
Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Point & Click, Singleplayer, Story Rich.

Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?

Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.

Mirrored - Chapter 1
3D Point-and-click adventure puzzle game wrapped in cinematic 2D cut-scenes. After a concerning message left on Rob's answer-phone from his panicked-sounding twin, Nick, he rushes to his brother's office to try and find a hidden mask. Not long into the search, things take a very dangerous turn...
There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.
Why similar: Nostalgia 72.6% ★, Point & Click 16.9%, Adventure 5.2%, Puzzle 2.7%, Casual 2.4%
3D Point-and-click adventure puzzle game wrapped in cinematic 2D cut-scenes. After a concerning message left on Rob's answer-phone from his panicked-sounding twin, Nick, he rushes to his brother's office to try and find a hidden mask. Not long into the search, things take a very dangerous turn...
Why similar: Episodic 53.4% ★, Point & Click 11.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Thriller 8.3%
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.
Why similar: Episodic 44.9% ★, Visual Novel 9.8%, Point & Click 7.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Mystery 7%
Read, choose, survive. A horror visual novel set in an infinite dark library deep within the Backrooms. Explore towering bookshelves, hide from hostile entities, and decide your fate across 11 possible endings. Every choice matters, and not every path leads to salvation.
Why similar: Episodic 37.2% ★, Nostalgia 31.8% ★, Visual Novel 5%, Choices Matter 4.3%, Point & Click 3.4%
What does it take to be in a parade? Hard work, a bright shiny chassis and a little help from your friends.
Why similar: Nostalgia 70.3% ★, Point & Click 19.2%, Adventure 7.3%, Casual 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?
Why similar: Episodic 50.2% ★, Point & Click 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Horror 6.9%
The important thing in life is to be able to let go of the past and always be open to an uncharted future. Could you embrace your destiny and save the kingdom?
Why similar: Episodic 50.4% ★, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Point & Click 8.8%, Logic 6%
The super-suave agent, SPY Fox, must find Mr. Udderly, rescue all the cows, and stop William the Kid from depleting the worlds supply of milk. Using ingenious SPY gadgets, keen wits, and daring moves, SPY Fox, jumps out on an udderly exhilarating adventure!
Why similar: Nostalgia 63.5% ★, Point & Click 23%, Adventure 7.5%, Casual 4%, Puzzle 1.7%
A group of students from Falica High School have been dared by their classmate and class president Wade Severstone. Solving the mysteries that spread from generation to generation once and for all.
Why similar: Episodic 43.4% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 8.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Mystery 7.5%
The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!
Why similar: Episodic 41.7% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%, Point & Click 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Mystery 7.5%
Help underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther solve the case. Explore underwater caves, deep canyons and colorful reefs, and discover fascinating places like King Crab's Castle and A Sunken Ship Out of Time, in an effort to save the reef.
Why similar: Nostalgia 72.8% ★, Point & Click 18.9%, Adventure 5%, Casual 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
An explorative horror point-and-click adventure game where your decisions seal the fates of your companions. Explore the world to uncover what happened at Dawnhall village. Listen to the messages in Avan's dreams to determine your choices. Become what you were born to be.
Why similar: Episodic 39.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.6%, Point & Click 10.1%, Horror 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
„The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.
Why similar: Episodic 57.2% ★, Point & Click 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Visual Novel 7.1%, Adventure 4.9%
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Why similar: Episodic 58.8% ★, Point & Click 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 6%, Horror 5.9%
Every day, tens of thousands of dreams are born, destroyed and reborn
Why similar: Nostalgia 84.8% ★, Puzzle 7.8%, 2D 3.6%, Adventure 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
All That Time is a psychological horror experience where you explore unstable dreamlike memories, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover fragmented lives inside a collapsing liminal system.
Why similar: Nostalgia 54.8% ★, Horror 8.1%, Exploration 6.3%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Mystery 6.1%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Episodic 53.2% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Point & Click 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 4.8%
The Adventures of Bluke Bifton is a hand-drawn, episodic adventure game set in a world of absolute absurdity. Ally (or make enemies) with a cast of strange characters, and make choices that determine your fate.
