Games like Penumbra Overture
by Frictional Games
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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$9.99Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Jan 23 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorStealthAtmosphericStory RichSingleplayerIndieSurvival Horror👍 2,761
$19.99Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Sep 8 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
HorrorGorePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonNudityDarkLovecraftian👍 20,429
$29.99SOMA
Sep 21 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Dark
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericStory RichDarkSci-fiSurvival HorrorExplorationGoreFirst-Person👍 46,801
-20%$27.99Visage
Oct 29 · SadSquare Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDarkMultiplayerFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericAdventureIndie👍 8,750
$24.99Amnesia: The Bunker
Jun 6 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericImmersive SimStealthFirst-PersonSingleplayerSurvivalDifficultAction👍 10,361
$9.99Backrooms: Escape Together
Oct 18 · Triiodide Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
MultiplayerHorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorCo-opAtmosphericFirst-PersonRealisticEarly Access👍 42,321
-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
$10.99Dark Forest: The Horror
Nov 4 · Maks Volegov, Gamesforgames
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Dark Forest is an adventure horror game in which you have to find a way out of your prolonged sleep. Otherwise, you risk staying in it forever.
HorrorFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorAtmosphericSurvivalAdventurePsychological HorrorSingleplayerActionDark
$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
$14.99Narcosis
Mar 28 · Honor Code, Inc.
Both: Horror · First-Person · Psychological Horror
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
HorrorAdventureUnderwaterIndieFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericMysteryVR👍 1,205
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
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
$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
$5.99Palmyra Orphanage
Sep 24 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
HorrorViolentIndiePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDarkGoreFirst-PersonSingleplayerPuzzle👍 624
$7.99Shadow Corridor
Mar 8 · Space Onigiri Game LLC
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
Now on Steam, revamped with brand new content! Immerse yourself in the latest chapter of the popular, Japanese indie horror title, Kageroh: Shadow Corridor. Survive against the onslaught of horrors that lie in wait in eerie, traditional Japanese locales that change with every playthrough.
HorrorIndieActionPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSingleplayerSurvival HorrorMultiplayerRoguelikeAtmospheric👍 1,996
$19.99Darkwood
Aug 17 · Acid Wizard Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorActionRPGDarkAtmosphericSurvivalExploration👍 22,253
$15.99Backrooms: Lost Tape
Dec 23 · Cortez Productions
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkExplorationSingleplayerAtmosphericLore-RichMysteryInvestigation👍 1,334
$6.99Inside the Backrooms
Jun 20 · MrFatcat
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorPuzzlePsychological HorrorCo-opOnline Co-OpAdventureExplorationFirst-Person👍 38,817
$2.99Office No.41: Prototype Edition
Jan 7 · Burning Forest
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
A prototype version of upcoming horror game "Office No.41". James Loderick goes to closed specialized music school '' Lim Donna '', in which he studied to find and take something that could make his dream come true. But right after he comes to school, he realizes that something is not alright.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericAdventureStory RichFirst-PersonDarkStealthSurvival
-80%$3.59Monstrum
May 20 · Team Junkfish
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAction RoguelikeIndieFirst-PersonRoguelikeSurvivalSingleplayerAtmosphericProcedural Generation👍 3,155
$9.99Connection
Oct 25 · FTH GAMES
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Don't lose the signal to get out of here.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkExplorationThrillerAdventureHidden Object
$6.99Backrooms Rec.
Mar 6 · Liminal Logic
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · First-Person
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
FreeDark Fracture: Prologue
Aug 25 · Twisted II Studio
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonExplorationIndieFree to PlaySurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorAction-AdventureDark
$6.99Granny Remake
Jul 19 · FerriteLabs
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Live or die in silence. Granny Remake is a tense first-person survival horror in a reimagined, trap-filled house. Search for keys and tools, stay quiet while Granny reacts to noise, and escape by car, police rescue, the front door — or the hidden UFO route.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericStealthPsychological HorrorActionIndieZombiesFirst-PersonFemale Protagonist👍 2,157
$19.99Syndrome
Oct 6 · Camel 101
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Survival HorrorHorrorStealthPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonAtmosphericSci-fiSpaceFPSShooter👍 248
-80%$5.99Amnesia: Rebirth
Oct 20 · Frictional Games
Both: First-Person · Horror
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Action-AdventureFirst-PersonPuzzleStory RichSingleplayerHorrorAdventureExplorationStealthLovecraftian👍 7,898
$19.99The Evil Within
Oct 13 · Tango Gameworks
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorGoreAtmosphericSingleplayerActionThird PersonSurvivalZombies👍 21,486
$13.99Never Again
May 9 · Primary Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleFemale ProtagonistAdventureSingleplayerExplorationWalking SimulatorFirst-Person👍 887
$9.99The Backrooms: Survival
Sep 15 · RE:CODE
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Survival horror with roguelike elements. Explore randomized levels with different items and entities while trying to maintain your thirst, hunger, and sanity, ensuring a new experience every time. Play alone or with up to TEN friends online! Cross-platform multiplayer with Nintendo Switch.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opRoguelikeDarkDungeon CrawlerRoguelite👍 881
-80%$3.99Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Sep 10 · The Chinese Room
Both: Horror · First-Person · Psychological Horror
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
HorrorWalking SimulatorStory RichAtmosphericFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorExplorationMysteryInteractive FictionSingleplayer👍 7,240
$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
-80%$1.79Surrounded
Jul 14 · Nightmare Studios
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Dark
A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorAtmosphericOpen World3DSingleplayerDarkPsychological HorrorMultiple Endings👍 445
$3.99Chased by Darkness
Jun 1 · South Blue Moon
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.
HorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opMultiplayerSurvival HorrorIndieActionGorePsychological HorrorFirst-Person👍 325
$4.99Daylight
Apr 29 · Zombie Studios
Both: Horror · First-Person · Survival Horror
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonIndieFemale ProtagonistActionSurvivalWalking SimulatorSingleplayerSurvival Horror👍 1,038
$2.99Deep Space Solitude
Oct 31 · 王容克
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
"Deep Space Solitude" is a first-person horror game. As a journalist, you investigate the disappearance of a scientist in a remote cabin, tackling puzzles, challenges, and fear to survive.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericGoreFPSExploration3D PlatformerSandbox

