60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Walking Simulator, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, Exploration.
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
POOLS
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.
Dreamcore
Experience backrooms 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?
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 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Escape Room 11.8% ★, Nonlinear 9.5%, Realistic 9.4%
Experience backrooms 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 15.1%, Escape Room 14.5% ★, Nonlinear 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Realistic 7.7%
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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Realistic 11.8%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
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 26.8%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Realistic 15.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Realistic 11.2%, First-Person 7.9%, Immersive Sim 7.6%
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 20.7%, Realistic 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%
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 23.4%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Realistic 13.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 7.7%
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 30.1%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Dark 6.6%
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Realistic 12.2%, Minimalist 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Realistic 16.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Realistic 12.3%, Minimalist 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
Why similar: Escape Room 15.9% ★, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Realistic 8.1%
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 31.7%, Psychological Horror 29.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Relaxing 8.3%
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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.3%, First-Person 8%, Realistic 6.8%
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 25.1% ★, Nonlinear 20.6%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 8.1%
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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, First-Person 13.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Escape Room 18.8% ★, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Realistic 7.7%
World Alone is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Realistic 11.3%, Relaxing 8.5%, Immersive Sim 8%
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Relaxing 10.2%, Realistic 10.2%, First-Person 8.4%
Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Immersive Sim 13%, Realistic 11.3%, First-Person 10.7%
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 87.1%, Indie 12.9%
backrooms horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Realistic 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 8.9%
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.9%
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 30.3% ★, Psychological Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Realistic 12%, Dark 5.9%
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 23.8%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Realistic 9.9%
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Realistic 15.5%, Relaxing 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
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 29%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Realistic 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 8.8%
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 18.7%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%
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 36%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 9.1%
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 28.5%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Realistic 15.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%, First-Person 8.9%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Realistic 8.9%
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 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 13.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 10.1%
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 29.9%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Realistic 17.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Dark 7.1%
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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 8.3%
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 24.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Dark 8.8%
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 19.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, First-Person 10.8%, Minimalist 10.7%, Realistic 10.5%
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 28.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Realistic 11.4%, First-Person 10.1%
You are the exploration team from company PhaseSync, 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 32.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Realistic 14.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, First-Person 10.3%
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 32.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
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 19.6%, Walking Simulator 18%, First-Person 13.8%, Adventure 6.4%
Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Nostalgia 10.3% ★, Minimalist 10.1%
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 19.3%, First-Person 15.1%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Dark 9.9%
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 21%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Realistic 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Nonlinear 9.6%
Wander long creepy corridors in search for answers in this short and jumpscare filled game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Nostalgia 13.7% ★, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 13%, Exploration 7.6%
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Minimalist 16.7%, Realistic 15.2%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
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 26.7%, Walking Simulator 25.1%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Realistic 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
Why similar: Escape Room 38.5% ★, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Relaxing 6.9%, First-Person 4.3%
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 24.1%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Realistic 12.2%, Immersive Sim 10%, First-Person 9.5%
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 31.7%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Realistic 9.3%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
'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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 14.5%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Adventure 10.6%
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 18.3%, First-Person 17%, Exploration 12.8%, Dark 10.9%
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 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Dark 8%
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 27.4%, Realistic 20.6%, First-Person 15.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, First-Person 14%, Realistic 10.2%, Exploration 9%
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 26.3%, Realistic 22.6%, Exploration 10.7%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, First-Person 9.1%
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 26%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Realistic 17.1%, First-Person 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%
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 27.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Realistic 10.9%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 6.4%
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
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 25.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Realistic 13%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%
