Games like Lost Files: 1978

Still thinking about Lost Files: 1978 and its tense and scary tone? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.

Cheaper than Lost Files: 1978

blinDead

blinDead

Echolocate your surroundings with sounds produced by your microphone.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Room 817: Director's Cut

Room 817: Director's Cut

Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life.

80% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Echoes of Dread

Echoes of Dread

Explore a haunted mansion, piece together a family's fate and survive what still walks its halls.

88% of 134 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$4.99
The Sounding Dark

The Sounding Dark

The world is pitch black. Every step sends out a pulse of sound that paints the crypt in neon and tells the blind things below exactly where you are.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Blind Sound

Blind Sound

Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility.

60% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Friday Night

Friday Night

Investigate the abandoned mansion where your family died, use your voice to speak to the spirit and collect evidence about the truth.

86% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Fox Pines

Fox Pines

A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here…

67% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
LostEcho

LostEcho

A flashlight. An abandoned hospital. Seven rooms. Remember what's normal — then spot what's changed. Chair turned? Ruler gone? Poster watching you?

$1.99
E-Files

E-Files

E-FILES — a psychological horror game in the style of the PS1 era, centered around a secret investigation, rituals, and the mysterious “Lists.”

100% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$3
IT HEARS YOU

IT HEARS YOU

A psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. A sound-sensitive creature hunts you. Stay silent, hide, and escape before it hears you.

50% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Shhh!

Shhh!

Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)

71% of 342 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Mansion of the Dead

Mansion of the Dead

Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness.

94% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Hidden gems like Lost Files: 1978

Uh Oh!

Uh Oh!

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

86% of 115 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Echoes of Dread

Echoes of Dread

Explore a haunted mansion, piece together a family's fate and survive what still walks its halls.

88% of 134 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$4.99
Unmourned

Unmourned

Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events.

79% of 265 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
THE MUTE HOUSE

THE MUTE HOUSE

Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action.

79% of 309 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Lost Child

Lost Child

Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere.

78% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Midnight Special

Midnight Special

Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread.

69% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Silence Channel

Silence Channel

Based on a chilling true story, Silence Channel is a first person psychological horror game.

79% of 158 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Silver Chains

Silver Chains

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration.

70% of 939 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Perception

Perception

An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of…

72% of 550 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Fear the Dark Unknown

Fear the Dark Unknown

The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped.

64% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Blind

Blind

Navigate an unfamiliar world in virtual reality using echolocation, where sounds become images.

67% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$24.99

Newest games like Lost Files: 1978

The Sounding Dark

The Sounding Dark

The world is pitch black. Every step sends out a pulse of sound that paints the crypt in neon and tells the blind things below exactly where you are.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
E-Files

E-Files

E-FILES — a psychological horror game in the style of the PS1 era, centered around a secret investigation, rituals, and the mysterious “Lists.”

100% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$3
In Silent Walls : Inside The House

In Silent Walls : Inside The House

Trapped inside a house that defies all logic, explore your memories, escape the creatures hunting you, and uncover what truly connects you to the…

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Liminal Heist

Liminal Heist

Break in. Find the parts. Get out.

100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Friday Night

Friday Night

Investigate the abandoned mansion where your family died, use your voice to speak to the spirit and collect evidence about the truth.

86% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Shroud of the Woods

Shroud of the Woods

A psychological horror about searching for your missing dog in a forest where the silence itself listens to your every breath from between the trees.

100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Echoes Of The Unseen

Echoes Of The Unseen

Echoes Of The Unseen is a psychological horror game combining stealth, exploration, and puzzle-solving.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Midnight Special

Midnight Special

Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread.

69% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Echo's Inc

Echo's Inc

You work the late shift at Echo's Inc reviewing bodycam footage of employees that vanished. Tonight it's Melvin's tape.

80% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Uh Oh!

Uh Oh!

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

86% of 115 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Unmourned

Unmourned

Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events.

79% of 265 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Nocturia The Game

Nocturia The Game

Trapped in the pitch blackness of your own home, you’re a helpless child, alone and pursued by a sinister entity lurking in the shadows.

68% of 41 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99