- #1 Nyctophilia
97% matchMixed64% of 305 reviews2015
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Nyctophilia is 2D psychological thriller about bad things in your head.
Why similar: Adventure 32.8%, Horror 26.3%, Indie 24.3%, Thriller 16.5%
- #2 Damnaze
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: INGO
Windows
You were taken into this damn maze, but you are not the first, and you are not the last.Here you do not have friends.You have only hope for salvation. To escape from this place you can use absolutely everything that you have found.
Why similar: Adventure 46.2%, Indie 33.6%, Horror 20.2%
- #3 Chicken in the Darkness
96% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Jaesung KimPub: BukGwak
Windows
The game "Chicken in the darkness" is a roguelike-indie-horror game developed by 3 highschool students. The main character, a highschool student who lives in a dorm, plans with his friends to order a fried chicken and get delivered.
Why similar: Adventure 43.4%, Indie 33.6%, Horror 22.9%
- #4 The Darkest Woods
94% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: teamsupport
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.
Why similar: Adventure 43.2%, Indie 31.4%, Horror 25.4%
- #5 UNIDENTIFIED
95% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: DARKSIDEMOON
Windows
Let's play the game in the form of relive the record of the escape that remains as a video.
Why similar: Adventure 47%, Indie 34.1%, Horror 18.9%
- #6 Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: Shadow Tor StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Follow the Dark Path into a world of Druidic lore and Celtic myths. It is the Autumn Equinox on Barrow Hill, a time of great power, when the ancient standing stones are at their most powerful and dangerous. You have one night to make the offerings, follow the Dark Path and escape Barrow Hill.
Why similar: Adventure 51.3%, Indie 31.8%, Horror 17%
- #7 Deep Sleep
89% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Default Game
Windows
If sleep is a long torment...
Why similar: Thriller 32.1%, Adventure 31.9%, Horror 20.3%, Indie 15.7%
- #8 BlackShadows
94% matchVery Negative17% of 169 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Adventure 41.8%, Indie 32.7%, Horror 25.5%
- #9 The Shattering
90% matchVery Positive86% of 327 reviews2020
Dev: Super Sexy SoftwarePub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Adventure 38.7%, Indie 27.5%, Thriller 26%, Horror 7.8%
- #10 Dark Night
92% matchMostly Negative37% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: NighthoodGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Welcome home Amelia, familiar eyes are watching you, and they want to play. Home alone you can feel them. You can hear their footsteps. You need to move. You have limited visibility. Light a matchstick to see in the dark. Close your eyes. Start begging for your life.
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Indie 37.6%, Horror 24.8%
- #11 Sylvio
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2015
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Why similar: Adventure 41.9%, Indie 29.6%, Horror 28.5%
- #12 Nyctophobia
91% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Indie 37.1%, Adventure 36.1%, Horror 26.8%
- #13 The Haunted House VR Movie Ep. 1 "Missing"
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AIXLAB
Windows
남형사는 아내를 잃고 고등학생 딸과 함께 지내고 있다. 어느날 딸의 갑작스런 실종. 딸의 친구를 통해 딸이 오컬트 마니아라는 것을 듣고 충격에 빠진다. 딸의 마지막 행적이 영덕에 있는 흉가였다는 것을 알게 된 남형사는 달빛조차 없는 어두운 산속 도로를 달려 영덕 흉가에 도착하는데...
Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Indie 32%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 9.1%
- #14 Like Clay
89% 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 37.6%, Adventure 34%, Horror 28.4%
- #15 Isolation
88% matchMixed41% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Interactive Gaming Studios
Windows
The plague destroyed the world you once knew. This unknown bacteria destroyed the lives of many people who lived in various countries around the world. When the plague was first identified by doctors, researchers started working on a cure immediately. The infected people were transported into hospitals to isolate them from other people.
Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, Horror 31.7%, Indie 28%
- #16 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
87% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
Why similar: Adventure 46.2%, Indie 33.6%, Horror 20.2%
- #17 A Near Dawn
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Far-off Daydream Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be consumed by darkness and light in this humorous psychological thriller adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 37.2%, Thriller 35.7%, Indie 27%
- #18 Yuldigard's Fate
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shining Lizards
Windows · Mac
The capital of his native Yuldigard Alzia is torn apart by a civil war, in order to avoid death, the prince has to flee the city, pretending to be a wanderer. He has to find refuge in the provincial town of Torchbergen, but this visit is destined to drag on for a long time ...
Why similar: Adventure 51.7%, Indie 37.5%, Thriller 10.8%
- #19 MUSEUM VOLUME I
85% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Wreck Tangle Games
Windows
'Museum' is a short Puzzle-Adventure saga. The games follow the Security Guard at The Royal Foyer Museum in England. As you wake from a mid-night nap, you notice all the security cameras are down, it's up to you to get them working again.
