- #1 project_Structure_01
97% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Vesa Härkönen
Windows
project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Surreal 15.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 9.4%
- #2 The 4th Wall
96% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
What lies beyond The 4th Wall?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Surreal 21.1%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Minimalist 6.9%
- #3 Daardoa
96% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Atmospheric and surreal horror game about day and night cycle.
Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Abstract 16.7%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Exploration 8.1%
- #4 EPONYMOUS
95% 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 16.7%, Surreal 15.2%, Abstract 15%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Mystery 7.5%
- #5 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
94% 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 23.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Surreal 11.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #6 NaissanceE
94% matchVery Positive84% of 4,240 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 21.8%, Abstract 19%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #7 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 716 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 16.1%, Abstract 15.5%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%
- #8 Dream Voyage
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Fire Cat
Windows · Linux
Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Surreal 20.5%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 9%, 3D 7.8%
- #9 Small Island
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STM
Windows
Small Island is an upcoming first-person exploration game where you have to escape the small mysterious Island you find yourself on. The game consists mainly in exploring the secret rooms and areas you'll find inside of it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Abstract 18.6%, Surreal 14%, Minimalist 11%, Exploration 11%
- #10 7 Days To Think About It
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: silver978
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short spot the difference psychological horror game. Your friends invite you to hang out tonight - you have 7 days to think about it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Exploration 13.5%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 9.8%, First-Person 8.2%
- #11 LEVEL 0: A Backrooms Experience Prototype
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberPunch StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
Reality blurs and turns surreal. You find yourself trapped in a maze of endless twisting hallways and rooms, with nothing but your fading wits to guide you back to freedom. Explore the backrooms and try to survive in this single player adventure - or team up with three friends!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 14.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Horror 11.1%, Exploration 10.7%
- #12 Kairo
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,741 reviews2013
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 19.1%, Surreal 17.7%, Exploration 14.3%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #13 Framed Fear
89% 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 33%, Exploration 13.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.6%
- #14 Hyakki Yako: OH&S
88% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Inhuman Resources
Windows · Mac
Haramita Renkai is trapped somewhere deep in the underworld after a ritual gone awry. Armed with naught but his wits, his talismans and a burning desire for self-criticism, Renkai attempts to flee the grasp of the ravenous Demon Parade and escape back to the mortal plane.
Why similar: Abstract 14.6%, Horror 12.6%, Surreal 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Exploration 9.8%
- #15 Fragments of Fear
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Exploration 14.4%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #16 Facility of Dusk
86% 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 23.4%, Surreal 15%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #17 NIDANA
85% matchVery Positive88% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Surreal 21.8%, Abstract 21.5%, Minimalist 7%, First-Person 6%
- #18 Ephemeral Frame
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tsunscreen
Windows
Step inside picture frames, films, and other imagery that connect a variety of dreamscapes in this surreal first-person exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Surreal 22.2%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Exploration 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #19 Is Anybody There?
83% 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 23.9%, Horror 11.5%, Nonlinear 10.3%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 8.5%
- #20 LIMINAL SHIFT
82% matchVery Positive82% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
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 17.5%, Abstract 12.7%, Surreal 11.6%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 8.8%
- #21 Fibrillation HD
84% matchVery Positive89% of 365 reviews2017
Dev: Egor Rezenov
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Abstract 14.1%, Surreal 14%, Horror 10.7%, Exploration 8.1%
- #22 A Night On The Farm
82% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Flame Interactive
Windows
A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 9.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #23 With Shining Eyes
81% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Surreal 21%, Abstract 16.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Nonlinear 7.3%
- #24 The Old City: Leviathan
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 740 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Exploration 14%, Surreal 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, First-Person 8.7%
- #25 Dreamcore
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,505 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Horror 9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #26 Anomaly: Haunted Aisle
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hurly Burly StudiosPub: U. S. Cart Games
Windows
Explore a looping supermarket aisle in a first-person psychological horror walking simulator. Observe the environment to spot anomalies: turn back when something is wrong, otherwise move forward. Progress reveals a story of guilt and grief, as a man searches for his lost wife and son.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 12%, Abstract 9.6%, Nonlinear 8.8%
- #27 Cold Abyss
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio [notes.]Pub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Surreal 13.2%, Abstract 12.8%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 8.3%
- #28 A Symmetric Escape
78% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: SporkTank
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Minimalist 9.2%
- #29 In The Night You Had Bad Dreams
77% 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 20.4%, Surreal 15.1%, Abstract 14.9%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8%
- #30 Seybul Tech
77% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Seybul Tech
Windows
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 24.7%, Surreal 17%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 9%, Abstract 7.9%
- #31 The Meaning
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Ember Eye Studio
Windows
"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Horror 13.2%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Mystery 8.8%, 1990's 8.4%
- #32 Reel Horror
75% 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 30.9%, Horror 20.2%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #33 Tape 101: Liminal Descent
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Suversa, NanaPub: Double H Productions
Windows
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 18.7%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 10.6%, Minimalist 7.4%
- #34 True Backrooms
76% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: WafflePaws
Windows
The most accurate depiction of the backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Horror 17.8%, Surreal 13.7%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 9.4%
- #35 Allophobia
75% 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 27.4%, Surreal 15.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #36 Vapor Strange
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Danelon
Windows
Explore bizarre procedural generated psychedelic worlds, encounter surreal creatures, experience shifting rulesets, retro aesthetics, and altered music for a wild and truly strange experience.
