Games Like Welcome To The Dark Place

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 59.2%, Horror 13.7%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 7%

The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Violent 17.4%, Gore 17.4%, Horror 13.1%, Adventure 10.4%

Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Gore 21.5%, Violent 16.5%, Horror 11.1%, Adventure 8.9%

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.1%, Horror 38.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 9.9%

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.5%, Horror 23.6%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 8.2%

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Mystery 21.4%, Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 10.4%

A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Gore 19.9%, Indie 19.6%, Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Adventure 28%, Indie 25%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Mystery 18.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%

A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Gore 17%, Violent 15.4%, Mystery 14.7%, Horror 10.2%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.6%, Violent 18.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Horror 14%, Indie 9.1%

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Gore 17%, Violent 14.8%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 9%

Outwit, Outplay, Outcast.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Adventure 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Indie 22.1%

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Violent 21.4%, Horror 13%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 9.4%

You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Exploration 13%, Horror 11.1%

Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Gore 21.5%, Horror 18%, Violent 17.6%, Indie 8%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Indie 23%, Horror 14.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%

A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 9.9%

Escape an ever-shrinking cave tunnel in this tense spelunking horror. As the stone walls transform into flesh, you'll face perilous claustrophobic spaces, flooded passages, and twisted inhuman creatures.

Why similar: Gore 26.3%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%

In this short first-person psychological horror game, falling asleep on the subway takes you to the final station, abandoned and eerie. Explore the area and try to survive the entity chasing you in the darkness. Who is it? Its face looks strangely familiar...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Mystery 18.6%, Horror 18.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 9.7%

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Why similar: Gore 23.3%, Violent 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 9.9%

Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 23.4%, Atmospheric 15.6%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Violent 18%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 8.5%

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 22.1%, Violent 12%, Indie 8.7%, Mystery 8.1%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Violent 18%, Gore 14.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Horror 10.5%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 18.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Horror 13.3%

Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Horror 24.2%, Violent 17.9%, Gore 10.7%, Indie 9.1%

First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Gore 23.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.7%

A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Horror 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 7.6%

Isolation. Hopelessness. Starvation. By the will of an unknown force, you find yourself isolated from the outside world. Now you are doomed to starve to death. No one will come to your aid. No one will hear your prayers.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Gore 18.8%, Violent 18%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 12.9%

Dark Places is a psychological single-player game set in a surreal world filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. Solve puzzles and try to survive.

Why similar: Violent 28%, Gore 15.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Horror 12.7%, Indie 12.6%

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Violent 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%

After receiving a disturbing letter from his brother, our protagonist decides to go looking for him at the hotel Beryl. He will soon discover the strangeness of the places, the objects, the paintings, the shadows and the terrifying models moving, speaking, living of their own will.

Why similar: Gore 26.2%, Violent 25.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Horror 8.7%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.6%, Horror 20.4%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Exploration 15.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 16.1%, Violent 14.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Indie 10.2%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.6%, Mystery 20.4%, Horror 16.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 8.3%

In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 15.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 11.1%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.2%, Horror 34.1%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 2%

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 22.8%, Gore 21.5%, Violent 16.9%, Horror 10.7%, Adventure 7.1%

Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 56.2%, Mystery 34.2%, Indie 9.6%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.5%, Horror 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%

The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Mystery 19.1%, Exploration 15.2%, Indie 13%, Horror 12.2%

Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.4%, Horror 17.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 9.9%

You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Adventure 22.4%, Indie 22.4%, Atmospheric 13%

Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Horror 15.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 8.9%

We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 11%, Mystery 10.7%

Survive a deadly clown in a haunted amusement park. Solve puzzles, search for items, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park is a first-person horror game with multiple endings, tense stealth, and terrifying moments.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Gore 17.7%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 10%

The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.2%, Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Gore 6.1%, Violent 5.8%

The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Mystery 19%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%

Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!

Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Mystery 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Adventure 5.7%

A co-op extraction horror for 1-4 players where you survive nuclear wastelands on a train. Scavenge scrap for fuel and supplies, and use voice mechanics to stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.1%, Horror 18.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Atmospheric 13.9%

The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.

Why similar: Indie 52.4%, Horror 23.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%

This is a horror game that asks a friend to find out what happened in an abandoned hospital.

Why similar: Gore 32.3%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Horror 14.6%, Violent 13.6%, Atmospheric 7%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Gore 13.6%, Horror 12.5%, Exploration 10%

Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.8%, Horror 17.7%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%

A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Horror 15.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38%, Gore 18%, Violent 17.3%, Horror 12.9%, Adventure 8.5%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Adventure 21.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Horror 13.5%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.7%, Gore 19.3%, Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 7.8%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%