
Horror Stories: Welcome Home is a murder mystery that you play both backwards and forwards.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Adventure, Horror, Thriller.

Horror Stories: Welcome Home is a murder mystery that you play both backwards and forwards.

Clairvoyage: The Lighthouse
Short horror puzzle set on a stormy island. The lighthouse has gone dark and a ship is heading for the rocks. Restore the light and don't let the shadows catch you.

POOLIMINAL
POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.
Short horror puzzle set on a stormy island. The lighthouse has gone dark and a ship is heading for the rocks. Restore the light and don't let the shadows catch you.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23.4% ★, Thriller 19%, Mystery 10.9%, Walking Simulator 9%, Atmospheric 8.8%
POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.
Why similar: Thriller 21.2%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 11.3%
After escaping her abusive brother, Sophie seeks a fresh start in a remote house in Hawthorn's forest. But strange events unfold, and her unsettling housemate, Elise, may be hiding something. Is it just her anxiety, or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows?
Why similar: Thriller 25.1%, Mystery 16.2%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
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: Mystery 16%, Thriller 15.5%, Walking Simulator 15%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Exploration 12.1%
You'll witness unprecedentedly chilling events as you try to uncover the dark secrets lurking within a cursed mansion alongside Alexia. This village has never returned any of its visitors. Will you be able to escape the clutches of this cursed village?
Why similar: Thriller 25.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Mystery 10.6%
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her. Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom. A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.
Why similar: Mystery 20.6%, Thriller 19.6%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
You find yourself lost in a mysterious space in the underground shopping area of a certain building while trying to have lunch. Clear the game presented by someone and aim to escape from the eerie underground shopping area.
Why similar: Thriller 33.9%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 6.3%
False Normality is a short first-person psychological horror game where a rule-driven system watches how you move. Some rules keep you alive. Some are lying. Break enough rules, and the game starts taking control away from you.
Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Mystery 14%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%
After your family mysteriously disappears, you return to your old house in the middle of nowhere. Your goal is to uncover the mystery behind your family's disappearance and restore the house, but the house's dark past forces you to explore further.
Why similar: Thriller 31.8%, Mystery 18.4%, Walking Simulator 11%, Exploration 10%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned mine, uncover its dark secrets, and survive terrifying creatures lurking in the claustrophobic tunnels.
Why similar: Thriller 31%, Mystery 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 7.4%, Adventure 7.4%
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Why similar: Thriller 24.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Exploration 10.6%
My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Exploration 15.3%, Thriller 13.8%, Adventure 13%, Mystery 11.9%
Ethan returns to his cousin's old family house, deep in the forest, a place he hasn't set foot in for five years, ever since the family who lived there vanished without a trace.
Why similar: Thriller 17.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Walking Simulator 11%
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Thriller 33.4%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Thriller 31.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%
Explore a mysterious Halloween night full of secrets, eerie encounters, and hidden truths. Trick or Truth? is a story-driven walking adventure where every choice leads you deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Thriller 30.7%, Mystery 18.2%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Thriller 16.6%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 12%, Mystery 11.3%
Rent an apartment to finish your work and survive a night that grows increasingly strange. A first-person psychological horror game where routine, silence, and paranoia turn an ordinary place into somewhere impossible to leave.
Why similar: Thriller 23.8%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Mystery 13%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%
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: Thriller 22%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%
As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Thriller 20%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 10.6%
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: Thriller 19.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, 1980s 11.1%
Evelyn travels to the chalet she inherited from her father and finds herself caught in a relentless blizzard and dark secrets. Silence is sometimes the loudest scream. Atmospheric tension and the fight for survival await. Can you kill the past?
Why similar: Thriller 38.8%, Mystery 23%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Horror 6.9%
Dorm 17 is a PSX-style first-person psychological horror game about your first night as a dormitory receptionist, where routine tasks slowly turn into disturbing late-night events.
Why similar: Thriller 30.6%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%
Worker 42 is a single-player first-person exploration game. Use your scanner to find your way in the interstellar darkness of space. Repair the various systems of the station, complete your tasks and return to Earth. But something seems wrong on this planet.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Walking Simulator 18%, Mystery 14.5%, Exploration 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%
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: Thriller 25.5%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Exploration 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
You take over as the new ranger overseeing the infamous Timber Trail, a trail known for mysterious disappearances and the Timber Trail Murders.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Mystery 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Mnemosyne is an atmospheric psychological horror and anomaly hunting game that pushes your observation skills to their limits. Trapped in a dark, shifting dungeon, use your camera to document subtle changes and trust your memory to break the endless loop.
