Games Like ABEL

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 49.5%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Surreal 10.2%, Realistic 9.7%, Dark 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact essence of liminal, water-filled spaces with a focus on realistic, unsettling atmosphere.

The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Surreal 10.7%, Realistic 10.7%, Dark 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive liminal space exploration game that masterfully blends surreal architecture with psychological unease.

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 44.6%, Surreal 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Realistic 9.4%, 3D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on surreal, dream-like environments that mirror the abstract and uncanny nature of ABEL.

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Psychological 18.6%, Immersive Sim 13%, Surreal 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, anomalous walking simulator that relies on observation and the discomfort of repetitive, liminal environments.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Abstract 34.5%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Surreal 8.5%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, architectural exploration game that emphasizes scale and the feeling of being lost in a vast, empty world.

Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Abstract 18.2%, Psychological 17.4%, Immersive Sim 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Directly focuses on the exploration of liminal, 3D environments with a strong emphasis on atmospheric immersion.

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 36.3%, Abstract 16%, Psychological 12.6%, Emotional 11.2%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal and abstract narrative experience that explores the psychology behind game design and isolation.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Surreal 22.6%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Adventure 12.2%, Dark 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a low-poly, surreal aesthetic to deliver a disjointed and deeply psychological narrative experience.

wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.7%, Psychological 34%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 2.6%, Indie 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological weight of atmospheric, first-person exploration in indie-developed environments.

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 47.1%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Realistic 9.8%, Surreal 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated exploration of liminal spaces that prioritizes psychological horror and environmental storytelling.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.5%, Realistic 12.6%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Dark 6%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a gritty, found-footage aesthetic to ground its liminal horror in a realistic, unsettling way.

Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

Why similar: Atmospheric 31.7%, Adventure 24.8%, Dark 20.4%, 3D 16.9%, Story Rich 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Translates the internet's most famous liminal space concept into a tense, atmospheric exploration experience.

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, Narration 21.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological experience that leans heavily into abstract, dark, and surreal imagery.

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Abstract 40%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Surreal 12%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, abstract puzzle-exploration game that relies on silence and scale to build its world.

Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Psychological 21.9%, Emotional 21.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Dark 6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological walking simulator that uses narration to build a sense of dread and mystery.

Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.2%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Abstract 14.8%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, point-cloud visual style that makes exploring dark, empty spaces feel profoundly lonely and atmospheric.

Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.

Why similar: Abstract 34.4%, Walking Simulator 25.6%, Emotional 23.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the abstract, emotional, and liminal nature of travel and the spaces in between destinations.

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 32%, Emotional 23%, Psychological 21.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Simulation 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes emotional, atmospheric exploration in a way that mirrors the contemplative pacing of ABEL.

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.5%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Surreal 13.2%, 3D 6.1%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines surreal, sci-fi architecture with a quiet, atmospheric exploration style similar to ABEL.

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Emotional 18.9%, Psychological 15.9%, Surreal 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, surreal mystery that blurs the lines between visual novel and walking simulator.

Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Abstract 25.7%, Emotional 14.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, simulation-focused exploration of liminal spaces that adds light puzzle elements to the experience.

Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.9%, Emotional 24.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 7.3%, 3D 6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that focuses on the quiet, atmospheric details of an empty, liminal living space.

Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Psychological 19.3%, Abstract 12.5%, Surreal 8.7%, Dark 7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal psychological horror game that uses its environment to tell a cryptic story.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.8%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Emotional 9.1%, Story Rich 7.7%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: Masterfully uses environmental storytelling to explore themes of memory and loss within a surreal, ever-changing house.

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 78.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 5%, Indie 4.4%, Surreal 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, procedural exploration game where the environment itself acts as the primary narrative and emotional driver.

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Psychological 21.7%, Emotional 16.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Dark 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, psychological horror game that excels at creating claustrophobic and emotionally charged environments.

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 40.8%, Abstract 12%, Surreal 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Realistic 7.8%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 86.2%, Walking Simulator 4.4%, Emotional 3.2%, Simulation 2.9%, Atmospheric 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy, psychological experience that captures the mundane yet uncanny feeling of repetitive, everyday spaces.

Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.5%, Surreal 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, 3D 6.8%, Realistic 6.3%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 65.6%, Atmospheric 23.6%, Adventure 6.6%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person exploration game that uses horror elements to heighten the sense of isolation.

A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Abstract 21.2%, Emotional 15.1%, Surreal 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%

The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Narration 30.4%, Emotional 8%, Simulation 7.4%, Adventure 5.3%

A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Surreal 10%, Adventure 8%, Realistic 7.9%

The enhanced version of Memento Mori which includes the full soundtrack.

Why similar: Adventure 93.6%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and linear walking simulator that captures a fleeting, dream-like atmosphere.

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: Walking Simulator 36%, Immersive Sim 11%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Realistic 8.7%, Surreal 8.6%

Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Psychological 18.3%, Immersive Sim 13%, Surreal 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Narration 26%, Emotional 12.8%, Adventure 6.8%, 3D 6%

You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.4%, Psychological 18.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Realistic 5.8%

An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.5%, Surreal 20.6%, Dark 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 6%

Explore quiet liminal spaces that feel familiar, yet strangely wrong. Walk, climb, and swim through five handcrafted stages, then build worlds of your own in a powerful sandbox. Publish them through LIMSCAPERS, visit other creators’ spaces, and explore together in Multiplay Beta.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.2%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Surreal 10.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Realistic 7.4%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Psychological 22.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Realistic 8.1%, 3D 7.4%

An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Psychological 23.2%, Surreal 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Realistic 7.9%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Psychological 15.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Dark 8%, Surreal 5.4%

Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.

Why similar: Psychological 35.6%, Abstract 22.1%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Dark 5.3%

World Alone is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Psychological 21.2%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Realistic 7.8%

Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Psychological 22.7%, Emotional 19.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Realistic 6.5%

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 54.2%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Adventure 12.6%, 3D 8.9%, Indie 2.8%

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40%, Psychological 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Realistic 9.5%, Dark 7.3%

Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Realistic 10.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Dark 8.2%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Adventure 35.3%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Realistic 18.2%, 3D 14.9%, Dark 10.1%

It's 3am in your childhood home. The year is 2006. Everyone's asleep, but you. Sneak out of your room and do as you're told - "T.W.I.R.L." - whatever that means.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Abstract 19.7%, Emotional 19%, Psychological 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Psychological 21.3%, Emotional 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Dark 6.5%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Abstract 25.8%, Psychological 21.8%, Walking Simulator 21.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Surreal 7.4%

Experience the UFO abduction in first person and take a trip to meet the keeper. Explore layers of reality and learn what is concealed behind the modern Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP) in this esthetic and eerie interactive experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.6%, Psychological 23%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Adventure 5.5%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 55%, Adventure 15.2%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 3D 5.9%

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 25%, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological 18%, Emotional 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.2%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Realistic 10.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Dark 6.7%

As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Narration 20.9%, Psychological 15%, Emotional 14.5%, Atmospheric 8%

A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.4%, Psychological 26.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Dark 7.2%, 3D 6.8%