A game whose gameplay is mini-games and puzzles. But in the atmosphere of horror and psychedelic. A rare combination, but I managed to find decent similar games to Fran Bow.

18 Games Like Fran Bow For PC (Steam, EGS, GOG)

18. Bear With Me

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Similarity: 10 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Noir
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Bear With Me is an episodic adventure game with a noir style. A girl named Amber is trying to find her missing brother, and helping her is a loyal teddy bear named Ted E. Bear.

Bear With Me screenshot

17. Serena

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 10 %
  • Year of release: 2014
  • Game play time: 2 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.

Serena screenshot

16. Alone in the Dark

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Return to Derseto Manor in this reimagining of Alone in the Dark, a declaration of love for the cult classic '90s horror game.

Alone in the Dark screenshot

15. Dead Secret Circle

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

DEAD SECRET CIRCLE is a horror mystery set in Chicago in 1971. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed DEAD SECRET, reality and dreams collide as investigative reporter Patricia Gable sees beyond the flesh to chase a killer with a grisly M.O. Track the killer, narrow the suspects, and above all, stay alive.

Dead Secret Circle screenshot

14. Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 72
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2015
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Quest
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

TORMENTUM is a Point & Click adventure game full of darkness. The oneiric atmosphere of the presented world was inspired by the works of artists Hans Rudolf Giger and Zdislav Beksinski. The final look of the game was also inspired by Demon's Souls and Dark Seed. All together and predetermined the world of the game, depressive and full of gloom.

Tormentum - Dark Sorrow screenshot

13. Without Escape


Without Escape is a point-and-click horror game in which players must investigate gruesome, unearthly events that have begun to manifest in their own home.

Without Escape screenshot

12. Phasmophobia

similar games to Phasmophobia
  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 20 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Phasmophobia screenshot

11. Demonologist

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2023
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: yes
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Demonologist is a cooperative horror game that can be played with a minimum of 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, alone or with a team.

Demonologist screenshot

10. Little Nightmares (series)

similar games to Little Nightmares
  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017 - 2021
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Little Nightmares II is a suspense-packed adventure game. You play as a young boy named Mono, who finds himself in a world deformed by the evil Transmission. With his new friend Six, he tries to find its source.

Little Nightmares screenshot

9. Downfall

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 75
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Downfall screenshot

8. Detention

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Detention screenshot

7. The Last Crown: Midnight Horror

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2015
  • Game play time: 7 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Halloween celebrations are in full swing, in the lonely harbour town of Saxton. Ghost-hunter, Nigel Danvers, doesn't believe the night is any different. He knows that ghosts exist, so why would tonight be any different? Nigel and his ghost-hunting partner, Lucy Reubans, are in for a supernatural surprise.

The Last Crown: Midnight Horror screenshot

6. Black Mirror (series)

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 75
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2003 - 2011
  • Game play time: 12 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?

Black Mirror screenshot

5. Knock-knock

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2013
  • Game play time: 5 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Deep in the depths of a dense forest stands an unusual house. For three generations of Dwellers, it has served as both a laboratory and a home.Recently, the last Dweller began to notice frightening changes in the familiar surroundings - things are disappearing, noises and scrapes are heard. Something incomprehensible is coming from the forest.

Knock-knock screenshot

4. Poppy Playtime

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 5 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

There are two goals in this horror adventure - to solve all the puzzles and survive. You will be hunted by bloodthirsty toys that inhabit an abandoned factory. Use the grabber to manipulate wires and reach distant objects. Explore the area and avoid the paws of the monsters.

Poppy Playtime screenshot

3. The Cat Lady

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 81
  • Similarity: 80 %
  • Year of release: 2012
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

The Cat Lady screenshot

2. Little Misfortune

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Led by his new friend, Mr. Voice, Failure sets off into the woods where secrets are revealed and trouble happens.

Little Misfortune screenshot

1. Sally Face

similar games to Sally Face
  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Deep plot
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Immerse yourself in the grim adventure of a boy with a prosthetic face and a difficult past. Unravel the sinister mystery of Sully's story to find the truth behind the veil of darkness.

Sally Face screenshot

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10. Bear With Me


Bear With Me is an episodic adventure game with a noir style. A girl named Amber is trying to find her missing brother, and helping her is a loyal teddy bear named Ted E. Bear.

Bear With Me screenshot

9. Alone in the Dark

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Return to Derseto Manor in this reimagining of Alone in the Dark, a declaration of love for the cult classic '90s horror game.

Alone in the Dark screenshot

8. Without Escape

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 4 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Without Escape is a point-and-click horror game in which players must investigate gruesome, unearthly events that have begun to manifest in their own home.

Without Escape screenshot

7. Little Nightmares (series)

similar games to Little Nightmares
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017 - 2021
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Little Nightmares II is a suspense-packed adventure game. You play as a young boy named Mono, who finds himself in a world deformed by the evil Transmission. With his new friend Six, he tries to find its source.

Little Nightmares screenshot

6. Detention

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Detention screenshot

5. Black Mirror (series)

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 75
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2003 - 2011
  • Game play time: 12 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?

Black Mirror screenshot

4. Knock-knock

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2013
  • Game play time: 5 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Deep in the depths of a dense forest stands an unusual house. For three generations of Dwellers, it has served as both a laboratory and a home.Recently, the last Dweller began to notice frightening changes in the familiar surroundings - things are disappearing, noises and scrapes are heard. Something incomprehensible is coming from the forest.

