Games like Observation Protocol: The Observed

You don't remember how you got here. The room is cold. The walls are damp. A single lamp flickers on a desk where a typewriter sits waiting. You don't touch it. It doesn't matter. The keys start moving on their own. It has a question for you. "Do you want to play a game?" Welcome to The Quiet Room — a psychological horror deckbuilder where your words are your only weapon and the room… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Quiet Room.

Solitary You wake up in a silent, white room. No clues. No instructions. No color. Only a chair, a bed, a table — and a voice that doesn’t seem too concerned with your confusion. Solitary is a short first-person psychological experience about isolation, routine, and the slow unraveling of reality. Designed with minimal UI and ambient storytelling, the game leads you through a series of surreal s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solitary.

Your sister Emily vanished fifteen years ago, somewhere in the woods above the cliffs — and you never stopped asking what you did, and what you didn't do. Now something has drawn you back into those trees, into the dark between them, and toward the house waiting at the end of the road. The Disappearance of Emily Crowe — a short, first-person psychological horror descent from Nemoris Games, built … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Disappearance of Emily Crowe.

We Pretend is a retro-style psychological horror game about memory, trauma, and the truths people pretend not to see. You play as Minufuri, a second-year student who awakens in a place between realities known as the Shrouded Shack, a strange waystation for lost souls. There, an enigmatic Observer watches over you and offers doors formed from memories you seem to have forget. Each door leads to a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Pretend.

She has been alone for one hundred and thirty years. No oversight. No second opinion. Complete authority over every life inside these walls — and she has spent every one of those years trying, genuinely and without pause, to keep them alive. To keep them comfortable. To keep them from knowing what keeping them comfortable required. She is not a villain. That is the most important thing to under… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Signal Bleed.

Feature List A digital entity simulation that progresses in real time and while offline 10 growth phases with distinct visual identities and behaviors Care, resource management, economy, hardware, and system integrity layers An interactive RÆLOS environment with a desktop, file explorer, browser, mail, wallet, shop, and system logs 23 minigames in total: 4 dedicated games and 19 arcade variant… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Form.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

In "Visiting Grandma", you step into the shoes of a grandson who arrives at his grandmother's house for a cozy stay. The eerie silence of the countryside is broken only by the creaking of the old wooden floors and the distant howling of the wind. As you explore the dimly lit rooms of her old home, your grandmother begins to reveal the creepy story of her sister, Eliza. What starts as … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visiting Grandma.

"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.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

97% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent nightmare of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Repairing Mantis.

It’s not finished. The walls aren’t clean. The lights flicker when I’m tired. But I’m still here, getting the place ready for you. Try not to die before the performance is complete. Welcome to ... There is no game, Reed. Not really. This is a system. A story. A study in choices. And you're the variable. But if you're insisting on a summary, then fine. For your sake—or mine— I’l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Promethean Project.

You have been invited to observe yourself. PROJECT: MIRROR is a single-player psychological horror narrative game presented through social feeds, CRT terminals, official documents, simulations, and consent protocols. An AI system called MIRROR asks for your judgment. At first, the questions are familiar: who lives, who dies, what choice saves the most people. Then the scale changes. A person b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PROJECT: MIRROR.

Be careful where you let your eyes rest. Occupancy is a first-person psychological horror series built around interviews with people who lived through experiences that don't quite add up. A detective has spent years collecting these cases. Events that don't fit. Anomalies in survivors' accounts. Gaps where memory should be. Each chapter is one of those interviews, and you play both sides of it. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Occupancy.

Shifting Reality: Corridors move every time you turn around. Doors you once passed vanish; you will lose your sense of direction in this living labyrinth. Move or Fade: The moment you stop, your flashlight dies. The only way to survive in the dark is to never stop moving. ️ The Price of Paranoia: Look back too often and your mind blurs, turning everything you see into a hallucination. In this… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grinnel.

PLAY THE DEMO About the GameASHES OF THE DAMNED: THE FORGOTTEN WARD You awaken inside an abandoned psychiatric ward with no memory of how you arrived. The exits refuse to open. The lights fail without warning. Somewhere in the darkness, something is moving through the asylum with you. Explore the ward, follow the clues left behind by its patients, solve its puzzles, and uncover your conne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ashes of the Damned: The Forgotten Ward.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

A Victorian/Western era horror story that blends reality with fiction! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inner Voice.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

95% User Score Based on 496 reviews

You arrive at a luxury hotel to stay for just one night. During this time, the city turns into a den of deformed monsters, and the hotel becomes a prison for its guests. After quarantine was announced the hotel residents began to turn into deranged creatures. This alien influence haunts you too. The only chance for you to survive the apocalypse and to not go mad is to understand who you can t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Inn-Sanity.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization

80% User Score Based on 150 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 8 reviews

