Games Like Kult Rising

You are a ghost forever trapped in endless worlds you never even knew existed. An atmospheric experience focused on slow pacing, exploration, and deep environmental immersion.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Realistic 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Surreal 11.1%, First-Person 10.2%

Step inside picture frames, films, and other imagery that connect a variety of dreamscapes in this surreal first-person exploration game.

Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Nonlinear 21.3%, Exploration 11%, Atmospheric 10.4%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Surreal 24%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 10.4%, 3D 6.9%

The first chapter of Brutalismus. A short first person, walking simulator atmospheric exploration series.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Surreal 16.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Realistic 10.2%

REGENESIS ULTIMATUM is a short bio-industrial permadeath horror game set in a dead universe where every planet is barren, every sun is burned out. Only one bastion of life remains; threatened by an unfathomable entity.

Why similar: Surreal 16.5%, Gore 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Dark 9.7%

∆ is an atmospheric exploration experience that takes you on a journey through the dream world into the Beyond.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Surreal 17.5%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Realistic 9.6%, First-Person 9.1%

A Linear first person exploration adventure. The game is about exploring detailed and creepy liminal environments without monsters or puzzles, you simply walk and look around.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Surreal 16.6%, Realistic 13.4%, First-Person 9%, Dark 8.5%

Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Surreal 14.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 9.3%

3Tower is a first-person horror adventure experience where you play as a night watchman on the graveyard shift. You might explore what going on here, or you might survive the night shift. It's up to you. This is a dense deep exploration in natural fears of graveyards - but pushed to a new level.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Realistic 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 8.5%

A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Dark 9.2%

Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Surreal 11.3%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Realistic 10.9%, Exploration 8.7%

Quinn T. Cooper was sent to the island to repair the multi-dimensional gate and bring the spacetime rift under control. He has the key to the world's destiny in his hands. To stop an invasion and control the spacetime rip.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Third-Person Shooter 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, First-Person 8.3%, Realistic 8%

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Surreal 23.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%

Angstraum is an oppressive horror game that traps you in a threatening, never-ending loop. Observe your surroundings, uncover deviant anomalies, and escape deadly threats to find the exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Realistic 14.8%, Surreal 14.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Through the lens of VHS camera, you are given the task of unraveling the twisted framework of seemingly never-ending liminal spaces, also known as the backrooms. Explore unique narrative driven themes of solitude, mystery, and horror.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Realistic 13.7%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Surreal 10.8%, First-Person 10.5%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Surreal 17%, Nonlinear 17%, First-Person 9.4%, Exploration 9%

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Surreal 16.7%, Realistic 13%, Nonlinear 12.2%, First-Person 8.9%

77th: The Game is an abstract representation of the experience of joining an online community. Walk through the community and solve the puzzles to progress as a community member.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Surreal 16.3%, Realistic 13.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Adventure 10%

A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.

Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Realistic 12.1%, Dark 10.8%

Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Surreal 16.7%, Gore 10.5%, Realistic 10.4%, Dark 10.3%

Lady Camera is a third-person combat game. It is a single-player combat and action game where we fight against invading creatures. The game panel is easy to understand and explanatory. The logic of the game is very simple and fun. Have fun.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 16.6%, FPS 12.2%, Surreal 11.7%, Realistic 11.6%, First-Person 9%

17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Surreal 18.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

Holy Journey of Salvation is a cinematic Immersive Sim FPS. As the Spirit Ascender, you must embark on a Holy Journey to ascend in the Holy Chamber! In this Post Apocalypse setting, your tribe has deep understanding of Chemistry... but did they get it right in all the wrong ways?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Dark 11%, First-Person 9.8%, Realistic 9%

Residual Light is a slow-burn psychological horror game set in a fractured world where reality cannot be trusted, places feel familiar without explanation, and rest is never truly safe.

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.4%, Surreal 18.5%, Realistic 11.5%, Gore 9.7%, Third Person 9.2%

Tiara is an exploration-focused narrative game where you play through a number of days (and dream through a number of nights) to uncover the story of Tiara's life.

Why similar: Surreal 25.1%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Nonlinear 17%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 8.6%

You find yourself alone in a place that feels familiar… but not quite right. Wander aimlessly or with purpose, it won’t matter. Is there an end? Has anyone been here before you? Time feels slow. Or maybe it's frozen. Or maybe… you’re not meant to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Realistic 15.3%, Surreal 14.4%, Dark 10.2%, First-Person 9.9%

CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?

Why similar: Surreal 21.8%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Realistic 12.2%, First-Person 8.5%, Dark 8.5%

Exploration-focused walking simulator. Traverse abstract worlds. Interact with enigmatic characters. Collect memories from the one who came before you.

