- #1 Project Threshold
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 9.9%
- #2 Year Unknown
96% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Julian Heuser
Windows · Linux
A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Exploration 23.3%, Sci-fi 14.5%, First-Person 7.6%, Adventure 6.6%
- #3 A SECOND BEFORE US
96% matchMixed57% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.4%, Exploration 28.3%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 6.6%
- #4 Below, Rusted Gods
94% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 14.2%, First-Person 10.5%
- #5 Through The Fragmentation
94% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Exploration 37.5%, First-Person 23.6%, Adventure 14.8%, 3D 11.8%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
- #6 Things Too Ugly
93% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Professor Space GamesPub: Baltoro Games
Windows
Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Puzzle 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #7 Anomalies Detective
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Exploration 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 8.6%
- #8 Title_Pending
91% matchVery Positive95% of 447 reviews2022
Dev: DEVBEEF
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Congratulations! You've been hired by an up and coming Game Development Studio to play-test their New Game (which as of now does not have a title). Not only that, you'll get to talk with the Lead Developer of the project, Matthew Stanton, who will give insight on his team's creative process.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, Exploration 18.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, 3D 10.3%, Adventure 9.4%
- #9 PAGER
91% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Immersive Sim 21.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #10 60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room
90% matchVery Positive83% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: mc2games
Windows
You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 11.1%
- #11 Sender
89% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
The winds of the frozen wasteland are calling in this atmospheric horror game. Operate an aging vehicle to locate the missing driver of the previous expedition. Be careful not to stray from the path...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Exploration 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Linear 11.4%, First-Person 11.3%
- #12 NOCLIP
87% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
Windows
Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Immersive Sim 24.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 8%
- #13 ALONE IN SPACE
89% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Exploration 26.3%, Puzzle 20.7%, First-Person 16.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Sci-fi 16.3%
- #14 Door
88% matchMixed65% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: SVGames
Windows
You will have to face hundreds of different doors, and decide which one you should go to in order to get to the main secret. You have to open the doors in many locations of this world, each of which is dedicated to its type of doors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, Exploration 18.1%, Adventure 15.3%, First-Person 11.3%
- #15 Envelope
86% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Skaar Game Productions
Windows
A first-person exploration sim with unrestricted freedom of choice. Envelope is all about gathering supplies, completing quests for strange characters, and preparing yourself for the Final Mission.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 41.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Exploration 18.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 6.1%
- #16 BLACKSHARD
84% matchVery Positive92% of 465 reviews2025
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.9%, Exploration 16.4%, Sci-fi 10.4%, First-Person 10%, 3D 7.7%
- #17 The Backrooms Project
86% matchMixed70% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: 3AM Studios
Windows · Linux
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Exploration 22.4%, First-Person 12.9%
- #18 The Testing Chamber
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.3%, Immersive Sim 26.3%, Walking Simulator 22.3%
- #19 The Test
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,140 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 57.9%, Psychological Horror 39.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #20 Dreamcore
82% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Exploration 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 8.8%
- #21 Greenhouse
82% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 7D Games Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.5%, Exploration 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 6.4%
- #22 Chornobyl Liquidators
83% matchMixed49% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 28.8%, Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Exploration 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 9.4%
- #23 Project Looking Glass
78% matchVery Positive100% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MORPH
Windows · Mac
1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Exploration 16.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, First-Person 10.4%
- #24 The Station
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,124 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.1%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 11.5%
- #25 Test Of Courage
80% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Just Sauce Studio
Windows
Test of Courage is a horror game where you have to explore an abandoned school in search of your two friends. The only hint you have is the "Courage Test" in which you have to find 10 objects around the academy while maintaining your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Exploration 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, First-Person 7.7%
- #26 Dishwashing Simulator
78% matchVery Positive87% of 541 reviews2024
Dev: Frinky
Windows
A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 41.8%, Exploration 18%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Physics 10.4%, First-Person 9.1%
- #27 INFRA
79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,751 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Exploration 20.6%, Puzzle 17.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Adventure 6.1%
- #28 There The Light
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2019
Dev: CasualBebop
Windows · Mac
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization. Can you find the light?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.6%, Exploration 16%, Puzzle 14.8%, Linear 11%, First-Person 8.4%
- #29 Project Hailstorm
76% matchVery Positive84% of 704 reviews2025
Dev: Imbrium
Windows
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.3%, Linear 15.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.5%, 3D 10.9%
- #30 ALONE?
