- #1 BABBDI
96% 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: Surreal 22.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in surreal, first-person exploration that rewards curiosity in a desolate and bizarre environment.
- #2 Paratopic
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 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 24.9%, Retro 18.1%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the same low-poly, surreal, and unsettling atmosphere found in Fatum Betula.
- #3 Dread Delusion
96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 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: Open World 32.6%, Adventure 30.4%, First-Person 25.3%, Exploration 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world RPG shares the retro aesthetic and focuses on player choices that significantly alter the fate of its strange, decaying world.
- #4 Interior Worlds
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 562 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Retro 18.9%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Casual 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the liminal, unsettling nature of mundane spaces, echoing the surreal exploration found in the seed game.
- #5 Lunacid
94% matchVery Positive91% of 10,657 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Why similar: Retro 33.9%, First-Person 23%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Horror 12.2%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its retro-inspired dungeon crawling and heavy emphasis on atmospheric, cryptic world-building mirror the mysterious nature of the plant-watering quest.
- #6 Dreamcore
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,505 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 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: Surreal 24.7%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the liminal, dreamlike exploration of surreal environments, mirroring the wandering nature of Fatum Betula.
- #7 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
93% matchVery Positive87% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Retro 14.9%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 14.3%, Indie 12.1%, Adventure 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a strong sense of isolation and atmospheric dread within a confined, retro-styled environment.
- #8 Mundaun
92% matchVery Positive93% of 1,419 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: Surreal 21.7%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: The hand-penciled art style and eerie, folk-horror atmosphere create a similarly grounded yet deeply surreal experience.
- #9 Within the Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
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 24.3%, Retro 21.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Open World 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the retro, surreal, and exploration-heavy nature of navigating a world that feels disconnected from reality.
- #10 Eclipsium
90% matchVery Positive92% of 2,740 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Surreal 22.2%, Retro 16.9%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on surreal, psychological horror and silent, first-person exploration makes it a strong thematic companion.
- #11 Lost in Vivo
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 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: Retro 19.1%, Surreal 18.6%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at psychological horror and claustrophobic, retro-inspired exploration that feels deeply personal and strange.
- #12 Cruelty Squad
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 49.8%, Psychological Horror 19%, Retro 17.9%, First-Person 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its intentionally jarring aesthetic and surreal, grotesque world-building align with the unsettling vibe of Fatum Betula.
- #13 THRESHOLD
89% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Surreal 19.2%, Retro 14.8%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric walking simulator that leans heavily into psychological horror and unsettling environmental design.
- #14 Northern Journey
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,514 reviews2021
Dev: Slid Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!
Why similar: Retro 31.5%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A bizarre, first-person adventure that prioritizes a unique, dreamlike atmosphere and strange encounters over traditional gameplay loops.
- #15 OK/NORMAL
87% matchVery Positive81% of 602 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!
Why similar: Surreal 25.3%, Retro 22.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly experimental and surreal title that prioritizes atmosphere and bizarre interactions over standard mechanics.
- #16 Luto
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, psychological horror game that explores themes of loss and entrapment through a surreal, first-person lens.
- #17 Effugium
86% 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: Horror 19.8%, Atmospheric 19.6%, First-Person 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a focused, atmospheric, and eerie exploration experience that feels very much in line with the seed game's tone.
- #18 Rooten
86% matchVery Positive81% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Amortiz Games
Windows
There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.
Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Surreal 17.1%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Indie 14.4%, Walking Simulator 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie horror experience that emphasizes atmosphere and the feeling of being trapped in a strange, decaying place.
- #19 the static speaks my name
85% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 19.6%, Indie 15.2%, Adventure 11.5%, First-Person 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A short, deeply surreal, and psychological experience that focuses on the mundane turning into the horrific.
- #20 Water Delivery
84% 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: Surreal 22.5%, Horror 14.9%, Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends mundane tasks with psychological horror and mystery, creating a similar sense of unease in a first-person perspective.
- #21 Hollow Cocoon
82% matchVery Positive92% of 886 reviews2023
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"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: Surreal 16.7%, Horror 13.3%, Retro 13%, Adventure 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that balances adventure and exploration with a dark, oppressive atmosphere.
- #22 Mango
83% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Adventure 11%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, surreal adventure that prioritizes a unique visual identity and first-person exploration.
- #23 Iron Lung
81% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Horror 20.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Indie 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense experience that relies on atmospheric dread and a claustrophobic, retro-tech aesthetic to tell its story.
- #24 The Cursed Forest
82% matchVery Positive89% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Surreal 27.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on nature-based exploration and atmospheric, slow-burn horror aligns well with the exploration of the seed game.
