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The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol is a co-op first-person horror game for 1–4 players, set in endless liminal “backrooms” where nothing makes sense and reality feels wrong. You are not a soldier or a hero. You are just… stuck. Your only real weapons are your flashlight, almond water – and your friends. THE PLAYERYou wake up in a cold, humming corridor with no idea how you got there. The room… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Content WarningThis game contains depictions of intense violence, horror, and trauma, as well as content that makes references to these themes. Those sensitive to such material or those who experience physical or mental discomfort from it are advised to avoid prolonged play. About the GameStory A girl awakens in a cold, damp morgue. Bloodstains, not yet dry, cling to the walls and floor, alongs… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DYSTHANASIA.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

98% User Score Based on 4,142 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Mad Father is a horror-puzzle game that follows the experiences of a young German girl by the name of Aya Drevis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Father.

告死天使的审判 攻略指南告死天使的审判-完美结局路线,以及“解密”图文攻略告死天使的审判的简单通关流程指南 About the Game ★ game introduce ★ [/] Warm tips: the game has violence, murder, abuse and other disharmonious elements, as well as a very explicit description of network violence. Players who are not comfortable with this should consider it or play with others. Otherwise, the author is not responsible for the consequences. This is a game ab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 告死天使的审判 Death Angel Trial.

[Media 2051857] One stormy night at the onset of what should have been a nostalgic trip to the lake, Easter and his friends make a pit stop at an old, abandoned house along the side of the road.... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Easter.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

97% User Score Based on 190 reviews

It only took a few moments for the feeling of panic to set in. "What if I lived my life wrong? How would I be judged? What if there is nothing after this?" The story begins with an individual, recently deceased, who is struggling to comprehend the reality of being dead. The mind, disconnected and failing, desperately attempts to form some vision of reality. Yet, the memories of its life are only … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Endless Empty.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

89% User Score Based on 1,028 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 15 reviews

A botched ritual traps a group of high school students in a haunted school. Can their wits keep them alive? Kisaragi Academy student Mayu Suzumoto is transferring to a new high school, leaving behind a sizable group of friends and countless lovely memories. To help her cope with this move, her friend Ayumi has devised a seemingly innocent plan: the whole group will come together to perform a char… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

You were part of the Somnolence Research Project — a clinical program exploring the boundaries of dream-based therapy and cognitive mapping. During the procedure, an unauthorized surgical intervention was performed without your consent. You awoke inside the system — a simulated dream environment where no one was ever meant to regain consciousness. From that moment, reality and simulation began … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Somnolence.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

77% User Score Based on 132 reviews

What would you do for the person you love? Are you sure you're actually in love with them? They say love is all about sacrifice. What are you willing to lose for the one you supposedly love? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Take the Dream IX.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

75% User Score Based on 52 reviews

■Synopsis "CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth.  In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you. To survive, you must solve numerous mysteries in this world of fear while evading the gaze of monstrous bei… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CRUELTY.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

81% User Score Based on 167 reviews

If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Bow.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization

95% User Score Based on 1,004 reviews

The Witch’s House, originally released in 2012, falls within the tradition of Japanese horror RPGs with heavy emphasis on puzzle-solving and jump scares. Among other entries in the genre such as Ib and Ao Oni, The Witch’s House surprised fans with pixel-art that conceals truly frightening horror. The Witch’s House is deliberately designed with traps at *almost* every turn--sudden death is unpred… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Witch's House MV.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

79% User Score Based on 38 reviews

In Shirime: The Curse of Butt-Eye you find your missing girlfriend Sharon in Shirime Forest, stalked by the malevolent yokai Shirime. Collect pages to uncover the mystery, but beware: every page increases the intensity of Shirime's pursuit. Can you survive and unravel the truth? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHIRIME: The Curse of Butt-Eye.

S.N.A.P. is a first-person survival horror hidden-object game set inside a rotting roadside dark ride built by a cannibal carnival family. It starts the way bad things always do: with a road you should have never taken, a house that should have burned years ago, and the feeling that something inside is already waiting for you. A simple job, that is how traps like this always sound. Search the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to S.N.A.P..

The Night of Escape It is an indie game designed with themes of fear, horror, and escape. The main perspective is a 3D first-person view, striving to replicate the unsettling and terrifying scenes within the game. The story unfolds in an abandoned academy set in the 1970s. The desolate environment, damp and gloomy atmosphere, and bloodstains on the walls seem to tell a horrifying tale that onc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Night of Escape.