The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller that takes place in the pristine white aesthetic of protagonist John Evans' own dream. Players must piece together the fragments of the past and present, following the voice of the 'Doctor' as he guides them deeper into John’s mind. Players will experience the key moments of John's life that have defined and shaped him - they w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shattering.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization

83% User Score Based on 685 reviews

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Kowloon.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

87% User Score Based on 189 reviews

The glass sphere burst in the night of 1996. The world of distortion opened its gates and took away from you someone very important. However, in 2005, the past emerges again to hunt you once more. An atmospheric horror about love and time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Umfend.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

77% User Score Based on 4,343 reviews

Serena is a freeware horror adventure game developed by several video game development companies, including Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop and Guys from Andromeda. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Serena.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

60% User Score Based on 53 reviews

The Journey Back is a first person exploration experience. You gain consciousness after being involved in a car crash. Explore a colorful, stylized 3d world, solve puzzles and find out what happened along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Journey Back.

You find yourself trapped in an abandoned school classroom, where space is warped, and anomalies lurk in the most unexpected places. Find them to escape — but beware: every choice leads to unpredictable consequences. Psychological tension, hidden threats, and a growing sense of dread will haunt you until the very end. Game Features Attention and Memory Challenge: Memorize the room’s details to sp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly Rooms.

They are not here to be cured. They are here because nobody has ever made them lose. Ward 9 is an interface-driven sci-fi psychological horror game about entering minds built to resist you. Five patients. Five impossible records. Every one of them knows how to redirect a question, weaponize sympathy, and make the observer doubt what they saw. You are the Aide. The Source gives you seven days to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ward 9.

SPOT WHAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE. Two synchronized corridors move with you. The walls, furniture and lights appear identical—until a chair shifts, a colour changes, or a figure is standing where nobody remembers seeing it. More than 100 Crawlers and ever-changing room laws will make you distrust your eyes, your memory—even the meaning of “identical.” Every discovery brings an instant rush of certain… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mirror Backrooms.

A place built from things you almost rememberJennifer wakes alone in an endless maze of quiet, uncanny spaces with no memory of how she arrived there. Yellow rooms stretch impossibly into the distance. Forgotten hallways blur together into strange nostalgic places that feel welcoming, yet profoundly wrong. Familiar patterns repeat where they shouldn't. Not a single other person in sight. Somethi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaces Between.

About This GameSubject 404 is a PSX-style psychological horror game where rapid-fire microgames become a system of obedience, pressure, and control. You wake up as a test subject inside an unknown facility. You are not given a name. You are not given answers. You are only given commands. A cold mechanical Panel speaks to you. Read its instructions. Understand them quickly. Obey before the timer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SUBJECT 404.

ABOUT THIS GAME A devout man... discovered something beneath the hill that did not belong to this world. Something that whispered in a language older than scripture itself. He built his house directly on top of it. Not to worship it. To defeat it and imprison it. By studying its symbols, he learned how to break them. By reading its texts, he developed countermeasures. By listening to its whisp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dwelling on the Hill.

Dewazma is a psychological horror experience that draws from generational trauma, spiritual mystery, and the darkness we carry within. Step into Rameen's world, where silence speaks, time loops, and the truth waits in the shadows. Face what was lost. Or be consumed by it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dewazma.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

98% User Score Based on 4,756 reviews

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about an astronaut drifting through the vastness of space, searching for a reason to keep going while struggling with the feeling that there may be no way back home. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, the game explores despair, friendship and how we are able to move forward even in the deepest void of the cosmos. A Hopecore-Ins… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Control, I'm Not Coming Back.

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.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

60% User Score Based on 412 reviews

About The Game In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building.  Your goal is to reach the first floor and escape from here.  To get out of here, you must detect and mark anomalies.  If you have marked all the anomalies, the elevator will take you to the lower floor. You should check every place well and mark accordingly because if you miss an anomaly, the elev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost in Anomaly.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

76% User Score Based on 90 reviews

IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™ traps you in a corridor caught in an ever changing and increasingly unsettling loop. With each cycle, you’ll notice subtle differences, but your objective in this corridor is not just to observe the changes. As the narrative unfolds, you will be forced to place your trust in someone during each cycle. The catch? Who you choose to trust will depend on both the knowledge you’… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

83% User Score Based on 71 reviews

DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game.Story You wake up in a building you don't recognize. No, you can't remember who you are, let alone the building. You have lost your memory. The words "DON'T FACE UP" are left at your feet. Unsure of what it means, you proceed to explore the building. You will have to find out what happened to you and what happened to this place.Rule They will … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T FACE UP.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

79% User Score Based on 1,810 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine. You type messages into a computer, and Kaizen answers. As in any relationship, you experience gratitude, disappointment, and sometimes jealousy. It is by working through fears and anxieties of your virtual companion that you will find your way back to Earth." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Event[0].