Why similar: Horror 19%, Abstract 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Surreal 11.2%, Exploration 9.6%
- #37 B-Line
72% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Team Nutshell
Windows · Linux
B-Line is a short knowledge-based walking simulator game. Explore different worlds and discover how to get out of the station.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Surreal 14.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #38 Memento Mori
73% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Shea KellyPub: WolfWare Studios
Windows
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 31.6%, Surreal 21.6%, Abstract 15.5%, Minimalist 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #39 Where The Crows Roam
73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Elam Isaacs
Windows
Where The Crows Roam is a survival horror game made by a sixth grader in his free time. In this game you will get to explore the now deserted Stunig City and its outer ruins. Watch your back because you never know what is watching you. Can you survive?
Why similar: Abstract 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Surreal 16.4%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #40 The Offering
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Horror 14%, Exploration 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11%, First-Person 10.2%
- #41 Night of the Wererat
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Exploration 16%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #42 My Day Challenge
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Horror 21.6%, Exploration 15.1%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 10.1%
- #43 GhostlyRyokan
71% 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 38.4%, Exploration 15.3%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Adventure 10.9%
- #44 Angstraum
70% 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 25.8%, Surreal 12.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #45 Mother's Embrace
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Horrormancy
Windows
'Mother's Embrace' - indie horror game set in a remote Latvian town, where the unforgiving winter serves as the backdrop to a harrowing story. You return here only to find your childhood home eerily deserted, its once welcoming streets now shrouded in a deafening silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Minimalist 10.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Surreal 8.9%, Horror 8.5%
- #46 They See You
69% 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 22.6%, Surreal 14.4%, Horror 12.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #47 HOLFACE
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jonny's Games
Windows
Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 17.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Surreal 11.8%, First-Person 10.9%
- #48 Soviet Village
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 8%, Horror 7.5%
- #49 BABBDI
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,913 reviews2022
Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Surreal 20%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Horror 11.5%
- #50 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Horror 11%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #51 The Patient: After Hours
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
You are a night worker who has to clean up after a long day of trading at the local mall. But as the night quickly progresses you start to realize that something isn't quite right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Abstract 17.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Surreal 10.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #52 Twin Palms
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Mountain Games
Windows
At Twin Palms your shift is over, but the office won’t let you leave. In this First-Person Psychological Horror Game: carefully observe a looping environment, spot differences, overcome Trial Anomalies, and snoop around the office. You can clock out, but can you really escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Surreal 14.8%, Horror 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%
- #53 Lantern of Remembrance
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 15%, First-Person 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #54 Just a Stay at the Inn
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 3D 9.8%
- #55 The Lighthouse Whispers
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HEADWINDS
Windows
In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Horror 20.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 8.3%
- #56 Loop: Anomaly Lab
67% 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 24.8%, Surreal 17.9%, Horror 15.7%, Multiple Endings 9%, First-Person 8%
- #57 The Witch and The Lost Babies
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Montee Games
Windows
As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12.2%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 9.4%
- #58 PLAYROOMS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winterblood games
Windows · Linux
Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Exploration 14.9%, First-Person 11%, Nonlinear 7%, 3D 6.4%
- #59 Unmixable Syrup
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.2%, Exploration 16.6%, Atmospheric 13%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 7.4%