Games Like Where's Oswald

A cinematic horror experience based on exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Cinematic 24.6%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Casual 6.2%

A first-person psychological horror set in a decaying hotel that does not want to let you leave. Explore a dark, interconnected environment where sound, lighting, and subtle details drive a slow, relentless sense of dread. You are moving forward, whether you want to or not.

Why similar: Cinematic 23.8%, Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, First-Person 6.7%

The following is a series of tapes recovered near the Overlook National Park where four people were recently reported missing- a family of three and one motorist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Cinematic 18%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 9.1%

Mountain's Memory is a walking simulator horror game where players explore a mountain at night, armed only with a lamp. Inspired by the chilling style of Japanese horror, this game delivers an atmosphere of fear and mystery. Feel the terror unfold in the quiet, desolate mountain.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Horror 22.9%, Cinematic 16.6%, First-Person 7.3%, Exploration 7%

The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Cinematic 19.1%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%

You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Casual 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Lost August is a single-player open-world walking simulator game based on the concept of liminal spaces and the backrooms. Experience a dream-like world through the lens of a VHS camera as you explore the contents of a recently discovered video tape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Cinematic 17.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.6%

Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 9.3%, 1990's 7.5%

As a Stationmaster of a sleepy English station, it is your duty to carry out the nightly tasks and tend to the customers, but can the customers be trusted?

Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Cinematic 23.2%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Dark 7.3%

Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Horror 18%, Cinematic 16.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Cinematic 22.4%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Cinematic 16.8%, Dark 9.6%, Exploration 9%

FINAL AGE is a first person single player psychological horror game . The player takes on the role of a curious investigator who is drawn to a cottage which was previously owned by an army man Samuel, who mysteriously disappeared during a war. Contains tricky puzzles. Needs good observation skills.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Horror 15.8%, Cinematic 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Exploration 7.2%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Cinematic 18%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Exploration 6.9%

You're stuck in an endlessly looping hallway, but every time you enter it, something seems to be different. Try to spot everything that isn't supposed to be there, but most of all, make sure to get out alive.

Why similar: Cinematic 25.2%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 7.6%

You’re operating a drill machine beneath an abandoned chemical lab. You’ll feel the ground tremble, hear faint whispers in the dark, and glimpse shadows just beyond your lights. Stay focused—ignore what you see and hear—and keep drilling until your tasks are done.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Cinematic 17.9%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%

The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Cinematic 19.4%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 7.2%

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Atmospheric 7%

An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Dark 7.6%

Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story. Based on true events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Cinematic 19.3%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, 1990's 8.6%

A brother's desperate message lures you to a cursed ancestral home. In this first-person psychological horror, explore Grandmas house where reality unravels and shadows whisper secrets. Decipher cryptic clues, confront terror, question sanity. Seek truth. Escape the darkness or be its next victim?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, Horror 28.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Casual 9.4%, Exploration 6.6%

Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, 1990's 10.9%, Dark 10.3%

You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Horror 25.2%, Cinematic 17.5%, Exploration 12.3%, 1990's 7.5%

What hides in the depths of the forest?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Cinematic 22.7%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 7.8%

Inspired by Incantation. The Visit: Mizukawa is a first-person psychological horror game following several perspectives tied by a single curse. In a city haunted by tapes, each story brings the ritual one step closer to its end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Horror 19.4%, Cinematic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 8%

A story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Follow Caroline Miller's descent into an increasingly twisted reality as she searches for her missing husband

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Cinematic 12.6%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Exploration 8.9%

A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Horror 26.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, First-Person 7.1%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Horror 23.4%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

By all measures Isaac Llewellyn is a success in life. So why doesn't it feel like that? Something is horribly wrong. Join Isaac as he returns to his childhood home to try to make sense of what happened in his youth. To reconcile truth with memory, Isaac must explore a horrifying past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Cinematic 17.5%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, 1990's 8.5%

It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Cinematic 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%

