Games Like IOUA

StillAsleep is a first-person psychological horror game where you are trapped inside your dreams that slowly begin to break, shifting and distorting as you try to find a way out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological 12.9%, Abstract 12.7%, Horror 10.5%

Panoptia is a narrative-driven atmospheric exploration game about a strange building called Panoptia that has mysteriously appeared in town. No one knows what secrets hides in its depths. Uncover these secrets if you hope to ever escape...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Horror 10.4%, Top-Down 9.6%, Exploration 8.6%

Investigate an abandoned server frozen in time. Explore liminal, blocky spaces, uncover strange anomalies, and piece together what went wrong. The deeper you go, the more the world shifts, watching and reacting to your presence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Abstract 13.8%, Puzzle 8%, Exploration 7.5%

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 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Puzzle 7.8%

In These Hallowed Halls is a first person, psychological horror puzzle game. Make your way through a decrepit, abandoned mental Institution as you solve puzzles and unravel the story behind what lurks in the darkest corners of the building.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Puzzle 10.2%, Horror 6.6%

A very very very short japanese horror story. You press the intercom. No one answers. You knock on the door. Still nothing. What would you do?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Modern 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a house that feels like it knows you. Uncover dark secrets buried within its walls. Something is watching. Something has been waiting a very long time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 14%, Psychological 6.6%

A remote mountain cabin, a raging snowstorm, and the line between reality and madness begins to blur. Make difficult choices, explore surreal worlds, and confront what waits in the dark.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Psychological 8.3%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

The only hands-on puzzle adventure guaranteed to accurately and humanely teach Socialization to Introverts, heh heh!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Top-Down 9%, Exploration 8.1%

As always, another ordinary day riding the train home. Yet what awaits beyond the door is a world of chaos, far removed from common sense. Your phone suddenly begins ringing like mad...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 12.1%, Top-Down 11.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.2%

The Night Archive is an episodic first-person horror series where each episode tells a story pulled from the darkest corners of true crime. These are the stories of those who lived to tell about it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Exploration 9.9%

The legend speaks of an illusive temple cursed by the evil wizard Somnus. In this experimental puzzle-adventure game, two explorers uncover the temple and dive deep into its depths, only to find connections to our own future. Will they survive the madness, or will their psyches break them first?

Why similar: Abstract 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 8.8%, Top-Down 8.8%

The objective marker IS the monster. Play as Tom, a very obedient boy, and teach him how to disobey. Leave the playable area, break the rules, and fight back against a game that wants you to stay on script.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Multiple Endings 12%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 8.3%

Tapes of Entities is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.8%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 8.1%

This game is a short Horror experience, which you as the player will explore and travel through the linear story. This game will challenge you to face your fears and travel through creepy corridors and dark forests. Will you find the secrets lurking in the darkness?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological 14.5%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Abstract 9.2%

Descend into terror in this first-person psychological horror experience as you follow your lost kitten into an ancient pirate crypt. Explore, shoot and dig for clues…literally, while unravelling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your helplessly curious pet from this dark tomb.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychological 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13%

A first-person psychological horror game set in a childhood home. Explore, uncover four days of missing memory, and survive something that has been listening since you arrived.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological 9.4%

Play, no game. Put on your headphones, listen and imagine what exists in the dark. Did Lovecraft expose the most insidious Outer in his last story? Plunge into the Dormitory of Horror for answers. Oh, not sure if it's a one-way path…

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Horror 21.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Exploration 7.5%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Horror 9.1%, Top-Down 8.9%

You awaken in a hospital with no memory of who you are or what happened to you. Explore the world, recover lost memories, and make choices that will shape your perception of what is happening.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 9.8%, Exploration 8.4%

Pilot a biomechanical android through a derelict spacecraft consumed by alien corruption. Every scene, narrative, and horror is procedurally generated by AI. No two explorations are the same. Uncover what happened to the crew in this 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Dark 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.

Why similar: Abstract 14.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.9%, Walking Simulator 9.4%, Psychological 9.1%

Apartment 22 is a bite-sized horror game about being trapped in a loop. You look out for clues left by the previous resident or possibly by you to escape the apartment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Psychological 10.8%

Return to the isolated Morwain Estate and uncover the truth behind a long forgotten disappearance. Explore a mansion filled with secrets, solve challenging puzzles, and survive the horrors hidden beneath its foundations.

Why similar: Psychological 18%, Horror 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Puzzle 10%

A short horror observation thriller. Can you tell what's real and what isn't? You stole intel from your company. Now you wake up in a hospital every day with two choices: take your medication if something looks wrong, or hit the call button if you're sure the room is safe.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 11.6%, Puzzle 8.7%

It's 3am in your childhood home. The year is 2006. Everyone's asleep, but you. Sneak out of your room and do as you're told - "T.W.I.R.L." - whatever that means.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Abstract 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Horror 8.6%

The colorful lights of the carnival, laughter, and the sound of music. Everything seems ordinary as you serve your customers from your hotdog truck. But as the night grows deeper… the crowd fades, the lights go out and something starts watching you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

Dive into a chilling adventure where horror meets imagination in this first-person thriller. Picture yourself in a maze of puzzles, where the story unfolds based on how you see it. It's not just a game; it's your own twisted journey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Abstract 17%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Puzzle 8.7%

A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Whispers of Mexico is a psychological narrative horror game with puzzle elements set in post-revolutionary Mexico in 1930. Follow Manuel as he navigates his mind, where he must recover his memory, unravel the mystery surrounding the town, and redeem his sins.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Horror 13.1%, Abstract 10.8%, Story Rich 8%

Observe seven patients. Identify the one anomaly. Shoot to survive. You have only one bullet and no room for error.

