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An emotional story-driven game, where you play as Dr. Olivia, a scientist trying to find a way to cure her daughter. Explore the world and save Jessica from this deadly virus, as you recall some memories.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Cinematic 14.2%, Relaxing 10.4%, Futuristic 9.5%, Emotional 9%

After a black hole incident, you're stranded in space with fading oxygen and unanswered questions. Explore haunting environments, uncover hidden truths, and piece together the fate of your crew. Can you survive long enough to confront the dark secret that awaits?

Why similar: Space 15%, Futuristic 12.4%, Cinematic 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%

An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.

Why similar: Dystopian 17.6%, Cinematic 14.2%, Futuristic 11.2%, Dark 10.2%, Walking Simulator 10%

A first-person psychological horror game where your own fear shapes the world around you. Explore a mysterious space station, uncover hidden truths, and stay calm as the game reacts to your every move and emotion.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Space 13.3%, Cinematic 11.7%, Horror 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Space 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9%

Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Cinematic 17.7%, Futuristic 12.2%, Space 10.4%, Dark 7.6%

Enter the realm of animal dreams! Experience adventures in places where humans exist only in legends. What path will you take, my friend?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Emotional 12.2%, Relaxing 12%, Space 11.3%, Dark 9.4%

STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.

Why similar: Space 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Cinematic 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

The Falling Skies is a dark psychological horror walking simulator with survival elements. You play as a forest ranger patrolling a cursed forest where a village mysteriously destroyed itself in a single night. Explore abandoned paths and uncover the echoes of a tragic past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Cinematic 20.6%, Dystopian 18.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Adventure 6.2%

A former friend needs you to rescue him from an abandoned research station on Mars. Explore the station, engage in interactive dialogues and solve mysteries. What will await you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Dystopian 13.8%, Cinematic 13.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Emotional 8.1%

Night falls. Spirits rise. Some are friendly, and some are not. Journey into the Icelandic wilderness as Haru, a young girl searching for her lost sister. Play your harmonica to ward off ghosts looming over the forest. Experience a hauntingly beautiful story of trust, fear, and determination.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Cinematic 21.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Horror 17.7%, Cinematic 15.1%, Dystopian 11.8%, Story Rich 9.5%

You find yourself on a planet where plants emit sound. Sound and music are also your main gameplay mechanic. Experience the world of sound as never done before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Cinematic 15.3%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Emotional 9.1%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Cinematic 18.1%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Space 11%, Dark 10.5%, Sci-fi 10%

A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Cinematic 25.4%, Horror 17.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Dark 8.2%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Cinematic 15.1%, Emotional 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.2%

You play as Aisla, a woman who wakes up with no memories in a complex on Mars. Your objective is to explore the environments and discover who the character is and what situation she is in.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Cinematic 17.1%, Futuristic 9.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Space 9.3%

Mountain's Memory is a walking simulator horror game where players explore a mountain at night, armed only with a lamp. Inspired by the chilling style of Japanese horror, this game delivers an atmosphere of fear and mystery. Feel the terror unfold in the quiet, desolate mountain.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Horror 18.9%, Cinematic 15.3%, Dark 8.2%, Exploration 7.2%

A short walking simulator about a quiet cow, a forgotten chapel, and golden bells. Less than 10 minutes. No enemies. Just peace and hooves, and walking.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Relaxing 12.4%, Third Person 10.4%, Emotional 9.7%

A short Horror game about navigating a pitch-black urban environment, using limited sources of light.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Horror 13.2%, Dystopian 13.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%

PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Cinematic 17.7%, Space 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Horror 10%

A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. Explore, shoot, scavenge and bring a specimen to The Sanctuary. Beware PERMADEATH.

