Games Like Welcome to the Game

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: Hacking 38.8% ★, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Difficult 5.9%, Nudity 4%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel expands on the original's deep-web exploration mechanics with a larger map and more complex hacking puzzles.

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Why similar: Hacking 52.4% ★, Horror 20.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Dark 5.7%, Difficult 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title focuses on monitoring screens and identifying threats while managing a high-stress simulation environment.

This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

Why similar: Hacking 58.5% ★, Horror 9.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Puzzle 7.2%, Dark 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the dark web theme, requiring players to navigate dangerous websites to uncover secrets.

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Nudity 7.2%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly replicates the anxiety of watching security feeds to spot anomalies, mirroring the voyeuristic tension found in the seed game.

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

Why similar: Hacking 81.7% ★, Simulation 9.8%, First-Person 3%, Atmospheric 2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a more grounded approach to the hacking mechanics found in the seed game, focusing on network infiltration and system manipulation.

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

Why similar: Hacking 51.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Dark 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends hacking simulation with psychological horror, creating a tense atmosphere where digital actions have real-world consequences.

Welcome to Netbreak™, a horror-puzzle experience. When a mysterious USB drive arrives on your desk, your curiosity drags you into a nightmare. Piece together clues, watch forbidden videos, and take down an underground SNUFF marketplace, that allows you to see interactive torture and murder.

Why similar: Hacking 25.2% ★, Gore 16.1%, Violent 12.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the high-stakes world of hacking and simulation, mirroring the technical intensity of the seed game.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 42.3%, Psychological Horror 35.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Indie 6.4%, Puzzle 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes retro-tech and text-based hacking interfaces to deliver a psychological horror experience that feels grounded in technical realism.

A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.

Why similar: Hacking 50.6% ★, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Dark 6.7%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: This title explores the darker side of the internet through a lens of psychological horror and simulation.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Gore 13.1%, Nudity 6.7%, Puzzle 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: While it lacks the hacking elements, it is a foundational horror experience that excels at making the player feel helpless and hunted.

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: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Gore 13.8%, Violent 9.8%, Dark 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a claustrophobic, atmospheric exploration of a dangerous urban environment that feels just as unsettling as the deep web.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 64%, Simulation 10.2%, Dark 9.2%, First-Person 6.5%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines detailed job simulation with intense, unpredictable horror elements that require constant vigilance.

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 21.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This observation-based horror game forces you to pay close attention to your surroundings to identify subtle, terrifying changes.

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in anomaly detection that forces players to carefully observe their environment to survive a looping nightmare.

The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!

Why similar: Indie 50.3%, Puzzle 49.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the feeling of being trapped in a mundane job while a terrifying, supernatural threat slowly encroaches on your workspace.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Gore 18.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Sexual Content 8.9%, Nudity 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply atmospheric and grotesque world that rewards players for solving environmental puzzles under extreme pressure.

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: Horror 35.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Gore 19.3%, Violent 15.6%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tense horror experience that focuses on exploration and survival against supernatural entities in a confined location.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Psychological Horror 37.1%, Puzzle 14.9%, First-Person 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological mystery that requires careful observation and manipulation of character expressions, echoing the game's focus on detail.

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

Why similar: Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Gore 13.3%, Nudity 9.4%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the fear of the unknown and the struggle to survive in a dark, hostile environment.

The Works of Mercy is a psychological thriller inspired by the classics of the genre. The game’s plot revolves around mysterious killings committed on seemingly random victims. Only this time it’s the player who becomes the murderer.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Gore 21%, Violent 18.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Nudity 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, psychological simulation that forces the player to make difficult choices under extreme duress.

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

Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Psychological Horror 27%, Dark 9.9%, Violent 6.2%, Survival Horror 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, effective horror game that focuses on the dread of exploring a dark, abandoned space.

It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

Why similar: Horror 57.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 11%, Simulation 5%, Difficult 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This survival horror game forces you to manage your environment and react quickly to threats, similar to the pacing of the seed game.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Horror 43.1%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Puzzle 14.9%, First-Person 8.1%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines stealth and survival horror in a confined space, forcing players to be constantly aware of their surroundings.

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Violent 11.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator focuses on exploration and psychological tension in a way that mirrors the seed game's slower, investigative moments.

You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Gore 21%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Violent 13.4%, Dark 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the 'found footage' style of horror, making the experience feel raw, personal, and dangerous.

It's the night before Halloween and a new terror is about to be unleashed from the deep web.. The Emulator!

Why similar: Gore 24.2%, Horror 20.8%, Violent 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Survival Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique, retro-inspired interface to deliver a disturbing and violent horror experience.

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 24.7%, Horror 24.1%, Gore 15.4%, Dark 10.1%, Violent 10%

Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!

