Games like Smiley Dusty

After a long day, Emily trudges through the pouring rain on the night of March 10th, 2000. Arriving home late from school and volunteer hours, she's met with an unsettling emptiness. Her family is nowhere to be found, having left abruptly for an important event. Alone in the house, a familiar warmth seems strangely absent. Emily is left to deal with whatever entities are trying to hunt her down... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smiley Dusty.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

96% User Score Based on 177 reviews

Gameplay revolves around exploration and uncovering the details of the story. Befriended Curse is a horror walking sim game. The average completion time is 1h20m. The game immerses players in a witch-themed atmosphere, blending elements of realism with the allure of dark fantasy. Step into the shoes of Jonathan, a final year psychology student, who accepts what seems to be an enticing job of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Befriended Curse.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

80% User Score Based on 20 reviews

The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone. Full Game - Steam Tags: #horror... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Escape.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

62% User Score Based on 674 reviews

Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overcome Your Fears: Caretaker.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

93% User Score Based on 692 reviews

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Krypta FM.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

55% User Score Based on 385 reviews

Jack Williams, a 26 year old hard-working man, is finally taking a day off after a long week at work. He decides to spend his day off at his quiet cottage for a weekend of relaxation. Little did he know what would happen during his stay there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terrors to Unveil - Day Off.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 61 reviews

Valeria, a high school student, has been taking care of her chronically ill mother by herself after her father passed away. Little by little, the medicine her mother usually takes is running out. Down on her luck, she's contemplating dropping out of school and look for a job and earn enough money to buy medicine. But, as luck would have it, Mr. Arya, her father's friend and neighbor, offered her a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obsessed : Night Shift.

Description A short - middle length Firewatch horror game with a retro vhs style and a branching narrative. You can have different conversations with characters and choose your response. Some choices have consequences... others don't. The game's story is relatively simple. The Story You (Max) have finished school and want to get a job. Unfortunately, you're just out of luck, and nobody a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 808 - Firetower12.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

82% User Score Based on 60 reviews

Get the game on Steam! The Game VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a spine-chilling, atmospheric horror game that takes players on a disturbing journey over the course of five harrowing days. Set in a remote house where the lines between reality and nightmare blur, this game plunges you into a world of eerie visuals and psychological terror. You play as a lone protagonist who returns home to wha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VHS Collection: Goodnight Me.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

84% User Score Based on 109 reviews

Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Water Delivery.

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.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 378 reviews

An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mothered.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

86% User Score Based on 649 reviews

Do you believe in the existence of Christmas elves that appear on New Year's Eve and Christmas? If so, then most likely you have heard of the good elves. But imagine that there are still evil elves. They create madness and can come to you at any time if they get bored. They are watching you and testing you. Or maybe they just want to have fun. Will you play by their rules? Dima is a graduate stud… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to September 7th.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 3,024 reviews

The Closing Shift is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Closing Shift.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

In this terrifying walking simulator, you will meet those virtual pets you once forgot in a drawer, and who now seek revenge, in an atmosphere full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Friend Wiggles.

             Cursed Hours is a terrifying dark psychological horror game. You play as a thief who breaks into an old, abandoned mansion, hoping to find treasure. But soon after entering, you realize something is wrong. You’re not alone. Strange things begin to happen. Shadows move on their own. Doors slam shut. Mysterious noises echo through the dark halls. The mansion itself feels alive, and som… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Hours.

An Anomaly-Finding Horror Experience This is an anomaly-finding horror game where you search for unusual occurrences around the house. You play as a young elementary school boy who encounters anomalies every time he returns home from school. His mother behaves suspiciously, and strange events seem to be spreading throughout the city. Your goal is to uncover the truth behind this anomaly outbreak.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That's Not My Mom.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

81% User Score Based on 36 reviews

The Unfamiliars is a first person atmospheric horror experience presented through a VHS camcorder perspective. Players explore a small isolated mobile home while documenting strange and unsettling events unfolding outside during a rainy night. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Unfamiliars.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

