Games like The Watching Woods: The Friend

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

82% User Score Based on 162 reviews

KEY FEATURES: Bite-Sized Adventure: Dive into an immersive experience that lasts approximately 40 minutes, perfect for a quick gaming session Retro PS2-Inspired Graphics: Relive the nostalgic charm of early 2000s gaming with visuals reminiscent of the beloved PS2 era Unique Setting: Explore a quaint and authentic Interslavic village, bringing a distinctive cultural flavor to your gaming expe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [Bober Bros] It's Just A Prank.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Twelve-year-old Leva, returning to the mining village after the hospital, learns about the mysterious disappearance of his friend, and the familiar rhythms of school life begin to unravel. Soon, his days turn into a terrifying nightmare, accompanied by the relentless stomping of hundreds of insects. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Watching Woods: The Louse.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

85% User Score Based on 610 reviews

The Ghost Train is a train horror game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ghost Train.

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.

Fire in the Dark is a survival strategy game set in a world consumed by endless darkness. In the last bastion of light—a lone campfire—you must guide a group of diverse characters, each with unique skills and challenges, through the horrors that lurk in the shadows. Make tough choices, manage scarce resources, and face relentless threats to keep the fire burning and spirits alive. Will you brave t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fire in the Dark.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Dorm 17 is a PSX-style first-person psychological horror game about your first night as a dormitory receptionist, where routine tasks slowly turn into disturbing late-night events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dorm 17.

This is a first-person narrative horror game set inside a suburban house, where a normal day slowly starts to feel wrong.The experience focuses on atmosphere, grounded realism, and subtle storytelling. It’s not about constant action or loud scares, it’s about letting unease slowly build, until you realize something is very, very wrong. You follow a quiet household after a strange incident happens… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memories : Silenced.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

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

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.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

95% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Constitución, CABA. 3 AM. You leave a party, feeling defeated because the girl you liked didn't even look at you. You go to wait for the last "39" bus of that night. You try to stop it, but it goes straight away. Tomorrow you have the exam that defines whether you graduate or not. Good luck. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to El 39.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

66% User Score Based on 270 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 9 reviews

Bad Cheese is a psychological horror inspired by the eerie charm of 1920s animation. Step into the tiny paws of a mouse spending the weekend at home with a dysfunctional Dad while Mom's away. Be on your best behavior and KEEP DADDY HAPPY. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bad Cheese.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

96% User Score Based on 193 reviews

Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cat Named Mojave.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

97% User Score Based on 73 reviews

IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! and nobody came to celebrate with you… Hell of a Birthday is a First-Person comedic horror game where you play as the Birthday Boy trying to survive your special day. From the maker of Bite Night and Invasion of the Halloween Fiends comes another unique adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell of a Birthday.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

98% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. You’re left alone to enjoy Halloween festivities by yourself and respond to the knock at the door. Masked monsters keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them, less friendly than others. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night? Key Features First Person Blend of Comedy and Horro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invasion of The Halloween Fiends.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

66% User Score Based on 508 reviews

Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Okaeri.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

87% User Score Based on 334 reviews

Cineris Somnia is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CINERIS SOMNIA.

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.

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.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

79% User Score Based on 216 reviews

Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village), which literally translates to howling dog tunnel, is a real place located in the Miyawaka town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a famous horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inunaki Tunnel.

A cinematic, story-driven psychological horror game where you play as Naina, a young woman living alone in India, stalked by an unknown stalker while her fiancé is overseas. Fear comes from atmosphere, suspense, and storytelling rather than frequent jump scares. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ajnabee - The Unknown.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:stability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Game introductionBeta Hospital is a horror game with a lot of Internet memes, with some funny content, but the main tone is horror. You will play WangYuan, to Beluta hospital to find his missing wife Yina, on the way will meet a strange woman Yilian, she is an enemy or a friend? Strange atmosphere suddenly met his wife, but she did some unusual actions, is a person or a ghost? Exchange QQ group… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 贝如塔医院 Beta Hospital.

Nick lost his sister Kate one year ago. People say the witch in the woods curses people to take their own lives, Nick decides to find her, she must have a way to bring them back to life too."On the night of Halloween the dead rise to curse the ones who are still alive."The forest is dark and cold, but the clues leading to the witch's cabin are clear. Explore the forest, witch's garden, her cabin a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Umbra Halloween.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dye The Bunny.

