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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.

30%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

50% User Score Based on 10 reviews

SCP: CONTROL ERROR is a short psychological horror game where you take part in a live experiment inside a restricted underground facility. The test begins. You're observed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP: Control Error.

Hyperarousal is a first person psychological horror game set in the Camonica Valley, Italy. Garlo leaves the noise of modern life behind and returns to his family home in the mountains. What begins as a search for silence draws him into dreams that carry the memories of his ancestors. Explore the Camonica Valley in the present and through dreams shaped by different historical eras. Let your beha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyperarousal.

EVERY CASE HAS A REPORT. NOT EVERY REPORT HAS AN ANSWER.ARCHEIO is a first-person psychological horror anthology inspired by real reports. You begin each case as an investigator reviewing a cold case: statements, evidence, records, and the details left behind. Then you live it. Step into the events described in the case file and experience the incident from the perspective of the person who was … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ARCHEIO: Night Shift.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

85% User Score Based on 52 reviews

StoryYou are a college student who has just moved to a big city in search of a new life. But instead of a fresh start, you begin to suffer from recurring nightmares. In your dreams, you see a mysterious hill. It’s calling you. Each night the visions grow more vivid: underground tunnels, abandoned structures, and a strange device that once kept something contained. Trying to understand what’s h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill.

In this immersive story, you follow Adam, a troubled man whose life takes a strange turn as he falls deeply in love with Jinny—a woman he’s only ever met in his recurring dreams. With each night, his connection to her intensifies, but so does his disconnect from reality. Or so it seems. Adam’s only hope for answers might lie with his neighbor, Rhonda, but there's a catch—she’s mysteriously vanis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unfeigned Depths.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

67% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Abandoned on the edge of the Siberian taiga, an old military barracks holds something more sinister than just memories of the past. The cold wind whispers through the broken windows, spreading the smell of dampness and decay through the empty corridors. Here, under the cover of permafrost, secret experiments were conducted, the name of which was “Insomnia”. Their goal was to create an ideal soldie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siberian experiment.

The Echoes Below is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned government bunker beneath the Appalachian forest. The world exists only where sound reaches. You navigate by sending out echolocation pulses that briefly reveal what's around you before the dark reclaims it. Silence gives nothing. Movement, footsteps, and sound are how you see. The facility has been sealed since 2… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Echoes Below.

About This Game An ordinary laundromat. Something feels slightly wrong. “The Laundry Won’t Open.” is a short first-person exploration horror game set in a laundromat. You visit the laundromat as usual to wash and dry your clothes. However, as you wait, strange events slowly begin to unfold. The sound of the washing machines. The low rumble of the dryers. An empty laundromat. Time p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Laundry That Won’t Open..

A psychological horror experience set in a remote village. Uncover a dark mystery through exploration, unsettling atmosphere, and narrative-driven gameplay where fear slowly takes hold. REAL STORYIn 1970, in eight villages near the city of Kuhbanan in Iran, 18 children vanished without a trace in a single night. Only two of them were eventually found near a mysterious village called Mahfam. How… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mahfam: The Cursed Village.

Entity Midnight Watcher Investigate a mysterious blackout inside the abandoned Factory 12. Restore power, uncover the secrets of Project Veles, survive horrifying creatures, and face terrifying bosses in this atmospheric first-person survival horror experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entity: Midnight’s Watcher.

Operation Stutter is a first-person psychological horror game set in the shadow of the Cold War, where the line between reality and delusion begins to blur. As nuclear annihilation looms, you descend into a haunting, fractured narrative, uncovering a top-secret operation, unraveling your identity, and confronting the paranoia that threatens to consume you. You wake up in a cold, dimly lit room de… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Operation Stutter.

In the early 1900s, all communication with the remote Eilean Mor lighthouse off the coast of Scotland was cut off. The light no longer shines at night. No one is answering the radio. And the three lighthouse keepers have vanished without a trace. You are a reserve lighthouse keeper, sent to investigate the silence. What begins as a simple relief mission soon descends into a psychological horror e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eilean Mor: The Lost Keepers.

In the 1960's world governments classified many events at the highest levels, including certain events behind the space race and Project MK Ultra. Researchers have reconfigured the events of one of the most well guarded and "cosmic classified" secrets of these programs. You can now experience for yourself what happened to one of the subjects in this Psychological Thriller / Walking Simul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apollo Cosmic.

https://store.steampowered.com/widget/1268790/ Dark Fracture is an indie psychological-cosmic horror game played in first-person. Over the course of the game, the player is faced with the character’s inner chaos – witnessing the world change around him as the barrier between reality and imagination seems to crumble. Dark Fracture takes place in the late '90s, set in an isolated forested regi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Fracture.

