Games Like FORMIDO

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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Dark 10.7%, Linear 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8%

Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Dark 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Mystery 8%

This place is his little hell. After everything that was done, he will spend as much time here as his personal devil wishes. The only problem is that his brain turned completely to mush. He doesn’t remember what happened. He doesn’t even remember his own name.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Dark 18.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 7.8%

A computer engineer arrives in a remote mountain village, where tech failures and missing residents put him face to face with an unsettling force lurking behind the screen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Dark 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Alex and his friends set out for a camping trip deep in the forest. What starts as a fun escape quickly turns into something far darker. This forest hides secrets… and something is always watching. Survive. Escape. Don’t look back...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Dark 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%

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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Horror 6.8%

As a paranormal investigator, you find yourself taking instruction from a mysterious stranger from a payphone. Chasing the ground breaking coverage to accel your career, you embark to an isolated building in the middle of nowhere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Dark 15.9%, Horror 8.6%

A dark horror game in which the protagonist, Liam, embarks on an expedition to an island to find treasure and earn money. But the island holds secrets and horrors. Over time, the expedition turns into a nightmare from which he must escape...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Linear 16.8%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%

A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 12%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Atmospheric 8%

This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Dark 16%, Linear 9.3%, Horror 8.6%

You take on extra work over the weekend out of fear of losing your job and rent a cheap apartment so you can work from there. Soon, keeping your job will be the least of your worries.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Dark 9.9%, Linear 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Your first assignment alone. An island where no one has lived for thirty years. A lighthouse that stopped shining. The job was only supposed to take a few hours.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Dark 12%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Horror 9.7%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10%, Atmospheric 7.5%

YouTuber Junho enters an abandoned factory at night to film his next video. The footage from that night is never uploaded. Explore the dark, three-story factory, complete the shoot, and uncover its secrets in this first-person psychological horror game.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Horror 8.1%, Linear 6.9%

"Echoes of The Backrooms" is an indie horror game that masterfully captures the unsettling atmosphere of the Backrooms and the uncanny eeriness of liminal spaces. This game excels in creating an immersive horror experience with its cinema-quality visuals and meticulously crafted environments.

Why similar: Time Travel 38.3% ★, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Dark 7.1%, Horror 6.5%

Animas is a first-person psychological horror experience that plunges you into the dark secrets of the Blanco family. Explore a cursed house in the Venezuelan mountains, where time unravels to reveal decades of sectarian rituals and familial tragedies.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Dark 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 7.4%

MALEDICTION is a first-person psychological horror experience. Explore an eerie, shifting residence where an unspeakable tragedy took place. Search for clues, unlock hidden spaces, and piece together the dark truth behind the curse to reach multiple endings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Mystery 8.2%, Horror 7.6%

You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Psychological Horror 22%, Dark 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Horror 8.4%

Upon visiting his decrepit and dying grandfather, Isaac discovers an ancient evil that has parasitically dwelled within his ancestry for generations. Isaac must stop the parasite's symbiotic cycle from reoccurring or else become its new host.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 9.3%, Linear 8.6%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Dark 16.6%, Horror 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%

INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Story Rich 6.9%, Horror 6.7%

“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Horror 10%

SATORI | 悟り is a game that focuses on feelings of sadness and restlessness. In SATORI | 悟り the player immerses himself in a dream world to go on a inner journey of meditation. Are you ready to begin your journey within?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Dark 15.3%, Linear 14.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%

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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 14.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 7.9%

The year is 1998. Step into the shoes of a real estate agent, tasked with photographing a seemingly ordinary house for an upcoming sale. Explore the environment, use your camera to take pictur-- wait, what’s that in the last photo?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Linear 11.1%, Mystery 10%

Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Dark 16.6%, Linear 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%

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: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Dark 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Horror 8%

A first-person psychological horror videogame. In St. Agnes’ Forest lay the death of Man, and inside, a tortured mind. Explore disturbingly real environments and solve intricate puzzles in a hand-crafted nightmare. “At the end of my life, I find the devil”.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Dark 14.4%, Linear 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%