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.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

98% User Score Based on 43 reviews

I came to know "her." Since then, I've felt someone's gaze from somewhere. Memories of the place I reached while searching for a lost dog in the past. I'm not sure if it's connected, but I did something. "NAGAISAN" is an adventure game based on urban legends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAGAISAN.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

59% User Score Based on 29 reviews

You play as Mio, a 16-year-old high school student living in a quiet urban village in Japan.
 Your mom is out of town, and a kidnapper is in town.
 You are home alone. You walk through residential streets, visit local shops, and attend school as part of your daily routine. Simple objectives are always displayed, but no directions are given. Instead, Mio receives photos on her phone that sho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to At Night: The Student.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prison Alone.

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.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story

76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

This house is not a home. Where the Walls Breathe is a psychological horror experience about a house that is bigger on the inside than out, and the man trapped within it with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling. STORY: After realizing that things were not right in their home Alex and his wife Annie decided to move out. Annie left with the kids that moment. With his wife … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where the Walls Breathe.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

83% User Score Based on 155 reviews

A unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LIMINAL SHIFT.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

52% User Score Based on 73 reviews

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER :The nightmare is not over... İBLİS 3: PHENOMENA continues to grow with regular updates. New moments of terror, scenes, and mysteries will make the darkness even deeper. The İBLİS series is not about exploration or puzzle-solving; it focuses entirely on the horror atmosphere and the tension of the moment. This game is designed to keep you on edge and crea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to İblis3:Phenomena.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

83% User Score Based on 30 reviews

"Who am I ?" is a first-person psychological horror game with a linear narrative and an average playtime of 50-60 minutes to complete. StoryYou step into the shoes of Mark, a man trapped in a life he never dreamed of living. After receiving a letter announcing the death of his aunt, he decides to travel to his childhood home in search of answers and, perhaps, a chance to change his fate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who am I?.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Residence.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

84% User Score Based on 37 reviews

“Grandma, Is That You?” is a psychological horror game. As we visit our elderly and ill grandmother to help her, the old mansion reveals buried memories and dark secrets. The line between reality and illusion begins to blur. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grandma, Is That You?.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

89% User Score Based on 18 reviews

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RESTORER.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

(The Lingering) Graveyard Visit is a narrative-driven, walking sim, horror game where you play as Eki, an 11-year-old boy visiting his late father's grave with his mother. There, you'll wander the graveyard while piecing together a disturbing truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to (The Lingering) Graveyard Visit.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 185 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity lurking in the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

96% User Score Based on 25 reviews

After school today, I talk with her again. Through the window, I see the sunset and someone playing in the schoolyard. We simply watch the scene or share memories from the past."TABLE GAME END" is an adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TABLE GAME END.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

76% User Score Based on 46 reviews

A young and promising boy applies for a job at a AAA game development company. As he starts working night shifts on probation, he experiences a series of events that could lead to no good. As the story unfolds, you will be able to choose what you would do in his place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepy Waves FM: Bugs Fixer.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere

97% User Score Based on 210 reviews

A starving castaway on a deserted island discovers that a fast food restaurant appears once the sun goes down. As if beckoning him inside in his most desperate hour of need, this stranded soul will have to work for his meal...and for his life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Manny's.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 982 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grunn.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

89% User Score Based on 163 reviews

Revenge of the colon is a story driven, single-player, atmospheric, body horror game with multiple endings. Perform colonoscopies on five patients and discover the horrors concealed deep within them. PS1 horror style! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Revenge Of The Colon.

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.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 15 reviews

The Telephone is a first-person psychological horror game that will transport you to a world governed by anxiety. You will have to explore the house in which you are locked and the mysterious town of Lonely Plain, searching for clues that can help Roberta regain her memory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Telephone.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unwelcome.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

58% User Score Based on 36 reviews

This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brutalism22.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

92% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Paramnesia is an interactive detective visual novel where Maria, the protagonist of this story, is a member of two radical sects with contradictory opinions. Trying to understand herself, she is walking on thin ice, and only you will know the truth after delving into the depths of her mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paramnesia.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

89% User Score Based on 57,262 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 4 reviews

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start to question some of the things that are happening to you. Your only human connection is over a handheld radio, which you’ll use to speak wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firewatch.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

74% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Implements of Hell.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

71% User Score Based on 28 reviews

A psychological horror suspense horror game about a girl who unknowingly enters a shocking trap related to her grandfather, whom she has never met. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INHUMAN.