- #1 Interior Worlds
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 623 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 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: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Exploration 17.1%, Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Linear 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at capturing the liminal, atmospheric feeling of exploring empty, unsettling spaces.
- #2 The Closing Shift
96% matchMixed66% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Exploration 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 19.4%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, 3D 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the mundane job-turned-horror atmosphere found in the seed game.
- #3 Shift 87
96% matchVery Positive86% of 219 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 32.9%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Mystery 15.6%, Horror 10%, 3D 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on identifying subtle anomalies in a shifting environment, which aligns with the mystery-solving aspect of the seed.
- #4 MADiSON
95% matchVery Positive87% of 3,450 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.2%, Horror 30.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Photography is the central mechanic for uncovering supernatural threats, mirroring the camera-based gameplay of the seed.
- #5 The Exit 8
94% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 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 26.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Mystery 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in anomaly detection within a repetitive, liminal environment that feels very similar to the seed's setting.
- #6 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
94% matchVery Positive90% of 11,163 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Exploration 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a grounded, realistic horror experience based on a mundane situation that escalates into terror.
- #7 The Gretlow Tapes
92% matchVery Positive92% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 15.6%, Mystery 12%, Exploration 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes an analog horror aesthetic to build tension through found footage and environmental mystery.
- #8 Abandoned Souls
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that excels at building a heavy, realistic sense of dread in an isolated setting.
- #9 DREAM LOGIC
91% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a surreal, exploration-heavy experience that leans into psychological horror and atmospheric mystery.
- #10 Martha Is Dead
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,957 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Mystery 19.2%, Horror 18.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a heavy emphasis on photography and period-accurate psychological horror set in a domestic environment.
- #11 Mist
90% matchVery Positive82% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Linear 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and visual storytelling.
- #12 POOLS
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 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 34.8%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Mystery 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game that relies on environmental storytelling and unsettling, empty architecture.
- #13 I'm on Observation Duty
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,258 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 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 44.5%, Horror 35.3%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Indie 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who enjoy the 'spot the difference' and anomaly-hunting gameplay loop.
- #14 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
89% matchVery Positive81% of 1,207 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 14.4%, Exploration 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the exploration of liminal spaces, capturing the same eerie, empty-building aesthetic.
- #15 Visage
87% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 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: Psychological Horror 35.5%, Horror 33.8%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Exploration 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an intense, domestic-focused horror experience that emphasizes exploration and psychological dread.
- #16 Reflection
85% matchVery Positive84% of 264 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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic, walking-simulator style horror game that focuses on psychological tension.
- #17 The Anomalous Hour
86% matchVery Positive92% of 89 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: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Multiple Endings 15%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 12.9%, Mystery 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines hidden-object mechanics with horror to create a mystery-driven experience.
- #18 [Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件
86% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Mystery 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the investigation of a specific property with a dark history, mirroring the seed's real estate premise.
- #19 Afterdream
84% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Linear 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique 2D perspective to deliver a surreal and atmospheric psychological horror story.
- #20 Unseen
82% matchVery Positive81% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 11%, Mystery 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and simulation elements to ground its psychological horror narrative.
- #21 Paratopic
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,200 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 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: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Stylized 10%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short, and highly atmospheric experience that captures the same 'off' feeling as the seed game.
- #22 Exit From
83% matchVery Positive85% of 549 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-horror game that relies on atmosphere and exploration to build its narrative.
- #23 The Salesman
80% matchVery Positive82% of 747 reviews2025
Dev: Backstab IndustriesPub: Bad Ideas Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Linear 12.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the specific 'job-based' horror premise while utilizing a retro aesthetic to enhance the mystery.
- #24 Overtime Anomaly
81% 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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Mystery 18.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends immersive-sim elements with mystery and atmospheric horror in a workplace setting.
- #25 NIGHTSLINK
82% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 12.1%, Linear 11.1%, Mystery 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that prioritizes 3D environment exploration and psychological horror themes.