IMPORTANT NOTE The game's main focus is on exploration, as the tension slowly builds to create an even more immersive experience. The storyline is revealed through surreal visualization and implicit contextual details. Don't forget that this is a complex and unusual game in many ways. Whispers in The Void is a first-person psychological thriller. Explore a mysterious mental hospital in an atmosp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispers in the Void.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

The Last Transmission is a short, first-person psychological horror game built around isolation, atmosphere, and slow, creeping dread. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Transmission.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

73% User Score Based on 79 reviews

All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interference: Dead Air.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

78% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Cognition Method is a story-driven first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Manipulate gravity, navigate impossible spaces, and uncover the secrets of a surreal artifact beyond human understanding. The year is 2085. Earth is gone, humanity survives on Mars. You are William Mortwood, an astronaut of the Martian Academy. A remote space station has gone silent after bri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cognition Method.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

86% User Score Based on 96 reviews

"Tales Beyond The Tomb" is a chilling episodic horror series that plunges players into the shadows of real-life cases. This is the second episode of the series: Episode 2: The Farm's Secret Dragged into a web of secrets and lies, Samantha seems to be part of a puzzle impossible to solve. What once seemed obvious soon turns into something far more sinister, and the line between villain and victim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales Beyond the Tomb: The Farm's Secret.

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™.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

91% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Test of Courage is a horror game where you have to explore an abandoned school in search of your two friends. The only hint you have is the "Courage Test" in which you have to find 10 objects around the academy while maintaining your sanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Test Of Courage.

Search for your missing brother across the Australian Outback and beneath a forgotten Cold War facility. Survive altered wildlife, a living front of black ash, and an unseen intelligence that watches how you play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X300.

NOSOPHOBIA Nosophobia is a psychological survival horror with elements of thriller, drama, and body horror. You'll take on the role of 23-year-old Jonathan — a former serviceman who sets out to find his 16-year-old sister, Lana. Explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital, uncover its dark secrets, solve puzzles, and try to get out of there alive. Add the game to your wishlist so you don't miss its… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nosophobia.

THE ISLAND REMEMBERS A journey that begins in a remote village on Türkiye’s Black Sea coast leads you to an island abandoned long ago. What appears to be a forgotten place is still holding on to the traces of a disturbing past. Guided by a mysterious mentor over the radio, you must explore the island, follow the clues left behind, and uncover the truth behind its curse. REVEAL WHAT CANNOT… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ARETIAS: Cursed Island.

Every family hides secrets. Every victim has a story. Every clue can lie.Investigate a haunted mansion in this first-person psychological horror detective game. Search for hidden evidence, solve interconnected mysteries, and identify the real killer before the darkness consumes your sanity. Every investigation unfolds differently, and every decision brings you closer to the truth... or further fro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Final Witness.

A forgotten theatre lies beneath a drowned worldHouse of Tides is a first-person psychological sci-fi horror game set inside a shifting labyrinth of memories, imagined lives, and fractured identities. Follow an anomalous signal into a theatre that has survived for centuries below the ocean. Its active systems open its spaces into fragments of plays, memories, imagined lives, damaged archives, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to House of Tides.

THE LAST LOGIN is a narrative hacker thriller about desperation, bad choices, and the voice in your head that says it can help. You lost your job. Rent is due. Your bank account is empty. Then the voice comes back — sharp, funny, dangerous — pushing you toward one small crime that could fix everything. At first, it is just food. Then rent. Then bigger jobs. Then people start noticing. Inside GH… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE LAST LOGIN.

Silver Falls is a first-person psychological horror game with a VHS aesthetic, telling the story of a complex and unsettling investigation. Take on the role of a detective arriving at the Silver Falls resort. Local authorities have requested your assistance following a macabre discovery. Now, together with your partner, you must examine the motel grounds and forest campsites. Late summer in Alask… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SILVER FALLS.

WARD 107: SILENCE is a first-person psychological horror experience where your microphone is both your greatest tool and your biggest liability. Speak to unlock the past, but stay silent to survive the present. They are listening. You are Noah, a professional sound technician. What began as a simple restoration of a discarded tape quickly unspools into a nightmare. The recording contains a docto… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WARD 107: SILENCE.

As a journalist, you made headlines back in 2006 with a groundbreaking story. Years later, an anonymous call tied to that very event leads you to an horror house. But this house may belong to the Antichrist believed to appear at the end of days. You’re chasing a story… but it might be your last. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antichrist.

About this Game: From Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. The game takes place inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Alex, the director of a program about paranormal events, has sent his team to record one of the episodes in this place. Having not heard from them for several days, he has decided to go there to see what is happening. Once at the hospital, Alex will have to look f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From Hell.

22%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

36% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Ocean Pressure is a singleplayer game where you as an old scientist piloting your handmade submarine in the bottom of the ocean. Your mission is explore the ocean and collect required data with help of your submarine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ocean Pressure.

What to Expect Romance plot with one and only ML (male lead). A defined female character with her own personality and backstory. Murder mystery in a Dark Academia setting. Choices that matter—decide how our heroine interacts with the world and how the story ends. No fail states or bad endings—all routes and endings are canonical and satisfying. Gorgeous 2.5D indoor and outdoor environmen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strix and Scholar.

