- #1 Hollow Rock
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackCore Games
Windows
A horror game set in an abandoned mine full of dark secrets and deadly puzzles. Explore underground tunnels, uncover the story, and hide from an unknown monster that hunts you. Will you survive and find a way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, 1990's 15.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 9.7%
- #2 The Back of Existence
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skylight Interactive
Windows
Nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Exploration 11.4%, 1990's 11.3%, First-Person 11%
- #3 Third Kind
96% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Refinery66
Windows
An atmospheric first-person adventure about a reporter investigating a mysterious disappearance, which leads to chilling secrets of hidden government projects and a close encounter with visitors from beyond. Inspired by classic thrillers about aliens and unexplained phenomena.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Adventure 13.9%, 1990's 13.6%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #4 obakeyashiki
95% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Horror 11.3%
- #5 Caution Ahead: Part 3
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ionic Relay
Windows
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer, reaches the final destination of his journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Adventure 19%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 12%, Horror 7.2%
- #6 GhostlyRyokan
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.9%, Adventure 22%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #7 The Kult
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NOT APPLICABLE
Windows
A missing friend. Her last known location on your phone. A fence you probably shouldn’t cross. Enter the eerie woods, uncover her story, and face the kult that waits in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, 1990's 19.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 7.5%, First-Person 7.4%
- #8 Unmixable Syrup
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.6%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 14.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #9 REliC
91% matchNo user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: WEM3
Windows
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Adventure 22.1%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #10 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nothing
Windows
My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Horror 6.3%
- #11 Strange Midnight
90% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Red Forest Games
Windows
The plot of the game will tell about the adventures of Alice, about her feelings for her grandfather.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Adventure 20%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 10.6%
- #12 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.2%, Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Horror 9.5%
- #13 Night of the Wererat
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #14 The Guestlist
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: __Mike Ten
Windows
The Guestlist is a horror game where you play as a traveler who gets trapped in a hotel during a thunderstorm. The eccentric and strange guest is your only company, but as you talk to them, you'll uncover the hotel's dark history.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, 1990's 18.9%, Investigation 14%, Horror 11.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #15 Lantern of Remembrance
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 13.5%, Horror 10%
- #16 Backrooms - 2005
84% matchPositive81% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Adventure 17.2%, 1990's 15.1%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 11.6%
- #17 TO:RI
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Farfama
Windows
TO:RI is an atmospheric first-person experience set on an abandoned island. Explore a train station that holds dreams and memories of isolated existence. Journey through an ethereal story about the essence of being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, Exploration 18.1%, First-Person 13.8%, Adventure 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #18 Viltnemda
86% matchVery Positive83% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: Not In Kansas Games
Windows
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 32.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Horror 13.5%, 1990's 13%, First-Person 12%
- #19 Cave Crawler: Volume 2
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Crawl, run, and shimmy your way through this caving experience to survive the horrors lurking through the underground, and discover what would drive a man to go so deep into the bowels of the earth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, 1990's 13.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Horror 10.1%
- #20 Soviet Village
83% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 11%, Thriller 7.4%
- #21 Terrors to Unveil - Last Trace
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Psycho
Windows
Ethan Reid, a 33 year old man craving a break from his demanding routine, decides to take a much needed trip with his girlfriend. What was meant to be a peaceful getaway quickly takes an unexpected turn, setting events in motion that Ethan could have never anticipated.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, 1990's 13.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9.8%
- #22 The Witch and The Lost Babies
81% match8 user reviews81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Montee Games
Windows
As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Thriller 8.9%
- #23 r/nosleep: The Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Du's Game
Windows
r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, 1990's 15.6%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 8.9%
- #24 Selling Souls
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Adventure 20.4%, First-Person 17.4%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #25 Facility of Dusk
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HALKO Digital
Windows
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Investigation 9.7%, Thriller 9.7%
- #26 Pimalai Mansion: หอนี้ ผีไม่ดุ
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zebracan studio
Windows
A short-form horror exploration game where every floor hides a different story, and every ritual brings you one step closer to the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Adventure 16.1%, 1990's 13.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Investigation 9.4%
- #27 Camp Hollow
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThatNerdPunk Games
Windows
A first-person survival horror game where you play as Riley, a night guard trapped in an abandoned summer camp. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery while escaping a relentless creature that hunts you in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Adventure 17.1%, 1990's 15%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 9.6%
- #28 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 13.2%, Horror 7.6%
- #29 HOLLOW EARTH
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 11%, 1990's 8.7%
- #30 SIGNAL
78% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: RPavel
Windows
A game in the genre of horror that tells you the story of the main character named John who works on the space station Atlant. You will find a leisurely gameplay with elements of small puzzles and story narration through the onboard crew records. Welcome to the space station Atlant!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.5%, Adventure 16.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #31 Tuya
77% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 9.2%
- #32 My Day Challenge
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 15.2%, Adventure 12.7%, First-Person 12.5%
- #33 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
74% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Thriller 15.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Horror 10.3%
- #34 Below the Surface:Assassin's Prison
76% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
一款悬疑解谜的探案游戏,您将扮演负责案件的警探Chen,在犯罪现场搜索物证,利用关联系统层层推理,直到找到案件的真相。当然游戏中还有层层机关需要破解。真相只有一个,速来破案。
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Adventure 18.2%, 1990's 14.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Thriller 7.6%
- #35 Drowned Grave
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.3%, 1990's 22%, Adventure 13.6%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 8.3%
- #36 SCP Studies
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FestiveAltrumPub: AltrumGames
Windows
In this game you explore a SCP Facility, while trying to stay sane and finish objectives by completing everything the SCP's have to offer. Interact with anomalous objects; experience, avoid, destroy, and use them. Learn how the facility operates and try to to keep it running as long as you can.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Adventure 19.9%, 1990's 14.9%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #37 Redrum Hotel
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: MetalMana Games Ltd.
