- #1 POOLS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 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 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Realistic 10.6%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Escape Room 7.8% ★
- #2 Liminalcore
96% matchVery Positive83% of 688 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Realistic 11.6%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.5%
- #3 Liminal City
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Realistic 15.7%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 9%
- #4 Dreamcore
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,683 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Escape Room 14.4% ★, Nonlinear 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Realistic 7.6%
- #5 Limoria
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Realistic 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%
- #6 The Complex: Found Footage
93% matchVery Positive93% of 9,623 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
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: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Realistic 13.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #7 The Hotel
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Psychological Horror 24%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Dark 6.7%
- #8 Floor 9
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Realistic 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%
- #9 Enter The Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,046 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #10 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
90% matchMixed69% of 263 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.9%, First-Person 8.2%, Realistic 6.8%
- #11 Within the Backrooms
91% matchVery Positive95% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Nostalgia 25.2% ★, Nonlinear 20.6%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #12 Shifting To The Backrooms
89% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #13 NOCLIP
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
Windows
Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Realistic 11.2%, First-Person 10.9%
- #14 SKUF BACKROOMS
88% matchMixed59% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: akhsotoen
Windows
SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Realistic 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #15 Backrooms: Last Room - Infinite Depths
87% matchMixed69% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: KInTstudio
Windows
Experience the unknown world of utility rooms through a VHS camera, you will have to feel all the fear and anxiety of loneliness, plunging deeper and deeper into the world of utility rooms behind the scenes In search of that very, cherished, last room
Why similar: Psychological Horror 87%, Indie 13%
- #16 Sector 404
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Realistic 12.6%, First-Person 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.9%
- #17 Liminal Exit
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: LittleRedDread
Windows
Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Immersive Sim 12%, Realistic 9.8%
- #18 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
84% matchVery Positive85% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Escape Room 30.2% ★, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Realistic 11.9%, Dark 6%
- #19 Backrooms: Exploration
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Realistic 19.3%, Walking Simulator 18%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 6.2%
- #20 Reflection
83% matchVery Positive84% of 247 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 29.8%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Realistic 17%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Dark 7.2%
- #21 DREAM LOGIC
84% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 24%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Atmospheric 11%, First-Person 9.1%, Exploration 8.3%
- #22 Subliminal
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,177 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Realistic 18.5%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #23 Anomalies Detective
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 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 35.8%, Psychological Horror 23%, Immersive Sim 12%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 9.1%
- #24 Backrooms: Found Footage
81% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Realistic 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 10.1%
- #25 The Exit 8
79% matchVery Positive93% of 10,866 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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, First-Person 9.9%, Realistic 8.9%
- #26 White Room Protocol
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Realistic 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 8.9%
- #27 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
79% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #28 LIMINAL SHIFT
77% matchVery Positive82% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 10.8%, Minimalist 10.8%, Realistic 10.4%
- #29 There Exists Nobody
76% matchVery Positive93% of 884 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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Realistic 11.3%, First-Person 10.3%
- #30 The Backrooms
82% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, First-Person 12%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #31 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
77% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: 1_Cutter_1
Windows
You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Realistic 14.8%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, First-Person 10.4%
- #32 Overtime Anomaly
76% matchVery Positive84% of 77 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 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Realistic 10.2%, Immersive Sim 10%, Nonlinear 9.6%
- #33 Backrooms Doors
78% matchMixed68% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Realistic 19%, First-Person 15.3%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Dark 10%
- #34 Room 404
74% matchVery Positive91% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Walking Simulator 25%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Realistic 10.3%, Exploration 8.5%
- #35 Hotel Remorse
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 345 reviews2018
Dev: Charlie Behan
Windows
Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Nostalgia 13.7% ★, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #36 Exit Together
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Realistic 12%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%
- #37 Project Liminal 2
73% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Minimalist 16.9%, Realistic 15.1%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #38 holo8
73% matchVery Positive90% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: frog blendPub: holo Indie
Windows
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
Why similar: Escape Room 38.2% ★, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Relaxing 7.1%, First-Person 4.4%
- #39 Twisted Gallery 异馆
71% matchVery Positive86% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 9.3%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #40 RESTORER
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 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 24.2%, Realistic 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Dark 5.6%
- #41 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
74% matchMixed47% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Sushi Studio
Windows
If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Realistic 20.3%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #42 Kyoto Anomaly
70% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Realistic 12.8%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #43 The Guest
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 953 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Adventure 11.2%
- #44 Liminal Universe
72% matchMixed60% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Gvn Games
Windows
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Realistic 11.6%, Minimalist 11.2%, First-Person 9%
- #45 Narrow Woods Hotel
71% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Atmospheric 18.5%, First-Person 17.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Dark 10.9%
- #46 Ten Bells
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 567 reviews2024
Dev: Hillfort Games
Windows · Mac
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Escape Room 19.1% ★, Nonlinear 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Realistic 8.6%
- #47 The Complex: Expedition
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,327 reviews2025
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Realistic 22.7%, Immersive Sim 11%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 9.3%
- #48 Inside the Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive80% of 46,110 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.4%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark 8.1%
- #49 Finnish Cottage 8
70% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #50 Platform 8
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,690 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Realistic 10.8%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%
- #51 Backrooms Rec.
69% matchMixed70% of 1,769 reviews2024
Dev: Liminal Logic
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.9%, Psychological Horror 25%, Realistic 16.9%, First-Person 14%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #52 A Lonely Cabin Trip
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Dark 8.7%
- #53 The Inn-Sanity
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,572 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #54 DEAD END
69% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Realistic 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #55 The Backrooms Experiment
70% matchMixed60% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Efe Mert
Windows
The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Realistic 15.5%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11%
- #56 Seybul Tech
67% matchVery Positive91% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Seybul Tech
Windows
Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Realistic 10.9%, Dark 8.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #57 Trapped: Family Vacation
66% matchVery Positive91% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, First-Person 10.4%, Realistic 10.2%, Atmospheric 8%
- #58 [SUBJECT]
68% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Escape Room 19% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%, First-Person 6.7%
- #59 The Liminal Dimension
66% matchVery Positive82% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Realistic 14.1%, Minimalist 13.2%, Adventure 6.5%