"You were never the patient. You were the experiment that survived."You wake in an open cell inside a collapsing black-site facility. The locks have failed, the guards are gone, and the silence is worse than any scream. You are Subject P-041 — an experiment that was never meant to survive. Panic House: Awakening is a single-player first-person psychological horror where you play the thin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panic House Awakening.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

96% User Score Based on 305 reviews

A Work of Art A Work of Art can be described as a dark and witty psychological thriller in the horror genre. Players can expect a 1-2 hour story-driven experience, featuring a mix of Visual Novel and traditional RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisting tale of beauty and darkness; All to a masterfully dark Original Soundtrack. Features: Player - Developer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Work of Art.

30%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

30% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Invites you into a world of terror and uncertainty. You wake up in a mysterious place and need to find a way out. But it will be much harder than you think. Get ready for an adventure filled with frightening beings, challenging puzzles to solve, and dark humor that will make you laugh. This game requires you to not only deal with fear, but also with challenging logic problems. Uncover clues hidde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEVIL'S WAY.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

85% User Score Based on 27 reviews

A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... Pigblue. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PIGBLUE.

You wake up in a cold and dark cell. You look around. Everything seems abandoned and run-down. All of a sudden, the speaker on the wall activates with a loud and shrill noise. A voice comes through the speaker. It tells you to leave the room. Will you get your freedom back? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SINNERS.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

97% User Score Based on 275 reviews

Zelle is a occult adventure game. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks. Your goal in this game is to bring the protagonist home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zelle.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere

81% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Content Savior of the Abyss is an RPG Maker-style horror adventure game about solving riddles using clues from exploring the surroundings. (It follows the same aspect as Ib, Mad Father, and The Witch's House.) The goal of the game is to guide the main character, Stella, to the surface of an underground facility. In order not to face sudden death, you must always pay attention and be suspicious of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Savior of the Abyss.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 272 reviews

You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Haze.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

91% User Score Based on 644 reviews

The game's play is done through a point and click interface. Players must visit various locations within the game's fictional town of Harvest, which can be done via an overhead map. By speaking to various townspeople and clicking on special "hotspots", players can learn information and collect items that progress the game's story and play. Harvester also features a fighting system where players ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harvester.

This demo was created for Yaoi Game Jam 2025 Synopsis Alex — a young man with a passion for exploring abandoned buildings — has moved to Silverton to attend University (This is a fictional city, NOT related to Silverton, Colorado)  Thanks to the internet, he recently discovered the old abandoned hospital at the edge of the city, which just so happens to have a strange urban legend surroundi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Hour.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

The Lone Sword is a narrative platformer where YOU are the weapon. As a living Sword, embark on a nostalgic journey to find your Maker. Explore the Castle, solve physics puzzles, master the blade with unique mechanics, and reflect on your purpose in this emotionally rich adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lone Sword.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

84% User Score Based on 58 reviews

In 2001, you were taken. And somehow, you survived. Over two decades later, you return to the place that should have stayed buried: Stanley’s World.Once a cheerful drop-off nursery for children—where parents left their kids while they ran errands or went to work—it was abruptly shut down in 2001, just days after a string of mysterious disappearances... and the world changed forever. Now it’s quie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stanley Says.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

65% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Schizophrenia is a linear fictional psychological horror first person game. You play a man diagnosed with schizophrenia. You enter in a weird, dark and distorted world, with unsolved mysteries, and an ARG. The introduction to something bigger, darker. The game lasts about 15 minutes. SCHIZOPHRENIA contains gore content, indirect and direct suicide representation, violence against children, blo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCHIZOPHRENIA.

"But Walter won't be here this summer..." Slumberer's Universe is a psychological horror 2D RPG that tells a story of dealing with loss. Alph's best friend Walter died in a car accident a few months ago. Alph's been trying to overcome his death, but there's always something that reminds him of the horror and sadness of it. One day, though, something peculiar happened. Everything started to feel we… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slumberer's Universe.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

A fanmade Tactical RPG inspired by Fire Emblem, made using characters from Holostars English. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Protostar Twilight.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

94% User Score Based on 328 reviews

This is a short, RPG Maker game with horror elements incorporated into a short story full of puzzles. The player will control a young cat-eared girl as she seeks to find her friend Nyakori, and her missing rabbit doll, all while attempting to not fall victim to the forces at play in the sinister mansion she finds herself in. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nyakori's Rabbit Doll.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

93% User Score Based on 118 reviews

"The boy made up his mind to face a cruel world." The new special edition of the psychological horror-adventure game "Angels of Death", which has also been made into an anime. The past of B4 floor master Eddie is revealed... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angels of Death Episode.Eddie.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

