- #1 The Maid
97% matchVery Positive82% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Dark 7.5%, Adventure 7.4%
- #2 Seven Scarecrows
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Two Cypresses
Windows
In the quiet dusk of abandoned fields, an endless cycle unfolds. As a solitary figure, you find yourself revisiting the same hushed evening, where spooky shifts emerge with each repetition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 7.8%
- #3 The Lighthouse Whispers
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HEADWINDS
Windows
In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #4 Soviet Village
95% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 7.8%
- #5 The Forest Watches
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RanSio
Windows
You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #6 Fox Pines
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 11.1%, Mystery 11%, Horror 10.5%
- #7 Kach
94% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 11%, Adventure 10.6%, Dark 10.5%, Exploration 8.4%
- #8 Night Clerk
92% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Arzolath®
Windows
Night Clerk is a first-person psychological 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 30.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 9.5%, 3D 7.3%
- #9 Mayfly
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backyard Zoo
Windows
A story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Follow Caroline Miller's descent into an increasingly twisted reality as she searches for her missing husband
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Mystery 11.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Dark 8.9%
- #10 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nothing
Windows
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 32.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 10.1%, 3D 7.7%
- #11 Chestnut Grove
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Philip Drobar
Windows · Mac
How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 11.1%, Dark 10%
- #12 Fragments of Fear
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 10.5%, 3D 8%, Horror 7.8%
- #13 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
89% 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 34.6%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Dark 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #14 Possession
88% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Taleon
Windows
The story begins as the protagonist receives a cursed doll and starts suffering from recurring nightmares. Players explore dark environments and face fear through various horror elements. The game offers two different endings and delivers a short but intense horror experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10.6%, Mystery 8%
- #15 Unmixable Syrup
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.4%, Exploration 14.9%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 10.7%
- #16 House of Saturn
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XCATHEDRA Games
Windows
Exorcize the demonic in this psychological horror game set in early 1900s England. Navigate a haunted university by solving light puzzles, fueling your lantern, and hiding from a demon that can phase through walls. The gates of hell shall not prevail.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Mystery 8.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #17 Reel Horror
85% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Exploration 13.4%, Horror 12.3%, First-Person 10.5%, 3D 8.1%
- #18 Hoiwa Hub
86% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 8.4%, 3D 7.8%
- #19 The Guest
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.7%
- #20 Engraving
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Horror 15.4%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #21 Backward poiesis
83% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 11.5%, 3D 8.5%, Horror 8.3%
- #22 Framed Fear
82% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Dark 8%, 3D 7.7%
- #23 Chior
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DariusPub: Steel Rain Studios
Windows
You had a pretty rough fall. Trying to regain your composure you try to look around before realizing you can't see anything. Hope that your other senses will serve you better.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 7.6%
- #24 O.M.N.I.S.: Overnight Train
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: NOIR1987
Windows
You are aboard an endless train. Find anomalies, report them, and move on. But be careful—missing just one may cost you the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Exploration 17.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #25 The Paranormal is Happening
80% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Stevri Games
Windows
The Paranormal Is Happening is a psychological horror experience set in an isolated forest village abandoned after a mysterious event in the 1940s. Sent to investigate its disappearance, you must collect evidence and uncover the truth before something in the woods finds you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 7.4%
- #26 GhostlyRyokan
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 12.2%, 3D 9.1%
- #27 The Cradle
79% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: GiBarPub: RoBot
Windows
You are Alex, a curious journalist who has decided to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the entire staff of Synergy Soft. Six months ago, all the employees went mad at once, staging a bloody massacre. The official version is mass psychosis. But the truth is much more terrifying.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Action 9.9%, First-Person 7.7%
- #28 Liminality
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liminality Studios
Windows
Liminality sets in the near future, where humanity discovers a liminal hell full with anomalies, explore multiple unique levels with increasing difficulty and teamwork, good luck on your next expedition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 8.5%, Adventure 8.1%
- #29 Insider Threat
79% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #30 Edge Of Evil
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
Brace yourself for a WILD descent as you wander into an ancient crypt where creeping shadows threaten your tiny lost kitten. Dig for clues... literally, while unraveling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your curious pet from this dark tomb.(First-Person psychological horror game)
Why similar: Exploration 17.9%, Walking Simulator 15%, Dark 10.2%, Adventure 10%, Action 9.8%
- #31 LiDAR Exploration Program
76% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Exploration 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Horror 10.3%
- #32 PLAYROOMS
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winterblood games
Windows · Linux
Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, 3D 6.7%
- #33 Black Room
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadOwl Studio
Windows
Black Room is a first-person psychological horror game focused on story and experience. What starts as a night in a motel will pull you deep within the human psyche, leaving you grasping for an exit – and not only for yourself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #34 The Lost Experiment
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeoPixel Games
Windows
It is 1997. Farhad, an investigative journalist, arrives at an abandoned military base to uncover the truth behind a silenced 1986 meteor crash. But as he delves deeper into the forest, he finds that the debris isn't the only thing buried here. Some headlines are better left unwritten.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Dark 7.8%
- #35 Prospero: Unknown Planet
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: davidh
Windows
dawn the exosuit, uncover the lost expedition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #36 Nyctophobia
75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Archmagnificent
Windows
A short Horror game about navigating a pitch-black urban environment, using limited sources of light.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 11.6%, Horror 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%
- #37 False Exit
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hassan SherifPub: Halal Games Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in a looping hospital, where each cycle changes reality, escalates tension, and brings you closer to something that should not be there.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #38 Iron Roland
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umberto F.
