- #1 Caution Ahead: Part 3
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ionic Relay
Windows
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer, reaches the final destination of his journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Adventure 16.1%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #2 SHADOW PUPPET
96% match9 user reviews100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: ADHDev
Windows
A short horror game about wandering through vaguely familiar memories while something endlessly follows you. It moves when you do, and you need to get out before it catches up.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Exploration 16.1%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.7%
- #3 Slender Island
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ponetti
Windows
Slender Island is a first-person survival horror game where you find yourself on an abandoned island with a goal of stealing all the treasures hidden in its dungeons. However, Slender Mouse and other monsters won't give them up without a fight.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Exploration 13.1%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #4 Frostbite
95% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Jacob Allen
Windows
You are being hunted by the Yeti. You must survive the cold of a dark, winter forest and keep the Yeti at bay by gathering wood to keep your fire from dying out.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.1%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Horror 10.6%, Adventure 10%
- #5 Basement
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RealStorm
Windows
You’ve just moved into your new home. The neighbors are quiet. But the basement... isn’t empty. Uncover the tragic truth behind the house’s previous owners in this story-driven psychological horror experience. Explore, and survive the lingering presence of a soul trapped in darkness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.8%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #6 SEWERCIDE
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: kyezdev
Windows
Trapped in a bunker connected to an old sewer, you must survive a few days before the creature lurking below finds you. Explore dark tunnels, gather key items, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover what happened underground before “it” finally devours you.
Why similar: Adventure 19.4%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #7 Geisterbahnhof
93% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Lapse In Time
Windows
Geisterbahnhof promises to deliver a chilling adventure, where every step into the unknown could be your last. Are you brave enough to face the darkness?
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.7%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Horror 10.7%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Atmospheric 9%
- #8 Last Sighting
92% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ArachnisGames
Windows
Wake up to the sound of your neighbors dog outside. Take your trusty lantern and escort him home. With night looming. Use your lantern to guide you on your way. With something lurking in the night and your car broken down you'll have to find a way to defend yourself as you make your way to safety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Exploration 19.1%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%
- #9 Blasfemia
91% matchVery Positive91% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #10 Possession
91% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Taleon
Windows
The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #11 Unmixable Syrup
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: asobinukuPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.3%, Exploration 19.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 13.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #12 Dreamables
90% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: TimeSavingGames
Windows
Welcome to Dreamables! The maze for the chosen ones by the dreams. Can you make it out with the help of your lantern?
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.6%, Exploration 19.4%, Horror 16.3%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 5.3%
- #13 Hallway Shot
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: EtheweirdoPub: UNDEAD WRLD
Windows
Hallway Shot is a condensed survival horror about a looping hallway
Why similar: Survival Horror 37.2%, Walking Simulator 24%, Horror 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #14 Diving into abyss
87% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Springbok
Windows
Diving into Abyss is a cave diving horror game with Photorealistic graphics. It's not just a diving simulation. It's a deep-sea survival horror that needs to survive suffocating closure fears and unidentified beings.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36%, Horror 13.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Exploration 7.6%
- #15 GhostlyRyokan
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #16 TO:RI
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Farfama
Windows
TO:RI is an atmospheric first-person experience set on an abandoned island. Explore a train station that holds dreams and memories of isolated existence. Journey through an ethereal story about the essence of being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Exploration 22.6%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Adventure 12.4%, First-Person 10.2%
- #17 Wally The Seal 2
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Gun Cat Games
Windows
Wally The Seal is back! And this time he's not alone. Armed with the new Salmon Radar, explore all new maps with new items to find and collect. Can you survive the combined might of Wally and his partner Mrs. Wally?
