Games Like Invocation: Ghost Photography

Solve your supervisor's deadly task sequence to survive, but be warned: every wrong guess makes the store a more monstrous labyrinth. Unravel the horrific code and finally clock out, or be a permanent employee.

Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, First-Person 12.9%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies. Earn Credits to buy upgrades, but beware: hideous horrors are creeping in the dark.

Why similar: Horror 18.9%, First-Person 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Simulation 10.4%

You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Simulation 10.2%

Concluse is an atmospheric horror game which features puzzles, outstanding cutscenes, and something a little twisted..

Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11%

A retrieved obscure software from the late 90's that supposedly "renders anomalies in signals’ frequency spectra as 3D simulations".

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Simulation 19.8%, First-Person 16%, Exploration 14.7%, Mystery 13.1%

Survive the night shift at an abandoned school. Complete your cleaning tasks before 5 AM, manage your flashlight battery, and avoid the darkness that hunts you. Can you last 5 nights?

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Survival Horror 20.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 11%

You wake up in a cold sweat, paranoid, and unable to move. Is it just another case of sleep paralysis or something else? Check your cameras to ensure you're not having delusions, and, most importantly, try not to panic..

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Simulation 19%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, First-Person 9.9%

Traverse the sleeper coaches of an apparent empty Indian train—or so it seems. If you see an anomaly, face it and move forward. If not, it may be a trick of the mind—return to the previous coach. But beware, some anomalies will do everything to stop you. Face them or be lost forever.

Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Simulation 24.5%, Mystery 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 9.7%

Take a temporary job as a forest ranger deep in the mountains. Complete daily tasks, maintain equipment, and enjoy the quiet, until strange things start to happen.

Why similar: Simulation 27.3%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Immersive Sim 7.2%

Backrooms Untold is an atmospheric horror experience where you’re lost in an endless, infinite maze of fluorescent lit corridors, stained carpet, and humming lights. The deeper you go, the more it feels wrong—familiar spaces twisting into something hostile and unknowable.

Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%

Crash land in a haunted forest, stalked by a relentless monster. Explore eerie ruins, solve dark puzzles, and gather mysterious artifacts to escape the nightmare that lurks amongst the forest

Why similar: Horror 26.2%, First-Person 15.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11%

"New Year Home" is a horror game set during the New Year. Players explore a familiar yet eerie home, navigating festive yet dangerous spaces. They must solve abnormal events to uncover a terrifying truth.

Why similar: First-Person 18.6%, Simulation 17.6%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

Pack toys. Ship orders. Finish the shift. And repeat. Twisted Toy is a psychological horror game where your nightly routine reveals you’re not alone.

Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Simulation 23.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, First-Person 9.9%

Project Diaspora: Planet Exploration is a game set in a virtual jungle planet called Diaspora, which is a dangerous unknown planet. Do the mission given by exploring planets and ruins, and check out the story that happens to the main character.

Why similar: Exploration 14.7%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, First-Person 11.6%

Hands UP Experience a classic first-person horror in pixel graphics. Use your shovel to clear the debris and reach the lowest level Do not tear wrist tendons.

Why similar: Horror 30.6%, First-Person 18.6%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 6.8%

Explore the dark in The Last Show, uncovering hidden truths through environmental clues and psychological storytelling in a tense, immersive experience.

Why similar: Simulation 23.1%, Horror 22.4%, First-Person 17.1%, Exploration 16.4%, Mystery 12.7%

You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...

Why similar: Simulation 21.1%, First-Person 16.5%, Exploration 16.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Horror 13.4%

An alien hides among the pigs. Can you spot the imposter before it's too late? A tense observation horror game inspired by The Thing, where every oink could be your last.

Why similar: Simulation 19.8%, Horror 17.2%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, First-Person 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%

Survival in a closed room. Every hour you get $1000. Stay as long as you want. The main thing is not to go crazy. Be careful in the room besides you there is someone else. Maintain your mental health and create items that will help you survive.