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 23.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Atmospheric 8%

Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Linear 11.3%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 8%

A psychological horror game with NO jumpscares. Feel the tension and suspense, get goosebumps, experience strange frightening events, and explore, look for keys, solve puzzles, while thinking hard to find a way to get out of this huge, and maybe not so empty prison.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Mystery 7.2%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Dark 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 11%, Linear 10.8%

Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Dark 13.8%, Linear 10.1%, Atmospheric 10%

A first-person psychological horror game set in a looping hospital, where each cycle changes reality, escalates tension, and brings you closer to something that should not be there.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.6%

Trapped in a relentless cycle of terrifying sleep paralysis, your grip on reality begins to slip. One night, you awaken in a place that feels like home—but something is deeply wrong. Uncover the mystery and shape Thomas' fate through meaningful choices.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Dark 11.5%, Linear 9.3%, Mystery 6.9%

The colorful lights of the carnival, laughter, and the sound of music. Everything seems ordinary as you serve your customers from your hotdog truck. But as the night grows deeper… the crowd fades, the lights go out and something starts watching you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Dark 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Mystery 8.2%

Work the night shift and uncover what haunts Lone Oak College in this short horror exploration game inspired by British folklore. Survive the horror, solve challenging puzzles, and search for your missing friend before it’s too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Dark 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Dark 14.6%, Linear 11%, Atmospheric 10%

You're heading home from school. Something feels off. Observe your surroundings carefully to escape the endless street.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Dark 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%

False Normality is a short first-person psychological horror game built around a rule-driven system that watches how you move. Some rules keep you safe. Some are lying. You won't know which until you act.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 13%, Linear 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%

In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Horror 11%, Dark 10.6%

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 27%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 12%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Horror 6.9%

A narrative-driven psychological horror game where a secluded house twists memory into reality. As your sanity deteriorates, uncover a buried truth hidden within its walls before the house reveals what you've tried to forget.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Linear 10%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Dark 8.6%

Settled At Sea is a first-person mystery set on a remote Scottish island. You are a lighthouse keeper grieving your wife's death-but the island doesn't feel as isolated as it should.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Mystery 8.6%

Lola Maria is a first-person psychological horror game where everyday tasks take a disturbing turn. Living with your grandmother, you uncover unsettling secrets as the line between family, memory, and the supernatural begins to blur.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Linear 7.4%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dark 16.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%

Akai Onna | 赤い女 is a psychological J-horror game featuring a student.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Linear 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Horror 9%

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 24.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Dark 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Horror 7.8%

The protagonist, Ethan, heads into the forest with his dog, Ranger, for a simple hunting trip. At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary—but as the time goes on, the hunt slowly turns into a nightmare. Something strange and unexplainable lurks deep within the woods...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Linear 17.3%, Dark 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 9%

A psychological horror game about Tom, a man consumed by guilt and the traumatic events that defined his life. Unable to move on from his past, he finds himself trapped in an increasingly disturbing nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Dark 8.4%, Horror 8.4%

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 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Dark 12.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Horror 9.9%

An atmospheric psychological horror set in an unnerving hotel. Ride the elevator, study each floor, and spot subtle occurrences to uncover the truth. Choose carefully, watch out for Death, and decide whether you wake up or stay forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Dark 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Dark 13.4%, Linear 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Horror 8.5%

Veil of Sight is a first-person psychological horror game. After disturbing eye experiments, blinking is no longer natural. Explore an abandoned hospital, solve puzzles and survive the doctor who turned your body against you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Horror 7.8%

A linear first‑person psychological horror game focused on completing objectives, exploring environments, and progressing through visual cutscenes as you play as Dr. Jim in the next chapter of the Lakeview Orb story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Linear 17%, Time Travel 11.1% ★, Atmospheric 9.9%, Dark 8.3%

Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Mystery 7.4%, Dark 6.7%

A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 9%, Linear 8.3%

Feed the Boss is a first-person psychological horror game where a simple job serving meals to your boss slowly turns into a trap.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Horror 8.5%

"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Linear 13.6%, Dark 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%