Games like Valpurgis

Winner of the Metroidvania 4-week Game Jam MVM21! Follow Van Helsing's trail into the tomb of the dreaded Countess Dolingen. A first-person horror-metroidvania inspired by Bram Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest".  Average playtime: 30-60 minutes Rated PG-13 (minimal blood, general horror themes)Programming, art, animation: Ben RobertsMusic: Daniel RobertsTools: Unity, Blender, Affinity, Sou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valpurgis.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 265 reviews

The Queen of Vampires emerges from the ashes of history, seeking to destroy the world of humans and rule over its ruins! No one, human or vampire, will stand in her way! Count Dracula awakens, weakened and stripped of his powers after years of healing from his last battle with Dr. Van Helsing. He can not face his evil rival, the Queen, on his own… To save the world, an uneasy alliance must be for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dracula: Love Kills.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

75% User Score Based on 254 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 2 reviews

Dracula: Origin reveals the dark origins of the Dracula curse. Once the ardent defender of Christendom, Dracula loses his faith in God when he is abandoned by his one true love after she marries. Dracula then makes a pact with the Prince of Darkness, and becomes a vampire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dracula: Origin.

Free Lovecraftian first-person puzzle game, 20~30 min linear story. Explore an underground palace, collect ritual items, and trigger a golden relic through chain puzzles—never touch it yourself. Includes 12 achievements, 3 save slots, 7 languages, and a full ending cinematic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fall of Zorata.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 43 reviews

A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reaplaced.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

40% User Score Based on 538 reviews

Away - is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Away.

On the borders of three states, in the midst of the Carpathian mountains, an ancient evil has awakened. Legend says once he was a human, now he is an undead. This may be the most dangerous journey a mortal has ever taken. I'm on my way to kill DRAKULA If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DrakulA.

We Never Left is a hybrid first-person / text-adventure narrative horror game inspired by '80s horror films as well as No Code's Stories Untold, it was developed as part of the Dread X Collection 5 anthology game. All 12 developers in the collection were tasked to make a unique game in 2 months that fit the unifying theme of "entertainment". Dread X Collection 5 is currently available on Steam. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Never Left.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

The Midnight Apartment marks the next chapter in the psychological horror series: CurseEnigma. It's about Franco, a man who recently got divorced and is trying to get used to his new home in an old Italian village. As he settles in, he meets strange neighbors, and a feeling of being watched and followed by an unknown force gets stronger after sunset. The game tells an exciting story, exploring the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Enigma - The Midnight Apartment.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

67% User Score Based on 12 reviews

SCP-087 is a first-person horror game centered on paranormal events. In a seemingly quiet laboratory, players take on the role of truth-seekers, compelled to delve ever deeper into the building. However, escape is not an option, forcing them to endure a personal descent into hell! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP-087.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

97% User Score Based on 260 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

It's the year 2001 and your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. There's a dark presence in this game, and it wants to get out. As you fight nightmarish monsters and solve mind-bending puzzles, the lines between the game and the real world will fade away. Will you survive the night? Whatever you do…… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Among Ashes.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

72% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucid Cycle.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 139 reviews

Searching the Amazon for the elusive razorback dolphin, Nora discovers more than she bargained for. Created in one month for Thalassophobia game jam. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Orange.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

“It is said that her ego has its own country...”Story Goblet of Mercy is a short interactive dark fantasy tale about your encounter with a woman whose ego is so big she made her own perfect world to contain it. It began with Halloween, a time when the veil between worlds is thin. Your friend Judy invited you out to a themed party at the local library. A Halloween event, a good friend, a lot of we… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblet of Mercy.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

83% User Score Based on 23 reviews

///CODA is an avant-garde exploration game with four diverse exhibits that each tell unique stories connected by a dynamic museum-esque overworld with a unique 1-bit graphical style. Drawing influence from various game genres such as adventure, psychological-horror, point and click, and experimental ///CODA is unlike any other experience either in the physical or digital world. Take a peak th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CODA.

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.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

78% User Score Based on 674 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 6 reviews

Infliction is a story driven first person physiological horror experience. Set in a regular suburban home, the story is told over alternating time periods spanning 13 years. Through environmental storytelling, Infliction tackles taboo subject matter. While you're discovering what has happened over the last 13 years, you're being stalked by an evil entity. Can you learn enough to vanquish the evil … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infliction.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

79% User Score Based on 264 reviews

It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into The Gloom.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

96% User Score Based on 56 reviews

Eight strangers awake in an unfamiliar complex. They find themselves forced to solve intricate puzzle rooms and fight for their lives in deadly games. What happened to the outside world and why do they all remember the face of a serial murderer called the Botfly Killer? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Move 78.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

92% User Score Based on 241 reviews

A hidden object game from 8 Floor Games. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

94% User Score Based on 64 reviews

What will you do when your slumber party takes a nightmarish twist? Decide your fate in this horror narrative game inspired by the works of Junji Ito. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grotesque Beauty.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

68% User Score Based on 176 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 7 reviews

From the creators of Conarium and the Darkness Within series, comes Transient, a Lovecraftian Cyberpunk thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transient.

A stormy night. A remote mountain cabin. Someone is watching you. A masked killer stalks the area and reacts to sound, light, and movement. No combat. No second chances. Survival is about staying unseen, keeping calm, and making the right call under pressure. Survive by mastering - Noise: every action matters — loud mistakes draw attention - Light: your flashlight can save you… or expose you - … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yellowcreek Stories: The Cabin Watcher.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pelican Deep.

