- #1 Feel The Fear
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackCore Games
Windows
Feel the Fear - is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Venture into an abandoned hospital to find your missing brother, uncover the truth behind secret human experiments, evade deadly monsters, and survive your encounter with a mad doctor.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, 1990's 15.7%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 9.9%, 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 17.4%, Exploration 11.4%, 1990's 11.2%, First-Person 11%
- #3 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 45.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 11.3%
- #4 Leaving school story
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THE FOOL CREATE
Windows
Walk home from school — and step into a different story every time. Talk to the people you pass in town, or take a closer look at the things around you, and a new tale begins.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Adventure 19.5%, 1990's 14.6%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9%
- #5 House Party 8
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
A short first-person anomaly horror game set inside a looping house party. Observe carefully, trust your memory, and escape only when everything feels normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Investigation 9.7%
- #6 POOLIMINAL
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horrified
Windows · Mac
POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 11%, Thriller 9.9%
- #7 Caution Ahead: Part 3
91% matchNo user reviews2027
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 19.3%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 7.2%
- #8 The Kult
91% 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 19.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 7.5%, Horror 7.3%
- #9 GhostlyRyokan
90% 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 41.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Horror 8.4%
- #10 Unmixable Syrup
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinukuPub: Waku Waku Games
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 14.9%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #11 REliC
89% matchNo user reviews33% of 3 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 40.7%, Adventure 22.4%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 12.9%, Horror 9.6%
- #12 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
88% 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 18.4%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Horror 6.3%
- #13 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Adventure 20.9%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #14 Strange Midnight
87% match8 user reviews50% of 8 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 20.4%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 11.8%, Horror 10.6%
- #15 Night of the Wererat
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 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 15.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #16 The Guestlist
85% 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 18.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Horror 11.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #17 Lantern of Remembrance
84% 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 15.6%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 10%
- #18 My Friend, the Wickhorn
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Key Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where you care for your cat, maintain an isolated mountain cabin, and uncover the link between your father’s secret past and the ancient curse that has taken hold of your friend.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, 1990's 17.2%, Adventure 16.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #19 Viltnemda
84% matchVery Positive83% of 259 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 33%, Exploration 14.4%, Horror 13.6%, 1990's 12.8%, First-Person 11.7%
- #20 Backrooms - 2005
82% matchVery Positive85% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Adventure 17.6%, 1990's 15%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 11.5%
- #21 TO:RI
82% 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%, Adventure 14%, First-Person 13.7%, Atmospheric 9%
- #22 隔離病院
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ASINOURA
Windows
「隔離病院」は、閉鎖された病院の廊下を歩きながら異変を探す一人称ホラーゲームです。あなたは病棟の一角に閉じ込められ、同じ通路を何度も繰り返し歩くことになります。壁の掲示、扉の位置、天井の照明、耳に届く音。前に通ったときと何かが違っていないか、些細な違和感を見逃さずに進まなければなりません。異変を見つけたら引き返す。何も無ければそのまま進む。判断を誤れば、また最初の廊下へ戻される。静寂に包まれた病院で、あなたはどこまで正しく見極められるでしょうか。
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Adventure 19%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 8.3%, First-Person 8.1%
- #23 Soviet Village
81% matchMixed47% of 15 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 17.2%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 11%, Thriller 7.3%
- #24 Palehollow Hospital | 灰谷医院
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a first-person indie horror game. You play as a video blogger exploring an abandoned hospital, uncovering the dark secrets hidden within its walls.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 12.1%
- #25 Terrors to Unveil - Last Trace
79% 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 24.2%, 1990's 13.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%
- #26 The Witch and The Lost Babies
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 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 16.8%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Thriller 8.9%
- #27 Camp Hollow
77% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Deadsignal Studios
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 32.5%, Adventure 17.4%, 1990's 14.7%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 9.7%
- #28 r/nosleep: The Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool
78% 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 26%, 1990's 15.5%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 9%
- #29 Selling Souls
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Adventure 20.8%, First-Person 17.2%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #30 Pimalai Mansion: หอนี้ ผีไม่ดุ
