
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, Story Rich, Episodic, Singleplayer.

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?

Backrooms Fishing
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.

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...
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 34.8% ★, Nostalgia 27.9% ★, Visual Novel 7.5%, Point & Click 5.9%, Text-Based 5.5%
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 53.7% ★, Point & Click 11%, Adventure 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%, Thriller 8.2%
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 72.5% ★, Point & Click 16.9%, Adventure 5.3%, Puzzle 2.7%, Casual 2.4%
"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 44.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.1%, Point & Click 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Mystery 7%
BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure with point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind... Or lose your humanity, before you lose your life.
Why similar: Episodic 26.9% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Point & Click 11.4%, Horror 7.4%
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 37.6% ★, Nostalgia 31.5% ★, Visual Novel 5%, Choices Matter 4.2%, Horror 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 69.9% ★, Point & Click 19.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Casual 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.
Why similar: Episodic 52.1% ★, Horror 9.6%, Thriller 7.8%, Choices Matter 6%, Mystery 5.8%
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 50.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Point & Click 8.7%, Logic 5.9%
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 43.7% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 8.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Mystery 7.4%
You are not here to watch the Freakshow. You are one of its acts. A freak. Pretend to be mute, speak through your parrot, train with freaks, learn their ways, and participate in the Freakshow to deliver a spectacular performance they will never forget.
Why similar: Episodic 64.1% ★, Horror 9.7%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Thriller 5%, Mystery 4.9%
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 63.3% ★, Point & Click 22.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Casual 4%, Puzzle 1.7%
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 42.2% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%, Point & Click 9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Mystery 7.4%
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 40.3% ★, Visual Novel 10.6%, Point & Click 10.1%, Horror 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
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 72.6% ★, Point & Click 18.9%, Adventure 5.2%, Casual 3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
„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 57.6% ★, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 7.1%, Adventure 5%
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Why similar: Episodic 59.2% ★, Point & Click 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 6%, Horror 5.9%
Feralpals is a chapter-based mascot horror game. Humanity was wiped out by a pathogen linked to Friendly Pals, genetically engineered creatures, granted human-like intelligence to serve mankind’s ambitions. The Pals are now left behind, imitating their creators' society long after humanity vanished.
Why similar: Episodic 55.2% ★, Choices Matter 10.2%, Horror 8.9%, Mystery 6.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
Cases of the Past is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode reveals a terrifying story based on real experiences of those who survived.
Why similar: Episodic 65.8% ★, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 7.8%, Thriller 7.5%, Adventure 2.9%
《Dream of Homeland》 is a story-driven coming-of-age adventure. Follow Yuanyuan through a small southern Chinese town in the 2000s, make friends, explore childhood memories, and witness her journey toward adulthood.
Why similar: Nostalgia 56.4% ★, Point & Click 7.8%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Text-Based 7%, Story Rich 6.1%
Every day, tens of thousands of dreams are born, destroyed and reborn
Why similar: Nostalgia 84.8% ★, Puzzle 7.9%, 2D 3.5%, 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 54.9% ★, Horror 8.1%, Exploration 6.3%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Mystery 6%
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 53.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%, Point & Click 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 4.8%
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 54.3% ★, Horror 10.4%, Thriller 8.7%, Point & Click 7.3%, Exploration 6.2%
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 54.9% ★, Point & Click 11.1%, Logic 9.2%, Minimalist 6.3%, Puzzle 6.2%
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 54.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.8%, Point & Click 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Surreal 6.7%
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%