Why similar: Adventure 47%, Indie 34.1%, Horror 18.9%
- #20 Alone K.W.
86% matchMostly Negative34% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: TeamWaterFlyPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dr. Kevin White, a drug manufacturing manager in the same company was sent to a conference in Greenland. In turn, the ship was caught in the ice and crashed. The main character was thrown by an unknown island. Seeing the house, Kevin went there.
Why similar: Adventure 62.9%, Indie 20.4%, Horror 16.7%
- #21 A Girls Fabric Face
84% matchVery Positive83% of 246 reviews2017
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A brutal murder has taken place. To that, you find yourself investigating what has happened through cameras set up in the house. Upon investigating you find yourself determining that not everything is as it seems. In the end, you are faced with an important decision to truly understand what happened to the girls with the fabric face.
Why similar: Adventure 32.9%, Thriller 25.3%, Indie 23.2%, Horror 18.6%
- #22 Fireflies
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Phanom Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Adventure horror with many puzzles and an interesting story.
Why similar: Adventure 48.5%, Indie 31.2%, Horror 20.4%
- #23 SCP-9735-Alpha: ΔRCH1TECT
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deepwake Studios
Windows
Currently in rework.
Why similar: Adventure 47.5%, Indie 34.5%, Horror 17.9%
- #24 SECTOR 40: The Soviet Legacy
82% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Fifteen Feet
Windows
SECTOR 40 is a fictional discovery game with a slightly sinister atmosphere. Have an adventure in the darkness of Siberia and discover the heritage of the Soviet Union in its sad fate.
Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Indie 38.3%, Horror 8.8%
- #25 The Final Take
84% matchMixed65% of 506 reviews2016
Dev: HUSH InteractivePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive dark footage recorded from the perspective of multiple characters in this unique first person horror.
Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Adventure 35%, Indie 28.3%
- #26 Helios Hotel: The Night Shift
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Rose Lane Games
Windows
Helios Hotel: The Night Shift is a story-driven choose-your-own-adventure style horror game inspired by paranormal and slasher films.
Why similar: Thriller 39%, Adventure 26.7%, Horror 26%, Indie 8.4%
- #27 Last in Orbit
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Dapper Rabbit Games
Windows
Last in Orbit is a Horror game with a focus on surviving a A.I. gone Crazy. Your the first to arrive on a new space station meant for human living but in the preparations ahead you found out that the A.I.
Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Indie 36.9%, Horror 12.3%
- #28 Araha : Curse of Yieun Island
79% matchMixed61% of 370 reviews2020
Dev: Palmsoft
Windows
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island is a survival horror game. You will explore the hospital on an island as 'the Boy' who is looking for his sister. Starting from the abandoned hospital, You will journey through the cursed island covering the Sharman's sanctum, Cemetary in the mountainside and more.
Why similar: Adventure 50.4%, Indie 37.1%, Horror 12.5%
- #29 The Warden
81% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Matteo CillarioPub: Black Mist Studios
Windows
“The Warden” is a first-person psychological-horror game with puzzles.Ephram Elias Barkley is a landowner who , after losing his family , lives his life in a alcoholic loneliness.His life is interspersed with moments of lucidity and states of trance that seem to leave, as only trace, mysterious drawings of dark landscapes in which stands...
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Horror 25.1%, Indie 24.2%
- #30 Saturnine
79% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Dominik MichalkePub: 70:30
Windows · Mac
Saturnine - a horror survival adventure. In Saturnine you will explore abandoned villages and the woods of Nearna. But beware: Nightfall comes closer and something mystifying and evil is awaiting you in the shadows of the darkness!
Why similar: Adventure 46.2%, Indie 33.6%, Horror 20.2%
- #31 AR-K: END GAME
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
AR-K: END GAME is the final episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story...
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #32 看白海豚的好日子 A Perfect Day for White Dolphin
77% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: 寒蟬
Windows
改編自乾綠郎的小說《完美的蛇頸龍之日》。 在這個時代,人們可以透過SC裝置和植物人進行感應。 感應淺者知道自己正在虛擬世界之中;感應深者,則會分不清虛幻與現實。 即使如此,黃芷欣還是決定和植物人弟弟芷樂進行感應,她必須找出芷樂自殺的原因。
Why similar: Adventure 53.5%, Indie 38.4%, Horror 8.1%
- #33 Vernon's Legacy
80% matchMixed57% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: TripleBrick
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.
