
Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.
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Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.

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Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.

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A narrative driven, puzzle-horror game. Solve cryptic puzzles, embrace or evade vengeful specters, decide who to trust and unravel a mystery.
Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17%, Top-Down 14%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Horror 11.7%
A narrative driven, puzzle-horror game. Solve cryptic puzzles, embrace or evade vengeful specters, decide who to trust and unravel a mystery.
Why similar: Top-Down 12.8%, Conversation 10.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 9.9%
Explore the peculiar tale of Droste Effect, a captivating 2D puzzle game. Confront the mysterious past of your new home with Alexandra, uncover secrets, and manage your sanity in an intense adventure. Rediscover the power of memories as you dive into a past that will reshape your present.
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 13.2%, 2D 8.4%
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Top-Down 9.7%
Stitched - Mother's Nightmare continues the story of Stitched, putting the player in control of a protagonist named Mia as she ventures in the mysterious doll factory. Why did she come there? What horror awaits her in the factory?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Puzzle 11.6%
Eternal Cocoon is a horror adventure game centered on Olivia, a young girl caught in the blurred boundary between reality and dreams. Olivia must uncover her own truth and make choices about her destiny while evading relentless threats and monsters.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Female Protagonist 16%, Conversation 15.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
본 게임은 '캐시'라는 어린 아이를 행복한 결말까지 인도하는 게임입니다. 처음 보는 곳에서 눈을 뜬 캐시는 당신의 인도를 따라 행복한 결말을 향해 나아갑니다. 어딘가 무섭고 서늘하지만, 그럼에도 아이에게 친절한 세계를 둘이서 함께 모험합니다.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.4%, Exploration 18.9%, Puzzle 16.6%, Horror 15.3%, Story Rich 8%
THE NORMAL THING is a story about a dog who lost his memory. Sunless forests, strange gardens, weird inhabitants... Start a little journey to retrieve your memory.
Why similar: Top-Down 20.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, 2D 11.4%, Conversation 11.3%, Mystery 10.9%
An atmospheric, top-down mystery/adventure game. Explore parallel versions of an old castle: one pristine, one ruined. Study scripture and lore, solve riddles, unearth secrets, dispel magic barriers. Find, confront, and defeat what lurks beyond the seal in the throne room.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.6%, Exploration 18.3%, Top-Down 17.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, 2D 7.8%
Congratulations! You're hired as a new waterer in Black Kiwa. Water the plants, and we'll pay you 30 G per hour. You'll never find any other job this generous. No, we're not hiding anything from you. If you just follow the work protocols and stay out of trouble, everything will be fine.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Horror 12.4%, Mystery 11.4%
The Colors of Ofelia is an emotional journey through enigmatic rooms. Solve puzzles, confront painful memories, and confront your own shadow to discover how to escape the room.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.7%, Conversation 20.6%, Top-Down 16.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, Psychological 11.4%
You're headed to the Sea Breeze Healing Center, the location of the teen winter camp your father signed you up for. Once there, you must explore the hospital, talk to patients, and hold out until your father picks you up...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Conversation 14.1%, Puzzle 13.4%, Top-Down 11.9%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Puzzle 11%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 10.7%
《Mystery of the Past》is a detective puzzle game about time loop. You will play as detective Raymond, confronting fears unknown to many. Every time the shadow of death descends upon you, you have the chance to begin anew. Death is no longer the end but a new beginning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Mystery 9.3%
Save your twin brother from the sinister sea menace that overtakes everything and everyone on the troubled island of Pilgrim's Hook.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24%, Conversation 14.9%, Puzzle 13%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Horror 11.5%
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%
The Night Is Long is a short first-person horror game where a grieving man follows a ghostly vision into an abandoned mansion. Uncover dark secrets, survive atmospheric horrors, and face your past through exploration, puzzles, and subtle scares.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.4%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 14%, Puzzle 11.5%, Psychological 8.5%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Horror 14.7%, Exploration 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Psychological 12.1%
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.7%, Conversation 17.5%, Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Puzzle 10.5%
Awoken by a lightning strike, your eyes adjust to the dark in the basement of a strange man's house. You have no idea how you got here but you know you must escape. Find items, solve puzzles, evade your pursuer, and discover the truth of this house in this survival-horror RPG.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.1%, Top-Down 13.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Horror 11.3%
At that the day, the world ended. People die left and right. Scream heard everywhere. Yet, this is the beginning of my new life. A life where I could finally found my happiness.
Why similar: Top-Down 16.3%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Horror 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
A mysterious board game that magically turns its players pregnant. Navigate through a spooky house and solve puzzles in order to beat the game and help the heroines escape unscathed.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 16%, Horror 13.3%, Top-Down 12.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Puzzle 11.7%
Navigate Corinne through a realm of pixel horrors, surrounded by neighbors that are turning into bloodthirsty monsters. Discover the secrets of this twisted dimension before it's too late for Corinne and her friends.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.7%, Exploration 13.1%, Top-Down 13%, Story Rich 12%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Heltons Haunted Hotel is a 2D Top Down Survival Horror game based on the story of a Haunted hotel, located in the Helton City, which has witnessed the various tragic incidents occurred during the early 2000s.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.3%, Horror 15.5%, Top-Down 12.9%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 10.8%
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.2%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological 10.5%
Explore a cursed residential area in this retro-inspired horror game. As a Hunter, track the entities that dwell within and cleanse the area.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Horror 18%, Exploration 9.4%, Psychological 9.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
Soul After는 삶과 죽음의 관계를 아름답게 전달하고자 하는 스토리 위주의 탑 뷰 어드벤처 게임입니다. 현생에서 죽음을 맞이한 당신은 기억을 잃은 채로 사후세계에서 영혼 사자가 되었습니다. 당신의 역할은 사후세계로 오는 망자들이 다음 생으로 환생할 수 있도록 돕는 것입니다.