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.7%, Exploration 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #18 Turn Off the Lights
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thinking of Z
Windows
In this first person experience, you are returning home after a long day of work. Turn off all of the lights on each floor of the office before you depart. Use the elevator to travel between floors, and be on the lookout for any unusual behavior from your coworkers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Survival Horror 22%, Adventure 18.9%, Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.6%
- #19 Zereoton Hauntings 3
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Zereoton Hauntings 3 is a 2D survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Mateo who loves to investigate the various haunted locations in the US.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.4%, Walking Simulator 26.3%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Horror 6.8%
- #20 The Sin of Ritter
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ritter
Windows
The Sin of Ritter is a first-person horror game where the pursuit of justice becomes a journey through guilt, obsession, and consequences. Explore dark and disturbing environments, survive the horrors that await you, and uncover the truth behind the murder of your wife.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #21 Mei Paranormies
82% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Mei Paranormies is a 2D top-down survival horror game where you play as Mei, the paranormal investigator, who got a call from the owner of a haunted restaurant to check it out for proof of the paranormal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.8%, Walking Simulator 26.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Horror 10.7%
- #22 BATYA
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: R's Horrors
Windows
A game about escaping a nightmare. You stumble through the narrow corridors of garage complex as the distant footsteps is heard. Batya is getting closer.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 10%, Atmospheric 9%
- #23 Zereoton Hauntings 2
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Zereoton Hauntings 2 is a 2D survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Mateo who loves to investigate the various haunted locations in the US.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.9%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #24 After the Flood
81% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: AlexXIIs
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey into the heart of a desolate town trapped in the clutches of an ancient curse. "After the Flood" is a single-player horror game that combines atmospheric exploration, immersive storytelling, and heart-pounding survival elements.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #25 The Hallowed Echo
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SomeTimesAtNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cooperative survival horror. Four friends find themselves in a forest where an ancient ritual has awakened something terrifying. Your goal is to destroy the root of evil by burning a cursed tree and survive until morning. Explore, hunt, hide. Alone is scary. Together is even worse.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Exploration 13.9%, First-Person 8%
- #26 The Haunted Spot 2
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
The Haunted Spot 2 is a 2D top-down survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Jack who arrived at a century-old abandoned haunted house to experience the paranormal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.9%, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Exploration 14%, Adventure 10.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #27 ひとりだるま | HITORI DARUMA Alone Rite
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
A protagonist attempts to play "Daruma-san ga Koronda" (Red Light, Green Light) entirely alone. Driven by a ritual found online, they gather the necessary items and begin the ceremony. However, eerie phenomena begin to occur one after another.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.4%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Horror 13.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #28 The Maid
78% matchVery Positive80% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Exploration 14.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Horror 9.1%
- #29 obakeyashiki
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Exploration 19.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9.1%
- #30 Expedition RAVN-3
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: It's My First Day Studios
Windows
Explore a punishing abandoned mine in search of your missing brother. Establish camp, manage supplies and survive as you desperately search to discover a cure for the corruption that gnaws at you in the darkness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.9%, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Horror 8.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #31 My Day Challenge
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Exploration 18.7%, Horror 16%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 11.3%
- #32 HAIGLA
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: THOs Dev
Windows
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.8%, First-Person 8%
- #33 At the Summit of Mount Rojerya
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Selçuk Çetiner
Windows
Survive a deadly descent from a mountain peak. One wrong step ends it all. Be slow, focused, and patient caution is your only ally in this unforgiving journey. There’s no map, no help just you, your instincts, and the will to make it out alive. One mistake, and it’s all over.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Adventure 23.3%, Exploration 18.5%, Atmospheric 16.4%, 3D 5.7%
- #34 Lantern of Remembrance
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Exploration 18.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.5%
- #35 Strange Midnight
77% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Red Forest Games
Windows
The plot of the game will tell about the adventures of Alice, about her feelings for her grandfather.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Adventure 19%, Exploration 17.2%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%
- #36 The Dangers of Liminality
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Toucan't GamesPub: Divergent Studios
Windows
A first person survival horror game set in The Backrooms. Explore and survive in this liminal expanse of many levels while maintaining your sanity, with realistic yet distinct graphics. You may attempt to run or fight, but how far will that really get you?
Why similar: Exploration 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, First-Person 9.9%
- #37 Zereoton Hauntings
74% match3 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Zereoton Hauntings is a 2D top-down survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Mateo who loves to investigate the various haunted locations in the US.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Survival Horror 24.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 13.7%, Horror 11.7%
- #38 NineHells
73% matchMixed42% of 434 reviews2024
Dev: caffeineline
Windows
NineHells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the Ninehells is going on!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #39 ENTRY_13
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Giacomo TagliaventiPub: JCUT STUDIO
Windows
ENTRY_13 is a psychological horror experience inspired by Backrooms lore. Explore its meta, multi-layered narrative, and its procedural, ever-changing maps. Track your way in, find your way out. Survive the encounters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Adventure 8%
- #40 Ashentia Hauntings 2
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Ashentia Hauntings 2 is a 2D top-down survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Noah, who decided to investigate the various haunted locations of Ashentia, a place that is surrounded by hills and forests.
