- #1 Melancholia Maze
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Angus Fenton
Windows
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychedelic 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%
- #2 The Hotel
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Surreal 10.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #3 Infinite Crosswalk
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S.P.G
Windows
Infinite Crosswalk is a psychedelic walking simulator and horror game in retro 3D style. You get hit on a zebra crossing and trapped in limbo. Uncover the victims' tragic stories to escape — or pay with parts of your own body.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Surreal 16.5%, Psychedelic 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Investigation 8.6%
- #4 Sorrow Asylum 3
95% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychedelic 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Linear 8%
- #5 Saintless
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chocho Co.
Windows
Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Surreal 12.2%, Psychological 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 9%
- #6 Evac Bay 09
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustín Balmer
Windows · Linux
You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological 8.7%, First-Person 8.6%
- #7 They See You
93% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: MengEXE
Windows
A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #8 Screaming In The Basement (2025)
92% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Massbolt Games
Windows
Screaming In The Basement is an inspired-by P.T. psychological horror game with an immersive atmosphere. You play as Mike, a fearless journalist determined to expose the truth, as he investigates a family brutally killed by a serial killer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Investigation 9.8%, Psychological 9.2%
- #9 HOLFACE
91% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: Jonny's Games
Windows
Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Surreal 10.5%
- #10 Unseen: 2002
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Impact Group
Windows
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #11 XYLOMETAZOLINE
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: happygames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the depths of addiction and explore the surreal world of XYLOMETAZOLINE.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, First-Person 7%
- #12 Dead Air
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Feather
Windows
Isolated in a forgotten Canadian forest, you must unravel the truth behind E.C.H.O. Track down lost cassettes, solve cryptic puzzles, and evade the creatures lurking in the fog. Piece together the secrets of a defunct organization.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Horror 11.1%, Investigation 9.1%, First-Person 8.6%
- #13 SYNCO PATH: AUTOMATON PRISON
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sabarts Studios
Windows
Trapped in a surreal prison cell, Avery Stardust, a rogue automaton, has only 17 days to enter his reset code and accept a new life as determined by the Stagnation Protocol. But when the mystery of the SYNCO PATH program unravels, Avery will question everything he believes to be true.
Why similar: Surreal 14.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Psychological 11.5%, Psychedelic 11%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #14 EarWorm
88% matchVery Positive96% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: TOR2
Windows
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
Why similar: Surreal 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #15 6th Floor
87% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Sombra Games
Windows
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #16 Office 8
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 8.6%
- #17 Room 13
86% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Tyler L
Windows
You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Surreal 12.7%, Horror 10%, First-Person 8.4%
- #18 Scary 8 Bits
85% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 12.3%, Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.8%
- #19 Strange island
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Bear Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and a slow descent into mystery. You wake up on a remote island with no memory and no answers — who you are or how you got there. But with every answer you find, more questions begin to surface
Why similar: Surreal 14.1%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychedelic 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Investigation 9.1%
- #20 VHScape
84% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 9.3%, Psychological 8.4%
- #21 FEED IT
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games On A ChairPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.6%, Surreal 14.4%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #22 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
83% matchVery Positive96% of 70 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%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.8%, Horror 10%
- #23 Allophobia
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Exploration 9.4%, Horror 9.4%
- #24 Replace the Lamp: The Last Shift
81% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Penjaga Malam Studio
Windows
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Investigation 14%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Exploration 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #25 Queen Anne's Lace
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Pennywhistle Studios
Windows
An anomaly horror game with a big twist: YOU hide the anomalies. As the Night Auditor for the Queen Anne's Lace hotel, your job is to keep your guests checked in. Forever.
