Games Like Exit Dream

Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 10.4%, Surreal 10.3%, Mystery 8.3%

You're playing a platformer on an old CRT TV. At first, it's just a game. Then what happens on-screen no longer stays on-screen. You can't get up. You can't leave the room. All you can do is keep playing.

Why similar: Experimental 16.3% ★, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Surreal 10.6%, Horror 9.4%

Las 5 Celdas is a short first-person psychological horror experience. Explore five impossible cells, each based on a different human fear, and face disturbing situations where there may be no perfect answer.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 8.3%, Psychological 8%

Trapped within shifting liminal spaces, you must rely on keen observation to survive. Inspect your surroundings, detect subtle anomalies, and make the right elevator decisions to break the loop and escape.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 12.1%, Surreal 9.7%, Puzzle 7.9%

A short psychological horror experience that asks one question: are you paying attention, or just doing what you were trained to?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Surreal 10.7%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological 8.7%

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 8.9%, Dark 8.8%

Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story. Explore 3 levels, find 100+ anomalies, and manage your sanity — mistakes warp reality. Uncover the truth of Project 404!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8%

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.2%, Mystery 8.5%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 19.9% ★, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Emotional 8.2%, Mystery 8.2%

A Psychological Horror Backrooms Found Footage Game

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological 12.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Surreal 7.8%

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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Surreal 13.2%, Experimental 8.3% ★, First-Person 8%

Before the Backrooms ... before analog horror ... there were the tapes

Why similar: Experimental 19.2% ★, Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 9.8%

The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 9.8%, Horror 8.8%, Psychological 7.9%

Parasomnia Verum is an atmospheric horror game about a recurring dream.

Why similar: Surreal 19.3%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Psychological 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%

You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological 9.9%

"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 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 12.1%, Emotional 11.8%, Surreal 10%

A short horror observation thriller. Can you tell what's real and what isn't? You stole intel from your company. Now you wake up in a hospital every day with two choices: take your medication if something looks wrong, or hit the call button if you're sure the room is safe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Psychological 9.8%

Dive into Yuha's nightmares. Bear witness to a glitch apocalypse. Explore the hidden layers of a 3D-dreamscape. Piece together her memories and fears. Experience a true haunting with vanishing staircases, lost voices and time that keeps running out.

Why similar: Experimental 16.6% ★, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

Explore surreal, fractured spaces, collect symbolic objects, and piece together a story of disappearance in a first-person psychological horror game. Episode 1 of a planned trilogy, solo-developed in Unreal Engine 5.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 15.1%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological 8.2%

Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Surreal 8.5%, First-Person 7.9%

Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Surreal 12.2%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological 10.3%

The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.5%, Surreal 10.2%, Dark 7.6%

"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Surreal 12%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 7.8%

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Surreal 12.9%, Psychological 10.3%, Horror 9.9%

A first-person horror observation game where you must spot the anomaly to escape. Every platform is randomised, with over 30 anomalies waiting. Every death adds another name to the toll. How many will you sacrifice before you reach Platform 13?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.2%, Psychological 9.8%

The corridor looks the same every time. But does it really? Maybe something has changed. Observe your surroundings carefully.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological 7.7%

You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Dark 7.6%

Descend the infinite office staircase. The Darkness follows you. Squeeze the rubber duck to not be afraid. And never look back. Psychological horror in a dreamcore aesthetic

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Horror 11.3%, Surreal 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Emotional 9.5%

Investigate the case. Understand the Noise. Find the truth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 13%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Puzzle 8.6%

Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Surreal 12%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 7.9%

Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Horror 11.7%

You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological 8.7%, First-Person 8.2%

In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 13.4%, Surreal 11.4%, Psychological 7.6%

You play as jaded police officer Mark Langford in this first-person psychological horror game. An investigation into the case of a missing child draws you to an old apartment complex, uncovering horrors and trauma that refuse to stay buried.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological 10.4%, Horror 9.7%

An emotional walking simulator / find it game that reveals a dark story following the strained relationship of two brothers.

Why similar: Experimental 13.9% ★, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 9.3%

Explore an ever-changing mansion where hauntingly beautiful melodies become a symphony of nightmares. Uncover the tragic past of a tortured soul and decide its fate.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14%, Horror 10.5%, Emotional 9.6%, Psychological 8.4%

The rules do not lie. The guests who obeyed them are still in the ledger, and nowhere else. An inn on the border of the afterlife; each night, another rule. Lower your eyes, cover your ears, judge what slips in. Some nights, what comes wears the name of a thing the rules describe. Obey, or doubt.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 11.9%, Surreal 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%, Psychological 9.1%

You were sent to inspect a collapsed mining site in an abandoned town. What you find leads you deep underground into darkness, and things that should not move. Hide. Listen. Die Gracefully.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Surreal 8.9%

A first-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, emotional tension, and exploration. Solve symbolic puzzles, run through eerie spaces, and uncover hidden meanings in a short, haunting journey

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Psychological 10.3%, Puzzle 8.9%

A first-person psychological horror game set in a childhood home. Explore, uncover four days of missing memory, and survive something that has been listening since you arrived.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 12.2%, Emotional 9.8%, Psychological 8.5%

A psychological horror game where a stepfather is left alone with a disturbing child. Explore a quiet house, face growing nightmares, and piece together the truth behind the boy’s behavior.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 9.3%, Mystery 8.4%

A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Horror 12.3%, Surreal 12%, First-Person 8.1%

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 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Surreal 15.3%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.5%

You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 12%, First-Person 7.9%

You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 8.3%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Surreal 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 9.6%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.7%, Mystery 8.8%

You wake up. Everything seems normal. Click. Is something wrong? One anomaly. One chance. One mistake, and it all begins again. A horror experience woven from paranoia, where your attention to detail is the only thing that can save you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 12%, Surreal 10.5%, Puzzle 6.8%

A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Surreal 16.6%, Horror 12%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, First-Person 9.4%

Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 12%, Emotional 10.9%, Dark 10%, Mystery 9%

Exploration. Silence. Echoes. Wander a shifting pyramid where rooms change and reality bends. No monsters, just atmosphere, isolation, and subtle unease. Uncanny, immersive, and unsettling. Solve light environmental puzzles across 8 levels. Experience the pyramid alone - empty, yet somehow present.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Surreal 15.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 7%

You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 13.2%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological 8.1%

Enter the minds of people who never let anyone win. Break their defenses, expose protected truths, and decide which memories the Source is allowed to keep in this sci-fi psychological horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Surreal 10%, First-Person 9.1%

Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Surreal 13%, Emotional 11.2%, Psychological 8.3%, First-Person 7.7%

An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 14.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Dark 8.7%

An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 11.1%, Emotional 11%, Psychological 8.4%

Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.9%

Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Surreal 11.7%, Dark 11%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.

Why similar: Experimental 17.9% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, Surreal 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological 8.8%