- #1 Code Red
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shane Siers
Windows
Use speed, wit, and stealth to avoid the horrific creatures roaming the otherwise lifeless Facility.
Why similar: Runner 37.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Horror 9.8%, Stealth 9.7%
- #2 Come To An End
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SoloRiotz
Windows
Race to the END in this horror labyrinth runner. Use abilities and survival instincts to get the END. Avoid traps and enemies while you are keeping an eye on the timer. Each level is unique with its own challenges and 3 different game modes. Are you up for the challenge?!
Why similar: Runner 38.6%, Thriller 14.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #3 因缘
96% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Shansheng Network Technology
Windows
YinYuan is a first person horror adventure decryption game based on Oriental culture. Everything around him is different from what he remembered before he was unconscious. The bizarre process of finding the protagonist with his family and gradually revealing the reason for him to leave here.
Why similar: Thriller 24.5%, Runner 23.5%, Horror 19.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10.4%
- #4 Sempiternal The Backrooms
95% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Onizuka
Windows
Sempiternal is a psychological thriller survival game. In the universe of back rooms, you will experience the loneliness to the fullest and find yourself in a different mystery in each level and get lost in the back rooms.
Why similar: Runner 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Realistic 9.1%
- #5 E.S.O: Don't Forget
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SHROOMYCHRIST Studios
Windows
A terrifying test of memory. Escape the creatures and DON'T FORGET what door you've been assigned...
Why similar: Runner 48.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, 3D 7.6%
- #6 Ghost VCD
94% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Qing PingPub: Star Set
Windows
This is a horror game where you need to constantly avoid the pursuit of evil spirits.You, who have been corrupted by the cursed disc, must actively fall into the scene it records. Before the data demon shatters you, touch the energy stone to light up the purification array.
Why similar: Runner 41.8%, Horror 17.4%, Thriller 13.1%, Exploration 12.3%, 3D 6.6%
- #7 Keep It Running
93% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: EvilDraggiePub: Evil Turtle Productions
Windows · Linux
Make your way through a grueling work week in this chaotic survival horror game. Keep your monstrous boss happy, fend off the competition and keep the machinery going whilst producing suspicious dolls. And race a 7-ton steam lorry to deliver the packages in a rush.
Why similar: Steampunk 52% ★, Realistic 11.8%, Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 6.8%, Survival Horror 6.4%
- #8 Lost Episodes Alone
92% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: GosuGames
Windows
Lost Episodes Alone is a short first person indie survival horror game. Save your friends from an evil nun named Valak. Collect items and solve puzzles to escape the nightmare. Inspired by games like Resident evil, Slenderman and other horror titles!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Thriller 11.2%, Horror 11.1%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #9 Blackwood Abattoir
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ransol Studio
Windows
Blackwood Abattoir is a first-person psychological horror game where an unkillable, 100% blind monster hunts you purely by sound. Trapped in a dark slaughterhouse with no weapons, every footstep, flashlight click, and breath could be your last. Stay silent, or become cattle.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Realistic 9.6%, Action 9.2%
- #10 Meowmories
90% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Team Memolink
Windows
Play as a cat, learn enemy positions and escape routes through repeated failures, and restart quickly to survive the nightmare. Meow into your microphone or press a button to stop monsters, and follow the memories shared by a cat and its missing owner.
Why similar: Runner 44.6%, Realistic 13.8%, Horror 11.1%, Stealth 9.8%, 3D 7.9%
- #11 Thalamus
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: trulyDigital
Windows
Thalamus is a First person puzzle and horror Game. You play as Rayan, an average employee that works at a surveillance company, who found out something he shouldn't have. Now with no way out and missing his memory he must team up with a caged mind to complete what he started.
Why similar: Exploration 16.9%, Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Stealth 14.2%, Artificial Intelligence 13.4%
- #12 The Maze: In Dark
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Puriza Games
Windows
Relying on a single flashlight, secure your objective in the dark factory and escape avoiding 'his' eyes. Overcome the extreme fear of the unknown that the darkness brings, and break through your limits.
Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Thriller 15.3%, Puzzle 12.6%, Artificial Intelligence 10.5%, 3D 9.6%
- #13 Dark Virus
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Tiger Games
Windows
Infiltrate a locked house as Daniel to secure a deadly virus. In this first-person stealth horror, you have no weapons, your only hope is to hide, solve environmental puzzles, and find keys to reach the basement lab before you are caught. Can you survive the tension?
Why similar: Thriller 28.1%, Horror 21.8%, Stealth 14.2%, Exploration 13%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #14 Fathoms
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Advertise Here GamesPub: [Advertise Here] Games
Windows
Fathoms: Narrative psychological horror meets anomaly game. Survive 24 days in a row with your wife in an apartment in the underwater city of Fathoms while you lose your mind or die – and the nightmare starts all over again...
Why similar: Mechs 25.1% ★, Steampunk 22% ★, Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, Medieval 8.1%
- #15 We Used to Play Here
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: ThreeFrauds
Windows
Daniel wakes up to the same nightmare every night. A girl he cannot escape. When he finds a missing child report tied to his childhood home, he returns to uncover a truth buried in twisted games and shattered memories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, Horror 11.1%, Realistic 10.1%, Thriller 9.8%
- #16 Escape!!!
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smiles & Screams Studio
Windows
Escape is a single player horror game that challenges players to find their way through each maze, collecting items to escape, and avoiding creatures of the night. Any turn may be the wrong one.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Exploration 15.1%, Puzzle 13.2%, Stealth 13%, Thriller 12.4%
- #17 Jenny Love You
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Phantom Pixel
Windows
Jenny Love You is a first-person horror puzzle game where players take on the role of a thief. While breaking into a mansion to steal, they discover an eerie doll and encounter various terrifying events...
Why similar: Runner 29.1%, Thriller 14.2%, Horror 10.4%, Realistic 9.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #18 Floor404
84% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: LeeHwaRang
Windows
There is something wrong with this hospital. Find every anomaly and escape alive.
Why similar: Runner 32.2%, Exploration 15.8%, Horror 15.5%, Thriller 10.2%, Realistic 8.7%
- #19 Deep Into Darkness
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bubuxus23 Studios
Windows
Deep Into Darkness is a horror game about a guy living in an average city, with dark secrets hiding beneath. Explore the town and its surroundings, do whatever you want, while keeping in mind that every action leads to different paths, each one unique and strange.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Thriller 10.9%, Stealth 10.7%
- #20 Thief: The Dark Project Remastered
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
The shadows are your ally. Return to the city as Garrett, master thief, in this remastered classic by Nightdive Studios. Pickpocket, prowl, and outsmart in a world where trust is a luxury and every stolen secret comes at a price.
Why similar: Steampunk 47.4% ★, Stealth 22.1%, Medieval 14.6%, Exploration 5.8%, Action 4.4%
- #21 Dewazma
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koldflame
Windows
Dewazma is a psychological horror experience that draws from generational trauma, spiritual mystery, and the darkness we carry within. Step into Rameen's world, where silence speaks, time loops, and the truth waits in the shadows. Face what was lost. Or be consumed by it.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Realistic 16.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Stealth 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #22 Full Steam
82% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: FoundTree Studios
Windows
Take control of Scrapper and fight for your freedom in this 2D, side-on, endless runner. Survive the pandemonium and battle through hordes of volatile enemies, collecting experience to upgrade your rig from tin shell, to battle hardened.
Why similar: Runner 55.4%, Steampunk 44.4% ★, Indie 0.3%
- #23 Smiley Steel
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: B&XStudios
Windows
Enter Smiley Steel Factory, explore a hidden underground circus beneath Nexora, solve mysteries, and uncover the truth behind an experiment that should have never begun
Why similar: Exploration 20%, Puzzle 17.6%, Thriller 16.9%, Stealth 16.2%, Horror 13.6%
- #24 Another Eye
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: PlayEmotionStudios
Windows
Another EYE is where your intelligence will help you escape from the creatures in the different locations, but you have an ability that by eating one eye you can see with the eyes of the creatures that are chasing you, by breaking 10 statues you can get out of there. can you do it?
