Games Like GANGSTALK

Run, hide, adapt and survive in a mansion of endless night and bizarre brain-twisting phenomena in this 2D hand-drawn psychological horror title.

Why similar: Perma Death 15%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Thriller 9.1%, Horror 8.5%

In this puzzle-adventure horror game you must find an exit in a dreamscape-like maze. An all seeing creature watches over this environment, stay quiet and out of its sight. Solve puzzles, stay alive, and wake up.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.2%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Abstract 13.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 9.1%

A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Nonlinear 17.8%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

The story of a young anthropologist who sets out on an expedition to investigate the disappearance of a group of scientists at an ancient excavation site. Creepy atmosphere and a constant sense of persecution will not let him go the rest of the way.

Why similar: Perma Death 23.1%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

Experimental, None Linear, Cosmic Horror Game.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18%, Lovecraftian 17.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Help a rogue A.I bring about the end of humanity in this short psychological horror game.

Why similar: Transhumanism 22.5% ★, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Abstract 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

You've been invited to participate in a study for the newly developed Circadial pills, a medicine designed to remedy your life-long insomnia. Explore the empty halls of the facility and the landscapes of your dreams to uncover the source of your night terrors. You will never be the same.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.2%, Abstract 17.2%, Lovecraftian 16%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Walking Simulator 11.4%

Since the dawn of mankind, mysterious phenomena beyond human comprehension have occurred. Your studies suggest that everything is part of one big picture. What lies hidden in the depths of the cosmos? Explore, solve puzzles and survive in this disturbing Lovecraftian horror adventure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.2%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Narration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Lore-Rich 17%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.5%

This is an multi-perspective detective story and you are the centerpiece. With a narrator watching everything you do, bending his story to what you've uncovered, and failed experimental creatures hunting for new meat, will you survive to find the truth of what happened to your brother?

Why similar: Nonlinear 17.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Narration 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

Deep Copy is a top down point-and-click literary adventure set in a hand-painted science fiction world. Awakened with no memory, you must solve puzzles and navigate a branching story to piece together the dense, interconnected mystery at the heart of the lab.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.8%, Transhumanism 19% ★, Lore-Rich 15%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 10.2%

Trapped in a decaying world ruled by cosmic entities, wield the primordial gauntlet to fight distorted foes. Explore, uncover secrets, and use tainted artifacts. Survive or be consumed by Asthenia.

Why similar: Transhumanism 21.2% ★, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Narration 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

A girl named Hailey struggles to remember the face of her dead sister for a paintings as a suicidal bunny plush & a shadowy hare monster infiltrate her life.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.8%, Abstract 12.4%, Narration 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 8.9%

Persecution - The Elevator is a first-person psychological thriller. Explore an ordinary apartment in a new building, where one night strange things begin to happen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Narration 18.2%, Abstract 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 12.8%

1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother. A signal that won't stop transmitting. Step through the Looking Glass — a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era apparatus that peers into places mankind was never meant to reach.

Why similar: Transhumanism 19.9% ★, Nonlinear 13.5%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Ex Nihilo is a non-linear, narrative driven adventure where time is of the essence. Squint your eyes to squeeze past your captors to safety. When you are caught by your pursuers, you will be pruned without mercy, only to reawaken in your pod further from home and with less time to escape.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.9%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Narration 14%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

BARK is a psychological/survival horror experience from the perspective of a small, innocent Jack-Russel Terrier living in an abusive household. Maintain your instinctual needs and desires as you try desperately to escape the house in which you have been forced to call home.

Why similar: Nonlinear 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Open World 9.6%, Horror 9%

The Bureau of Fantastical & Arcane Affairs is a comedic first-person narrative adventure. As an inspector at the Bureau, the fate of this fable is in your hands. Do your job, fix the shambled story — or, don’t. When you're done, step into the hero’s boots and see what sort of tale your work wrought.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.6%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Narration 12.5%, Open World 9.4%

Explore the randomly segmented structures of your nightmares in this roguelike psychological horror game. Be strategic and efficient while completing randomized objectives with very limited oxygen, all while being hunted by whatever is down there with you. Many mysteries await your presence.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.3%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Perma Death 15%, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Lore-Rich 20.7%, Horror 13.3%, Open World 10.2%, Exploration 9.6%

A first-person survival horror with a cosmic twist, where you must blindly navigate a decayed historic manor swarming with warped children with only your vague memories and peripheral senses to guide you. Will your sanity hold? Or will blind hope turn to blind despair?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.5%, Abstract 16.5%, Narration 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%

This is highly difficult horror game. Please find one key, and playing. Don't be afraid , please be brave. Finally, hope you bravely a live

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Abstract 13%, Thriller 12.3%, Horror 11.4%

HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Narration 10.3%, Open World 9%

To the now sleeping self...welcome back. Face the horrors only a sleeping mind can conjure in this first-person psychological horror adventure where dreams become reality and death leaves a permanent scar.

Why similar: Nonlinear 17.4%, Perma Death 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

A cave-diving body horror game

Why similar: Transhumanism 29.2% ★, Nonlinear 21.3%, Lovecraftian 17.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 8.7%

Deep Into Darkness is a horror game about a guy living in an average city, with dark secrets hiding beneath. Explore the town and its surroundings, do whatever you want, while keeping in mind that every action leads to different paths, each one unique and strange.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Open World 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%, Horror 9.3%

Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.1%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 8.9%

RADIOSOL is a journey through a desolate world burned by a planetary cataclysm. In search of answers, you will have to navigate through the ruins of megastructures and abandoned cities, avoiding the scorching rays of the Sun.

