- #1 The Backrooms Project
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: 3AM Studios
Windows · Linux
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.9% ★, Perma Death 13.9%, Walking Simulator 10%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Dark 6.9%
- #2 TheSilentSnowfall
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
The Silent Snowfall is a first-person horror game.Embark on a dark Christmas journey where the silence of a winter night hides blood-chilling secrets.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.3%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Perma Death 14.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #3 One Last Clip
96% matchVery Positive90% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Struggle Games Studio
Windows
You are locked inside a cinema. Your only way to escape is to follow the instructions of your task: Watch the same film clip repeatedly and search for flaws to break free. But this may sound easier than it is, every wrong decision or death will set you back. So be careful!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.4% ★, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #4 Project SARA
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yousef JawharPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
A man who has lost his wife and seeks to escape loneliness and grief begins working as a firewatch in a forest. He meets a girl named Sarah and encounters strange occurrences while uncovering deep family secrets. He learns that not every voice is human and not every farewell signifies an end.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.1%, Psychological 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Narration 7.4%
- #5 Voices in the Dark
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: ZTS studio
Windows
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 25.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Narration 7.4%
- #6 Backrooms: Partygoers
94% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Mascot Bro Studio
Windows
Backrooms: Partygoers is a backrooms horror game based on Level 0 where you play as a researcher tasked to find anomalies inside the backrooms. You are equip with devices that can beep whenever an anomaly is near, where the partygoers roam and can hear you.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.7% ★, Perma Death 15.5%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Dark 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #7 LIMINOUS
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darchive Media
Windows
An exploratory first-person survival horror journey about travelling the gaps in our reality. Risking everything to keep the lab funded and the board members happy.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.6%, Psychological 20.3%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #8 Hatch
93% matchMixed68% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Nekoromorph
Windows
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #9 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Perma Death 12.6%, Dark 10.3%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 8.7%
- #10 Hotel 77
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludomancer Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless lovecraftian hotel. Observe your surroundings and avoid eldritch anomalies in order to reach the exit.
Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Immersive Sim 16%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.3%
- #11 Psychomachia
90% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Kornux Games
Windows
Confront your deepest fears in Psychomachia, trapped in a nightmarish loop at the heart of the dorms of mental instability. Explore the intricacies of the human mind, faced with terrifying manifestations of madness.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23%, Psychological 18.9%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 8.3%
- #12 Safe House
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mike Hvll
Windows
Survive the plague. Manage a Safe House. Decide who to trust. A cinematic, story-driven psychological horror with multiple endings.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 38.3% ★, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Horror 6.6%
- #13 Dreamless
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.5%
- #14 Heat or Die
88% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
A hardcore horror experience where you must seek heat to survive the cold and confront a stalking Wendigo. Escape the forest by following flares, searching for campsites, looting matches, lighting fires, and being stealthy when needed.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.2%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Psychological 9.7%, Exploration 7%
- #15 The Butcher's Village™
86% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Murtaza ErrorPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Psychological 10.2%, Horror 8.5%
- #16 Dark Survival
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cynical Gaming Ltd
Windows
Dark Survival is a horror survival game with a mix of the classic survival mechanics of find the items around the map to survive and the scary sounds and monsters of a horror game.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 52% ★, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Perma Death 8.5%, Horror 6.4%
- #17 The Dinner
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Juan HernandezPub: Goat Studios
Windows
A war veteran, haunted by the scars of combat, struggles with tormenting hallucinations that revive the guilt of his darkest memories while trying to prepare everything for family dinner.
