Games like Descending I - House of Nightmares
by Dungeon Games
Descending is a VR horror game with puzzle elements. You play as the new owner of a house and your goal is to break the curse that was cast upon the estate.
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-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · Exploration · Puzzle
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
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
-70%$4.49Forbidden Art
Mar 25 · AIXLAB
Both: VR · Horror · Puzzle
Forbidden art is a VR room escape puzzle game where you escape from the killer’s secret hideout. Use all your abilities to escape the dangerous and terrifying hideout created by a psychopathic killer who thinks killing is an art, without being discovered by the killer.
3DVRHorrorPuzzleSingleplayerFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorThrillerLinearPhysics
$0.99Down is Relative
May 17 · Bret Swearengen
Both: Puzzle · Psychological Horror · Interactive Fiction
A first-person story-based puzzle game with an emphasis on subverting your current familiarity to gravity. The perfect game for those that enjoy interesting twists and unique puzzle elements.
PuzzleStrategyPuzzle PlatformerPsychological HorrorSci-fiPhysicsInteractive FictionHorrorSpaceAliens
-30%$2.79The Exit 8
Nov 29 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Horror
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorHorrorImmersive SimPsychological HorrorUndergroundFirst-Person3DSurreal👍 10,955
FreeFatal Falls
Nov 13 · Tripolar Studio
Both: Exploration · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
ExplorationPsychological HorrorPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureHidden ObjectInteractive FictionHorrorWalking SimulatorPoint & ClickRPG
$29.99Blue Prince
Apr 10 · Dogubomb
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
PuzzleMysteryExplorationInvestigationRogueliteSingleplayerStory RichFirst-PersonIndieAdventure👍 17,523
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
ExplorationPuzzleDetectiveWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorHorrorSimulationControllerLinear
-50%$12.49I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
Sep 28 · Schell Games
Both: VR · Puzzle · First-Person
Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.
AdventureActionSimulationVRPuzzleFirst-PersonStylizedCold WarComedyHorror👍 604
$4.99We're Here, Papa
Dec 17 · EXLIX
Both: Horror · VR · Psychological Horror
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.
HorrorVRSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorActionAtmosphericDarkDemonsAdventureMystery
$6.99SCP: Descent
Mar 20 · Pixel Drip Games
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
HorrorPuzzleLovecraftian1980sAtmospheric3DActionFirst-PersonRealisticConspiracy👍 105
-30%$2.79Platform 8
May 31 · KOTAKE CREATE
Both: Psychological Horror · Puzzle · Exploration
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Psychological HorrorAdventureWalking SimulatorSimulationPuzzleHidden ObjectExplorationImmersive SimFirst-Person3D👍 2,724
$4.99Sense of Darkness
Dec 21 · Iurii Coseacov
Both: VR · Exploration · Puzzle
Where am I? Is it a dream? The afterlife? Or just a hallucination? You have a rare chance to experience awakening in this adventure VR game. Are you ready to step into the darkness and discover what lies beyond the veil?
VRImmersive SimAdventureExplorationPuzzleSurrealAtmosphericPhilosophicalDarkHorror
$9.99Spectral Scream
Aug 28 · STOIC Ent.
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
Online Co-OpCo-opHorrorMultiplayerPsychological HorrorThrillerDemonsSurvival HorrorLogicPuzzle👍 653
$4.99The Great Below
Dec 5 · Dobra Studios
Both: Puzzle · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Immerse yourself in a haunting map-based horror experience, reminiscent of the iconic PS1 era. Navigate between 2D and 3D perspectives to break free from the loop in a mysterious mansion. Solve challenging puzzles to unveil the secrets hidden beneath it all.
PuzzlePsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationNoirFirst-PersonMysteryHorrorTop-DownRetro
-10%$22.49Unmourned VR
4 days ago · Codebros Studio
Both: VR · Psychological Horror · Horror
Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?
ActionVRAdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationMystery DungeonAction-AdventureWalking Simulator
$4.99HAG
Oct 4 · jason silver
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle
Dare you to explore and interact with an innocuous home environment in first person, solving intricate puzzles and a mystery whilst escaping the clutches of a sadistic hag and her morbid son.
Psychological HorrorHorrorMysteryPuzzleExplorationPsychologicalDemons3DFirst-PersonThriller
$24.99CRYODEATH VR
Feb 1 · Kerag Elisaar
Both: VR · Horror · Exploration
CRYODEATH is a hard VR survival horror aboard the Evriskon, a deep-space station too vast to ever learn. One life per engineer: die and the next wakes somewhere else entirely, so route knowledge is worthless. Scavenge, craft and improvise while something hunts you.
