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 16.3%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

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 19.9%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Abstract 13%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Horror 9%

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 18.2%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Thriller 9.6%, Horror 9%

Experimental, None Linear, Cosmic Horror Game.

Why similar: Nonlinear 17.6%, Lovecraftian 16.9%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

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

Why similar: Transhumanism 22.3% ★, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Abstract 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

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 21.5%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.2%

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: Abstract 16.7%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Lovecraftian 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.1%

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 20% ★, Nonlinear 13.5%, Lore-Rich 13%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

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 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 10.2%

Psychological horror puzzle. Control 16 unique camera feeds to spot escapees, open doors, and trigger sounds, guiding a person through a lab breach where a mistake is not permitted.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.2%, Stylized 9.4%, Puzzle 8.1%

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 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Open World 9.5%, Horror 8.8%

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 25%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Exploration 11%, Puzzle 10.3%

From H.P. Lovecraft's work, this walking simulator sends you to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia. Unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 8.1%

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 18.8%, Nonlinear 17.4%, Perma Death 14.8%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%

Escape the clutches of a decadent cult of aristocrats and the demon that haunts their retreat. Stay quiet, stick to the shadows, uncover the dark secrets of the sadistic Empire and of the mysterious Plightswoman who claims to want to help you. A story-rich horror game with immersive stealth.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Stealth 9.7%, Horror 9.4%

In Tenebris is a dark, first-person sci-fi horror game where echolocation is the only way to find your way out. You see while you make sound, but you can also be heard by those you don't want to be around. Explore the corridors of a research facility, avoid enemies, and try to survive.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Horror 10%, Exploration 8.2%

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 16.9%, Perma Death 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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 18.8%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, 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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Open World 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Horror 9.2%

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 17.3%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Abstract 13.1%, Thriller 12.3%, Horror 11.5%

Navigate the halls of this remote facility in Antarctica while uncovering your path to escape. Find secrets, solve puzzles, and piece together what happened, all while evading a dynamic monster that stalks the halls of the facility.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 11%, Horror 9%

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 16.7%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

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 23.8%, Nonlinear 21.2%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

A cave-diving body horror game

Why similar: Transhumanism 29.1% ★, Nonlinear 21.3%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 8.7%

You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

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 21.5%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Open World 14.2%, Stylized 8.4%

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 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 8.8%

Threshold 15 is an atmospheric mix of anomaly hunting and escape-room puzzles set in a looping bunker hallway. Identify disturbances and piece together an unsettling story as each loop pulls you deeper into the mystery. You will sign the contract.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.3%, Abstract 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Lovecraftian 10.8%, Horror 10.5%

C.A.B.A. is the first playable interpretation of the Backrooms metro level. Explore Pirámides station, collect items, solve puzzles and escape before what lurks in the shadows makes it impossible.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.7%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

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

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Abstract 13.3%, Open World 10.2%

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 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Stylized 7.9%

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 19.4%, Lovecraftian 19.1%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 9.1%

The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Lovecraftian 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 11.1%, Stealth 9.5%

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 17.9%, Thriller 12.9%, Horror 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Abstract 15.4%, Thriller 14.9%, Horror 13.1%

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%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Open World 14%, Horror 11%, Walking Simulator 9.4%

You Have Been Deleted is a first-person survival horror inspired by the early internet and the 90s, all packaged in a surreal retro art style. Trapped within a corrupted virtual reality made by the company you work for, you must Uncover, Hack, and Survive if you ever wish to free yourself from hell.

Why similar: Transhumanism 19% ★, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Stealth 11.7%

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 24.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 12.3%, Walking Simulator 12%, Stealth 11.9%

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

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.6%, Abstract 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Thriller 10.2%

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 25.7% ★, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Open World 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

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 21.3%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Stealth 9.9%, Horror 9.5%

The Flux is not keen on giving away its secrets, and you’re one of them. Sail a vast planet under a blanket of stars and use your tools and wits to remind yourself of what was lost and what could come next. An open world mystery about understanding the end of the world.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.9%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Exploration 8.8%, Open World 8.3%

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 22.1%, Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Exploration 9.1%

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%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Open World 9.8%

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 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Open World 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

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 26.8%, Nonlinear 22.7%, Horror 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11%, Story Rich 8.1%

Enter the depths of a silent facility as a D-Class subject. Test the limits of SCP-294, a machine that can produce any liquid imaginable. But remember: in this low-poly PS1-style nightmare, every cup has a price. A short, narrative-driven psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Horror 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Thriller 7.8%

A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.

Why similar: Nonlinear 23.9%, Exploration 13.5%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, Puzzle 11.2%

Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Open World 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.1%, Lore-Rich 9.7%

A titanic complex. An insignificant man. A grim horror thriller where you aren't the savior of the world — you are a prisoner, classified as a DEAD UNIT. Hide. Unearth the truth. Find a way out. Fight for every minute of life while you still breathe.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Thriller 16.6%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Horror 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.4%

A dialogue sim about eternity and our minds.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.6%, Nonlinear 17%, Abstract 14.8%, Open World 13%, Walking Simulator 12.1%

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Horror 11.9%

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%, Lovecraftian 19.9%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Open World 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

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 24%, Abstract 18.3%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.2%

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 19.1% ★, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 8.9%

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Lore-Rich 21.6%, Horror 14%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 10.2%

Stranded alone in an unfamiliar place, with only a lugubrious coffin at your side. Dive deep into this melancholic and macabre tale of death, grief and despair as you try to piece together the intricate lore while facing entities far beyond human comprehension. A love letter to games of yore.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Nonlinear 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Perma Death 11.7%, Horror 8.2%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.9%, Story Rich 6.6%