Games Like Brutalismus: Chapter 1

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 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Surreal 9.2%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 9%

A post-apocalyptic atmospheric experience. Scavenge what you can and get out. But you are not alone. Be fast before the creature finds you a prey.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Linear 11.2%, Psychological 9.1%, Surreal 8.7%

The art you choose is a confession. Enter a gallery that feels slightly off, where every painting you admire, and every prompt you answer, shapes the world around you. A short psychological experience where the system learns your patterns and delivers a final judgement.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Surreal 15.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 10%, Linear 8.9%

Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing. Explore the surreal, dreamlike landscapes as you search for a loved one, unravelling a deeply emotional story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Exploration 10%, Emotional 9.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Casual 7.3%

Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Surreal 14%, Psychological 9.7%, Linear 9.2%, Exploration 9.2%

Step into a serene, surreal city of the old future. Explore environments shaped by the soul of Frutiger design. Slow down inside a world built to be remembered.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Relaxing 11.4%, Surreal 11%, Exploration 9.9%, 3D 7.9%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Relaxing 7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

This is a 3D first-person walking simulator, where you'll take a leisurely stroll through a world of poolcore and bloomcore aesthetics. The goal of this game is to provide a pleasant and relaxing experience—no monsters, no jump scares, and no mandatory objectives.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Psychological 10.1%, First-Person 9%, Casual 8.8%

You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Surreal 12.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 11.7%, Linear 7.8%

Step into the Supreme Court of Canada in a touching narrative adventure. Explore hidden rooms, hear untold stories that shaped the nation, and craft your own novel inspired by the people whose lives changed here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Realistic 13.2%, Emotional 13.2%, First-Person 12.8%, 3D 9.6%

Loverowind is a very short experience about the wind of spring.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Emotional 8.8%, Surreal 8.7%, First-Person 8.6%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Surreal 19.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Linear 9.7%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 8.8%

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 23.2%, Surreal 16.3%, Relaxing 9.8%, Linear 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%

I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Surreal 15.4%, Linear 10.1%, Psychological 9.3%, Realistic 8.8%

a small dream explorer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Nature 8.2%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, Surreal 22.8%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11%, 3D 8.8%

An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 10.9%, Linear 9.2%

Was it Worth it? is a first person story driven walking simulator. You play as Subject 105 and you do as you're told. DO NOT explore. DO NOT get tempted to stray from the path. DO build your new reality and enjoy your new life on earth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Surreal 16.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Exploration 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9%

Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Surreal 25.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Relaxing 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%

17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Surreal 16.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Linear 10.5%

Explore the story of Kale Vortex in a world where nature thrives — until every step begins to change it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Linear 9.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Relaxing 8.3%, First-Person 8%

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 19.6%, Surreal 15.5%, Realistic 10.9%, Emotional 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%

"Echo of Prypiat" is an exciting walking simulator that immerses the player in the atmosphere of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, conveying all the horrors and fears of people left in this forgotten land. The game is created to allow the player to feel the soul of this mysterious place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Emotional 10.2%, Exploration 10%

Karpatia is a first-person story-driven mystery. Bring pictures to life by matching them with the world, explore an eerie yet home-like castle, unveil its hidden nature and return your lost little brother. If the castle let you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Surreal 13.1%, Emotional 9.3%, Psychological 8.6%, First-Person 8.2%

After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Realistic 12.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Linear 11.7%, Exploration 11.2%

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Surreal 15.8%, Psychological 10.4%, Realistic 9.6%, First-Person 8.8%

Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Surreal 14.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Linear 9.4%, Psychological 8%

You are trapped in an endlessly repeating place that looks ordinary at first glance. Observe your surroundings carefully, identify subtle anomalies, and make the right choices to escape the loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Linear 9.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Realistic 8.8%

Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 9.1%

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 26.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Realistic 12%, Linear 10.5%, First-Person 9.6%

"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Linear 14.2%, Surreal 12.7%, Emotional 12.6%, First-Person 8.4%

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 23.8%, Surreal 15.7%, Relaxing 9.4%, Realistic 8.6%, Nature 8.1%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Linear 11.1%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Mystery 8.9%

You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Surreal 15.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Linear 8.9%

Experience the majestic Jungfrau summit in this short walking simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%, 3D 7.3%

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 33.5%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Emotional 11.1%, 3D 8.3%

Timore Narhelma is a surreal experience about human mind and horrors within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Surreal 16.5%, Linear 9.5%, First-Person 8.1%

Kult Rising is an atmospheric exploration game that allows you to explore the Backrooms. Wander through the surreal, dreamlike world of Sxlaris, a canon combining The SCP Foundation, with The Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Surreal 16.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Realistic 10.2%

ItLivesInTheWoods is a first-person psychological horror set in the forests of Canada. You are Ibrahim, a father who has recently lost his daughter whilst on a hiking trip in the forest last winter. You hope to find out what happened to your daughter and whether you can reunite with her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Surreal 11.1%, Realistic 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%

Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Surreal 17.2%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Linear 9.5%

A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Surreal 23.8%, Linear 14.2%, Emotional 8.9%, First-Person 6.5%

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 30.1%, Surreal 15.4%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Linear 9.8%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 12.1%, Linear 11.5%, 3D 8.8%

Enter the realm of animal dreams! Experience adventures in places where humans exist only in legends. What path will you take, my friend?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Surreal 15.9%, Relaxing 12.9%, Emotional 11%, Exploration 10.1%

You have stumbled upon a museum you might have not intended to find. But it called to you. And you realized you ended up someplace…roiling…alive. If you interact with the art, some speak while others hold bygone echoes. You’ve heeded the call. It’s up to you now to explore.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Surreal 17.5%, Relaxing 10.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Psychological 8.7%

Bottle is a very short game in which you play as an alcoholic man of solitude.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Linear 13.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Emotional 10.3%, First-Person 6.5%

Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 16.5%, Linear 10.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 9%

"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Linear 17.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Emotional 8.3%, Mystery 6.9%

What hides in the depths of the forest?!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Realistic 10.1%, Psychological 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%

The Promise Tree of Alden is a short, atmospheric narrative experience about remorse, memory, and the silence of a forest once alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Linear 11.1%, Nature 10.5%, First-Person 7.8%

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 32.7%, Surreal 11%, Exploration 10.6%, Realistic 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%

Last Signal is a short atmospheric adventure on an abandoned island. No monsters, just the mystery of the lighthouse. Explore the environment, find hidden caches, and send the final signal. A concise story for those who value total immersion and meditative gameplay.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Nature 11.4%, Linear 10.5%, First-Person 9.3%

Welcome to Regilus, a paradise planet turned into a popular tourist destination! But your holiday adventure soon turned into a nightmare. Stranded on an alien planet you need to find your way out. Remember though, not everything here is as it seems.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 13.8%, Emotional 9.9%, Mystery 9%, First-Person 8.6%

Office Aberrations is a first-person, spot-the-difference game, where you are stuck in an endlessly looping hallway. Determine if anything is out of place by carefully examining your surroundings. No detail is too small. Knowing if and where there are aberrations is your only way through.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Surreal 17.7%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 11.3%, 3D 6.5%

A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological 13.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Surreal 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%

"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 29.4%, Surreal 15.6%, First-Person 11.1%, Linear 8%, Exploration 7.6%

Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Surreal 8.8%, Emotional 8.8%, First-Person 8%

Explore the endless, eerie maze of The Backrooms in this atmospheric first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Surreal 12%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Realistic 10%

Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Surreal 13.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological 9.3%, Linear 9.2%