- #1 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
97% matchVery Positive93% of 1,995 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, 1990's 14.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines fast-paced cooking simulation with surreal, first-person horror and a mounting sense of dread.
- #2 While We Wait Here
96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,307 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Mystery 9.2%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a diner, this game focuses on the psychological weight of customer interactions during an impending apocalypse.
- #3 The Closing Shift
96% matchMixed67% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Action-Adventure 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Dark 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the eerie, slow-burn tension of working a late-night shift in a service environment.
- #4 [Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件
95% matchVery Positive82% of 3,227 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, First-Person 6.1%, Mystery 6%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational title in the job-horror genre that uses mundane tasks to build intense psychological fear.
- #5 Stomach
94% matchVery Positive83% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Vertical Fish Studios
Windows · Mac
STOMACH is a first-person survival horror cooking game located in a cruise ship with PS1 inspired graphics to capture that retro horror feeling. Your task is to read a food order, search for food ingredients, and make it back safely to the kitchen to cook your ingredients before time runs out.
Why similar: Cooking 43.9%, Horror 21.8%, First-Person 12%, 3D 7.6%, Action-Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A visceral cooking-themed horror game that mirrors the unsettling culinary tasks found in Kiosk.
- #6 Welcome to Kowloon
94% matchVery Positive82% of 1,881 reviews2023
Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, First-Person 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The claustrophobic, atmospheric exploration of a dense urban environment creates a similar sense of unease.
- #7 The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー
93% matchMixed53% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: KM Studios
Windows
The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー is a Japanese-style horror game where you play as a sushi chef working the night shift.
Why similar: Cooking 19%, Horror 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game directly mirrors the cooking-horror loop, forcing you to serve customers while managing a terrifying environment.
- #8 [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
92% matchVery Positive89% of 963 reviews2023
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Why similar: Horror 16.9%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, 1990's 9.8%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Another masterclass in job-based horror that forces you to perform repetitive tasks while being stalked by an unseen presence.
- #9 Nightmare Shift
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Horror 14%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on the isolation and paranoia of working through the night.
- #10 Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
91% matchVery Positive92% of 5,904 reviews2023
Dev: Rayll Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a grounded, job-based horror experience that relies on atmosphere and the fear of the unknown.
- #11 Stay Out of the House
90% matchVery Positive95% of 1,805 reviews2022
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Immersive Sim 25.8%, 1990's 18.2%, Retro 11.2%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that blends stealth and horror, requiring players to navigate dangerous spaces with limited resources.
- #12 The Salesman
89% matchVery Positive83% of 715 reviews2025
Dev: Backstab IndustriesPub: Bad Ideas Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Retro 7.9%, Walking Simulator 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends simulation elements with psychological horror to create a deeply unsettling work environment.
- #13 Tostchu
89% matchVery Positive84% of 610 reviews2024
Dev: Ravenscape CollectivePub: Mars Bacon LLC
Windows
A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.
Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, 1990's 11.1%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A job-simulator horror game that uses cooking mechanics to ground its surreal and lore-heavy narrative.
- #14 HELLMART
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 964 reviews2026
Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Mystery 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game turns the retail experience into a horror-filled exploration of a dark, supernatural store.
- #15 Creature Kitchen
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 7,092 reviews2026
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.
Why similar: Cooking 58.1%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%, 3D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the cooking focus of Kiosk but adds a unique, creature-centric twist to the gameplay loop.
- #16 Midnight Snack
87% matchVery Positive87% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Dark 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The surreal, dark atmosphere and exploration-based gameplay provide a similar sense of late-night dread.
- #17 Murder House
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,305 reviews2020
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
Why similar: Horror 43.9%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Retro 16.3%, 3D 7.1%, Mystery 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: The retro-pixel aesthetic and intense, slasher-inspired gameplay evoke a similar feeling of vulnerability.
- #18 Midnight Crane
85% matchVery Positive86% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
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: Immersive Sim 19.1%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on exploration and atmospheric, immersive-sim elements makes it a great companion to Kiosk.
- #19 Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
84% matchVery Positive90% of 10,482 reviews2021
Dev: Rayll
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Walking Simulator 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at building tension through mundane activities, mirroring the slow-burn horror of Kiosk.
- #20 The Cabin Factory
82% matchVery Positive91% of 3,623 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines immersive-sim mechanics with psychological horror in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #21 Visage
83% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Dark 7.7%, Walking Simulator 7.6%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more intense, it is a masterclass in psychological horror and atmospheric environmental storytelling.
- #22 Water Delivery
81% matchVery Positive87% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?
Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Mystery 9.8%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a simple delivery job to frame a mysterious and atmospheric horror narrative.
- #23 Paratopic
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Retro 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its retro, low-poly aesthetic and surreal storytelling capture the same unsettling, dream-like quality as Kiosk.
- #24 THRESHOLD
80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,261 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Dark 9.1%, Mystery 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric walking simulator that excels at building tension through its environment.
- #25 NIGHTSLINK
82% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, First-Person 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that prioritizes atmosphere and psychological tension over traditional action.
