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  1. #1 THRESHOLD
    97% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
    Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%

  2. #2 While We Wait Here
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
    Dev: Bad Vices Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Horror 12.8%

  3. #3 Blair Witch
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,865 reviews2019
    Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Dark 12.2%, Adventure 6.8%

  4. #4 Obey the Voice™
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
    Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
    Windows

    You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

    Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Dark 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%

  5. #5 Chasing Static
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 501 reviews2021
    Dev: Headware Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 10.8%

  6. #6 POOLS
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,027 reviews2024
    Dev: Tensori
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Psychological Horror 27.4%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Dark 6.2%

  7. #7 Find Yourself
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 1,285 reviews2021
    Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Exploration 12.4%

  8. #8 Darkwood
    92% matchVery Positive95% of 23,842 reviews2017
    Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Open World 12.9%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

  9. #9 SILENT BREATH
    91% matchMixed69% of 1,156 reviews2024
    Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Open World 10.5%

  10. #10 No, I'm not a Human
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
    Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 15%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Dark 11.7%

  11. #11 Luto
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Bird Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Dark 15.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 9.3%

  12. #12 Fingerbones
    91% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,583 reviews2015
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%

    Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

    Why similar: Philosophical 23.3%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 12.4%

  13. #13 Welcome to Kowloon
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 reviews2023
    Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%

  14. #14 Shift 87
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 204 reviews2024
    Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Dark 13.5%, Horror 10.7%

  15. #15 The Repairing Mantis
    88% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
    Dev: Erupting Avocado
    Windows

    The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%

  16. #16 PAGER
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2025
    Dev: bilge
    Windows

    You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

    Why similar: Philosophical 19.7%, Dark Humor 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.2%

  17. #17 Psalm 5:9-13
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,774 reviews2024
    Dev: N4bA
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 19%

    "Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Dark 11.7%

  18. #18 This is Interesting
    84% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Scott Jund
    Windows

    This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Mystery 16.5%, Exploration 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 12.2%

  19. #19 UFOPHILIA
    84% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    UFOPHILIA is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore areas marked by alien phenomena. Use specialized equipment to detect, identify, and photograph aliens—but do so at your own risk... They are watching you too.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Horror 24.9%, Dark 18.1%, Mystery 16.2%, Adventure 5.8%

  20. #20 Office After Hours
    83% matchVery Positive95% of 143 reviews2025
    Dev: gameandcode
    Windows

    Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Multiple Endings 13%, Horror 12.3%, Exploration 8.5%

  21. #21 The Cabin Factory
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 3,493 reviews2024
    Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%

  22. #22 The Moon Sliver
    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,146 reviews2014
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 8.2%

  23. #23 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
    Dev: Marevo Collective
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

    Why similar: Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Dark 12.8%, Mystery 11.3%

  24. #24 One-Eyed Likho
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,090 reviews2025
    Dev: Morteshka
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.

    Why similar: Philosophical 21.9%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Mystery 8.5%

  25. #25 Mirror Forge
    81% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
    Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
    Windows

    Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Dark 14%, Horror 14%, Choices Matter 12.5%

  26. #26 APT. 407
    79% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
    Windows

    A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

  27. #27 Mouthwashing
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,133 reviews2024
    Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 12.5%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Dark 10.4%

  28. #28 Care
    79% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: The Pocket Dimension
    Windows

    Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

    Why similar: Conversation 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 11.1%, Mystery 11%, Dark 10.9%

  29. #29 A Lonely Cabin Trip
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2022
    Dev: Korvinrular
    Windows

    You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  30. #30 Brutalism22
    80% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: Marginal act
    Windows

    This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Horror 12.6%, Philosophical 11.9%, Exploration 11.5%

  31. #31 Abandoned Souls
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 379 reviews2023
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.8%, Mystery 8.9%

  32. #32 SEEING THINGS
    75% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
    Dev: Robot Invader
    Windows · Mac

    Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 17.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%