Why similar: Runner 29%, Thriller 16.4%, Stealth 15.8%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%
- #25 Running Horror
79% match6 user reviews63% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Amorphous Arts
Windows
A first-person horror game where you must explore a vast labyrinth, evade a relentless demonic Beast, and find trapped survivors to reverse a miscast spell and escape.
Why similar: Runner 50.5%, Puzzle 15.2%, Horror 14.4%, Action 11%, 3D 8.5%
- #26 TETE
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: puquPub: P.U.Q.U.
Windows
TETE: A wobbly climbing adventure featuring a clumsy little golem. Can you conquer the hardcore controls and jiggling physics?
Why similar: Runner 50%, Medieval 12.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Action 11.3%, 3D 6.9%
- #27 Sewer Side
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: WTFRYLANPub: WTF PRODUCTIONS
Windows
What should have been a simple generator reset job turns into a fight for survival in this HARDCORE horror game, with ZERO save system! countless entities begin hunting you through a seemingly endless sewer system. Stay alive and find a way out of the sewer side.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 17.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, Horror 14.5%, Realistic 14.5%, Exploration 14.4%
- #28 Dash
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Deep Water Depth Studios
Windows
Race through a plethora of levels, customize your characters, and unlock new abilities.
Why similar: Runner 44.4%, Mechs 41.8% ★, 3D 7.8%, Action 6%
- #29 A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
78% matchVery Positive96% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!
Why similar: Steampunk 64.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Indie 0.7%
- #30 Lightout 2
77% matchMixed54% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: T.H.L GamesPub: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout 2 is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an Abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Horror 15.9%, Stealth 13%, Puzzle 12.5%, Realistic 11.7%
- #31 The Horror of Oz
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunamii
Windows
The Horror of Oz is a maze runner that has Dorothy returning to a frightening rendition of Oz, where she must peruse through dark and treacherous mazes in search of escape, while being chased by corrupted versions of her dearest friends.
Why similar: Runner 50.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Horror 11.3%, Stealth 11.3%, Adventure 6.5%
- #32 Nmnmah
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: My Theatre
Windows
A short atmospheric horror game where you play a father searching for his missing son in a quiet neighborhood haunted by a wandering entity inspired by an old Saudi legend. Explore, collect keys and notes, survive encounters, and uncover the truth as the presence stalks you through the night.
Why similar: Thriller 28%, Horror 21.7%, Stealth 20.9%, Realistic 16.9%, Exploration 8%
- #33 13 Candles
77% matchMostly Negative33% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: 13 Candles StudioPub: Jamk Games
Windows
13 Candles is an atmospheric horror game where you play as Sara, 13 year old girl who wakes up in an abandoned hospital. Find your way to the light switch and wake up from your nightmare.
Why similar: Exploration 20.3%, Horror 18%, Puzzle 17.5%, Stealth 15.4%, Artificial Intelligence 14.3%
- #34 Amanda the Adventurer 3
73% matchVery Positive87% of 750 reviews2025
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In the thrilling conclusion of the Amanda the Adventurer trilogy, follow Riley as they uncover the ultimate secrets behind Amanda, Hameln, and mysteries that have plagued Kensdale for decades.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Thriller 15.7%, Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 12.2%
- #35 LOCKOUT
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MS Productions
Windows
Your wife and daughter vanished a year ago. Now you wake on a quarantined island with no memory, a stranger's voice on the radio, and things in the dark that hunt. Stay quiet, hide, solve what the dead left behind, and find out why you were brought here.
Why similar: Puzzle 14.6%, Thriller 14.2%, Exploration 13.5%, Stealth 13.2%, Realistic 12.6%
- #36 Mr HappyFunFace
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Big Red Eight
Windows
A brutal horror challenge built around fast, repeatable runs. Find randomized keys locations, optimize your route and escape Mr. HappyFunFace. Be fast, die lots but always remember... Mr HappyFunFace is watching.
