60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, Atmospheric, Psychological Horror, Walking Simulator.
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Dreamcore
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
POOLS
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Underwater 12.2% ★, Nonlinear 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Surreal 9.2%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 10.6%, Underwater 9.1% ★, Nonlinear 8.1%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Underwater 11.5% ★, Surreal 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Surreal 16.7%, Horror 9%, Relaxing 8.8%, Realistic 7.5%
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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 7.8%
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: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 12.5%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.4%
Explore quiet liminal spaces that feel familiar, yet strangely wrong. Walk, climb, and swim through five handcrafted stages, then build worlds of your own in a powerful sandbox. Publish them through LIMSCAPERS, visit other creators’ spaces, and explore together in Multiplay Beta.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Horror 7.6%
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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 8.3%
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Surreal 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 10%, Exploration 6.8%
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 7.8%
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Relaxing 8%
World Alone is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, Relaxing 7.5%
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.3%, First-Person 8%, Realistic 6.8%
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: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Surreal 15.5%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9%, Investigation 9%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Surreal 10.6%, First-Person 8.8%
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Exploration 16.5%, First-Person 13.1%, 3D 8.4%, Simulation 6.9%
Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Realistic 7.9%
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Surreal 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Horror 6.7%
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.5%, Surreal 23.5%, Relaxing 10.8%, First-Person 7.6%, Minimalist 5.8%
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Nonlinear 11%, Surreal 9.6%, Exploration 6.4%
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 28.8%, Surreal 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Exploration 7.4%, First-Person 7.1%
a small dream explorer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Surreal 20.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 6%
Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Exploration 18.4%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Surreal 12.6%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Surreal 15.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Relaxing 7.9%, Realistic 7.1%
Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Horror 6.3%
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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 8.8%, First-Person 7.9%
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Surreal 21.7%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Relaxing 7.1%
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Minimalist 11.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Surreal 9.6%, Nonlinear 9%, First-Person 7.8%
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 7.7%
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.5%, Surreal 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, 3D 6.8%, Realistic 6.3%
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 24%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 11.8%, First-Person 8.1%
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.7%, First-Person 19.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Indie 3%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Realistic 9.4%
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 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Surreal 15.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Horror 7.3%
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Surreal 28.1%, Exploration 19%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Walking Simulator 8.3%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Horror 21.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Surreal 6.7%
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Exploration 9.5%, Horror 8.5%
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Realistic 6.9%
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.8%
A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 67%, Simulation 12%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 4%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Surreal 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 9.2%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Surreal 20%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 8.8%
DMT: Dream Dealer is a walking simulator that guides you trough a trip between worlds. You'll never know if what you see is real, or if you are in a trance. A game made to delight your sensory system, inspired by titles like The Stanley Parable, Dear Esther, Gone Home...
Why similar: First-Person 24.1%, Horror 21.9%, Relaxing 17.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Adventure 12.8%
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Surreal 14.8%, Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Surreal 20.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9%
[Bober Bros] The Hole is a first-person horror game that explores the cracks in domestic life. Your neighbor’s drilling starts the nightmare, but the holes reveal dark secrets far deeper than any wall could hide. No cheap scares, only disturbing reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18%, Surreal 14%, Horror 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%
There's Nothing Down There is a short undersea horror exploration game. Descend into a sinkhole at the bottom of the ocean and discover the remains of a lost, yet not dead, civilization.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Underwater 14.1% ★, Horror 13%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 11.5%
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Realistic 8.2%
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Surreal 9%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Exploration 18.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 7.1%, Surreal 6.2%
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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Realistic 8.7%
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 11.3%, Realistic 9.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%
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 23%, Psychological Horror 18%, Surreal 13%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 10.5%
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Exploration 16.1%, First-Person 13.4%, Relaxing 7.6%, Atmospheric 7%
Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Psychological Horror 20%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Horror 10.8%
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Horror 10.2%, 3D 7.5%
