- #1 The Exit 8
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9.4%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive anomaly-detection game that established the core loop of identifying changes in a repeating environment.
- #2 Platform 8
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,850 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Realistic 6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to The Exit 8 that maintains the same high-tension, first-person anomaly-spotting gameplay.
- #3 Lost in Anomaly
96% matchMixed63% of 1,301 reviews2024
Dev: Axakal Interactive
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Surreal 10%, Horror 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar walking-simulator experience where the environment subtly shifts to create a sense of unease.
- #4 Liminal Exit
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 130 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: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Immersive Sim 15%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the classic anomaly-detection loop with immersive-sim mechanics and a high-stakes perma-death mode.
- #5 Anomalies Detective
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Horror 11%, Exploration 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the investigative aspect of identifying supernatural shifts within a confined, atmospheric space.
- #6 I'm on Observation Duty
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,249 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 27.2%, Puzzle 14.8%, Hidden Object 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original game that popularized the concept of monitoring static environments for subtle, unsettling anomalies.
- #7 PROJECT 13
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 200 reviews2024
Dev: N0NPub: Glacier LTD
Windows
As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Horror 11%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished anomaly-detection experience that blends psychological horror with a realistic, liminal office setting.
- #8 Anomaly Loop
92% matchVery Positive89% of 63 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: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Immersive Sim 18%, Puzzle 11.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the surreal, repetitive nature of the genre while adding unique puzzle elements to the anomaly-spotting loop.
- #9 11F
91% matchVery Positive82% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: PUMPKIM
Windows
Go to the 11th floor of a building that doesn't have an 11th floor.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13%, Supernatural 12.6%, Surreal 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dark 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle game that centers on identifying anomalies within a claustrophobic, multi-floor building.
- #10 CAPTURED
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 675 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Hidden Object 14%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses atmospheric, first-person exploration to build psychological horror through environmental storytelling and anomaly identification.
- #11 Home_0
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Surreal 13.7%, Hidden Object 13%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hidden-object style horror game that forces players to scrutinize their surroundings for disturbing changes.
- #12 Twisted Gallery 异馆
89% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Supernatural 11.9%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused horror game that uses the 'spot-the-difference' mechanic to progress through a surreal, shifting gallery.
- #13 Everloop
89% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.1%, Surreal 12%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a tight, single-player loop that emphasizes the psychological dread of being trapped in an endless, shifting corridor.
- #14 Hotel 188
87% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
Windows
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Realistic 10.7%, Immersive Sim 9%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic, first-person walking simulator that focuses on the psychological tension of navigating a liminal hotel.
- #15 Prison Loop
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.8%, Surreal 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Applies the anomaly-detection formula to a grim, first-person prison setting that requires careful observation to escape.
- #16 Liminal City
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 108 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 17%, Psychological Horror 13%, Supernatural 12.4%, Realistic 9.2%, Horror 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration of vast, empty, and realistic spaces where the environment itself feels like the primary antagonist.
- #17 9 Souls
86% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Sandstorm in a BottlePub: DreamStudios
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 9%, Puzzle 9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual yet unsettling puzzle game that utilizes anomaly detection to progress through its dark, surreal narrative.
- #18 Sector 404
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Horror 9.2%, Realistic 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie first-person horror game that forces players to identify anomalies in a sterile, liminal facility.
- #19 Overtime Anomaly
84% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Surreal 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends mystery and atmospheric exploration with the familiar anomaly-spotting mechanics in an office environment.
- #20 Cloudrooms
83% matchNo user reviews65% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Surreal 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Realistic 7.8%
- #21 Psalm 5:9-13
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,017 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Surreal 10.5%, Horror 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%
- #22 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
Explore a looping corridor filled with anomalies. Walk through the fluorescent-lit backrooms environment, examine your surroundings, and spot subtle changes in reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 7.3%
- #23 The Hotel
84% matchVery Positive85% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: IL PALA
Windows · Mac
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
Why similar: Adventure 48.5%, Horror 35.8%, Singleplayer 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic atmospheric horror walking-simulator that shares the same claustrophobic hotel theme as the seed game.