94% User Score Based on 33 reviews

The Family Trip is a psychological horror narrative game. You play as an 13-year-old boy who travels with his parents to cabin. The trip is meant to be a quiet getaway, but soon the sense of isolation becomes unsettling. Everything starts quietly, just a family trip. But someone is watching them from the woods. What was meant to be a few peaceful days away from home turns into a trip they wil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Family Trip.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

90% User Score Based on 59 reviews

Within of Static is an episodic, first-person psychological horror anthology inspired by grounded, human fear. Each episode tells a self-contained story based on those who claim to have lived through it. Episode Two: Northgate MallYou step into the role of Dylan Miller, a night security guard working a late shift at a partially closed shopping mall. Your job is routine: monitor security camer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Within of Static - Northgate Mall.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 118 reviews

Dread Neighbor is a first-person psychological horror experience inspired by modern Chinese horror. Multi-Perspective Storytelling Based on real-life elements, explore the hidden fears and anxieties of urban solitude through the perspective of multiple victims. Start as a young woman working and living alone in the city. To cut costs, you move into an old apartment building that is cheap, but unne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dread Neighbor.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

79% User Score Based on 56 reviews

"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is highlighted by realistic 3D graphics and immersive 3D sounds. In 1998, the main character returns to his native area, where he spent his childhood. A year after his par… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Visit: 98th.

A psychological horror adventure where reality quietly unravels. Ayumi wakes up in a strange library with no memory of how she got there. Each day, she performs her usual duties — sorting books, maintaining order — but something isn’t right. Reality bends, memories resurface, and Ayumi starts to question what is real — and what the library wants her to remember. To find the truth, she must exp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solitary in the Library.

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.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

78% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal VHS.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

100% User Score Based on 45 reviews

"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Use a digital camera to explore an ever-changing haunted house. Take pictures during the dreaming day and waking night. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark. Features Search for family keepsakes in perverse co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ritual Static.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

73% User Score Based on 73 reviews

About This GameFaint Call is a psychological horror game about a police officer investigating a distress call from someone at a notoriously cursed house.StoryIn 2010, a family moved into a suburban house. Their joy turned to terror on the first night when they were brutally murdered by an unknown assailant. The police investigated, but each victim was found hanging in the bathroom with a mysteriou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Faint Call.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability

94% User Score Based on 167 reviews

As the night darkens and you set out for home, an unsettling occurrence takes place on the road. Will this lead you to hell? Unveil the truth in a bone-chilling driving horror game that will keep you on the edge of your seat! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drive Me to Hell.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

86% User Score Based on 85 reviews

Devil's Hideout is an upcoming fully-voiced horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare. Release date: September 10th. Demo available below!  The world of Devil's Hideout is pure horror - narratively, aurall… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devil's Hideout.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, replayability

83% User Score Based on 314 reviews

The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident. Key Features: Immersive experience: An atmospheric, believable environment intensifies the horror experience. VHS film aesthetic: VHS aesthetic emulates the look and feel of CRT screens, including phosphor screen trail and bleeding, VHS tape noise, interlacing, and jitter in the analog video signal, adding extra immersion … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

85% User Score Based on 3,070 reviews

The Convenience Store is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Convenience Store.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

87% User Score Based on 1,327 reviews

A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Date in the Park.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 220 reviews

A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task. Stars Die is a non-linear, sci-fi mystery game with branching dialogues. FEATURES - Completely non-linear story. Have long debates with people or ignore them the entire game. - Five parallel, bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars Die.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

83% User Score Based on 94 reviews

TRAFFIC is a First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way. Secure the front gate and lock your doors. You never know who might be out there. TRAFFIC is about a family living in Wyoming as they traverse through the economic recessi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TRAFFIC.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Image.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

A folk horror graphic adventure about nostalgia, lost futures & decay, designed as an interactive nighttime story to enhance your dreams. Collect hidden objects, help strange inhabitants, solve arcane riddles: find your way home through a ruinous reality haunted by glitches and folkloric creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nott Longa.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

59% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game where a family is dead… but the recordings they left behind slowly reveal a version of events that doesn’t match reality. Explore a shifting house filled with impossible rooms, distorted corridors, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vellar.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Blood Rifleman is a modern psychological horror myth. You wake alone. Search the forest for your missing wife while being haunted by terrifying visions. DISCOVER THE TRUTH Explore a relentless world filled with the unknown. Venture through a desolate underground bunker, a snowstorm, and visions beyond comprehension. Guided by strange voices, you’ll be pushed to your limits as you uncover … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Rifleman.

