- #1 Cognition Method: Initiation
97% matchVery Positive83% of 464 reviews2021
Dev: Team Cognition
Windows
Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Space 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Physics 11%
- #2 Prison Loop
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Psychological 9.6%, Horror 8.3%
- #3 NOX: Chapter 1
96% matchVery Positive94% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: The Buua Studio
Windows
NOX: Chapter 1 is a first-person puzzle game, where the player has to make use of gravity changes, gravity shifts and portals to explore the dreams and nightmares of a child. All this, in a world inspired by the work of Escher.
Why similar: Surreal 16.9%, Linear 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #4 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
95% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.1%, Surreal 10%, Psychedelic 8.3%
- #5 Museum of Monoliths
94% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
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 23.9%, Surreal 20.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%, First-Person 7.2%
- #6 CoRoT
94% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Surreal 18.3%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #7 Shifting To The Backrooms
93% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 9.4%
- #8 Superliminal
92% matchVery Positive95% of 34,206 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Surreal 17.3%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Psychological 12.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, First-Person 8.8%
- #9 Manifold Garden
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,585 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Psychedelic 24.3%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 12%, Exploration 10.3%
- #10 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
91% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.1%
- #11 Quern - Undying Thoughts
90% matchVery Positive91% of 4,096 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Surreal 15.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%
- #12 Anomalies Detective
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Exploration 11.5%, Horror 11.2%
- #13 DREAM LOGIC
89% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #14 Cosmic Fear
87% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Investigation 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #15 ROUTINE
86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,522 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
- #16 Liminal Shroud
86% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Surreal 14.2%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #17 The Fridge is Red
88% matchMixed56% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Psychedelic 14.9%, Surreal 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.9%
- #18 Unveiling
85% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: CHARK Studio
Windows · Mac
Experience the UFO abduction in first person and take a trip to meet the keeper. Explore layers of reality and learn what is concealed behind the modern Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP) in this esthetic and eerie interactive experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Psychological 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #19 Moons of Madness
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,944 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Space 15.9%, Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #20 Conarium
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,282 reviews2017
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.3%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, First-Person 12.5%, Puzzle 6%
- #21 BLACKSHARD
81% matchVery Positive92% of 465 reviews2025
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Surreal 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #22 Insight
81% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Surreal 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #23 Left Alone
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 646 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Investigation 9.9%, Psychological 9.4%, Horror 9%
- #24 INHUMAN
82% matchMixed63% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: 秋太虚工作室Pub: QutosoGame
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.3%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 8%
- #25 Sanity of Morris
82% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanity of Morris: a psychological horror adventure game. Your flashlight reveals the clues you need to stay sane in the search for your father. Discover the truth. Could aliens be real?
Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10.4%
- #26 Phil in the Mirror
79% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Lunanod
Windows
More than just an anomaly hunt, this is a knowledge-based game. Uncover the truth behind the anomalies and confront a massive narrative. Countless documents will be your guide toward the singular truth. Experience unique mechanics and deep puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Puzzle 16.3%, Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Exploration 9.1%
- #27 Through The Fragmentation
80% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
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: First-Person 16.5%, Exploration 16.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Stylized 12.4%
- #28 Frame of Mind
79% matchVery Positive94% of 942 reviews2021
Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
Windows
In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Linear 8.4%, Psychological 8%
- #29 ZERO PROTOCOL
78% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #30 PAGER
76% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychological 10.3%, Horror 9.3%
- #31 Red Matter 2
76% matchVery Positive92% of 707 reviews2022
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Enter an extraordinarily convincing sci-fi world in this story-driven VR puzzle adventure. Explore off-world facilities, operate tactile tools, solve environmental puzzles, and unravel a reality-bending Cold War mystery.
Why similar: Physics 18.6%, Puzzle 18%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Linear 9.3%
- #32 The Signifier Director's Cut
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 350 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Surreal 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Investigation 14%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #33 Memorrha
78% matchMixed65% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.9%
- #34 Project Liminal 2
74% matchMostly Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.4%, Exploration 13.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Action 10.4%, Stylized 9.8%
- #35 Chroma Zero
73% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Surreal 13.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #36 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
75% matchVery Positive87% of 958 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 22.6%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 10.1%
- #37 Liminal Exit
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #38 Exo One
72% matchVery Positive90% of 5,287 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Space 15.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Physics 9%
- #39 Causal Loop
71% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: First-Person 16.5%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 14.4%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #40 ALONE IN SPACE
77% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 24.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #41 Machinika: Museum
72% matchVery Positive93% of 6,319 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Puzzle 15.7%, Sci-fi 14.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Physics 8.9%
- #42 Red Matter
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,185 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Horror 12.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 11.7%
- #43 Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
73% matchVery Positive82% of 554 reviews2020
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Why similar: Investigation 27.5%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Puzzle 16.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Psychological 10.9%
- #44 Below, Rusted Gods
69% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11%, Horror 10.3%
- #45 Inner Voices
75% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Horror 10.5%
- #46 Mango
71% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 16.4%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #47 Confabulation: Homestead
70% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 16.4%, Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 10.3%
- #48 The Art of Reflection
68% matchVery Positive97% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Hydrozoa
Windows
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
Why similar: Surreal 31.6%, First-Person 17.8%, Puzzle 16.2%, Exploration 15.1%, Space 6.7%
- #49 White Room Protocol
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 15.6%, Linear 9.9%, First-Person 9.3%
- #50 Subliminal
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,794 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: Surreal 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, Horror 10.8%
- #51 Abnormal1999:Sector 49
68% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Puzzle 15.3%, Exploration 12.1%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #52 Psych
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 21.5%, Exploration 14%, Puzzle 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #53 Implements of Hell
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
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 24.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 8%
- #54 Effugium
70% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
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 28.8%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Space 12%, Exploration 10.9%
- #55 Mirror Forge
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological 12.1%, Surreal 10.9%, Horror 10.9%
- #56 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 714 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Exploration 17.9%, First-Person 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.5%
- #57 He Who Watches
64% matchVery Positive97% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: Bobby VandenPub: Draknek and Friends
Windows · Mac
Walk on walls. Manipulate gravity. Discover secrets. In this first-person puzzle game, delve deep into an ancient labyrinth of intricate conundrums, seeking an imprisoned god at the centre.
Why similar: Surreal 24.4%, First-Person 14.9%, Puzzle 13.7%, Physics 13.5%, Stylized 10.3%
- #58 Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,040 reviews2024
Dev: Antifreeze Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Space 17%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, First-Person 9.8%
- #59 FORM
68% matchVery Positive91% of 982 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: Surreal 32%, First-Person 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #60 Project Looking Glass
64% matchVery Positive100% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MORPH
Windows · Mac
1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, First-Person 10.6%