
Backrooms: The Descent is an indie horror exploration/survival game that adapts the lore of the Backrooms Wiki/Fandom, featuring nostalgic and eerie liminal spaces where you navigate your way through for any sign of human life.
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Backrooms: The Descent is an indie horror exploration/survival game that adapts the lore of the Backrooms Wiki/Fandom, featuring nostalgic and eerie liminal spaces where you navigate your way through for any sign of human life.

OKUGAFUCHI Shopping Street
A timid real estate agent is sent to the abandoned Okugafuchi Shopping District to perform a mysterious ritual for redevelopment. But a wandering female ghost and the town’s cursed past stand in the way. As he uncovers old documents and legends, a buried truth begins to surface.

NARIBIKIMURA
Guided by information from a bulletin board, the protagonist arrives at the uncharted village of Naribiki. With no way to turn back, he must explore the village to find a way out. As he delves deeper into the heart of Naribiki Village, the hidden mysteries of this eerie place slowly come to light...
A timid real estate agent is sent to the abandoned Okugafuchi Shopping District to perform a mysterious ritual for redevelopment. But a wandering female ghost and the town’s cursed past stand in the way. As he uncovers old documents and legends, a buried truth begins to surface.
Why similar: 1980s 33.8%, Adventure 19.5%, Horror 15.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 9.5%
Guided by information from a bulletin board, the protagonist arrives at the uncharted village of Naribiki. With no way to turn back, he must explore the village to find a way out. As he delves deeper into the heart of Naribiki Village, the hidden mysteries of this eerie place slowly come to light...
Why similar: 1980s 34.2%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, Adventure 15%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
Step into a mind-twisting psychological horror adventure that blurs the lines between reality and delusion. Peel back the layers of a fractured psyche, confront chilling apparitions, and face the darkness that lurks within.
Why similar: Adventure 31.1%, Action-Adventure 24.5%, First-Person 18.2%, Horror 13.5%, Action 8.5%
Fall through a hidden hole and find yourself trapped somewhere, where your voice is your only lifeline. Shout to light the darkness, and listen carefully to unravel the secrets that lurk within. But beware: the further you delve, the more terrors will emerge from the shadows...
Why similar: Adventure 24.9%, Action-Adventure 22.1%, Realistic 21.1%, First-Person 17.2%, Horror 11.5%
You are a detective investigating a case that has been forgotten for 5 years. The case involves finding out why everyone disappeared from a daycare.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.9%, First-Person 19.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Realistic 15.1%, Horror 13.4%
Up for some grave robbing? In this horror game, you will get to play as Daniel, a desperate man trying to support his ill daughter by stealing from the dead... however, this time, Daniel will experience hell on earth, as things don't go according to plan...
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.1%, Realistic 19.7%, First-Person 17.9%, Adventure 16.6%, Horror 14%
Ravenous is a psychological horror game in which you play as Louis, a child trapped in a monster's basement. Explore the mysterious abode, solve puzzles to save your little sister and survive the psychological nightmare prepared for you.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.7%, First-Person 17.4%, 1980s 17%, Horror 15.3%, Adventure 13.4%
Escape From Lesco is a horror/puzzle adventure, where you must survive through your night shift, navigating through various puzzles and obstacles within the store, in order to find a way to escape...
Why similar: Realistic 25.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 16.9%, Action-Adventure 13.7%
LET'S BE HONEST. You're in deep shit. Straitjacket locked tight. Hood over your head. And the atmosphere? Definitely not a dream vacation. But hey… it happened. You did what you did. And now you're here...
Why similar: 1980s 20.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Realistic 13.7%, First-Person 11.5%
Tihama is a first-person Mysterious story driven adventure game. You return to your family home to take care of your grandfathers property, but strange events begin to appear. Explore, feel the tension, and uncover the truth behind what’s happening. A thrilling journey full of secrets and surprises.
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Action-Adventure 24%, Horror 16.2%, Realistic 15.8%, First-Person 13.6%
A chilling horror experience. Return to your grandmother's house, only to discover a terrifying nightmare. Can you survive the horrors that await you?
Why similar: Adventure 24.8%, Action-Adventure 22.6%, Realistic 21.3%, First-Person 13%, Horror 8.7%
"FearCarly" is an immersive first-person psychological horror experience where you play as Carl Johnson, a detective sent to investigate strange occurrences in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. But something is off... The asylum seems haunted by a malevolent presence—a little girl named Carly.