Why similar: Surreal 15.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.5%
- #26 PsyX
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KomKon Studio
Windows
Sometimes, regrets come too late. When you're over 40, you start to rethink your life. You remember people and events that completely changed you. I will tell you 7 stories that happened to me in childhood, after which I became a different person.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Psychedelic 9%
- #27 Box of Broken Nails
79% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Cdodge
Windows
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 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 9.1%
- #28 True Abstraction: Forbidden
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PrismBytes
Windows · Linux
Awakening was only the beginning. RDS is real… consuming anyone who ventures too close.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Horror 8.4%
- #29 Daddy's Long Milk Run
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: ZoomerDev
Windows
You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.5%
- #30 Luna Anomaly
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Gamefan
Windows
A restless spirit twists the town around you. Luna Anomaly is a psychological horror game where only those who spot the anomalies can escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Surreal 12%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological 7.8%
- #31 The Forsaken Tomb
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Mashed Pixels
Windows
An endlessly shifting tomb tests your perception. Spot the anomalies, choose correctly, and find your way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.5%, Psychological 13%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 10.5%, Investigation 8.5%
- #32 Mist
77% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.4%, Linear 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #33 Too Well Hidden
75% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Runebox Studio
Windows
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychedelic 12%, Exploration 9.5%
- #34 Reel Horror
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
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 24.3%, Horror 15.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 9.6%
- #35 Dead Man's Fault
78% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Parker BectonPub: Scrunko Games
Windows
A short psychological horror game about descending into a cave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Linear 8.3%
- #36 The Lunar Effect
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Negative EntitiesPub: N/A
Windows
Help solve the mystery of the moonlit mansion in this classic fixed camera horror puzzle game inspired by the art styles of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The Lunar Effect takes its protagonist on a dark and unfamiliar path but be warned, sometimes when one stares into the moon, the moon stares back
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #37 Nachtschicht
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Totenbetten
Windows
Make coffee. Answer the phone. Hope it stays quiet.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #38 Exit: Left or Right
74% matchMixed52% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: PE4ENEGI GAMES
Windows
You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 8.7%
- #39 Mind Loop
73% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: MoonSoft
Windows
Enter the endless hall where reality distorts. Spot anomalies, correct them, and uncover the dark truth—miss one, and you may be lost forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12.2%, Psychological 11.4%, Horror 8.9%
- #40 Buenos Aires Mirror Line
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luka Hizo AlgoPub: Rafael Di Carlo
Windows
Carefully observe your sorroundings and come back to your reality by finding what doesn't fit. If something's wrong take the bus back from across the street. A game situated in the haze of Buenos Aires.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Surreal 12.1%, Investigation 11.3%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.1%
- #41 Sylvio: Black Waters
73% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: StroboskopPub: DreadXP
Windows
Stranded on a desolate planet, decode the whispers of the dead to survive in an enthralling atmospheric exploration horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Space 8.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #42 Lost in Anomaly
71% matchMixed64% of 1,146 reviews2024
Dev: Aximus Games
Windows
In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 7.9%
- #43 Ominous Obscurity
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrunchyFlake Games
Windows
Ominous Obscurity is a single-player horror adventure game set in places from the protagonist's childhood. Solve interesting puzzles, while hiding from insidious horrors waiting for you in the shadows.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, Horror 9.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #44 NIGHTSLINK
73% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 9.5%, Linear 9.3%
- #45 LIGHT CRY
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Landing
Windows
It was the worst day of his life. The car hit Damon. Damon, in a coma, was on the thin line between life and death. To wake up from his coma, Damon had to win the battle with himself.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #46 Ritual Static
68% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Hayes Geldmacher
Windows
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Psychedelic 13%, Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #47 Akeno's Veil
69% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Gamefan
Windows
Spot the anomalies. Escape the loop. Akeno’s Veil is a psychological horror game where spotting anomalies is your only escape—from the relentless demon determined to pull you back.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #48 VIDeoPHOBIA
69% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You are in a room without windows or doors. The TV dimly illuminates the room. What is this, a box? How to open it? After solving the riddle, you find the TV remote control. Click... a door appeared. You step into the darkness and hear laughter... turn around and find out what's behind the screen.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Psychological 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #49 Most Quietly
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: IXASHA
Windows
The game, that supposed to be an ordinary, but developer accidentally made a fatal error, that completely brokes the game, and transforms it into a horror-game. Now, your goal is to somehow, fix the fatal error.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychedelic 16.6%, Puzzle 9%, Surreal 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #50 Blind Sound
71% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: LunarDream GamesPub: Grey Dev
Windows
Blind Sound is a Game about, Exploration and Puzzle-solving. This is a Linear Story Based horror game which sets in a science facility. You will discover tons of thing and find about the Creepy history of this facility with Full of Creatures That extremely Dangerous.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 10.9%, Linear 9.1%
- #51 The Call Button
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Somnatide Studio
Windows
A short horror observation thriller. Could 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 17.8%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.7%
- #52 Floor 13
67% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: VerenithStudio
Windows
In Floor13, reality doesn’t change all at once — it shifts quietly, waiting for you to notice.You walk the same office corridor over and over, but something always feels… slightly off.Your task is simple: observe, detect, report. If you fail to see the difference, the corridor will keep you forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 11%, Investigation 10.7%, Surreal 10.5%
- #53 Facility of Dusk
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HALKO Digital
Windows
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Surreal 15%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.5%, Investigation 9.2%
- #54 The Fridge is Red
70% matchMixed56% of 230 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 14.7%, Surreal 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.8%
- #55 Epilogue
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nexavor Studio
Windows
In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #56 ∆
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forbidden Saucery
Windows · Mac
∆ is an atmospheric exploration experience that takes you on a journey through the dream world into the Beyond.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Exploration 8.9%
- #57 Channel 64
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: XejiksGG
Windows
A short psychological VHS horror about routine tape digitizing, where reality starts to feel more and more strange with each new recording.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Psychedelic 9.9%
- #58 Master Reboot
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 700 reviews2013
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Psychological 10.1%
- #59 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
65% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Surreal 11.9%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #60 With Shining Eyes
67% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 8.3%