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 with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Dark 8.7%

You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 20.2%, Cinematic 18.3%, Dark 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 25.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 7.9%

Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Cinematic 23.7%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Dark 6.5%

Don’t Blink is a first-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth and psychological horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Exploration 8.8%

The 18th Attic is a psychological horror game where you play as a man trapped in the attic with your cat companion, armed only with a camera. Hunt down paranormal anomalies by taking their pictures and detecting their presence to unravel secrets of your past. Each photo unlocks a new memory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Cinematic 19.7%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 7.6%

Michael and John are vloggers exploring a notorious abandoned house. John disappears without a trace, and Michael gets trapped inside. Now Michael has to find out what’s really going on to make it out alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Cinematic 23.9%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 7.4%

You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Cinematic 23.3%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%

A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 7.7%

This is a first-person indie horror game with VHS effects. Be careful—you're facing a terrifying entity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Horror 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Exploration 6.5%, Dark 4.7%

Constitución, CABA. 3 AM. You leave a party, feeling defeated because the girl you liked didn't even look at you. You go to wait for the last "39" bus of that night. You try to stop it, but it goes straight away. Tomorrow you have the exam that defines whether you graduate or not. Good luck.

Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Cinematic 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, First-Person 9.6%

Hollow Faces is an atmospheric narrative horror where you step into the role of creators documenting paranormal phenomena. The game blends an intense walking simulator with environmental observation, careful listening, and reacting to threats.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.5%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 9.4%

Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Cinematic 23%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

You're taking care of your friend's house but a garden gnome appears.

Why similar: Cinematic 26.3%, Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%

美術品を警備する――対峙するのは強盗でも怪盗でもなく「夜ごと変異する美術品」。ヴィクトルズ・テスト・ナイトと呼ばれる一連の間違い探しプロトコルに参加し、５日間、無限の世界の歩き方を学び続けなければならない。

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.5%, Horror 18.8%, Casual 13.3%, Exploration 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is a VHS-style horror game where you explore eerie liminal spaces through a camcorder. BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is More than just a walking sim, it features intense levels that require you to hide, run, stay quite, and survive in a creepy, analog nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Cinematic 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Exploration 8.9%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%

"Unknown Memoirs" is a short horror game series focusing on distressing tales of horror. "Stormy Night" sets the player in a world where an unnatural storm has been going on for days. As the player explores the world around them, things start to take a turn towards the unnatural.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Cinematic 23.4%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Dark 6.6%

It’s an indie horror game where a man named Ethan, passionate about collecting VHS tapes, receives a box full of them from a friend. But as he starts watching, he realizes he’s witnessing something deeply disturbing and unsettling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Cinematic 20.6%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Shift realities with the flick of a light switch and plunge into the grotesque to uncover your family's twisted past. A psychological horror game where you must balance the light you need to progress with the terrifying nightmares it summons.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Cinematic 21.1%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Dark 8.4%

The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Cinematic 23.2%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%

You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 18.9%, Cinematic 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dark 7.6%

Two have been reborn. One remains in the shadows. Explore a cursed temple, uncover ancient secrets, and survive a gripping and terrifying journey through forgotten gods and darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Horror 21.2%, Cinematic 18%, Dark 10.4%, Exploration 9.1%

Is lucid dreaming safe? Waking up in the underground, you experience a strange sensation: you are still asleep, and your brain is merely playing tricks on your mind! Trapped, you must find a way out, observing the surroundings and uncovering secrets. Be cautious: you are being watched...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Horror 17.9%, Cinematic 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 9.5%

Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Cinematic 26.1%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Horror 17.7%, Cinematic 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 8.3%

The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Cinematic 18.3%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Exploration 9%

Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Cinematic 19%, Horror 11.6%, 1990's 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Cyberpunk Horror - is a first-person horror game that conveys a real atmosphere of horror in a cyberpunk setting.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Cinematic 21.7%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%