- #1 The Repairing Mantis
97% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Narrative 19.9% ★, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 10.8%, Surreal 10.2%
- #2 The Lies We Tell Ourselves
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Poopsy
Windows
The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Narrative 16.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 8.6%, Surreal 8.6%
- #3 Office 8
96% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 11.6%, Surreal 10.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #4 Myosotis
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matthew
Windows
Myosotis is a narrative-driven game following Frank Miller, an elderly man living alone after his wife’s passing. As days blur and nights grow darker, familiar places change, memories twist, and reality itself begins to slip away through conversation and story-driven moments.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.5%, Surreal 10.2%
- #5 Angstraum
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: suspkt
Windows
Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Surreal 9.7%, First-Person 8.3%, Horror 8.2%
- #6 CH13: Rest Stop
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Smile
Windows
Rest Stop is a short narrative-driven psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren’t prepared for.
Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 6.4%
- #7 The Lecture: Classroom 1.09
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goat Tower Games
Windows
You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 11.6%, Surreal 11.1%, First-Person 8.4%
- #8 Poolcore: Submersion
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Oddities
Windows
Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Surreal 7.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #9 6th Floor
91% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Sombra Games
Windows
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 11.5%, Surreal 10.9%, First-Person 8.5%
- #10 Exit Dream
91% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
A free short first-person horror game of dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal, with strange logic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Horror 11%, Mystery 8.6%
- #11 Evac Bay 09
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustín Balmer
Windows · Linux
You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #12 Scary 8 Bits
89% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 12.3%, Surreal 10.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #13 Chiaroscuro Imago
89% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Howling Stars
Windows
A short piece of horror fiction about honey and lies; entomology and etymology; murky secrets and stark realities. Find out what happened to the moths.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 7.1%
- #14 Trapped: Family Vacation
87% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 11.3%, Horror 10.7%, Mystery 8.9%
- #15 Glimpse
88% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Melanzue
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 12.6%, Emotional 11%, Surreal 9.4%
- #16 Arctic Grave
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Palerite
Windows · Linux
Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 9%, Surreal 8%
- #17 In The Night You Had Bad Dreams
86% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: ENAB-f
Windows
In the Night You Had Bad Dreams is a first-person horror game. You're trapped inside a strange house that seems to shift and change, waiting for you to solve unconventional puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10.8%, Abstract 10.4%
- #18 Akeno's Veil
84% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Gamefan
Windows
Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 12%, Surreal 11.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #19 Room 13
85% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Tyler L
Windows
You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%
- #20 Of All Possible Rooms
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Motus Ludos
Windows
A narrative game about grief, memory, and perception. Explore a shifting home that reshapes itself around emotion. What you’re willing to face will determine what you find, or what stays hidden.
Why similar: Narrative 34.6% ★, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Surreal 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%, Emotional 7.5%
- #21 Everloop
82% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #22 Daddy's Long Milk Run
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: ZoomerDev
Windows
You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8.8%
- #23 Hotel Overloop
82% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: BadTaste Studio
Windows
You’ve stucked into a loop in the mysterious hotel. Find anomalies to escape the hotel’s loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 8.9%
- #24 They See You
79% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: MengEXE
Windows
A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 8.4%
- #25 Unwashed
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Good Monkey
Windows
Explore the nightmarish, simulated world of Unwashed, a horror game that you must stay clean! Play as AA and uncover the truth behind Lumina, a government secret project, while racing against time to stop a secret mission that endangers countless millions of lives.
Why similar: Narrative 26.6% ★, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 7.1%
- #26 The Survey
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 832 reviews2016
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 9.8%, First-Person 7.3%
- #27 Lost in Anomaly
80% matchMixed64% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Aximus Games
Windows
In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 13.5%, Surreal 10.6%, First-Person 7.6%
- #28 My Last Appointment
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Ells&Pills
Windows
The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12%, Surreal 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%
- #29 Withered Haven
77% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Dark Snow Games
Windows
Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 13.9%, Surreal 10.9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #30 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Surreal 10.8%, Nonlinear 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #31 Sorrow Asylum 3
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.4%, Horror 10%, Abstract 9.6%
- #32 Stalker from Willowfield St.
