Games Like CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror

A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Horror 20%, First-Person 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 7.2%

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 23.2%, Horror 21.6%, Dark 10.2%, First-Person 7.4%, Exploration 6.9%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 7.8%

You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 8.8%

Exorcize the demonic in this psychological horror game set in early 1900s England. Navigate a haunted university by solving light puzzles, fueling your lantern, and hiding from a demon that can phase through walls. The gates of hell shall not prevail.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 8.2%

Unfound Footage is a short, atmospheric psychological horror game where you must survive inside a mysterious mansion after a strange disappearance.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Walking Simulator 12%, Retro 11.1%, Mystery 9.2%

Yellowstone is a first-person survival horror game set in Yellowstone National Park. Explore a hidden cave system where ancient creatures lurk in the shadows. Navigate the ever-changing labyrinth, evading these creatures as you uncover the cave’s dark secrets and struggle to survive.

Why similar: Horror 16.8%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, First-Person 10.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Dark 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%

Body cam horror game beneath Paris. Navigate claustrophobic catacombs, caves and subway systems while a relentless AI-driven monster stalks you. Can you escape alive?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Underground 19% ★, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%

You’ve been hired by a real estate agency to take photos of their listings at night to give them a unique look online. Grab your camera, step into dark, quiet rooms, and capture every shot before the house notices you. Finish the job or never leave.

Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, Mystery 12.1%, Retro 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

An immersive horror set in a forest feared for its disappearances and the Timber Trail murders. Uncover the truth behind your grandfather’s fate.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Retro 9.4%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, First-Person 6.8%, Retro 6.5%

Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 7.7%

How might life inside Artificial Intelligence be like? Is it possible to stop this painful routine? This life even real or not? Try your luck...

Why similar: Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Horror 22.1%, Atmospheric 15.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%

Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.

Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%

A first-person psychological horror game set in a looping hospital, where each cycle changes reality, escalates tension, and brings you closer to something that should not be there.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Horror 21%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Exploration 9%

Trapped in the endless halls of a pharaonic tomb. Watch every change, then choose to step forward or turn back. Each decision shapes six cursed seals: edge closer to freedom or lose them all in a suffocating psychological horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Underground 12.4% ★, Atmospheric 8.3%

The most accurate depiction of the backrooms.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Retro 13.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%

50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Your lantern is your only protection. Something watches from the dark. Will you restore the balance… or unleash what waits below?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Underground 16.6% ★, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.8%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 11.5%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 22.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 10.9%

Carcerem is a realistic first-person horror game. You are sent as punishment for a crime into an ancient labyrinth. Solve puzzles and find mysterious items to escape from this place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 15.5%, Underground 15.4% ★, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.9%

Frog Corner is a single-player horror game where you go to an abandoned arcade looking for the arcade machine "Frog Corner", yet you go too deep inside the building. The deeper you go in the weirder and deadlier it gets.

Why similar: Underground 17.9% ★, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 7%

Dweller is a psychological walking sim horror game where you're trapped in a rotting sewer system with something watching your every move. You're low on resources, high on tension, and the only voice you hear might be trying to help... or mess with your head. Trust no one. Stay quiet. Stay alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Underground 16.2% ★, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Horror 8.4%

Inside SCP-167 is a first-person psychological horror game that combines investigation and puzzle-solving. Take on the role of Alex, the most experienced agent of the SCP Foundation, and explore a labyrinth of cubic rooms in order to put an end to a growing evil that is spreading throughout the area

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, First-Person 11%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 11.1%

A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Horror 16.1%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Dark 9.4%

It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%

A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 9.9%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Horror 27.9%, Mystery 6.2%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, First-Person 5.9%

Constitución, CABA. 3 AM. You leave a party, feeling defeated because the girl you liked didn't even look at you. You go to wait for the last "39" bus of that night. You try to stop it, but it goes straight away. Tomorrow you have the exam that defines whether you graduate or not. Good luck.

Why similar: Horror 19.8%, First-Person 15.5%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Retro 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%

Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 11.2%, First-Person 9.1%

Your first day at the local mine got a hell of a twist when the tunnels caved in. Can you escape when the only way out is going deeper? Avoid the deadly creatures, push through hallucinations and remember: Don't panic.

Why similar: Horror 20.1%, Underground 16.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%

The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Retro 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10%

The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.

Why similar: Underground 18% ★, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

A first‑person horror game set in a well‑detailed apartment twisted by a demonic presence. Explore, fix disturbing anomalies, solve puzzles, manipulate the power to survive, and complete a desperate ritual as a relentless entity hunts you through the midnight hours.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 10.9%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Dark 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%

Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 9.8%

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 31.4%, Horror 15%, First-Person 13.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Horror 25.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 11.7%

Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 11.8%, Horror 7.4%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Horror 22.8%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

A story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Follow Caroline Miller's descent into an increasingly twisted reality as she searches for her missing husband

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 12.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%

A sick mother and her young son move into the home of a lonely old woman. A tragic story inspired by the dark puppet animations of the 80s and 90s.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 9.5%

A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 8.6%

Search a dark bunker for a missing brother. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and survive terrifying encounters in a tense, immersive world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Underground 11.5% ★, Horror 11%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%

Descend into a vast underground stormwater system to search for a boy who vanished under mysterious circumstances in this atmospheric exploration game.

Why similar: Underground 20.6% ★, Mystery 15.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Retro 12.4%

A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned mine, uncover its dark secrets, and survive terrifying creatures lurking in the claustrophobic tunnels.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Horror 21.9%, Dark 13.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?

Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 8.1%

The Kitchen Knife is a psychological horror game that throws you into the fragmented mind of a man haunted by memory, guilt, and something much darker. As the world shifts around you, you must uncover the truth about that morning... This house isn't haunted. It’s waiting for you to come home.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Dark 10.1%

Read the streets, follow the signals, and survive what your mistakes awaken.

Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 11.7%, Mystery 10.4%