Games Like Waking Dreams

Survival horror set in a sunken tower. A mysterious signal calls you, promising hope of survival. Destroy the bodies of concrete monsters. Keep the power on, or an unkillable monster will awaken. Find the sender of the signal on the nonlinear map. Rely only on yourself...

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Violent 9.7%, Shooter 9.2%

They have been waiting for you. To survive, you must unravel the terrifying secrets of a deadly cult, find clues, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together the truth before you become their sacrifice.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.2%, Violent 7.7%, Zombies 6.8%

Veteran actor dubbed "The King of Terror" - Ricardo Dela Cruz finds himself trapped with the enemies that used to only exist in his movies. Fight off scene-stealing monsters and solve twisted puzzles to escape and uncover Ricardo's secret past.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.7%, Zombies 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 8.6%, Shooter 7.8%

This is a survival horror first-person game where you are on a mission to find a missing friend. In your quest to find him, you realize you were fooled by another friend, and the whole trip is a lie. He is now blackmailing you throughout the journey. Will you follow his words or be on your own?

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.8%, Supernatural 11.4%, Shooter 6.2%

Trapped in a rural town and hunted by a relentless werewolf, your only chance is to run, hide, and survive. No weapons, no help—just you against the night. Use your instincts and the environment to escape before it finds you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 13.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 8%

They Cry is a psychological horror following Luke seeking to find the source of a reoccurring dream taking over his life, only to find the former husk of his hometown.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Supernatural 11.5%, Horror 10.1%, Shooter 8.9%

Trapped somewhere you're not supposed to be in. With no memory of anything, you must fight your way through the darkness to make it out alive. Search for items, craft, defend yourself and uncover more information about your past if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.2%, Shooter 10.3%, Gore 7.3%

Survive or die ! Experience survival horror full of puzzles while escaping between the streets of Algeria after zombies invasion . Suffer to protect your life in situations never attempt them before with first person perspective and powerful actions that make it more realistic then ever

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.3%, Zombies 14.1%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Shooter 8.9%

The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Violent 10.2%, Zombies 7.1%

A survival horror game set in a dark, foggy city. Survive against fast, aggressive enemies whose brains are controlled by a rogue computer network. Manage your low ammo, explore dangerous streets, and stop the system before it hunts you down.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 14.3%, Gore 7.8%, Action 6.2%

You were bitten hours ago. The clock in your blood is already running — and it isn't a virus. Fight through the waves of the dead, trade your nerve to a demon who was here before the city, and hold onto yourself for one more wave. Turn, and it's over.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Supernatural 9.1%

An organic horror game where every level is working against you. Run from a living, ever-shifting prison, and attempt to escape the inescapable.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 13.5%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 6.3%

Join Jill Valentine, the survivor of the notorious disaster, as her nightmare continues. After resigning from S.T.A.R.S. Jill now prepares to head out of Raccoon City… but caught in a town crawling with zombies, more than ever she must rely on brute force and cunning to find a way to escape alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Zombies 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.5%, Shooter 6.6%

BLIGHTEN is a survival horror fps set in an abandoned facility overrun by mindless creatures infected by the Blight. Scavenge for resources and do whatever it takes to survive the industrial hellscape you're isolated within.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.9%, Zombies 7%, Action 5.6%

Missing Persons is a horror-survival game that you play as Calvin to survive against the scientist who kidnapped you to run tests on you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11.4%, Zombies 10.9%, Exploration 7.2%

Command Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie cop who stumbles onto the carnage reporting for his first duty, or play as Claire Redfield, desperately searching for her missing brother. Cutting edge 3-D accelerated graphics that create a terrifying, photo-realistic experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Zombies 14.3%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Shooter 7%

Yoko no Hanashi is a first-person survival horror game where you need to survive in an abandoned college with one of your chosen yandere: Yoto (male version) and Yoko (female version)

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Exploration 9.3%, Violent 7.2%

EBOLA 2 is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Zombies 12.2%, Horror 11.3%, Gore 8.6%

Your grandfather summoned you to a mansion full of bizarre puzzles, grotesque experiments, and questionable engineering. Unfortunately, now you have to survive it. Old-school survival horror with a distinctly PSX-inspired look.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Zombies 16.9%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Shooter 8.8%

Look for sister. Die. Start again. Avoid stalker. Die. Hide. Die. Seek keys. Die. Sneak. Die. Reach final area. Survive. Repeat. Do you have what it takes to escape the horror of the White Mask Mansion?