81% matchMixed41% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Puzzle 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 7.3%
- #31 Chroma Zero
76% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Puzzle 19.7%, Exploration 16.2%, First-Person 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #32 Liquidators
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,231 reviews2020
Dev: Gray Unit
Windows
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
Why similar: Exploration 37.9%, First-Person 26.4%, 3D 19%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #33 The Backrooms: Escape
77% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: QuixM Interactive
Windows
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Exploration 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Linear 8.2%
- #34 Apocalypse Delivery Service
75% matchVery Positive94% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Apocalypse Delivery Service is an exciting survival and adventure game. You will enter a post-apocalyptic world where you play as a courier delivering packages. But don't think it will be easy! Your task is to find necessary items, survive, and most importantly, escape from the city.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.5%, Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, 3D 10.1%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #35 OPEN DOOR
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Puzzle 24.1%, Exploration 22.2%, First-Person 19.4%, Indie 2%
- #36 Blind Touch
73% matchNo user reviews86% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: Flygogo Games
Windows
A "Blind" simulator that lets you experience a new perspective and immersive sensory journey. Step into a world of darkness using your guide cane.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, Exploration 21.2%, Linear 12.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Adventure 3.3%
- #37 Desolation Seed
73% matchNo user reviews65% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: ECS Software
Windows
An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Exploration 32.6%, Puzzle 32.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #38 Signal Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,029 reviews2018
Dev: Blagovest Penev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 67.1%, Indie 16.2%, First-Person 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #39 Microbial Sector
71% matchVery Positive97% of 315 reviews2024
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
It's your first day as a lifeform researcher, and while you don’t know much about the job, you're desperate for the paycheck. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Exploration 38.3%, First-Person 24.4%, 3D 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18%
- #40 The Silent Age
71% matchVery Positive93% of 7,196 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Exploration 15.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Linear 12.2%
- #41 I am Sorry
71% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Futuregen Games
Windows
"I am Sorry" is a game where you investigate objects and solve puzzles to uncover the story. Become a janitor, clean the house, and uncover the hidden truths of the story.
Why similar: Exploration 26.7%, First-Person 17.1%, Adventure 15.7%, 1990's 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #42 The Backrooms Experiment
72% matchMixed59% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Efe Mert
Windows
The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.7%, Adventure 13.6%, First-Person 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, 3D 11.1%
- #43 The Last Journey
74% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
The Last Journey is an ultimate post-nuclear exploration game in which you travel the universe to find a new planet suitable for mankind to live on after the Earth was destroyed in a nuclear war.
Why similar: Adventure 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #44 Verde Station
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 353 reviews2014
Dev: Duelboot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.6%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 9.9%
- #45 Memorrha
72% matchMixed65% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Exploration 16.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #46 The Backrooms Regret
70% matchMixed61% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: Noirware
Windows
Are you ready to survive in this hostile world? Discover who you are and how you ended up in this dimension. But don't worry, you can rely on warm company that will make your experience much more 'pleasant.' Oh, and good luck, you'll need it.
Why similar: Exploration 22.4%, Puzzle 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Adventure 15.6%, 3D 11.5%
- #47 Anomaly Loop
68% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Immersive Sim 24.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Adventure 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #48 Red Matter
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,185 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Exploration 14.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #49 Shifting To The Backrooms
66% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Exploration 16.3%, Puzzle 15.6%, First-Person 11.4%
- #50 Fugue in Void
70% matchMixed67% of 259 reviews2018
Dev: Moshe LinkePub: Sedoc LLC
Windows · Mac
A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Physics 7.4%, Indie 5.2%
- #51 Somerville
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,901 reviews2022
Dev: Jumpship
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.3%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Adventure 14.7%, 3D 11.3%
- #52 SCP: Daybreak
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: SquiffyDev
Windows
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, First-Person 10.2%, 1990's 9.9%
- #53 Cosmic Fear
64% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 15.5%, Puzzle 9%, Linear 8.9%
- #54 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
67% matchVery Positive86% of 508 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.9%, Puzzle 35%, Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 9.4%
- #55 Abnormal1999:Sector 49
66% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #56 Ambrosia Sky
64% matchVery Positive89% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Soft Rains
Windows
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore treacherous environments, and find meaning and beauty in so much death.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.1%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, First-Person 9%
- #57 Sector 404
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 8.9%
- #58 The Subject
69% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows · Linux
You have been taken prisoner and sold to a deep space testing facility. Upon arrival, you are fitted with a device forcing you to participate in their experiment. Released into a massive complex, the dark halls wind around testing rooms and conceal pieces to puzzles. There is no option but to comply.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Exploration 15.8%, Sci-fi 13%, First-Person 10.5%