- #1 Asphyxiation
97% match9 user reviews60% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Ailith Nix
Windows
Asphyxiation is an atmospheric horror game where you need to escape the facility before you go insane and run out of air.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Roguelike 20.8%, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #2 The Hallowed Echo
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SomeTimesAtNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cooperative survival horror. Four friends find themselves in a forest where an ancient ritual has awakened something terrifying. Your goal is to destroy the root of evil by burning a cursed tree and survive until morning. Explore, hunt, hide. Alone is scary. Together is even worse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Exploration 10.7%, PvE 9.3%, First-Person 9.2%
- #3 From Day To Day
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
The game "From Day To Day" is a psychological thriller in the first person. You bought a seemingly ordinary abandoned house to start life with a clean slate after the tragic events in your family.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Horror 14.3%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Exploration 11%, Gore 8%
- #4 PinDrop: Escape The Room
95% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Kyrel
Windows
PinDrop: Escape The Room is a brutal, one-sitting survival horror game where silence is your only weapon. Navigate dark, procedurally generated environments, outwit sound sensitive zombies, and find the true door to escape, if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Nonlinear 20.6%, PvE 15.4%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #5 Dad's Office 1998
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Copeland
Windows
A liminal office horror game in an endless procedurally-generated building.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 18.5%, Roguelike 17.6%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Horror 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #6 The Guard
94% matchMixed59% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: STuNT
Windows
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Horror 15%, Exploration 11%, Dark 8.5%, PvE 8.5%
- #7 GhostlyRyokan
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #8 Dark Shrine
92% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: ciel45
Windows
Dark Shrine is a short horror game set in a japanese shrine.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Nonlinear 28.4%, Horror 19.6%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 6%
- #9 夢隠し - Dreamed Away
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: SnowCable
Windows
A walking simulator in which you control a mentally ill hero. You must escape the ``something'' you encounter and return to the original world as you know it. Explore the map while running away from "something" and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.9%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Gore 11%
- #10 SHADOW PUPPET
91% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: ADHDev
Windows
A short horror game about wandering through vaguely familiar memories while something endlessly follows you. It moves when you do, and you need to get out before it catches up.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Exploration 14.8%, Procedural Generation 14%, Horror 12%, First-Person 10.5%
- #11 Death Lease
90% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: kezbobicus
Windows
You will die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Nonlinear 18.6%, Exploration 14%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.7%
- #12 Dull Skies -1
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Travel oblivion
Windows
Prepare yourself for a journey as Hemlock, a dedicated carrier. navigate through the large Maze of Jordan to deliver a crucial message. This maze-based adventure offers a unique blend of exploration, strategy, and storytelling.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.1%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Dark 15.4%, First-Person 14.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #13 Mushroom Collector Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Florian Wiedenbein
Windows · Mac
Mushroom Collector Simulator is a mushroom picking simulator that involves you in the hunt for many different mushrooms that grow in the wild. Collect mushrooms, enjoy walks through the forest, complete missions, upgrade your hut and equipment.
Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, PvE 13.4%, Inventory Management 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
- #14 Project Otherside
88% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Knight Games
Windows
Project Otherside is a horror exploration game. Where players will be transported to an otherworldly dimension where they must navigate through endless spaces while being pursued by nightmarish entities..
