- #1 Paratopic
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Horror 13.7%, Retro 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Walking Simulator 10%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same low-poly, surreal, and fragmented narrative style that makes Eclipsium feel like a fever dream.
- #2 The Fridge is Red
96% 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 15.2%, Surreal 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 8%
Why You'll Like It: This episodic psychological horror game shares the same unsettling, surreal atmosphere and experimental design.
- #3 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Surreal 21.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Retro 9.8%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dreamlike, exploration-heavy experience that mirrors the psychedelic and surreal landscapes of the seed game.
- #4 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
95% matchVery Positive87% of 2,429 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.2%, Surreal 9.6%, Horror 9.3%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a slow-burn, atmospheric horror experience that relies on isolation and psychological tension.
- #5 Who's Lila?
94% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Surreal 29.9%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title utilizes unique pixel-art aesthetics and psychological depth to create a deeply unsettling, surreal experience.
- #6 Mundaun
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,446 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden FieldsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Surreal 12%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Mystery 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its hand-penciled art style and surreal, folk-horror atmosphere provide a similarly unique and stylized visual experience.
- #7 Iron Lung
93% matchVery Positive92% of 10,709 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at creating an intense, claustrophobic atmosphere through minimalist, exploration-based gameplay.
- #8 POOLS
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 27%, Surreal 20%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on liminal, surreal spaces that prioritize atmosphere and exploration over traditional mechanics.
- #9 Necrophosis
91% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Surreal 16.5%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features surreal, post-apocalyptic environments that emphasize the same sense of dread and exploration found in Eclipsium.
- #10 JANITOR BLEEDS
91% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Silent Protagonist 35.9% ★, Surreal 10.5%, Thriller 10%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Mystery 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It blends exploration and puzzle elements with a retro-horror aesthetic that feels both nostalgic and deeply unsettling.
- #11 Lost in Vivo
90% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Surreal 15.4%, Horror 13%, Retro 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into psychological horror and surreal, claustrophobic environments that feel deeply personal and disturbing.
- #12 The Nameless City
89% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Paradnight Studio
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a focused, atmospheric walking-simulator experience rooted in psychological horror and surreal discovery.
- #13 Dread Delusion
88% matchVery Positive90% of 5,040 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Exploration 24.3%, First-Person 22.8%, Stylized 22%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Adventure 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: The retro-aesthetic and surreal, otherworldly world-building align perfectly with the exploration-focused nature of Eclipsium.
- #14 Afterdream
89% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
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 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 14%, Horror 11%, Thriller 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal 2D adventure that explores the boundaries between dreams and reality through atmospheric, puzzle-driven gameplay.
- #15 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,269 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.5%, Horror 24.3%, Retro 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Surreal 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense psychological experience that prioritizes surreal narrative and a distinct, stylized visual identity.
- #16 Chasing Static
86% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Horror 10%, Dark 9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a narrative-driven walking simulator experience that uses atmosphere and sound to build psychological tension.
- #17 Museum of Monoliths
86% matchVery Positive92% of 95 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 19.8%, Surreal 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 10.4%, Lovecraftian 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, sci-fi walking simulator that prioritizes atmosphere and the exploration of strange, monolithic spaces.
- #18 CoRoT
85% matchMixed67% of 55 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 18.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Thriller 13.1%, Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric puzzle-horror game that emphasizes the feeling of isolation in a strange, shifting environment.
- #19 Luto
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Thriller 15.5%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and the feeling of being trapped in a shifting, surreal home.
- #20 RESTORER
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.2%, Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Thriller 12%, Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the psychedelic and psychological aspects of horror, offering a disorienting, exploration-heavy experience.
- #21 Chorus of Carcosa
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Lovecraftian 16.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, atmospheric walking-simulator experience that focuses on psychological dread and surreal environments.
- #22 WORLD OF HORROR
81% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Mystery 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its pixel-art style and cosmic, surreal horror themes make it a perfect companion for fans of stylized psychological dread.
- #23 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
82% 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 16.3%, Surreal 14%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines puzzle elements with psychological horror to create a surreal, dream-like exploration experience.
- #24 THRESHOLD
81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,261 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Surreal 12.9%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on creating a dark, atmospheric environment that keeps the player in a state of constant psychological unease.
