Games like FOCUS

If the scary and tense rhythm of FOCUS stuck with you, this helps. These games are a good place to start.

The Overseer
You work for an agency containing supernatural threats. A monitored subject with unusual abilities drew anomalies to his former sites, along with a figure codenamed “Eric.” The subject is being moved to a Safe House. Secure every location and prevent further spread.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
I'm on Observation Duty
A night shift behind surveillance cameras. Your job: watch the rooms, remember how they looked, and file a report the moment something is off. A chair has moved. A carpet is gone. Someone is standing in the kitchen who should not be there. Spot every anomaly before 6 AM, or the night ends badly.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
95% of 2,111 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$2.99
Anomaly Control Division
Welcome to the Anomaly Control Division—the finest workplace on Earth. Protect humanity. Study the unknown. Monitor anomalies, maintain containment, and survive the shift. Good luck. *All on-duty injuries are your sole responsibility. The Division assumes no liability.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positiveFree
SCP: Observer
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
92% of 659 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Surveillance Work -Taboo-
Please repeatedly "Surveillance" and "Search" to arrive at the truth. You are hereby appointed as the Surveillance Officer for Facility Surveillance Operations. Your continued employment will be determined based on your performance and health condition.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
98% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$5.80
Caught On Camera
Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the screens.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
88% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Ministry for Anomaly Observation
A retro anomaly observation game where a government ministry tasks you with monitoring CCTV feeds and identifying anomalies to construct case files. Missed anomalies corrupt the shift and its case file evidence.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
SURVEILLANCE DUTY: Twisted Sight
A real-time surveillance thriller where you control security systems, switch between dozens of camera feeds, and react to anomalies before everything collapses. Observe or perish.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Spectator
You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
93% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Ghost Observation
Ghost Observation is a psychological horror anomaly detection game. Monitor cursed locations through a 360° surveillance system, spot environmental anomalies, and report them before they spiral out of control. Survive from midnight to dawn… or face what you failed to notice.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
69% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Vigilance Improvement Program
A vigilance improvement program. Check the rooms on your monitor and spot the "subjects" that have slipped in.Three types to find: Mannequins, Added Objects, and Invisible Ones.Each course makes them harder to spot.Sessions run 23:00 to 06:00. Misses and false reports are limited.Make it to the end.
Tense, Mysterious
$3.99
The Missing Rune
A psychological horror sim where you play a low-level researcher, who has to banish demonic entities back to where they came from. While having to keep the entitles in your peripheral vision, you must use the Rune Operation Manual to input the right runes, and send them back.
Scary, Tense, Atmospheric
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Cheaper than FOCUS

I'm on Observation Duty

One long night, a wall of monitors and your memory as the only tool: spot what changed before it's too late.

$2.99

Caught On Camera

Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the…

$1.99

I'm on Observation Duty 3

A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house.

$2.99

Project CCTV

Play as squad captain of the Critical Containment Threat Verification division and watch live surveillance feeds from CCTV to report any anomalies…

$2.99

DEATHWATCH

You've been tasked to observe supposedly haunted locations. Observe and log paranormal events and use the tools at your disposal to gather data on…

$2.09

Project13: Nightwatch

A new Observer Gametype where you take on the role of an Observer tasked with guarding the HQ of the Project 13 Corp. .

$1.79

異誕監視室 | Monativity Surveillance

Your duties will be to enter specific sentences and report anomalies in the surveillance video.

$2.99

False Dream

You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.

$1.99

PUPILLARY

Pupillary is a short surveillance horror game where you monitor live camera feeds, report anomalies, and try to survive until 6 AM. 10 anomaly types…

ISOLATE

You, who needed money, will participate in a secret biological experiment.

$1.99

BROKEN TAPE

Broken Tape is a narrative-driven first person walking simulator with the elements of psychological horror.

$1.24

Paranormal Inc.

Horror with a real life footage. You will watch live CCTV footage and report the anomalies you see.

$2.99

Hidden gems like FOCUS

SCP – Containment Breach

You are a Class D test subject when the facility falls apart, and SCP-173, a statue that only moves when you blink, is loose.

Free

I'm on Observation Duty 8

A night shift of surveillance cameras where spotting one small wrong detail can be the difference between a quiet report and something far worse.

$11.99

Paragnosia: Museum

Uncover a disturbing mystery in a haunted museum. Track and exorcise restless spirits using your rail-mounted camera, spot up to 130 anomalies, and…

$5.99

I'm on Observation Duty 7

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and…

$11.99

Paragnosia

Patrol your haunted rooms on a rail-mounted camera, catch every anomaly, and hold onto your doors until morning.

$3.99

I'm on Observation Duty 6

A night of camera feeds where spotting the smallest wrong detail is the whole job, and the whole dread.

$11.99

日本事故物件監視協会3 -Japan Stigmatized Property-

Scan live surveillance feeds of Japanese properties through the small hours and flag every anomaly before the night gets worse.

$8.99

Dead Signal

A night shift on the wrong side of the cameras. Watch 23 hacked feeds, file reports on schedule, and hand-deliver shady packages while hitmen stalk…

$12.99

SCP: Observer

SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room.

Free

I'm on Observation Duty 5

Watch the cameras, spot what changed, and report it before the anomalies pile up past saving.

$9.99

I'm on Observation Duty 4

Monitor grainy security feeds, log every anomaly you spot and make it through the night shift with your nerves intact.

$4.99

Spectator

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity.

$12.99

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