Why similar: Gore 25.6%, Horror 17.3%, Violent 17%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, violent horror game that focuses on survival and exploration in a hostile world.

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: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Violent 12.1%, Gore 11.6%, Dark 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses atmosphere and environmental storytelling to keep the player on edge.

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 28.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Dark 8.6%

A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?

Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Gore 19%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Nudity 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This survival horror game forces you to manage your limited resources while exploring a dangerous, gore-filled environment.

ADULT ONLY! This is a unique arthouse project that combines elements of porn, psychological thriller, horror, and musical.

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Sexual Content 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Gore 16.6%, Dark 5.8%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Dark 13.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Puzzle 12.2%

The train is the only escape.

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

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: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Gore 11.6%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 5.7%

Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.

Why similar: Horror 22%, Gore 15.7%, Nudity 14.9%, Sexual Content 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired by the works of Lovecraft, Giger, and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to dark ecstasy.

Why similar: Sexual Content 26.1%, Nudity 22.4%, Horror 21.1%, Gore 11.8%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.

Why similar: Horror 48.4%, Gore 16.5%, Violent 13%, Puzzle 12.2%, Dark 6.5%

Horror Girl Puzzle - exclusive erotic puzzle with horror girls (biomechanics and bloody surrealism styles). Various puzzle mechanics and mini-games!

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Gore 14.4%, Nudity 13.4%, Sexual Content 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

This is a unique indie game in which you have to take on the role of a skeleton mage and go through the horrific mazes of a dark dungeon.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 71.3%, Indie 28.7%

The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.

Why similar: Gore 19%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Violent 12.2%, Difficult 11.3%

Autopsy Simulator is a first-person horror-sim hybrid where players take on the role of a practice pathologist and study case files, created in collaboration with real-world forensic doctors, to help guide their dissection of anatomically accurate bodies to determine each subject’s cause of death.

Why similar: Horror 20%, Gore 17.9%, Simulation 15.9%, Nudity 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%

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 40.4%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Dark 7.6%, Survival Horror 7.4%, Violent 5.1%

Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..

Why similar: Horror 37%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Puzzle 6.3%

After you purchase and install Archimedes, an old operating system appears to be running, and a strange man asks for your help as you start to discover the terrible secrets behind the game.

Why similar: Indie 43.7%, Gore 32.1%, Psychological Horror 24.2%

"8AM" is a suspense game where you find yourself trapped in a room, watching a family through cameras. Without explanations, you must decide if strange events occur night after night. Being correct extends the time, seeking your release by 8:00 a.m.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Gore 16.3%, Violent 12.6%, Puzzle 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 26.6%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Dark 8.3%, Gore 7.9%, Violent 7.6%

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Gore 24.7%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Dark 10.7%

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 70.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Indie 3.1%, First-Person 2.5%

It's the 1990s. You’re alone at home, and you heard about the "adult" internet at school. You Must be 18 or Older to Enter blurs several genres together to create an anxious horror experience, one that hits a little too close. How deep will you dive before your parents come home? Do you even like this stuff?

Why similar: Simulation 27.8%, Sexual Content 24.4%, Nudity 22.6%, Horror 14.3%, Indie 10.9%

A VR erotic game to immerse yourself in the world of erotic anime for the ultimate sex experience!

Why similar: Sexual Content 46.1%, Nudity 37.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Psychological Horror 6.1%

As another woman joins the list of the missing, deep within a forest, a man living in solitude is visited by a pretty stranger. Wet Nightmares is an Erotic Horror Visual Novel exploring the psyche of a haunted man and his depraved past.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Sexual Content 26.3%, Nudity 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Violent 4.8%

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Gore 14.1%, Sexual Content 11.7%, Violent 10.9%

Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Simulation 16%, Gore 6.9%, Indie 6.8%

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

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Gore 22.8%, Dark 10.8%, Violent 7.8%

Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.

Why similar: Gore 22.9%, Horror 20.7%, Violent 16%, Nudity 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Gore 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Nudity 15%, Indie 12.2%

Psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director based on dynamic scenario. The Dark Inside Me, is a very unique psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director Akçay Karaazmak, based on dynamic interactive scenario.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Gore 17.1%, Nudity 12.4%, Sexual Content 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

Immerse yourself in a survival game created by Miyuki, a girl with a split personality. Will you be able to escape, or will you choose a different path?

Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Dark 17.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Violent 10.9%

Welcome to the age of hysteria, where a doctor finds himself in the confines of an asylum riddled with monsters of an unknown world. Resist their temptations to uncover the mysteries surrounding the institute... or succumb to the darkness within.

Why similar: Sexual Content 23.6%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, Simulation 8.7%