In the early 2000s, a web of abuse, corruption, and secrecy stretched across continents. Behind private estates, luxury lifestyles, and influential circles lay crimes hidden from the public eye. You heard the rumors. Everyone did. Corruption. Power. Something inhuman. But the official story never added up, and the people asking the right questions stopped asking. Now it's your turn. A Dark Det… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apestin Explorer.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

100% User Score Based on 71 reviews

Project Looking Glass is an explorative, non-linear, narrative-driven psychological horror game. A cold-war experiment has has opened a door it cannot close. In 1963. A secret government agency runs a classified program called Project Looking Glass: a technology that projects a subject's consciousness into the astral plane, displayed on cold-war cathode monitors. You are Subject 7, a grieving woma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Looking Glass.

"Red October" will transport you to the secret research center Oktyabrsk-21, where work is in full swing on Project "Red October" – a revolutionary energy source based on cold nuclear fusion. You will take on the role of Dmitry Sokolov, a young nuclear physicist who has just arrived in the city and immediately finds himself at the epicenter of events capable of changing the wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red October.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

84% User Score Based on 81 reviews

Liminal cosmic horror - you'll wander in an abandoned amusement park, walk along empty tunnels and crawl through narrow corridors. Join a ride and step into the dark. Explore eerie remains of a world that shouldn't exist. Find clues and discover the truth, but beware, some things should stay buried. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emotionless: The Last Ticket.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 16 reviews

About This: Insider threat is a first-person survival horror game. The game takes place in a scientific complex located somewhere lost in the universe. The plot tells the story of one of the patients who has survived the latest events that occurred in the complex. After waking up alone and disoriented, you will soon discover the terrible experiments that were being carried out in this strange pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insider Threat.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

82% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Satellite Odyssey: Prologue -is the first installment in this series—a concise (1-hour) first-person, story-driven adventure with gripping horror elements. You are Laska, a Soviet robopsychologist and a member of the scientific space expedition “Icarus”. Awakened from an extended anabiosis, she goes on a routine shift with the station's artificial intelligence Zarya. But the mission quickly takes … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Satellite Odyssey: Prologue.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 4,080 reviews

Infra is an atmospheric and completely non-violent first-person puzzle/adventure that deals with the issues of deteriorating infrastructure. The player controls an ordinary structural analyst through abandoned factories, forgotten tunnels and unsafe buildings in a dangerous, crumbling industrial city and its surrounding rural areas. Along the way, the player will be taking photos of structural wea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INFRA.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

89% User Score Based on 3,274 reviews

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painscreek Killings.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

81% User Score Based on 258 reviews

Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackhaven.

A first-person horror game about a detective investigating an abandoned research facility, a missing girl named Carla, and the sealed room at the center of it all. Recover VHS tapes, follow the tracks left behind, and avoid what's left inside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Room 0.

Thirty names on the roll. Thirty-one desks in the classroom. You return to your former high school to digitize its cultural festival archives before the school closes for good. Among the materials is a photograph of Class 2-3—and a handwritten message you cannot remember leaving: “This time, don’t leave out the answer.” The 31st Student is a first-person psychological horror game about exclusio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 31st Student.

It is 11:48 PM on November 6, 1989. Seventeen years after a fire sealed the telephone exchange beneath the Municipal Archive, its dead lines begin ringing again. You are the night archivist assigned to an unfinished intake. Below you: twelve impossible calls, one working service elevator, and an operator-shaped thing that turns every footstep and tuning pulse into a trail. MORROWTAPE is a no-co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MORROWTAPE.

macOS Support Coming in 2027Backrooms: Insane will initially launch on Windows, with native macOS support planned for early 2027. Stay tuned for more information. About the GameBackrooms: Insane is a first-person psychological horror and survival experience inspired by the unsettling universe of the Backrooms. Explore seemingly endless spaces, find a way to escape, and quickly discover that yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Insane.

BREACHED: Follow Me is a first-person psychological horror game that takes you into the dark atmosphere of Eastern Europe, where ordinary places hide terrifying stories. After meeting an online friend, you set out toward events that slowly spiral out of control. What began as a simple adventure turns into a dangerous investigation, where every discovery brings you closer to the truth. Immerse yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BREACHED: Follow Me.

PURSUE JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE AGESKing’s Detectives is a 2–4 player co-op detective game set in the fictional Kingdom of Westmoor, inspired by medieval England. Appointed as royal detectives by King Edmund IV, you must investigate mysterious crimes across the kingdom. Examine crime scenes, collect physical evidence, question witnesses, follow suspects, and uncover contradictions hidden within th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to King's Detectives.

A late-night call. An open door. A residence that should have stayed silent. Incident Reports: Millers Residence is a short first-person psychological horror game about investigation, unease, and the disturbing truth hidden inside an old residence. You play as a 1980s police investigator dispatched to an isolated home after a brief emergency call. What begins as a routine response quickly turns … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incident Reports: Millers Residence.