When a letter from your recently deceased grandfather beckons you back to your family home in Silesia, you aren't sure what to expect. By exploring the space and the relics in it, learn the complicated past of a man you never fully knew. This is a story about hardship, tenacity, soul, and the people of Poland. This game was made for the Dialogue of Civilizations: Poland in Pixels program. It wa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silesia.

You have just bought a new house, and then your wife disappears. Strange things start to happen, and then! you find your self in a dark and lonely place. Now you have to find a way home, and survive the DeepLands! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DeepLands.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

88% User Score Based on 105 reviews

PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque experience in a 90s office building. Obey the pager to survive and climb the corporate ladder. FEATURES 1-bit 3D graphics. 60 weird and beautiful floors. It has some horror and humor. The story is conveyed in a very indirect way. The levels aren't about the destination. It shouldn't give you any satisfaction. Caffeine-addicted butterflies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PAGER.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

93% User Score Based on 69 reviews

Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GUTTED: Infested Crypts.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

97% User Score Based on 33 reviews

At Night: Haunted Ride is a first-person psychological horror experience where you take the role of a ride operator on the night before opening. In this episode, you follow Jeremy Miller, assigned to run the final test rides of an attraction deep inside a mine. What begins as routine maintenance quickly turns into something else. GameplayThe game is structured around a loop: ride, fix, repeat.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to At Night: Haunted Ride.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

96% User Score Based on 337 reviews

A short horror game about a devout oceanographer trying to find Eden, the source of all things. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Water Womb World.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

90% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Can you survive the nightmare and take control of the dream? You wake up in the maze of the monster - Bartholomew. In this maze, reality shifts between nightmare and dream, a constant cat and mouse chase where you take contrasting roles in each state. During the Dream State you will need to chase Bartholomew and try your best to put him down with your trusty revolver however you need to be quick… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bartholomew.exe.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 323 reviews

Intellica believes that positivity and happiness are the keys to self-sustaining thinking programs. By taking part in the A.M.T. Study, you can help make it happen!  QUALIA is a retro-inspired Interactive Fiction text game where you analyze and categorize two participants based on their responses to a series of questions. Are they really human? Are you? Remember, the A.M.T. Study is not a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to qualia.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

89% User Score Based on 115 reviews

In the first episode of Fear the unknown ,In the game, you will play as one of the lucky ones who met them and survived. This game offers a first-person narrative experience, blending walking simulation with elements of exploration, driving, drinking, and interactive conversations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fear The Unknown Dave Story.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

78% User Score Based on 138 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 2 reviews

Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Case of John Morley.

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.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 48 reviews

You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2d platformer game within the heart of a first person psychological creepy game? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THEM.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 506 reviews

Check out Our Lovecraftian CO-OP game About the GameNecrophosis invites you to immerse yourself in a mystical puzzle adventure set in a surreal universe, the environment itself becomes a nightmarish masterpiece, filled with unsettling shapes and haunting visuals. A MA·CA·BRE WORLD Billions of years after the universe met its demise, you awaken in a realm where death reigns supreme but even dea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Necrophosis.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

73% User Score Based on 244 reviews

Glitched Out tells the story of IT Engineer ‘Lex’, who wakes in a government research facility to learn a malware has run rampant. The facility is home to many alien entities who have escaped containment and now stalk our hapless hero through the complex. Lex’s only hope is to team up with an A.I companion known as ‘Chip’ and hack her way to freedom. Along the way Lex and Chip encounter a host of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glitched Out: Chapter 1.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

90% User Score Based on 890 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

Karma: The Dark World's Deluxe Edition contains the following : - Full game of KARMA: The Dark World - The 58 Track Original Soundtrack - The 5 Track 'Into the Mist' EP - The 138 Page Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KARMA: The Dark World.

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 watching from 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.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Exit the Abyss is a psychological horror game set in an abandoned, haunted hospital. You play as a young man who, after death, becomes trapped in an alternate version of the hospital. To return to the world of the living, he must solve mysterious tasks and endure mentally exhausting trials. This is a slow-paced, atmospheric experience focused on psychological tension, oppressive ambience, and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exit The Abyss.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

99% User Score Based on 2,411 reviews

The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Children of Clay.

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.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

The festive season takes a dark turn in Satan Santa, a first-person horror walking simulator where Christmas cheer turns into sheer terror. Alone in your family’s isolated home, you soon realize Santa isn’t the jolly figure you thought he was—he’s a vengeful, bloodthirsty monster. Explore and Survive: Follow the bloodstained trail through your home and into the snow-covered wilderness, uncovering… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Satan Santa.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

82% User Score Based on 38 reviews

In a chilling moment, your phone rings with an anonymous caller saying they are about to take their own life. Faced with this critical situation, what will you do? Will you embark on a mission to rescue them from the depths of despair? Move quickly because time is running out. IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCESemi-realistic graphics, minimal user interfaces, and a creepy ambience work together to create an im… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THANATOS.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

88% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City" (1921). Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze. “There were myriads of good reasons for shunning the nameless city, one for each strange tale passed from g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Nameless City.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

92% User Score Based on 152 reviews

An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Barbotine.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

88% User Score Based on 4,480 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 17 reviews

Project Warlock is a first person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non stop action packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Warlock.

An ordinary girl named Annihilation inherits a huge debt from her father and is desperate to find a way out. On the street, she meets a stranger in a raincoat, called Catharsis, who offers a demonic part-time job for a week. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Midnight Blossom.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

96% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Inside an old wooden box lies four curious items: a toy lizard, a captured moth, a screwdriver and a seashell. Each one has its own story to tell… Step into four hand-drawn memories and discover the mysteries lurking beneath the seemingly calm surface. Explore one story at a time, or play them in a single sitting, in this solo-play adventure about the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miniatures.