- #1 Pregnant
97% matchMixed57% of 47 reviews2021
Dev: Pregnant
Windows
In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 16.5%, Puzzle 13%, First-Person 11.5%, Linear 10.8%
- #2 Puss in Hell
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Сult of Code
Windows
Puss in Hell is an ohwdidtaht-inspired, punk-horror stealth psychological thriller where you control a small, frightened kitty navigating rooms that progressively decay into hostile nightmare spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Linear 6.2%
- #3 Tatari: The Arrival
96% matchMixed66% of 307 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden Tower StudiosPub: TheGamesFortress
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Take the role of a detective from Tokyo who tries to solve the mysterious case of the disappearance of a young camper. You will try to follow the trail of evidence to guide you through an enigmatic and paranormal case connected with a Japanese urban legend. Can you help until the end?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #4 Albatross program
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stefano LonatiPub: Air Games Studio
Windows
You wake up on an unknown island, surrounded by mysterious puzzles. Each solution reveals new secrets, bringing you closer to your escape... or your fate.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.4%, Exploration 15%, Puzzle 12%, Artificial Intelligence 11.8%, Linear 9.8%
- #5 Flashlight Sim
94% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Mediocre Game Devel
Windows
A flashlight-based simulation game with various elements such as combat and puzzles which will test your sense of direction and your worthiness. The best simulation out there! Guaranteed to change your life as well as those around you!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Linear 10.3%
- #6 Labyrinth of Wild Abyss: LayeRedux
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Cannibal Interactive
Windows
A horror game about paranoia and endurance predation. You cannot beat the monsters, you can only outrun. They are slow, they aren't smart, but they are patient, they are many, and they are powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 16.5%, Minimalist 15.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #7 My Day Challenge
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Horror 18.6%, Exploration 14.7%, Linear 11.3%, First-Person 10.4%
- #8 The Unfinished Swan
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,954 reviews2020
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.7%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #9 Ether One
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 33.9%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 13.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #10 Sans Logique
90% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Gamagora ICOM
Windows
Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Puzzle 13.1%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9.2%
- #11 The Shrouded
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsar One
Windows
A short PSX-style horror game. Explore a dark cellar, collect 8 books, and survive a few tense encounters with a lurking presence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Horror 17.3%, Linear 13.6%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 12.9%
- #12 Drowned Caves
88% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Niflforge
Windows · Linux
Atmospheric, short, and simple adventure puzzle game that gives the player freedom in finding the solution to the obstacles they encounter along the way in the drowned caves.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Minimalist 11%, First-Person 8.8%
- #13 Kach
89% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
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 28.6%, Horror 17.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, First-Person 7.3%
- #14 UNCHAINED
87% matchPositive85% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: An Outer Studio
Windows
UNCHAINED is a psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned virtual desktop hiding a terrible secret. The deeper you look into this 2D and 3D experience, the more secrets you'll uncover about the projects that were left behind by the previous owner.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Artificial Intelligence 23.7%, Horror 16.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 6.9%
- #15 Surface Runner
86% matchMixed52% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Bobby SandersPub: Brik Studios
Windows
A narrative driven-platformer that puts the player in the shoes of an AI that is becoming more and more sentient.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Artificial Intelligence 16.9%, Puzzle 16.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Horror 9.6%
- #16 Paragon Tower
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Lizard Tank
Windows · Linux
A first-person atmospheric horror game. Explore and uncover secrets about the Paragon Corporation, a pharmaceutical on the forefront of innovation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Horror 17.6%, Puzzle 14%, Linear 10.2%, First-Person 10.1%
- #17 9 To Ashes
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Noctavera Creative Works
Windows
Survive an intense horror inspired by Indonesian folklore. Evade the cunning Tuyul and other astral beings, explore eerie, haunted environments, and uncover sinister secrets hidden within the supernatural darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Exploration 14.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Horror 9.3%, Linear 9.1%
- #18 Ocean Desolation
84% matchMixed55% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Exploration 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Linear 13.2%, First-Person 11.9%
- #19 Antim Yatra
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DSY Studio
Windows
A journalist driven by family legacy set to explore the Belgharh station. While the whole world ages, the station remains trapped in 1940s, following a tragic derailment. Explore a perfectly preserved snapshot of the past, face the heavy atmosphere of a terminal stuck in time, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.1%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Puzzle 9.8%, Horror 7.6%
- #20 Solembia
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Vector
