Games Like Afterdream

In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential 2D psychological horror game that masterfully blends surreal dream sequences with intense survival mechanics.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Surreal 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, mature narrative and a distinct 2D art style that mirrors the psychological weight found in Afterdream.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Story Rich 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D side-scrolling horror game that uses its setting to explore deep psychological and historical trauma.

Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.

Why similar: Psychological 19%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Surreal 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on exploring surreal, dream-like worlds through a point-and-click adventure lens.

Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.

Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Story Rich 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses pixel graphics and a looping narrative to create a sense of unease.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.2%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological 14.4%, Story Rich 10%, Surreal 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, story-rich adventure where the protagonist navigates disturbing realities, perfectly matching the dream-logic aesthetic.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.7%, Female Protagonist 24.6%, Mystery 15.7%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, its surreal atmosphere and psychological horror elements perfectly capture the haunting, dream-like quality of Afterdream.

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Thriller 11.8%, Emotional 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D pixel-art game that emphasizes narrative depth and haunting, dream-like exploration.

Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 15%, Emotional 14%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art psychological horror game that centers on a female protagonist navigating a nightmarish, dream-like reality.

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a retro, minimalist aesthetic to create a deeply unsettling and psychological horror experience.

You control a combat robot. Your task is to go through the maze, destroy all the enemy robots and get to the finish line. The passages to the other rooms of the maze are littered with stones. You need to use bombs to free the passages.

Why similar: Adventure 59.9%, Atmospheric 40.1%

Why You'll Like It: A low-resolution, pixel-art horror game that relies on atmosphere and mystery to build tension, much like Afterdream.

"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Mystery 9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric walking simulator that explores dream-like states and psychological themes.

DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and psychological horror within a dream-like setting, mirroring the core premise of Afterdream.

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Psychological 15.1%, Surreal 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Horror 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The classic surreal exploration game that defines the genre of wandering through dream-like, psychological landscapes.

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Horror 20.5%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror game that shares a similar 2D aesthetic and focus on disturbing, surreal storytelling.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Psychological 25.1%, Horror 18.3%, Emotional 8.9%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply surreal and short psychological experience that captures the feeling of navigating a fractured mind.

The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a heavy, character-driven psychological narrative within a 2D world that feels both grounded and nightmarish.

Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...

Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 16.3%, Surreal 14%, Minimalist 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror game that uses a unique art style to present a series of surreal, nightmare-inspired scenarios.

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Atmospheric 31%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, side-scrolling adventure that features a melancholic and mysterious tone.

Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...

Why similar: Side Scroller 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Surreal 13.2%, Emotional 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, side-scrolling game that uses a psychedelic aesthetic to explore psychological themes.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, cosmic horror game with a unique 1-bit aesthetic that prioritizes atmosphere and psychological dread.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling mystery that uses supernatural elements and atmospheric dialogue to build a sense of unease.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 18.5%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark 2D adventure that explores themes of childhood innocence lost in a bizarre, dream-like world.

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 14.9%, Thriller 13%, Mystery 10.4%, Linear 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D puzzle-horror game that focuses on story-rich, psychological elements.

Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Surreal 11.7%, Walking Simulator 11.4%

Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D indie horror game that emphasizes narrative and atmospheric exploration.

Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Emotional 16.4%, Horror 11.4%, Thriller 10.7%

A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.

Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Emotional 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, emotional experience that focuses on psychological exploration and atmosphere.

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.9%, Thriller 11.4%

You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.6%, Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Mystery 9.3%

Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.

Why similar: Psychological 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 10.8%, Surreal 9%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 16.9%, Surreal 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 10.1%

A story about dreams. Explore a weird house and find the truth. A short game with mild puzzles and some psychological horror elements.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Emotional 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Minimalist 10.7%, Adventure 7.7%

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, Surreal 28.8%, Minimalist 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Adventure 7%

Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D psychological horror game that features branching paths and a focus on atmospheric tension.

Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…

Why similar: Surreal 21.6%, Emotional 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

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: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological 11.5%, Thriller 8.5%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Psychological 23.3%, Horror 10.4%, Story Rich 9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Horror 15.7%, Thriller 14.6%, Mystery 7.6%

Experience liminal spaces 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: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Surreal 15.9%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 9.5%

Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Thriller 17.7%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Atmospheric 11%, Horror 8.9%

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: Psychological 25.3%, Walking Simulator 25.1%, Surreal 19.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%

What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.

Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 14%, Horror 11%, Thriller 10.7%

Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Surreal 15%, Emotional 14.6%, Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Horror 27%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Psychological 4.4%

Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Surreal 19.5%, Horror 19.1%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Story Rich 9.4%

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Horror 19.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Female Protagonist 11%, Adventure 11%

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Emotional 16%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

In the dark corridor as wide as a labyrinth, avoiding numerous pursuers who are aiming for their lives. Will you be able to save the missing person and escape safely!?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Horror 32.4%, Female Protagonist 15%, 2D 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Thriller 16.6%, Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.

Why similar: Surreal 14.9%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.2%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Psychological 12.2%, Adventure 10.1%

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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Horror 11.9%, Minimalist 6.5%

You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological 11.3%, Horror 11.3%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.1%, Horror 19.7%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Mystery 9.4%, Adventure 8.5%

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 27.4%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Surreal 14%, Mystery 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Emotional 12%, Horror 10.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.

Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 11%