Games Like CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 11%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive house-based psychological horror experience that mirrors the shifting, surreal architecture found in CARIMARA.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Story Rich 17.5%, Mystery 14%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the same style of narrative-driven exploration within a mysterious, history-laden home.

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 21.1%, Surreal 16.5%, Mystery 10%, Dark 9.3%, Exploration 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers strong atmospheric exploration and nature-based horror that aligns with the game's eerie, isolated feel.

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Cinematic 20.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.2%, Story Rich 11%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, psychological, and highly atmospheric narrative set in a confined, unsettling environment.

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 20.1%, Cinematic 18.3%, Dark 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that focuses on domestic spaces and the protagonist's fractured mental state.

12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Horror 18.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grounded, psychological walking simulator that focuses heavily on narrative discovery and environmental storytelling.

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 22.8%, Surreal 20.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Dark 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal walking simulator that prioritizes atmospheric mystery and environmental discovery.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Dark 14%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, First-Person 8.5%, Surreal 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the 'murmuring house' vibe perfectly through intense, claustrophobic psychological horror.

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 20.4%, Surreal 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric, and deeply unsettling narrative experience that shares the indie, experimental spirit of the seed game.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 31%, Dark 14.1%, Story Rich 13.1%, Surreal 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich horror game that uses its setting to tell a haunting, culturally-rooted mystery.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Surreal 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, choice-driven mystery with a surreal, dark aesthetic that challenges the player's perception of reality.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a dense, atmospheric mystery with a heavy focus on narrative exploration and unsettling environments.

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 19.1%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Surreal 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that leans heavily into the walking simulator genre to build tension through its environment.

Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich horror title that rewards exploration and offers multiple paths to its conclusion.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Horror 22.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into Lovecraftian mystery and exploration, perfect for those who enjoy the investigative side of CARIMARA.

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%, Surreal 13.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Dark 10.9%, Horror 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, isolated horror experience that captures the feeling of being trapped in a place that remembers you.

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven horror game with multiple endings that emphasizes the consequences of your interactions.

As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 10.3%, Dark 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person exploration game that focuses on uncovering a narrative through its environment.

Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Horror 12.7%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, story-rich horror game with a unique, unsettling tone that matches the seed game's weirdness.

The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Dark 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-driven mystery set in a manor that relies on investigation and environmental clues.

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.9%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural, first-person exploration horror game that focuses on the dread of the unknown.

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 13.4%, First-Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy, atmospheric psychological horror game that keeps the player engaged through its mysterious setting.

A narrative horror game set in the daily lives of Indonesian society. Interact with various mystical objects as you explore haunted places, unravel their lingering mysteries, and experience how Indonesian myth, taboo and culture, combined with your choices, shape the course of your nights.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Adventure 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Story Rich 13.3%, Indie 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, atmospheric horror game rooted in local folklore that emphasizes player choices.

The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Dark 17.2%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, psychological horror game that uses its environment to create a sense of constant unease.

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 16.6%, Surreal 13.2%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 40%, First-Person 20.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 12%, Exploration 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, puzzle-heavy adventure set in a mysterious mansion that focuses on uncovering dark family secrets.

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Cinematic 13.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Horror 11%, Dark 10.1%

"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Cinematic 14.6%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric walking simulator with a distinct visual style that feels like a fever dream.

Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

Why similar: Mystery 20.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Exploration 14%, First-Person 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy, immersive, and surreal exploration game that rewards players for paying close attention to their surroundings.

UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Card Game 17.5%, Mystery 14.6%, Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Dark 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich adventure that focuses on narrative and emotional resonance.

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: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 11.4%

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 19.6%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 13.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Surreal 9.9%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 17.2%, Dark 13.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Adventure 7.7%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Horror 12.5%, Cinematic 10.3%, Story Rich 9.1%

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

Why similar: Card Game 32.8%, Mystery 25.5%, Horror 21.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%

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%, Surreal 19.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.1%

Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Surreal 16.1%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10%, Horror 9.3%

An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.

Why similar: Experimental 18.5%, Surreal 15.7%, Cinematic 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 11%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 25.2%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Surreal 13.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Dark 8.4%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 10.3%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Horror 20.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, First-Person 10.6%

Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.

Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Dark 8.3%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Detective 29%, Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 9.4%

After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...

Why similar: Horror 21.3%, Cinematic 21.1%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 8.6%

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

Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Dark 13.3%, Cinematic 12.2%, Exploration 8.2%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Adventure 10%

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 9.6%

“Grandma, Is That You?” is a psychological horror game. As we visit our elderly and ill grandmother to help her, the old mansion reveals buried memories and dark secrets. The line between reality and illusion begins to blur.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Surreal 15.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%

Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?

Why similar: Dark 13.9%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Walking Simulator 11.4%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Surreal 15%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 10.3%, Cinematic 9.7%

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Why similar: Surreal 25.1%, Horror 14.3%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 11.2%

7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Surreal 13.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 9.5%

Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.

Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 15.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 9.5%

Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Dark 11.9%, Surreal 8.6%

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Surreal 32.5%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 3.8%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Experimental 22.5%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Cinematic 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Horror 8.4%

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 16.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 9.4%

You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Exploration 9.5%

Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Horror 17%, Exploration 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 9.6%