- #1 Mystic Rest Stop
97% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Catire Games Studio
Windows
Welcome to your new summer job. Arthur Brooks, a 22 year old, starts a night job at Moon Gas Station. As he settles in, he experiences strange events that unsettle him. The urban legends about the gas station seem to come to life. Dealing with customers at night is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Thriller 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Crime 10.7%
- #2 Fears to Fathom - Carson House
96% matchVery Positive92% of 2,602 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.
Why similar: Episodic 32.3% ★, Crime 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.6%, Thriller 7%
- #3 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
96% matchVery Positive93% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Episodic 22.7% ★, Narrative 21.2% ★, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Horror 7.4%, Thriller 7.3%
- #4 Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
95% matchVery Positive92% of 5,734 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
Why similar: Episodic 19.7% ★, Narrative 18.5% ★, Thriller 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.2%
- #5 Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: markuwaaaaa
Windows
Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old high schooler, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Crime 14.8%, Horror 12.5%
- #6 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
94% matchVery Positive91% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Horror 21.4%, Realistic 17.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #7 [Stories to Tell] Greyville Stay
92% matchVery Positive86% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: zebaxx
Windows
"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 15 year old kid were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare me the developer has had. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...
Why similar: Episodic 18.2% ★, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Crime 9%, Horror 8.9%
- #8 The Sewer Job
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.
Why similar: Thriller 27.9%, Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Realistic 9%
- #9 The Cemetery Shift | 墓地の夜勤
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: KIKIPub: KM Studios
Windows
You are a young college student working the night shift as a security guard at a remote cemetery deep in the Arkansas woods. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into something far more unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 18%, Thriller 16.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #10 NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
91% matchVery Positive83% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Taco Al Pastor Dev
Windows
First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Crime 20.2%, Horror 19.7%, First-Person 9%, Drama 8.6%
- #11 The Renovator: Origins
90% matchVery Positive86% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
Why similar: Thriller 28.6%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #12 The Green Light
89% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: waleedzo
Windows
A first person horror game. Fred is stuck in a dead-end job, haunted by hallucinations. A voice on the radio speaks of a green light. It promises peace and freedom. A tale of self-discovery where Fred is willing to find freedom, even at the cost of his life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Horror 12.1%, Cinematic 11.3%
- #13 Overtime Anomaly
89% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Horror 9.8%, Exploration 9%
- #14 Nightmare Shift
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Thriller 17.5%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.2%, Drama 8.1%
- #15 [Southern Fjords] Newspaper Day
87% matchMixed67% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Southern Fjords Games
Windows
In Newspaper Day, you take on the role of a newspaper delivery person in a seemingly quiet neighborhood. Every morning, you carry out your job, delivering the day's news to your neighbors' doors. However, you soon realize that things are not what they seem.
Why similar: Narrative 27.2% ★, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Thriller 9.6%, Horror 8.9%
- #16 Night at the Office
86% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
You work late at the office not long after the death of a colleague. Throughout the night, all sorts of phenomenon begin to terrorize you, slowly uncovering the death of a fellow colleague. Who killed Joseph Anadam and why must you go through this trial to find out?
Why similar: Crime 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Thriller 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.8%
- #17 DEBUG DEADLINE
86% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: OTL GAME
Windows
The main character is hired as a debugger at the game company “Dokidoki Games”! With a time limit of one week, will he be able to find the bug safely? The debugging work with fate on the line begins now!
Why similar: Thriller 27.7%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Exploration 5.8%
- #18 Haunted Property
84% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #19 Forest Ranger Services: Episode 1
85% matchVery Positive82% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: GuardHouse
Windows
Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story! Based on true events.
Why similar: Episodic 35% ★, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Cinematic 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Horror 11.7%
- #20 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
84% matchVery Positive92% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13%, Cinematic 7.9%
- #21 The Night Cleaner
83% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #22 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
82% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Drama 15.4%, Realistic 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #23 Shifting To The Backrooms
81% matchVery Positive85% of 55 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: Psychological Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 15.2%, Drama 11.9%, Cinematic 9.7%
- #24 Twilight Tales ∣ hollow's store
82% matchMixed58% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: roiten
Windows
While trying to avoid the dangers of working the night shift at a store deep in the forest, you'll also make decisions that shape the fate of the story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Thriller 17.3%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 7.3%
- #25 Sub Terra
80% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 21%, Realistic 11.4%, Cinematic 11.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #26 Refuted Wind
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.