35%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

60% User Score Based on 10 reviews

How many times have you used resurrection in an RPG? A party member falls in combat. You open the menu and use a spell, an item, or an ability. And then the character returns as if nothing had happened, and the mission continues. But… what if something had happened? In What the Healer Left Behind, you take on the role of a swordsman sent on a common guild mission. Just retrieve an item, retur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What the Healer Left Behind.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

We're Here, Papa is a VR horror game. In the dark depths of the sewer, you must find your way and escape on your own. But you are not alone down there. Something is pursuing you. You don’t know what it is, but one thing is certain… you must not let it catch you. STORY Late at night in 2015, Las Vegas. After a long day, you were on your way back to the hotel when you suddenly blacked out. Whe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We're Here, Papa.

In RoadKill, a late-night drive home turns into a nightmare. After narrowly dodging a speeding car, you're left stranded on deserted roads — but something unnatural is still out there, and it’s hunting you. Explore an open, eerie town under the cover of darkness, search for a way to power your escape. Scattered notes and strange remnants hint at a long-buried legend — a presence the locals fear, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RoadKill.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

About This Game "Glimpse" takes you on a journey through the mind of a man haunted by the relentless erosion of his mind. As you traverse a labyrinth of distorted reality, you'll bear witness to the internal fears and confusion faced by those with Alzheimer's disease. Explore a nightmarish world where memories blur, and reality becomes a nightmare. Key Features: A truly confusing and unsett… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glimpse.

On a street so lonely, in a town so quiet, stands a mall no more, but a place for the old and unwanted, in plain sight to all, but very few enthralled. Yet in this dimness, a strange sight does appear, the building's windows aglow, as if to cheer, amidst the darkness, they shine so clear, a beacon of hope, dispelling fear. Fear not, don't let it take your breath, step inside the mall's welcoming e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horror Cartridge Collection.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 190 reviews

Psalm 2 is a first-person indie horror walking simulator. Approximate playtime: 1 hour Horror game Walking simulator First-person view High-quality sound Realistic graphics DESCRIPTIONYour elevator begins moving down. You don't know how many floors separate you from the bottom or what inhabits these dark shafts. You must come to realize: the descent will not continue until you s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psalm 2.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story

69% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Don’t Open is a PSX-style horror game about routine that falls apart before your eyes. A normal shift at a taco bar, an empty stairwell, and a persistent knock on the door that's impossible to ignore. Based on real events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T OPEN.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

87% User Score Based on 119 reviews

About This Game You are far away from home.  Winter chills you to the bone.   Staying at a dingy inn, you perform an old ritual  that who-knows-whom on the internet taught you. This is a story-driven, first person horror game of 15-20 minutes of gameplay.  Guidelines to the ritual are hinted at in a blog called The Channels, which can only be accessed through the inn's private network.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Channel 4 Midnight.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 237 reviews

You are a monster under someone's house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I live under your house..

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

94% User Score Based on 218 reviews

Psychological horror/ anti-dating sim about learning to say no. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Means Nothing.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

67% User Score Based on 161 reviews

From the developer:We are not trying to invent something fundamentally new; we simply love the dreamcore aesthetic. However, it seemed to us that existing games often emphasize the unsettling side of liminal spaces, which usually evoke feelings of anxiety and loneliness. So we decided to create a softer, dreamier, and less frightening interpretation. We hope it gives you that very feeling of anemo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

82% User Score Based on 38 reviews

100 DAYS IN GAME DEV: MY PAIN & RESULTS SANITY LOOPS FULL VERSION IS OUT! PLAY ON STEAM! If you enjoyed the Demo, please leave your comments / review / ratings / suggestions - it will help us to improve the future product! Game info Length: 20 minLanguage: English | Russian | Spanish | French | GermanSubtitles: English | Russian | Spanish | French | German Story Sanity Loops puts you in t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanity Loops.