
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Gothic, Horror, Adventure, Dark.

Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.

When God Left Us
When God Left Us is a first-person horror game set in a corrupted world, a world that God abandoned before creating ours. Pronouncing the name of that forsaken place will open a portal to its grounds. Despite the warnings, you dare to try this yourself.

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A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
When God Left Us is a first-person horror game set in a corrupted world, a world that God abandoned before creating ours. Pronouncing the name of that forsaken place will open a portal to its grounds. Despite the warnings, you dare to try this yourself.
Why similar: Gothic 34.9% ★, Horror 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
Why similar: Gothic 42.5% ★, Dark 12.9%, Horror 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Mystery 6.6%
The Witches Pond is a horror-adventure game based on the real-life place with the same name. Enter a world of mystery and strange places where you will experience events that may or may not seem real.
Why similar: Gothic 52.2% ★, Adventure 15.2%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Mystery 7.4%
Beyond The Gates is a 2-4 player online co-op horror which mainly focuses on the storyline. Discover the truth behind a dark mystery that has been hidden until now.
Why similar: Gothic 34.2% ★, Mystery Dungeon 20.7%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 8.3%, Exploration 6.5%
Play as Yvonne in this first-person, single life horror adventure. There are no second chances. Complete the tasks her mother started and be careful--stay alive! Find the Book of Good and what it means. Get out of the house as soon as possible!
Why similar: Gothic 30.6% ★, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
Rotten Angel is a psychological horror game blending dark fantasy and survival. Delve into a corrupted divine trap, evade nightmarish entities, and fight to maintain your sanity in an oppressive world where every shadow is a threat.
Why similar: Gothic 41.7% ★, Horror 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Mystery 6.4%, Psychological Horror 6%
Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.
Why similar: Gothic 39.1% ★, Dark 11.3%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 6.1%
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: Gothic 35.9% ★, Mystery Dungeon 23.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.9%
Three Doors. One Safe Path. Observe the signs, learn the patterns, and uncover the fate of the explorer who ventured before you.
Why similar: Gothic 34.7% ★, Mystery Dungeon 17%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Dark 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure where nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and uneasy choices await. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński, it’s the long-awaited return to Tormentum.
Why similar: Gothic 37.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 50.1% ★, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Mystery 8.4%, Adventure 6.9%
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 69.4% ★, Horror 15.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Atmospheric 5%, Indie 1.1%
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
Why similar: Gothic 54.4% ★, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%, First-Person 6.2%
A horror dungeon crawler where darkness reshapes the maze. Find keys, manage light, and choose: escape or descend. Online co-op for 1–5 players.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 24.4%, Gothic 23.2% ★, Horror 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Dark 7.4%
THE ILLUSION NIGHTMARE Is a horror game made by professional crew In the art of horror. You will have the opportunity to experience one of the most powerful types of psychological horror Based on an environment designed in every detail to be a real hell that makes you terrified.
Why similar: Gothic 30.9% ★, Mystery Dungeon 19.8%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7%
The illusion curse Is a horror game made by professional crew In the art of horror. You will have the opportunity to experience one of the most powerful types of psychological horror Based on an environment designed in every detail to be a real hell that makes you terrified.
Why similar: Gothic 26.7% ★, Mystery Dungeon 20.8%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8%
Interstice - Journey into Darkness is a first-person horror game where players explore the Interstice, find candles holding memories of their past life, solve environmental puzzles, and complete character narratives to uncover the truth behind their death.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 20.7%, Horror 16%, Dark 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
Why similar: Gothic 60.1% ★, Dark 16.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Indie 3.7%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Gothic 36.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
A gothic horror with intense spine chilling atmosphere find yourself trapped in the unrelenting haunts of White Willow Manor Hall. Find a way out or perish at the hands of a sinister family of Victorian apparitions.
Why similar: Gothic 46% ★, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Exploration 6.7%
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
Why similar: Gothic 44.2% ★, Mystery Dungeon 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 7.8%
BANISH is a Single Player Horror game (for now). As a Priest, you are sent by the local church to a failed exorcism attempt in the Luxford Mansion. Fear, Panic, and Horror awaits you...
Why similar: Gothic 41.7% ★, Horror 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 50.2% ★, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
A witch soars into the night to save her beloved cat… but dark magic always comes with a price.
Why similar: Gothic 55.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
CONTORTED is a camera-based horror game where you descend into a seemingly endless series of mysterious wells, encountering strange, contorted creatures. Use your camera to create objects in the world and to defend yourself! Now featuring a new endless minigame—how many points can you score?
Why similar: Gothic 43.1% ★, Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.
Why similar: Gothic 33.9% ★, Horror 16.5%, Dark 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 7.7%
A Romanian folk horror about a simple farmer, a wealthy neighbor, and a hunger for money that leads to an unforgivable sin.
Why similar: Gothic 37.1% ★, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 14.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, First-Person 7.5%
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Gothic 46.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Horror 7.6%
Brittle Mind is a first-person psychological horror job simulator where you serve a secretive cult deep underground. Maintain rituals, manage prisoners, and preserve forbidden knowledge while your sanity fractures. Obey, survive, and don’t look too closely at what you’re becoming.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 32.9%, Gothic 24.1% ★, Horror 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%, Psychological Horror 6%
