Games Like Akai Onna

Urayama | ウラヤマ is a psychological J-horror game featuring students on summer vacation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, First-Person 8.5%, Indie 4.3%

Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Casual 6.4%

Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, First-Person 8.5%

Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Casual 11.4%, Indie 7.3%

Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 15.3%, Indie 7.1%, Casual 6.6%

Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, 3D 5.1%

The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Immersive Sim 10.3%

The Closing Shift | 閉店事件 is a Japanese horror game about a girl on a closing shift.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.1%, First-Person 19.2%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, 3D 11.5%, Casual 8.5%

Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 19.2%, First-Person 12.9%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

The Radio Station | 深夜放送 is a Japanese psychological horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, First-Person 19.1%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, 3D 11.6%, Casual 8.6%

Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Casual 12.8%, First-Person 9.9%

The Rotting Man | 悪臭男 is a psychological horror game that depicts a protagonist working as a clerk in a Japanese internet café.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

Jisatsu | 自撮 is a Japanese found footage mockumentary horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Immersive Sim 8.8%

This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 12.3%, Linear 9.4%

Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号 is a game set in Japan where players are tasked with finding anomalies in the Shinkansen. (Japanese bullet train)

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Immersive Sim 7.3%

A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8.3%, Casual 8%

The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Remake is a Japanese horror game that revolves around working at a bathhouse. A complete revamp of the original bathhouse.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Horror 21.3%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.9%

Midnight Prowl is a horror exploration game set in a Japanese town, where you will experience the horror that takes place there.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Casual 8.4%

Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 5%

"廃村巡り | Haisonmeguri " is a J-horror walking simulator game based on a terrifying experience involving an abandoned village.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.4%, Horror 24.7%, Casual 11%, 3D 9.4%, Indie 2.5%

Anji【Implication】-Stimulation that gives the mind, unconsciously, certain notions. This game is a first-person walking simulator where you just keep going down the stairs.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Linear 9.2%

A slow-burning, psychological horror walking sim set in a haunted Japanese neighborhood.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 17.1%, Linear 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%

Navigate 1980s Japan as a schoolgirl in this Junji Ito-inspired horror game. Each choice shapes your fate, leading to safety or deeper into the macabre. Uncover hidden horrors in an urban street filled with sinister details. Will you find your way home, or be consumed by the unknown?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, First-Person 10.6%, Casual 7%

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 32.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Multiple Endings 14%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.9%

A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 12.6%, Immersive Sim 6.8%

A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.

Why similar: Horror 54.2%, Immersive Sim 28.2%, Casual 17.6%

Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Immersive Sim 7.5%

Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Linear 9.5%

Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Psychological Horror 43.3%, Indie 11.9%

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, First-Person 10%, Linear 6.1%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 18.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Linear 8.2%

Hanako | 花子さん is a Japanese survival horror adventure game.

Why similar: Horror 40.2%, First-Person 26.5%, Immersive Sim 19%, Casual 14.3%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 5%

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 32.2%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Linear 11.7%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 2.9%

Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, First-Person 13.8%, Indie 2.9%

The Kidnap | 誘拐事件 is a Japanese horror game about a kidnapping incident.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Horror 31.1%, Immersive Sim 13%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, 3D 10%

You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, First-Person 10.1%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 14%, First-Person 10.5%, Linear 9.8%

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Linear 8.3%

This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, First-Person 12.9%, 3D 6.2%

The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 23.5%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, First-Person 15.4%, 3D 9.4%

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 19.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, First-Person 12.4%

Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Horror 34.1%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, 3D 9.7%, Linear 3.2%

Escalator is a horror game in which you must find something unusual while riding an escalator and try to escape from an enclosed space.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.4%, Horror 21.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, 3D 8.9%

You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Immersive Sim 5.8%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 14.1%, 3D 7.8%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 21.6%, First-Person 7.6%, Linear 5.9%

Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Horror 9.6%, Immersive Sim 9%

Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Casual 8.9%

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 19.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Immersive Sim 7.6%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 18.1%, First-Person 9.8%, Linear 9.1%

Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 18.2%, Linear 11.7%, First-Person 9.7%

Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, First-Person 11.8%, Linear 9.6%

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

A first-person psychological horror game set in the remote countryside of South Korea in the 1990s. Over the course of just three days, you will encounter a series of mysterious events and come face-to-face with an unseen, encroaching threat

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, First-Person 10.7%