Why similar: Survival Horror 40.9%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Horror 21.5%, Action 2.9%, Adventure 2.7%

Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.4%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Zombies 10.9%, Gore 8.3%

First-person survival horror. The game takes place in an old student dormitory in a provincial town in Eastern Europe. Its unique setting, memorable characters, and extreme levels of cruelty and explicit content will leave a mark on you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Action 9.6%, Gore 7.6%

You wake up from a nightmare. You can't count how many times you've had a nightmare this month. But this time, after waking up, you find some strange phenomena in your house. You want to go out to see, but the door is locked...

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 19.7%, Puzzle 8.3%, Adventure 6.1%

Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Violent 8.3%, Exploration 7.3%

Indie horror game with a creepy and dark atmosphere. You have to find keys to scape the levels while monsters are chasing you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 20.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Gore 8%

Discover the mystery behind Marcus Circus, the world's first circus with infinite energy generated by a mysterious crystal. You will have to try to survive by hiding, exploring, and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Survival Horror 40.1%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 8.1%, Adventure 6.6%

Your squad has been choppered to a remote mansion to investigate a bio-experiment gone wrong. You’re plunged straight into a deathtrap. Arm yourself, solve puzzles, and unearth mysteries. But beware: every move you make draws you deeper into the deadly embrace of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Zombies 13.9%, Horror 12.3%, Shooter 7%

Eternal is a first-person survival horror shooter where the player is trapped in a sinister mental asylum filled with terrifying entities. Your goal is to unravel the dark secrets of the asylum as you fight to escape this nightmarish place.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Zombies 11%, Horror 10.8%, Shooter 10.2%

EBOLA 3 - is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Zombies 11.9%, Horror 11%, Gore 8.4%

A tourist who gets lost in a forgotten village. As night falls, strange and terrifying creatures begin to appear, and reality starts to shift into something far darker. A third person survival horror game where you can experience the intense story with unique theme of horror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Gore 11.4%, Violent 10.6%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

DO NOT OPEN is a terrifying short and paced first-person escape-room experience, based on randomness in puzzle combinations, and classic survival-horror mechanics. Each game will contain different rooms and puzzle combination, being different to solve.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 16.1%, Adventure 9.1%, Gore 6.6%

Play as one of the three little pigs trapped inside a slaughterhouse in this first‑person survival horror game. Manage your hunger, find resources and shelter, and escape the threats lurking in the dark. One moment of distraction means death.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 7.1%, Action 6.2%

Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are.The game is inspired by classic roguelike games which include 100% procedural-generated maps and permadeath.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 25.3%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 7.3%

In this 2D Survival-Horror, you switch between two protagonists as you advance through the story: Neo, a man lost in his own mind, trying to survive an endless nightmare, and Lavina, a loyal friend who will do anything to try to save him.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.1%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Zombies 8.8%, Adventure 7%

In this retro PS1/PSX style game. Play as a investigator stranded in a zombie and monster filled mansion and forest. You will encounter horrifying creatures ready to devour you alive. All while trying to make your escape and discover the terrifying truths before it's to late. Will you survive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 13.4%, Zombies 12.9%, Violent 10%

Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Horror 18.6%, Zombies 11.6%, Violent 11.4%, Shooter 8.6%

Something in this abandoned boarding school refuses to rest. Use your flashlight to survive what lurks in its hallways and solve the puzzles that reveal its dark past. Will you find the truth, or will you be the one forgotten tonight?