Why similar: Adventure 23.4%, Action-Adventure 21.4%, Realistic 20.2%, First-Person 16.1%, Horror 9.8%
You are Marcus, an appraiser exploring a house for sale. Power outages reveal a dark entity hunting you. With the help of a mirror, uncover what’s hidden and escape before both time and the shadow claim your life. Realistic graphics, unique dialogues, and a fast gameplay loop. Horror genre
Why similar: Adventure 23.7%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, Realistic 16%, First-Person 14.2%, Horror 8.6%
Explore Japanese houses and deal with the curses that attack you!
Why similar: Adventure 26%, Action-Adventure 22.9%, Horror 19.6%, First-Person 15.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
Explore an abandoned daycare haunted by Jacky Joke, a twisted mascot. Survive the horror, uncover dark secrets, and escape your worst childhood nightmare in The JoyCare. This game is made by Deadlight Games. Subscribe to Dvrkkz (He helps me to make my game)
Why similar: Action-Adventure 32.3%, First-Person 24.5%, Horror 19%, Realistic 13.2%, Adventure 11.1%
The city’s most disturbing serial killer is at large and has his sights set on Belle. Can she escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches? Or will she lose her skin to this sicko’s collection?
Why similar: 1980s 26.8%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Realistic 14.8%, Horror 13.8%, Adventure 12.1%
The Hike is a first person horror/survival game in which you must survive the horrors that start while investigating a mysterious emergency message in a simple hike through the Red River National Park. Your chance of making it back to society relies entirely on your legs, you're no fighter.
Why similar: Adventure 21.6%, Realistic 20.4%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 16.1%, Action-Adventure 14.9%
Survive the hunt in The Last Cure – a terrifying co-op survival horror where every sound matters, every shadow hides danger, and the cure is your only hope.
Why similar: Adventure 24%, Action-Adventure 22.7%, Realistic 18.1%, First-Person 15.9%, Horror 9.4%
Try to escape from the Forest as you setup camp, then realize you were locked in there by a Park officer. There were 5 keyholes, so you had to find one key for each one.
Why similar: Adventure 33.2%, Action-Adventure 29.2%, First-Person 18.9%, Horror 14%, Indie 2.6%
A narrative psychological horror where past and present slowly blur inside a remote house. The line between memory and reality is gone.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.2%, First-Person 19.9%, Adventure 18.2%, Realistic 17%, Horror 15.1%
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: 1980s 20.9%, First-Person 15.7%, Horror 15.6%, Realistic 14.9%, Action-Adventure 14.4%
You play as Jerry, a young man who has gotten into a terrible car accident on his way to visit his parents, Jerry finds himself transported back in time to an eerie and abandoned place. The question is are you going to survive or will you become a victim of the town's horrifying secrets?
Why similar: 1980s 25.5%, Adventure 22.4%, Action-Adventure 21.1%, First-Person 12.1%, Horror 8.9%
One day, Maaya accidentally brought home an object that would soon bring misfortune to her family, especially her younger sister. Join her as she unravels the mystery behind it.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.2%, First-Person 20.4%, Adventure 19.9%, Horror 16.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%
Exsanguinate is an indie survival horror game with challenging puzzles and AI. Play as Matthew Barker and explore an abandoned mansion located in the mountains of Black Ridge. Solve the riddle of what has happened there.
Why similar: 1980s 26.2%, Adventure 23.3%, Action-Adventure 20.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Horror 8.5%
A horror game in which you are an employee of a secret laboratory.
Why similar: First-Person 23.9%, Horror 22.9%, Adventure 21.3%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Action 8.7%
Ahmed, an unemployed man in his mid-20s, finally receives the call he’s been waiting for. A job. A place to stay. A fresh start. But as the rain grows heavier and the silence deepens, small details begin to feel wrong. And whatever happened in that place… didn’t start with him.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.5%, Realistic 23.6%, Adventure 18.9%, First-Person 18.6%, Horror 9.1%
Neighbors reported a scream from an apartment next door. They claim that people who enter the apartment do not leave. You're the only police officer available at the moment and it's your duty to check it out.
Why similar: Adventure 25.4%, Action-Adventure 23.8%, Realistic 17.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Action 8.5%
Trapped in a dark environment, you must escape from the relentless Butcher. Every shadow hides a threat, and every mistake could be your last in this tense survival horror experience. Will you survive the night?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.5%, First-Person 17.8%, Realistic 14.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Horror 12.5%
Deja Vu portrays The Backrooms as a manifestation of mental illness. Join forces with up to four friends and endeavor to escape the confines of both your own mind and the mundane existence that led you here.