Why similar: Transhumanism 25% ★, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Open World 10.8%, Narration 9.9%

Resonant is an open world, audiovisual experience. Explore a world that breathes with sound, choosing your musical path to discover all that the landscape has to reveal.

Why similar: Abstract 22%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Open World 14.2%, Stylized 8.5%

Dreadline Express is a 1st-person, curiosity-driven horror game set aboard the last human train. Unravel mysteries of the enigmatic train, face strange passengers, and shape your path using a unique card-based mechanic that gives you full narrative control. This is no longer our world.

Why similar: Nonlinear 16.6%, Lore-Rich 16%, Lovecraftian 13.4%, Abstract 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

At 3:12 AM, someone knocked. The door was locked from the inside. A story-rich psychological horror where you explore and investigate a Kolkata home as reality begins to repeat, change, and remember.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Narration 10.6%, Thriller 9.8%

Vermilion Arcade is a collection of 8+ horror games inside a surreal and mysterious arcade.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Abstract 13.2%, Open World 10.2%

Dead Faces is a mind bending psychological horror. Unravel Jack's disturbing mind, the faces from his past and the ultimate truth behind his actions. You must remember their faces.

Why similar: Abstract 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Narration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

UnSeen : you won't see death coming. A first person horror game about immersion, where truth and madness are never far away. Be careful... fear is on your feet.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Horror 14.3%, Narration 14.2%, Walking Simulator 10.8%

An action metroidbrainia set in a dying dwarf galaxy. Scavenge wrecks, meet strange characters, and fight your way through a cold universe to piece together an interstellar puzzle.

Why similar: Transhumanism 25% ★, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Open World 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

You are a Class D personnel on an experimental mission for the Foundation to investigate SCP-479. The facility is linked to anomalies affecting the human psyche, gradually driving them insane. Please remember to take your pills.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.3%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

Explore and survive a twisted Hundred Acre Wood while being hunted by an old childhood friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. Rescue Christopher Robin with the help of Eldritch Beasts that were once familiar faces. Discover what took place and has changed a once beautiful land into something dark and dangerous.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Horror 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Story Rich 8.2%

In "Portens", the subway stops at an unknown station. Solve puzzles and explore the station looking for a way back home, while a creature lurks in the shadows.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.2%, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Thriller 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Narration 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 10%

Narrative psychological horror in vivid colour. Explore a surreal Icelandic apartment block built by the Devil. Shovel through snow with your bare hands and Converse with other residents while navigating between non-euclidean apartments and gathering money to escape the violence of Grandfather

Why similar: Abstract 18.5%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Lovecraftian 17%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Stylized 8.3%

Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.6%, Nonlinear 22.1%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.2%, Lovecraftian 19.8%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Open World 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.2%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.3%

A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Transhumanism 19.2% ★, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 8.9%

Explore, find the light, unveil the truth. Dive into the secrets of Naivia's history, unearthing the voices once lost, facing the impossible contraptions of the Union, as the seemingly barren land reveals its gems through the use of a mysterious artefact of the past.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.6%, Open World 14.8%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Narration 10.5%, Exploration 9.3%

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: Nonlinear 22.5%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Exploration 9.3%

Go to the 11th floor of a building that doesn't have an 11th floor.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.2%, Abstract 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Thriller 10.6%

The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Stealth 12.2%

A survival horror in striking HD-2D, Workplace Malice blends exploration, puzzles, and tense combat with scarce resources and grotesque threats, where every choice shapes Theo’s descent into a workplace nightmare.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Lore-Rich 16%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Stealth 10.2%, Horror 9.8%

You’ve got a Pistol, a flashlight, and two hands—but only one at a time. That means making a choice: see what’s coming or be ready to shoot.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.4%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Open World 10.8%, Horror 8.8%

Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Thriller 13.4%, Horror 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

A frightening singleplayer survival horror game where you have to find and collect a certain amount of bills spread randomly over several specific areas. Then once you have all the bills, you need to run to the exit.

Why similar: Perma Death 24.8%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Open World 10%

You've taken what seems like an easy task: find missing clues to unlock doors that will lead you to secrets of the abandoned house. What you don't know is the danger that lurks inside and outside the house!

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.5%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 9.7%

swamp_land.mp4 is a found footage horror walking sim set in southern Chile. Descend through 7 symbolic levels of sin to uncover a haunting past and open your museum. A 30-minute story with twists, eerie landscapes, and hidden collectibles.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Walking Simulator 15%, Abstract 13.5%, Narration 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

The Other Side of the Screen Shows a Truly Disturbing Truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Abstract 15.9%, Thriller 15.6%, Horror 13.5%

SUBJECT 33 is a story-driven psychological horror game set in an abandoned asylum. You are Ephraim, sent on a mission to uncover what happened before its sudden closure in 1984. As you explore, the line between reality and memory begins to blur — and the truth you uncover might destroy you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Thriller 9.6%

Overmorrow is a serene, nonviolent, exploration adventure game that deletes your save after 30 days.

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.1%, Narration 12.2%, Abstract 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Stylized 9.4%

A dialogue sim about eternity and our minds.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.4%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Abstract 15.2%, Open World 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.4%