- #1 Welcome to the Game
97% matchVery Positive84% of 2,591 reviews2016
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: Hacking 38% ★, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Difficult 6.4%, Nudity 4%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, this game offers the same core loop of deep-web exploration and home-invasion tension.
- #2 Scrutinized
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,389 reviews2020
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 48.6% ★, Horror 24.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Dark 4.9%, Difficult 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the feeling of being watched while performing investigative tasks on a computer.
- #3 SIMULACRA
96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,678 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Psychological Horror 28.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Dark 7.4%, Puzzle 6%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the investigative, phone-based hacking and discovery mechanics found in the seed game.
- #4 s.p.l.i.t
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,895 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Klubnika
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 50.6% ★, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Dark 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends hacking simulation with psychological horror to create a tense, immersive experience.
- #5 Project DeepWeb
95% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 58.4% ★, Horror 13.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Dark 5.3%, Violent 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the theme of navigating the dark web and solving puzzles within a digital environment.
- #6 Stories Untold
94% matchVery Positive87% of 5,505 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Psychological Horror 33.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Indie 6.1%, Puzzle 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a retro computer interface to deliver a deeply unsettling, narrative-driven horror experience.
- #7 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
93% matchVery Positive94% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Nocturne Studio
Windows
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 46% ★, Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Dark 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the dark web aesthetic and psychological horror themes present in the seed game.
- #8 I'm on Observation Duty
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,249 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 43.4%, Psychological Horror 30%, Nudity 8.1%, Indie 6.4%, Puzzle 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It forces you to pay extreme attention to your surroundings to identify anomalies, mirroring the vigilance required in the seed game.
- #9 Hacker Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 80.5% ★, Simulation 9.1%, First-Person 4.3%, Atmospheric 2.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a more technical look at the hacking mechanics that drive the investigative process in the seed game.
- #10 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
91% matchVery Positive94% of 12,685 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Strategy 22.9%, Nudity 21.8%, Sexual Content 18.9%, Simulation 16.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the voyeuristic nature of surveillance and the ethical dilemmas of observing others' private lives.
- #11 Visage
90% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 43.5%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Dark 5.9%, First-Person 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply atmospheric and claustrophobic horror experience that rivals the intensity of the seed game.
- #12 The Closing Shift
89% matchMixed66% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 40.2%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Simulation 20.2%, Dark 13.2%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in building dread through a stalker-themed narrative set in a mundane, everyday environment.
- #13 MADiSON
88% matchVery Positive87% of 3,425 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 32.5%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Dark 7.1%, Violent 7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-tension, first-person psychological horror experience that keeps the player constantly on edge.
- #14 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,881 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Violent 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Nudity 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game is essential for players who enjoy the cat-and-mouse, stalker-based gameplay of the seed game.
- #15 Netbreak
87% matchMixed67% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
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 24.3% ★, Violent 12.1%, Horror 10.2%, Gore 7.5%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced hacking simulation that captures the high-stakes digital environment of the seed game.
- #16 Outlast 2
86% matchVery Positive91% of 64,304 reviews2017
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Violent 6.9%, Nudity 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a definitive first-person horror experience that emphasizes running and hiding from persistent threats.
- #17 Stay Out of the House
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Survival Horror 21.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 7%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the terrifying feeling of being hunted in a confined space with stealth-based survival mechanics.
- #18 Welcome to Kowloon
84% matchVery Positive81% of 1,974 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 37.5%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Violent 9%, Dark 7.3%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a uniquely atmospheric and surreal exploration experience that feels grounded in urban decay.
- #19 SIMULACRA 2
85% matchVery Positive87% of 1,688 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Hacking 55.3% ★, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Simulation 4.5%, Puzzle 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the investigative phone-hacking mechanics with a more complex narrative and darker themes.
- #20 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
84% matchVery Positive95% of 35,628 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 45.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 8%, Nudity 7.7%, Gore 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title set the standard for the helpless, stalker-focused horror gameplay found in the seed game.
- #21 Circus of Pain
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
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: Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Violent 9.2%, Dark 8.7%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a dark, psychological horror experience that keeps the player trapped in a hostile environment.
- #22 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
83% matchVery Positive82% of 3,297 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 54.9%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Simulation 6.2%, First-Person 4.9%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It effectively uses a mundane setting to build a sense of paranoia and impending danger from a stalker.
- #23 From The Darkness
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,526 reviews2021
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 42.6%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 7.6%, Survival Horror 6.3%, First-Person 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This indie horror title excels at creating a sense of dread within a domestic setting.
- #24 OVERDOSE
80% matchVery Positive85% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: For Fun GamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Survive the night in a deadly asylum—deliver sinister meds, keep the insane in line, and outwit a killer hiding in the dark.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Difficult 12.4%, Violent 9.1%, Survival Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines immersive simulation elements with psychological horror to create a disturbing, memorable experience.
- #25 Welcome to the Game III
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 648 reviews2026
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Navigate the internet's dark net, searching for pieces of a puzzle that once combined will clear your outstanding debt. Scan strange websites for info, hack into PCs while defending your own, and buy/sell goods & services, all while avoiding threats in this strategic, suspenseful horror game.
