Games Like Investigator

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Horror 24.3%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a snowy, post-apocalyptic setting with a heavy emphasis on exploration and survival-lite mechanics.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Horror 17.1%, Adventure 12%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep exploration-focused game set in a decaying, post-disaster industrial world.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.2%, Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Adventure 8.9%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly atmospheric, first-person exploration experience focused on uncovering a dark mystery.

ShadowSide is a First Person Exploration game. A policeman Alex Carter has been watching over the tranquility in the town for many years. He protects the people from robbery and crime. Nothing but a routine.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Horror 22.6%, Simulation 15.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and psychological tension.

ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 17.6%, Atmospheric 13.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a tense, first-person psychological horror experience focused on environmental discovery.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Walking Simulator 31%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric first-person horror that explores deep philosophical themes in a desolate setting.

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.7%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential walking simulator set in a beautiful yet haunting post-apocalyptic English village.

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.4%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Horror 8.3%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on philosophical exploration and narrative discovery within a strange, atmospheric environment.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.2%, Adventure 19.6%, Horror 11.6%, Indie 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration with puzzle-solving in a surreal and atmospheric environment.

You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Horror 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 10%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven exploration game that focuses on uncovering the history of a desolate island.

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Horror 26.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking simulator that traps the player in a claustrophobic, unsettling environment.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.7%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features immersive first-person exploration and a strong narrative set in a remote, isolated location.

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Horror 25.3%, Violent 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that relies on atmospheric pacing and exploration to build dread.

The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 31%, Walking Simulator 26.5%, Atmospheric 15%, Violent 10.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, sci-fi psychological horror game with a heavy focus on exploring a decaying, dystopian world.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Violent 14.9%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on exploring a domestic space to uncover a dark, supernatural past.

Coma:Mortuary is the introduction part of a trilogy about events in the world of the dead. The game`s genre is Adventure-Ambient with Horror-quest element.

Why similar: Horror 48%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror walking simulator that focuses on exploration within a confined, eerie space.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 56.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Indie 7.5%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror game that emphasizes physics-based exploration and puzzle-solving.

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Horror 26.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a dark, atmospheric setting.

12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Walking Simulator 27.3%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A grounded psychological horror game focused on exploration and narrative within an abandoned asylum.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 34.8%, Walking Simulator 27.3%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror walking simulator that uses shifting environments to create a sense of unease.

Frightence is a short, intense first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.5%, Horror 36.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror experience that focuses on the tension of exploring a single, unsettling location.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Atmospheric 20%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Adventure 13%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that captures the extreme isolation and atmospheric danger of a post-apocalyptic winter.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.9%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Horror 8.5%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional exploration game that uses environmental storytelling to reveal a haunting family history.

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Horror 39%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person survival horror game set in the isolated, crushing depths of the ocean.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 57.5%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 7%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive first-person horror title that prioritizes exploration and vulnerability over combat.

'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: Horror 31.9%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Indie 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that relies on exploration and puzzle-solving to progress.

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 75%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 4.4%, First-Person 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused exploration game that excels at environmental storytelling within a single, isolated location.

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game that focuses on piecing together a story in a mysterious, abandoned facility.

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 31.9%, Horror 27.2%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 6.2%

The Descent, a horror walking sim in Rockwell Mine, immerses players in miners' harsh life and unsettling mine encounters. Play as an investigator uncovering a hometown mystery.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Simulation 21.9%, Horror 19%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 5.7%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Horror 28.3%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Adventure 6.6%, First-Person 4.9%

Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.3%, Horror 27.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Why similar: Horror 63.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 8.3%, First-Person 5.7%, Atmospheric 5.4%

"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 29.1%, Horror 26.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Violent 10.8%, Adventure 9.5%

Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 16.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, First-Person 6.9%

Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Simulation 18.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 11.1%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Horror 27.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Indie 8.6%

Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.7%, Horror 34.1%, Adventure 18.4%, First-Person 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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 36.4%, Horror 29.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 6.7%, First-Person 4.6%

A storm washed you upon the shore of a mysterious island with a horrific past. A terrifying first-person atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Horror 26%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Simulation 9.9%, Adventure 7.9%

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 12.7%, First-Person 5.4%

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 49.5%, Horror 25.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 6.7%, First-Person 6.6%

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Adventure 22%, Walking Simulator 22%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 5.1%

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 34.9%, Horror 32%, Adventure 17%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Indie 4%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 12.8%, First-Person 4.9%

The Silence After is a first-person atmospheric horror game where you play as a blind sole survivor following a distress signal through an apocalyptic reality, interacting with the environment and using your synesthetic ability to perceive sound as color to progress and avoid death.

Why similar: Horror 79.2%, First-Person 16.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%

The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Indie 27%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 9.2%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Horror 22.7%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 14.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Faint Call is a psychological horror game about a police officer investigating a distress call from someone at a notoriously cursed house.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Horror 26%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 5.7%

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Horror 24.3%, Violent 13%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 9.9%

Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Horror 14.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%

An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Horror 16.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Adventure 11.3%

Find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Horror 23.8%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Violent 10.1%

A first-person horror game where you clean up after rowdy high school kids while also keeping a lookout for clues as to their disappearance. Scrub, vacuum, clean... die?

Why similar: Horror 28.4%, Walking Simulator 26.6%, Adventure 25.4%, Atmospheric 17%, Singleplayer 2.6%

The winds of the frozen wasteland are calling in this atmospheric horror game. Operate an aging vehicle to locate the missing driver of the previous expedition. Be careful not to stray from the path...

Why similar: Horror 34%, Post-apocalyptic 29.1%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 7.9%

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Walking Simulator 29.5%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 4.6%

"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.

Why similar: Adventure 41.6%, Atmospheric 40.1%, First-Person 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%