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.3%, Walking Simulator 26.6%, Exploration 15%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 8%
- #41 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Exploration 17.6%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 10%
- #42 Eggscape
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jantrelle
Windows
You’re a chicken escaping the slaughter line. Find your stolen chicks and free your fellow chickens as you fight through the factory, and survive the hunt from workers and failed lab creations.
Why similar: Survival Horror 39%, Walking Simulator 20%, Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Exploration 8.5%
- #43 The Wheelchair Man
68% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Deformed Studios
Windows
Steal $5,000 from an abandoned apartment complex while avoiding a demented man.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Horror 10.4%
- #44 -
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.6%, Exploration 23.8%, Adventure 16.5%, Horror 12.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #45 Clara Wraiths 2
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Clara Wraiths 2 is a 2D top-down survival horror game based on the story of a psychic, called Clara, who investigates the various haunted locations in the US in order to help out the spirits to move on or find peace.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.5%, Walking Simulator 26.1%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #46 DOORS : Haunted Tales of Lantern House
70% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
This game is about reliving mysterious tales surrounding the haunted location, 'Lantern House.'
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.4%, Exploration 20.2%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Adventure 11.4%, 3D 5.6%
- #47 Sogo Vego
73% matchMixed57% of 42 reviews2020
Dev: IL YA
Windows
A short indie horror game about waking up in a nightmare, and having only stealth and wit on your side to survive. Don’t get caught...
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.5%, Walking Simulator 27%, Adventure 10.7%, Horror 10.1%, First-Person 9.3%
- #48 Emi's Solo Ghost Hunting 2
69% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Emi's Solo Ghost Hunting 2 is a 2D survival horror game based on the story of a solo paranormal investigator called Emi, who got a call from a client in order to investigate a haunted property called The Cold House, located just beside a cemetery in California, for proof of the paranormal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.9%, Walking Simulator 25.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 10.5%
- #49 THE_ABYSS_HAS_WALLS
72% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: James Madsen Digital Enterprises
Windows
THE_ABYSS_HAS_WALLS takes you into Ad Infinitum (also known as "The Backrooms") like never seen before. Review footage. Document fate.
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.1%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #50 The Kult
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NOT APPLICABLE
Windows
A missing friend. Her last known location on your phone. A fence you probably shouldn’t cross. Enter the eerie woods, uncover her story, and face the kult that waits in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #51 Swarm Horror
69% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: gentome
Windows
Swarm Horror is a survival horror game in which the player must progress while defeating insects. The goal of the game is to escape from the feeding ground of the insects you have wandered into. The insects call their friends to feed on you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.7%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, First-Person 9.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #52 Friends for Strawberry
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KC Amber
Windows
A filthy, horrific nightmare at sea, haunted by people and things cast away. Friends for Strawberry is a story-driven horror FPS where you are trapped on an island of garbage, held captive by the cannibal castaways dwelling there, and... something in the trash, that won't let anyone or anything go.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #53 Night of the Wererat
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Exploration 20.5%, Horror 11%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 9.8%
- #54 Ingrained
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spear and Veil
Windows
A nonlinear psychological horror set in a watermill. You were a simple miller with a loving family, but now you are branded as possessed by a demon. Overcome the trials, figure out what happened, and find the one responsible for all your misfortunes.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.8%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, First-Person 7.2%
- #55 Brutalism22
68% matchMixed64% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Exploration 16%, Horror 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #56 Selling Souls
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Adventure 19.1%, Horror 18.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Exploration 13.2%
- #57 Yellowstone
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pedro Hertz
Windows
Yellowstone is a first-person survival horror game set in Yellowstone National Park. Explore a hidden cave system where ancient creatures lurk in the shadows. Navigate the ever-changing labyrinth, evading these creatures as you uncover the cave’s dark secrets and struggle to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Exploration 14.5%, Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #58 Leak
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Point
Windows
Leak is a psychological horror game. Except when you return home your family are missing, and there is a corpse of an unknown man hanging from a ceiling in your study. Explore the house and the area, solve riddles and hide from monsters, for saving your family. Be careful - you are being watched.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 9%
- #59 Ashworth
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MR ROCK
Windows
Something has been waiting for you. Explore a forgotten place buried beneath the earth, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together a dark story one clue at a time. But the deeper you go, the more it wakes. Survive what hunts you, or become part of Ashworth's story.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%