Games like In Murky Waters

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

72% User Score Based on 47 reviews

You woke up in the basement of your home and don’t remember anything... When you go up to the house, you see the Christmas decorations and garlands and remember that it is family holiday time and time to get ready for it, while your wife and son went out to the store to do some shopping... Suddenly the doorbell sounded. Opening the door, you see that someone left you a gift box... What's inside… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Gift.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

83% User Score Based on 800 reviews

You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Lost Tape.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

Dyer Expedition is a puzzle adventure game with light Lovecraftian horror elements and a story inspired by Lovecraft's 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dyer Expedition.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 58 reviews

DESCRIPTION : Inferis: Dead Below is a first-person psychological horror and walking simulator experience, offering approximately 45 to 50 minutes of intense gameplay. Story Overview: Journalist Larry descends into the underground tunnels, following the pleas of families who haven’t heard from their missing loved ones for a long time. Initially setting out to fulfill his duty as a reporter, La… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inferis: Dead Below.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

73% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Who are you? A question that haunts you as strange events unfold around you. You're trapped in a house that feels eerily familiar, yet it twists and reshapes itself with every cycle. Reality warps, rooms shift, and the boundaries between past and present blur. Your mind fractures with every second spent inside, teetering on the edge of sanity. Will you uncover the truth, or will you be lost to th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MIRROR MIRROR.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

81% User Score Based on 68 reviews

The second episode in the series follows 14-year-old Anton, caught in a web of family turmoil and his father’s debts. Forced to relocate to an unfamiliar city, Anton faces a chilling encounter with a Soviet serial killer responsible for horrific crimes in the fall of 1992. Uncanny Tales: 1992 Uncanny Tales: 1992 is a narrative adventure game. Play as 14-year-old Anton, who moves to a new city … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Uncanny Tales: 1992.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

63% User Score Based on 35 reviews

Story:It's late at night. It is raining. You are a traveler, tired after a long journey. The only shelter you have is an old motel on the highway. It looks ordinary: dim lights, a shabby reception desk, a polite but strange concierge. He keeps repeating one thing: don't go near the wall. He says something is wrong in Room 8. You stay the night and start looking for answers. What happened in this m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Guest.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

78% User Score Based on 352 reviews

Sunken Engine is a Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulator. Restore the old shipyard you inherited from your father. Every arriving ship carries a dark mystery waiting to be uncovered. While keeping your customers happy, you must also deal with the strange and eerie events happening on the island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunken Engine.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

91% User Score Based on 321 reviews

Project Hailstorm is a short, 15 minute long narrative driven story set deep within the Antarctic circle. Step into the shoes of a recovery team as they attempt to uncover what happened over half a decade ago. UNCOVER THE MYSTERYTravel deep below the surface of the Antarctic and uncover just exactly what the dig team discovered that day. HIGH QUALITY SHORT-FORM GAMINGA videogame short story,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Hailstorm.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

78% User Score Based on 211 reviews

CONTROLS: WASD / Arrow KeysLeft-click and right-click to toggle Flashbrights on/offE to interactShift to runSpacebar to jump As the previous showrunner of beloved children’s TV series Mint’s Hints, you never expected to find yourself on set again - especially after the show had been abruptly cancelled. However, you find yourself corrected after being mysteriously abducted and placed on the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mint's Hints.

43%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization

65% User Score Based on 17 reviews

The Backrooms: Expedition is an immersive psychological horror game where you have to explore on a journey through the dark and liminal world of the Backrooms, but be careful, because there may be dangerous creatures on the way. FEATURES: Immersive Experience (minimal user interface) Realistic Graphics Entities Multiple Levels If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Expedition.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music

87% User Score Based on 238 reviews

Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lazaret.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

90% User Score Based on 89 reviews

The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale of Greed, fear, and change. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Black Within.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

87% User Score Based on 103 reviews

"I remember getting the call vividly. I was trying to finish up for the day, but a stack of paperwork was keeping me late. To be honest, I was also looking for reasons not to go home. My phone rang, I answered it, and the director of the institute was talking, albeit disjointedly, about something that had turned up in a recent survey of The Sirena Deep." Explore a mysterious, abandoned underwat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sirena Expedition.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

79% User Score Based on 297 reviews

A disturbing reality is about to be unveiled, something that mankind should never know. After a mysterious finding, unexplainable facts occur and strange happenings will lead you to doubt the world around you. Uncover an otherworldly secret and explore forbidden places to find out the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Alien Cube.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

