Games like Protocol 86: Chernobyl
by Core Interactive
A terminal-driven psychological horror puzzle set in a secret Soviet underground research facility built after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Survive in procedurally shifting sectors using only the terminal. Type ‘help’ to begin.
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$9.99SCP: Fragmented Minds
Jan 27 · HST Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Early AccessHorrorFPSCombatPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorSci-fiShooterSingleplayerSimulation👍 1,247
$16.99Hollowbody
Sep 12 · Headware Games
Both: Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
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
$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
$14.99Paradise Lost
Mar 24 · PolyAmorous
Both: Exploration · Alternate History
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
UndergroundWalking SimulatorExplorationAlternate HistoryFirst-PersonPost-apocalypticAdventureChoices MatterTranshumanismStory Rich👍 1,470
$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
$19.99Kvark
Oct 3 · Latest Past, Perun Creative
Both: Cold War · Alternate History · Exploration
Kvark is an FPS game set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic. The player finds themselves in an underground facility that is falling apart as they travel through it. They will have to navigate through dark tunnels and will encounter many obstacles and enemies that will test their skills
FPSShooterCold WarAlternate HistoryFirst-PersonHero ShooterArena ShooterBullet HellExplorationStory Rich👍 463
$9.99Dread X Collection 2
Aug 21 · DreadXP, David Szymanski, Torple Dook, Lovely Hellplace, Scythe Dev Team, Secret Cow Level, panstasz, Mahelyk, Daniel Mullins Games, Wither Studios, Akabaka, Vidas Salavejus, Wayward Preacher, John Szymanski, Bathysfear Labs, Abbey 'Scruncho' Smith
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
HorrorLovecraftianPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericSingleplayerPuzzleFirst-PersonStory RichAction👍 573
$5.99The Story of Henry Bishop
Nov 7 · Blazes Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
AdventureHorrorIndieActionMultiplayerViolentSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSingleplayerExploration👍 504
$4.99Station 17
Aug 31 · Ginger Tree Games
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle
Venture into the echoing halls of Station 17. But Beware, not is all as it seems. Explore the depths, survive what lies within, and keep your eyes open in this horror puzzler.
Psychological HorrorHorrorPuzzleHidden ObjectExplorationAtmosphericPsychologicalSurvival HorrorAdventure3D
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
13 days ago · tweakEra
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror
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
$4.99Noise
Oct 13 · Talentplace
Both: Horror · Cold War
The USSR era is coming to its end – it is 1988. The radio amateur catches a strange signal that emits incomprehensible noises. It is broadcast around the clock and only sometimes a human voice makes its way through the air. You will have to uncover terrifying secrets about this enigmatic signal.
AdventureIndieHorrorVRMysteryAtmosphericCold WarEarly AccessFirst-PersonSurreal👍 153
$4.99Rake
Jul 13 · Konsordo
Both: Horror · Survival Horror
Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorSurvivalFirst-PersonHuntingOpen WorldActionIndieCo-op👍 3,794
$9.99Exit From
Apr 16 · White Box, Elendely
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericMysteryRealisticPhysicsStealthFirst-Person3DExploration👍 490
$8.99Summer of '58
Jul 21 · EMIKA_GAMES
Both: Horror · Thriller · Psychological Horror
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
HorrorThrillerAtmosphericPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonCinematicPsychologicalRealisticDark👍 4,543
$4.99Emily Wants To Play
Dec 10 · Shawn Hitchcock
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
HorrorSurvival HorrorIndieMultiplayerActionVRPsychological HorrorStrategySingleplayerAdventure👍 2,058
$29.99Chernobylite Complete Edition
Jul 28 · The Farm 51
Both: Horror · Exploration · Survival Horror
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
SurvivalPost-apocalypticHorrorRPGSingleplayerAtmosphericAdventureFirst-PersonExplorationSurvival Horror👍 12,573
$4.99Crisis in the Kremlin
Mar 20 · Nostalgames
Both: Cold War · Alternate History
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Political SimStrategyCold WarSimulationIndieHistoricalAlternate HistoryGrand StrategyDiplomacyChoices Matter👍 1,372
$2.991953 - KGB Unleashed
Sep 20
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Cold War
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
AdventurePoint & ClickHorrorIndieFirst-PersonPuzzleCold WarAtmosphericSingleplayerCasual👍 218