- #1 Gray Dawn
97% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Thriller 28.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 11.1%, Mystery 8.1%
- #2 Cursed Enigma - Priest and Prayers
96% matchMixed70% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: TheLaba
Windows
Father Giovanni, a devout priest, becomes entangled in mysteries and secrets while overseeing his local church. Explore the dark truths and menacing events behind the serene facade of the parish in the first episode of CURSED ENIGMA: Priest and Prayers
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Detective 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Horror 8.2%
- #3 Lust for Darkness
96% matchMixed68% of 4,821 reviews2018
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #4 God's Basement
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 12.8%, First-Person 8.1%
- #5 Infliction
94% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 26.5%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 20.2%, First-Person 8.1%, Realistic 7.9%
- #6 The Signifier Director's Cut
94% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 9%
- #7 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
93% matchVery Positive88% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Mystery 14%, Narration 13.1%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 8.2%
- #8 Silent Nights
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 10.3%, Narration 7.4%
- #9 Partum Artifex
91% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Thriller 21.5%, Narration 14.7%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Mystery 10.1%
- #10 The Last Case of John Morley
91% matchVery Positive85% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Detective 13.2%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Narrative 11.4% ★, Mystery 8.5%
- #11 Mists of Aiden
90% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Adventure 9%
- #12 The Wellmonts Case
89% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Thriller 22.5%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 9.9%
- #13 SIMULACRA
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Thriller 21.2%, Detective 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Horror 12.6%
- #14 The Painscreek Killings
88% matchVery Positive91% of 6,013 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Thriller 10.1%, Investigation 8.7%
- #15 Within Skerry
87% matchVery Positive81% of 291 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Thriller 13%, Horror 12.5%
- #16 Implements of Hell
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Thriller 22.9%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Horror 10.4%
- #17 Beyond The Evil
86% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15%, Mystery 12.5%, Horror 10.6%, Investigation 7.9%
- #18 Psalm 5:9-13
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,774 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11%, Horror 9.7%
- #19 Last Days of Lazarus
84% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Darkania WorksPub: GrimTalin
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Why similar: Thriller 22.1%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Horror 7.9%
- #20 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
84% matchMixed59% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Thriller 21.4%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%
- #21 Manivore
82% matchMixed69% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
Why similar: Thriller 25%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Realistic 8.4%, Horror 8.1%
- #22 Father´s Island
85% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Intr Studio Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Father´s Island is a mystic, surreal visual novel / playable B-Movie in a 3D open world, with hundreds of buildings, structures and relics, wildlife and strange machinery. Combining dense atmosphere with mystery, horror & exploration!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.8%, Horror 35.8%, Adventure 25.4%
- #23 Necrophosis
79% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Horror 11.9%, Narration 10.4%
- #24 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Mystery 13%, Thriller 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Narration 9%
- #25 White Room Protocol
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 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: Thriller 21.9%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 12.5%, Realistic 7.1%
- #26 Charon's Staircase
81% matchMixed63% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Mystery 16%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 11.3%
- #27 Luto
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Thriller 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Narration 12.7%, Mystery 10.8%
- #28 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
77% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Crime 11.2%, Horror 10.6%
- #29 The Demon Within Me
79% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
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 25.6%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Thriller 11.1%, Linear 9.8%
- #30 Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil
78% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Fernando TittzPub: Mr.Skull Game Studio
Windows
In this story focused horror game, you are a priest! And you need to help a family with their cursed house, explore, follow your visions, find the root, and exorcize it!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%
- #31 The Works of Mercy
81% matchMostly Negative39% of 232 reviews2018
Dev: Peпtacle
Windows
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: Thriller 31.8%, Horror 26.5%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 8.7%
- #32 NightGhast
76% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
NIGHTGHAST is a first-person horror game about wicked witches and sinister widows...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 18.1%, Narration 11.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #33 Vesnith Tapes
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9%, Exploration 8.9%
- #34 The Empty Eyes
75% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 7.2%
- #35 Psych
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 340 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Thriller 28.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 13%, Crime 12.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #36 It Happened At Night
74% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Thriller 14.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #37 Unholy
75% matchMixed64% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Duality GamesPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #38 Anthology of Fear
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: OhDeer StudioPub: 100 GAMES
Windows
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
Why similar: Horror 45.8%, Psychological Horror 37.5%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 4.5%
- #39 Abandoned Souls
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.1%
- #40 Unspoken
71% matchVery Positive88% of 802 reviews2024
Dev: Weeping studioPub: Weeping Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
You find yourself in the center of inexplicable nightmare. Make your way through the horror, come face to face with terrible events. Immerse yourself in the dark mystery of the events in which you found yourself an unwitting participant.
Why similar: Thriller 21.1%, Narrative 14.5% ★, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Noir 12.4%, Horror 10.5%
- #41 Insight
71% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Thriller 33.7%, Detective 24.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 7%
- #42 Inside Depth 6
73% matchVery Positive85% of 246 reviews2021
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.
Why similar: Thriller 28.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Realistic 6.3%
- #43 The Cursed Forest
72% matchVery Positive89% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Horror 10.1%, Realistic 9.7%
- #44 Delirium
70% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Horror 12.3%, Thriller 9.7%
- #45 Whispering Lane: Horror
72% matchMixed65% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Realistic 7.9%
- #46 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 623 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 26.4%, Detective 25%, Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 6%
- #47 Dark Atlas: Infernum
69% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.2%, Narration 11%, Mystery 10.5%
- #48 Lust from Beyond
70% matchVery Positive81% of 4,349 reviews2021
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Horror 44.2%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Mystery 9.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Adventure 5%
- #49 Forgive Me Father
69% matchVery Positive84% of 5,585 reviews2022
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Why similar: Mystery 34.9%, First-Person 33.4%, 3D 19.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #50 Whitehaven
71% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Thriller 24%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #51 Father's Day
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,089 reviews2022
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"Father's Day" - a psychological thriller that is a spin-off and prequel to the game "Find Yourself". The dream of living happily ever after was destroyed after Phil lost his wife and son. Obsessed with the desire to return them, he develops a plan.
Why similar: Thriller 25.5%, Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 6.6%, Mystery 6%
- #52 The Sin
68% matchVery Positive87% of 224 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Thriller 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Narration 14.3%
- #53 Left Alone
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 641 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 9.1%
- #54 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
67% matchVery Positive90% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Mystery 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10%
- #55 I am Sorry
67% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Futuregen Games
Windows
"I am Sorry" is a game where you investigate objects and solve puzzles to uncover the story. Become a janitor, clean the house, and uncover the hidden truths of the story.
Why similar: Thriller 14.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Crime 11.4%
- #56 Silver Chains
69% matchMixed69% of 1,327 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Adventure 9.3%, First-Person 8%, Walking Simulator 7.4%
- #57 Is Simon There?
67% matchVery Positive85% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
Why similar: Thriller 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 14.8%, Realistic 9.4%
- #58 Death Frame
64% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Explore a haunted mansion, uncover a killers madness, and enter surreal paintings to relive the twisted mind of a killer. Danger and mystery are lurking behind the screaming walls of this fascinating and frightening horror adventure.
Why similar: Noir 31%, Thriller 20%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #59 Welcome to Kowloon
65% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 18%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Thriller 16%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 8.2%
- #60 V696
68% matchMixed65% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: Veysel ÇınarPub: Serkan Çınar
Windows
V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.
Why similar: Thriller 29.7%, Psychological Horror 19%, Narration 13%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9%