Windows
Traverse a distant world and discover the parallel journeys of a young woman returning home and an astronaut stranded on a desolate planet. Breathe, explore, and uncover how their stories intertwine across landscapes of loss and hope, and what it means to finally let go.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.4%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Exploration 13.4%, Puzzle 10.5%, Linear 7.8%
- #21 True Abstraction: Rewind
82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: PrismBytes
Windows · Linux
Solve puzzles in a secret, Lunar facility, while trying to not get killed by whatever nightmare still roams the chambers.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Horror 12.9%, Linear 11.9%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%
- #22 No Up
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Autonomous Tree
Windows
A first-person liminal exploration game where you walk on any surface, navigate disorienting spaces, and solve light environmental puzzles through observation and simple interactions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.8%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Exploration 13.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Linear 8%
- #23 Where Is Here: New Home
82% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Vulpoaică Games
Windows
Project New Home. You will play as a teen girl that will explore the world with her drone Cassandra but encounter mysterious obstacles along the way. She has the power to open all the portals. On her adventure, you will find mystery creatures that will help you or hunt you down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Linear 12%, Artificial Intelligence 10.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Aliens 8.2%
- #24 GhostlyRyokan
81% 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 40.1%, Exploration 16.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Horror 12.2%, 3D 9.5%
- #25 Replace the Lamp: The Last Shift
79% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Penjaga Malam Studio
Windows
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Linear 10.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #26 Chestnut Grove
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Philip Drobar
Windows · Mac
How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Linear 11.5%, 3D 9.1%
- #27 Framed Fear
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Exploration 14.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Linear 8.1%
- #28 SHADOW PUPPET
77% match9 user reviews100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: ADHDev
Windows
A short horror game about wandering through vaguely familiar memories while something endlessly follows you. It moves when you do, and you need to get out before it catches up.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Exploration 15.7%, Horror 12.2%, Linear 11.4%, First-Person 11%
- #29 HANAE // PRIMARY
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Deepwake Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological walking simulator where you awaken in a distorted game world without memory, uncover fragments of your past, and stop your evil counterpart before she escapes into the real world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 12.7%, Minimalist 11%, First-Person 8.8%
- #30 Grand Father ISLAND
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Egea Game
Windows
EGEA Game presents GRAND FATHER ISLAND with particular attention to artistic direction and emotional storytelling. An adventure in the heart of the mountains...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #31 INFRA
78% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 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 29.5%, Exploration 15.8%, Puzzle 15.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Horror 8.5%
- #32 MAZEMAZE
76% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"MAZEMAZE" is an adventure game where you explore maps, find objects, and progress through the story. One day, the protagonist jumps off a building and finds themselves in a mysterious space. They are guided through corridors in a maze where various things exist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.6%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #33 Nyctophobia
76% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Archmagnificent
Windows
A short Horror game about navigating a pitch-black urban environment, using limited sources of light.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 13%, Minimalist 8.7%, First-Person 8.7%
- #34 Arsonist '24 Director's Cut
75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: lollipopsssPub: Micro 16
Windows
Between the yellowed letters and bloody mysteries of the past, something horrible is wandering around. It's not happy to see any guests. It's hungry. And it KNOWS, that you're already here. Your job is to uncover the secrets of this place and its Inhabitants in our new first-person horror game!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 25.6%, Artificial Intelligence 17%, Puzzle 12.4%, First-Person 7.9%
- #35 THE SUSPENSE
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: M8 WORKSHOP
Windows
How might life inside Artificial Intelligence be like? Is it possible to stop this painful routine? This life even real or not? Try your luck...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #36 Black Annis
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Man the Barricades Ltd
Windows
Work the night shift and uncover what haunts Lone Oak College in this short horror exploration game inspired by British folklore. Survive the horror, solve challenging puzzles, and search for your missing friend before it’s too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #37 Um Al-Saaf
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Naif alanaziPub: Naif alanazii
Windows
On Filka Island: Explore the abandoned clinic, collect items, solve puzzles, and unlock doors while avoiding Aunt Safa. Can you find the treasure and escape before she catches you?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 43.3%, Puzzle 15.9%, Horror 13.3%, First-Person 12.4%, Linear 11.8%
- #38 No Path Forward
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: keyboard
Windows