Why similar: Thriller 27.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Thriller 24.5%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Mystery 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Thriller 24.2%, Exploration 12%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Compromised is a first-person psychological horror game about surviving a night under constant pressure. Manage failing systems, track moving threats, and make split-second decisions while danger closes in. Every sound matters. Every mistake costs time you don't have.
Why similar: Thriller 32.9%, Mystery 18.9%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Adventure 8.5%
Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.
Why similar: Thriller 18.2%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Exploration 9.3%
Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.
Why similar: Thriller 26.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Mystery 10.6%, 1980s 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%
"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: Thriller 29.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Atmospheric 11%, Exploration 9.6%
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Why similar: Thriller 20%, Mystery 17%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
A game featuring horror, comedy, and immersive photo mode all at once!
Why similar: Thriller 36.6%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, 1980s 14.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9%
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!
Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Mystery 22.6%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Exploration 20%, Adventure 16.5%, Atmospheric 14.2%
A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Exploration 16.5%, Thriller 15.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Mystery 10.8%
A horror game about escaping from a mysterious place after a chilling encounter in the woods. Explore, stay quiet, and make tough choices as you search for a way out.
Why similar: Thriller 26.5%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Mystery 9.3%
You play as Emma, who wakes up in an abandoned house without any prior memory of how she ended up there. Investigate your surroundings, uncover the mysteries of the house and connect memories from your past as you try to escape in this short, first person atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Thriller 22.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Female Protagonist 15%, Atmospheric 11%, Exploration 10.6%
Fear Within is a short first-person psychological horror experience where the past lingers, even when its memories are lost. Explore familiar spaces through slow-paced exploration, uncover unsettling fragments of the past, and face a growing sense of fear driven by atmosphere and sound.
Why similar: Thriller 26.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Mystery 7.5%
Night Clerk is a first-person horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Exploration 15.7%, 1980s 15.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 10.5%
Brews & Blood is a Atmospheric Horror game where you manage your uncle's liquor shop for one night in a remote Indian village.
Why similar: Thriller 26.2%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Horror 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
While Jonathan is driving, his car suddenly stops. His cell phone doesn't work either. Jonathan doesn't know where he is. He sees a farm nearby. He goes to the farm in hopes of finding someone to ask for help.
Why similar: Thriller 39%, Mystery 15.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Horror 8.8%
Nightwatch is a first-person mystery game that plays out in the woods of Rivertidecreek, a walking simulator that features choices of dialogues and different puzzles. The artwork will make you feel absorbed in the game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Mystery 18.4%, Thriller 17.8%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 10.2%
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Exploration 13.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%
A PSX-stylized horror mystery set in the lonely Taraset Station. Haunted by a monstrous presence, with six mysterious red coins, you embark on a tense and deliberate journey. Solace Creek is a retro-inspired horror title with a focus on exploration, atmosphere & puzzle solving.
Why similar: Thriller 22.7%, Mystery 15.3%, Exploration 12%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%
A first-person psychological horror game about a young woman whose ordinary evening slowly descends into a nightmare. Uncover the truth, make the right choices, and survive the night.
Why similar: Thriller 26.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
A young couple stops for the night at a quiet, roadside motel. It's run by a soft-spoken man, Harold, and his wife, Margaret. As a famous saying goes, some guests can check out anytime they want, but can never leave.
Why similar: Thriller 28.8%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, 1980s 13.6%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
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: Thriller 22.5%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Exploration 14.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 11%
Psychological horror game without any jumpscares. Take care of Samuel, the neighbour’s kid, in this realistic singleplayer walking simulator and uncover family secrets.
Why similar: Thriller 29.7%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Reality unravels.Every floor reflects your mind.Tales of Ancients: Hollow Apartments a dark, atmospheric journey through psychological horror and inner collapse.
Why similar: Thriller 26.1%, Mystery 16.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%
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: Thriller 20.5%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
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: Thriller 28.5%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Exploration 8.8%
Dinner With Strangers is a fixed camera style "escape room" game where you have to find a way out of the House of Modesty. You wake up not knowing who you are and why you are there to find everyone in the house dead.
Why similar: Thriller 25.3%, Mystery 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Exploration 10.6%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Mystery 19.4%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Thriller 9.9%
You are trapped in a never-ending street loop. Observe your surroundings carefully and identify anomalies. Make the right choice at the end of each street and try to escape the loop.
Why similar: Thriller 21.8%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Exploration 14.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 8.9%
Investigate a disturbing murder case in a world shaped by guilt, trauma and fractured memories. Explore unsettling locations, solve puzzles and uncover a truth your mind desperately tried to bury.
Why similar: Thriller 23%, Mystery 19.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Walking Simulator 8.1%
You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...
Why similar: Thriller 24.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%