77% matchNo user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: zebracan studio
Windows
A part time job where you explore an abandoned building for a Radio station. Player can encounter a ghost or taking a photo.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Adventure 16.4%, 1990's 13.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Investigation 9.3%
- #31 Facility of Dusk
76% 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 28.7%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Thriller 9.6%
- #32 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 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 14.6%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Horror 7.6%
- #33 HOLLOW EARTH
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 11%, Horror 8.7%
- #34 The Vanishing Memories
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faciplay Ab
Windows
Enter an impossible Library where every book contains a human life. María's book is fading. Explore the quiet island inside her memory and uncover what she could not face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Adventure 20.3%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Mystery 7.3%
- #35 The Edge of the Backrooms
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
After discovering a strange anomaly on Jupiter's moon, Europa, you find yourself in the outer reaches of a dangerous, uncanny complex.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Exploration 12.1%, 1990's 11.8%, Horror 9.7%
- #36 SIGNAL
76% 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 16.9%, First-Person 16%, Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #37 Tuya
74% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Adventure 21%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 9.2%
- #38 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
71% matchVery Positive85% of 124 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 36.4%, Thriller 15.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 10.3%
- #39 My Day Challenge
72% 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 13%, First-Person 12.4%
- #40 Below the Surface:Assassin's Prison
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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 18.5%, 1990's 14.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Thriller 7.6%
- #41 Drowned Grave
71% 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 21.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #42 SCP Studies
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FestiveAltrumPub: AltrumGames
Windows
Explore a SCP Facility set in 1992, try 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 20.3%, 1990's 14.8%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.1%
- #43 Just a Stay at the Inn
70% 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 15.6%, First-Person 15.2%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 7%
- #44 Redrum Hotel
71% 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 39.3%, Thriller 15.3%, First-Person 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, Adventure 9.7%
- #45 Possession
69% 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 37.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Horror 7.3%
- #46 Where The Road Fades
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 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 17.7%, First-Person 17.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 7%
- #47 Ether One
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 450 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 40.8%, Adventure 19.3%, First-Person 15.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Horror 4.9%
- #48 No Signal: Chornobyl
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Judas Brothers
Windows
No Signal is a strictly online co-op psychological horror game set in the abandoned Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore decaying towns, solve tasks together, and question everything—because you and your partner may not be seeing the same reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Adventure 16.5%, 1990's 14.3%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 9.8%
- #49 The Shattered Mind of Lucas Hayes
68% 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 15%, First-Person 14.6%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #50 my brother lives in a canyon
70% matchVery Positive93% of 90 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 21.1%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 12.9%, Mystery 7.2%
- #51 The Old City: Leviathan
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 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 14.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 9%
- #52 Firewatch
69% matchVery Positive91% of 99,247 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 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 12.9%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 8.9%
- #53 Night Record: Thin Walls
67% 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 28.9%, 1990's 16%, Horror 9.8%, Thriller 9.7%, First-Person 9.4%
- #54 Walk Home
65% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: PauraGames
Windows
Walk Home is a short psychological horror game that puts you in the shoes of a young teenage girl, experiencing deeply unsettling circumstances as she navigates an eerie dirt trail back to her rural home late at night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Exploration 16.7%, First-Person 14.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Horror 10.3%
- #55 UnFOrgettable Encounters
67% 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 19.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Horror 9.8%
- #56 The Wickers House
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marshmallow Games Studio
Windows
An atmospheric first-person horror game. You wake up after a road accident. Before you stands a house where you thought you could find help. But this house is a trap for those who dare enter...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.4%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 16.3%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #57 At the Summit of Mount Rojerya
66% 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 45.9%, Adventure 27.2%, Exploration 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Singleplayer 1%