Why similar: Horror 21%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%

Survive the horrors of a decaying bunker as the last remaining technician, struggling under the pressure of your relentless boss while being stalked by a malevolent force from a forgotten past.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Simulation 8.7%

Set in a desolate forest in rural Shreveport Louisiana, a 16 year old teenager and experienced abandoned building explorer "Riley" finds himself exploring a school with a darker history than meets the eye

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Mystery 23%, First-Person 20.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, 3D 3.5%

Based on real-life haunted tunnels, this is a first-person horror game. Can you escape the tunnel filled with fear and tension and make it back home safely?

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Simulation 28.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, 3D 5.2%

You’ve been hired by a real estate agency to take photos of their listings at night to give them a unique look online. Grab your camera, step into dark, quiet rooms, and capture every shot before the house notices you. Finish the job or never leave.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.2%

Explore varied environments and chilling soundscapes. avoid threats that stalk the in-between. Try to uncover why you are here and what happened to you. Listen out for strange out of this world creatures. A Liminal horror Experience awaits you

Why similar: Immersive Sim 15.4%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 11.7%, First-Person 11%, Survival Horror 10.2%

Control an RC car in an abandoned hospital. Capture eerie anomalies, avoid making noise, and uncover a chilling mystery—before something finds you first.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Mystery 16.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Exploration 12.7%

After an unfortunate accident at Sorley Paper Mill, the facility was abandoned and left to rot. Multiple urban explorers venture into the facility, never to be heard from again. Police eventually walled off the mill in order to keep trespassers out... Or to keep something in...

Why similar: Simulation 29.7%, Horror 13.7%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, First-Person 6.8%

You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.

Why similar: Horror 21.1%, First-Person 14.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

The House of Voracity | 噬人之屋 is a horror game about a house keeper. You play as a house keeper who accepts a job to manage a remote house. As you carry out your duties, you gradually notice that a great malevolence targeting you is lurking in the darkness.

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Simulation 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Exploration 8%

A first-person psychological horror set in a Japanese train station after the last departure. The station knows your name. Something is watching. What is seen cannot be unseen. 終電後の日本の駅を舞台にした、一人称視点のサイコロジカルホラー。駅は、あなたの名前を知っている。何かが、見ている。一度見たものは、二度と見なかったことにはできない。

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Simulation 17.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, First-Person 16.4%, Immersive Sim 13.9%

You’re trapped in an endless maze of alleys. Carefully observe your surroundings and complete the Bagua to escape the infinite labyrinth!

Why similar: Simulation 27%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Mystery 9.2%

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: Horror 24.4%, Mystery 14.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

After Lights Out is a first person psychological horror game. Players will explore a terrifying house that keeps changing in the dark. Use the lights to solve the puzzles and uncover the hidden truth in the room.

Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Mystery 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Immersive Sim 10%

"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you..."

Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Mystery 16.6%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Set in a sunless town cursed by the Architect, Mysteries of Black Hollow is a shop management and extraction game. Ride your wagon into blighted lands, gather relics, and trade dark heirlooms to restore the church. But beware: every fortune has its price.

Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Simulation 27.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%

You are trapped in the new company by Lao Liu, and you need to carefully observe whether there are any abnormalities every day, make the right choice within the limited time, and break the cycle.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Horror 14.6%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 10.9%

Underground work pays well—if you survive. Memorize codes, sneak through flooded tunnels, and avoid what's hunting you. Pack the crate, set the lock. One wrong move, and you’re the next missing delivery.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.3%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, First-Person 12.9%, Simulation 12.3%

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: Horror 17.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Simulation 12%, First-Person 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%

It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Mystery 18.1%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Survival Horror 10.1%

Welcome to the Whitaker library! You are a young archivist who is invited to enter this mysterious library to explore the truth of those forbidden books. Each book is a key to an unknown world, and every reading may change your destiny... or discover a secret.