Why similar: Adventure 24.4%, Action-Adventure 23.3%, Realistic 17.5%, First-Person 13.7%, Horror 10.2%
A Horror Game Featuring Triggered Insaan (Nischay Malhan) as a Ghost Hunter.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.1%, Horror 22%, Adventure 20.5%, First-Person 17.6%, Action 6.6%
Explore a creepy gothic mansion and survive the night while being hunted down by a lady dracula! Lady Dracula's Mansion is an FPS horror game with retro graphics where you must sneak around and use your wits while scavenging whatever weapons and resources you can find to help you survive.
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, Action-Adventure 27.8%, First-Person 19.3%, Horror 14.5%, Action 3.1%
Cursed Town is a game about the story of an old abandoned town, from the Medievo to Classic times this place has been used for many purposes.
Why similar: 1980s 39%, Adventure 31.8%, Action-Adventure 27.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Explore non-linear paths and evade lurking monsters as you uncover the mysteries of this eerie maze. Beware of the sinister entities that inhabit the shadows, ready to drag you deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: 1980s 23.7%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Realistic 15.8%, Adventure 15%, First-Person 13.1%
Down With Fear: is a single-player survival horror game set in the 90s in a military hospital. Your goal is to overcome the enemys who are waiting there for you by hide from them, find items that reveal you new paths and by some enemys there is no other option but to run away to survive!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.2%, Adventure 21.8%, Realistic 18.9%, First-Person 14.8%, Horror 8.6%
Broken_System is a puzzle-adventure game set in a dystopian future where everything is controlled by a massive corporation. You are just another employee for this company, until one day, you receive a message from a rebel group asking for your help. Can you fix this broken system?
Why similar: 1980s 29.9%, Adventure 26.8%, Action-Adventure 24.7%, First-Person 16%, Indie 1.8%
One Fateful Night is a horror game where the player attempts to survive the night inside a scientific research base that has appeared mysteriously. The player must explore and use things they find to survive and escape.
Why similar: Adventure 24.4%, Action-Adventure 23.5%, Realistic 15.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Action 8.1%
Descend deep into the Earth beneath the Kola Superdeep Borehole, exploring underground layers as a geologist sent to investigate strange signals — and uncover that Earth is not what science believes it to be.
Why similar: Adventure 31.3%, Action-Adventure 26.3%, First-Person 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Horror 8.4%
At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.
Why similar: Adventure 28.6%, Realistic 17.8%, First-Person 15.1%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Horror 11.6%
"The Old Mansion" is a horror game that begins when a journalist receives a tip about a mansion that has been abandoned for a long time. As the journalist investigates, they gradually reveal the hidden truths behind the occurrences.
Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Action-Adventure 24.3%, Realistic 21.6%, First-Person 17.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
In Project Hybrid, you'll find yourself ensnared, desperately seeking an escape while unraveling the enigma of your surroundings and the mysterious circumstances that brought you here.
Why similar: Realistic 28.3%, Horror 19.4%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, First-Person 9.8%
Play as Vera the gifted detective who can dive into nightmares of deceased to resolve their death mysteries, But.. Things don't always go your way, You're not alone. the threats are greater than your capabilities, are they? 3D Psychological Horror Game Project by the one-person studio "Horrawr".
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26%, Adventure 21.8%, Realistic 20%, First-Person 15.5%, Horror 11.6%
A writer who has lost his inspiration rents a secluded farmhouse to finish his final story. But strange things begin to happen. Is he losing his mind… or is this house hiding something that should have stayed buried?
Why similar: 1980s 37.8%, Adventure 29.3%, First-Person 18.3%, Horror 9.3%, Indie 3.8%
Nitrogen Narcosis is a thalassophobes deep diving nightmare, set in sinking and sunk abandoned facilities. You and up to 7 other employees wearing the cheapest deep-dive suit money can buy are sent in to recover old materials from these facilities and return it to your captains submarine!
Why similar: 1980s 29.8%, Action-Adventure 21.8%, Realistic 19.2%, First-Person 14.8%, Horror 8.9%
It's your first day and you're trapped in your school–or at least what seems to be of it. Through piecing together hints hidden across rooms, accessing your teachers' computers, and fixing what's broken, find your way out of the room... before they can catch you. This game should work on laptop.