- #26 The Boba Teashop
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,257 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #27 Last Guest
81% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being watched while performing tasks.
- #28 White Room Protocol
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
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: Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Dark 7.9%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on isolation and psychological horror provides a similar experience to the lonely, late-night vibe of Kiosk.
- #29 Chopped Up
77% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A cozy horror cooking game with a deadly twist. Serve bizarre fantasy creatures and secretly eliminate targets as an assassin hiding in plain sight. Just keep an eye out for those out to get you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Immersive Sim 16%, Action-Adventure 10%, Horror 10%, Simulation 9.5%
- #30 Fatum Betula
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,131 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Retro 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strange, atmospheric exploration game that uses its unique visual style to build a sense of lingering mystery.
- #31 KinitoPET
77% matchVery Positive93% of 14,300 reviews2024
Dev: troy_en
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.8%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, 1990's 9.8%
- #32 Arcadia Cafe
76% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Judas Brothers
Windows
Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.7%, 1990's 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Mystery 7.7%
- #33 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.1%, 1990's 14%, Walking Simulator 13.1%
- #34 Who's at the door?
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,578 reviews2025
Dev: SKONEC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Horror 15.6%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, 1990's 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #35 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
76% matchVery Positive89% of 260 reviews2024
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Mystery 12.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Dark 10.7%
- #36 The Ice Cream Shop
75% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: odwar
Windows
A cozy horror game where you run an ice cream shop. Your illness twists reality. Sometimes you see things that shouldn't be there. Serve strange customers and try to separate your mind’s visions from the horrors at your door.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Mystery 7.9%
- #37 Wasteland Bites
73% matchVery Positive95% of 382 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicDevPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wasteland Bites is a horror-based food truck sim. Cooking up questionable cuisine in your post-apocalyptic food truck is tough. Fending off mutants, UFOs, rabid dogs, and things lurking in the dark? That's the real challenge. A chaotic mix of cooking and survival in a long gone world.
Why similar: Cooking 45.4%, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #38 [Bober Bros] The Hole
74% matchVery Positive86% of 768 reviews2024
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
[Bober Bros] The Hole is a first-person horror game that explores the cracks in domestic life. Your neighbor’s drilling starts the nightmare, but the holes reveal dark secrets far deeper than any wall could hide. No cheap scares, only disturbing reality.
Why similar: Cooking 29.6%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12%, First-Person 6.9%
- #39 Obsessed : Night Shift
72% matchVery Positive90% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Retro 12.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 4.3%
- #40 The Guest
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 208 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: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Dark 10.2%
- #41 Midnight Shift
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, 1990's 9.5%, First-Person 9%
- #42 Killer Frequency
71% matchVery Positive93% of 5,882 reviews2023
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Comedy 10.9%, First-Person 10.7%, 1990's 10.6%
- #43 DREAM LOGIC
73% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Mystery 9.5%, First-Person 7.3%
- #44 Unwilling Host
70% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Horror 27.4%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, First-Person 6.4%, Retro 5.2%
- #45 Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant
69% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2026
Dev: marisa0704
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror game where you must balance cooking authentic Vietnamese Pho with surviving chilling, unexpected events in a quiet, mysterious village.
Why similar: Horror 30%, Retro 13.5%, Comedy 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, 3D 10.1%
- #46 The Deadseat
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 610 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dark 11.5%, Story Rich 9.8%, First-Person 9.3%
- #47 Sector 404
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Horror 16.3%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, First-Person 8%
- #48 Dead of Night: Supermarket
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, First-Person 8.4%
- #49 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
70% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Dark 8.5%, Mystery 8.1%
- #50 Subliminal
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,177 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 9.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #51 NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE
69% matchVery Positive83% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Taco Al Pastor Dev
Windows
First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Retro 9.5%
- #52 PAGER
68% matchVery Positive87% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, First-Person 8.9%
- #53 For Sale
67% matchVery Positive97% of 259 reviews2025
Dev: Collarpill
Windows · Linux
The year is 1998. Step into the shoes of a real estate agent, tasked with photographing a seemingly ordinary house for an upcoming sale. Explore the environment, use your camera to take pictur-- wait, what’s that in the last photo?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 18.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #54 JANITOR BLEEDS
70% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #55 Corner Shop: NightShift
67% matchVery Positive88% of 244 reviews2026
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.5%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 7.8%
- #56 Bite Night: Dine or Die
67% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
Bite Night: Dine or Die is a First-Person horror thriller where you play as a diner worker trying to solve the murders of your customers along side your best friend Vamp.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.6%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Horror 13%, First-Person 9.2%
- #57 The Fridge is Red
72% matchMixed56% of 230 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, 1990's 10%, Mystery 9%
- #58 Platform 8
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,690 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 7.7%
- #59 APT. 407
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Jayhyeon Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game set in a Korean apartment building. Explore eerie occurrences throughout the complex and uncover the truth behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, First-Person 9.8%
- #60 Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Octo Games studio
Windows
Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!
Why similar: Cooking 40.1%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%, Simulation 7%