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.4%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Inventory Management 17.3%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 10.4%
- #15 obakeyashiki
86% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.8%, Horror 17%, Exploration 16.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #16 Selling Souls
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Horror 22.8%, First-Person 16.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #17 Welcome Home
86% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: D.W.O Studios
Windows · Linux
Welcome Home is a bone-chilling horror walking simulator that plunges you into a world of terror and intrigue. Set in a decrepit and sinister house that you have just purchased, this game will test your courage as you navigate through the eerie halls of your new home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Horror 18.5%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Gore 10.1%
- #18 Psychiatric Hospital
85% matchMixed52% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: STuNT
Windows
When your madness is not desired, When your madness that you did not want is strangled by the bars in the pit. You go from being a powerless goat to a human being, and the only way to surprise the white coats who want to cure you completely is to take refuge in the craziness you want.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, PvE 19.9%, Exploration 15%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #19 Lantern of Remembrance
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.2%, Exploration 15.7%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Violent 8.2%
- #20 Tuya
84% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Horror 21.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 9.3%
- #21 Backward poiesis
82% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Exploration 16.9%, Horror 13.3%, First-Person 12%, 3D 8.8%
- #22 Seven Scarecrows
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Two Cypresses
Windows
In the quiet dusk of abandoned fields, an endless cycle unfolds. As a solitary figure, you find yourself revisiting the same hushed evening, where spooky shifts emerge with each repetition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Exploration 13.4%, Dark 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #23 Chestnut Grove
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Philip Drobar
Windows · Mac
How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Exploration 15.4%, Dark 12.1%, First-Person 11.8%, Adventure 10.4%
- #24 Soviet Village
81% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 10.1%, Gore 8.4%
- #25 REliC
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEM3
Windows
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Exploration 16.5%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Adventure 11.6%
- #26 Apparatus: Exanimus
78% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Nonlinear 20.1%, Exploration 13%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #27 BUNKER
81% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Pavel RyabtsevPub: RPavel
Windows
A game in the genre of horror that will immerse you in the story of a prisoner who had a chance to try to get out of the bunker in which strange things happen. In the game you will have to solve small puzzles, learn the history of the game while reading diaries and of course hide.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Horror 18%, First-Person 12.8%, Dark 12.7%, Gore 8.7%
- #28 Exorcism of Montague Manor
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GraveBound Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in a pitch-black mansion where your only tool is a flashlight. Collect clues, make risky light-on or light-off decisions, and survive sudden shock jumpscares in a tense, combat-free experience focused on fear and uncertainty.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Exploration 14%, First-Person 11.9%, Dark 11.4%, Gore 9.8%
- #29 Medical Layers
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Smog3D
Windows
Medical Layers is an anomaly game in a hospital. Find the way out by going through the door with the red light if an anomaly appears and through the door with the green light if no anomaly appears. You should also be careful with the monsters that may be in these corridors, they want to get you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Dark 15.6%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Violent 9.5%
- #30 Hanako in the abandoned school
79% matchPositive89% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: IKA Games
Windows
This is a walking simulator game where the story takes place in an abandoned school.You must escape the curse of Hanako and escape alive.Explore the school and collect the materials left behind to uncover what once happened in this school and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.2%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Dark 10.8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #31 PLAYROOMS
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winterblood games
Windows · Linux
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 34.3%, Exploration 16%, First-Person 12.6%, Nonlinear 9.5%, 3D 7.1%
- #32 Just a Stay at the Inn
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.2%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 10.8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #33 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 9.3%
- #34 Office Inspector
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ice Break INQ
Windows
Identify anomalies and dangers in a mysterious office complex and make the right decisions to escape using the elevator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.6%, First-Person 13%, Horror 10.6%, Gore 10.2%, 3D 9.7%
- #35 Ouija Rumours
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: LsGamedev
Windows
Oujia: Rumors provides a first-person thriller-horror survival experience taking in a haunted house. The fictional storyline is set to raise awareness against rumors. The wise do not buy rumors, do you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Gore 14.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.5%
- #36 O.M.N.I.S.: Overnight Train
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: NOIR1987
Windows
You are aboard an endless train. Find anomalies, report them, and move on. But be careful—missing just one may cost you the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, Exploration 20.6%, Dark 12.7%, 3D 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #37 Possession
74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Taleon
Windows
The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 11.8%, Horror 10.3%, Gore 9.2%
- #38 BackRooms 1995 The Lost Footage Chapter 1
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: LEMIOUTGAMESPub: Jacob Jufeili
Windows
My name is Jacob, and I'm 25 years old. I've heard a lot of rumors about an abandoned house where people claim to see strange things. But I'm not here for that. I'm here to find my brother. He disappeared in January of 1970, I'll do whatever it takes to locate him, no matter what.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Dark 15.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Gore 11.9%, Adventure 10.3%
- #39 Unknown Host
73% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.9%, Gore 11.9%, Exploration 11.5%
- #40 Fox Pines
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
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 33.3%, Horror 18.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 12.7%
- #41 Feed The Flames
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Winterwood Studio
Windows
A shadowed forest looms, its hostile residents bound to an ancient evil that is rising again. You bear the heavy burden of an age-old ritual—to keep the demon at bay. Keep the sacred flame burning until dawn, or risk the fate of both yourself and the world.