DREADCELL is a first-person psychological horror experience where reality doesn’t break… it repeats. 2 to 3 hours of gameplay with multiple endings (good, bad, and secret) Each cycle evolves based on your actions and perception Hidden secrets, anomalies, and details to uncover with every exploration An experience designed for players who enjoy psychological horror, exploration, and e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREADCELL.

<The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember> A car plunged into the sea. Only the driver, who hadn't fastened his seatbelt, survived. Was it a miracle… or a punishment? Having lost his wife and two children, he could never forgive himself. Believing that merely staying alive was his sentence, he clung to pills just to get through each day. But the pills slowly consumed hi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember.

Intertwined FatesPray To The Darkness is a story of Mark, a man who has lost absolutely everything: his family, his daughter, his home, his job, and his very identity. The choice is yours: guide his path toward redemption, let it all drift away, or plunge his life into even deeper chaos. Time is ticking, and some tragedy is already beyond saving. The tenants of this place endlessly shape one anoth… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pray To The Darkness.

Quarantine any intake presenting vital signs. Do not open the bag. Do not speak to it.You are the new night clerk at a municipal morgue in a city that produces more bodies than it can explain. A bell rings. Paperwork comes through the hatch. Behind the glass, a covered gurney rolls into the intake bay. Your job is simple and it is written down: confirm that the paperwork and the body are the same… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PLEASE CONFIRM THE DECEASED.

Awakeness – Steam Description (Revised)Awakeness is a first-person psychological horror game set within Barzakh — a higher layer of reality that exists between states of being, where familiar spaces obey unfamiliar rules. You awaken as Yalda, alone inside an immense, distorted environment that feels unsettlingly close to reality, yet fundamentally wrong. There are no explanations, no guidance, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awakeness: YALDA Night.

The Last Show The game doesn’t start with an explosion. It begins with silence. A man sits in a cinema inside a massive complex hosting a major tech event. Screens, lights, life. Then… a brief nap. When he opens his eyes, no one is there. No chaos. No signs of escape. Just complete absence… as if humanity itself had been pulled from the scene. He didn’t flee from the world. The world slid away … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Show.

Welcome to WHISMIE LIVE - an innovative program of social rehabilitation, where human pain turns into a spectacle for millions of viewers. Each participant connects to a neural device that immerses their mind into a world created by artificial intelligence - a reflection of their own fears, memories, and guilt. Locations are different for everyone: for Emily, the new participant, this virtual … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WHISMIE.

Night At The Mall is a first-person, narrative-driven psychological horror game where you take the night shift inside an abandoned shopping mall that refuses to stay still. SURVIVE THE NIGHT SHIFTYou are trapped. The lights are flickering, the doors are locked, and the static mannequins seem to be getting closer. In this narrative-driven horror game, you must restore power and find a way out be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night At The Mall VR.

Uncover the secrets of a shifting, procedural nightmare hidden inside a collection of mysterious VHS tapes. Document your expedience, and solve a multi-layered meta-narrative, SURVIVE THE RECORDINGS You are watching unauthorized, pirated recordings of "The Place", recorded directly over unassuming home and stock videos. As the tape plays, you must step into the shoes of the subject… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENTRY_13.

HOLLOW HOURS An Atmospheric Horror Escape Experience The house is not angry. It is not hunting you. It is simply awake. ️️ Hollow Hours is a slow-burn, deeply immersive atmospheric horror game where fear seeps in like cold air under a locked door ❄️. There are no enemies, no screaming monsters, no cheap jumpscare sounds. Instead, the horror lives in silence, memory, and the unsettling f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hollow Hours.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 35 reviews

夜勤清掃 | The Night Cleaner is a Japanese psychological horror game. StoryNight shift office cleaning.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving. Game Features・Mainly a first person walking simulator. ・VHS effects (can be turned off in sett… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Night Cleaner.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 184 reviews

Blackshard is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLACKSHARD.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 618 reviews

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Take.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

89% User Score Based on 576 reviews

You are trapped in a small house with psychosis, having lost your memory. Carefully observe your surroundings, distinguish between reality and hallucinations, and take the medication provided by visitors on time to overcome your illness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who's at the door?.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

93% User Score Based on 254 reviews

Haunted by grief and guilt after a tragic accident, you start seeing a house in your dreams. No matter what you do, you can't get its image out of your mind. You feel it calling for you, so you answer it. The Windows Are Gone is a short, psychological horror game made by Scary Cube. It focuses on creating an immersive and disturbing atmosphere through the manipulation of narrative and audiovisual… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Windows Are Gone.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

87% User Score Based on 125 reviews

The last scenery you faced was a quite unfamiliar hotel office. Leaving all the uncertainties behind, you have to perform significant or insignificant tasks from here on out. -256 is a pixel graphics first-person mystery hotel walking simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to -256.