60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Walking Simulator, Psychological, Surreal, Adventure.
808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.
Telomere
A minimalist journey though life.
The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
A minimalist journey though life.
Why similar: Philosophical 19%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Abstract 14.9%, Surreal 11%, Emotional 10.7%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Abstract 12.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Philosophical 10.1%, Surreal 7.5%
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?
Why similar: Abstract 15.9%, Philosophical 14.7%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Emotional 12.3%, Psychological 10.4%
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.4%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Abstract 12.3%, Story Rich 10.1%, Psychological 8.7%
A thrilling, poignant story-driven experience about a daughter who returns to her childhood home after receiving a letter that her estranged mother has left something mysterious for her. Explore, interact and experience a narrative about love, hope and umm.... HAUNTING DARK PAST!? WHAT?
Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Abstract 13.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Emotional 8.6%
Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Abstract 15.8%, Philosophical 13%, Emotional 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%
Step into the space between subconscious and reality. Explore strange liminal worlds, solve sound-driven puzzles, and unravel the secrets behind the enigmatic device left by a vanished scientist.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.9%, Psychological 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Adventure 8.1%
Back Then is a first-person narrative game taking place in the mind of Thomas Eilian, an elderly writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Abstract 12.7%, Emotional 10.9%, Psychological 10.2%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.4%, Psychological 17.1%, Surreal 14.8%, Abstract 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.4%, Story Rich 10.1%, Mystery 10%, Psychological 8.7%, Emotional 8.6%
You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.
Why similar: Psychological 13.8%, Abstract 13.5%, Philosophical 13.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
5 stories of students in a dying dorm
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Philosophical 15.9%, Abstract 15.2%, Surreal 11.1%, Emotional 7.3%
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Surreal 11.3%, Philosophical 11.1%, Emotional 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
You are a dreamseeker. At least, that's what she wants you to believe. Play every role, open every door, and delve into cosmic debates with dolls that seem to know far more than they should. But remember, above all - don't break her heart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Abstract 15.8%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological 11.5%, Surreal 9.8%
Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this focussed narrative exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Abstract 13.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Emotional 10.3%, Surreal 9.4%
Somnara is a psychological dream experience focused on atmosphere and exploration. No monsters, no jumpscares, just strange environments that shift, distort, and feel increasingly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Abstract 23%, Psychological 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Surreal 9.2%
Fall down further. Find them where they have always been. Help them remember. Explore multiple worlds, solve mysteries, and set your retail-hardened will against a mysterious cosmic force in the second installment of the beloved videohole series.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Philosophical 18%, Surreal 10.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Comedy 8.9%
What if walls could answer? Whatever that means, you’ll explore the memories of a neurotic scientist resolving puzzles that could help his mental state, discovering different endings of his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Abstract 15.3%, Psychological 14.5%, Surreal 13%, Story Rich 8.3%
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM! is a tiny, surreal first-person art "game" about what it's like. your goal is singular and simple: try to help him, however you can... if you can. that's a tall order considering you're both in a blank void and he's being crushed over and over.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Abstract 20.8%, Surreal 19.4%, Psychological 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
Trapped in a surreal prison cell, Avery Stardust, a rogue automaton, has only 17 days to enter his reset code and accept a new life as determined by the Stagnation Protocol. But when the mystery of the SYNCO PATH program unravels, Avery will question everything he believes to be true.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Philosophical 16.5%, Psychological 13.9%, Surreal 13.2%, First-Person 8.5%
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Abstract 14.2%, Surreal 11.2%, Emotional 10.2%
The Dungeon Experience is a comedy first-person adventure about a low-level mudcrab chasing his dream of helping YOU experience the true bliss of Financial Freedom*
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Comedy 13.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Mystery 9.1%
Dive into Yuha's nightmares. Bear witness to a glitch apocalypse. Explore the hidden layers of a 3D-dreamscape. Piece together her memories and fears. Experience a true haunting with vanishing staircases, lost voices and time that keeps running out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Abstract 15.9%, Surreal 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Emotional 9.2%
Goodbye Page is a third-person walking simulator where you play as Page, exploring the mysterious environment of her dad's house. With surreal settings and strange oddities throughout, can she uncover what is really happening in the house?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Philosophical 17.3%, Abstract 16%, Story Rich 9.7%, Psychological 7.7%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Surreal 11.6%, Philosophical 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 9.4%
Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Emotional 12.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological 10.4%, Story Rich 9.8%
Explore the Valley of Mists, where lucid dreams create reality. Study people's dreams and determine their fate. Leave the hectic world for a while and return to yourself.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.5%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Surreal 11%, Story Rich 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7%
A slow-paced, story-driven, first-person game that offers an abstract and surrealistic exploration of a troubled mind in its journey towards acceptance.
Why similar: Abstract 19.1%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological 9.5%, Story Rich 8.7%
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Abstract 20.9%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological 11.3%, Philosophical 10.9%, Surreal 10.3%
EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.
