Games Like IOUA

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: RPGMaker 18% ★, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Psychological 9.5%, Horror 7.9%

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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Horror 10.2%, Top-Down 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%

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 16.7%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Modern 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

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 12.5%, RPGMaker 10.6% ★, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.3%

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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 7.8%

Set sail on a luxury cruise with Sea of Dreams. But beware, this ship is full of puzzles and horrors that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Can you solve the mystery and escape?

Why similar: RPGMaker 20% ★, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

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 17.4%, Abstract 15.9%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 8.1%

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 17.7%, Psychological 8.6%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

Runaways is a top-down visual novel about two lost teens on the run, escaping abuse and searching for a new beginning in the quiet depths of the unforgiving city night.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Drama 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dark 10.3%, Top-Down 7.2%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Exploration 8.3%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: RPGMaker 21.4% ★, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Dark 7.8%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 10.5%, Modern 10.3%

A surreal dream exploration game, both beautiful and terrifying.

Why similar: RPGMaker 22.3% ★, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12%, Dark 8.3%

You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Abstract 18.1%, Drama 9.7%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 8.6%

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 15.7%, Abstract 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 9.8%, Drama 8%

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 25.4%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 21.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%

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 17.6%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%

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 18.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Abstract 9.3%

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 22.1%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Psychological 9%

If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.

Why similar: RPGMaker 15% ★, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Dark 7.4%

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: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Abstract 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Top-Down 9.2%, Horror 8.9%

A first-person psychological horror about inheritance, silence, and a secret your parents tried to hide. Explore the house, uncover fragments of the past, and decide — face the pain or seal it away forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 13%, Psychological 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

A first-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, tension, and clever environmental puzzles. Explore the abandoned Morwain Mansion, solve occult mysteries, and uncover a dark truth that relentlessly hunts you in the shadows.

Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Horror 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Puzzle 9.7%

A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 16.1%, Drama 13%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

Take on the role of a daytime security guard in a cursed apartment complex. Monitor residents, greet guests, and handle strange incidents—just make sure to follow the rules.

Why similar: Psychological 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.4%, Drama 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%

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 13.3%, Horror 13%, Top-Down 12.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, RPGMaker 9.9% ★

Madman's Dice is a 2D RPG Maker horror game where the player must navigate 13 stories in order to find the mythic Pages from the Book of Life to win a prize.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.9% ★, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Walking Simulator 10.6%

A first person psychological horror game. Explore an ever-changing mansion in a slow-paced, atmospheric experience that combines hauntingly beautiful melodies with a suffocating environment. Uncover the tragic past, escape or confront the spirit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 8.6%, Dark 7.8%

A psychological horror experience about a lonely mind haunted by guilt it can’t escape.

Why similar: Horror 16.7%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Abstract 10.9%, Psychological 10.4%

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 21.3%, Horror 16.4%, Modern 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 11.9%

Embark on a quest to find your sweetheart. Talk to girls, avoid those pesky trolls and play videogames. A dark comedy with a blend of environmental storytelling, stealth and 2d platforming.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Abstract 16.5%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Horror 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

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 18.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological 8.9%

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 18.2%, Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Puzzle 9.6%

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 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Top-Down 9.4%, Horror 9.3%

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%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 10.1%

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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Multiple Endings 13%, Psychological 10.4%

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 16.6%, Horror 15.2%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%

Yukari Niijima, a girl leading a mundane life, finds herself plagued by nightly nightmares filled with puzzles, keys, and eerie creatures, disrupting her usual routine of work and subway rides.

Why similar: RPGMaker 24% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 8.3%

Jon’s dreams were filled with music and a love life he once had. Now they’ve curdled into nightmares, weaving between memories and unknown realms. Set in the '90s, this immersive first-person psychological walking simulator follows Jon as he realizes… something is stalking him.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological 9.2%

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 19.8%, Abstract 15.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events. Traverse and experience the life of a formerly homeless man through an interview of how he regained his sense of self by telling his past to a stray dog. Set in Bangkok, Thailand 2017.

Why similar: RPGMaker 14.9% ★, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Top-Down 8%

You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Horror 17.8%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

石を拾ったことから始まる、ホラーアドベンチャーゲーム。招かれた屋敷を舞台に、何を思い、どの行動を取るかで結末が変わります。

Why similar: RPGMaker 13.7% ★, Modern 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Horror 8.7%

Before Waking Upis a semi-stealth story walking game where you need to escape or face your fears by walking left and right, unravel the real secrets in front of you and try to escape from this dream-like world by exploring and decrypting them, but escape is not the only option

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 9.3%

Insanias is a psychological horror game where you will have to explore what happened to find a hidden truth. To do this, you will have to be able to control your sanity to avoid falling into the madness that lurks in every corner. Are you ready to face your fears and discover the truth?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Psychological 10.7%

Mom says I can't get out of my room after 12:00 AM. But I always hear the door opening and closing after that hour. Why isn't mom sleeping?

Why similar: RPGMaker 25.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Puzzle 7.3%

A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic tragedy set in 1920s Sicily.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, RPGMaker 16.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.2%

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 12.8%, Drama 11.9%

Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?

Why similar: Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Dark 8.8%

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 27.4%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Top-Down 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%

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 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 7%

SE3 Protocol is a horror puzzle RPG set in an SCP-inspired world. An amnesiac girl wakes in the darkness—frail, timid… but not alone nor defenseless. Face deadly entities: observe, evade, exploit… or simply eliminate them. Lead her through this surreal nightmare, and uncover the secret behind it.

Why similar: RPGMaker 20.1% ★, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?

Why similar: Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Nav is a first-person horror game set in an abandoned village in Eastern Europe. Nav is the word used to denote the souls of the dead in Slavic mythology. Confront your deepest fears to rectify the sins of the past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological 13.6%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Drama 10.2%

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 18.4%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 11.7%

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 20.2%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Horror 9.5%, Exploration 9.3%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Horror 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Exploration 4.9%