- #25 Home_0
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Retro 16.8%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its blend of hidden-object mechanics and surreal, psychological horror creates a similarly strange and introspective experience.
- #26 A Lonely Cabin Trip
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Surreal 22.4%, Horror 14.9%, Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 13%, Atmospheric 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a retro-horror aesthetic to build tension and atmosphere in a secluded, mysterious setting.
- #27 White Room Protocol
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, First-Person 12%
Why You'll Like It: A single-player, atmospheric horror experience that focuses on the psychological toll of its surreal, confined setting.
- #28 Finnish Cottage 8
78% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 15.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy, psychological horror game that uses a first-person perspective to build a sense of unease.
- #29 PAGER
78% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Surreal 23.8%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the retro, psychological horror genre, emphasizing exploration and a sense of impending dread.
- #30 Forgot
76% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 17.1%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Casual 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12%
- #31 Verde Station
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 346 reviews2014
Dev: Duelboot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude.
Why similar: Adventure 35.2%, Casual 27%, Indie 26.4%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi, indie walking simulator that focuses on isolation and the psychological impact of a strange environment.
- #32 Anomaly Loop
77% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Adventure 34.6%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #33 Eternal Afternoon
74% matchVery Positive98% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.
Why similar: Surreal 25.3%, Retro 20.3%, Open World 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%
- #34 Project Liminal 2
75% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, First-Person 13.5%, Puzzle 13%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Indie 8.1%
- #35 One-Eyed Likho
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,090 reviews2025
Dev: Morteshka
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 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: Horror 18.8%, Adventure 18%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.6%
- #36 Trapped
77% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Adventure 24.3%, Indie 20.1%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #37 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: Surreal 25.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.8%, Indie 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.5%
- #38 Devious Path
74% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: AAD Games
Windows
You are trapped in an endless astral world. Keep a close eye on your surroundings to get out of the astral world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.4%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Casual 9.9%, Indie 9.3%
- #39 There Exists Nobody
72% matchVery Positive93% of 865 reviews2024
Dev: HeavyLight Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.
Why similar: Surreal 22.3%, Adventure 16%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
- #40 The Backrooms
76% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Casual 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Indie 12%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #41 Museum of Monoliths
71% 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: Surreal 27.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10%, Indie 8.9%
- #42 Fortuito: Lost History
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: Retro 21.7%, Adventure 20.5%, Surreal 19.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Horror 9.5%
- #43 Liminal Universe
71% matchMixed60% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Gvn Games
Windows
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: Surreal 25.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 13%, First-Person 11.8%, Adventure 10.5%
- #44 Care
70% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Atmospheric 23%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 11.7%
- #45 Liminalcore
69% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Surreal 24.7%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Walking Simulator 13.9%
- #46 The Heilwald Loophole
70% matchVery Positive97% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...
Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 14.2%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 11%
- #47 Door
73% matchMixed65% of 161 reviews2018
Dev: SVGames
Windows
You will have to face hundreds of different doors, and decide which one you should go to in order to get to the main secret. You have to open the doors in many locations of this world, each of which is dedicated to its type of doors.
Why similar: Adventure 22.6%, Indie 18.2%, Surreal 16.9%, Open World 10.3%, First-Person 8.2%
- #48 Only If
72% matchMixed62% of 5,958 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Adventure 17.4%, Horror 15.8%, Surreal 15.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Indie 10.5%
- #49 NIGHTSLINK
70% 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: Surreal 26.1%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, First-Person 12.1%, Walking Simulator 9.8%
- #50 Everloop
68% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #51 Enter The Backrooms
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Adventure 17%, Surreal 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 16.1%, Casual 14%
- #52 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
68% matchVery Positive81% of 1,175 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Surreal 23%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 11%
- #53 StrangeDream
67% matchVery Positive82% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 草地w
Windows
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: Surreal 24.8%, Retro 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, First-Person 8.8%
- #54 Liminal Exit
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
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: Surreal 23.6%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.6%
- #55 BETON BRUTAL
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,272 reviews2023
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Climb a massive overgrown concrete tower while constantly at risk of falling and losing precious progress. BETON BRUTAL offers a fluid and responsive first person parkour experience through tranquil brutalist architecture.
Why similar: Atmospheric 25.9%, Casual 21.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Indie 12.4%, Horror 11.8%
- #56 DREAM LOGIC
67% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
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: Adventure 16.2%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Indie 9.6%
- #57 Shift 87
67% matchVery Positive88% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Adventure 16.7%, First-Person 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13%, Horror 12%
- #58 False Mall
66% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Surreal 34.9%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #59 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,249 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Surreal 25%, Horror 14.1%, Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 11.1%
- #60 LIMINAL SHIFT
66% matchVery Positive82% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
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: Surreal 20.2%, Adventure 16.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 10%