Why similar: PvE 26.2%, Horror 22.5%, Exploration 17.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 9.2%
- #42 Fright Animatronics 2
73% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: New Games Corporation
Windows
Fright Animatronics 2 is a first-person horror game where your task is to work in a warehouse for a week. What can go wrong?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 8.8%, PvE 8.5%
- #43 Framed Fear
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
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 38.3%, Exploration 15.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 10%
- #44 The Fifth Bell
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Loop Nexus Games
Windows
The Fifth Bell is a dark horror adventure about a folklorist trapped in cursed places. Explore, survive, and uncover the mystery behind the Fifth Bell.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Roguelike 22.6%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 9.6%
- #45 エスカレーター | Escalator
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Toyasky
Windows
Escalator is a horror game in which you must find something unusual while riding an escalator and try to escape from an enclosed space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.4%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 11.3%, 3D 9.6%, Adventure 8.1%
- #46 Backrooms - Surreality
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Big Deal Studios
Windows
Noclip into the backrooms and never get out =) Explore several infinite levels of the backrooms and survive in an environment inherently hostile to any human. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.2%, Walking Simulator 19%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.1%
- #47 CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror
68% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
A late-90s retro 3D horror where you feed the Biomass Core to escape. No keys. No doors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 16.2%, Inventory Management 13.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 10.6%
- #48 Mountain's Memory
69% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Waterfall Studio
Windows
Mountain's Memory is a walking simulator horror game where players explore a mountain at night, armed only with a lamp. Inspired by the chilling style of Japanese horror, this game delivers an atmosphere of fear and mystery. Feel the terror unfold in the quiet, desolate mountain.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.4%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 13.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark 8.7%
- #49 Obey the Voice™
66% 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: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 19.4%, Dark 15.4%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 9.6%
- #50 Corridor 13
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kanuddel
Windows · Linux
A psychological horror walking simulator set in an abandoned school corridor. Detect subtle changes, make the right decisions, and reach Corridor 13 before the corridor keeps you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9.7%
- #51 Spooky Shelter
70% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: STuNT
Windows
A girl named Sarah stood in front of the old abandoned orphanage where she had spent her childhood. The building had been empty for years and looked decrepit and troubled. As she approached the entrance, she heard a faint whispering voice that seemed to be calling her name.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Exploration 16.4%, Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.1%, 3D 7.9%
- #52 Biological Incident
70% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MagistrGames
Windows
Cases of disappearances have become more frequent in the small town. The tracks lead to an empty house on the outskirts of the city...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 11.1%, 3D 8.9%
- #53 Night of the Wererat
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Exploration 17.9%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 12.8%, 3D 9.3%
- #54 Kach
69% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
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 31.8%, Horror 19.8%, Dark 14.1%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 8.2%
- #55 Any way out
68% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Distant Games
Windows
Explore a mysterious hotel's treacherous corridors to reach the bottom floor and escape. Use your wits to spot anomalies, avoiding traps to progress. Trust your intuition to overcome challenges and find freedom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Exploration 15%, Dark 11.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Horror 9.1%
- #56 Parking Garage Anomaly
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Midnight Moonlight Games
Windows
Explore a haunted parking garage in this first-person horror adventure. Uncover mysteries and anomalies as you progress through the floors. Reach the 10th floor to find out who or what has been haunting this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Exploration 16.6%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Horror 15.6%, Procedural Generation 11.1%
- #57 Homecoming -KITAKU-
68% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Uncover the truth hidden in the darkness with your own hands.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Exploration 14%, Horror 10.8%, Adventure 10%, First-Person 9.9%
- #58 Deep in the Fields
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Del Campo Studio
Windows
With no other option, you take a job as a farmhand on a remote ranch in the interior of Buenos Aires. But as time passes, you begin to uncover the dark secrets buried deep in the fields.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Dark 18.8%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Exploration 15.2%, Gore 6.5%
- #59 Echo of Prypiat
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chornozem Interactive
Windows
"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 30.8%, Roguelike 22.4%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Dark 9.4%
- #60 Yellow
65% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
YELLOW is a liminal survival horror game. As a M.E.G. inspector in hazmat gear, explore unstable Backrooms zones to document "Undocumented" entities. With zero data available, you must study these lethal threats, uncover their origins, and solve the mystery of why new levels are appearing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Dark 10.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Horror 9.8%