Knock-knock screenshot

3. Poppy Playtime

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 5 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

There are two goals in this horror adventure - to solve all the puzzles and survive. You will be hunted by bloodthirsty toys that inhabit an abandoned factory. Use the grabber to manipulate wires and reach distant objects. Explore the area and avoid the paws of the monsters.

Poppy Playtime screenshot

2. Little Misfortune

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Led by his new friend, Mr. Voice, Failure sets off into the woods where secrets are revealed and trouble happens.

Little Misfortune screenshot

1. Sally Face

similar games to Sally Face
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Deep plot
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Immerse yourself in the grim adventure of a boy with a prosthetic face and a difficult past. Unravel the sinister mystery of Sully's story to find the truth behind the veil of darkness.

Sally Face screenshot

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7. Bear With Me

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 10 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Noir
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Bear With Me is an episodic adventure game with a noir style. A girl named Amber is trying to find her missing brother, and helping her is a loyal teddy bear named Ted E. Bear.

Bear With Me screenshot

6. Alone in the Dark

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2024
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Return to Derseto Manor in this reimagining of Alone in the Dark, a declaration of love for the cult classic '90s horror game.

Alone in the Dark screenshot

5. Without Escape

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 50 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 4 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Without Escape is a point-and-click horror game in which players must investigate gruesome, unearthly events that have begun to manifest in their own home.

Without Escape screenshot

4. Little Nightmares (series)

similar games to Little Nightmares
  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017 - 2021
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Little Nightmares II is a suspense-packed adventure game. You play as a young boy named Mono, who finds himself in a world deformed by the evil Transmission. With his new friend Six, he tries to find its source.

Little Nightmares screenshot

3. Black Mirror (series)

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 75
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2003 - 2011
  • Game play time: 12 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?

Black Mirror screenshot

2. Little Misfortune

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Led by his new friend, Mr. Voice, Failure sets off into the woods where secrets are revealed and trouble happens.

Little Misfortune screenshot

1. Sally Face

similar games to Sally Face
  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Deep plot
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Immerse yourself in the grim adventure of a boy with a prosthetic face and a difficult past. Unravel the sinister mystery of Sully's story to find the truth behind the veil of darkness.

Sally Face screenshot

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7. Dead Secret Circle

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

DEAD SECRET CIRCLE is a horror mystery set in Chicago in 1971. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed DEAD SECRET, reality and dreams collide as investigative reporter Patricia Gable sees beyond the flesh to chase a killer with a grisly M.O. Track the killer, narrow the suspects, and above all, stay alive.

Dead Secret Circle screenshot

6. Little Nightmares (series)

similar games to Little Nightmares
  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017 - 2021
  • Game play time: 8 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Little Nightmares II is a suspense-packed adventure game. You play as a young boy named Mono, who finds himself in a world deformed by the evil Transmission. With his new friend Six, he tries to find its source.

Little Nightmares screenshot

5. Detention

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 83
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Detention screenshot

4. Knock-knock

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2013
  • Game play time: 5 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Deep in the depths of a dense forest stands an unusual house. For three generations of Dwellers, it has served as both a laboratory and a home.Recently, the last Dweller began to notice frightening changes in the familiar surroundings - things are disappearing, noises and scrapes are heard. Something incomprehensible is coming from the forest.

Knock-knock screenshot

3. Poppy Playtime

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2021
  • Game play time: 5 hours
  • Genre: Horrors
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

There are two goals in this horror adventure - to solve all the puzzles and survive. You will be hunted by bloodthirsty toys that inhabit an abandoned factory. Use the grabber to manipulate wires and reach distant objects. Explore the area and avoid the paws of the monsters.

Poppy Playtime screenshot

2. Little Misfortune

  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Metascore: 57
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Led by his new friend, Mr. Voice, Failure sets off into the woods where secrets are revealed and trouble happens.

Little Misfortune screenshot

1. Sally Face

similar games to Sally Face
  • Buy: Nintendo Store
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 10 hours
  • Genre: Deep plot
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Immerse yourself in the grim adventure of a boy with a prosthetic face and a difficult past. Unravel the sinister mystery of Sully's story to find the truth behind the veil of darkness.

Sally Face screenshot

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5. Bear With Me

  • Buy: App Store
  • Similarity: 10 %
  • Year of release: 2016
  • Game play time: 6 hours
  • Genre: Noir
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Bear With Me is an episodic adventure game with a noir style. A girl named Amber is trying to find her missing brother, and helping her is a loyal teddy bear named Ted E. Bear.

Bear With Me screenshot

4. Tormentum - Dark Sorrow


TORMENTUM is a Point & Click adventure game full of darkness. The oneiric atmosphere of the presented world was inspired by the works of artists Hans Rudolf Giger and Zdislav Beksinski. The final look of the game was also inspired by Demon's Souls and Dark Seed. All together and predetermined the world of the game, depressive and full of gloom.

Tormentum - Dark Sorrow screenshot

3. Little Nightmares (series)

similar games to Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares II is a suspense-packed adventure game. You play as a young boy named Mono, who finds himself in a world deformed by the evil Transmission. With his new friend Six, he tries to find its source.

Little Nightmares screenshot

2. Poppy Playtime


There are two goals in this horror adventure - to solve all the puzzles and survive. You will be hunted by bloodthirsty toys that inhabit an abandoned factory. Use the grabber to manipulate wires and reach distant objects. Explore the area and avoid the paws of the monsters.

Poppy Playtime screenshot

1. Little Misfortune


Led by his new friend, Mr. Voice, Failure sets off into the woods where secrets are revealed and trouble happens.

Little Misfortune screenshot