Why similar: Episodic 54.1% ★, Visual Novel 10.8%, Point & Click 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Surreal 6.7%
Devi, a 27-year-old young woman, books a late-night massage at Ahola Spa & Reflexology—the only spa that is still open.. What should have been a relaxing escape turns into a lingering nightmare…
Why similar: Episodic 53.9% ★, Horror 10.4%, Thriller 8.9%, Point & Click 7.3%, Exploration 6.3%
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Nostalgia 51.2% ★, Horror 8.2%, Mystery 7%, Surreal 6.6%, Exploration 6%
Drag toys from the shelves and drop them on the table to create a shadow play in this cozy puzzle game. As the shadows unfold, immerse yourself in a heartwarming story full of nostalgia from the 90s and blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
Why similar: Nostalgia 55% ★, Point & Click 11.1%, Logic 9.2%, Minimalist 6.4%, Puzzle 6.1%
Wasteland Horror Radio: Ep. 1 - The Radio: A gift, a radio of revelations bound to one man's personal hell, repeatedly showing him all the people he brutally murdered on September 20th, 1991..
Why similar: Episodic 71.4% ★, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 6.1%, Story Rich 5.3%, Adventure 3.5%
Due to a freak accident at the Fireworks Factory, Putt-Putt® is blasted to the moon!
Why similar: Nostalgia 55.7% ★, Point & Click 20.4%, Adventure 10.4%, Casual 6.2%, Puzzle 5.5%
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 50.1% ★, Point & Click 11.4%, Horror 8.1%, Mystery 7.4%, Thriller 6.4%
Idle and catch mysterious creatures lurking in the Poolrooms. Upgrade your fishing equipment, research bizarre specimens, and build your collection as you uncover the secrets of the Backrooms. Every catch will bring you closer to understanding this strange realm.
Why similar: Episodic 33.7% ★, Nostalgia 28.7% ★, Visual Novel 7.1%, Point & Click 6%, Text-Based 5.9%
It's time to make your choice! A whole series of crimes happens right before your eyes: a murder in an alley, your boss getting shot, abductions in broad daylight, and so on… Can you deal with it all?
Why similar: Episodic 40.4% ★, Choices Matter 10%, Point & Click 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Thriller 7.3%
Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.
Why similar: Episodic 63.4% ★, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 6.2%, Thriller 5.2%, Exploration 5%
Become a detective in a multi-genre non-linear TV series. Uncover mystery secrets using acting and hot temper. Choose who will be your friend or foe - do everything you can to restore order in Los Angeles.
Why similar: Episodic 58.3% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 9%, Point & Click 7.4%, Adventure 4.4%
You begin in a theme park forgotten to the world for over a decade. What you uncover will take you further down, below the surface, to man-made horrors you can comprehend. Point and click horror game about nostalgia.
Why similar: Nostalgia 37.7% ★, Text-Based 13.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Horror 7.6%
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Why similar: Episodic 59.1% ★, Choices Matter 13.6%, Point & Click 10.7%, Story Rich 6.3%, Adventure 5.1%
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 49.5% ★, Point & Click 11.7%, Horror 8.2%, Mystery 7.4%, Thriller 6.5%
Your only goal is to find a door and advance to the next level. Sounds simple enough, right? But in these endless, unsettling liminal spaces, nothing is as it seems. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Nostalgia 80.1% ★, Thriller 5%, Exploration 4.7%, Mystery 4.3%, Adventure 2.9%
In this bizarre graphically-augmented text-adventure originally released in 1983 from the mind of Mel Croucher, Uncle Groucho is your guide in a wacky alternative Hollywood where cigars are currency and you are as likely to travel in a space shuttle as in a covered wagon.
Why similar: Nostalgia 51.8% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Surreal 8.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Mystery 6.9%
Today's the grand opening of the Cartown Zoo, and there's still so much to do: zoo chow is running low, and all the baby animals are missing.
Why similar: Nostalgia 70% ★, Point & Click 16.5%, Adventure 7.6%, Casual 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
So who is haunting the schoolhouse, taking the toys and practically scaring the scales off all the guppies?
Why similar: Nostalgia 60.7% ★, Point & Click 20%, Adventure 10.3%, Casual 5.5%, Story Rich 3.4%
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Why similar: Episodic 49.6% ★, Choices Matter 23.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 6.1%, Point & Click 5.1%
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Why similar: Episodic 46% ★, Point & Click 18.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Mystery 5.3%
Embark on a journey through a maze of deceit and intrigue. Can you maintain your stellar reputation and put an end to these meticulously planned crimes?