Why similar: Abstract 20%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological 13.9%, Mystery 9%
Your memories are fracturing. Explore an evocative story of love and loss through shifting realities. Solve puzzles to hold on to the moments that define you before they vanish forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Emotional 15.4%, Psychological 14.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Philosophical 10.2%
CODEX vs SCIENCE (Not Talos Principles) is a narrative-driven and engaging adventure game about mental health physiotherapy. Explore ruins, discover notes, and question reality itself. A mysterious journey that blends faith and science — number 1 in the scientific community.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.2%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 9.2%, First-Person 7.5%
Wander in the Threshold, where your memories are the key. Can you face what still lingers ? An emotional story-driven exploration game in eerie liminal spaces.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.4%, Emotional 14%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Surreal 11%, Psychological 10.3%
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Abstract 19.9%, Emotional 16.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%
This is the story of Mark's life...
Why similar: Philosophical 20.5%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Abstract 13.2%, Psychological 12.1%, Emotional 11%
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Abstract 15.1%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Emotional 9.5%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Philosophical 14.5%, Emotional 10.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%
164 Floors. The ultimate test of mind and body. The ascent is simple, mechanical, yet unforgiving. Every step brings you closer to the summit… or your own annihilation. 164: Fragile Ascent is a first-person rhythm challenge where the certainty of the machine clashes with the fragility of the mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Philosophical 20.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Abstract 17.8%, Philosophical 13.8%, Surreal 12%, Mystery 8.4%
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Philosophical 16.9%, Psychological 9.5%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
The Dreamcatcher is a single player first person psychological adventure set in the modern times. You play as a young man who has just started his life in a big city. You will adventure into different dream worlds, overcome obstacles in the dreams with the help from outside the dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological 15.3%, Emotional 13.9%, Mystery 8.2%, Surreal 7.5%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Philosophical 17%, Surreal 13%, Psychological 12.8%, Emotional 11.8%, Abstract 11.6%
A story-driven puzzle adventure about Ovid searching for Thera, his love who vanished aboard a train where the night never ends—but what if she was never the one he needed to find?
Why similar: Psychological 15.5%, Philosophical 14.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, Surreal 11.4%
You are an insect collector. Wander through old summer memories looking for colors.
Why similar: Philosophical 22%, Abstract 19.5%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Surreal 10.7%, Emotional 7.5%
Explore an island at the edge of the world, converse with Greek Gods and Goddesses, and confront monstrosity in this modern reimagining of a classic myth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Philosophical 15.4%, Abstract 13.3%, Surreal 11.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A tale of solitude and discovery, a man awakens on a mysterious desolate beach. Nothing around, but an abandoned lighthouse. Lost Tides is a 3rd person narrative driven adventure game with a fully narrated story.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.4%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Abstract 14.6%, Psychological 10.8%, Emotional 10.3%
First-person boat through the River of Wangchuan, lantern in hand—cut through the fog and chase scattered memory shards. You ferry a General toward the far shore, only to witness the massacre he committed to resurrect the Princess. In the end, who are you—the ferryman, or the General himself?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Psychological 12.9%, Emotional 10.8%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%
The Memphis Chronicles is a first-person tragicomedy set in a world between worlds. Explore a mysterious city layered with stories and connections, in which memories creep up on you. No one there to hold your hand. The only way is forward. This is the trip of a lifetime.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Philosophical 21%, Surreal 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Emotional 8.5%
Live the perfect day, break the cycle, and discover the truth about yourself in this short, quirky sci-fi mystery about freedom, choice, and loneliness.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.8%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Comedy 10%, First-Person 8.2%
Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Philosophical 17.6%, Abstract 16.9%, Surreal 12.6%, First-Person 9.3%
I’m releasing this collection of games so that you may start talking to me again
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Philosophical 18.8%, Abstract 18.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 8.5%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Abstract 11.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Mystery 10.6%, First-Person 10%
Small Island is an upcoming first-person exploration game where you have to escape the small mysterious Island you find yourself on. The game consists mainly in exploring the secret rooms and areas you'll find inside of it.
Why similar: Abstract 24.1%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Surreal 12.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Philosophical 8.1%
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 25.4%, Surreal 15.9%, Abstract 13.8%, First-Person 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%
A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Surreal 12.9%, Emotional 12.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Philosophical 10.6%
RAIN DOGS is a single-player, narrative experience set in a reflection of the urban sprawl you used to call home. Explore and interact with other prisoners of this throw-away society to learn more about why you were put here and what your path forward will be.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.6%, Abstract 18.1%, Psychological 12.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Emotional 9.6%
swamp_land.mp4 is a found footage horror walking sim set in southern Chile. Descend through 7 symbolic levels of sin to uncover a haunting past and open your museum. A 30-minute story with twists, eerie landscapes, and hidden collectibles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Philosophical 16.7%, Abstract 14%, Surreal 10.2%, Psychological 8.9%
They say you’re a monster who destroyed five star systems. Now you’re trapped in a futuristic prison, facing warped puzzles, absurd therapy, and ethical trials — all to prove you’re still human. Good luck surviving your psychological evaluation!
Why similar: Philosophical 21.2%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Comedy 12.9%, Psychological 12.7%, Story Rich 10.9%
A surrealist exploration of the mind of a man trapped in a room. Part game, part short film, part disaster, Flat 207 is a cursed video game with no traditional game mechanics that takes roughly 40 minutes to finish.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 16.6%, Abstract 16.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.5%, Abstract 15.5%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological 11.1%, Surreal 10.5%