Why similar: Runner 38.5%, Thriller 14.3%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Realistic 9.7%
- #37 Mr Death: The Violent Silence
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jason LM Matthews
Windows
Mr Death is a Terrifying Thriller where you take place as a detective named Sebastian Moonshade in a town named Woodcarve. Your mission is to investigate the murders of the killer Vincent Crowfield whilst playing against his quick-witted AI that learns from your prior actions.
Why similar: Horror 15.4%, Thriller 14.6%, Stealth 14.2%, Realistic 14.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14.1%
- #38 Lightout
75% matchMostly Negative37% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout is a first-person psychological horror game with puzzles, Which takes place in an abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Thriller 20%, Horror 15.5%, Stealth 14.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, Realistic 11.6%
- #39 Close For The Night
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ONLYGAMES S.R.L
Windows
Close For The Night is a first-person horror game about a blogger who explores mysterious locations sent by his subscribers. Each place tells its own standalone story filled with dark secrets, paranormal activity, and unexpected events waiting in the shadows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.2%, Exploration 13%, Realistic 11.5%, Action 10.2%, Thriller 9.4%
- #40 Don't Hide
73% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Sulfic Games
Windows
Trapped in a maze with a beast, you must find five keys and their door to escape. The monster can only smell and hear you, but as long as it hasn't fully caught your scent, you can move freely.
Why similar: Puzzle 23%, Stealth 22.3%, Horror 21.6%, Exploration 21%, Action 11.6%
- #41 The Vanished Soul
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InBetween Realities
Windows
The Vanished Soul is a solo-developed, first-person psychological horror set in 2016 in the fictional city of Novazenica. Explore a hauntingly realistic world, solve puzzles, make choices that matter, and face randomized scares in every playthrough.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Horror 15.1%, Thriller 12.1%, Realistic 11.6%, Exploration 11.5%
- #42 Escape From Hell
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manushins
Windows
In Escape From Hell, navigate through a series of eerie rooms, each unveiling pieces of a tormented soul's past. Solve intricate puzzles to uncover hidden sins and decide their fate. Beware, not all spirits welcome judgment. Can you piece together the truth and escape?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Puzzle 17.4%, Exploration 14.9%, Realistic 12.6%, 3D 9.1%
- #43 Red Riddles
70% match3 user reviews20% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Wacky Wizard Studios
Windows
Red Riddles is a first-person co-op horror puzzle game for 1–4 players. Search haunted locations, read and solve riddles written on walls, dig up and rescue buried teammates, and avoid monsters that hunt you.
Why similar: Runner 37.4%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 13%, Realistic 10.9%, Stealth 10.8%
- #44 逃出空间
73% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: WUBAILIN
Windows
A science fiction game of leisure decryption type
Why similar: Runner 57.8%, Puzzle 13.1%, Artificial Intelligence 10.7%, Realistic 10.2%, 3D 8%
- #45 Happy's Clocks
71% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: David Montesi Rivas
Windows
Run around an enormous mysterious house that once belonged to your dad, while running away from terrifying monsters and solving interesting puzzles. Discover what happened or maybe what was supposed to happen when you left.
Why similar: Thriller 22.3%, Horror 17.9%, Realistic 16.2%, Puzzle 14.1%, Cinematic 8.1%
- #46 Out of Nowhere
69% matchPositive83% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Fazedor De Jogos
Windows
Be in control of a dog in an adventure action horror game set in a full of mysteries fantasy medieval open world where aliens took over and there is no one left to help you. Explore the different areas to find out how to defeat them.
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, Exploration 13.4%, Realistic 13.1%, Medieval 11.6%
- #47 Smuggler Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reylor GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Life at the border crossing is like a lottery - I never know what the next day will bring. People want to move all kinds of goods, and I help them. I love this job.
