Games Like Cherophobia

You're playing a platformer on an old CRT TV. At first, it's just a game. Then what happens on-screen no longer stays on-screen. You can't get up. You can't leave the room. All you can do is keep playing.

Why similar: Experimental 21.3% ★, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Surreal 10.4%, Thriller 10.1%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.

Why similar: Experimental 21.9% ★, Surreal 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Thriller 11.9%

Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...

Why similar: Experimental 22.7% ★, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Surreal 10.3%, Thriller 10.2%, Abstract 8.9%

Official remake of the original Nox Timore, that was released in 2014. A nightmare, that you come back to every night. Mannequins. Darkness. Horror.

Why similar: Surreal 17%, Thriller 15.8%, Psychological 14%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Horror 10.5%

A free first-person horror game about dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal and built on strange logic.

Why similar: Experimental 20.2% ★, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological 9.8%

Dive into Yuha's nightmares. Bear witness to a glitch apocalypse. Explore the hidden layers of a 3D-dreamscape. Piece together her memories and fears. Experience a true haunting with vanishing staircases, lost voices and time that keeps running out.

Why similar: Experimental 22.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological 13.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Abstract 10.1%

A phychological horror experience of voices and screams.

Why similar: Thriller 15.4%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 10.7%

Desperate for work, 27-year-old George signs up for the remote lighthouse job. What starts as beautiful and peaceful scenery slowly turns unsettling day by day. Is it just your mind playing tricks on you? Or is someone else here...?

Why similar: Thriller 16.9%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.

Why similar: Experimental 26.5% ★, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.7%, Surreal 9.9%

Before the Backrooms ... before analog horror ... there were the tapes

Why similar: Experimental 26.8% ★, Surreal 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 8.8%

A short horror observation thriller. Can you tell what's real and what isn't? You stole intel from your company. Now you wake up in a hospital every day with two choices: take your medication if something looks wrong, or hit the call button if you're sure the room is safe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 14.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Surreal 11.4%

Timore Redo is a psychological horror game about sadness.

Why similar: Surreal 16.4%, Thriller 15.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10%

Trapped within an ancient darkness, Alex faces an unknown force that knows him better than he knows himself. 23 Days is a first-person psychological atmospheric adventure about survival, choice, and the price of escape. Each day here is a step toward freedom… or a step into the void.

Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Thriller 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.1%

Image is a first-person horror game. Explore haunted, ever-changing environments in an atmospheric, confused world and enjoy a truly terrifying gaming experience.

Why similar: Experimental 31.1% ★, Psychological 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dynamic Narration 9.8% ★, Horror 9.5%

NOT YET is a first-person psychological horror experience where silence grows heavier the deeper you go, and hesitation becomes its own consequence.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Thriller 14%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological 12.3%

Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 12.6%, Dark 9.5%

The family lives in isolation, following the strict rules of the father. But the attempt to escape evil turns into a horror that grows from within.

Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Surreal 12.4%

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 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 13%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 10.1%

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

Why similar: Experimental 29.4% ★, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological 9.6%, Mystery 7.4%

What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 11.4%, Surreal 11.2%

False Normality is a short first-person psychological horror game built around a rule-driven system that watches how you move. Some rules keep you safe. Some are lying. You won't know which until you act.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Thriller 15%, Horror 10.6%

Las 5 Celdas is a short first-person psychological horror experience. Explore five impossible cells, each based on a different human fear, and face disturbing situations where there may be no perfect answer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 13%, Thriller 12.2%, Horror 11.2%

It's Just A Prank is a first-person horror game about kids playing pranks on each other until a PRANK GOES WRONG. Experience suspense, fear, and unexpected twists as a simple joke becomes a nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Thriller 11%

You play as jaded police officer Mark Langford in this first-person psychological horror game. An investigation into the case of a missing child draws you to an old apartment complex, uncovering horrors and trauma that refuse to stay buried.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Psychological 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 8.9%

Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.

Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Thriller 11.7%

Lost in amnesia, face a horrific past rising from nightmares. Uncover the truth hidden in a diary. In this psychological horror where reality and hallucination blur, piece together memories before madness consumes you. When the truth is out, ask yourself: Who was I?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.6%, Thriller 12.5%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.1%

Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.

Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 9.2%

Winston Bradley is an amateur explorer who is always looking for new adventures. His latest destination is a cave in Algeria, which is known for it famous cave paintings. But the further he goes into the cave, the more he realizes that something is wrong with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Thriller 17.7%, Psychological 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.3%

Mother Seed is a fixed-camera point and click psychological horror game about identity collapse, loss of bodily autonomy, and horrified fascination. A woman inhabits a universe where nothing makes sense and something beyond her understanding keeps driving her forward.

