- #1 Apollo Cosmic
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Leo Dawn
Windows
Discover the far side of the moon and the effects of participating in MK Ultra in this psychological thriller. It will be dark and nothing will tell you what to do next. Find what mystery awaits above and below the moon's surface as you are joined by an unexpected tour guide.
Why similar: Collectathon 28.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Surreal 11.6%, Horror 9.2%
- #2 The Path
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,022 reviews2009
Dev: Tale of Tales
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Surreal 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Horror 13.4%, Experimental 12% ★
- #3 Snowmen
96% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Nikodem Grzonkowski
Windows
Escape this infinite snowy realm full of grotesque snowmen by exploring and collecting the ingredients your captor demands in this short fairy tale like xmas horror game!
Why similar: Collectathon 29.3%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 13%, Surreal 10%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #4 SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE
95% matchVery Positive98% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: DECEMBER 7TH CREATIVE BUSINESS CORPORATION
Windows
SWOLLEN TO BURSTING is a weirdo RPG in which something is very wrong. A flying saucer has crash landed in town, but it's Thursday so you have to go to work at the post office.
Why similar: Collectathon 28.9%, Walking Simulator 21%, Horror 10.2%, Abstract 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #5 Alice In Pumpkinland
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Alice In Pumpkinland is a third person over-the-shoulder-camera comedy horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Surreal 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 9.2%
- #6 Subway Midnight
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,242 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Abstract 10.5%, Horror 10.3%, Psychedelic 9.2%
- #7 Akeno's Veil
93% matchPositive90% of 21 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 23.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #8 The Unplace
90% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Right Hand Lab
Windows
“The Unplace: Escaping The Cursed Place by Facing Different Trials” is a first-person game where you must escape a cursed place by completing a series of trials.
Why similar: Collectathon 34.4%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Horror 19.5%, Arcade 15.4%, 3D 4.1%
- #9 The Miserable Crimson Hooded Girl
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Experimental 15.6% ★, Abstract 12%, Surreal 11.9%, Horror 10.6%
- #10 Patty Pepperton in The Pumpkin Patch
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: IceVayne Games
Windows
Patty Pepperton in the Pumpkin Patch is a humorous little horror romp through a mystical pumpkin patch. You must run for your life and find all the golden pumpkins and hopefully escape and get revenge on your old roommate.
Why similar: Collectathon 35.8%, Walking Simulator 29.6%, Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, 3D 6.6%
- #11 Not Your Eyes
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac
Your eyes cannot be trusted. A girl finds herself questioned by a twisted psychiatrist, helping a fallen angel, and followed by a bizarre stalker, descending to a beautiful, terrible world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Abstract 13.2%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #12 Nocturnomaly
88% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SignalMutex
Windows
You're heading home from school. Something feels off. Observe your surroundings carefully to escape the endless street.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.1%, Surreal 11%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #13 Queen Anne's Lace
87% matchPositive82% of 17 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: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Surreal 16.7%, Abstract 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.2%
- #14 GlitchPets
89% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Cool and Normal Entertainment
Windows · Linux
This game is still in development: kind of a puzzle-platform-climb-story-adventure where your cartridge 'pets' glitches out from pet pee. You control a "debug" npc
Why similar: Experimental 17.9% ★, 2.5D 16.7%, Surreal 15.2%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #15 Galleries
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Gate Studios
Windows
The art you choose is a confession. Enter a gallery that feels slightly off, where every painting you admire, and every prompt you answer, shapes the world around you. A short psychological experience where the system learns your patterns and delivers a final judgement.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #16 Luna Anomaly
86% 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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #17 Cherophobia
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Worst Event
Windows · Mac · Linux
You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Experimental 17.9% ★, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.9%
- #18 Speluncaphobia
85% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: rDev
Windows
A retro-inspired short horror game about caving.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Exploration 10%
- #19 ExitApartment
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Joseph
Windows
You awaken in an elevator. Something is terribly wrong with this apartment building. Find the scattered notes, follow the clues, and escape—before it's too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Surreal 15.3%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Exploration 10.5%
- #20 Sorrow Asylum 3
84% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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 22.7%, Surreal 15.1%, Abstract 13.7%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #21 Vapor Strange
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Danelon
Windows
Explore bizarre procedural generated psychedelic worlds, encounter surreal creatures, experience shifting rulesets, retro aesthetics, and altered music for a wild and truly strange experience.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Abstract 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Psychedelic 12%, Surreal 11.5%
- #22 Apparatus: Exanimus
81% 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 26.3%, Surreal 15%, Horror 13.7%, Abstract 13.4%, Exploration 9.3%
- #23 Flesh Water
82% matchVery Positive82% of 905 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 17%
This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Surreal 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%
- #24 words
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahmet Zahit DönmezPub: Ascetic
Windows
A slow-paced, story-driven, first-person game that offers an abstract and surrealistic exploration of a troubled mind in its journey towards acceptance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Abstract 16.2%, Surreal 16%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #25 Melancholia Maze
80% 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 29.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 11.1%, Exploration 11%
- #26 BABBDI
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,913 reviews2022
Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Surreal 20.2%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 12%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #27 Dead Apples Dare
77% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: BoxLoafEnd
Windows
A VHS cassette was found showing someone playing the "Dead Apples Dare". Watch the video to the end to discover what happened. And remember: if offered pie, refuse. This is a short (20-30 minutes) walking simulator with creepy elements.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 11.2%, Exploration 8.7%
- #28 True Nightmare - Diner Loop
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a new FBI agent, you become trapped in a looping anomaly inside a secluded roadside cafe. With every room you explore, the nightmare grows, and something relentlessly follows you. Can you escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #29 World Annihilation Operations Parts I-IV
78% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse Aidyn
Windows
Explore this set of 4 distinct short experimental games and experience impossible worlds filled with audiovisual and narrative contradictions.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Experimental 21% ★, Surreal 14.2%, Abstract 13.1%, Exploration 8%
- #30 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 32.3%, Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #31 Fibrillation HD
79% matchVery Positive89% of 365 reviews2017
Dev: Egor Rezenov
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Surreal 14.9%, Abstract 14.7%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #32 Liminal Explorer
75% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: compact
Windows
Wander through a variety of eerie liminal spaces whilst completing puzzles and discovering secrets. Each level is designed to be explored to its fullest, packed with hidden details and objectives for true Liminal Explorers.
Why similar: Collectathon 34.9%, Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 11%, Exploration 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #33 御祝呪 -oshukuju-
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: TENJO GAMES
Windows
This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 18.4%, Exploration 8.9%, 3D 7.8%
- #34 Testimonium
73% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Andrii SotnykPub: NECRONOMISOFT
Windows
Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Experimental 18.3% ★, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 11.6%
- #35 XYLOMETAZOLINE
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: happygames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the depths of addiction and explore the surreal world of XYLOMETAZOLINE.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Abstract 12.6%, Psychedelic 8.4%
- #36 Spectral Shades: Fragments
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plueschkatze
Windows
Follow Chiharu as she explores an unknown and surreal location, while she tries to figure out what’s going on. -- An exploration-heavy, magical girl themed, eerie adventure game, where two girls fight about poor Chiharu.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #37 The Backrooms: Found Footage
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
Windows
The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.
Why similar: Collectathon 25.8%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Surreal 13.3%, Abstract 11%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #38 Sate
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neon Raven
Windows
As a paranormal investigator, you find yourself taking instruction from a mysterious stranger from a payphone. Chasing the ground breaking coverage to accel your career, you embark to an isolated building in the middle of nowhere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 17%, Surreal 6.8%
- #39 Sasaeng | 사생
71% matchVery Positive83% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 16.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #40 Bad Dream: Purgatory
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Explore a hauntingly surreal landscape filled with unused characters from a cancelled project in Bad Dream: Purgatory. Will you give them purpose, or will they be doomed to suffer?
