Games Like Backrooms

Survive relentless entities, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover the dark secrets of your surroundings. With an XP system, crafting, and resource management, every decision matters. Will you find your way out or become another lost soul?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 7.5%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Dark 5.3%

Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 7.8%

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: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 18%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Exploration 8%

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: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 26%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Walking Simulator 6.9%, Survival Horror 6.8%

Welcome to Level 37, commonly known as the Poolrooms, a psychological horror experience that immerses players in an eerie, otherworldly environment.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Horror 11.1%, Immersive 10.8% ★, Realistic 8.1%

Trapped in a mysterious space shrouded in an unsettling atmosphere, a unknown presence creeps up from behind— "it" doesn't move while you're watching. But the moment you look away, it closes in without a sound. Can you escape "it" and find your way out of this enigmatic space?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Immersive 14.6% ★, Adventure 7%

Dare to explore the most haunted vicinity in all of England? You will leave no stone unturned as you walk along the eerie grounds of the Black Waters Station and uncover the horror that lies within.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, First-Person 8.3%

Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Horror 9.8%, Exploration 8.3%

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 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 12.8%, Exploration 9.1%, Realistic 7.4%

NineHells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the Ninehells is going on!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 8.2%, First-Person 8.2%

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: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Dark 7.4%

After a long and harrowing day, you have come to the beach to unwind. Something is different about tonight though. It's just the beach, there's nothing out there. Right?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Horror 12.8%, Immersive 11.8% ★, Exploration 8.5%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Horror 17%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 7.1%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 7.4%, Dark 6.4%

Multiplayer horror × audio hunting × liminal spaces. In a world of endless corridors and infinite pools, everyone is invisible. Run, and your footsteps give you away – hear them, find them, execute them. Here, silence is the only law.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 18%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 6.8%

Trapped in a nightmare hallway. Spot the difference to survive. Featuring over 100 randomized anomalies and a hidden Brutal Mode. Consult the mysterious Tomes to escape, but choose wisely: the hall is listening, and it may not like what you do.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, First-Person 8.4%

This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 17.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 6.3%

Lurking in Tenebris is a psychological horror game where you participate in a mysterious drug experiment, forced to escape mazes that intensify with every pill you take.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 8%, Realistic 6.2%

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: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Realistic 8.2%

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: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 7.4%

You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.6%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Horror 18.8%, Realistic 6%, Exploration 5%

A 1-4 player co-op horror experience. Navigate hyper-realistic Backrooms levels and liminal spaces, survive unique entities, and uncover the dark mystery behind those levels. Extreme visual fidelity meets psychological dread.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Horror 18%, Exploration 8.2%, Realistic 5.2%

Purefire Life Stream is a first-person psychological horror game. In recent years, livestreaming daily life has become a worldwide phenomenon. Explore a slow-paced world beginning with a livestreamed penthouse tour expanding into unsettling realism and terror.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Survival Horror 6.8%, Exploration 6.7%

Alex and his friends set out for a camping trip deep in the forest. What starts as a fun escape quickly turns into something far darker. This forest hides secrets… and something is always watching. Survive. Escape. Don’t look back...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 21.3%, Dark 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%

Explore the world of backrooms from this solo developed game. explore creepy and eerie levels, and also calm and liminal levels, but be careful, you're not the only one there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Horror 19.6%, Realistic 9.4%, First-Person 7.7%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 8.8%

Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 7%, Survival Horror 6.7%

Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Walking Simulator 12%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 7.8%

You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Horror 17%, Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.1%

Beguiled Egress is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and puzzle solving.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%

A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Realistic 8.8%, Exploration 5.9%

Uncle Chuck Incorporated is a short animatronic survival horror game. Step into a funplex shrouded in mystery and suspense as you unravel the secrets behind the downfall of the legendary robotics entertainment company, Uncle Chuck Inc.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Survival Horror 7.7%

Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 9.6%, Dark 5.6%

The game is a test of courage for players who have come to a secluded shrine in the mountains to explore and try to escape from this unusual place. There are numerous horror gimmick elements to torment the player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 17.4%, Realistic 8.1%, Exploration 5.1%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Walking Simulator 24.9%, Horror 21%, Adventure 6.7%, Exploration 6.1%

You are on a service to detect and destroy mimics - creatures capable of taking the form of any object. Your task is to carefully inspect your surroundings, use all your attentiveness and various tools to detect mimics.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 7.2%, Casual 6.6%

Trapped in the endless liminal spaces of the Backrooms by accident, your only way out is to uncover the truth. Explore over 30 unique locations, unravel the dark experiments of the F.O.T. foundation, and piece together Arthur Penn’s story—all while fighting panic attacks to maintain your sanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 8.3%

Enter the patient's inner world. Seek out the abnormal, uncover the truth. You will step into the patient's mental world, explore their psyche, and search for anomalies and fragmented memories. Every wrong choice will send you back to the beginning—can you reach the eighth level?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 9.5%

A signal has been detected deep inside the Backrooms. Go on your first mission with PATROL, explore levels, avoid entities, and work together to find John B., before all that's left of him is his Final Signal.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 15%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Exploration 9.8%

Embark on a surreal journey to find answers hidden within a broken home. Explore shifting realities in this low-poly horror game where the truth is the ultimate price. A meta-horror experience that knows its player.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Horror 19%, First-Person 7.5%, Adventure 6.4%

Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Horror 14.8%, Multiplayer 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Survival Horror 6.4%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Dark 7.8%, First-Person 7.7%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 8.1%, Adventure 7.8%

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Walking Simulator 7.7%, First-Person 6.2%

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 25.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 8.5%

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.1%

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 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 20%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 8.6%

A first-person narrative psychological horror game focused on exploration and environmental storytelling, set in a decaying naval retirement home ruled by a tyrannical former admiral, where you play as Coral, a newly hired nurse who must navigate shifting environments and uncover hidden truths.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.8%, First-Person 7.8%

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 27.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 13.2%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 8.8%

You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 20.8%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 5.2%

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 9.4%

An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Horror 18.1%, Dark 5.1%, First-Person 5%

A psychological horror where you're trapped inside your own school, hunted by an unrelenting entity. As you search for an escape, the walls shift around you, and reality begins to distort. Escaping is just as important as keeping your sanity intact.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.8%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Horror 23%, Adventure 5.8%, 3D 4.8%

Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Horror 13%, Immersive 9% ★, First-Person 7.5%

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: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Horror 14.8%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 7.5%

Experience Mark’s story through found footage as he becomes stuck in a loop whilst working the late shift at the cinema. Spot the anomalies and survive the night. Ensure that every room is checked...thoroughly.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 18.4%, Realistic 7.8%, Exploration 7%

With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Dark 8.3%