VRActionHorrorSpaceProcedural GenerationExplorationMystery DungeonImmersive SimDungeon CrawlerHidden Object
-75%$0.99Those Who Crawl VR
Jan 31 · Hush Fin Games
Both: Horror · VR · Exploration
Crawl through tight cave tunnels and avoid monsters in this claustrophobic VR spelunking game. Escape inhuman monsters and deadly environments as the cave walls turn to flesh.
HorrorVRExplorationSurvival Horror3D PlatformerPvEWalking SimulatorAction-AdventureAtmospheric3D
-50%$2.49The Obsessive Shadow
Mar 19 · Pablo Heckman
Both: Exploration · First-Person · VR
The Obsessive Shadow is a Survival Horror Game about a stalker you can't exactly Identify. With nothing but your eyes and a flashlight at your disposal, it's up to you to survive whatever horrific person or thing is out there watching you...
ExplorationAction-AdventureStrategy3DFirst-PersonVRHorrorPsychological HorrorSurrealMultiple Endings
FreeLittle Screamies
Nov 6 · Nukepop Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Explore and survive the spooky puzzling world of Little Screamies! BUT BEWARE!! Not everything is as it seems at Little Laboratories Inc...
HorrorStylizedSingleplayerPsychological HorrorExplorationPuzzleInvestigationFamily FriendlyPhysicsWalking Simulator
$3.99SCP-087
Jul 18 · EerieAdv
Both: Exploration · Horror · Psychological Horror
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!
AdventureExplorationHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzle3DFirst-PersonActionThriller
$3.99Parasomnum
Oct 15 · Lara the Pitbull
Both: Horror · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Minimalistic horror experience that offers 25-90 minutes of suspenseful gameplay as you try to escape from this unnerving reality.
HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalThrillerSurvival HorrorDarkExplorationAtmospheric
$7.99No Return
Aug 2 · BlameTech
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?
HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonThrillerAtmosphericSupernaturalPuzzleExplorationWalking SimulatorImmersive👍 412
$34.99Riven
Jun 25 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerStory RichAtmosphericMystery3DWalking Simulator👍 2,766
$8.99The Silent Forests
May 1 · ABMKF Studio
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Psychological Horror
🏠 Embark on a captivating journey through the Silent Forests, treacherous sewers, and a mysterious house. Solve puzzles, face monsters, and unravel hidden truths in this adrenaline-packed adventure with a wacky narrator! 🌲🚪✨
ActionAdventureHorrorPuzzlePsychological HorrorExplorationRealisticFirst-PersonSingleplayer1990's
-88%$0.95Dream Cage
Feb 6 · Hitori De Productions
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonHidden ObjectExplorationPuzzleLogicCinematicAtmospheric👍 298
-20%$7.99Ultradimensional
Aug 19 · VYPXR Studios
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.
ActionAdventureStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzle3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericHorrorMystery
$2.99Echoes Of The House
Nov 15 · Sordar Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Christopher arrives at his grandmother's countryside home late at night for a seemingly ordinary visit. But soon after reuniting, he begins to notice something isn't right. The familiar setting warps into a place of unease, and the mystery that unravels is far more complex than anyone could expect.
HorrorStory RichPsychological HorrorExplorationSingleplayerThriller3DMysteryFirst-PersonAdventure👍 153
$9.99Garten of Banban 7
May 10 · Euphoric Brothers
Both: Horror · First-Person · Puzzle
Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…
HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonPuzzlePsychological HorrorCartoonyActionDark3DSurvival Horror👍 1,549
$9.99The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Oct 26 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · VR · 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
-45%$4.94Murky Divers
Dec 12 · Embers
Both: Horror · First-Person · Exploration
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
HorrorMultiplayerFunnyOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonUnderwaterExplorationPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDungeon Crawler👍 3,982
$9.99Whispers in the Void
May 7 · Anri Khachaturov, Artur Manukyan, Arman Petrosyan
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
The main hero John Eikts wakes up in a mysterious room for supernatural creatures. Anomalies escape, wreaking havoc. Eikts must navigate the chaos while uncovering his dark past. As he approaches freedom, a shocking twist reveals that he is not a victim, but one of them.
