- #1 Zoonomaly
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 945 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: Realistic 21.6%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar focus on exploring a facility filled with dangerous, mutated creatures that require investigation and survival tactics.
- #2 Creature Lab
96% matchMixed56% of 396 reviews2023
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!
Why similar: Dark 24.7%, Horror 24.1%, First-Person 16.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core mechanic of managing and experimenting on mutated creatures within a simulation-heavy environment.
- #3 Choo-Choo Charles
95% matchVery Positive91% of 17,195 reviews2022
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
Why similar: Trains 33.9% ★, Survival Horror 15.9%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.8%, Thriller 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world horror game features a persistent, dangerous creature that you must track and survive against.
- #4 Autopsy Simulator
96% matchMixed52% of 1,572 reviews2024
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Realistic 20.8%, Simulation 19.3%, Horror 17.2%, Dark 11.7%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similarly detailed, first-person simulation of a gruesome job that descends into psychological horror.
- #5 Content Warning
94% matchVery Positive94% of 160,439 reviews2024
Dev: ZorroPub: Evil Landfall?
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Exploration 18%, First-Person 15.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The use of a bodycam perspective while interacting with dangerous creatures creates a similar sense of tension and discovery.
- #6 Lethal Company
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 509,102 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Survival Horror 28.9%, First-Person 15.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of performing a mundane, dangerous job in a hostile environment while avoiding lethal entities.
- #7 The Mortuary Assistant
93% matchVery Positive92% of 8,591 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Thriller 13.4%, Realistic 12.5%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It blends professional simulation tasks with supernatural horror, requiring you to identify and treat entities correctly.
- #8 Pacific Drive
92% matchVery Positive83% of 26,022 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the maintenance and care of a vehicle in a supernatural, atmospheric environment, similar to caring for animals in a horror setting.
- #9 [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
91% matchVery Positive89% of 970 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Why similar: Realistic 17.2%, 1990's 16.1%, Horror 14.5%, Detective 13.3%, Dark 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This job-simulation horror game puts you in a solitary role where you must perform tasks while being stalked by threats.
- #10 Security Booth: Director's Cut
91% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Why similar: Dark 20.2%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 11.1%, 3D 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines the monotony of a night shift job with creeping dread and interactive horror elements.
- #11 SILENT BREATH
89% matchMixed68% of 1,204 reviews2024
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Thriller 19.2%, Realistic 16.7%, 1990's 14.5%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: The bodycam perspective and realistic, dark atmosphere create a similar sense of immersion and dread.
- #12 Mirror Forge
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 184 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 13.2%, Dark 12.4%, Realistic 12.2%, Thriller 10.7%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a psychological horror experience that relies on atmospheric tension and first-person exploration.
- #13 Hollow Cocoon
88% matchVery Positive92% of 903 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Realistic 13.9%, Dark 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric horror game focuses on investigation and exploration in a dark, isolated environment.
- #14 Viscera Cleanup Detail
89% matchVery Positive92% of 23,524 reviews2015
Dev: RuneStorm
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.
Why similar: Simulation 40.2%, First-Person 28.4%, Horror 20.3%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: While less horror-focused, it shares the core 'job simulation' loop of cleaning up after horrific events in a sci-fi setting.
- #15 ORDER 13
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,447 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Realistic 17.9%, Dark 14%, Horror 12%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: It is a survival-horror game that emphasizes immersive simulation elements and first-person perspective.
- #16 Abandoned Souls
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 391 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 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: Realistic 17.6%, Thriller 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Dark 12%, Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This walking-simulator horror game focuses on building a sense of unease through its atmospheric, realistic environment.
- #17 SOMA
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,536 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Dark 20.4%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on interacting with grotesque, mutated entities in a claustrophobic, atmospheric facility aligns perfectly with the tone of Zoochosis.
- #18 The Cabin Factory
84% matchVery Positive91% of 3,657 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Realistic 16.8%, Choices Matter 14.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Survival Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features immersive simulation elements within a psychological horror framework, focusing on choices and exploration.
- #19 Alien: Isolation
85% matchVery Positive93% of 65,732 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.0 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: Survival Horror 37.5%, Horror 32.2%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for first-person creature horror, emphasizing stealth and survival against an intelligent, lethal threat.
- #20 Stay Out of the House
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,823 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Nonlinear 20%, 1990's 17.9%, Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an immersive, first-person survival horror experience with a strong focus on exploration and escaping a dangerous captor.
- #21 THRESHOLD
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,277 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Dark 16%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a dark, atmospheric psychological horror experience that keeps the player on edge.
- #22 SCP – Containment Breach
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,188 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 12.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
Why You'll Like It: The core gameplay revolves around managing and surviving encounters with anomalous, dangerous creatures in a facility setting.
- #23 HELLMART
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,040 reviews2026
Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Realistic 15.8%, Dark 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Horror 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines simulation and horror, tasking the player with surviving a bizarre job in a hostile environment.
- #24 White Room Protocol
82% 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: Thriller 19.7%, Realistic 18.2%, Dark 14.5%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror title emphasizes atmospheric storytelling and singleplayer exploration.
- #25 Necrophosis
79% matchVery Positive91% of 826 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 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: Horror 21.6%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 15%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: The surreal, Lovecraftian horror elements provide a unique, dark atmosphere for fans of creature-based horror.
- #26 Subnautica
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 373,268 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features intense creature encounters and exploration, requiring you to manage resources while surviving in a hostile, alien habitat.
- #27 Observation
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,137 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Thriller 24.9%, Indie 18.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Story Rich 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game puts you in the role of an AI managing a space station, offering a unique simulation perspective on a horror-filled environment.
