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Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 18.2%, Gore 11.1%, Dark 10%, Violent 8.3%

Immerse yourself in the bone-chilling world of Clausum. With no means to defend yourself, solve puzzles, explore and uncover the true horrors that lurk within the house. Will you survive, or succumb to the malevolent forces that await you? Face your fears in this immersive psychological horror game.

Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Gore 6.5%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Dark 14.4%, Violent 6.3%, Demons 6.1%

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 26.4%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 8%, Exploration 7.7%

With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 23.6%, Dark 20.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 7.5%

In first-person horror game "Cursed Feed," players embark on a chilling journey with the Thornvale family as they confront a malevolent force unleashed by their own patriarch's archaeological discoveries.

Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Dark 16.7%, Adventure 13%, Gore 9.3%

A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 13.5%, Surreal 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Jorogumo’s Cradle is a short first person horror game. You are stuck in the woods with a monster that attacks you during the night. Explore the area, build tools to fend off incoming attacks, and most importantly, survive until the very end.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 13.3%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 7.7%

your goal is to find your sister that went missing. Solve simple puzzles and avoid being found by the Watcher.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 22.3%, Dark 16.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Puzzle 7.3%

Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 18.8%, Gore 11.9%, Violent 8.9%

Feed and raise your little baby. Watch it grow and feed on every and anything. In Full Bloom is a Tamagotchi inspired Katamari-like about a creature with never-ending hunger for anything around it. There is only one way.

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Surreal 15.1%, Dark 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Adventure 10%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Dark 15.7%, Demons 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Demons 13.6%, Dark 12.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Spiritus Sancti is a first-person psychological horror where your voice is your weapon. Speak sacred rites through your microphone to repel, stun, and exorcise the forces of darkness. Every encounter is real-time, every word a test of faith. An experience like no other.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 20.9%, Dark 16.2%, Demons 7.6%, Adventure 7.6%

SECOND SHIFT is a first-person game that immerses the player in a deep and intense horror atmosphere. Using a mysterious clock, you must uncover terrifying secrets while trying to escape the mine. Solve puzzles, pay attention to your surroundings, and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Dark 15.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Gore 6.8%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Horror 23%, Dark 21%, Adventure 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%

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 31.7%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Dark 11.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 16.5%, Surreal 13.1%, Adventure 6.4%

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Demons 7.7%, Gore 6.7%

"The Demon's Exorcism" is a first-person psychological horror game that reveals the story of a family trapped in a haunting curse. Immerse yourself in the chilling narrative as you exorcise the demon and break the curse.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 16.4%, Demons 15.5%, Adventure 6.4%

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 23.2%, Dark 20.5%, Adventure 5.7%, First-Person 5.5%

In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 22%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 8.2%

Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19.9%, Dark 16.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Gore 6.9%

Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.

Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Dark 16.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 7.3%

Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 19.2%, Dark 17.2%, Surreal 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%

A first person survival horror where escape is an illusion. No flashlight, no inventory—just your instincts… and what lurks behind you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 19%, Dark 16.9%, Violent 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%

"Oniwaki Village" is a first-person Japanese horror adventure game set in a Japanese village that has been abandoned due to an incident. Players endure horror as they explore the village and pursue the mystery of the incident....

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 26%, Dark 24.3%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 1.9%

Search for your missing child in a cursed summer camp. Uncover dark rituals, craft traps, and face terrifying creatures as you fight to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 16.4%, Demons 12.3%, Violent 9.1%

"CircusTime" combines circus nostalgia with horror. As Olive, explore eerie levels and puzzles to uncover dark secrets in a haunting, immersive journey.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Dark 22.5%, Adventure 11%, Puzzle 7.9%

Seeking closure about the death of his lover, Alex enters Hoia Baciu forest. But the truth about Isabella is even darker than what lies in the forest. Mysteries of Hoia Baciu Forest is a first-person horror game inspired by the real Romanian legend, and the first chapter in the Dark Realms series.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Dark 17.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Gore 7.3%

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 33.7%, Psychological Horror 28%, Dark 13.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%, First-Person 4.6%

Having done some terrible things in his youth at school, his memories call Bart Blake back to that place, in his nightmares.

Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.1%, Gore 11.4%, Adventure 10.7%

In 'Stranger Watch' players step into the shoes of an elementary school student in a town plagued by recent sightings of suspicious figures. As they make their way home, it’s up to them to spot and report these lurking dangers

Why similar: Dark 27%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 1.8%

A First Person Horror Walking Simulator set in a fictional town called Sugar Hill. Play as various characters trying to unravel the mystery of What Happened At Sugar Hill.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Gore 17.3%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.6%, Surreal 12.8%, Gore 9.4%, Adventure 7.8%

A first-person narrative psychological horror game focused on exploration and environmental storytelling, set in a decaying naval retirement home ruled by a tyrannical former admiral, where you play as Coral, a newly hired nurse who must navigate shifting environments and uncover hidden truths.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 22.4%, Dark 18.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%, First-Person 6.8%

After crossing the bunker, you reach the shopping mall, but you quickly realize that there is even more of the virus there…

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 22%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 8.9%

The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Horror 27%, Dark 22.7%, Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 5.7%

Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 17.9%, Surreal 11%, Adventure 10.9%, Gore 8.7%

No Son Of Mine is a survival horror game focused on combat, stealth, exploration, puzzle solving and uncovering a gruesome mystery.

Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Dark 14.5%, Gore 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Violent 11.4%

As the clock strikes midnight, you find yourself trapped within the oppressive confines of a desolate office. Your task seems straightforward: Keep putting the correct paper in the correct place and you might find yourself entitled to overtime pay. And will you?

Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Adventure 13.8%, Gore 8.9%, Violent 8.1%

It is an indie psychological horror game in which you must solve the mystery behind the Dewey family while various entities try to hunt you down and torment you. Will you be able to survive and escape this infinite loop?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19.1%, Dark 16.9%, Gore 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Dark 21.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 9%

The Kitchen Knife is a psychological horror game that throws you into the fragmented mind of a man haunted by memory, guilt, and something much darker. As the world shifts around you, you must uncover the truth about that morning... This house isn't haunted. It’s waiting for you to come home.

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 14.8%, Atmospheric 9%, Gore 8.9%

The Daughter is a first-person narrative horror game where the line between reality, dream, and memory slowly fades. You search for your missing daughter in a forest, only to find a house and a silent child who offers to help you… on one condition.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dark 19.6%, Adventure 7.6%, First-Person 6.3%

A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with Soviet experiments. With a strong focus on atmosphere, uncover a forbidden place inspired by a real location, through fortress tunnels, hidden laboratories, and ancient shrines.

Why similar: Dark 24.9%, Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 16%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 7.7%

A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Dark 28%, Adventure 3.8%, Indie 3.4%

A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 21.6%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Gore 7.2%

A challenging first-person psychological horror game where you play as Vera, trapped in a nightmare tied to her family’s tragic past. Burn the cursed teddies, restore lost memories, and break sealed doors to survive The Mare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 25%, Dark 22%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 7.1%

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 27.1%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Dark 14.5%, Adventure 9.6%, First-Person 8.1%

'Veronica' is a first person psychological horror game based on the events that occur after your movie is interrupted by an alert due to sighting reports of a 7 year old girl, Veronica, who went missing 3 years ago. Why does it seem like you know more about it than you're sharing?

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 15.8%, Gore 14.3%, Adventure 9.2%

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 28%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Dark 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%, First-Person 8%

A first‑person horror game set in a well‑detailed apartment twisted by a demonic presence. Explore, fix disturbing anomalies, solve puzzles, manipulate the power to survive, and complete a desperate ritual as a relentless entity hunts you through the midnight hours.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 22.3%, Demons 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dark 9.2%

Black-and-White Style: Immerse yourself in a unique atmosphere where light and shadow play a crucial role.Variety of Locations: Explore strange corridors with rooms, a forest with a witch's hut, an old cemetery, an abandoned house on a wasteland, and more.

Why similar: Horror 19%, Dark 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Demons 13%, Atmospheric 8.4%

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 23.1%, Dark 16.7%, First-Person 8.8%, Adventure 8.2%

Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 13.9%, Surreal 9.6%, Gore 9.4%

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Dark 14.9%, Gore 9.1%, Atmospheric 9%

In this psychological horror set deep within a top‑secret Cold War research bunker, fear takes form in shadows. Aim your film‑camera and watch reality shift. Solve mind‑bending puzzles, and confront both the specter of global conflict and the creatures lurking in your psyche.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 15.3%, Gore 12.8%, Violent 7.7%

Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Gore 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Violent 11%, Dark 10.4%