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A valuable painting titled "Luo Shen Fu" worth over 100 million was stolen from the top-floor treasure vault of the Central Art Museum in F City. The police department has been ordered to solve the case within 3 days, as a national treasure is involved.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, 1990's 12.4%, Detective 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Nonlinear 8.8%

You are trapped in a never-ending street loop. Observe your surroundings carefully and identify anomalies. Make the right choice at the end of each street and try to escape the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%

Meiqi 2024 is a narrative puzzle game and the latest installment in the MeiQi series. Liu Qingchun, the bureau chief, personally takes charge of investigating the cases of the 403 Intelligence Division. This season presents you with six unique cases to solve.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, 1990's 11.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Exploration 8%

A first-person survival horror game where you play as Riley, a night guard trapped in an abandoned summer camp. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery while escaping a relentless creature that hunts you in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Adventure 16%, Puzzle 12.4%, 1990's 12.3%, Exploration 9.5%

A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Adventure 18.2%, 1990's 14.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Thriller 7.6%

The bus to the suburbs suddenly exploded, the scene was a mess, the sales staff, including all 10 people on board died. Lin Shanhai led the scene investigation team to conduct a detailed investigation and visited all the families and friends of the deceased, but the case is still no clue.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, 1990's 10.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Puzzle 8.3%

A short-form horror exploration game where every floor hides a different story, and every ritual brings you one step closer to the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Adventure 15.8%, 1990's 11.7%, Exploration 9.4%

Nomad Nightmare is a psychological horror where the line between dream and reality blurs. When his car stalls on a remote road at night, a vlogger finds refuge in a motel. But this place is a trap. Explore, solve puzzles, and try to escape the nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, Adventure 15%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 8.6%

Nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 11.6%, 1990's 11.2%, Horror 9%

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 34.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Immersive Sim 6.7%

Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 9%

You’re trapped in an endless maze of alleys. Carefully observe your surroundings and complete the Bagua to escape the infinite labyrinth!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Immersive Sim 18.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 7.8%

《魍魉村》是一个单人开放世界推理探案解谜游戏，游戏中提供超过70个可探索地点和谜题，玩家可以根据自己的破案思路和喜好任意探索魍魉村以及周边地段，破解谜题获得线索，并根据得到的线索进行关联推理，最终得到真相。

Why similar: Adventure 19.8%, 1990's 14.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Detective 9.7%

An atmospheric first-person adventure about a reporter investigating a mysterious disappearance, which leads to chilling secrets of hidden government projects and a close encounter with visitors from beyond. Inspired by classic thrillers about aliens and unexplained phenomena.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Adventure 15.6%, 1990's 13.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Detective 9.9%

The main character enters an abandoned hotel from the 1960s to solve the mystery of his parents' death. Facing dangers and solving puzzles, he must uncover the mystery and survive the hotel!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Immersive Sim 22.8%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 8.5%

You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Adventure 18%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 9.7%

An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.8%, Adventure 24%, Exploration 13.9%, Horror 8.9%, 3D 7.1%

We are recruiting a large number of testers from around the world to participate in an unprecedented secret experiment.. Join us and embark on this journey of exploration that is crucial to survival. In this unknown experiment, your choices will determine the fate of the Earth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Immersive Sim 22.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 8.9%

In this game you explore a SCP Facility, while trying to stay sane and finish objectives by completing everything the SCP's have to offer. Interact with anomalous objects; experience, avoid, destroy, and use them. Learn how the facility operates and try to to keep it running as long as you can.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Adventure 19.9%, Puzzle 13.6%, 1990's 13%, Exploration 10.3%

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: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Mystery 9.8%

Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Detective 11.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 9.4%

You wake up in an endless hallway with no memory of anything. A voice calls out to you and explains that after your death, your mind was placed into a computer simulation. Unfortunately, bugs are starting to appear, and you’ll have to report them to fix the simulation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Puzzle 15.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Exploration 11.2%

Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Immersive Sim 20.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 11%, Mystery 6.3%

玩家将扮演年轻警探Chen，在昏暗潮湿的下水道中搜集各种线索并揭开失踪女孩背后的真相。通过推理解开谜题，最终将凶手绳之以法，让正义得以伸张。快来破案！

Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, 1990's 21%, Puzzle 17.4%, Exploration 14.2%, Nonlinear 12.6%

You're trapped in your office after a typical working day. Carefully explore every corner to reach the freedom and break the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Immersive Sim 24.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Horror 9%, 3D 6%

You find yourself lost in a mysterious space in the underground shopping area of a certain building while trying to have lunch. Clear the game presented by someone and aim to escape from the eerie underground shopping area.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Adventure 20.9%, Thriller 19.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 10%

Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Detective 10.7%, Puzzle 10%, Thriller 9.4%, Adventure 9%

You are trapped in the new company by Lao Liu, and you need to carefully observe whether there are any abnormalities every day, make the right choice within the limited time, and break the cycle.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Immersive Sim 23.4%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Horror 7%

本篇将以哈朵的视角基于竹简描述，还原每一个朝代的金凤凰密室，获取神秘的金凤凰历代记，最终揭开凤凰花开之谜。

Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.9%, 1990's 15%, Thriller 11.5%, Detective 9.5%, Adventure 9.3%

Not My Floor is a horror game set in the grim stairwell of a Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of Kyiv in the early 1990s. After a long shift at the factory, all you want is to get home—but the elevator and the entire building have their own sinister plans, driven by a mysterious entity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, 1990's 10.4%

Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.2%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 14.9%, Horror 12.6%, Indie 1.7%

After the Curtain Call is a first-person, narrative puzzle game, which holds the story of Yujin who thinks her life as a play. She uses a special 'dimension camera' to switch the dimension of objects and solve puzzles. Through the journey, she face the truth that was forgotten...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Adventure 21.3%, Puzzle 15.6%, Thriller 11.1%, Mystery 7.7%

My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Thriller 7.8%, Mystery 6.9%

An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Adventure 18.5%, Detective 12.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Exploration 11.6%

The Fidelio Incident is a single-player, first-person thriller set off the coast of Iceland. Inspired by Beethoven's only opera Fidelio. After a violent plane crash, Stanley must search a desolate frozen island in search of his wife Leonore while covering up any traces of their bloody Irish past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.9%, Adventure 13.6%, Thriller 10.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.2%

Welcome to the company.Your task is to detect and report any strange occurrences happening around you.If you successfully complete all reports for 8 days without mistakes, you will achieve your goal.Observe carefully and endure until the end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Immersive Sim 23.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Thriller 8.2%

A horror/liminal space escape game “No matter what happens… leave the room after 10 seconds.” You only have a 3-second window to escape. Be careful. Don’t get caught—

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Immersive Sim 22.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 6.8%

Take on the role of an Agency Detective sent to Loveland, Ohio, where a rural trailer park hides the secrets of a strange and devoted cult.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Immersive Sim 25.2%, Detective 17.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 10.9%

Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, 1990's 14.5%, Thriller 11.7%, Horror 9.7%

Sumigami is a walking simulator set in a world of enigmatic creatures. Ranging from wholesome to horrific, each encounter pulls you deeper into a haunting journey with a unique visual style.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 11.2%, 3D 7.4%

Happy Lane 403 is a first-person psychological horror game set in the nineties in China. Players will play as a child to explore strange things that happen at home and gradually uncover the truth behind the weird events.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, 1990's 19.6%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 9.9%

The third Lin Shanhai case involves a severed female corpse found hanging in an abandoned factory, missing from City A's hospital morgue. With the body assaulted and police stumped, you'll search multiple crime scenes to unravel this mysterious case.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.2%, 1990's 13.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Detective 9%

Puss in Hell is an ohwdidtaht-inspired, punk-horror stealth psychological thriller where you control a small, frightened kitty navigating rooms that progressively decay into hostile nightmare spaces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Adventure 19.9%, Puzzle 14.9%, 1990's 12.7%, Exploration 10.6%

A narrative driven-platformer that puts the player in the shoes of an AI that is becoming more and more sentient.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Puzzle 17.5%, Exploration 11.5%, Horror 7.6%

Trapped in an endlessly-looping underpass, you must stay alert for changes - large or small - to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Adventure 18%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 9.9%

You will play SU, a girl from the future who, for some reason, can freely travel through four-dimensional space, entering different times and spaces. You need to gather clues, solve puzzles, and use the collected clues to use deductive reasoning to uncover the mystery of SU's life experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Detective 8.6%

Run your very own K-PC Cafe! Captivate customers with high-performance PCs and delicious K-food, and build your gaming empire through strategic pricing, staff management, and store expansion.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Immersive Sim 24%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Horror 7.4%

You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Puzzle 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Thriller 9.8%, Horror 9.3%

“NO LIFE BABY OF THE END” is a walking simulator set in a school. Pay close attention to your surroundings and aim for the rooftop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Horror 15%, 3D 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Lin Shanhai, a reclusive yet brilliant detective, solved major intricate cases in the 90s, compiling vignettes into the acclaimed Lin Shanhai Case Files through his unparalleled deductive skills, earning legendary status.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.2%, 1990's 9.9%, Adventure 9.4%

Step into the shoes of a new security guard at a Malaysian school with a dark history in this first-person, realistic supernatural thriller. Encounter spirits rooted in Malaysian folklore, make critical choices to free trapped souls, and uncover the truth behind the eerie manifestations.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, 1990's 13.8%, Detective 9.8%, Adventure 9.4%

In The Final Ride, you play a late-night office worker making your way home. In 30–60 minutes, dive into a bite-sized Chinese urban horror based on folk legends. Solve puzzles, flee relentless phantoms, scavenge vital items, and brace for jump scares—uncover three unique endings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, 1990's 11.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 9.8%

The Transitions is a psychological horror game set in the eerie Backrooms universe. Explore unsettling liminal spaces, solve mind-bending puzzles, and evade the horrors lurking within. As you delve deeper, reality begins to blur—will you escape, or lose yourself forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 13.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Nonlinear 6.7%

A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 12.7%, Thriller 12.2%, Horror 10.5%

Set against the backdrop of a Japanese-style townscape reminiscent of Gion, this exploration-based horror game involves searching for “anomalies” and offering prayers. A work dedicated to those who feel bored with their daily lives.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Adventure 17.8%, Immersive Sim 16%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%

You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, 1990's 13.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Horror 9.3%

Room 808 is a surreal horror game where you wander endless hotel halls in search of your room. Something feels off. Spot the anomalies, and try to get to your room before the hotel halls trap you forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Immersive Sim 26.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Horror 7.5%

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.1%, Adventure 20%, Puzzle 16%, Exploration 13.9%, Horror 5%