- #1 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Exploration 15.9%, First-Person 8.2%
- #2 FRAMEWORK: Found Footage
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adrian Afshar
Windows
Through the lens of a VHS camera, explore endless liminal spaces where something feels deeply wrong. Build the story yourself through scattered clues, environmental details, and fragments of something left behind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Exploration 15%, Simulation 11.1%
- #3 TRAIN 9
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: SHALDMI
Windows
Find the anomalies aboard an old commuter train and escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Exploration 21.6%, Simulation 13.7%, First-Person 10.1%
- #4 Quorum
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rileyb3d
Windows
You are called as groundskeeper for the sacred woodlands of The Quorum, the theocracy that governs the world. Maintain your crop, tend the grounds, and uncover a dark tale. Every choice threads into the complicated social fabric of the game. Original soundtrack set in a dark cyber-medieval world.
Why similar: Nonlinear 39.6%, Open World 19.9%, Exploration 19.6%, Third Person 13.5%, 3D 5.8%
- #5 Project Otherside
94% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Knight Games
Windows
Project Otherside is a horror exploration game. Where players will be transported to an otherworldly dimension where they must navigate through endless spaces while being pursued by nightmarish entities..
Why similar: Nonlinear 28%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Simulation 8.8%
- #6 13层:公寓异常管理员 13 Floors: Anomalies
93% matchMixed65% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: LU
Windows
You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...
Why similar: Exploration 22.8%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Simulation 14.1%, First-Person 11.4%
- #7 Kitty Kart 64
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scrunklesoft Interactive
Windows
Kitty Kart 64 is a surreal, horror-themed exploration game set in the world of a bargain-bin kart racer. Explore scrapped tracks, beta maps, and dreamscapes in a chaotic, broken world, all from the convenience of your go-kart!
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.3%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Open World 17.2%, Exploration 14.1%, Walking Simulator 7.3%
- #8 The Halls Remain
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Threshold Echo
Windows
A first-person liminal horror exploration game where you walk endless halls, open doors, encounter 13 anomalies, sink through darker layers, reach Terminal, and wake again—because there is no true exit.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.4%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, First-Person 7.8%
- #9 Infinite Backrooms
91% matchMostly Negative33% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: ww_azevedoPub: @OverrideGameStudio
Windows
Explore a virtually endless Backrooms world, procedurally generated from a seed as you move through interconnected environments. No loading screens. No boundaries. Every journey is different. How far will you go before something finds you?
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.5%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Exploration 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Open World 12.9%
- #10 Fee Payment & Cigarettes
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: wanmeibd
Windows
Fee Payment & Cigarettes is a first-person psychological horror anomaly-spotting game. Enter a hospital in first-person, finish all payment checklists. Spot anomalies, then head to the payment counter or retreat to the smoking area to calm down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Exploration 23.4%, Psychological Horror 21%, Simulation 14.2%, First-Person 10.1%
- #11 Dream So Long
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: RUUU
Windows
"Trapped in an endless nightmare, explore a house that changes every time you wake. Face anomalies, collect clues, and try to escape... before 7:00 AM."
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Exploration 19.8%, First-Person 11.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #12 TAPE GLITCH
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andromeda Interactive
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where VHS tapes pull you into corrupted memories inside a flooded liminal complex.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.6%, Exploration 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Simulation 10.1%
- #13 New Home
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: kietchdev
Windows
You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.1%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #14 Best Friend
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jacob John Games
Windows
A 3rd-person exploration game explore a series of dreams and reconnect with your childhood best friend: your French Bulldog. Take control of both a human and French Bulldog as you experience a violently emotional story. Beware of the collectibles. They determine the fate of your friendship.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.3%, Open World 20.5%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Exploration 15%, Third Person 10.9%
- #15 District XiLin - 西林区
87% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Unique
Windows
This is a first-person open-world game similar to a walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Open World 24.7%, Exploration 22.6%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 6.8%
- #16 Biological Incident
86% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MagistrGames
Windows
Cases of disappearances have become more frequent in the small town. The tracks lead to an empty house on the outskirts of the city...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Exploration 21.4%, Simulation 13.6%, First-Person 10.3%
- #17 Backward poiesis
84% matchPositive87% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Exploration 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Simulation 13.6%, First-Person 11%
- #18 Twin Palms
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Mountain Games
Windows
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: Nonlinear 29.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 7.8%
- #19 The Augury House
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Augury House
Windows
The Augury House is a shifting collection of short experiences and exhibitions. Contents change weekly.