98% User Score Based on 5,690 reviews

Critic Score 84%Based on 6 reviews

A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rakuen.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

94% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Summit of the Wolf is a poignant point-and-click graphic novel adventure. A young girl wakes up in an ethereal garden and sets out on a personal journey to the fabled Summit of the Wolf, whereupon she must uncover the tragic events that led to her arrival in this fantasy realm. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summit of the Wolf.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

85% User Score Based on 466 reviews

Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In Will: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Will: A Wonderful World.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

77% User Score Based on 128 reviews

Stitched strings together the thrilling story of Catherine Stockholmes, an otherwise ordinary girl. The story begins with Catherine waking up in an eerie doll factory. With a great desire to escape, Catherine is forced to venture through the factory. But little does she know that terrible fates always befall the curious ones. Will Catherine muster enough courage to needle her way out of the factor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stitched.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

89% User Score Based on 944 reviews

Aka Manto, aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using toilets in public or school bathrooms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aka Manto.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

82% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Related is a game that immerses into the dark but fascinating story of two sisters. Explore the dark locations of an abandoned orphanage, solve mysteries, while immersed in memories. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Related.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

90% User Score Based on 791 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 926 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 8 reviews

After performing a charm that would supposedly unite them as friends, a group of students are teleported to the mysterious Heavenly Host Elementary School where they are visited by the spirits of the school's murdered students. Featuring the voice talent of Aqua Voices, Lindsey Vachon,  Byron Rodrigues, and many more talented voice actors. The English version of the first two chapters are playab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 1,799 reviews

A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that explores the stories of four different characters in a masked ball taking place on a train in the late 1920s. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 448 reviews

"Kio's Adventure" tells the story about a high school girl named Kio suddenly goes to a different world which is surrounded by organs and monsters after a wired earthquake. Players need to help Kio escape this horrible world. The game artwork uses 16bit pixel style. The contents of the game is full of horror decryption and other strange elements, and the game has a lot of bloody scenes which may … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kio's Adventure.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 117 reviews

The Hanged Man is a freeware horror PC game. It is the last game in Uri's "The Strange Men" series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hanged Man.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 1,077 reviews

A Japanese town disturbed by the surging of dark power, strange yet fascinating world of yokai. The tales in the Heisei Era, the tales among us... A Japanese Pixel Adventure game made by a group of 2 developers. In the name of love, romance and dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of the Black Forest.

28%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

39% User Score Based on 23 reviews

After returning from school, 12 year old Midori receives a message on the social network from a stranger. He invites her to play the "Blue Whale", a mysterious and dangerous game, at the end of which Midori should become a whale... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blue Whale.

While Night of Eternal Night does not contain any adult-only content, it does still contain frequent mature content that may be highly upsetting/disturbing to some players. For more information, please see the content warnings on the game's website here, or click below for a brief summary. (click to show content warnings) Lots of random gore and body horror Intense depictions of mental illn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night of Eternal Night.

Whose eyes are those? Ruut'Kith is a dark fantasy RPG with turn-based combat, blending intense battles and eerie horror elements in a haunting, twisted world. SYNOPSIS: A small group of adventurers—four distinct characters—sets out on what seems like a simple quest: retrieve a lost statuette for a mysterious, anonymous client. At first, it feels like just another routine job. But deep within th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ruut'Kith.

In 1990, a woman named Rachel receives a computer and a video game from her husband on their wedding anniversary, this is the game that she plays... Crimson Snow is a dialogue based, story-driven psychological thriller rpg game made on RPG Maker MV. It has 3 endings Set in the Medieval-Renaissance era of the 1530s, you are an angel named Phantom Scott, who after a turn of events in his childhood, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crimson Snow (PROTOTYPE).

EXTENDED DEMO OUT NOW FULL GAME ETA: mid 2023 -If you're having black screen or graphics issues, I'm afraid that's an issue with your processor and not the game ;3; - Synopsis: It’s 1996. You play as Randall Purpura, a 23 year old man who has just been released from a lengthy hospital visit for mysterious reasons. He lives in a small studio apartment in a dangerous part of LA California. He mee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PURPLE -Directors Cut-.

Summary Prom Dreams is a freeware romance/horror adventure game created with RPG Maker VX Ace. You are Kyle Mason, a soft-spoken, popular senior at the elite St. Giles Academy. After a traumatic breakup with a girl from his old school, Kyle is eager to move on with his life - and his senior prom, he believes, will be the perfect opportunity to do just that. With the help of his nosy best friend… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prom Dreams: A High School Love Story.