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 47.1% ★, Point & Click 11.9%, Horror 8.2%, Mystery 6.6%, Thriller 5.8%
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 72.4% ★, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 6.1%, Story Rich 5.3%, Adventure 3.8%
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 58.7% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Mystery 8.9%, Point & Click 7.3%, Adventure 4.5%
Due to a freak accident at the Fireworks Factory, Putt-Putt® is blasted to the moon!
Why similar: Nostalgia 55.4% ★, Point & Click 20.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 6.1%, Puzzle 5.5%
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 63.6% ★, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 6%, Thriller 5.1%, Exploration 4.9%
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 40.9% ★, Choices Matter 9.7%, Point & Click 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Thriller 7.2%
Wasteland Horror Radio: Ep. 2 - The Lighthouse: Back in the late 1890's.. While her friends wait, a young girl re-enters an old derelict lighthouse alone to retrieve a lost heirloom. Moments later, she would vanish forever..
Why similar: Episodic 71.2% ★, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 6.3%, Story Rich 5.7%, Adventure 3.5%
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 59.4% ★, Choices Matter 13.2%, Point & Click 10.7%, Story Rich 6.2%, Adventure 5.2%
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 13.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Horror 7.7%
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 51.9% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Surreal 8.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Mystery 6.9%
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 51.8% ★, Choices Matter 11%, Point & Click 6.4%, Mystery 5.5%, Dark 5.1%
Relive the golden era of 90s PC gaming in this classic 2D point-and-click adventure. Step into the chaotic shoes of Godefroy to tackle mind-bending puzzles and meet a cast of unforgettable oddballs. Can you survive the first episode of this weirdly charming quest?
Why similar: Episodic 61.1% ★, Point & Click 17.8%, Puzzle 5.8%, Adventure 5.4%, Story Rich 5.3%
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 46.1% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Surreal 12.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Mystery 5.3%
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 49.2% ★, Point & Click 12%, Horror 8.4%, Mystery 7.1%, Thriller 6.6%
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 50.3% ★, Choices Matter 23.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Point & Click 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 61.8% ★, Point & Click 14.5%, Puzzle 6.2%, Story Rich 5.1%, Adventure 4.9%
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 54.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.4%, Thriller 7.9%, Text-Based 7.4%, Surreal 6.9%
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 53.7% ★, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Thriller 7.4%, Horror 5.6%
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 63.8% ★, Point & Click 13.2%, Puzzle 6.5%, Story Rich 4.9%, Exploration 4.8%
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 69.8% ★, Point & Click 16.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Casual 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 50.3% ★, Point & Click 12%, Horror 8.5%, Mystery 7.1%, Thriller 5.8%
So who is haunting the schoolhouse, taking the toys and practically scaring the scales off all the guppies?
Why similar: Nostalgia 60.2% ★, Point & Click 20.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 5.4%, Story Rich 3.4%
Inspired by true events. A suspicious disappearance at Stillwater Lake is quickly ruled an accident. Relying on scattered notes and your radio, explore the restricted zones to uncover her final hours. You must survive a ruthless local cult determined to keep their dark secrets hidden.
Why similar: Episodic 66.8% ★, Mystery 7.8%, Horror 6.4%, Exploration 4.6%, Story Rich 4.3%
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 46.4% ★, Choices Matter 18.5%, Point & Click 13.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 6.9%
Blue has been dog-napped! Join Elroy and Syd in this comedic, fully animated, point-and-click adventure to rescue Elroy's dog and recover their stolen science project before summer school. Solve clever puzzles using lasers, codes, and battery power, and shape the story in this 90s classic!
Why similar: Nostalgia 62.4% ★, Point & Click 16.1%, Puzzle 5.6%, Adventure 4.7%, Story Rich 4.6%
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 65% ★, Adventure 7.6%, Horror 7.1%, Dark 5.8%, Exploration 5.4%
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 62.5% ★, Point & Click 14%, Adventure 4.5%, Puzzle 4.4%, Mystery 4%
Mr. Firebird's time machine has gone haywire and Putt-Putt's® best pal Pep, is lost somewhere in time.
Why similar: Nostalgia 63% ★, Point & Click 18%, Adventure 11.8%, Casual 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 65.8% ★, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 6.3%, Exploration 5.1%, Surreal 4.6%