Games Like Vigil

This is a nerve-wracking horror game that puts you in a dark, claustrophobic cave with a relentless creature. Survive by flashing your dying flashlight at the right moments, too soon or too late, and it’s over. You must keep an eye on the creature, but beware: staring too long is just as deadly.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.4%, Horror 30.6%, Underground 17.6% ★, First-Person 12.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a nearly identical core mechanic where you must constantly monitor a threat that moves only when you are not looking.

A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Dark 11.3%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational experience for the 'don't look' mechanic, forcing players to manage blinking while navigating a dangerous facility.

You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.3%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same relentless stalking tension found in Vigil, where the player is constantly pursued by an entity in a confined space.

A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 19%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Vigil, this game blends mundane job tasks with a growing sense of dread and a stalker-based horror narrative.

Don’t Blink is a first-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth and psychological horror.

Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Horror 17%, First-Person 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Realistic 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the blinking mechanic of Vigil, requiring constant vigilance to survive against an encroaching entity.

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 32.7%, Survival Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 12%, First-Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that utilizes atmospheric, first-person exploration to create a terrifying, claustrophobic experience.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 48%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Realistic 8.3%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines repetitive, realistic job-based tasks with intense, supernatural horror elements in a confined environment.

Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, 1980s 16.8%, Dark 13%, First-Person 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the isolation and tension of performing a job in a dark, empty facility while being hunted by an unknown threat.

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 13.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Lore-Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that emphasizes puzzle-solving and exploration in a hostile environment.

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: Survival Horror 24.8%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a persistent, intelligent stalker in a confined, underground setting that requires constant resource management and stealth.

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: Survival Horror 25.7%, Horror 25.1%, First-Person 14.7%, Dark 11.1%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an atmospheric, first-person horror experience that focuses on exploration and building tension in a dark setting.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, First-Person 14.9%, Dark 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Masterfully utilizes claustrophobia and a confined, underground-style setting to create an overwhelming sense of dread.

It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends action and horror elements with mystery-solving in a way that complements the investigative feel of Vigil.

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 16.5%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, singleplayer walking-simulator that focuses on atmosphere and psychological horror.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 55.2%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Singleplayer 7%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Relies on the same core concept of monitoring your environment for anomalies, forcing the player to pay close attention to subtle changes.

You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Horror 21.9%, Dark 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a classic staring mechanic where you must avoid looking at the monster while navigating a dark, enclosed space.

Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.1%, 1980s 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-intensity psychological horror experience that is well-suited for fans of confined, facility-based terror.

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Dark 9.5%, First-Person 9.5%, 1980s 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that features puzzle-solving and a stalking automaton-like threat.

Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Dark 15.6%, First-Person 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Realistic 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological-horror game that utilizes first-person exploration to build a sense of unease and atmospheric dread.

Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.

Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Dark 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on stealth and exploration in an atmospheric, horror-filled environment that demands constant awareness.

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: Survival Horror 23.3%, Horror 22%, Dark 16%, First-Person 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional narrative-driven horror game set in an underground/underwater facility that emphasizes isolation and existential dread.

Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 20.4%, First-Person 11.7%, Realistic 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that centers on the tension of working a night shift in an environment where things go wrong.

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 42%, Dark 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A atmospheric, facility-based survival horror game that captures the same sense of isolation and mystery found in Vigil.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, underground-focused horror game that excels at psychological tension and unsettling creature design.

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32%, Horror 29.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Stealth 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for stalking-based horror, requiring players to hide and manage their surroundings in a high-tension facility.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Survival Horror 38.5%, Horror 35.5%, First-Person 9.6%, Survival 4%, Atmospheric 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Pits the player against a stalking monster in a confined, procedurally generated environment, emphasizing stealth and hiding.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 42%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and narrative-driven horror experience that uses unconventional storytelling to keep the player on edge.

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Dark 17.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

A short solo developed psychological narrative horror game where you close your eyes to reveal a hidden layer of reality, the REDSHIFT. Uncover the secrets of the facility, Tower 7, and survive what hunts you within the REDSHIFT.

Why similar: Horror 65.6%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Singleplayer 7.2%, Indie 2.1%

SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.2%, Horror 20.7%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

'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 43.5%, First-Person 19.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological-horror game that emphasizes exploration and narrative mystery in a dark, enclosed setting.

Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.

Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Realistic 21.1%, First-Person 19%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Singleplayer 5.1%

"Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Dark 17.8%, Survival Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.5%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 14.9%, First-Person 11%, Realistic 9.2%

A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 19.6%, Dark 14.4%, Adventure 12%, First-Person 11.2%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 40.3%, First-Person 20.5%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Adventure 5.9%

Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Horror 16%, Dark 13.3%, 1980s 12.6%, First-Person 9.3%

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, 1980s 18%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, First-Person 9%

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: Horror 24.4%, Dark 17.2%, Realistic 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 11%

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: Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.6%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Horror 19.3%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Realistic 8.5%

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.5%, Horror 22.1%, Dark 19.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Dark 17.5%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.

Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Realistic 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%

Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 10.1%, Lore-Rich 8.8%, Action 7.7%

A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, First-Person 21.4%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Action 8.5%

A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.7%, Horror 17.1%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Survival 6.8%

As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.

Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Dark 23.2%, First-Person 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.

Why similar: Horror 55%, First-Person 24.7%, Action 12.5%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Indie 2.1%

Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Dark 13.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 8.9%

Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..

Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Survival Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.

Why similar: Dark 27.4%, Horror 26.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Survival Horror 7.4%

An atmospheric, arcade first-person horror game where your sole job is to root out the Veils who take on the identity of humans. Interrogate and execute monsters that hide within people, and protect yourself while managing your ammunition and transfers.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Dark 23.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Monitor camera feeds, report valuable info, and hand-deliver shady packages. An hourly quota of reports will test your keen eye to spot the differences, while timed deliveries will force you outside unexpectedly. Until you clock out for the night almost nowhere is safe.

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Realistic 18.9%, Dark 16.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, First-Person 7.6%

Hide Time is a story-driven horror game where you play as new employee of Passion Oasis. Explore that huge complex, do your tasks and uncover mysteries of your past.

Why similar: Horror 30%, Dark 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%

La Villa de la Muerte is a looping psychological horror game where players will progress through an ever-changing environment in pursuit of the truth behind a family disappearance.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 19.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Dark 22.6%, First-Person 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%

You are some small-time journalists, exploited by your boss. When an abandoned Cold War-era shelter is discovered, your boss sends you there to do the story of a lifetime. Only you two will know what awaits you in there...

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 15.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Realistic 12.6%