Stressed out from life, you decide to take an impromptu weekend hike through the mountains. As you go on your way, it seems like the stresses of life followed you into the woods. Once you get to the trailer home for the night, you should feel a bit better.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Horror 14.9%, Linear 14.9%, First-Person 13.5%, 3D 9.9%
- #39 Memoria Altera
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Indistractable Studios
Windows
Wake up in a dark, futuristic lab with no memories of who you are or why you're there. Explore the lab with your fellow amnesiac Lenny as you complete puzzles to unlock more of the facility and regain more memories of your past. Will you like who you turn out to be?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Puzzle 15.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Linear 8%
- #40 The Curse Of the Tattered Book
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JsrradioStudios
Windows
A brother's desperate message lures you to a cursed ancestral home. In this first-person psychological horror, explore Grandmas house where reality unravels and shadows whisper secrets. Decipher cryptic clues, confront terror, question sanity. Seek truth. Escape the darkness or be its next victim?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, Horror 21.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, 3D 9.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #41 Backward poiesis
71% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Exploration 17.5%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 12.3%, 3D 9%
- #42 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
70% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 9.8%, 3D 8.9%
- #43 Cubic Enigma
72% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the fascinating ancient world of cube puzzles, where each step reveals a new mystery. You will explore different zones, each filled with unique puzzles that require the use of cubes to solve them.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.5%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 10.5%
- #44 Oathbound
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Legend Games
Windows
A first-person casual adventure/ puzzle game. You are immersed in a beautiful land with not much direction but one, find a way to climb the tower and meet the dying god. You will need to think outside the box, land puzzling jumps, and remember what you see to progress.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Puzzle Platformer 24.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 8.2%
- #45 ARAIGNEES
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: wannaodin
Windows
Atmospheric First-Person Horror Adventure. Follow the feverish dream of an industrial worker plunged into a nightmare after a small spider bite...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Exploration 10.2%, Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #46 Chior
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DariusPub: Steel Rain Studios
Windows
You had a pretty rough fall. Trying to regain your composure you try to look around before realizing you can't see anything. Hope that your other senses will serve you better.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 8.2%, Horror 8.2%
- #47 The 4th Wall
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
What lies beyond The 4th Wall?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Horror 18.7%, Exploration 13%, Puzzle 9.6%, Minimalist 9.2%
- #48 obakeyashiki
69% 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 45.8%, Exploration 17.3%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #49 Allophobia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Horror 11.8%, Linear 11%, First-Person 10.7%
- #50 SCP-ELM0
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Vox Studio
Windows
A tense, story-driven horror experience in the SCP universe. Stealth, survival, and silence may be your only chance against what's loose in Site-32.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Puzzle 17.6%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11.6%, Horror 10.1%
- #51 Reel Horror
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 16%, First-Person 11.4%, 3D 8.7%
- #52 True Abstraction: Forbidden
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PrismBytes
Windows · Linux
Awakening was only the beginning. RDS is real… consuming anyone who ventures too close.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Puzzle 12.5%, Horror 10.5%, Linear 10%, Minimalist 9.7%
- #53 Strange Midnight
70% match7 user reviews57% of 7 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 37.4%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #54 Lying Souls
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Troxy Studios
Windows
Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 12.3%, Linear 12.1%, Puzzle 11%, First-Person 8.8%
- #55 Syke
66% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Digital Monkeys LLC
Windows
Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 9.2%
- #56 Jones
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radiation Hazard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jones is a first person exploration game set in an endless void.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Exploration 18%, Linear 17.5%, First-Person 12.1%, Minimalist 11.9%
- #57 Ouija Rumours
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: LsGamedev
Windows
Oujia: Rumors provides a first-person thriller-horror survival experience taking in a haunted house. The fictional storyline is set to raise awareness against rumors. The wise do not buy rumors, do you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #58 Echoes From The Threshold 2
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holojet
Windows
Welcome to the Threshold, a place where reality is altered, and memories become disturbing, dark reflections of what once was. Find items to help escape, and explore an almost fully interactive environment!
Why similar: Puzzle 22.4%, Exploration 19.7%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 11.6%
- #59 TERPENIE
63% matchMostly Positive71% of 894 reviews2025
Dev: Chugunovkos
Windows
In the gloomy atmosphere of post-Soviet everyday life, routine tasks like cleaning, cooking, and exploring your own room hide something much darker. Survive and uncover the truth before the maniac comes for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Horror 17.7%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Linear 8.7%