Why similar: Hacking 50% ★, Horror 24.3%, Simulation 12.1%, First-Person 5.7%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #26 Who's Lila?
79% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Psychological Horror 35.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique psychological investigation mechanic that requires close attention to detail and facial expressions.
- #27 CONCLUSE
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 548 reviews2018
Dev: concluse_dev
Windows · Mac
Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..
Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Simulation 7.6%, First-Person 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a retro-styled, atmospheric horror experience that focuses on exploration and unsettling discovery.
- #28 Night Shift
81% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 66.2%, Puzzle 33.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the vulnerability of being alone in a workspace while being targeted by an unknown threat.
- #29 Telling Lies
79% matchMixed63% of 1,323 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Simulation 37.6%, Puzzle 21.7%, Indie 17.5%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Singleplayer 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game turns the player into an investigator sifting through a database to uncover a hidden truth.
- #30 I'm on Observation Duty 2
78% matchVery Positive92% of 550 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Strategy 29.1%, Horror 19.3%, Nudity 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #31 Five Nights at Freddy's 2
76% matchVery Positive94% of 26,089 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #32 Forest Asylum 2
74% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 28%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Violent 7.5%, Dark 7.1%
- #33 Granny
75% matchVery Positive94% of 11,309 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Difficult 9.4%, Violent 7.9%, First-Person 6.8%
- #34 Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
76% matchVery Positive90% of 12,630 reviews2016
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 58.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Difficult 12.9%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, First-Person 7.3%
- #35 Emily Wants To Play
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,325 reviews2015
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 56.8%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Strategy 5%, Difficult 3.7%
- #36 Ultimate Custom Night
74% matchVery Positive95% of 62,749 reviews2018
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Difficult 19.1%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #37 The Guest II
72% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest II is a first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 3.3%
- #38 Strange Night ll
77% matchMixed44% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 22%, Indie 12.7%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 9.3%
- #39 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
71% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Hacking 74.5% ★, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.7%, Puzzle 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #40 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
73% matchVery Positive94% of 33,229 reviews2017
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Difficult 13.4%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #41 Emily Wants to Play Too
75% matchVery Positive80% of 561 reviews2017
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
No one believed the pizza guy. They kept the dolls. A sandwich delivery guy is on his way to Central Evidence. He is not ready for what he finds. Emily and the dolls are back with new friends, scares and more. Use stealth and strategy to survive their unique games in this survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 56.8%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #42 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
71% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 35.8%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Gore 13%, Simulation 11.6%, Dark 10.8%
- #43 White Room Protocol
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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 36.8%, Psychological Horror 27%, Dark 9.3%, First-Person 7.6%, Gore 5.2%
- #44 Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
72% matchVery Positive95% of 4,729 reviews2019
Dev: Dynamic PixelsPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
Why similar: Horror 39%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Survival Horror 16.3%, First-Person 10.7%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #45 Boogeyman 2
73% matchVery Positive82% of 397 reviews2017
Dev: Clockwork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Indie 6.1%
- #46 The Complex: Found Footage
70% matchVery Positive93% of 9,917 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 5%, Multiplayer 3.7%
- #47 Welcome To The Dark Place
69% matchVery Positive88% of 613 reviews2025
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.4%, Horror 23.9%, Violent 17.6%, Gore 10.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #48 The Stalked 2
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
Why similar: Horror 45%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%, First-Person 4.3%
- #49 Minds Eyes
73% matchMixed69% of 1,842 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 70%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Multiplayer 2.8%, First-Person 2.7%
- #50 CASE: Animatronics
70% matchVery Positive83% of 4,276 reviews2016
Dev: Walnut LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?
Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Difficult 9.3%, First-Person 6.6%
- #51 Autopsy Simulator
69% matchMixed51% of 1,608 reviews2024
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 25.5%, Nudity 16.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Gore 8.4%
- #52 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Horror 36.5%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Nudity 11%, Indie 8.5%, Dark 6.9%
- #53 Dingir OS
66% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
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 39.3%, Psychological Horror 30.3%, Dark 12.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #54 Pony Island
67% matchVery Positive95% of 18,085 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Hacking 47.4% ★, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 15.2%, Puzzle 4.9%, Dark 4.5%
- #55 Inferis: Dead Below
65% matchVery Positive87% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 27%, Gore 12.2%, First-Person 10%, Indie 5.6%
- #56 White Noise 2
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,868 reviews2017
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 14%, Strategy 7.4%, First-Person 6.1%
- #57 When the Darkness comes
66% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 43.3%, Horror 30%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 6.8%, Indie 4.8%
- #58 Don't Be Afraid 2
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Dark 8.3%, First-Person 8.3%
- #59 Hello Puppets: Midnight Show
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Otherworld Interactive
Windows
“Hello Puppets: Midnight Show” is a stealth horror adventure set in the 1980s on the set of a children’s TV show. You are a master puppet maker whose prized creations--the Handeemen--have come to life and are hunting you. Play hide and seek against advanced AI that forces you to adapt and improvise.
Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Difficult 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Simulation 7.8%, Dark 6.9%
- #60 Home Sweet Home
67% matchVery Positive87% of 3,784 reviews2017
Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP CO.,LTD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Horror 47.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Gore 6.3%, First-Person 5%