Why similar: 1980s 33.1%, Action-Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 17.2%, Horror 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
A horror game where a relentless AI enemy haunts your every move. Navigate through darkness, uncover the secrets of the cabin, and survive the nightmare.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.8%, Adventure 24.4%, Horror 21.8%, First-Person 21.5%, Indie 2.5%
This is a first-person Japanese horror game where you wake up in a nightmare world after being killed at a fish market. Encounter hostile creatures and traverse impossible environments to find a way home.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 34.2%, Adventure 22.1%, First-Person 15.8%, Realistic 13.3%, Horror 10.9%
A first-person horror game about an enthusiastic historian who discovers an old map of a hidden village. Ignorant of the village's dark history, he decides to explore it, unaware that a monster has been sealed inside. In the process, he accidentally releases the creature, which tries to kill him.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25%, Realistic 22.2%, Adventure 18.3%, First-Person 17.9%, Horror 12.9%
Psychic Enigma is a psychological horror where you enter your patients’ nightmares, exploring surreal dreamworlds to uncover the secrets—and threats—buried in their subconscious.
Why similar: Adventure 29.5%, Action-Adventure 26.6%, First-Person 18.1%, Horror 12%, Action 9.9%
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: 1980s 43.4%, Horror 20%, Adventure 15.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Indie 5%
A Horror Game with Escape Room Mechanics. A Player will need to find a way out by looking for items and clues in various locations and Escape from the Maze. You rented a house to get some sleep. It turns out the house is not normal and you have to find a way to escape in order to stay alive.
Why similar: Realistic 27.8%, Horror 18.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Action-Adventure 11%, Multiple Endings 10%
Your journalist brother enters an abandoned area in search of missing children and never returns. When you follow the same path to find him, you soon realize that you are trapped in a terrible truth.
Why similar: Adventure 22.7%, Horror 20.6%, Realistic 17.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Action-Adventure 12.9%
In the 1980s, a young man is driving home when trouble occurs. The young man, who is familiar with the area, goes to a nearby inn to ask for help, but a bizarre experience strikes him. Can the young man make it home safely?
Why similar: 1980s 35.2%, Realistic 16.4%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, Horror 13.7%, Adventure 13.6%
A first-person, psychological horror game, The Lodge takes players on a journey into the horrors of a twisted mind.
Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Action-Adventure 24.4%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 17.6%, Action 9.5%
He Followed Me is a psychological horror experience about an ordinary man who begins noticing the same car outside the places he visits. What starts as a minor disagreement slowly turns into something far more unsettling. Sometimes, the scariest things aren’t supernatural… they’re real.
Why similar: 1980s 25.2%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Realistic 15.8%, First-Person 12.1%
An anomaly horror game where you investigate a barn as Officer Walsh while paranoia, your relationship and the reality of it all slowly collapse, and decisions are gonna have to be made.
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Action-Adventure 24.6%, Realistic 16.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Horror 9.3%
You are trapped in a nightmare. Observe the house and try to escape from this nightmare.
Why similar: Realistic 36.3%, Adventure 31.8%, Horror 25.4%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 3.2%
GleanBound: is first-person horror semi-realistic maze runner that mixes adrenaline-fueled chase mechanics with creepy events and terrifying creatures. Collect soul stones and stay ahead of what’s hunting you — but remember, every corner could be your last.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26%, First-Person 23%, Horror 21.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Action 5.9%
A first-person puzzle horror game set in a defunct children's nursery from 2001. Uncover dark secrets, solve mascot-themed puzzles, and survive the twisted games of Stanley—an animatronic who never stopped playing.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27%, Adventure 21.8%, Realistic 19.3%, First-Person 15.6%, Horror 12.5%
Killer Karnival is a first-person survival horror stealth game where players are trapped in an abandoned carnival and hunted by killer clowns, each with unique senses. The player must escape by solving puzzles while remaining hidden to avoid becoming the carnival's next victim.
Why similar: 1980s 27.4%, Action-Adventure 20.1%, Realistic 17.7%, Adventure 15.8%, First-Person 13.6%
Safelight is the debut first-person puzzle horror game from BiMonocle Games. Navigate through a vacant cruise ship stuck at sea, as you uncover the mystery of how entire portions of the ship have vanished.
Why similar: Adventure 20.4%, First-Person 19.8%, Horror 18.6%, Realistic 16.7%, Action-Adventure 13.7%