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-PersonRealistic
-50%$3.49MIMIC
Jul 12 · TheLostSun Studios
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
MIMIC is an atmospheric horror game where you face off against your own shadow, trapped in a deadly game of wits. How do you defeat something that mimics your every move?
ExplorationStrategyReal Time TacticsPuzzleStrategy RPGFirst-Person3DHorrorDetectiveChoices Matter
$1.99Horror Prison
Sep 21 · Panzo Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows, confront the monstrous results of these experiments, and escape with your sanity intact.
HorrorPsychological HorrorJump ScareSingleplayerDarkExplorationPuzzleAdventure3DRealistic
$12.99FOREWARNED
Apr 25 · Dreambyte Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · VR
FOREWARNED is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror. Delve deep into ancient Egyptian ruins with your team of fellow archaeologists. Investigate phenomena, collect treasure, discover lore, survive danger, and banish the evil that lurks within.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorCo-opMultiplayerPsychological HorrorVRPvESurvivalAsymmetric VR👍 5,039
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
$39.99Legendary Tales
Feb 8 · Urban Wolf Games Inc.
Both: VR
Legendary tales is a VR Action roleplaying game with up to 4 player co-op. Collect items, enhance your abilities and fight your way through an ever changing dungeon to make your own Legendary Tales.
VROnline Co-OpSwordplayActionMedievalGoreFantasyMagicAdventureAction RPG👍 2,712
$6.99Backrooms Rec.
Mar 6 · Liminal Logic
Both: Horror · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
MultiplayerOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureFPSFirst-PersonLocal MultiplayerPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,832
$3.99Psalm 5:9-13
Mar 13 · N4bA, Notex, a1esska
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Exploration
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Psychological HorrorHorrorIndieExplorationMysteryWalking SimulatorGoreAtmosphericFirst-Person3D👍 1,851
$0.99Noah's Descent into Madness
Sep 29 · Squiggly Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
Noah's Descent into Madness is a short horror-themed adventure and puzzle game. Make your way through a dark forest of unknown horrors while trying your best to escape the nightmare you've found yourself in.
AdventurePuzzle PlatformerExplorationDemonsStrategyPuzzleCinematic3DFirst-PersonRealistic
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
$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
-30%$13.99The Break-In
May 29 · jorgen games Ltd, Oliver Josh
Both: VR · Horror
Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.
StealthVRMultiplayerSimulationCrimeHeistOnline Co-OpFunnyActionHorror👍 2,040
$3.99Paragnosia
Oct 24 · Sine Coda
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Psychological HorrorHidden ObjectAtmosphericHorrorStealthPuzzleFirst-Person3DTime ManipulationRealistic👍 229
$3.99The Lost Tape - Cellar
Jan 23 · Sardos, Turélie
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
A psychological horror game in which you wake up in an unknown cellar with a VHS camera and a journal. In the narrated journal, the main character will be recording their thoughts. Your task will be to get out of the cellar.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & ClickAction-Adventure3DFirst-Person
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
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
$5.99Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams
Sep 12 · LIVDG LIMITED
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
Explore a scary mansion in the first-person adventure horror game. Talk to kidnapped souls, collect grimoires, and discover the hidden secret inside the many doors. Your soul was stolen, and you found yourself in the underworld. Can you escape?
HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleAtmosphericFirst-PersonDark ComedyPsychological HorrorSingleplayerExplorationMystery
$16.99Escape From Mystwood Mansion
Sep 27 · Lost Sock Studio
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Escape RoomPuzzleCozyMysteryExplorationFirst-PersonCasualMultiple EndingsDetectiveController👍 885
-50%$14.99The Midnight Walk
May 8 · MoonHood
Both: Horror · VR
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
AdventureHorrorAtmosphericDark FantasySingleplayerVRDarkStealthCinematicStory Rich👍 2,691
$14.99The Complex: Expedition
Jul 18 · pgWave
Both: Horror · Exploration · Psychological Horror
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
HorrorExplorationRealisticSingleplayerPsychological HorrorStory RichActionMysteryAdventureCinematic👍 2,621
FreeThe Path to Memento Mori
Oct 26 · Necropolis Studios
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
In The Path to Memento Mori, players navigate eerie mazes in a co-op multiplayer horror puzzle game, solving complex puzzles and evading relentless monsters. Work together to uncover buried family secrets and unravel the chilling mystery that lies at the heart of the estate.
PuzzleExplorationHidden ObjectPvEAction-Adventure3DFirst-PersonHorrorThird PersonPsychological Horror