Why similar: Thriller 13.9%, Crime 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
- #27 The Closing Shift
79% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Crime 27.5%, Thriller 17%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Exploration 12.3%
- #28 When the Darkness comes
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.8%, Walking Simulator 24.9%, Horror 15%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #29 Uncanny Tales: 1992
77% matchVery Positive84% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Thriller 23.5%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #30 Anomalies Detective
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 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 30%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Horror 16.3%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 10.5%
- #31 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
76% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Thriller 13.8%, Atmospheric 10%
- #32 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Thriller 8.1%
- #33 Pleh!
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,337 reviews2023
Dev: Jester Games
Windows
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, First-Person 7.1%
- #34 Corner Shop: NightShift
75% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Thriller 22.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Realistic 8.7%
- #35 The Complex: Found Footage
73% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.3%
- #36 Seybul Tech
75% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Seybul Tech
Windows
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 24.6%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 15%, Exploration 9.9%, Realistic 7%
- #37 One Late Night: Deadline
81% matchMostly Negative30% of 198 reviews2014
Dev: Black Curtain Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Thriller 19%, Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Realistic 9.9%
- #38 Sanity Loops
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: 375 Games
Windows
Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.
Why similar: Thriller 24.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 15.1%, Cinematic 14.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #39 Depression The Game
77% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.2%, First-Person 8.6%
- #40 Under The Waves
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,801 reviews2023
Dev: Parallel StudioPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Narrative 25.3% ★, Exploration 17.9%, Cinematic 16.5%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 13.5%
- #41 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
72% matchVery Positive90% of 10,232 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Episodic 22.5% ★, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Crime 8%, Walking Simulator 5.7%
- #42 PAGER
71% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #43 Office After Hours
70% matchVery Positive95% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #44 It Happened At Night
73% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Horror 14.5%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #45 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Cinematic 11.8%, Thriller 11.5%, Atmospheric 9%
- #46 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
69% matchVery Positive94% of 313 reviews2025
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Handyman needed—ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
Why similar: Horror 34.7%, First-Person 18.6%, Realistic 16.5%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.1%
- #47 Void Whispers
69% matchVery Positive92% of 412 reviews2024
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Assume the role of a broadcast engineer in a tranquil city. All seems peaceful until the sky above starts to reveal something deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 29.7%, Thriller 16.4%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 7.1%
- #48 Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Cinematic 19%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Drama 10.2%
- #49 Dead of Night: Supermarket
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Thriller 15.5%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 6.7%
- #50 The Nightmare Chronicles - Horror In Da Hood
70% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Bluethunder
Windows
Mason is assigned a new job from the big boss when strange things start happening and he discovers the true meaning of fear... Horror in Da Hood is a gripping first-person horror game set in the hood, where the supernatural lurks around every corner. Are you brave enough to face the real terror?
Why similar: Thriller 32.7%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 20.1%, Realistic 11.6%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #51 Unseen
68% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Thriller 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 8.4%
- #52 The House [zebaxx]
71% matchMixed64% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: zebaxx
Windows
You are an 18-year-old Spanish boy called Antonio who one day went shopping, and when he returned home he noticed things that were somewhat strange...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Thriller 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Horror 11.4%
- #53 Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike
68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,051 reviews2022
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.
Why similar: Episodic 22% ★, Thriller 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #54 Water Delivery
68% matchVery Positive87% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 9.2%
- #55 Idea Fix
66% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: ZuitLabs
Windows
Incremental physics based game about pushing levers, clicking buttons and coming to terms with obsession.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 20.4%, Atmospheric 15.5%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological 7.4%
- #56 Backrooms: Exploration
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Realistic 11.8%, First-Person 10.9%
- #57 Nocturia The Game
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrossLab
Windows
Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?
Why similar: Thriller 16.6%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Cinematic 12.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #58 Midnight Crane
65% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 15.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #59 APT. 407
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Horror 15.5%, Thriller 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%