Why similar: Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Puzzle 9.3%

A 2D top down horror game that takes you on a story about a girl named Sarah. Will you be able to solve the puzzles, escape the horror hiding in the dark, and figure out the secrets hiding in this small town?

Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Top-Down 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

Work the night shift and uncover what haunts Lone Oak College in this short horror exploration game inspired by British folklore. Survive the horror, solve challenging puzzles, and search for your missing friend before it’s too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%

Navigate Corinne through a realm of pixel horrors, surrounded by neighbors that are turning into bloodthirsty monsters. Discover the secrets of this twisted dimension before it's too late for Corinne and her friends.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 9%

A first-person horror observation game where you must spot the anomaly to escape. Every platform is randomised, with over 30 anomalies waiting. Every death adds another name to the toll. How many will you sacrifice before you reach Platform 13?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological 11.7%, Exploration 9.7%

A dark fairy-tale horror adventure inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Use mysterious powers to forge your path and confront the horrors lurking within a world that is both adorable and cruel.

Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 18%, Story Rich 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Do you remember? Those "rules" we made for the walk home. In the eighth grade, the rule I set for myself was: "I can only stay in the dark for five seconds." A silent Japanese night. You must reach the next pool of light before the five seconds are up. Can you make it back home safely?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 16.6%, Modern 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 11.6%

Im Jahr 2234 kämpfen die 13-jährige Victorique und ihre beste Freundin Zoé im überwachten Frankreich gegen die Human Rescue Organisation. Trotz ihrer durch Schizophrenie verzerrten Wahrnehmung verfolgen die beiden Hackerinnen entschlossen ihren Plan, die Menschheit zu befreien.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Top-Down 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Horror 7.3%

Your mind is shattered. Step into a first-person psychological horror where you must relive your deepest trauma, uncover fragments of your past, piece them back together and face the tormentors that haunt your mind.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Puzzle 9.9%

As a paranormal investigator, you find yourself taking instruction from a mysterious stranger from a payphone. Chasing the ground breaking coverage to accel your career, you embark to an isolated building in the middle of nowhere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Multiple Endings 18%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 10%

Mourning Ritual for a Haunted Boarding Room. Uncover the mystery behind the ghost through exploration, puzzles, and a psychological horror narrative.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 8.9%

Sterling Shroud is a point-and-click atmospheric horror game with a focus on navigation and puzzle solving. Can you escape the forest alive?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological 8.7%

Set during the events of The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows, join Officer Dragon as he is kidnapped by Chester, and taken to a very familiar location. He isn't the only victim stuck in the forest though. Meet familiar, and unfamiliar faces as you fight to survive, or succumb to your death.

Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Top-Down 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

It starts like any other late shift—quiet office, dull glow of the monitor, work dragging on. You think you’re alone. But then the screen flickers. A message pops up. Not from your team. Not from anyone you know. Suddenly the silence feels heavier. Something’s here. And it doesn’t want you to leave.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

A mysterious adventure focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, and choice-driven progression as two young nobles navigate a mansion that warps into a mysterious and dangerous world after a sudden disaster. Will you uncover the truth hidden within its shifting halls before the darkness consumes you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Top-Down 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Join Lia in this mystery-horror adventure as she chases the shadows of her distant past in the Orphic House, trying to uncover the truth she once chose to forget

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Horror 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Story Rich 8.5%

Palmvil Haunted Villa is a 2D top-down survival horror game where you play as Henry, a paranormal enthusiast who got a request from his friend, the owner of the villa, to investigate it in order to experience the paranormal and to provide him with some answers about the afterlife.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Horror 16.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Story Rich 8.7%, Top-Down 8.7%

What if walls could answer? Whatever that means, you’ll explore the memories of a neurotic scientist resolving puzzles that could help his mental state, discovering different endings of his life.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Abstract 15.4%, Psychological 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

Do not forget. It remembers more than it should. What begins as a simple task slowly unravels into something deeply unsettling. Explore the mall's deepest secrets, uncover fragments of forgotten stories, and question reality itself.

Why similar: Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Psychological 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Puzzle 8.4%

Dark Eyed Angels is a grey alien abduction survival horror game. A darker vision of the Grey Alien phenomenon.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Modern 11.4%, Psychological 11.3%

Carlos Haunted House is a 2D Top-Down survival horror game based on the story of a haunted house where you have been invited by your friend, the current owner, to experience the paranormal activities and to help him deal with them.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Horror 15.7%, Top-Down 10.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 7.7%

The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 9.2%

After his daughter disappears under mysterious circumstances, Liam Henderson takes matters into his own hands to find, investigate and safely bring her back from the depths of a multi-faceted cacophony of rooms known as "The Complex". Will he find her? Only time can tell, but it's unreliable here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Abstract 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%

A short, slow psychological horror game. You wake up somewhere and a voice tells you what to do. You can listen or not. Nothing jumps out at you. If you want something to shoot, this isn't it. If you've ever felt like your computer knows a little too much about you, it might be.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Puzzle 7.9%, Exploration 7.4%

You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychological 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Puzzle 8.9%

Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

Why similar: Horror 18%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Psychological 10.2%

Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 13.9%, Story Rich 7.1%

90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Abstract 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 8.2%