- #25 NIGHTSLINK
82% 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 19.7%, Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.8%, Stylized 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D walking simulator that uses its environment to tell a psychological horror story through exploration.
- #26 Seybul Tech
80% matchVery Positive91% of 135 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 21.8%, Surreal 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, surreal experience that fits well within the niche of indie psychological horror walking simulators.
- #27 Dead Take
78% matchVery Positive88% of 807 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: FMV 26.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.4%, Surreal 7.2%
- #28 Liminal City
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
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 21%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Thriller 15.7%, Mystery 8.8%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of navigating surreal, empty spaces, which is a core component of the Eclipsium experience.
- #29 Effugium
79% 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 32.1%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror experience that relies on atmosphere and exploration to build a sense of dread.
- #30 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
77% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 8.1%
- #31 Obscula
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Surreal 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, exploration-heavy psychological horror game that focuses on building tension through its unsettling environment.
- #32 Delirium
76% matchVery Positive88% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 9.5%, Mystery 8.6%
- #33 The Elision Effect
76% matchVery Positive94% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: teamakes.games
Windows · Linux
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
Why similar: Surreal 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychedelic 15%, Retro 8.1%, Stylized 6.6%
- #34 Our Elusive Suffering
77% matchMixed66% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: 👁️Pub: ⚰️
Windows
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Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Surreal 20.3%, Horror 12%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #35 HYPNOS
73% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Surreal 16%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #36 ROUTINE
71% matchVery Positive92% of 7,023 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 17.5%, Thriller 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 9.2%
- #37 Dark Fracture: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,364 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.8%
- #38 Whispering Fog
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Snow Games
Windows
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Surreal 15.6%, Thriller 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 11%
- #39 Escape from Mutation Station
73% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Jay Marksman
Windows
A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Silent Protagonist 40.3% ★, Surreal 14.7%, Walking Simulator 9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 8.3%
- #40 Liminalcore
72% matchVery Positive83% of 688 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 28%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Surreal 16.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #41 The Land of Pain
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 754 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.1%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Surreal 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Mystery 8.5%
- #42 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
74% matchMixed59% of 176 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Surreal 12.5%, Thriller 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #43 Dreamcore
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,683 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience liminal spaces 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 19.5%, Surreal 19%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
- #44 Subliminal
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,177 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Thriller 20.4%, Surreal 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 12%, Horror 10.1%
- #45 Rise of Insanity
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12%, Horror 11.3%
- #46 My Sleeping Girlfriend
69% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Dog Games
Windows
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 11.1%, Retro 8%
- #47 Insight
71% matchVery Positive87% of 68 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: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Thriller 18%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9%
- #48 Hollow Cocoon
70% matchVery Positive93% of 899 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
Why similar: Thriller 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #49 CINERIS SOMNIA
71% matchVery Positive90% of 894 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Dark 9.1%
- #50 Mouthwashing
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,697 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Surreal 13%, Thriller 11.4%, Horror 9.4%
- #51 Decarnation
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,071 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Lovecraftian 17.9%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #52 The Moon Sliver
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,158 reviews2014
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 8%
- #53 One-Eyed Likho
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,155 reviews2025
Dev: Morteshka
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.6%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Thriller 13.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #54 Restless Dreams
66% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 14.4%, Retro 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.8%
- #55 Yume Nikki
68% matchVery Positive94% of 10,100 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Silent Protagonist 34.1% ★, Surreal 14.7%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 6.4%
- #56 Clink
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Walking Simulator 20%, Thriller 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Dark 7%
- #57 The Light Remake
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,503 reviews2020
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
There is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.
Why similar: FMV 25.6% ★, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychedelic 15%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #58 Dreamless
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 11.6%
- #59 Marginalia
69% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Connor Sherlock
Windows
Marginalia is a first-person horror game that transports you to Kestlebrook, a secluded valley where history becomes enmeshed with a strange present. Weeks ago Eric left. Days ago you got a letter telling you to come to him. Now you're here, but precisely where is here? And better yet, when?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 7.3%
- #60 Strobophagia | Rave Horror
68% matchVery Positive82% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
An occult forest rave ⸸ Strange rituals ⸸ Enigmatic organisers ⸸ An ancient evil ⸸ Pure Psychedelic Horror
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Thriller 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8.2%