60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, Exploration.
You are a MEG explorer seeking to uncover every accessible level and sub-level of the uncanny Backrooms. Atmospheric, captivating, oppressive and eerie locations await you - with no entities. Just you and pure liminality.
POOLS
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.
Angstraum
Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.
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: Immersive 21.7% ★, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Surreal 8.7%, Realistic 8.5%
Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Immersive 13.7% ★, Realistic 11%, Surreal 8.4%
Welcome to Level 37, commonly known as the Poolrooms, a psychological horror experience that immerses players in an eerie, otherworldly environment.
Why similar: Immersive 22.7% ★, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Realistic 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Nonlinear 8.7%
BRUTALISTIKA is an immersive and contemplative experience. In this walking simulator, explore mysterious and intriguing liminal spaces with neo-brutalist architecture at your own pace, filled with serene pools and interactive works that invite you to be aware of your emotions.
Why similar: Immersive 31.3% ★, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Relaxing 6.7%
A survival horror game based on a true story, set in procedurally generated liminal spaces, inspired by Backrooms and Poolrooms. Evade the entity, manage your asthma, discover anomalies, and collect memories to solve the mystery of that day; face the bitter consequences of phone addiction!
Why similar: Immersive 21.7% ★, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Realistic 9.8%, Surreal 9.2%
Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Realistic 8.8%, Nonlinear 8.3%, Exploration 8.3%
∆ is an atmospheric exploration experience that takes you on a journey through the dream world into the Beyond.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Psychedelic 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Surreal 11.7%
Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Surreal 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%
Infiltrate a closed botanical facility to discover what went wrong in the labs. Look for clues to unravel the story, align objects using perspective to move forward and alter the environment using weather-changing mechanics. Two modes: Entities with jump scares or pure exploration.
Why similar: Immersive 26.7% ★, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Nonlinear 8.6%, Surreal 6.8%
Poolcore is an atmospheric game about liminal poolrooms. Jump into the water, solve puzzles and roam freely in these eerily comforting rooms.
Why similar: Nostalgia 20.9% ★, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 12.7%, Relaxing 6.7%
After a long and harrowing day, you have come to the beach to unwind. Something is different about tonight though. It's just the beach, there's nothing out there. Right?
Why similar: Immersive 26.3% ★, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 17%, Realistic 9.8%, Exploration 7.9%
A slow, atmospheric horror experience set aboard an abandoned orbital station - the last echo of humanity. Explore cold corridors, flickering terminals, and forgotten logs of a failed salvation program. No monsters. No jumpscares. Only silence, loneliness, and the weight of extinction.
Why similar: Immersive 26.7% ★, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Surreal 9.1%, Relaxing 6.3%
Reality blurs and turns surreal. You find yourself trapped in a maze of endless twisting hallways and rooms, with nothing but your fading wits to guide you back to freedom. Explore the backrooms and try to survive in this single player adventure - or team up with three friends!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Surreal 11.8%
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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Nostalgia 11.8% ★, Realistic 10.5%
The Silent Snowfall is a first-person horror game.Embark on a dark Christmas journey where the silence of a winter night hides blood-chilling secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychedelic 21.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Realistic 10.4%, Exploration 9.6%
Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Immersive 41.3% ★, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 4.9%
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Immersive 41.5% ★, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Mystery 4.5%
You are a ghost forever trapped in endless worlds you never even knew existed. An atmospheric experience focused on slow pacing, exploration, and deep environmental immersion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Realistic 11.1%, Exploration 10%, Surreal 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Through the lens of VHS camera, you are given the task of unraveling the twisted framework of seemingly never-ending liminal spaces, also known as the backrooms. Explore unique narrative driven themes of solitude, mystery, and horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Realistic 12%, Exploration 9%, Nonlinear 9%
Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9%, Realistic 7.4%
Embark on a procedural liminal journey filled with eerie, unfriendly faces. Walk, explore, and descend to the first floor to escape. No monsters will chase you, but they can watch and appear when you aren't looking. This can evoke a fear of an endless labyrinth and create a sense of anxiety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 14%, Realistic 12.2%, Immersive 8.3% ★
It was the worst day of his life. The car hit Damon. Damon, in a coma, was on the thin line between life and death. To wake up from his coma, Damon had to win the battle with himself.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.5%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Realistic 10.6%, Exploration 7.4%
A non-linear surrealist adventure about a man trapped in his dreams while a company wants to buy them for broadcast. An immersive, open-ended exploration between psychedelic dreamlands and fragmented realities, where you can follow various bizzare objectives, find hidden paths, or try to wake up!
Why similar: Immersive 37.2% ★, Psychedelic 23.7%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Surreal 9.1%, Exploration 6.8%
TAMAGORUDO - Floor 0 - is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You will find yourself stuck in a parallel floor of the Backrooms, trying to break out of the loop of a chicken-or-the-egg paradox. Will you find the answer to this endless question ?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Aquariums is a liminal space horror adventure with elements of thalassophobia and poolrooms. You find yourself in a mysterious facility full of oversized Aquariums and Sea Life. Navigate the flooded rooms to find out the secret behind this sinister place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Surreal 13%, Realistic 8%, Relaxing 7.9%
Explore an abandoned liminal space. Uncover dark secrets through eerie exploration and environmental storytelling. Evade unpredictable supernatural entities and face psychological horror. Will you reveal the truth or become another lost soul?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 21%, Immersive 13.8% ★, Exploration 8.9%, Realistic 7.9%
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Surreal 11.6%, Exploration 11.3%
Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.
