Games Like Dreamcore

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Surreal 10.9%, Nonlinear 8.7%, Underwater 7.6% ★

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Surreal 11.6%, Mystery 6.5%

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Underwater 27.8% ★, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.7%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Minimalist 8.3%

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

Why similar: Escape Room 27.8% ★, Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, First-Person 8.6%, Exploration 6.9%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 9.3%

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 17%, Surreal 15%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 7.8%

Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.3%, Horror 20.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, 3D 8.9%

Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

Why similar: Surreal 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, First-Person 8.7%

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Surreal 18.3%, Mystery 12.7%, First-Person 7.7%, Dark 7.2%

Aquariums is a liminal space horror adventure with elements of thalassophobia and poolrooms. You find yourself in a mysterious facility full of oversized Aquariums and Sea Life. Navigate the flooded rooms to find out the secret behind this sinister place.

Why similar: Underwater 18.7% ★, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Minimalist 6.1%

Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

Why similar: 3D 51.4%, Indie 30.6%, Singleplayer 17.9%

In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.

Why similar: Horror 33.5%, First-Person 20.7%, Exploration 18%, 3D 10.9%, Adventure 5.2%

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Exploration 40.9%, First-Person 26.1%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Surreal 16.6%, Realistic 9.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, Exploration 7.7%

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 16.8%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%

Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.9%, Horror 24.7%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Exploration 8.5%, 3D 4.2%

Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.4%, Underwater 13.1% ★, Nonlinear 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Surreal 8.5%

Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Escape Room 14.5% ★, Nonlinear 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Realistic 7.7%

A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.

Why similar: Escape Room 12.7% ★, Walking Simulator 10%, Nonlinear 10%, Surreal 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.5%

Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Underwater 14% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Surreal 9.6%, Realistic 8%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, being sure to keep a steely gaze on the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Horror 9%, Exploration 8.1%

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Exploration 8.8%, Mystery 7.8%

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 20.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 11.4%

You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.

Why similar: Escape Room 17% ★, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Horror 7.6%

Infiltrate a closed botanical facility to discover what went wrong in the labs. Look for clues to unravel the story, align objects using perspective to move forward and alter the environment using weather-changing mechanics. Two modes: Entities with jump scares or pure exploration.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.5%, Escape Room 14.6% ★, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Horror 8.7%

Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Horror 11.1%, Realistic 10.2%

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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 8.3%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Surreal 16%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.6%, Dark 8.2%

you will embark on a psychological exploration experience that will engulf you in deep curiosity and tension. in this world of modern buildings, dark corners, and mysterious tunnels, you will chase the unknown. walk, look around, and listen to the sounds.

Why similar: Escape Room 15.7% ★, Nonlinear 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9%

Trapped in what seems to be an endless hospital department. Carefully observe your surroundings in each loop to escape the Liminal Department

Why similar: Escape Room 15.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Surreal 11.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 24.5%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Dark 8.9%, Surreal 7.4%

Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Escape Room 11.1% ★, Exploration 8.2%, First-Person 7.4%

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 15.3%, Realistic 9.3%, Dark 8.1%

A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 7.5%

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Dark 11.1%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 15.1%, Realistic 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Realistic 8.4%

"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.1%

You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Surreal 15%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.7%, Realistic 8.7%

Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Surreal 20.1%, Horror 11.9%, Relaxing 11.9%, Realistic 10.9%

Trapped in an endless Roman corridor, you must observe carefully, solve eerie puzzles, and survive horrors in this roguelite puzzle-adventure.

Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 8.7%

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 8.8%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Surreal 20.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Minimalist 9.5%

An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

Why similar: Escape Room 30.1% ★, Psychological Horror 11%, Investigation 10.9%, Horror 10.2%, Mystery 8.6%

Explore endless labyrinths of eerie hallways while being hunted by an evil spider teddy. Locate different rooms, complete tasks, survive the surreal corridors and find the exit from your nightmare!

Why similar: Escape Room 20.4% ★, Surreal 15.7%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 8.1%

A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

Why similar: Surreal 23.2%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 12.1%

Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.

Why similar: Escape Room 35% ★, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 8%, Relaxing 6.7%

Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 8.9%, Realistic 7.9%

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 23.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 10.3%

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 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 9%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Realistic 10.5%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.9%

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Escape Room 23.3% ★, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Mystery 7.2%, Horror 7%

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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Dark 8.2%, Exploration 8.2%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Horror 11.4%, Realistic 11.4%

A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Investigation 9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

You have arrived at a research facility to rescue your younger sister. You’ve received information that she is on the 10th floor of the facility, but will you be able to reach her?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 7.5%

Walking and Swimming Simulator. No monsters. Explore liminal spaces where each level reflects different aspects of your mind. Savor the atmosphere and let your feelings guide you. Relax or feel anxious as you dive underwater. Overcome your fears in uncanny, unnerving, and eerie spaces.

Why similar: Underwater 17.9% ★, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 9.6%, Mystery 8.3%

You wake up trapped in a strange swimming pool. A 20-minute psychological horror experience where familiar spaces transform into alien nightmares. There are no monsters. Only you, an endless maze of water, and your slowly dissolving grip on reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Escape Room 10.4% ★, Underwater 10.3% ★, Horror 10.1%