Why similar: Surreal 30.9%, Walking Simulator 27.5%, Nonlinear 23.5%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 2.6%

Explore a brutalist labyrinth haunted by statues with unsettling behaviors—some hunt when unseen, others mirror your every move or react to sound. Only by understanding their patterns can you survive. Paranoia grows with every step—you never know which ones will move.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Realistic 15.8%, Dark 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%

You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.

Why similar: Surreal 20.1%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Dark 11.9%, Realistic 10%, First-Person 9.6%

Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Surreal 14.4%, Dark 11.7%, Gore 10.8%, Realistic 10%

Navigate through various levels as you search for artifacts. But you must listen to your surroundings, for an invisible entity draws ever closer...

Why similar: Surreal 26.7%, Dark 13.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.7%

You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Surreal 15.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 11%, Dark 9.4%

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 37.1%, Surreal 17.3%, Atmospheric 13%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 11.2%

Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 8.4%

Embark on a one-of-a-kind journey of exploration in "Elevator Experience". Step into the elevator and prepare to be transported to a world of mysteries, where every floor holds a new adventure waiting to be unlocked.

Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, First-Person 12.3%, FPS 10.8%, Realistic 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.8%

Unravel the roots of an underground facility entombed deep within a jungle. Feel the dread as you wander the long-forgotten halls while being stalked by a creature of unknown origin. A creature YOU unleashed upon yourself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Realistic 13.2%, FPS 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Dark 9.3%

Become one with Raige: a disturbing and confronting encounter with a grim world, its inhabitants, and yourself.

Why similar: Surreal 18%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

Prepare yourself for a journey as Hemlock, a dedicated carrier. navigate through the large Maze of Jordan to deliver a crucial message. This maze-based adventure offers a unique blend of exploration, strategy, and storytelling.

Why similar: Nonlinear 28.7%, Walking Simulator 17%, First-Person 17%, Dark 15.7%, Adventure 8.8%

Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Surreal 29.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 6.8%

After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Realistic 16.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 9.7%

Paradise Nowhere is a Backrooms game that blends abstract concepts with realistic graphics, evoking a feeling of liminality through empty spaces devoid of life. The game isn’t intended as a horror experience, your feelings towards liminal spaces might make it one. Or maybe, it's just the Paradise...

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.9%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 15.7%, Realistic 11.6%, First-Person 8.3%

No clipped through your ground, huh ? What a shame... Well get used to it ! You'll live in the Backrooms now. To summarize : run for your life, hide from the entities, and keep track of your surroundings, you don't want to get separated from your group...

Why similar: Realistic 13.6%, FPS 13.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Surreal 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.8%

Lone Apocalypse is an open-world survival game set on a frozen island in the near future. Players build, explore, and survive in extreme conditions while uncovering the truth behind a failed climate weapon. The game combines crafting, survival, and story for an immersive post-apocalyptic experience

Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, FPS 13.8%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 10%

FLEEING ESCAPE is a wave-based survival horror game with an emphasis on the player's choice . At the end of every wave, the player must escape to a different Island to survive. Each island has a unique gamemode, weapons, loot, upgrades, and enemies that can drastically change the gameplay.

Why similar: FPS 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Surreal 23.3%, First-Person 14.4%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Exploration 10.1%

A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Surreal 15.6%, Realistic 11.7%, First-Person 8.2%

Cameraman: The Pilot Episode is a psychological horror game. Manipulate time and gravity to solve puzzles in ever-changing, twisted spaces. With only a VHS camcorder, uncover dark secrets, face unseen anomalies, and navigate an uncharted dimension where reality unravels.

Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Realistic 13.3%, FPS 11.4%

Spaceship is a small-scale technical demo showcasing high-end rendering of the Unity Game Engine. It presents a 5 minute long sequence of narrative first-person game play, You can also download the open-source project and open it using Unity Editor to learn how it was made.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, First-Person 17%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Realistic 11.3%, FPS 11%

Explore the endless, eerie maze of The Backrooms in this atmospheric first-person horror experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 9.4%

At Twin Palms your shift is over, but the office won’t let you leave. In this First-Person Psychological Horror Game: carefully observe a looping environment, spot differences, overcome Trial Anomalies, and snoop around the office. You can clock out, but can you really escape?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Surreal 18.2%, First-Person 9.6%, Realistic 9%

Night Clerk is a first-person psychological horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Realistic 13.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%

Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Surreal 24.9%, Realistic 15.4%, Dark 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%

"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Surreal 14.8%, Gore 11.7%, Realistic 10.8%, Dark 9.3%

I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.5%, First-Person 15.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 8.2%

A VHS-style found footage, analog, psychological horror game about the experience of one of the extreme cases of the virus that was left untreated.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Realistic 13.9%, FPS 13.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Dark 10.3%

You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Realistic 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Adventure 9%

Find a way out before you become a permanent part of the game. Your childhood nightmares have found you. Trapped in the endless, eerie playrooms of the Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 11.9%, Realistic 9.1%, Nonlinear 8.7%

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Gore 14.4%, Surreal 10.7%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 8.5%