Games Like Awkward Dimensions Redux

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential surreal walking simulator that captures the same dream-like, uncanny atmosphere as the seed game.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 22%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Surreal 14.2%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar low-fi, unsettling aesthetic and fragmented narrative structure that feels like a fever dream.

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 12.4%, Surreal 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused game that excels at creating a surreal, lonely, and atmospheric urban environment.

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Horror 24.3%, First-Person 11.4%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful psychological horror experience that mirrors the experimental and unsettling nature of the seed game.

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 33.6%, First-Person 12.7%, Surreal 10%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, first-person exploration game that emphasizes scale and atmosphere in a surreal, architectural world.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Memes 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled adventure that explores a surreal, vaporwave-inspired digital world.

A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.9%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Indie 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, abstract exploration that feels like wandering through a digital dreamscape.

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Horror 19.3%, Surreal 15%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive surreal dream-exploration game, offering a vast, abstract world filled with unsettling imagery.

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven walking simulator that uses environmental storytelling to evoke a strong, atmospheric sense of place.

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 14.5%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle adventure that features surreal environments and a mysterious, unsettling tone.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Surreal 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative walking simulator that explores the psyche of a developer through experimental, surreal game levels.

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.1%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking simulator that takes the player through a series of surreal, shifting dream sequences.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: First-Person 25%, Surreal 22.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Horror 16.2%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses perspective-based puzzles to create a surreal, dream-like environment that constantly shifts and surprises the player.

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Memes 11.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Open World 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A bizarre, open-world indie game filled with surreal characters and a distinct, gritty atmosphere.

Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Adventure 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game that directly tackles the concept of dream-like traversal and atmospheric storytelling.

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Why similar: Adventure 18.3%, Horror 15.7%, First-Person 12.1%, Indie 12%, Surreal 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A PS1-style indie horror game that relies on surreal, atmospheric storytelling rather than traditional jump scares.

Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.

Why similar: Surreal 24%, Horror 19.4%, Indie 15%, Adventure 13.3%, Puzzle 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, short, and highly surreal interactive experience that defies traditional gameplay conventions.

Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

Why similar: Horror 35.5%, First-Person 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror experience that uses an abandoned, surreal theme park setting to create an unsettling atmosphere.

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: Walking Simulator 20%, First-Person 16.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Surreal 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract exploration game that focuses on solving puzzles within a minimalist, otherworldly environment.

A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.9%, Horror 24.3%, Puzzle 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal exploration game that blends interactive fiction with an eerie, dream-like setting.

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 89.3%, Walking Simulator 3.4%, Great Soundtrack 2.1%, First-Person 1.4%, Indie 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological, first-person experience that captures the feeling of being trapped in a surreal, repetitive nightmare.

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

Why similar: Surreal 25.6%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Adventure 17.1%, First-Person 14.6%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, comedy-focused exploration game that features bizarre, dream-like scenarios and a unique art style.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: First-Person 26%, Surreal 24.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning, abstract puzzle game that plays with gravity and infinite, surreal architecture.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: First-Person 26.7%, Puzzle 23.5%, Surreal 22%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending, abstract puzzle game that challenges the player's perception of space and reality.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: First-Person 26.1%, Surreal 21%, Puzzle 14.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that uses perspective and photography to reshape reality in surreal and unexpected ways.

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.1%, First-Person 24.9%, Indie 8.2%, Adventure 4.1%, Atmospheric 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative, short experience that plays with the boundaries of game development and player expectations.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Open World 12.5%, Indie 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical, surreal exploration game that allows players to inhabit anything from atoms to galaxies.

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Indie 8%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game where the environment reacts to the player, creating a dream-like, musical experience.

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.2%, First-Person 19.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 7.5%, Surreal 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic meta-narrative walking simulator that constantly subverts player expectations in a surreal, office-based environment.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Horror 24.8%, First-Person 14%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Open World 5%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, Surreal 16.5%, First-Person 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%

An immersive and twisted adventure created before the official development of the Doorways saga

Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Platformer 6.6%

Narrative exploration game located in a massive, post-human Western Washington. Navigate an open world that has been reclaimed by nature. Use journals, letters, zines, and other documents to learn the interconnected stories of the people who lived here once.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.3%, Open World 12.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A slow-paced, atmospheric exploration game set in a post-human world that feels lonely and dream-like.

Free single-player Backrooms game developed on a low budget.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 16.4%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

Why similar: Horror 45.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, First-Person 10.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Adventure 7%

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 62.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 6%, Indie 4.7%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, First-Person 13.5%, Surreal 13.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%

The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

Why similar: First-Person 19.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Horror 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Multiplayer 14.6%

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Why similar: Horror 42.8%, Multiplayer 12.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 9.2%

Kevin is fed up with his game. Follow him in this atmospheric, dark and funny journey and fulfil his dreams. Is it even possible to escape?

Why similar: Adventure 26.9%, Horror 18.1%, Platformer 17.6%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Indie 13%

The weird and somewhat unsettling trip of a doomer

Why similar: Atmospheric 43.1%, Indie 29.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Singleplayer 7.8%

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 31.4%, Horror 17.5%, Surreal 13.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%

You've inherited a small house. The documents say that you will only have a right to own it once you manage to live there for at least few days. But you must not go outside at night and shouldn't open the cellar door. Is there a chance to meet the conditions? Only time will show!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Horror 19.5%, Memes 9.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.

Why similar: Horror 31.8%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%

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Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Walking Simulator 27.2%, Surreal 17.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Puzzle 6.5%

Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, First-Person 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Memes 6.7%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.7%, Surreal 16.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Walking Simulator 27.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Puzzle 6.1%

A roguelite multiplayer Backrooms game that bases itself on The Backrooms Deluxe's levels and expands on the mechanics, levels, networking and enemy AI.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.1%, First-Person 14.2%, Horror 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Adventure 11.6%

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 41.5%, First-Person 14.3%, Horror 13.4%, Surreal 9.6%, Adventure 6.6%

Prepare for an experience unlike anything you've seen before... TRATEL64 (spell it in all caps) is a zany comedy adventure game that's stylized like a fever dream! Watch Tratel go from 0 to 64 over the course of an afternoon (in real time that amounts to 1-2 hours).

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 17.3%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 5.5%

Pitun, Vodka and Hardbass

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Memes 15.3%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 9.7%

Strap it on and lock 'n' load in Grass Simulator, where you will Shoot, Loot and MOO! your way through multiple game modes revolved around...GRASS! Grass Simulator will revolutionize the way you look at grass.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Memes 18.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Adventure 6.9%

I found myself lying in a strange place. I had no idea where I was or why I had come here. The only thing I knew was that I had come looking for something.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Psychological Horror 4.5%

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.5%, First-Person 13.6%, Surreal 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Psychological Horror 5.7%

Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Adventure 17%, First-Person 11.8%, Indie 7.6%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Great Soundtrack 23.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Surreal 10.7%, Indie 8.3%

The world's most advanced soda drinking simulator.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Memes 18.5%, Surreal 13.7%, First-Person 7.5%

The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Surreal 4.4%