Why similar: Episodic 51.3% ★, Choices Matter 11.3%, Point & Click 6.4%, Mystery 5.6%, Dark 5.2%
A Nostalgic Point-and-click adventure game where humor meets the heart! Inspired by the great classics. Click your way through the world, talk to, look at, open, use. All 9 verbs are there just for you.
Why similar: Nostalgia 63.9% ★, Point & Click 13.2%, Puzzle 6.4%, Story Rich 4.9%, Exploration 4.8%
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 48.8% ★, Point & Click 12.4%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 7.1%, Thriller 6.5%
Journey to a strange world in search of the fabled Oracle in this fantasy comedy point & click adventure. Play as Leo, a struggling student with the ability to breathe underwater, and explore a desert island and the depths of an alien ocean to uncover your school’s dark past.
Why similar: Nostalgia 62% ★, Point & Click 14.5%, Puzzle 6.2%, Story Rich 5.1%, Adventure 4.7%
FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun.
Why similar: Episodic 53.4% ★, Point & Click 12.3%, Mystery 8.9%, Thriller 7.5%, Horror 5.6%
In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.
Why similar: Episodic 45.8% ★, Choices Matter 19.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, Adventure 6.7%
A boy. A demon. A pizza delivery girl. Sometimes all you need is to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Everything is different than it seems to be.
Why similar: Episodic 54.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 8%, Text-Based 7.6%, Surreal 6.9%
Join Champy, the useless vampire, in this charming 2D point-and-click adventure with hand-drawn environments and funny puzzles. Embark on an adventure amongst a cult of vampire hunters, a giant octopus and zombie animals. Will Champy find a way to save Dracula before it's too late?
Why similar: Nostalgia 62.6% ★, Point & Click 14%, Puzzle 4.4%, Adventure 4.3%, Mystery 4.1%
When Grace Harland vanishes at Stillwater Lake, the police rule it an accident. Suspecting a cover-up, you venture into the dark, fog-choked waters alone. But as you piece together her final hours, you realise a local cult will do anything to keep the truth buried.
Why similar: Episodic 66.5% ★, Mystery 7.9%, Horror 6.5%, Exploration 4.7%, Story Rich 4.3%
Mr. Firebird's time machine has gone haywire and Putt-Putt's® best pal Pep, is lost somewhere in time.
Why similar: Nostalgia 63.2% ★, Point & Click 18.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
The grand opening of the Haunted Mine Ride is tomorrow. Tonight, you run the final test rides. Ride the minecart, Fix props, repeat rides and don’t make "them" notice you.
Why similar: Episodic 64.7% ★, Adventure 7.5%, Horror 7.1%, Dark 5.9%, Exploration 5.5%
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
Why similar: Nostalgia 53.7% ★, Point & Click 13.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 5.7%, Exploration 4.7%
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Why similar: Episodic 58.4% ★, Choices Matter 14.7%, Point & Click 8.1%, Story Rich 6%, Adventure 4.6%
Help Putt-Putt® bounce his pal Pep into the air to pop colorful balloons--some filled with hidden surprises!
Why similar: Nostalgia 59.9% ★, Point & Click 18.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Casual 9.5%
Explore an abandoned children's recreational camp and uncover the dark secrets covered up by its founders. Find clues and apply specific commands in the Discord channel to find out what truly happened. But be careful: Sparky has been activated and the monster inside of it never sleeps…
Why similar: Episodic 65.6% ★, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 6.3%, Exploration 5.2%, Surreal 4.7%
Perseverance: Part 3 is the much-awaited conclusion to the drama/horror visual novel series full of intrigue, guts, and gossip. Swap between Jack, a father trying to protect his family, and Karen, an ex-agent on the run from her troubled past, and help them form an unlikely alliance. 🧟♂️🧟♀️
Why similar: Episodic 41.8% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Adventure 5.1%
You find yourself in a strange world, calm, but with no memory of anything before, not even who you were. You embark on a long journey trying to remember your past, discovering the secrets around you, and find answers. But the peril grows...
Why similar: Nostalgia 66.7% ★, Horror 12.7%, Surreal 9.6%, Exploration 8%, Adventure 2.6%
Run, fly, and save the world.
Why similar: Episodic 46.5% ★, Choices Matter 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 7.5%, Surreal 5.9%
Emily Collins survived her night shift at Bloomring Hospital. What actually happened there is something she’s only now ready to talk about.
Why similar: Episodic 64.4% ★, Adventure 7.4%, Horror 7.1%, Dark 5.9%, Exploration 5.4%