Windows
Redrum Hotel is a short, first-person horror adventure game. Roam around the haunted hotel, collecting scattered notes and avoiding the evil presence that seeks to rid you of your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.2%, Thriller 15.4%, First-Person 14.4%, Horror 13.5%, Adventure 9.5%
- #38 Just a Stay at the Inn
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50%, Adventure 15.4%, First-Person 15.3%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #39 my brother lives in a canyon
74% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: Kenneth Dodrill
Windows · Linux
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Adventure 20.8%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 13.1%, Mystery 7.3%
- #40 Ether One
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Adventure 19%, First-Person 16%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 4.9%
- #41 Wasteland Horror Radio: Episode 2 - The Lighthouse
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HsRetroGames
Windows
Wasteland Horror Radio: Ep. 2 - The Lighthouse: Back in the late 1890's.. While her friends wait, a young girl re-enters an old derelict lighthouse alone to retrieve a lost heirloom. Moments later, she would vanish forever..
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 13%, Horror 7.2%
- #42 Possession
71% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Taleon
Windows
The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Horror 7.3%
- #43 The Old City: Leviathan
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 744 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 47.2%, Exploration 14.8%, Adventure 14.1%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #44 Where The Road Fades
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Smog3D
Windows
“Where the Road Fades” is a short psychological indie horror game. After an accident, you find yourself lost in the woods and seek help in a house but something isn’t right there. Explore, make decisions, and face the darkness. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, 1990's 17.9%, First-Person 17.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 6.9%
- #45 The Shattered Mind of Lucas Hayes
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ilyandily
Windows
A first-person walking simulator focused on atmosphere and introspection, where players explore surreal spaces, discover memories, and move at their own pace through a calm, dreamlike experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.8%, Adventure 14.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #46 Firewatch
72% matchVery Positive91% of 97,344 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.9%, Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 9%
- #47 The Backrooms : Noclipped
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A316
Windows
If you're not careful, you might noclip and enter a place called "The Backrooms". A place like never before seen with mind bending levels that makes you question if this is real. Try to leave the backrooms or get stuck in it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, 1990's 18.3%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 15.4%, Adventure 14.7%
- #48 Night Record: Thin Walls
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Althera Studio
Windows
Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, 1990's 16.1%, Thriller 9.8%, Horror 9.8%, First-Person 9.4%
- #49 UnFOrgettable Encounters
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Basement Games
Windows
In this horror game, you will follow the story of Andrew as he embarks on a journey to reconnect with his past, revisiting childhood memories of searching for his missing father - a passionate UFO researcher and enthusiast.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, 1990's 19.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Horror 9.8%
- #50 At the Summit of Mount Rojerya
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Selçuk Çetiner
Windows
Survive a deadly descent from a mountain peak. One wrong step ends it all. Be slow, focused, and patient caution is your only ally in this unforgiving journey. There’s no map, no help just you, your instincts, and the will to make it out alive. One mistake, and it’s all over.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.1%, Adventure 26.8%, Exploration 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #51 The Haunted Keepsake
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Hazard Digital
Windows
Step into The Haunted Keepsake, a first-person horror game where you investigate an abandoned farmhouse plagued by a dark, vengeful presence. Uncover chilling secrets of a family tragedy, break a curse tied to a haunted doll, and survive the spirits haunting the grounds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.2%, Adventure 21.9%, First-Person 13.8%, Investigation 13.2%, Horror 8.3%
- #52 Uncanny Tales: 1992
66% matchVery Positive85% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Thriller 13.4%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 10%
- #53 Lost August
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varrukt
Windows
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 33.9%, 1990's 16.2%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 12%, Adventure 11.7%
- #54 My Name Is
66% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Justin Mack
Windows
A short, single player, first person horror experience based on living in the middle of nowhere and the horrors that can happen out there. Walk around, talk to people, pick up items, explore the places that are out there. Discover the locals stories. And try to protect them.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, 1990's 19.9%, First-Person 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Adventure 11.3%
- #55 Brews & Blood: Origin
67% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: 12Minus
Windows
Brews & Blood is a Atmospheric Horror game where you manage your uncle's liquor shop for one night in a remote Indian village.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Horror 12.7%, Thriller 12%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 10.8%
- #56 異中道-The Other Way
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SanNanGames
Windows
An Exit 8–style game. Judge whether anomalies exist within the time limit and aim for the goal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Adventure 15%, Thriller 14.8%, First-Person 13.7%, Horror 7.7%
- #57 The Witch
67% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: ssma
Windows
The Witch is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. In it you are a journalist who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the inhabitants of the village of Hoer Verde.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Adventure 20.7%, First-Person 15.7%, Horror 12%, Exploration 9.1%
- #58 Hoiwa Hub
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Adventure 19.7%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 10%, Horror 6.5%
- #59 Static Voice
65% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Kaddera Games
Windows
Artyom, a resident of an old Soviet apartment block, finds himself trapped after a factory explosion releases a deadly gas. He plans to explore the toxic entrance to build an SOS transmitter with his friend Viktor. But the building is no longer safe, and someone is hunting in the silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, 1990's 16.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.3%