Why similar: Nonlinear 43.3%, Exploration 24.9%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, 3D 7.6%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #20 Anomaly Echoes
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BaltaHorror
Windows
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: Nonlinear 28.3%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%
- #21 Tainted ground
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DelCerro
Windows
A cooperative horror mystery for 1-4 players where every run hides a different ritual to uncover. Explore a tainted forest by day, decode its secrets, survive the night through deduction, and escape by understanding what the forest demands.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Open World 17.7%, Exploration 15.5%, First-Person 9%
- #22 Death On Holly Ridge
81% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Christmas Eve, a delivery driver turns onto Holly Ridge & becomes trapped inside a decaying house of death. Reality fractures as something hunts her through rooms that shouldn’t exist. Survive the night, uncover the truth behind the house, & escape the snowy nightmare, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Simulation 23.3%, Exploration 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 11.3%
- #23 Ingrained
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spear and Veil
Windows
A nonlinear psychological horror set in a watermill. You were a simple miller with a loving family, but now you are branded as possessed by a demon. Overcome the trials, figure out what happened, and find the one responsible for all your misfortunes.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.7%, Psychological Horror 26.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #24 The Unfamiliars
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
A rainy night, unfamiliar figures outside your mobile home and the growing feeling that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Simulation 24.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Exploration 19.7%, 3D 6.1%
- #25 Airport 7
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mr Dev
Windows
You are trapped in an endless airport terminal. Observe your surroundings carefully, find the anomalies, and find your way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Walking Simulator 24.6%, Exploration 22.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Simulation 9.9%
- #26 Blind Phobia
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flygogo Games
Windows
You are blind and trapped in an infinite hospital corridor. Use your guide cane and other senses to detect anomalies, question illusions, and find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Exploration 21.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #27 LoopSpace
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XUZHIHAO
Windows
Enter the patient's inner world. Seek out the abnormal, uncover the truth. You will step into the patient's mental world, explore their psyche, and search for anomalies and fragmented memories. Every wrong choice will send you back to the beginning—can you reach the eighth level?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 15.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #28 The Dangers of Liminality
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Toucan't GamesPub: Divergent Studios
Windows
A first person survival horror game set in The Backrooms. Explore and survive in this liminal expanse of many levels while maintaining your sanity, with realistic yet distinct graphics. You may attempt to run or fight, but how far will that really get you?
Why similar: Nonlinear 41.6%, Exploration 22.5%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 6.6%
- #29 LEVEL 0: A Backrooms Experience Prototype
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberPunch StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
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: Nonlinear 28.8%, Psychological Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Exploration 16.2%, First-Person 9.2%
- #30 Playback Trauma®: The Dog
77% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Undying Joy
Windows
Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.6%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, First-Person 16%, Exploration 15.5%, 3D 4%
- #31 Lost August
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varrukt
Windows
Lost August is a single-player open-world walking simulator game based on the concept of liminal spaces and the backrooms. Experience a dream-like world through the lens of a VHS camera as you explore the contents of a recently discovered video tape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Open World 21.4%, Exploration 17.7%, First-Person 10.2%
- #32 Desert Angels
76% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Folding Star
Windows · Mac
Your village is dying. Your only hope of saving it is buried in the desert scrapyard, hidden behind mountains of trash // memories. Will you uncover those memories? Or will you blast them to pieces?
Why similar: Nonlinear 31.6%, Walking Simulator 19%, Open World 18%, Exploration 16.9%, Third Person 12.2%
- #33 Harmony Of Fear
76% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: ThreeFrauds
Windows
In Harmony of Fear, you will take on the role of Dian, a music instructor who brings her students to a secluded villa for a music rehearsal. Uncover dark secrets and face supernatural threats in this gripping psychological horror inspired by Indonesian folklore.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.9%, Simulation 18.4%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 10.8%
- #34 The Promethean Project
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alastair ForsythPub: Matt Desinics Designs
Windows
This is an multi-perspective detective story and you are the centerpiece. With a narrator watching everything you do, bending his story to what you've uncovered, and failed experimental creatures hunting for new meat, will you survive to find the truth of what happened to your brother?
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Third Person 10.8%
- #35 World Alone
74% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: DCE Projects
Windows
World Alone is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...
Why similar: Nonlinear 36.3%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Exploration 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 7.4%
- #36 Poolcore: Submersion
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Oddities
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 7.9%
- #37 AtooB
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SnowCable
Windows
This is a game where you move 5 boxes. Move it from the first point to the next point, and then back to the first point. That's just the game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.6%, Walking Simulator 35.9%, Simulation 13.8%, 3D 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #38 Alpha Rooms
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Alpha Foundation
Windows
Alpha Rooms EXPLORE, ESCAPE, or GET LOST!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Exploration 22.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Open World 16.4%, First-Person 10%
- #39 Hotel 188
71% matchVery Positive90% of 90 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: Nonlinear 31.7%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 8.9%
- #40 The Complex: Found Footage
72% matchVery Positive93% of 9,931 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
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 28.7%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Exploration 15.9%, Open World 15%, First-Person 10.5%
- #41 Twisted Gallery 异馆
70% matchVery Positive86% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Walking Simulator 25%, Exploration 15.1%, Simulation 11%, First-Person 10.3%
- #42 ∆
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forbidden Saucery
Windows · Mac
∆ is an atmospheric exploration experience that takes you on a journey through the dream world into the Beyond.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.4%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 8.7%
- #43 Forgotten Dreams
72% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Hypher Studio
Windows
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: Nonlinear 33%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, First-Person 5.3%
- #44 Pandamonium
73% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows
Pandamonium is a single-player psychological horror game. You have been taken. The only way out is through three eerie mazes where roaming panda-suited strangers are on the hunt. Escape them, or become them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Nonlinear 25.9%, Simulation 17.3%, First-Person 13%, 3D 4.2%
- #45 Dream Prison
71% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Walking Simulator 28.8%, Simulation 15.3%, First-Person 13.1%, 3D 7.2%
- #46 在这里 Being Here
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dofua
Windows
《在这里 BeingHere》 is an immersive game that focuses on the experience, where the main gameplay is moving around a small planet chasing the sun. You control an astronaut on a deserted planet, gaining energy by chasing the sun, interacting with the world, and simply existing here.