Why similar: Dystopian 21.2%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Futuristic 15.8%, Cinematic 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%

You’re operating a drill machine beneath an abandoned chemical lab. You’ll feel the ground tremble, hear faint whispers in the dark, and glimpse shadows just beyond your lights. Stay focused—ignore what you see and hear—and keep drilling until your tasks are done.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Cinematic 15.7%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Grab your hoverboard and explore the ancient, mysterious world of AnShi as you glide across caves, large deserts and old temple ruins to discover its secrets. Featuring stunning visuals and an original soundtrack, AnShi delivers a unique, breathtaking experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Cinematic 10.2%, Relaxing 9.7%, Emotional 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%

Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Dark 11.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 10%

Mothership is a peaceful sci-fi adventure game with a breathtaking physics-driven exploration. Your goal, to retrieve the fuel cores of huge space wrecks to keep searching, deeper into space, for the last humans in the galaxy. [Crafted with heart by a solo dev]

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Space 17.5%, Emotional 13%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%

An atmospheric science-fiction journey across distant alien landscapes. Traverse monolithic structures, solve intricate puzzles, and uncover the story of a lost civilization written among the stars.

Why similar: Cinematic 17.2%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Space 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Futuristic 9.5%

"Static Sky: And Yet It █████" is a literary computer game based on the fear of and resistance to artificial intelligence. It imagines a future dominated by the generative AI "Sekai", where reality and hallucination blend and become indistinguishable.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Dystopian 29.2%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Story Rich 8%

A photographer enters the Great Pyramids to photograph Pharaoh Rudamon’s remains, but is soon overwhelmed by a sinister curse, as the ancient tomb awakens dark forces that claw at his sanity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 15.8%, Cinematic 15.2%, Dark 13.8%, Exploration 8.1%

"The sands have no pity." The inhabitants of Zetta-115 often say that. The same they instill in their children from an early age. And this is what they whisper about, sitting in their dilapidated shacks, waiting for the impending storm...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Futuristic 16.2%, Cinematic 15%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Horror 11.1%

Sayri: The Beginning aims to warm your heart and whisk you away on a colorful journey to a new home, filled with emotion and wonder. Experience a beautiful, living world where friendship is the only recipe for surviving the unknown.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Cinematic 14.8%, Emotional 12.5%, Relaxing 9.9%, Third Person 7.8%

KUMANO: Third District, Last Service is a 3D exploration narrative adventure. As a protagonist who has lost his memory, walk among the residents of an abandoned city, meet them, and choose. Experience a world you've never known, yet somehow remember.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Cinematic 15.4%, Dystopian 15.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Third Person 7.4%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Walking Simulator 18%, Cinematic 15.2%, Dark 15%, Atmospheric 10%

A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Dystopian 14%, Dark 10.5%, Horror 10%, Sci-fi 9.9%

Hide. Solve. Run. Survive. In a near-future dystopia ruined by the Yellow, Aila must rely on observation and ingenuity to escape a world where light is lethal. Copy objects from the environment, adapt under pressure, and create your own way forward in this dark cinematic stealth adventure.

Why similar: Dystopian 18.4%, Cinematic 17.6%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 10%

The release of 'Perfect Meat' is finally here! This will solve the problem of food shortages. Be sure to pick it up at your local store!

Why similar: Cinematic 21.7%, Horror 19.8%, Exploration 15.3%, Sci-fi 15%, Story Rich 13%

You are on a 200 year voyage to a distant galaxy. You have awakened… A lifetime too soon. Do you choose to survive? Solve puzzles and determine your fate in a punishing environment. A cinematic experience. Atmospheric, emotional and beautiful. From solo developer David Fazzio.

Why similar: Cinematic 17.5%, Space 14.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Futuristic 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%

You play as Emma, who wakes up in an abandoned house without any prior memory of how she ended up there. Investigate your surroundings, uncover the mysteries of the house and connect memories from your past as you try to escape in this short, first person atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Horror 14.1%, Emotional 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%

A friend called Loneliness is a third-person exploration game based on the song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. Uncover the truth of our main character Norra, as she will leave you clues through her poems that she has written.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Dark 10.3%, Third Person 8.2%, Adventure 8.2%

A game that will break your heart! A deeply emotional, story-driven adventure set in a stunningly crafted post-apocalyptic world. Play as Sara, torn from her family during a brutal conflict, and embark on a journey of hope, loss, and discovery.

Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Cinematic 18.8%, Story Rich 11%, Female Protagonist 11%, Exploration 9.6%

Two have been reborn. One remains in the shadows. Explore a cursed temple, uncover ancient secrets, and survive a gripping and terrifying journey through forgotten gods and darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 15.5%, Cinematic 15.4%, Exploration 8.7%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Dystopian 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Cinematic 14.6%, Emotional 10.5%, Horror 9%

Museum renovation forces a curator, your grandpa in moving biblical relics intracity. His civilian chopper is purposely brought down by wicked Iblis. Relics are snatched for unholy rituals, while Grandpa is taken hostage. Can his grandson walk inside the mysterious temple to pull off a rescue?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 13.7%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Doll is a visual novel of horror and exploration.With the Jeudille doll, you will be free to explore the city of Lorgna. Talk to the inhabitants, and compare their speeches to succeed in answering the questions raised by this experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Dark 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

As a Stationmaster of a sleepy English station, it is your duty to carry out the nightly tasks and tend to the customers, but can the customers be trusted?

Why similar: Horror 22.2%, Cinematic 22%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Dark 12%

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Cinematic 18.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Sci-fi 7%

Deep dive into space and explore the story of Robert and Catriona. You will discover the catastrophic events that happened on the station and get to know mysterious RESONANCES while being confronted with a tragic past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 11.2%, Space 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Exploration 8.8%

Inside SCP-167 is a first-person psychological horror game that combines investigation and puzzle-solving. Take on the role of Alex, the most experienced agent of the SCP Foundation, and explore a labyrinth of cubic rooms in order to put an end to a growing evil that is spreading throughout the area

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Dark 10.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 8.7%

Defend the code in this action-adventure open world immersive sim taking place in the dystopian city of Crocosmia. Switch characters mid fight for the ultimate advantage, defeat bosses to gain new weapons and attack combos, and explore the city to uncover the deep lore of the War for Evolution.

Why similar: Dystopian 22.5%, Cinematic 13.6%, Dark 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Story Rich 8.1%

Play as a snail in Snailium, a calm exploration game with a sci-fi twist. Traverse atmospheric environments, collect unique items, and discover new areas in search for the rare, undiscovered element - Snalium.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Dystopian 20.6%, Emotional 12.2%, Futuristic 12.1%, Third Person 8.5%

Explore a dystopian sci-fi world in KIRILMA: Helix Horizon, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover the truth behind a collapsed world.

Why similar: Dystopian 21.9%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Exploration 11.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Sci-fi 11%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Cinematic 20.6%, Dark 12.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Story Rich 8.9%

A Lost Soul rescues a Blind Fish on the shores of the afterlife, binding their fates. With only a drum to guide the way, escort this fragile companion through a vast facility that processes souls toward rebirth — an emotional journey through attachment, dependence, and letting go.

Why similar: Cinematic 22.6%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Dark 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

Worker 42 is a single-player first-person exploration game. Use your scanner to find your way in the interstellar darkness of space. Repair the various systems of the station, complete your tasks and return to Earth. But something seems wrong on this planet.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Dystopian 15.7%, Space 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Exploration 9.9%

You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Horror 16.1%, Cinematic 16%, Space 10.1%, Dark 8.3%

To find their way home, two survivors journey to unravel the mysteries of the past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Cinematic 22.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Sci-fi 10%, Relaxing 8%

Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Emotional 14.4%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Dark 12.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

A story-driven sci-fi horror inspired by classic horror. Trapped in a decaying spaceship, escape mind-bending traps, navigate shifting realities, solve puzzles, and uncover an impossible truth — as Romi, a mother desperate to find her dying child. Can you discover the truth before you’re erased?

Why similar: Dystopian 14.8%, Space 12.1%, Dark 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Futuristic 11%

To cure a strange illness, you come to a bizarre hospital that seems abandoned. Someone tells you she can find a doctor, but you have to help her with some tasks first, such as taking some photos of the hospital's corpses. As things progress, you discover more abnormalities.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 14.7%, Cinematic 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%

A psychological sci-fi narrative experience set aboard a drifting station in Venus' atmosphere. Explore, maintain systems, and follow routine as reality begins to unravel. Perception twists, memories blur. Observe, question, and uncover the truth—if it still exists.

Why similar: Dystopian 22.2%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Dark 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Space 8.8%