Why similar: Top-Down 20.2%, Exploration 19.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, 2D 8.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Psychological 12.5%, Horror 11.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Exploration 14%, Top-Down 13.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 10.5%
She wakes up in a mysterious castle. "Dawn Bell" is a side-scrolling 2D horror adventure where a girl with no memory explores the castle. Use items and clues to solve puzzles and uncover her lost past. Your choices shape the story's multiple endings. What truth awaits beyond the doors of memory?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.7%, Horror 18.8%, Conversation 15.5%, Exploration 13.9%, Puzzle 9.5%
「June」 is a horror adventure game in which you explore a haunted apartment and solve puzzles and try to escape. Use your companions' special actions at key points,and let's return to our world alive.
Why similar: Exploration 21.4%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Horror 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, 2D 10.8%
A 2D exploration-based horror adventure set in the “Deep Realm,” an otherworld connected to a natural history museum. Experience a unique atmosphere where quiet intellectual spaces intertwine with unsettling phenomena.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.9%, Horror 19.5%, Top-Down 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 8.9%
All your coworkers are gone and the halls are quiet, except for the pitter-patter of rain on the window. Explore a desolate laboratory as a creature stalks you, always watching. Run and hide as you solve puzzles and learn more about what happened to the facility and its secrets.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Mystery 10.4%
Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Horror 20.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Psychological 6.8%
Remains of Yith is a point and click adventure puzzle game inspired by The Shadow Out of Time by H.P Lovecraft, play as Sarah as she explores a mysterious island trying to recover a lost alien artifact
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.5%, Exploration 15.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, Horror 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Tezcatlipoca is inspired by classic retro horror games with tank controls, like Alone in the Dark, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil. However, unlike those titles, while the game features enemies, combat is not a central feature.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.4%, Horror 18.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 10.7%
A girl who has lost her memory must collect five scattered memory fragments in the school to remember the events of that day.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Exploration 19%, Puzzle 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Explore a remote, rain-drenched archipelago. Find cozy shelters and cherish long-lost memories to see life in a new light. What will you make of your past?
Why similar: Psychological 17.3%, Exploration 16.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Top-Down 11.5%
You play as a father who has recently lost his son. Driven by grief, you embark on a time-bending journey in order to revive him back from the dead. But by the end of your journey, the horrors that you witness will make you question the credibility of your actions.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Horror 13.7%, Top-Down 13.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Top-Down 13.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.7%, Horror 10.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Top-Down 10.1%, Psychological 9.8%
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Top-Down 19%, Exploration 16.3%, Puzzle 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Lovecraftian 20.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 8.8%
May Campbell moved to the island of Cassiopeia years ago to live with her grandfather. Now, she tries to survive day by day in a rotting world. Solve puzzles, uncover truths, and help May see tomorrow's daylight in this strange narrative-driven exploration/puzzle game.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Top-Down 13.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Puzzle 9.9%
A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Horror 11.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Mystery 8.2%
Explore the abandoned Signal Creek Shopping Mall in this dialogue-rich pixel art RPG. Playing as college student Nour, you must guide your companions through encounters with the past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Top-Down 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Psychological 10.9%
Explore each corner of the hospital, pick objects to uncover the stories buried into every room of the building, solve puzzles, make choices that can define the destiny of your character and uncover the story that you deserve. And without a doubt, try not to die.
Why similar: Top-Down 22.2%, Exploration 22%, Puzzle 19.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, 2D 9.8%
An enchanted library - once bustling with life - now swirls with dangerous magic that is weakening barriers between worlds, causing some strange things to happen. Travel to the worlds within the pages to help the eccentric yet lovable librarian restore the library to its former glory.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.5%, Exploration 17.2%, Conversation 16.3%, Top-Down 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%
A horror adventure where you control two sisters trapped in a twisted otherworld, fleeing from the insane ruler known as "Father". Explore the realm of madness and find your escape. Your choices shape the story in this multi-ending experience.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.4%, Horror 17.5%, Top-Down 12.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.4%, Top-Down 15.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Lovelace Case is a Retro Lovecraftian Survival Horror set in the 1900s. Explore the nightmarish Mansion, manage scarce resources and face eldritch terrors where survival means choosing what parts of reality you are willing to lose.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Horror 17.9%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Puzzle 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
「Seeking The Guardian」is a puzzle adventure game filled with puzzles and “impossible” puzzles. Within the stone cave engraved with legends of the Guardian, read the murals, solve the puzzles, and search for the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.7%, Exploration 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 9.8%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Puzzle 15%, Story Rich 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%
Explore the deep jungle in search of your grandpa, engage with the locals, discover dark secrets about the valley and choose its and subsequently your own fate...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.7%, Conversation 21%, Exploration 14%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 9.3%
Following a tragic event in an orphanage caused by horrific human experiments, an orphan tries to find other survivors while danger still lurks.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.2%, Exploration 31.2%, Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 3.4%
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.5%, Horror 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
Led to a remote exoplanet by a distress signal, B3-4K discovers a laboratory under the surface of the planet. Push blocks, flip levers, and turn mirrors to solve puzzles and explore the mysteries of the laboratory.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.4%, Top-Down 14.3%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 11.3%
You have to help a guy named Yeongchul trapped inside his home, navigate the house to protect himself from suspicious person.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.4%, Top-Down 17.5%, Puzzle 15%, Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Exploration 19.9%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 15.9%, Story Rich 13.4%