- #28 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
77% matchVery Positive82% of 12,276 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Realistic 28.1%, Choices Matter 17.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Simulation 12.1%, 3D 9.8%
- #29 It Reaches
79% matchNo user reviews77% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Emberflight Games
Windows
It Reaches is a first person horror game, captured through the lens of a police officer’s body cam. Trapped inside the facilities of an abandoned hospital, find a way to escape the horrors lurking underground. Uncover a dark mystery left behind and don't get caught! They will reach for you…
Why similar: Realistic 20.2%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Dark 15.4%, Horror 13.8%, Thriller 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror game focuses on realistic, dark environments and intense, first-person action.
- #30 Who's at the door?
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,596 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Realistic 15.9%, 1990's 12.9%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%
- #31 Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,036 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
Why similar: Thriller 25.4%, Horror 20.6%, Realistic 16.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a realistic, atmospheric approach to horror that emphasizes the isolation of a job-based setting.
- #32 Dollmare
77% matchVery Positive94% of 2,094 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Horror 15.8%, Realistic 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, First-Person 10.7%
- #33 Kiosk
76% matchVery Positive89% of 2,689 reviews2025
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, 1990's 14.4%, Dark 12.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #34 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
74% matchVery Positive89% of 654 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Thriller 25.4%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Horror 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #35 The Gravedigger
76% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Authogin
Windows
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.9%, Dark 15.2%, Realistic 14.2%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 8.7%
- #36 No, I'm not a Human
71% matchVery Positive93% of 28,813 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Thriller 16.8%, Dark 14.4%, Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #37 Sector 404
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Realistic 17%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 11%, Dark 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #38 Corner Shop: NightShift
72% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Thriller 13.9%, Realistic 12.5%, Dark 10%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #39 TRAILCAM
75% matchMixed65% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: NiceSoup
Windows
In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Horror 17.8%, Realistic 13.8%, Simulation 12.8%, First-Person 6.6%
- #40 UFOPHILIA
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
UFOPHILIA is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore areas marked by alien phenomena. Use specialized equipment to detect, identify, and photograph aliens—but do so at your own risk... They are watching you too.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Horror 18%, Dark 16.9%, Realistic 11.8%, First-Person 10.6%
- #41 The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game
71% matchVery Positive89% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.
Why similar: Dark 24.5%, Horror 18.8%, Story Rich 11.3%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 10.3%
- #42 Locomotive 115
72% matchVery Positive93% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Bucket of Fish
Windows · Mac
It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?
Why similar: Trains 17.8% ★, Horror 14.1%, Dark 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 10.5%
- #43 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Dark 15.8%, Realistic 13.4%, Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Thriller 10.5%
- #44 Find Yourself
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,313 reviews2021
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
Why similar: Realistic 21.1%, Thriller 17.4%, Horror 17%, Exploration 10.8%, Simulation 10.6%
- #45 Water Delivery
71% matchVery Positive87% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Dark 16.5%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #46 Barking from the Dark
69% matchVery Positive89% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: shoftArt
Windows
You’re on duty at crossing #13. Keep an eye on the tracks, repair the sleepers, open the barriers for trains, cars, and people. Something in the woods is barking… and it’s calling you.
Why similar: Dark 22.1%, Horror 19%, Survival Horror 17%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #47 Zoo Cleaner
75% matchMixed54% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Quarlellle
Windows
This game will allow you to plunge headlong into the work of a zoo cleaner at breakneck speed. You have to clean out all the sewage of this zoo and the most important thing is not to fall into the clutches of dangerous animals!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.3%, Simulation 20.3%, First-Person 16.9%, Exploration 16.7%, 3D 14.9%
- #48 Chorus of Carcosa
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Realistic 16.6%, Dark 16%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #49 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
69% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Thriller 20.9%, Dark 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Horror 12.4%
- #50 Dishwashing Simulator
68% matchVery Positive88% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: Frinky
Windows
A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Realistic 15.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Dark 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
- #51 MADiSON
69% matchVery Positive87% of 3,345 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 21.5%, Dark 21.2%, Survival Horror 19.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #52 Silent Nights
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Dark 13%, Realistic 12.9%, Horror 11.2%
- #53 Shift 87
68% matchVery Positive88% of 209 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Thriller 28.2%, Dark 16.7%, Realistic 13.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #54 Do No Harm
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 911 reviews2025
Dev: Darts Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?
Why similar: Dark 21.8%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, First-Person 10.9%
- #55 Platform 8
66% matchVery Positive87% of 2,739 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Realistic 24.5%, Dark 17.3%, Horror 12.4%, Simulation 11.4%, First-Person 10.9%
- #56 Project 13: Taxidermy Trails
68% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: DRYBREADPub: GlacierLTD
Windows
Project 13: Taxidermy Trails, a Walking Simulator set in a mesmerizing Taxidermy Museum. In this immersive experience, you assume the role of an kidnapped Probant forced to find a way to escape. Complete all 13 Walks to get out of this Nightmare.
Why similar: Realistic 29%, Simulation 20.3%, Atmospheric 16.2%, First-Person 15.2%, Horror 15%
- #57 Oxide Room 104
70% matchMixed68% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: WildSphere
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.6%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #58 The Anomalous Hour
66% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Gambir Studio
Windows
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Realistic 21.5%, Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 9.6%
- #59 Reflection
64% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Realistic 23.2%, Dark 17.7%, Thriller 16.8%, Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #60 ZERO PROTOCOL
65% matchVery Positive84% of 604 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Horror 9.5%