Why similar: 2.5D 16.4%, Abstract 15.5%, Surreal 14.6%, Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #41 Toska
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Capreo Interactive
Windows
A cozy 2D exploration game. Venture into abandoned buildings, uncover lost secrets, read people's mail, meet interesting characters, and find something nice for your mom.
Why similar: Collectathon 26.5%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #42 CUCCCHI
73% matchVery Positive95% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Julián Palacios GechtmanPub: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
CUCCCHI is a game where you explore beautiful dioramas and go through dangerous and trippy labyrinths, in a journey inside the paintings of Enzo Cucchi.
Why similar: Experimental 17.4% ★, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Abstract 16.2%, Surreal 15.5%, Psychedelic 9%
- #43 Dreamscape Abyss
71% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Studio B71G
Windows
Dreamscape Abyss is a game where you explore the ever-changing and surreal worlds inside of your dreams. Collect items to help you discover even more obscure areas as you delve deeper into your dream world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Surreal 16.3%, Abstract 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #44 Glimpse
70% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Melanzue
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.6%, Surreal 12.1%, Abstract 10.7%
- #45 Harold's Walk
69% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Vincent
Windows · Linux
Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.
Why similar: Collectathon 29.3%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Arcade 13.5%, Exploration 7%, Cute 6.9%
- #46 The Repairing Mantis
71% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Horror 15%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 8.9%
- #47 White Room: Mind’s Prison
69% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Manja Studio
Windows · Linux
White Room: Mind's Prison is a psychological horror game. Choose your own story in the White Room. You have 100 days to survive! Survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #48 American Eristics
70% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows · Linux
Would you believe one of your friends is a killer? Return home in this 2.5D horror story.
Why similar: 2.5D 22.4%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Abstract 11.5%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #49 Museum of Monoliths
70% matchVery Positive92% of 90 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 30%, Surreal 21%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 7.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #50 Don't Be Scared - Episode 1: The Lost Soul
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Cursed amulet
Windows
A psychological horror game based on exploration and Storytelling. Complete your work, play minigames and stay alive. Discover all the secrets of this condominium and why there are few residents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Abstract 12.6%
- #51 Victor's Test Night
68% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: 727 Not HoundPub: 727 Not Hound
Windows
美術品を警備する――対峙するのは強盗でも怪盗でもなく「夜ごと変異する美術品」。ヴィクトルズ・テスト・ナイトと呼ばれる一連の間違い探しプロトコルに参加し、5日間、無限の世界の歩き方を学び続けなければならない。
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Horror 15.9%, Surreal 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%
- #52 Overlook Trail
67% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Longhand Electric
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on Overlook Trail, a mixtape of arcade gameplay, 3D platforming, and peculiar puzzles. Navigate through surreal landscapes with ever-changing challenges.
Why similar: Collectathon 27.7%, Surreal 15%, Abstract 14.9%, Arcade 12.6%, Psychedelic 9.5%
- #53 Ghost Infinite Labyrinth
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: riinwin
Windows
You have wandered into a Japanese labyrinth where ghosts lurk. Escape from this strange space while running away from the ghosts.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Surreal 21.3%, Collectathon 20.1%, Horror 17.5%, Exploration 7.4%
- #54 The Stairwell
66% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Hidden Palace
Windows
You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 20%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #55 Dye The Bunny
68% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Abstract 14%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #56 Unclogged
66% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Brody
Windows
Unclogged is a puzzle horror escape game. Collect items, solve puzzles, unclog the toilet, and hopefully make an escape.
Why similar: Collectathon 32.7%, Walking Simulator 29.2%, Horror 20.2%, Exploration 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #57 The Offering
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Exploration 11.3%
- #58 The Company
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crawler Games
Windows
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 9.5%, Exploration 9.5%