- #1 The Backrooms
97% matchMixed62% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Dark 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #2 Backrooms Doors
96% 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: Survival Horror 22.3%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 9.8%
- #3 Backrooms: Exploration
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 107 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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.6%
- #4 Shifting To The Backrooms
95% matchVery Positive87% of 75 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: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, First-Person 9.5%
- #5 Enter The Backrooms
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,063 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Survival Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 18%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #6 BACKROOMS THE COMPANY
94% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: kc6067
Windows
backrooms horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Mystery 8.1%
- #7 Escape the Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive90% of 162,444 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 6.8 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 33.4%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 4%
- #8 Dead of Night: Supermarket
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, First-Person 8.4%
- #9 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
91% matchVery Positive84% of 832 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: Survival Horror 27.7%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Dark 15.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #10 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
92% matchVery Positive91% of 150 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: Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #11 Backrooms: Lost Tape
90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,411 reviews2022
Dev: Cortez Productions
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 8.2%
- #12 Liminal Exit
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 130 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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 16.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #13 Backrooms: Found Footage
88% matchVery Positive82% of 381 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: Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #14 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
89% matchMixed46% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: Sushi Studio
Windows
If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #15 Backrooms Rec.
87% matchMixed69% of 2,102 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: Survival Horror 29.4%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 8%
- #16 Inside the Backrooms
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 46,759 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 25%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 8.5%, First-Person 6.2%
- #17 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
Explore a looping corridor filled with anomalies. Walk through the fluorescent-lit backrooms environment, examine your surroundings, and spot subtle changes in reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
- #18 Backrooms: Realm of Shadows
86% matchMostly Negative39% of 199 reviews2023
Dev: Cyprus Games
Windows
Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 19%, Dark 16.7%, Adventure 11.3%
- #19 The Backrooms Footage
86% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Untold Backrooms Stories
Windows · Linux
You have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you find yourself in the Backrooms. Figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, First-Person 8.8%
- #20 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
82% 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: Survival Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12.6%, First-Person 8.4%
- #21 The Backrooms: Found Footage
85% 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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #22 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
83% matchMixed66% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: 1_Cutter_1
Windows
You are the exploration team from company Async, 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 27.6%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 12%, Exploration 7.7%
- #23 Reflection
81% matchVery Positive83% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #24 Backrooms: Extractions
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 796 reviews2025
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Co-op horror for 1 to 6 players. Anyone can try to escape the Backrooms. You are going back in: locate the lost agents, solve the puzzles, film the entities, and hold out until extraction. Everything you carry can be lost. Your ranks, gear and storage are built to last.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #25 The Empty Eyes
79% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 15.1%, Dark 10%, Mystery 8.7%
- #26 It follows you
82% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Games
Windows
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11%
- #27 Backrooms Loop
78% 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 36.5%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, First-Person 26.5%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #28 The Exit 8
76% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 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: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 11%, Mystery 7.1%
- #29 CantEscapeTheBackrooms
79% matchMixed60% of 257 reviews2023
Dev: BlackArtStudios
Windows
CantEscapeTheBackrooms is a single player horror game. Explore numerous treacherous and dangerous levels, avoid contact with evil entities, and do whatever it takes to find your way out!
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Dark 17.2%, First-Person 14.6%, Stealth 6%
- #30 In The Backrooms
80% matchMixed58% of 160 reviews2022
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 19.6%, Dark 13.9%, First-Person 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #31 Backrooms Lost Runners
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 662 reviews2026
Dev: ShimStudioGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Dark 16.4%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #32 Project Liminal 2
75% matchVery 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: Adventure 14.6%, Dark 13.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Action 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #33 Cloudrooms
74% matchNo user reviews65% of 62 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: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
- #34 Return the Backrooms
77% matchMixed63% of 140 reviews2022
Dev: Skmaestro
Windows
Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 14%, First-Person 10%, Dark 10%
- #35 White Room Protocol
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #36 UnderBackrooms
77% matchMostly Negative39% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: okeyplaystudio
Windows
UnderBackrooms is a cooperative horror game set in a mysterious parallel universe of empty rooms and endless corridors. With moments of tension and surprise, players must be on guard to survive. Explore the backrooms and uncover their secrets to escape this nightmare world.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.9%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 21.7%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 11.5%
- #37 The Backrooms Experiment
76% matchMixed59% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Efe Mert
Windows
The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Survival Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Adventure 10.5%
- #38 Everloop
73% 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: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 9.5%, First-Person 9%
- #39 The Complex: Expedition
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,731 reviews2025
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, First-Person 6.9%
- #40 Backrooms: Escape Together
71% matchVery Positive89% of 48,556 reviews2022
Dev: Triiodide Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, First-Person 7.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #41 MATRESHKA
71% matchVery Positive84% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 11.5%
- #42 The Backrooms
78% 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 26.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #43 Don't Be Afraid 2
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 11.2%
- #44 Backrooms: Wit's End
72% matchVery Positive87% of 54 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 20.9%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13%, First-Person 8.2%
- #45 Backrooms Society
73% matchVery Positive80% of 706 reviews2023
Dev: Mikael Bihl
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 20.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 5.7%
- #46 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
70% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Dark 11%, Horror 11%
- #47 Exit From
72% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Mystery 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #48 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,621 reviews2025
Dev: DMNT Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 7.2%
- #49 The Liminal Dimension
70% matchVery Positive83% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 13.3%, Adventure 6.8%
- #50 DEAD END
71% 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: Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 18%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 6.9%
- #51 Lost in Anomaly
69% matchMixed63% of 1,301 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: Psychological Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 9%, Mystery 6.3%
- #52 SCP – Containment Breach
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,768 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 21%, Horror 20%, Dark 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #53 Chorus of Carcosa
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Walking Simulator 12%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Dark 10.5%
- #54 CAPTURED 2
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 583 reviews2026
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
You're trapped in an apartment with ever-changing rooms. Capture anomalies on camera, survive deadly entities and escape an endless nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 19.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Exploration 6.6%
- #55 Hotel 188
67% matchVery Positive89% of 83 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: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Dark 8.8%
- #56 The Complex: Found Footage
66% matchVery Positive93% of 9,917 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
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 19%, Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Mystery 7.4%
- #57 ELEVATOR: AVICI
66% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross
Windows
"ELEVATOR: AVICI" is a 1st-person psychological horror with a retro, HK lo-fi aesthetic. Trapped in a decaying apartment elevator, your only link to the outside is a strange voice on the intercom claiming to be a repairman. Will you follow his commands, or find your own escape from the darkness?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 20.7%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #58 6 Floors
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Dark 10.1%
- #59 Liminal City
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 108 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: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #60 SKUF BACKROOMS
68% 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: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 11%, First-Person 9.2%