- #1 Dark Deception
97% matchVery Positive89% of 23,237 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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: Horror 38.9%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Survival 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, maze-based horror game that requires quick reflexes and strategic navigation to survive.
- #2 Harvest Hunt
96% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Stealth 15.5%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Survival 12.2%, Supernatural 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar cornfield setting combined with intense, high-stakes survival horror gameplay.
- #3 CornField
96% matchVery Negative11% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel SemanPub: Galactic Games
Windows
CornField is a cooperative first-person horror game for 1-5 players. Collect all the necessary items and escape the cornfield! Run, scream, hide, but most importantly don't get caught! You will be chased by a scary monster that hears your voice from your mic and is definitely trying to kill you!
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Survival Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Action 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the atmospheric, cornfield-based survival horror experience found in the seed game.
- #4 Lethal Company
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 503,936 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Horror 50%, Survival Horror 24%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-stakes scavenging within maze-like, dangerous interiors that require constant vigilance and survival skills.
- #5 Monstrum
94% matchVery Positive91% of 3,664 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Survival Horror 23.5%, Survival 10%, Stealth 6.6%, First-Person 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a procedurally generated maze environment where you must survive against a deadly, stalking predator.
- #6 Dark Maze
95% matchMostly Negative37% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: TortishkaPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Your task is to get out of the maze. For this, you need to find the key!
Why similar: Horror 53.7%, Action 25.8%, Indie 16.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that emphasizes navigating dark, maze-like environments while avoiding threats.
- #7 Frosty Nights
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Horror 29.3%, Survival 21.1%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on strategic survival and resource management against encroaching horror threats.
- #8 Boogeyman
92% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2015
Dev: Clockwork Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.
Why similar: Horror 51.2%, Survival 14.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy survival horror game that requires careful monitoring of your surroundings to survive the night.
- #9 SCP: Observer
91% matchVery Positive93% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: Maximilian Fischer
Windows
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Difficult 13.5%, Supernatural 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, resource-management-heavy horror game that demands precision and quick thinking.
- #10 Amnesia: The Bunker
90% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Stealth 17%, Survival 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Difficult 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-pressure, semi-open environment that forces players to use stealth and resource management to survive.
- #11 123 Slaughter Me Street 2
91% matchVery Positive83% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
In this exciting prequel to the hit game "123 Slaughter Me Street", we find out the deep dark secrets that lead up to the madness of this series. You find yourself confused with blood on your hands in a dark house with only a flashlight to guide you.
Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Survival Horror 24.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Action 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity, skill-based horror game that shares the same frantic energy and difficulty as Zardy's Maze.
- #12 Poppy Playtime
89% matchVery Positive88% of 132,662 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Survival 10.1%, Mystery 8.1%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-horror game that features first-person exploration and evasion mechanics.
- #13 Alien: Isolation
89% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Stealth 18.5%, Survival 12.2%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense, stealth-based survival horror where you are constantly hunted by an unpredictable AI.
- #14 Backrooms Doors
88% matchMixed68% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Survival 14.9%, Dark 9.3%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features maze-like, claustrophobic exploration with a heavy focus on survival and evasion.
- #15 CantEscapeTheBackrooms
87% matchMixed60% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: BlackArtStudios
Windows
CantEscapeTheBackrooms is a single player horror game. Explore numerous treacherous and dangerous levels, avoid contact with evil entities, and do whatever it takes to find your way out!
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Stealth 15.1%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Strategy 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on navigating maze-like, surreal environments while avoiding various horror entities.
- #16 Granny
86% matchVery Positive94% of 9,403 reviews2018
Dev: DVloper
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You have to escape Granny`s house...You have five days...
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Survival Horror 18%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Survival 8.9%, Difficult 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused survival game set in a confined, maze-like house where you must avoid a persistent pursuer.
- #17 MADiSON
85% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 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 32.8%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Survival 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes first-person exploration to build tension and atmosphere.
- #18 Death Park
86% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2019
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
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: Horror 23.3%, Stealth 16.5%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Survival 13.4%, Dark 6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that features exploration and puzzle-solving in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #19 Lost Hope: Backrooms
84% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
Windows
Lost Hope, a chilling horror game set in the eerie Backrooms universe, challenges players to delve into enigmatic locations teeming with bizarre and inexplicable phenomena. Embark on an expedition alone or with friends!