Why similar: Runner 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Stealth 14.9%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.6%
- #48 Backrooms: Realism
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GeorgeisthebestPub: Stuart Dupree
Windows
You’ve slipped into the Backrooms — an endless maze that watches your back. Keep your sanity, hunger, and thirst in check as horrific entities stalk you throughout the halls.
Why similar: Puzzle 16.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Artificial Intelligence 13.8%, Realistic 13.4%, Horror 12.4%
- #49 Nowhere To Go
67% matchNo user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Trinity Studios
Windows
A call leads you to an abandoned theme park. Now you’re not leaving until you know what really happened in the infamous theme park.
Why similar: Exploration 19.2%, Puzzle 17%, Horror 16.7%, Stealth 15.5%, Realistic 12.5%
- #50 Shadows Over Whispering Pines
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Bryce DensmorePub: The Kongs
Windows
A first-person mystery adventure where you solve puzzles, answer calls, and navigate dangers as a nightwatch in a secluded wilderness park.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Thriller 14.8%, Realistic 14.3%, Puzzle 14.2%, Horror 11.4%
- #51 The Rules
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Zoo
Windows
In this first-person horror survival game, you must Follow the Rules, keep a clear head, and be attentive. Only then may you live to see the end of the night. Relying on ambient horror and speech recognition to keep the player on their toes, this is a horror game like you've never played before.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.1%, Exploration 14.2%, Realistic 12.5%, Action 11.1%, 3D 8.7%
- #52 Sky To Fly: Faster Than Wind
70% matchMixed65% of 107 reviews2016
Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: Absolutist Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sky to Fly: Faster Than Wind is a stunningly beautiful steampunk-themed runner about saving a sky-city from cruel pirates. Play on 20+ different levels, upgrade your ship and discover the mysteries of the malicious marauders.
Why similar: Steampunk 40.9% ★, Runner 37.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Action 4.4%, 3D 4.2%
- #53 Bonded Forever
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seven Owl Games
Windows
Bonded Forever is a co-op game that combines horror and puzzle elements. In this game, you and your friend try to go back to the place where you live in your childhood and solve the mysteries that happened while you were away and try to overcome the problems you will face by working together.
Why similar: Exploration 19.5%, Puzzle 17.3%, Horror 17.1%, Thriller 16.9%, Realistic 11.9%
- #54 Alteratio
66% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Tersalos Studios
Windows
After arriving home, you find that no one is home. Strange events begin to happen and you realise that you are not alone. Investigate, search for clues, solve puzzles and find out what has happened to your family.
Why similar: Thriller 28%, Stealth 20.4%, Horror 19.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, 3D 8%
- #55 Osylla
69% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Facundo Aviusso
Windows
Osylla is a horror game based on real events. Try to escape from your own house and help your mother to get medical help. Are you able to help everyone in the household?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Stealth 20.9%, Horror 16.5%, Realistic 15.1%, Exploration 8.8%
- #56 Where Is Sarah?
67% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Gloria games
Windows
You shall look for Sarah that faded out of your whole memory. The circumstance and unknown guy who often interrupts you would bother you continuously. Chronic drinking and overtime works had destructed your mind, but you will get back your memories and your wife, Sarah, too.
Why similar: Runner 49.8%, Horror 20.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Cinematic 8.1%, Adventure 4.4%
- #57 CALAMITY CREATURES
67% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: 影老院
Windows
CALAMITY CREATURES is a 2D action game in boss rush format. Mechanical creatures of overwhelming stature stand before you. Gadgets in the prosthetic hands, the terrain, and the enemies' habits...use all the elements to dismantle the living calamity.
Why similar: Steampunk 39.9% ★, Mechs 38.6% ★, Puzzle 14.5%, Action 6.6%, Indie 0.4%
- #58 The Funnel
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Bronzeman Studio
Windows · Mac
Assemble gear boxes, meet your crew, escape the factory. The Funnel is a short and replayable narrative puzzle game where you may help or betray any of the people you meet. But be careful, the Funnel is watching...
Why similar: Steampunk 41.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 2.7%