- #24 The Floor Above
80% matchVery Positive90% of 264 reviews2026
Dev: Swytapp Games
Windows
A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 14.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Immersive Sim 11%, Horror 10.9%
- #25 Exit Together
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Hidden Object 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.4%
- #26 Last Term
79% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Jakub.T
Windows
You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Hidden Object 14%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.9%, Dark 7.3%
- #27 Finnish Cottage 8
79% matchVery Positive95% of 58 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: Walking Simulator 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 8.2%, Supernatural 7.3%, First-Person 6.4%
- #28 The Hotel
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
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 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Supernatural 11%, Surreal 9.7%, Horror 9.2%
- #29 Psalm 2
77% matchVery Positive88% of 671 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 7.9%
- #30 Reflection
78% matchVery Positive83% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Supernatural 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.3%, Realistic 9.4%
- #31 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
78% matchVery Positive95% of 74 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 13.1%, Supernatural 11.2%, Surreal 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 8%
- #32 Supernormal
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,216 reviews2024
Dev: Hitori de Productions
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%
- #33 6 Floors
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Ghoul World
Windows
You find yourself in a strange place and the only way out is within. Navigate liminal corridors and rooms filled with psychological terrors as you traverse all six floors of this mysterious place in order to save your soul.
Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 15.9%, Supernatural 14%, First-Person 13.5%
- #34 SCP-3008: Infinite Store
75% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: YAPPub: Yet Another Publisher
Windows · Mac
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
Why similar: Supernatural 13.5%, Surreal 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Horror 7.5%
- #35 MIRROR MIRROR
76% matchMixed70% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
Windows
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
Why similar: Supernatural 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Surreal 9.3%, Horror 7.4%
- #36 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Surreal 13.9%, Supernatural 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 9.3%
- #37 Dollmare
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,143 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.4%, Walking Simulator 13%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.4%, Hidden Object 8.8%
- #38 Trapped: Family Vacation
74% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
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 11.5%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 8.4%, Mystery 7.7%
- #39 Project Liminal 2
73% matchVery Positive82% of 70 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: Puzzle 16.7%, Realistic 13%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 10.2%
- #40 Visage
74% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Dark 10.9%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Surreal 6.9%
- #41 Kyoto Anomaly
72% matchVery Positive99% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.2%, Hidden Object 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Surreal 7.8%
- #42 Room 404
71% matchVery Positive90% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Realistic 7.5%
- #43 POOLS
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,637 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 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 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 15.4%, Realistic 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #44 Dead end Exit 8
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Linkup
Windows
This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space
Why similar: Immersive Sim 11.2%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Investigation 8%, Horror 7.5%
- #45 Subliminal
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,705 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Surreal 12.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.1%
- #46 Stairway
71% matchVery Positive94% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Hungry Games
Windows
Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #47 The Guest II
71% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest II is a first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.5%, Supernatural 10.8%, Hidden Object 9.8%, Dark 8.8%
- #48 The Anomalous Hour
72% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Gambir Studio
Windows
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Investigation 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 8.6%
- #49 The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game
70% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The Stairway 7 is an endless loop anomaly hunt and observation "spot the difference" game where you are stuck in a endless loop of stairways with a cat and you have to observe your surroundings carefully to reach the exit. Anomalies are watching, and ready to hunt you down. Don't take them with you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Hidden Object 12.2%, Horror 11%
- #50 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
68% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Dark 14.5%, Realistic 12.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #51 Shift 87
69% matchVery Positive87% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Hidden Object 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Mystery 8.4%, First-Person 7.4%
- #52 White Room Protocol
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 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: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.2%, Supernatural 10.8%, Realistic 9.1%
- #53 Shifting To The Backrooms
67% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12.3%, Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 8%
- #54 The Cabin Factory
66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,776 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 17%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 7%
- #55 10:59
69% matchMixed69% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
You wake up with a bad hangover and don’t recognize your home. You see a boy and you understand... that something is wrong with him. Someone's presence causes anxiety, fear and is about to plunge you into the realm of horror. But you don’t lose hope and try to get out of this nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Supernatural 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 9.1%
- #56 Midnight Monitor: Aldercourt
67% matchVery Positive91% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
Lost in a series of endless train station hallways, find your way to the exit Platform in this First-Person Anomaly Spotting game set in the Midnight Monitor universe. Watch out for anomalies - If you see any, turn back immediately! Can you find your way out of Aldercourt Station?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Hidden Object 13.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 8.8%
- #57 August Night
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Supernatural 14.9%, Horror 10.5%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #58 Ten Bells
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 591 reviews2024
Dev: Hillfort Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Hidden Object 12.1%, Dark 10%, Horror 9.8%
- #59 13层:公寓异常管理员 13 Floors: Anomalies
68% matchMixed65% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: LU
Windows
You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Exploration 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Mystery 11.3%, First-Person 11.1%
- #60 Almost My Floor
68% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Dark 22.4%, Horror 19.2%, Puzzle 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%