- #1 The Exit 8
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Underground 18.1% ★, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Surreal 6.3%
- #2 Lost in Anomaly
96% matchMixed63% of 1,321 reviews2024
Dev: Axakal Interactive
Windows
In this single-player experience, 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 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9%, Surreal 8.9%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
- #3 Liminal Exit
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Surreal 10.6%, Psychological 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #4 Floor 9
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.7%, Surreal 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Horror 7.6%
- #5 Cloudrooms
94% matchNo user reviews64% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Surreal 9.4%, Immersive Sim 9%, Realistic 7.9%
- #6 BACKROOMS THE COMPANY
94% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: kc6067
Windows
backrooms horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Realistic 13.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%
- #7 Enter The Backrooms
93% matchVery Positive87% of 1,064 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Psychological 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Surreal 12%
- #8 Shifting To The Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 13.4%, Horror 12.4%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #9 SKUF BACKROOMS
92% matchMixed57% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: akhsotoen
Windows
SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Realistic 10.8%, Surreal 9.5%, Horror 9%
- #10 Liminal City
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Realistic 11.6%, Horror 9%, Mystery 8.3%
- #11 NOCLIP
91% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
Windows
Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.4%, Horror 8.3%
- #12 Backrooms - 2005
89% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Realistic 15%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Linear 10.5%
- #13 Dead by Backrooms Anomaly
88% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: DarkRook Interactive
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror game filled with puzzles and humorous moments. In this world where reality and fantasy intertwine, nothing will ever be as it seems.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Immersive Sim 18%, First-Person 10.1%, Realistic 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%
- #14 Everloop
87% matchVery Positive94% of 95 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 12.7%, Psychological 11.2%, Surreal 10.7%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #15 Overtime Anomaly
86% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Surreal 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #16 The Backrooms
89% matchMostly Negative23% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #17 Anomalies Detective
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 10.8%
- #18 DEAD END
85% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Underground 17.9% ★, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9.9%, Surreal 8.5%
- #19 Backrooms Loop
82% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: N.C Bana
Windows
Backroom Loop is a first-person psychological horror (entertainment) game. You are trapped in a familiar-feeling space, exploring and escaping… only to return to the start. Can you break free from the loop?
Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Funny 22.1%, First-Person 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #20 The Backrooms: Escape
84% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: QuixM Interactive
Windows
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Realistic 13.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 10.3%
- #21 Anomaly Loop
83% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #22 The Backrooms
84% matchMixed62% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.
Why similar: Realistic 19.8%, Puzzle 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 15%
- #23 Hotel 188
82% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Realistic 12.3%, Minimalist 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #24 Kyoto Anomaly
81% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Surreal 9%, Horror 9%
- #25 Liminalcore
80% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Realistic 11.3%
- #26 Backrooms Doors
81% matchMixed69% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 10.5%
- #27 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
79% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Mystery 9.7%
- #28 Subliminal
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,794 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: Surreal 15.3%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Realistic 10.9%, Mystery 10.2%
- #29 Liminal Shroud
76% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #30 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
78% matchMixed67% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: 1_Cutter_1
Windows
You are the exploration team from company PhaseSync, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Immersive Sim 14%, Psychological 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.4%
- #31 8-hour Workday
77% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Zonghao Wu
Windows
8-hour Workday is an anomaly search game inspired by Exit 8 and Platform 8. The player needs to explore a creepy, ominous office where dangerous anomalies are lurking around and try to make it through the work hours. There are 27 anomalies in the game. See if you can solve them all!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.5%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Surreal 11%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #32 Sector 404
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Horror 9.4%
- #33 Prison Loop
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 12.5%, Surreal 10.7%, Immersive Sim 10%, Psychological 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #34 Office After Hours
75% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Surreal 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.4%, Psychological 7.9%
- #35 The Backrooms: Found Footage
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
Windows
The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Surreal 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.4%
- #36 LIMINAL SHIFT
75% matchVery Positive81% of 300 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 12.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Surreal 10%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Minimalist 7.8%
- #37 Anomaly Company
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2026
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.7%, Surreal 11.6%
- #38 POOLS
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 22%, Surreal 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Realistic 10.5%, Minimalist 7.3%
- #39 Backrooms: Exploration
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
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: Horror 20%, Realistic 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, First-Person 13.2%
- #40 Inside the Backrooms
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 46,832 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #41 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
74% matchVery Positive91% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
Windows
An unsettling rogue-lite survival horror adventure. Iconic levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.
Why similar: Surreal 19.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 12.1%
- #42 Dreamcore
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience backrooms 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 16.6%, Surreal 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Minimalist 9.3%, Horror 8.7%
- #43 Backrooms: What's Next
73% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: SUDT Games
Windows
Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 13.7%, Exploration 13.5%, Puzzle 13%, First-Person 11.4%
- #44 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
71% matchVery Positive84% of 838 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.3%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Realistic 16.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #45 Exit Together
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Psychological 9.7%, Horror 8.8%
- #46 The Door Factory
71% matchMixed42% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
The Door Factory is a first-person horror game where you inspect mysterious doors before they are sent into production. Step inside, observe the environment, spot anomalies, and decide whether each door should be approved or reported.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10.4%, Surreal 9.7%
- #47 Platform 8
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,890 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Immersive Sim 12%, Realistic 7.6%, Puzzle 7%
- #48 Backrooms: Found Footage
71% matchVery Positive82% of 396 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Realistic 17.8%, Horror 15.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, First-Person 12.5%
- #49 Tape 101: Liminal Descent
69% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: 2H-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 14.1%, Surreal 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.7%
- #50 Twisted Gallery 异馆
69% matchVery Positive86% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 8%
- #51 Finnish Cottage 8
69% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.9%, Linear 7.6%, Psychological 7.6%
- #52 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
68% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: YAPPub: Yet Another Publisher
Windows · Mac
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Realistic 9.9%, Horror 9.6%
- #53 Within the Backrooms
70% matchVery Positive94% of 236 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Surreal 41.8%, Exploration 19.6%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Walking Simulator 8.6%, First-Person 6.7%
- #54 Backrooms: Wit's End
68% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Augusto Micheli Debard
Windows
Backrooms: Wit's End is an immersive coop survival horror game, featuring procedurally generated, non-linear level progression and dynamic gameplay mechanics. Explore the different disturbing levels with your friends, while trying to escape from many puzzling entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Realistic 12.1%
- #55 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
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 21.3%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 7.7%
- #56 Project Liminal 2
67% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Minimalist 18.1%, Puzzle 16.9%, Realistic 14%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 10.3%
- #57 Escape the Backrooms
61% matchVery Positive90% of 166,958 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 9.8%, 3D 5.7%
- #58 The Floor Above
65% matchVery Positive90% of 271 reviews2026
Dev: Swytapp Games
Windows
A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.
Why similar: Surreal 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Horror 12.4%, Minimalist 10.5%
- #59 MIRROR MIRROR
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 11%, Surreal 10.3%, Realistic 8.7%
- #60 Backrooms Rec.
66% matchMixed69% of 2,129 reviews2024
Dev: Liminal Logic
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Realistic 17.6%, First-Person 14.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%