Why similar: Experimental 39.5% ★, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9%, Dark 6.5%

The Horologist's Legacy is a deep dive into the absurd to find your mysterious past in this indie first-person psychological horror experience that rips the floor out from under you and takes your mind places you've never brought it before.

Why similar: Experimental 27.4% ★, Psychological 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Horror 11.5%

After accepting the invitation from the Paradise company following the events we've experienced, nothing on our journey may turn out as we expect. You must be very careful to uncover all the mystery and reveal the truth. Learn everything and expose the true face of the Paradise company.

Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Surreal 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

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 21.9%, Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Thriller 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 14.3%, Thriller 12.5%, Horror 10%

StillAsleep is a first-person psychological horror game where you are trapped inside your dreams that slowly begin to break, shifting and distorting as you try to find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological 19%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Abstract 10.4%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 9.5%

Pradera is a first-person psychological horror. You play as Clarice, an ambitious lawyer taking on an impossible case. Nine people were decapitated. The bodies remain. The heads are gone. A gamble for fame becomes a real nightmare.

Why similar: Thriller 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological 14.3%, Horror 13.7%

A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Psychological 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 12.9%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Experimental 17.8% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Thriller 12.9%, Psychological 12.2%, Surreal 10.8%

Step into the shoes of Subject 35452 in a claustrophobic psychological horror experiment. Navigate a compact testing facility, identify anomalies, and survive the unpredictable environment.

Why similar: Surreal 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Psychological 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%

No Nap November is a short psychological horror game set in a kindergarten during an endless nap time. Observe each loop carefully, spot anomalies, and survive an entire month without sleep to save yourself and the children from a strange presence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Thriller 15.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 10.1%

Atmospheric and surreal horror game about day and night cycle.

Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Psychological 19.8%, Abstract 15.4%, Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.2%

A psychological horror game where a stepfather is left alone with a disturbing child. Explore a quiet house, face growing nightmares, and piece together the truth behind the boy’s behavior.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Thriller 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 9.9%

You were sent to inspect a collapsed mining site in an abandoned town. What you find leads you deep underground into darkness, and things that should not move. Hide. Listen. Die Gracefully.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 9.9%

First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.

Why similar: Psychological 21.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Thriller 14.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Walking Simulator 12.9%

This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

Why similar: Experimental 25.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

Feed the Boss is a first-person psychological horror game where a simple job serving meals to your boss slowly turns into a trap.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Thriller 13.6%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.5%

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological 10.2%

Lost In Static is a psychological horror in a liminal space setting. After a day out, your daughter has gone missing. Navigate the backrooms, teleport using malfunctioning TVs, and watch out for creatures lurking.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Thriller 15.7%, Surreal 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychological 12%

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

Why similar: Thriller 18.9%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 10.5%

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: Thriller 16.1%, Psychological 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Horror 9.4%

A place built from things you almost remember... Inspired by the original unsettling feeling of the Backrooms, Spaces Between is a psychological liminal horror game about loneliness, memory, and losing yourself in impossible places.

Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 14%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Horror 11.9%

Work a 1900s night shift where routine chores meet an oppressive psychological dread. As a lone caretaker, navigate the heavy silence and unsettling shadows of a dark past. In this atmospheric horror, the terror lies in what remains unseen. Complete your tasks before the shift takes its toll.

Why similar: Thriller 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological 10.8%

A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.

Why similar: Experimental 33.9% ★, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Surreal 18%, Abstract 13.4%, Dark 10.1%

Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Thriller 17.1%, Psychological 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.7%

When your own mind becomes the enemy, can you protect the one who matters most?

Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 11.3%, Surreal 10.7%

A stalker is terrorizing the neighborhood, and you’re next. Watch for signs he’s been inside your house and make the right choices to avoid becoming his next victim. Test your observation skills in this Exit 8-style game where the threat isn’t supernatural, but a real man and you have three choices.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 12.2%, Psychological 11.5%, Thriller 10.7%

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Experimental 21.7% ★, Surreal 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 13.3%

Work as a night administrator at a computer club, check visitors, detect anomalies, and survive nightmare-filled nights full of monsters and mysteries.

Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Surreal 17.1%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.

Why similar: Experimental 26.8% ★, Psychological 15.5%, Surreal 13.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.7%

Unfeigned Depths is a first-person psychological thriller where dreams and reality blur. Uncover the dark truth behind your dreams with fully voiced dialogue and dynamic events. Can you unravel the mystery before deception takes hold and your world falls apart?

Why similar: Thriller 17.1%, Psychological 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Horror 10.3%