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark 8.8%
- #18 Sitter
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Games
Windows
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.8%
- #19 SCP: Contamination
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
A bodycam footage game based on a member of D-class personnel who has awoken during a facility-wide contamination lockdown, you must escape the facility by navigating through the labs, basement areas & SCP classes that now roam free.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 42.9% ★, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Action-Adventure 7%, Exploration 6.2%, Dark 6.1%
- #20 blank_01
83% matchVery Positive94% of 219 reviews2025
Dev: ln404
Windows
eat, sleep, work, repeat.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25%, Walking Simulator 24.6%, Psychological 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #21 NOCLIP
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 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 18.8%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Exploration 8.6%
- #22 Sector 404
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 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 18.2%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Horror 8%
- #23 The Rite Holds
82% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: PV Development
Windows
In this concise first person horror experience, you are trapped in an infinite corridor with nothing but a flashlight. Explore this liminal space, survive the entities that lurk in the dark and complete the ritual to break the cycle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 9.9%
- #24 No, I'm not a Human
80% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.3% ★, Psychological 13.5%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 8.6%
- #25 Melancholia Maze
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Angus Fenton
Windows
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Psychological 10%
- #26 Mannequin
81% matchVery Positive83% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: elvismdPub: elvismd, ivangarcia
Windows
Play as a clothing store worker who is just finishing up her shift and preparing to go home. However, as you make your way towards the exit, the power suddenly goes out, leaving you trapped inside the store.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.7%, Psychological 16.1%, Dark 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9.2%
- #27 SLEEP AWAKE
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: EYES OUT, LLC.Pub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep. Those who remain exist in a crisis of reckless experiments to keep awake. From Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails), SLEEP AWAKE blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 30.4% ★, Psychedelic 16.3%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Immersive Sim 8.9%
- #28 Face Interrogation
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
Live the memories of a robot killer head. Make gut wrenching choices. Let the story splinter into every fiber of your being.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.9% ★, Psychological 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Horror 7.6%
- #29 Let's Pray
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Let's Pray — an atmospheric horror game with a unique mechanic. Pray into your microphone in any language to save lost souls and banish evil, so that God may light your path… Experience the faith of a young nun in a dark forest filled with spirits, temptations, and her own sins.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 10.6%
- #30 Sancta
77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Jan LebedaPub: Sword Games Studio
Windows
Sancta is a dark, atmospheric experience set in an abandoned dungeon where light decides your survival. Explore the environment, solve puzzles, craft torches, and avoid long-forgotten enemies in a tense world of shadows and secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #31 Midnight Crane
76% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Immersive Sim 19.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Dark 9.1%
- #32 Shadow Dwellers – Deliverance
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mizmic Studio
Windows
Deliver, or take it back. An observation-based horror game where you process packages while watching for subtle irregularities in the same apartment building. No correct answers are given. What remains are your decisions—and the recorded “variations.”
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Psychological 12.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #33 VGL: Imperative
78% matchPositive85% of 40 reviews2021
Dev: VladEv1LPub: VLRSOFT
Windows
You will have to visit the patient's apartment, find out about the agent's disappearance and submit a report to VGL Corporation. The task is easy, but after you enter the apartment, the picture will change and only the goal will remain - to survive!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 66.5% ★, Action-Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 8.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Horror 6.6%
- #34 Anomaly Report
75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Fissure
Windows
Welcome to the company.Your task is to detect and report any strange occurrences happening around you.If you successfully complete all reports for 8 days without mistakes, you will achieve your goal.Observe carefully and endure until the end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Psychological 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #35 LIGHT CRY
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Landing
Windows
It was the worst day of his life. The car hit Damon. Damon, in a coma, was on the thin line between life and death. To wake up from his coma, Damon had to win the battle with himself.
Why similar: Psychedelic 27.3%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 8.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #36 The Hotel
76% 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: Psychedelic 19%, Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 8.9%, Psychological 8.9%
- #37 Night Errors
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insomnia Interactive
Windows
Your job at Mr. Sandman's Dream Factory is simple: Enter children's nightmares and spot hidden anomalies - known as Night Errors. Make the right decisions to go deeper in the dreams, or start over from the beginning!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Horror 9.9%
- #38 The Hundredth Hike
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liberation Games
Windows
The Hundredth Hike is an Indie Psychological Horror game, living the story of you, as a mountain hiker, reliving your tragic past and finding the calm of the nature under your boots. Unaware of what lies before you, you unleash a powerful and mysterious truth.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Dark 9.5%, Horror 9.4%
- #39 Observing
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raven's Tales Game Studios
Windows
After the meteorite fall, Earth became a deadly trap. The ozone layer is destroyed, and sunlight is lethal. You took shelter in a house, but some people outside may be infected. Let them in or keep them out? Your survival depends on your choice.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.3% ★, Psychedelic 17.1%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%, Dark 6.1%
- #40 Psychiatrist Simulator
77% matchMixed40% of 127 reviews2018
Dev: Eathrabaria
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Have you ever wanted to be a psychiatrist? Now you can! Be a shrink for 14 days. Meet 14 patients with unique story of their lives. Diagnosis, treatment, chosen dialogues have impact on history of patients. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.9% ★, Psychological 14%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Immersive Sim 9%, Dark 8.3%
- #41 Segment In Space 1985
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GlodexTeam
Windows
Segment In Space 1985 is a psychological horror game about a person who finds themselves in Milotropia — a strange space made of fractured reality. Using the Second Sight and various consoles, dive into a long journey driven by one goal: to return home.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.7%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #42 Forest 6174
71% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: itandfeel
Windows
A brief narrative-driven psychological horror experience in first person (no jumpscares, story and dialogue-focused). You play as Danny, who is unexpectedly summoned to receive a break from his daily routine... However, things start to look out of place once you get deeper into the forest.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Horror 8.2%
- #43 The Shape On The Ground (Steam Edition)
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Somewhat Software
Windows
This software is not a game. A cross between a walking sim and a tarot card reading, TSOTG asks you to find 12 evocative dioramas and answer a single question : What do you see? Answer instinctively and receive one of five different endings and a final reading meant to stimulate self-reflection.