Why similar: Immersive 19.5% ★, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, First-Person 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Entity: Midnight’s Watcher follows Alex as he returns to his old farmhouse, only to encounter a dark Entity stalking the land. Each night, he witnesses terrifying attacks by the Watcher and its minions. As the final night approaches, Alex must face the ultimate hunt for survival.
Why similar: Nostalgia 28% ★, Immersive 19.5% ★, Psychological Horror 16%, Realistic 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Paradise Nowhere is a Backrooms game that blends abstract concepts with realistic graphics, evoking a feeling of liminality through empty spaces devoid of life. The game isn’t intended as a horror experience, your feelings towards liminal spaces might make it one. Or maybe, it's just the Paradise...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 10.9%, Realistic 10.1%
At Twin Palms your shift is over, but the office won’t let you leave. In this First-Person Psychological Horror Game: carefully observe a looping environment, spot differences, overcome Trial Anomalies, and snoop around the office. You can clock out, but can you really escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 8.6%
"System Malfunction" is a first-person horror game set in a mysterious building. The player takes on the role of a security guard who witnesses strange occurrences during the night shift. In a fear-inducing environment, the player explores the building to uncover hidden truths.
Why similar: Immersive 28.1% ★, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Realistic 8%, Atmospheric 7%
Experience liminal spaces 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 17.3%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Realistic 8.9%
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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Surreal 10.8%, Realistic 10.2%
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychedelic 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Realistic 12.4%, Atmospheric 8%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychedelic 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Surreal 13.2%, First-Person 7.5%
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Psychedelic 14%, Surreal 12.7%, Realistic 9.6%
"MINDFALL" is a tense first-person psychological horror game that explores the depths of the human mind and its struggle with the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Realistic 8.7%, Exploration 8.6%
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Surreal 12.1%, Realistic 8.3%, First-Person 8.1%
A man who has lost his wife and seeks to escape loneliness and grief begins working as a firewatch in a forest. He meets a girl named Sarah and encounters strange occurrences while uncovering deep family secrets. He learns that not every voice is human and not every farewell signifies an end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Psychedelic 19%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Realistic 12.6%, First-Person 6.8%
You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Surreal 16.8%, Realistic 15.9%, First-Person 5.4%
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 23.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Realistic 11.9%, Surreal 10%, Nonlinear 8.8%
The best dreams are to be forgotten, for they will destroy if not. A strange and abstract first person game that explores the forgotten. Navigate through maps and environments while completing objectives critical for survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Realistic 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%
Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?
Why similar: Immersive 25.7% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychedelic 21.1%, Realistic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 8.8%
DREAMSTAIRS is a long-term experimental project that focuses on an atmosphere or a moment. These concepts may not support a full game, or perhaps it is not intended to develop into a complete game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Realistic 14.2%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Exploration 8.2%
"99%" is a first-person survival horror puzzle game set in an eerie research facility. The protagonist, having lost all memories, explores the twisted and terrifying environment in a desperate attempt to escape.
Why similar: Immersive 34.1% ★, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Exploration-focused walking simulator. Traverse abstract worlds. Interact with enigmatic characters. Collect memories from the one who came before you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Surreal 22.7%, Nonlinear 19.8%, Psychedelic 15.4%, First-Person 9.2%
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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Realistic 13.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Immersive first person adventure game heavily focusing on meaningful exploration and social quests. Fragmented City is full of quirky characters, twisting stories and intriguing urban places.
Why similar: Immersive 37% ★, Nonlinear 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%
A Linear first person exploration adventure. The game is about exploring detailed and creepy liminal environments without monsters or puzzles, you simply walk and look around.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Realistic 13.3%, Surreal 13.1%, Exploration 9%
You find yourself alone in a place that feels familiar… but not quite right. Wander aimlessly or with purpose, it won’t matter. Is there an end? Has anyone been here before you? Time feels slow. Or maybe it's frozen. Or maybe… you’re not meant to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Realistic 14.2%, Surreal 10.7%, Exploration 8.8%
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Immersive 31.7% ★, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Realistic 6.9%
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 19%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Realistic 8.9%
With only a flute at your disposal, play songs to solve puzzles. Explore a dark place looking for an exit before the darkness grows too dense. In this immersive psychological horror game, knowledge is the key to put the pieces together.
Why similar: Immersive 28.6% ★, Nonlinear 21.8%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Exploration 8.6%
Wake up in a closed mall and you are alone.. or maybe not? With no way out but going down, you must descend using elevator through each floor.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Immersive 20.6% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Realistic 11.5%, First-Person 7.8%
Sometimes, regrets come too late. When you're over 40, you start to rethink your life. You remember people and events that completely changed you. I will tell you 7 stories that happened to me in childhood, after which I became a different person.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 13.3%, Realistic 12.6%, Psychedelic 11.1%
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Realistic 12.1%, Surreal 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 7.6%
Anomaly Echoes is a "walk simulator" style game that takes inspiration from the Japanese school environment, featuring liminal spaces and back rooms. The player finds himself trapped in an endless scenario of a Japanese school.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Realistic 12.8%