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossy Games Studio
Windows
A stalker is terrorizing the neighborhood, and you’re next. Watch for signs he’s been inside your house and make the right choices to avoid becoming his next victim. Test your observation skills in this Exit 8-style game where the threat isn’t supernatural, but a real man and you have three choices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 10.9%, Surreal 10.3%, Mystery 8.8%
- #33 Lost in Voice
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: beforeyouknowgames
Windows
A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Surreal 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 10.7%
- #34 ECHO OF HUMANITY
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Last Save
Windows
A slow, atmospheric horror experience set aboard an abandoned orbital station - the last echo of humanity. Explore cold corridors, flickering terminals, and forgotten logs of a failed salvation program. No monsters. No jumpscares. Only silence, loneliness, and the weight of extinction.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Narrative 15% ★, Surreal 10%, Emotional 6.4%
- #35 Loop: Anomaly Lab
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Hun Spark Studio
Windows
You have arrived at a research facility to rescue your younger sister. You’ve received information that she is on the 10th floor of the facility, but will you be able to reach her?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 8.1%
- #36 REVEIL
74% matchVery Positive87% of 895 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 9.9%
- #37 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
76% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #38 They Can Hear Us
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: VS Entertaiment
Windows
"They Can Hear Us," the first episode, narrates horror stories that interact with you through the microphone, playing on the fear of whoever is listening.
Why similar: Narrative 33% ★, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 12.6%, First-Person 6.4%
- #39 LoopSpace
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XUZHIHAO
Windows
Enter the mind of the patient. Seek anomalies and uncover the truth. Step into the patient’s mind, explore the mental space, and search for anomalies and memory fragments. Every choice could send you back to the start—can you reach the eighth floor?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 15.2%, Exploration 7.8%
- #40 Fox Pines
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 17%, Mystery 12.4%, First-Person 11.1%
- #41 Floor 9
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Surreal 15.4%, Horror 8.4%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #42 Apparatus: Exanimus
70% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 12%, Abstract 9.6%, Nonlinear 8.8%
- #43 Is Anybody There?
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Oni Games
Windows
Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 9%, Surreal 7.2%
- #44 PoolooP
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneul Bros
Windows
You are trapped in an endlessly looping indoor swimming pool. The space feels familiar, yet something seems subtly off. If you sense that something is out of place, change direction. If nothing appears different, keep walking.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 11.7%, Horror 11%, Mystery 8.3%
- #45 Exit: Left or Right
72% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: PE4ENEGI GAMES
Windows
You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Surreal 13.1%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 9.1%
- #46 The Exit Project: Backstreets
70% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: NOSTRA.GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in an endlessly repeating place that looks ordinary at first glance. Observe your surroundings carefully, identify subtle anomalies, and make the right choices to escape the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.1%
- #47 VHScape
71% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.5%
- #48 Static Voice
68% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Kaddera Games
Windows
Artyom, a resident of an old Soviet apartment block, finds himself trapped after a factory explosion releases a deadly gas. He plans to explore the toxic entrance to build an SOS transmitter with his friend Viktor. But the building is no longer safe, and someone is hunting in the silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Narrative 16.5% ★, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #49 Silent Wounds - The Doll
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.
Why similar: Narrative 22.6% ★, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 7.7%
- #50 Facility of Dusk
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HALKO Digital
Windows
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Surreal 13.4%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9%
- #51 Kizuyami | 刻闇
68% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Raw Gryt
Windows
Kizuyami is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You find yourself in a never-ending Japanese street that you cannot leave no matter where you go. You stumble upon the same house over and over again, which calls for you in inexplicable ways. Will you be able to find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Surreal 9%
- #52 EPONYMOUS
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Abstract 12.1%, Mystery 9.9%
- #53 Mayfly
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backyard Zoo
Windows
A story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Follow Caroline Miller's descent into an increasingly twisted reality as she searches for her missing husband
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Mystery 12.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Horror 9.2%
- #54 Fragments
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazar VaragicPub: Dangly Dango Studio
Windows
Your mind is shattered. Step into a first-person psychological horror where you must relive your deepest trauma, uncover fragments of your past, piece them back together and face the tormentors that haunt your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 14.2%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Mystery 9.4%
- #55 SCP-ELM0
67% 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 26%, Narrative 15.5% ★, Puzzle 13%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.4%
- #56 I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
66% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #57 Epilogue
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nexavor Studio
Windows
In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #58 Pit of Despair
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassier Studios
Windows
Pit of Despair is a psychological horror game set in a snowbound cabin, isolated in a remote forest. Trapped with no escape, something lurks—within the walls or your mind. A short, intense experience (30–45 min) inspired by P.T. Silent Hills and The Exit 8. Best played in the dark with headphones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Narrative 25.6% ★, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Mystery 8.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #59 Taguan
65% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
David Lagani is an ordinary Filipino worker whose quiet life turns to dread when a mysterious figure begins breaking into homes and making people disappear. Each night feels longer, every sound closer, and all he can do is pray the footsteps don’t reach his door.
Why similar: Narrative 31.3% ★, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%