Why similar: Simulation 27.3%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Mystery 10.8%

You’ve stepped into an office building haunted by an unsolved murder. The elevator traps you in endlessly repeating floors — each one slightly different from the last. Discover all 31 subtle anomalies, avoid deadly supernatural events, and reach the final EXIT to uncover the true ending.

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Simulation 25.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 10.4%

RESIDUUM is a first-person psychological horror game set in a decaying research facility. With only a dwindling flashlight and faulty heartbeat sensor, manage power, seek answers, and escape what hides in the dark.

Why similar: Horror 20%, First-Person 16.6%, Survival Horror 16%, Simulation 15.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Unsettled: NIGHT SHIFT is a horror game about the terrors of daily life experienced by someone who has moved to a new city to live alone.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Simulation 20.2%, First-Person 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Simulation 13.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%

Abyssal Trench is a first-person underwater horror game where you play as a lone explorer waking from cryo-sleep after a failed mission. With your pod out of fuel and your crew gone, a mysterious AI voice guides you to collect data from three abandoned drilling sites deep beneath the ocean.

Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Simulation 18.9%, Survival Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 13%, Immersive Sim 10.6%

It's 2016. Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.

Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Survival Horror 21.3%, First-Person 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Exploration 11.8%

Your brother's unexpected death leads you to unsettling locations in search of floppy disks with cursed retro games.

Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.4%

You are trapped in a dangerous undersea ruin. Let’s escape from the deep sea with observation and quick situational judgment.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Simulation 17.3%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, First-Person 15.1%, Exploration 10.6%

Trapped inside an experiment with no memory of how you arrived, your only way forward is an elevator. Observe each floor carefully, separate reality from anomalies, and make the right decisions to reach the top and escape.

Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Simulation 21.1%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%

You wake up in a lecture room. The hallway loops endlessly, and there is no exit.

Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Simulation 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 10.6%

Navigate through your nightmares in this immersive first-person horror game. Explore a mysterious abandoned apartment building and unlock four unique interconnected short stories and piece together the puzzles to escape your nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 14.6%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Immersive Sim 12.5%

You are a photographer in a Japanese Classroom armed with only your camera and wits trying to capture photos of anomalies using your good memory and attention to detail. Capture photo's of anomalies to escape CLASSROOM 9.

Why similar: Simulation 37.2%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Mystery 13.7%, First-Person 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

The Sweet Spot is a cozy horror game where you work the last shift at an 80s ice cream shop. Make ice cream, serve customers and watch out for strange things.

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Survival Horror 12%, Mystery 10.9%

A grounded, analogue sci-fi simulation about isolation, routine, and tuning signals.

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Simulation 16.3%, First-Person 13.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.3%

The Hambagu Shop is a cozy horror simulator where you work in a Japanese Hamburg Steak Shop. Cook Hamburg, serve customers, and upgrade your shop for more menu items.

Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Survival Horror 9.2%

You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Simulation 11.1%

Handyman needed—ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.

Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Simulation 18.5%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, First-Person 14.4%, Survival Horror 14.4%

Soramimi-Inspired Walking Horror GameDecipher the voices. Your survival depends on your ability to listen.

Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Simulation 18.4%, Mystery 16.4%, First-Person 14.7%, Immersive Sim 11.6%

Dive into Alex Mercer's twisted reality. Navigate eerie landscapes, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover the 'Dark Passenger' mystery. Will shadows consume you or will truth emerge?

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, First-Person 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 10.6%

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: Horror 19.7%, Immersive Sim 19%, First-Person 14%, Exploration 13.5%, Simulation 13.2%

There's a passenger who's gone mad from the fog, and a captain who's gravely injured inside the near-deserted airport. Counter the madman, follow the captains instructions and get your aircraft fueled to ESCAPE WITH YOUR LIFE.

Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Mystery 24.5%, Survival Horror 20.6%, First-Person 18.5%, Indie 1.7%