Windows
Take part in an historic mission that could finally turn the tides of war in favor of humanity. As a prisoner, you are forced to work in the bowels of the Behemoth-class Assault Walker, the Iron Roland, take care of the machinery, discover what brought you here, and, most importantly, follow orders.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.4%, First-Person 12%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Horror 9%
- #39 Darkness Inside
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
Darkness Inside is a first-person atmospheric horror game. The game takes place in an old house. You will be playing the game as James, who is a paranormal investigator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 12%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 10.6%
- #40 At the Summit of Mount Rojerya
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Selçuk Çetiner
Windows
Survive a deadly descent from a mountain peak. One wrong step ends it all. Be slow, focused, and patient caution is your only ally in this unforgiving journey. There’s no map, no help just you, your instincts, and the will to make it out alive. One mistake, and it’s all over.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Adventure 18%, Exploration 14%, Atmospheric 13.2%, 3D 8.9%
- #41 Shafted
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Large Lads
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Dark 13.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 10.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #42 Obfuscation
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: mid1224
Windows
Escaping from a car trunk, you find yourself in the garage of a mysterious house, with no memory of what happened. Step inside this first-person psychological horror experience and uncover the truth hidden inside.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 9%
- #43 The Letter: Classic Edition
74% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: TreeFall Studios L.L.C.
Windows
The Letter: Classic Edition is the ORIGINAL experience from the classic title "The Letter", with a few changes and additions. Relive the Wii U game that gathered so much hate it became a cult classic. Embark on a creepy narrative driven tale about a boy in search of his missing father.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Adventure 12.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Dark 8.8%, 3D 8.2%
- #44 It Happened At Night
71% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 26%, Mystery 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 8.8%
- #45 The Offering
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #46 My Day Challenge
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Exploration 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #47 Caution Ahead: Part 3
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ionic Relay
Windows
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 11.8%, Mystery 9.2%
- #48 Lying Souls
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Troxy Studios
Windows
Lying Souls is an atmospheric, mysterious single player story horror game. You'll dive into a story in which nothing is as it seems. Find out the reasons behind what happened to your family back then. Your decisions will guide the course of the story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Mystery 9.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Dark 8.1%, Horror 8%
- #49 DEEP STRIKE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meshal Al-MuhammadyPub: OFF BOX Studios
Windows
You’re operating a drill machine beneath an abandoned chemical lab. You’ll feel the ground tremble, hear faint whispers in the dark, and glimpse shadows just beyond your lights. Stay focused—ignore what you see and hear—and keep drilling until your tasks are done.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, 3D 9.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #50 Worker 42
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sheyper
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Mystery 9.2%
- #51 White Silence
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #52 Evac Bay 09
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustín Balmer
Windows · Linux
You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Horror 9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #53 Exorcism of Montague Manor
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GraveBound Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game set in a pitch-black mansion where your only tool is a flashlight. Collect clues, make risky light-on or light-off decisions, and survive sudden shock jumpscares in a tense, combat-free experience focused on fear and uncertainty.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Dark 9.6%
- #54 Saintless
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chocho Co.
Windows
Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Horror 7.9%, Mystery 7.9%
- #55 The Last Visit: 98th
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, First-Person 9%
- #56 ARB: Anomalous Research Bureau - Museum
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Atomic Elk
Windows
Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Mystery 11%, Exploration 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 9.1%
- #57 Just a Stay at the Inn
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.3%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 10.6%, 3D 10.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #58 Don't Blink
65% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Galus
Windows
Don’t Blink is a first-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth and psychological horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Dark 9.6%
- #59 Camp Hollow
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThatNerdPunk Games
Windows
A first-person adventure horror game where you play as a night security guard exploring an abandoned summer camp, solving environmental puzzles, and surviving a relentless creature while trying to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 8.2%
- #60 The madness of death
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
The madness of death is a first person psychological horror game. Explore the house in order to escape from it and break the curse of the Death Stone. You will have to solve the puzzles in order to advance and try not to stay in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 8.4%