  33. #33 I'm on Observation Duty
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,187 reviews2019
    Dev: Notovia
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.6%, Horror 37.7%, Atmospheric 15%, Singleplayer 4.7%

  34. #34 Museum of Monoliths
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2023
    Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
    Windows

    A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dark 8.9%

  35. #35 Motherland
    77% matchMixed60% of 103 reviews2021
    Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: My Way Games
    Windows

    Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Open World 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 8.5%

  36. #36 Project Songbird
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2026
    Dev: FYRE Games
    Windows

    Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest. Take on the role of Dakota, a musician who must record their new album in a remote log cabin amidst a writer's block. Take caution, however. These woods were never empty...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%

  37. #37 MIRROR MIRROR
    73% matchMixed70% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
    Windows

    MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%

  38. #38 Anomalies Detective
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2024
    Dev: ChenGame
    Windows

    A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 12.1%

  39. #39 Dread Flats
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,372 reviews2025
    Dev: Ghostcase
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Dark 10.8%

  40. #40 DEVIL'S WAY
    75% matchMixed43% of 233 reviews2024
    Dev: Rose Game Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A horror game that tests your wits, courage and dark sense of humor. Solve puzzles to survive in a world full of dark secrets, but beware - there could be something waiting around every corner!

    Why similar: Dark Humor 30%, Psychological Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Horror 8.6%

  41. #41 SEARCH ALL - BIRDS
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2022
    Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
    Windows

    Is a hidden object game in which you need to find all the birds in a large location. The birds will be located in a variety of places, from the most prominent to barely noticeable places

    Why similar: Exploration 78.8%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%

  42. #42 Summer of '58
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,849 reviews2021
    Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 12%, Mystery 9.1%

  43. #43 Water Delivery
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 206 reviews2024
    Dev: Frozen Lake Software
    Windows

    Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

  44. #44 My Friend is a Raven
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,316 reviews2020
    Dev: Two Star Games
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%

    You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.

    Why similar: Horror 30.9%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Dark 14.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Story Rich 6.7%

  45. #45 The Inn-Sanity
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.

    Why similar: Conversation 15.8%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Horror 9%

  46. #46 Night in the Woods
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 19,753 reviews2017
    Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

    Why similar: Dark Humor 19.3%, Conversation 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%

  47. #47 [SUBJECT]
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
    Dev: RUDZKI
    Windows

    [SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 14.6%, Mystery 11.7%

  48. #48 Inner Voices
    74% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
    Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Dark 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  49. #49 Closer To Home
    70% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: itamu
    Windows · Mac

    Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 14.9%, Stylized 13.8%, Story Rich 9.6%

  50. #50 Eclipsium
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,740 reviews2025
    Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.8%

  51. #51 The Complex: Found Footage
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 reviews2022
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows

    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 17.5%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Open World 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%

  52. #52 DEATHWATCH
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2022
    Dev: GAME JUICE STUDIOS
    Windows

    You've been tasked to observe supposedly haunted locations. Observe and log paranormal events and use the tools at your disposal to gather data on any potential paranormal threats and exterminate them if necessary.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Horror 27.9%, Dark 18.8%, Mystery 18.3%

  53. #53 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
    Dev: X1 Games
    Windows

    Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 10.9%

  54. #54 Necrophosis
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
    Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Horror 10.3%

  55. #55 When the Darkness comes
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
    Dev: Sirhaian
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Walking Simulator 25.9%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10%, Atmospheric 6%

  56. #56 The Cursed Forest
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 876 reviews2019
    Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Dark Humor 21.5%, Dark 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Exploration 8.8%

  57. #57 God's Basement
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 10.2%

  58. #58 The Silent Swan
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: PraenarisPub: Gammera Nest
    Windows

    The Silent Swan is a contemplative first-person narrative experience across a megalithic, derelict world. Mixing elements from both walking simulator and open levels.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Dark 14.8%, Open World 14.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

  59. #59 The Last Visit: 98th
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
    Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
    Windows

    "The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%

  60. #60 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2025
    Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
    Windows

    A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

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