decrepit, mysterious building.
- #25 Kholat
81% matchMixed66% of 6,857 reviews2015
Dev: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Why similar: Horror 77.6%, Psychological Horror 5.2%, Walking Simulator 4.8%, Mystery 3.3%, Atmospheric 3%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a wilderness, it provides the same sense of isolated, atmospheric mystery and walking-simulator gameplay.
- #26 The Guest
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 16.2%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, First-Person 8.1%
- #27 Unseen
77% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Dark 10.8%, Mystery 9.4%
- #28 TRAPPED
79% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Adventure 90%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a classic first-person horror adventure that captures the feeling of being stuck in an unsettling environment.
- #29 The Wellmonts Case
76% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Dark 13.4%, Mystery 10.8%
- #30 IFU
78% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 11.1%, Hidden Object 10.2%
- #31 ColdSide
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 519 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 14.7%, First-Person 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%
- #32 Reflection
75% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 14%, Mystery 10.9%
- #33 Abandoned Souls
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Horror 15.2%, Dark 12.3%, Mystery 10%
- #34 The Curse of Elmwood
77% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: STuNT
Windows
You hear quiet whispers from deep inside the house, but no one sees. You begin to feel that you are not alone in this house. Curse of Elmwood is an atmospheric horror where you find yourself trapped in a gloomy 18th century mansion, steeped in mystery and horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Hidden Object 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #35 Last Guest
74% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 10.1%
- #36 White Room Protocol
73% 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: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #37 RESTORER
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #38 Unwelcome
75% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Hidden Object 15.2%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 9.3%
- #39 From The Darkness
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,427 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dark 14.7%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, First-Person 6.2%
- #40 The Hotel
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Dark 11.9%, Mystery 9.9%
- #41 The Dark Gift
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 9.5%
- #42 Witch's Doll
71% matchVery Positive87% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 10.2%, Mystery 8.1%
- #43 SHE WAS 98
70% matchVery Positive85% of 364 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #44 From The Other Side
71% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 16%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 14%, First-Person 7.6%
- #45 9 Childs Street
70% matchVery Positive91% of 759 reviews2023
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 17%, Dark 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, First-Person 7.9%
- #46 When The Devil Takes Hold
72% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
When The Devil Takes Hold is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shoes of James Davidson, a fearless content creator whose search for views leads him to a cursed location. Explore the haunted grounds and solve puzzles to uncover the dark past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 12.3%, Walking Simulator 12%, Cinematic 9.6%
- #47 Family curse
71% matchVery Positive91% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 21.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Demons 10.9%, First-Person 10.6%
- #48 The Empty Eyes
69% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 19.1%, Mystery 15.1%, Dark 11.9%, Walking Simulator 6.7%
- #49 Echoes of Dread
69% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
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 21.2%, Horror 18.5%, Hidden Object 15.4%, Dark 10.6%, First-Person 9%
- #50 The Last Visit: 98th
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 9%
- #51 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
68% matchVery Positive88% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Horror 17.8%, Mystery 17.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, First-Person 9.9%
- #52 Insomnis
68% matchVery Positive91% of 272 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 20.6%, Mystery 17.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Demons 10.3%
- #53 Trapped
70% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 10.3%
- #54 Mists of Aiden
67% 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: Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 11%, Mystery 10.4%, Dark 7.3%
- #55 The Cursed Tape
67% matchVery Positive81% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 16%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 11%, Cinematic 8.7%
- #56 DREAM LOGIC
67% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 14%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Atmospheric 10%
- #57 Unmourned
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Codebros Studio
Windows
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Cinematic 10.6%
- #58 The Maid
66% matchVery Positive82% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 12.7%, Mystery 9.2%
- #59 Misery Mansion
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 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: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 19.5%, Dark 16.6%, Mystery 9.2%, Demons 8.8%