Why similar: Nonlinear 34.1%, Open World 19.8%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Third Person 9.9%
- #47 Parking Garage Anomaly
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Midnight Moonlight Games
Windows
Explore a haunted parking garage in this first-person horror adventure. Uncover mysteries and anomalies as you progress through the floors. Reach the 10th floor to find out who or what has been haunting this place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Exploration 21.8%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, First-Person 6.8%
- #48 12 Hours Museum
70% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: YTCRAFT
Windows
12 Hours Museum” is a 3D exploration adventure game. The goal of the game is to find 45 anomalies in order to escape from the museum using a pocket watch. Once you find an anomaly, you can view and re-experience it. Collecting all endings and performing certain operations will open an extra mode.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Exploration 18.3%, Simulation 14.3%, 3D 3.6%
- #49 Shining Starter
73% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: hellorabbitstudio
Windows
Game development project.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Open World 29.6%, Exploration 17.4%, Simulation 15%, 3D 5.5%
- #50 Delivered on Time
68% matchMixed65% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Delivered on Time is a first-person horror game themed around food delivery. As an elite delivery pro, nothing—not ghosts, hauntings, or even supernatural battles—will stop you from getting the food to the customer's door… on time!
Why similar: Nonlinear 33.5%, Psychological Horror 18%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 9.1%
- #51 No Return Address
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ASK GAMES
Windows
Night shift at a distribution center. Ordinary packages go forward, strange ones go to reject. Just don’t make a mistake when the boxes start containing things that should never be there.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27.4%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Walking Simulator 14%, First-Person 9.7%, Simulation 9.6%
- #52 Price of theft
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Artmonsy
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about fear, guilt, and obsession. Explore a cursed estate, solve puzzles, find notes, and confront what lurks in the darkness. Atmosphere, suspense, and jump scares will make your heart beat faster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Exploration 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Simulation 16.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #53 The Backrooms: Reset
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Permafried Games
Windows
A first person 2.5D survival-horror exploration roguelike.
Why similar: Nonlinear 40.4%, Psychological Horror 30.6%, Exploration 16.4%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #54 Tenfold Loop
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Astrild Games
Windows
Tenfold Loop is a short walking simulator where the player is trapped inside an endless loop. The only way to exit is to find 10 consecutives anomalies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Walking Simulator 27.4%, Exploration 19%, Simulation 16.3%, First-Person 6.5%
- #55 NEXT OBJECTIVE
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac · Linux
The objective marker IS the monster. Play as Tom, a very obedient boy, and teach him how to disobey. Leave the playable area, break the rules, and fight back against a game that wants you to stay on script.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Exploration 19.4%, Nonlinear 13.1%, First-Person 7.3%
- #56 Odd Happenings at the White House
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BIN_Games
Windows
You are a reporter attending a White House press conference. After the meeting, you "accidentally" open the side door leading to the Oval Office, which is empty.
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 8.3%
- #57 退勤時間
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zawawagames
Windows
Exit 8-affected, 'Find the Old Man' departure simulation. The final person to leave must check that no other employees remain before switching off the lights and locking up. Note: This game currently only supports Japanese. English support is planned for a future update.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Walking Simulator 28.8%, Exploration 16.8%, Simulation 15.1%, 3D 5.1%
- #58 Floor 10 Anomaly
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Félix Landry
Windows
Something lurks on the 10th floor of Hotel Fleur-De-Lys. Anyone trying to reach floor 10 is unable to. As if the hotel was trying to prevent the guests from reaching it. The hallways keep repeating themselves, only subtle signs are your clue forward to discover what lies ahead.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.6%, Walking Simulator 26%, Simulation 19.9%, First-Person 8.2%, 3D 6.1%
- #59 Recursive Corridor
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 稚锥玄
Windows
In the endless looping corridors, search for anomalies, uncover the truth behind Perica's possession, and escape this place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Walking Simulator 28%, Exploration 15.3%, Simulation 14.1%, First-Person 6.2%