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Survival 10.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror experience set in an endless, maze-like environment.
- #20 Content Warning
81% matchVery Positive94% of 156,373 reviews2024
Dev: WilnylPub: Landfall
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Survival Horror 13%, First-Person 10.1%, Mystery 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines co-op survival horror with high-stakes exploration in dangerous, maze-like environments.
- #21 Five Nights at Freddy's
83% matchVery Positive94% of 57,765 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Survival 11%, Psychological Horror 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential strategy-based survival horror game that relies on monitoring threats in a confined space.
- #22 Surrounded
84% matchMixed44% of 566 reviews2023
Dev: Nightmare Studios
Windows
A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Dark 7.2%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival horror game that emphasizes atmospheric tension and cooperative play.
- #23 Phasmophobia
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 815,266 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Why similar: Horror 48.7%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Supernatural 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Mystery 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, investigation-based horror game that requires careful navigation and survival against supernatural entities.
- #24 MUZY
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Survival 14.7%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Action 11.5%, Cartoony 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure horror game that blends exploration with survival elements.
- #25 SIGNALIS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.5%, Mystery 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Dark 13.9%, Action 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes resource management and navigating complex, interconnected environments.
- #26 Forest Horror
82% matchMixed55% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
Why similar: Survival 28.6%, Stealth 26.2%, Dark 19.5%, Action 10.3%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features exploration-based horror gameplay with a focus on puzzle-solving and survival.
- #27 Outlast
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 133,959 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 42.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Survival 10.4%, Stealth 7.2%, First-Person 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic stealth-focused horror game that forces players to navigate dangerous environments without the ability to fight back.
- #28 Zardy's Cave
78% matchVery Positive83% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Full Trek Media
Windows
Beneath the farm something terrible awaits. You fell down a giant hole into a dark world full of terrifying scarecrows and monsters. Now you must make your way through the tunnels deep underground while watching your back. Solve puzzles, find tools, and most importantly… Stay alive!
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Survival Horror 10%, Cartoony 9.7%, Supernatural 8.2%
- #29 Uh Oh!
76% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Stealth 12%, Survival 10.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #30 Garten of Banban 0
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,977 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Mystery 9.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #31 Blackout
79% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2019
Windows
You will be lost in the labyrinthine house and chased by the devil in the blacked out house. You will experience tremendous fear, stress and madness playing this game and something invisible makes you get panicked and lost your mind.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Survival 16.1%, Survival Horror 14%, Mystery 11.7%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie survival horror game that emphasizes first-person immersion and tense atmosphere.
- #32 Scary Maze Game
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Carrot Studios
Windows
You and up to 5 friends need to find the exit of a maze, beware of the monster that lurks in the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #33 Mirrored Phantoms
75% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows · Linux
Trapped in a nightmarish mannequin factory where reality itself is shattered, unravel the secrets of Mirrored Phantoms. Explore a deeply atmospheric world, solve the mystery of the mirror shards, and survive the terrors that await in this slow-burning, first-person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Stealth 10.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 8.7%
- #34 Pitty Meaty
75% matchVery Positive83% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic GeckonPub: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Pitty Meaty is a horrifying creepypasta survival horror game where you must survive in a dangerous territory under the constant threat of a menacing, swollen corpse head.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Action 13%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 8.8%
- #35 Minds Eyes
77% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 60.1%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Action 4.9%, Psychological Horror 3.4%
- #36 DOCTOR VISCERA
73% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Stealth 21.4%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Survival 8.8%, First-Person 6.8%
- #37 Nightmare House: The Original Mod
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,319 reviews2024
Dev: We Create Stuff
Windows
Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.
Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Survival Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Mystery 8.5%
- #38 HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror
73% matchMixed55% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Survival 23%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 9.4%
- #39 The Maze Survivor: The 9th Entrants
72% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 崔资坦独立游戏Triztan IndieGame
Windows
The Maze Survivor is a limited space survival game that uniquely combines the characteristics of survival, horror, puzzle solving and maze adventure games. Players will wake up in the center of a complex maze without any clues. Let's try to see if they can survive and escape from this strange maze.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Survival 27.2%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Dark 11.2%, Action 7.6%
- #40 Bigfoot Forest
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 181 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Survival 18.9%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Stealth 10.9%, Action 10.5%
- #41 Garten of Banban
72% matchMixed53% of 12,506 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Cartoony 8.6%, Dark 8.6%
- #42 Silent Rain
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: 2Brains&CoffeePub: Seedlers Interactive
Windows
Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Survival 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%
- #43 Mist of the Dark
74% matchMixed45% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Visualistic Studios, LLC.Pub: Visualistic Studios, LLC.
Windows
Mist of the Dark challenges your ability to survive. Can you face your fears? Play as a monster and scare your friends. Play as the soldier and use tactics to hunt the monster(s) down. Scare the players. Stick with your team and discover objects and level advantages to take down the monster.
Why similar: Horror 60.2%, Multiplayer 25.4%, Action 11%, Indie 3.5%
- #44 Visage
70% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 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 47.6%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Dark 7.5%
- #45 Doorways: Prelude
73% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Survival 11.6%, Action 7.5%, First-Person 6.8%
- #46 Obscula
70% matchMostly Negative39% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Dark 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Survival 11%, Survival Horror 7.5%
- #47 Black Rose
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 978 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 60%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Multiplayer 11%, First-Person 6.5%, Indie 2.8%
- #48 Horror inside the forest
69% matchVery Positive91% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Erik García Díaz
Windows
Plunge into the captivating realm of "Horror Inside the Forest," an exhilarating game that tests your bravery. Explore a mysterious forest, confront supernatural forces, uncover secrets, survive the darkness, and escape its shadowy embrace in this immersive horror experience.
Why similar: Survival Horror 63.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Action 9.9%, 3D 5.7%, Indie 5.5%
- #49 Zoonomaly
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 898 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTS ARE OFF LLC
Windows
You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.
Why similar: Horror 48.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Action 9%, Survival Horror 8.8%, 3D 7.9%
- #50 One Night at Barneys 3
68% matchVery Positive92% of 197 reviews2023
Dev: IFMGStudios
Windows
A survival horror game based off of Five Nights at Freddy's featuring many iconic characters from Barney & Friends. Defend, upgrade, and discover secrets throughout the one night you will spend trapped in a prison.
Why similar: Strategy 32%, Horror 31.4%, Survival Horror 21.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Indie 2.5%
- #51 Shattered Lights
69% matchVery Positive87% of 430 reviews2019
Dev: Team MorbidPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Difficult 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Mystery 8.4%
- #52 Slendrina Remake
67% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: GearMech
Windows
Slendrina Remake is a scary survival game set in a dungeon where you must gather items, solve puzzles, and evade the sinister Slendrina herself to make it out alive. Experience the atmosphere of fear and tension in this gripping horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Survival 17.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #53 The Scarlet Harvest
66% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
Windows
A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Survival Horror 20%, Survival 17.7%, Dark 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #54 123 Slaughter Me Street
70% matchMixed69% of 392 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SandersPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Wounded and on the run, trapped in an abandoned building, armed only with a dying flashlight. Navigate darkness, outsmart lurking horrors, and escape before they reach you. A tense, paranoia-driven survival experience where every moment counts.
Why similar: Horror 76.5%, Action 15.4%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #55 Face The Abyss
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Team KGD
Windows
The experiment has failed. The facility that was supposed to control the monster has stopped working, and now your only hope is to escape the facility before the monster hunts you down.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Survival 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Stealth 10.2%
- #56 Very Scary Backrooms Game
66% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Horror 29.9%, Stealth 19.7%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, Action 7.4%
- #57 The Wailer
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Ethan RobichauxPub: Vultive Entertainment
Windows
A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Horror 44.9%, First-Person 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Action 10.7%, 3D 9.1%
- #58 Passing Pineview Forest
69% matchMixed65% of 1,695 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 54%, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Survival Horror 8.8%, First-Person 5.5%
- #59 Darkwood
64% matchVery Positive95% of 23,842 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Survival 18.1%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Supernatural 11.4%, Dark 8.8%