Why similar: Psychedelic 27.7%, Psychological 11.9%, Exploration 10%, Dark 9.5%, First-Person 8.5%
- #44 Nomad Nightmare - Episode 1: Awakening
70% match9 user reviews70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Nutria GoldPub: Nutria Gold Studio
Windows
Nomad Nightmare is a psychological horror where the line between dream and reality blurs. When his car stalls on a remote road at night, a vlogger finds refuge in a motel. But this place is a trap. Explore, solve puzzles, and try to escape the nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychedelic 20.1%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Exploration 7.7%, Dark 7.6%
- #45 HAIGLA
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: THOs Dev
Windows
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Dark 8.9%, First-Person 7.7%
- #46 Tenfold Loop
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Astrild Games
Windows
Tenfold Loop is a short walking simulator where the player is trapped inside an endless loop. The only way to exit is to find 10 consecutives anomalies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological 21.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Exploration 9.9%
- #47 VILLAGE THE SIBERIA
73% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: VikTor
Windows
Uncover the terrible secret of Siberia as a little boy in the first person.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.5% ★, Psychedelic 13.2%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #48 Delirium
69% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.2%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 9.3%
- #49 The Concrete District
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
Explore a brutalist labyrinth haunted by statues with unsettling behaviors—some hunt when unseen, others mirror your every move or react to sound. Only by understanding their patterns can you survive. Paranoia grows with every step—you never know which ones will move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 9.9%, Narration 8.8%
- #50 Pradera
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: itandfeel Pub: itandfeel
Windows
Pradera is a first-person psychological horror. You play as Clarice, an ambitious lawyer taking on an impossible case. Nine people were decapitated. The bodies remain. The heads are gone. A gamble for fame becomes a real nightmare.
Why similar: Narration 15.4%, Psychological 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.4%
- #51 Beneath the Quiet: Where It Ends
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Side Eyes Project
Windows
Beneath The Quiet: Where It Ends is a first-person psychological horror game. After a bank ultimatum forces you back to your childhood home in Miskolc, Hungary, you return to pack up the past, only to uncover buried trauma, unsettling memories, and a mind you can no longer trust.
Why similar: Psychological 15.8%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Dark 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #52 The Last Delivery: Nightmare Courier
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mango x2
Windows · Mac
You're a night shift courier. Your job is to deliver packages before dawn. But the further you go, the clearer it becomes—the clients aren’t waiting for the cargo… They’re waiting for you. Will you survive your final shift?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Immersive Sim 13%, Narration 11.9%, Dark 10%
- #53 Together After Dark
68% matchMixed56% of 310 reviews2025
Dev: RedForge
Windows
Together After Dark is a co-op horror psychological game with a survival touch for 1-4 players. 4 Teens are stuck in the forest and need to find a way out but they are not alone
Why similar: Perma Death 24.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Exploration 8%
- #54 Shifting Lunacy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hulucats Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychiatrist begins her first night shift during apocalyptic rumors. Patients with severe and varied conditions demand constant attention, while unexpected incidents push the nights into strange, surreal chaos.
Why similar: Psychedelic 33.1%, Immersive Sim 19%, Horror 10.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #55 SICK
71% matchMixed44% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Derek
Windows
Sick is a mixture of intense thriller and exploration of a small surrounding world. A first-person game with a frightening atmosphere. Once in Hell, you play as Jack Willis, who roams an endless loop of suffering, pain and fear.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.2%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark 10.1%
- #56 3Tower
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Wechselbalg Studio
Windows
3Tower is a first-person horror adventure experience where you play as a night watchman on the graveyard shift. You might explore what going on here, or you might survive the night shift. It's up to you. This is a dense deep exploration in natural fears of graveyards - but pushed to a new level.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #57 Backrooms: Levels of Fear
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The M.E.G.
Windows
A first-person psychological and survival-horror experience. You are lost in the Backrooms and you have to find a way to survive in this dangerous universe. Explore the different levels, meet the Entities and other Explorers, and find clues to reveal the Backrooms’ secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%
- #58 When the Darkness comes
70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Narration 10.2%, Psychological 9.1%, Horror 7.7%
- #59 SNAP SNAP
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 9.1%
- #60 KAVERNUM
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Buennyo
Windows
Winston Bradley is an amateur explorer who is always looking for new adventures. His latest destination is a cave in Algeria, which is known for it famous cave paintings. But the further he goes into the cave, the more he realizes that something is wrong with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological 19%, Dark 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.4%