Veil : Black Blood is a game about a witch named Dalia on her journey to the Witches' Sabbath. Perform arcane rituals and uncover the symbolic language of magic. Draw and combine shapes to craft powerful spells on the fly. Explore the world in search of clues and secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 34.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 11%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 9%, Exploration 8.1%
One day, the unlucky girl "Runa Ichiya" wakes up in a haunted house.
Why similar: Gothic 55.9% ★, Horror 18.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Atmospheric 4.3%
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 43.9% ★, Dark 15.6%, Horror 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
In Green Village, a series of unexplained disappearances has plagued the town for months. With no clues or connections between the victims, fear grips the village. A red-haired girl becomes the key to unraveling the mystery. What does Rose know?
Why similar: Gothic 39.6% ★, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 7.2%
You feed it. Locked away in the basement. Every day, her voice sounds more like it used to.
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
A third-person stealth immersive sim set inside a Gothic-Victorian cathedral that should not still be standing. Observe patrols, hide in shadow, and piece together the truth behind the Maestro's sermons. Combat will kill you in two hits. Information keeps you alive.
Why similar: Gothic 33.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Dark 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 10%
A psychological-horror puzzle game where after 16 years in prison for a murder you don't remember, you're back at your family's manor as schizophrenia distorts your reality. Manage, or harness, your mental hallucinations to uncover the truth. Will it vindicate you? Or confirm your darkest fears...
Why similar: Gothic 17.8% ★, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 10.1%
Sur is a survival horror game inspired by survival horror classics. Help Vanessa guide her wheelchair to explore the Uroko hospital and escape from creatures that chase her in her biggest nightmare. Whether hiding or shooting firearms. Survive!
Why similar: Gothic 41.5% ★, Horror 15%, Dark 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Exploration 6.2%
1st person, Singleplayer, Ocean exploration, Horror game
Why similar: Gothic 28.4% ★, Mystery Dungeon 25.9%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Untangle is a first-person, single-player, school-violent-themed survival horror game. Though it's not a game based on a true story, it is built on an intention to raise awareness of school violence at the same time when you're playing a game.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 32.3%, Dark 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 54.4% ★, Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.8%, Exploration 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Gothic 35.7% ★, Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.8%, Exploration 7.5%
When everything seems to be lost, you return at last, Ego. You were gone for too long, but now that you're back you're the only one who holds the key to defeat the evil ruling this world so peace and hope can finally start to find their way back Home.
Why similar: Gothic 39.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 13%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 7%
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 58.7% ★, Dark 14%, Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Psychological Horror 6%
A short zero-gravity horror game where you investigate a religious research station gone silent.
Why similar: Gothic 43.5% ★, Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana is a dark adventure game set inside the haunted mansion of a mysterious magician who vanished several years ago. Resolve a maze of riddles and perplexing puzzles to unlock doors and secret passages, or be doomed to spend eternity trapped inside the inescapable mansion.
Why similar: Gothic 40.7% ★, Mystery Dungeon 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Dark 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
Why similar: Gothic 40.8% ★, Horror 14.1%, Dark 11.3%, Exploration 8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Moxina comes from the pronunciation of Mô-sîn-á in chinese. It is a Taiwan Folklore as it is a child-like ghost that frequently appeared in the forest. It would hypnosis the targeted person and bring him to the forest. [/img]
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 42.2%, Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Mystery 8.9%, First-Person 8.2%
You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.
Why similar: Gothic 52.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Dark 11.3%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 8%
This game is a psychological horror in which the main character wakes up in an unfamiliar house and must pass all the levels by solving puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 19%, Dark 16.2%, Mystery Dungeon 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Gothic 21.9% ★, Horror 20%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%
After receiving a letter from a wealthy and powerful benefactor, you journey into the depths of an abandoned mansion to recover a mysterious artifact. But soon you will learn the reason this place has been abandoned.
Why similar: Gothic 44.3% ★, Horror 13.2%, Dark 8.3%, Exploration 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...
Why similar: Gothic 48.2% ★, Horror 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Dark 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Exploration 13%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 9.8%
Trapped in an ever-shifting palace, a man searches for his lost beloved - but the deeper he goes, the more the world, and his mind, collapse into something else.
Why similar: Gothic 52.2% ★, Dark 12.5%, Horror 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 56.4% ★, Dark 19.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Adventure 2.9%
Anomaly horror with a dark fantasy theme. Traverse a cursed forest on a stormy night. If you see signs of witchcraft, turn back... Else you remain trapped on the path for eternity...
Why similar: Gothic 37.9% ★, Horror 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Dark 8.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Forbidden Tapes is a game consisting of three different horror stories. In the first episode, discover Jeremy Winterroad's recording, an urban exploration enthusiast searching for abandoned places full of stories. He won't be disappointed when he explores the old McNale house.
Why similar: Horror 25%, Dark 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 10.5%
Explore your surrounds in this short narrative using a novel mechanic to find objects in a mirror's reflection
Why similar: Gothic 36.2% ★, Horror 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
You work the nightshift at Data Center DC4-31. Something is off this time. Spot the anomaly, take the correct exit multiple times in a row and finish your shift.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 23.7%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 15%, Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%