- #26 FLASH AND DIE
78% matchVery Positive91% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: AtmoPixel
Windows
You've been hired by a real estate agency to photograph their listings at night, giving them a unique look online. Grab your camera, explore dark, quiet homes, and capture every required shot before the property notices you. Uncover the truth: why do these listings need to be photographed at night?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Mystery 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 16%, Exploration 8.9%
- #27 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
79% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Mystery 24.2%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Action 6.2%
- #28 Confabulation
81% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.7%, Mystery 22.8%, Horror 20.5%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that uses puzzles and exploration to reveal a dark, psychological mystery.
- #29 Scream under the house
77% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: 1ne2wozzzPub: Admia
Windows
A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 11%, Horror 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #30 AFTERLIGHT: The Apartment
76% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: SUPERLIGHTTTT
Windows
Explore an mid-2000s Korean apartment complex in this short first-person psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 13.9%, Linear 11%, 3D 7%
- #31 The Backrooms
79% matchMixed62% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Linear 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational exploration game for the liminal space genre, focusing on the dread of endless, empty rooms.
- #32 Water Delivery
76% matchVery Positive87% of 223 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: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Horror 11.3%
- #33 Kach
78% matchVery Positive81% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Horror 16.6%, Stylized 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Mystery 8.5%
- #34 Coincidences?
73% matchVery Positive92% of 415 reviews2026
Dev: FogTime
Windows
After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 22.6%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 8.6%
- #35 Haunted Property
75% matchVery Positive93% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Linear 8.1%
- #36 HouseWarming
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Neskorobok GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
Brian Lewis buys an old house, hoping for a quiet and orderly life. But on the very first night, the house begins to behave strangely... What starts as a harmless incident slowly turns into something far more terrifying... What if someone else is inside?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 15.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Mystery 7.4%
- #37 Left Behind
77% matchMixed65% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
LEFT BEHIND is a hyper-realistic psychological horror game where you take on the role of a real estate agent with a client looking to sell you a property. Instead of a straightforward and quick interaction with the client, you find yourself thrust into a deeply unsettling and frightening situation.
Why similar: Exploration 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 17.4%, Atmospheric 13.3%, 3D 11.2%
- #38 MIRROR MIRROR
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 74 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: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #39 Obfuscation
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: mid1224
Windows
Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 14.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #40 The Wellmonts Case
72% matchVery Positive95% of 238 reviews2026
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Exploration 7.9%
- #41 Greenhouse
73% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 7D Games Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 11.1%
- #42 There Exists Nobody
71% matchVery Positive93% of 931 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: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Psychological Horror 27%, Atmospheric 8.4%, 3D 8%, Horror 7.7%
- #43 The Complex: Found Footage
71% matchVery Positive93% of 9,931 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 18.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Exploration 11%
- #44 Ritual Static
71% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Clifford Games
Windows
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 9%
- #45 Poolscape
70% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Horror 9.6%, Linear 7.5%
- #46 Shhh!
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 371 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Exploration 13%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Stylized 9.4%
- #47 Last Report
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,536 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 19%, Mystery 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Linear 10.4%
- #48 Empty Gauge
69% matchNo user reviews96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: BENTCUBE
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Horror 10.9%
- #49 It Happened At Night
72% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 10.5%
- #50 Welcome to Kowloon
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,989 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 18.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #51 RESTORER
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Linear 12.5%, Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #52 The Cabin Factory
66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,821 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 32.7%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Horror 20.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 3D 5.3%
- #53 CAPTURED
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 694 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: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 20.2%, Exploration 15.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Mystery 11.3%
- #54 Vesnith Tapes
68% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Exploration 12.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #55 Luto
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,366 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Mystery 15%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #56 Eternal Afternoon
65% matchVery Positive95% of 472 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: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #57 The Dire
69% matchVery Positive82% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpi
Windows
Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #58 Anomalies Detective
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 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 31.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Exploration 12%, Horror 11.3%
- #59 While We Wait Here
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,471 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 12.9%
- #60 LiDAR Exploration Program
65% matchVery Positive90% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%