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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Adventure, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric.

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Patrol a haunted forest as a lone medieval guard in this short psychological horror experience. Leave the safety of your watchtower, listen for threats in the dark, and uncover what's lurking beyond the trees—before paranoia consumes you.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 75% — of 52 reviews
Released: 2025-08-12
Developer: Pepperbox Studios
Publisher: indie.io
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Windows

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  2. #2 From The Past
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  3. #3 Finnish Cottage 8
    96% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: Savukivi Games
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    You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

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  4. #4 Whispering Fog
    95% matchMostly Positive72% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: Dark Snow Games
    Windows

    Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.

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  5. #5 Last Report
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,536 reviews2025
    Dev: Monopixel Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?

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  6. #6 Chasing Static
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2021
    Dev: Headware Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

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  7. #7 The Gretlow Tapes
    93% matchVery Positive92% of 123 reviews2025
    Dev: Aegon Games
    Windows

    Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

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    91% matchVery Positive89% of 321 reviews2025
    Dev: Desborde Games
    Windows

    A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.

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  9. #9 The Cursed Forest
    92% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2019
    Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

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  10. #10 Luto
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Bird Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

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  11. #11 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
    90% matchVery Positive87% of 2,488 reviews2020
    Dev: Marevo Collective
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

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  12. #12 In My Head
    89% matchMostly Positive70% of 145 reviews2024
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

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  13. #13 Forest Asylum
    88% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2025
    Dev: Michal Piotrowski
    Windows

    A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.

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  14. #14 Year Walk
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,022 reviews2014
    Dev: Simogo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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  15. #15 Empty Gauge
    86% matchNo user reviews96% of 71 reviews2026
    Dev: BENTCUBE
    Windows

    A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

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  16. #16 White Room Protocol
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
    Dev: Lefto Studio
    Windows

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    85% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2026
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2022
    Dev: the ito project
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    Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
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    Windows

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  25. #25 Silent Nights
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    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

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    Dev: HeZhiQiang
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    Windows
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    Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
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    Dev: JustTomcuk
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    Windows

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    Dev: Noiseminded
    Windows

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  38. #38 Obey the Voice™
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 777 reviews2026
    Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  39. #39 Unanswered
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
    Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
    Windows

    You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

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    70% matchVery Positive95% of 238 reviews2026
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    74% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2022
    Dev: Korvinrular
    Windows

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  42. #42 THRESHOLD
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,354 reviews2024
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    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2026
    Dev: KM Studios
    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,607 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%

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    73% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive97% of 208 reviews2025
    Dev: Cdodge
    Windows

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    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
    Dev: PsychoRavens
    Windows

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    68% matchMixed67% of 79 reviews2026
    Dev: TrueGames
    Windows

    Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

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    Dev: Teleopsia Games
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    Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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    71% matchMixed53% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: STuNT
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    Windows

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  52. #52 Dead of Night: Supermarket
    69% matchMixed70% of 63 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.

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    67% matchVery Positive80% of 339 reviews2024
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  57. #57 Cosmic Fear
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2026
    Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
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    67% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2025
    Dev: Vania Studios
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    "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.

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  59. #59 Barbotine
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 176 reviews2024
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    71% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
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