77% User Score Based on 186 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

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 in an immersive storyline where your choices matter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mirror Forge.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

70% User Score Based on 164 reviews

You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beside Myself.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

98% User Score Based on 63 reviews

Descending to the ocean floor, Riley, a salvage engineer, is hoping to score a massive payday. Her team has discovered a forgotten distress signal coming from an abandoned navy research station at the bottom of the Antarctic ocean. If she can manage to get inside and release the reactor core's emergency ejection system, they'll be set for life! In CRUSH DEPTH, you will experience atmospheric, retr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CRUSH DEPTH.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

63% User Score Based on 83 reviews

Liminal Universe is a solo first-person adventure game that takes you deep into Liminal Space. In this experience, you focus not on the story but on understanding the world around you and the atmosphere it creates. The game starts on an entirely empty snowy map, and then continues with a pool and ocean. Although the game sometimes tells you what to do, it leaves it unclear what exactly you sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Universe.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Prison Alone is a psychological horror game set up in an empty prison. Some strange things started happening in this place, including disappearance of some people. While trying to investigate this further, the authorities ordered that all the prisoners should be transferred, but you bribed one of the guards to be left behind and use this opportunity to escape from the prison. But it won't be that … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prison Alone.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

82% User Score Based on 255 reviews

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Found Footage.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 420 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Static Dread: The Lighthouse.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

88% User Score Based on 136 reviews

Watertight is a short psychological-horror experience set aboard a 1950s deep-sea submarine. FEATURES Solve clever puzzles to restore your submarine’s critical systems Explore the submarine’s cramped, flooded corridors Horror ambience that amplifies claustrophobia A concise, intense experience designed to be finished in 30 minutes THE GAMEPLAYYou’re trapped in a failing submarine with syst… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Watertight.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

58% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Immerse yourself in a chilling nightmare where the darkest corners of the past come to life to haunt you. This is a tense first-person psychological horror game that transports you to the heart of an abandoned police station. This is a place that the city authorities are preparing to demolish, but its walls hold too many untold stories and unbearable human despair. A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PAST: The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Resolve.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

78% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Welcome to Liminal Lane Liminal Lane is a short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares. The Game features many different linear and unique Liminal levels with some puzzles and escape areas. Explore 10 levels, each with un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Lane.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greed Stays Home.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

87% User Score Based on 99 reviews

The 2024 true-crime podcast "My Escape from the Slackjaw Killer" took America by storm—with its unflinching interview of his only known surviving victim. Painstakingly recreated from testimony, crime scene photos, and FBI reports, this game puts you in Slackjaw's world and asks: Will you survive? Average playtime: 1 hour Explore the world of a serial killer as his next victim. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SLACKJAW.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

67% User Score Based on 18 reviews

You bet your friends that you can survive the night in this terrifying place, but be warned that this bet could cost you your life. Death Education is a first-person horror game that will send you into the dark corridors of an abandoned school, where every lesson could be your last. Explore the classrooms of an old Soviet school and uncover the dark secrets of the past before you are consumed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Education.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

88% User Score Based on 187 reviews

Thalassa is a single player, first person psychological drama set in 1905. You play as Cam, a deep sea diver in a crew of adventurers and pioneers aboard Thalassa. As you prepare to raise a long-forgotten Spanish galleon from the ocean, what should be a great day for history takes a turn for the worst. Upon needing to take some time to heal from the event, you discover Thalassa has met a mysteri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thalassa Edge of the Abyss.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

79% User Score Based on 71 reviews

Experience 'The Descent,' a first-person psychological horror walking sim, set in the coal mining town of Rockwell Mine. Immerse yourself in the grueling atmosphere of a miners environment and their unsettling encounters deep within the treacherous mines. Assume the role of an investigator who returns to this hometown after journalism school to unveil its mysteries. Features:Genre: Walking Simul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE DESCENT.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

72% User Score Based on 312 reviews

The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Unbounded.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric, first-person, retro-inspired, horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crashed car and the farm’s inescapable draw. Discover cryptic notes and audio logs as you gain access to [REDACTED] and make decisions that alter the story’s outcome! Gameplay Features Interactive, first-person gameplay, focused on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Night On The Farm.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability

68% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Room54 is a first person adventure/survival horror game, focused on investigation, exploration,solving puzzles and action. The story of Daniel and his family in an apparently quiet small mountain town full of secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Room 54.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

80% User Score Based on 2,906 reviews

A short psychological horror game that focuses on storytelling and mystery, where you explore a mysterious abandoned building and find notes that paint a disturbing picture. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fingerbones.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

You play the role of a boy in an ordinary family that lives in Siberia. In a series of mysterious events, something terrible happens, and a parasite appears that uses people as carriers. Your goal is to find out who you can trust in your family and which family members are not infected. If you stay in the house with one of them, something terrible could happen ... so think about who you can trust … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VILLAGE THE SIBERIA.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

85% User Score Based on 576 reviews

Version 1.01 Now Available! Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.  From the creators of  The Convenience Store Stigmatized property Inunaki Tunnel Missing Children | 行方不明 is a short game. The game is about 40min-60min long. Though this game has two endings. This game contains disturbing scenes, impl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Missing Children | 行方不明.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

72% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Gherman,a middle-aged man who has abandoned all to find what lies behind the "Philadelphia experiment".11 years after the experiment,Gherman found a document that marked the coordinates of the project's military establishment.Certainly he didn't expect to find so much... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amigdala.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

76% User Score Based on 771 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 15 reviews

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean. Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narcosis.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

84% User Score Based on 224 reviews

It's winter break 1994 and schools out at Harthorn High School, but not all is silent in its empty classrooms and dark hallways... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harthorn.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 12,186 reviews

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron Lung.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 760 reviews

The Inheritance of Crimson Manor is a narrative horror puzzle game set in a beautiful and enigmatic #victorian era manor with a dark secret. Unravel The #Mystery After working for more than ten... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Inheritance of Crimson Manor.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 16,910 reviews

Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with a maximum of 4 people and at least 1 person. Your goal is to detect the evil spirit type in cursed places with your team or alone by using your equipment, and exorcise the entity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonologist.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 392 reviews

Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greetings.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

74% User Score Based on 69 reviews

300 years into the future: Earth is uninhabitable. Only the most powerful have escaped searching for a new home for humanity. Stories of Liane is an experimental experience that explores the narrative and visuals of a dark dystopian atmosphere through multiple different perspectives and settings. This is a collection of stories from several characters to explore humanity's future in this dark futu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories of Liane.

Story driven horror game with lots of different voice actors! No artificial intelligence has been used in the game! Story backgroundYou play as a man who goes to clear out his late grandparents' house, you arrive at the house at night but something's wrong, is there a ghost in the house or something else?! You have to find it yourself! Gameplay features: Jumpscares, Tasks, Puzzles, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Finnish Inheritance.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

88% User Score Based on 105 reviews

PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque experience in a 90s office building. Obey the pager to survive and climb the corporate ladder. FEATURES 1-bit 3D graphics. 60 weird and beautiful floors. It has some horror and humor. The story is conveyed in a very indirect way. The levels aren't about the destination. It shouldn't give you any satisfaction. Caffeine-addicted butterflies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PAGER.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

97% User Score Based on 101 reviews

Return to the decaying halls of the Martha Estate in this bone chilling sequel to the viral horror hit. As an urban explorer obsessed with the "Disappeared," you step into a nightmare where the porcelain faces aren't just decorations they are silent hunters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Martha's Dolls 2.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 15 reviews

CHWÆST — Feed the Biomass Core to progress A late-90s inspired retro 3D horror where progress is biological. You don’t unlock doors. No keys — you feed the Biomass Core. CHWÆST takes place inside a living organism. Passages overgrow, corridors tighten, and the environment reacts to your presence. At the center lies the Biomass Core (the Core) — the only way forward. Your goal: complete simple obje… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization

94% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Mitnal is a short passion project by a solo developer where you play as Emily, not an adventurer, but someone who loves history and trusts the person who invited her. Her brother has always been the explorer. He tells her the site is safe. Incredible. Something people wait their whole lives to see. Against her better judgment and driven by curiosity,  she goes. Experience a dense jungle approach… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MITNAL.

As you progress, you will need to find keys and open locked doors. Solve puzzles and find passages. A first-person game with horror elements. Explore the office and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight. Solve puzzles. Darkness can hide many secrets. You are Alex, a curious journalist who has decided to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the entire staff of Synergy Soft. Six mo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cradle.