Games like The Grounding
by Gus Jewell
Your mother grounded you. To get back at her, you need to smoke 6 times in the house without getting caught. Be careful though, if she catches you, she kills you.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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$39.99The Outlast Trials
Mar 5 · Red Barrels
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
HorrorMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEStealthCharacter CustomizationAction👍 91,046
$4.00Zort
Dec 7 · Londer Software
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Early AccessHorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opFunnyPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEAtmosphericAction👍 11,741
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$9.99NO BACKUP
May 9 · Serundeox
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
HorrorFPSOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorActionRealisticFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorShooter👍 893
$9.99Dreadful Delivery
Oct 29 · Final Gambit LLC
Both: Horror · PvE · Survival Horror
In the dead of night, when the streets are quiet and the neighborhood sleeps, you’re on the clock, delivering packages no one else dares to touch. Each delivery is a race against time—and against the dangers lurking in the shadows. But the job pays well… if you can survive the night.
CasualHorrorPvESingleplayerSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkFirst-PersonJump ScareShort
$2.99The Cost Of Bliss
Jan 5 · Andre David Dev
Both: PvE · First-Person · Horror
Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you fight yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.
ExplorationFPSPuzzlePvE3DFirst-PersonHorrorPsychological HorrorChoices MatterLinear
$14.99Hollow Cocoon
Dec 6 · NAYUTA STUDIO
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorDarkMultiple EndingsStealthFirst-PersonIndieAtmospheric👍 865
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Survival Horror
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
$12.99Mouthwashing
Sep 26 · Wrong Organ
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Gore
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Psychological HorrorHorrorStory RichAtmosphericRetroIndiePsychologicalGoreWalking SimulatorDark👍 34,366
$4.99Abtos Covert
Dec 8 · Iphigames, Team Abtos
Both: Horror · PvE · First-Person
You are in a remote military outpost at Mount Abtos and you're tasked to guard it. The only things visible from there are an old shrine and the forest. Many are afraid of this infamous outpost because of the local folklore stories. Actually, too many stories... Will you be safe, all alone?
ExplorationHorrorPvEFirst-PersonLore-RichPsychological HorrorChoices MatterControllerLinearAction
$16.99Hollowbody
Sep 12 · Headware Games
Both: Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorThird PersonPost-apocalypticAction-AdventurePuzzleExplorationFemale ProtagonistShooterCyberpunk👍 1,467
$9.99The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Oct 26 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
Early AccessHorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpVRCo-op CampaignPsychological HorrorRealisticInvestigation👍 506
$1.99The Experiment
Feb 29 · Carrot Studios
Both: Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Horror
The tests went wrong. He has been transformed. It is hostile toward others. You have been assigned the task of killing the horrifying creature. Listen closely as it could be around any corner. (Game includes Remastered + Classic versions)
Online Co-OpActionMultiplayerSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSingleplayerHorrorExplorationFirst-PersonDark👍 121
$9.99Project Unknown
Oct 10 · PsychoRavens
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorDarkFirst-PersonInvestigationSupernatural👍 776
$29.99Sons Of The Forest
Feb 22 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · First-Person
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorBase BuildingHorrorCraftingBuildingFirst-Person👍 284,737
-40%$0.59The Butterfly Collector
Feb 9 · Wicky Yu
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Visual NovelWord GameAdventureHorrorPsychological HorrorFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerFirst-PersonText-BasedGore👍 936
$19.99Crow Country
May 9 · SFB Games
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Survival Horror1990'sExplorationHorrorFemale ProtagonistThird-Person ShooterRetroIndiePsychological HorrorAction👍 7,754
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
Sep 7 · tweakEra
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Gore
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
AdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorStylizedStory RichGoreRetroAtmosphericActionStealth👍 148