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.8%, Gore 11.1%, Violent 8.1%

Your daughter has been kidnapped. In the trilogy’s final chapter, enter a nightmare to save her, survive what hunts you, and uncover the Red Nun’s truth through retrocognition, mirror abilities and moth manipulation. A modern return to classic survival horror with an Italian neo-giallo twist.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 12%, Gore 10.8%, Supernatural 5.4%

On your way to meet a friend at a cafe, you suddenly black out for reasons unknown.... awakening in a place that is clearly not the human world. If you want to survive, evade hostile entities and search for key items to escape.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.3%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Action 9.4%, Supernatural 6.7%

Experience an intense survival horror journey as an investigative agent in a dark and cursed village. The quest for a leader has never been so hindered.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.9%, Zombies 12.5%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Gore 8.5%

Lost in a dark house, you try to escape from a bloodthirsty cannibal in an entirely unknown area, where many murders have already occurred. As a cop, try to figure out how to escape the clutches of the wood killer

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.2%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 18.2%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 6.4%

Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 14.7%, Zombies 11.5%, Shooter 7.3%

A dark Metroidvania-style shooter with dangerous bosses and surreal horror. Explore twisted locations, search for weapons, and save your wife from the clutches of demonic forces.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Horror 15.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Gore 8.9%

Howdy, stranger! Hide from a vigilant UFO, find weapon components, and protect the farm from malevolent extraterrestrial threats.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.6%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Shooter 14.9%, Puzzle 6.2%

A detective is hired to find a missing young woman. The clues lead him to an old abandoned sanatorium, where personal belongings reveal she was there. But something sinister lurks in the shadows — and leaving may no longer be an option.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 19.1%, Shooter 9.8%, Supernatural 6.6%

Enter this first-person shooter with dark and realistic scenarios, use your shooting skills to kill all the enemies and survive. Explore the scenario and collect all the resources you can because you will need them to get out alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.1%, Zombies 12.9%, Gore 11.1%

Navigate through claustrophobic, completely dark world illuminated only by scans you manage to create; listen carefully to sounds coming from the darkness, and don’t let dread and paranoia get to you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 15%, Supernatural 13.1%, Exploration 8%

Honey Time with Pooh is a game about survival and escape. Pooh has invited you for honey. He recently went through the trouble of gathering it all for you. Please come by and show your appreciation.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 15.6%, Violent 9.3%, Gore 7.8%

A dark tale set in 17th century. You play as Liberty, a young girl living in a cottage with her parents and her loved dog. Unravel their story while something evil is lurking around them

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 15.7%, Gore 8.4%, Exploration 7.5%

Your main task is to find out who is involved in the spread and experiment on the "E" virus - Ebola, you need to stop the spread of the virus, and at the same time survive yourself! Millions of people may die.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Zombies 13.4%, Horror 12.5%, Violent 7.8%

Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Gore 7.8%, Zombies 7.7%

It's 2009. A 20-year-old Nikolas Rendl wakes up on a bench near a bus stop in an unfamiliar city, without any previous knowledge of what happened. Nikolas has to wander around the cold streets of the city and defend himself from scorched monsters with only one goal: Find answers to all of this.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 10.8%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 6.6%

A psychological horror game inspired by the Backrooms with a unique Yakut cultural atmosphere. Explore abandoned spaces, uncover hidden secrets, and try to survive in a place where reality has long lost its boundaries. But remember: you may not be alone here.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.2%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 19.4%, Adventure 6.8%, Exploration 6.7%

Stay alive in this first-person horror-puzzle game. Trapped inside a claustrophobic train, each carriage tests you differently.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 18.9%, Action 7.3%, Gore 6.8%

In Silent Hill Homecoming, Alex Shepherd has returned to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen to investigate the sudden disappearance of his brother. From Shepherd's Glen to the foggy streets of Silent Hill, Alex will face the darkest of horrors while struggling with his own grip on reality.

Why similar: Survival Horror 35.5%, Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Gore 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%

10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 13.8%, Gore 6.8%, Action 5.8%

Trapped in a looping, claustrophobic bunker, you must detect subtle anomalies before they consume you. Watch every shadow. Memorize every detail. No weapons. No escape. Just your scanner, your instincts — and the creeping dread that something is terribly wrong.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Zombies 13.6%, Horror 12.6%, Gore 9.7%

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Gore 10.8%, Zombies 8.5%

The Last Shift is a first-person adventure horror game. At midnight, demons roam the amusement park while you are alone on the night shift in the security booth. Collect clues, solve puzzles, face your enemies, and strive to survive the night!

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%