Why similar: Adventure 43.2%, Indie 31.4%, Horror 25.4%
- #34 Layers of Fear VR
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2019
Dev: Incuvo S.A.Pub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Indie 38%, Horror 10.1%
- #35 To Azimuth
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: [bracket]gamesPub: Digital Uppercut Productions
Windows · Mac
A surreal adventure game set against the humid haze of 1970s Alabama, To Azimuth follows Nate and Susannah Windham's search for their missing brother in two interweaving stories that explore mental health, war, and the paranormal.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #36 Splitmind
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rendal StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
You are Kaplan, an amnesic shadow awakening in Mnemosyn, « the land of memories ». Will you solve the mysteries of your mind ?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #37 The Renovator
76% 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 44.3%, Horror 32.4%, Adventure 23.3%
- #38 The Lighthouse | VR Escape Room
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a room inside Wescott Manor, which has been abandoned for years. Use The Lighthouse light to guide your way out. Get out before the evil lurking on the other side of the door gets you.
Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #39 The Morgue Fissure Between Worlds
76% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Zoltok'sPub: N/A
Windows
Descend into darkness... The Morgue Fissure Between Worlds, provides a dark mysterious environment that is waiting to be discovered. Your world is connected with many others. There are things that must be forgotten, relics that must be discovered, and worlds to be charted....
Why similar: Thriller 31.5%, Adventure 30%, Indie 20.8%, Horror 17.7%
- #40 Blendy 2 Dolls Factory
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Daniil999OPub: CDA Games
Windows
Go through locations, finding keys and avoiding traps. Find out the secret of Blendy and make the crucial choice! It all depends on you and your perseverance! Can you finally stop Blendy? Or will he and his associates be more cunning than you?
Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Indie 39.2%, Horror 6.9%
- #41 Come Back: Chapter 1
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: NoLan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Come Back is an enigmatic point’n’click where you wake up, lost on a mysterious shore. You’ll have to discover your whereabouts and to find out who’s leaving these notes everywhere… This original adventure will challenge your logic with its brain teasers and eye-catching artstyle!
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #42 Ladderhead
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
A surreal narrative focused roguelite text adventure. In it you play a man stuck in the same day who has to get to the top floor of an unusual building to find his loved one. Each floor is a perilous mystery to unravel. Each time you die the day resets.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #43 Sullen: Light is Your Friend
75% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2017
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
FIVE YEARS AGO IN THIS FOREST.. A journalist wanted to go there.And of course he didnt come back. Few days later,he called his best friend.He just said to him "Come Here" and line dropped. You're the best friend of this guy.You listened your friend and you went there. LET THE GAME BEGIN
Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Indie 30.9%, Horror 28.9%
- #44 REALITY
74% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Adventure 32.5%, Indie 25.7%
- #45 Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.3: Un Pato en Muertoburgo
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Celery Emblem™
Windows · Mac
The Final Episode. After the macabre and horrific events suffered in the second chapter of Baobabs Mausoleum, here comes the final episode full of sordid stays. Welcome again in Flamingo's Creek.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #46 SNUSE 221
72% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: SNUSE GMPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Hey. My name is *&#!$. Today I will tell you a little story of my life. I will tell about my fears, experiences. You will see many beautiful places I visited. You will have to solve many mysteries and secrets that are in my subconscious.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #47 K'NOSSOS
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #48 LETHE: Broken memories
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #49 Callisto
71% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Bakhti Baymukhamedov
Windows
The story of a couple that was shared by an unjust fate, events coming in their distant space journey. In this exciting adventure you have to solve many logical puzzles and quests, perform simple tasks, follow the thoughts of the main character and his mythical companion.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #50 Subterraneus
69% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: CrazyKrakenPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Subterraneus is a point&click video game. A mouse, curiosity and some (twisted) logic are your only weapons to help Clodomir venture into the depths below his world!
Why similar: Adventure 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #51 DownWind
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #52 Above: The Fallen
71% matchMixed61% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Team AbovePub: Light Loop Games
Windows
Above: The Fallen is a 2D side-scrolling, puzzle - platformer game that is centered around travelling upwards instead of to the left or right. The goal is to climb the trees of an ancient and mystical forest in order to break through the canopy.
Why similar: Adventure 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #53 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #54 Den vänstra handens stig
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #55 Nor'Easter
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redi Games
Windows
Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #56 Unfinished - An Artist's Lament
70% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Dust Scratch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A hand-drawn 3D adventure game. Help unfinished drawing Sketch realize who he was meant to be as he chases after the artist's pencil, in a story of self-discovery of the art and his artist told in parallel. Featuring 2D character animation in a 3D environment.
Why similar: Adventure 58.9%, Indie 41.1%