- #1 A Night On The Farm
97% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Flame Interactive
Windows
A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, First-Person 11%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #2 Night of the Wererat
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Horror 17.3%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Thriller 10.4%
- #3 Speluncaphobia
96% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: rDev
Windows
A retro-inspired short horror game about caving.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 16.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Investigation 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #4 Snowsquall Grip
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Escape the snowy nightmare or be trapped forever — your call.
Why similar: Snow 22% ★, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 15.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #5 隔離病院
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: ASINOURA
Windows
「隔離病院」は、閉鎖された病院の廊下を歩きながら異変を探す一人称ホラーゲームです。あなたは病棟の一角に閉じ込められ、同じ通路を何度も繰り返し歩くことになります。壁の掲示、扉の位置、天井の照明、耳に届く音。前に通ったときと何かが違っていないか、些細な違和感を見逃さずに進まなければなりません。異変を見つけたら引き返す。何も無ければそのまま進む。判断を誤れば、また最初の廊下へ戻される。静寂に包まれた病院で、あなたはどこまで正しく見極められるでしょうか。
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Horror 17.6%, Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%
- #6 Facility of Dusk
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HALKO Digital
Windows
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Horror 14.7%, Thriller 10.7%, First-Person 9.9%, Exploration 9%
- #7 House
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Yo!Games
Windows
Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, Horror 16.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9.6%
- #8 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
92% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Horror 13.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #9 House Party 8
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
A short first-person anomaly horror game set inside a looping house party. Observe carefully, trust your memory, and escape only when everything feels normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Horror 12%, First-Person 11%, Exploration 10.8%, Investigation 8.9%
- #10 Empty Gauge
91% matchNo user reviews96% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: BENTCUBE
Windows
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Horror 13%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Investigation 11.7%, Thriller 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #11 Mar
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: JOZATHEMAN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mar is a first person low quality small horror game where your only task is to escape monster by searching for specific items to escape each location.
Why similar: Snow 23% ★, Horror 22.5%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, First-Person 8.1%
- #12 Redrum Hotel
90% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: MetalMana Games Ltd.
Windows
Redrum Hotel is a short, first-person horror adventure game. Roam around the haunted hotel, collecting scattered notes and avoiding the evil presence that seeks to rid you of your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Horror 23.6%, Thriller 16.8%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #13 Soviet Village
89% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, First-Person 11%, Exploration 10.6%, Horror 9.5%, Thriller 8.6%
- #14 My Day Challenge
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%
- #15 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Walking Simulator 17%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 9%
- #16 Unedited Footage: The Abandoned Factory
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucitella
Windows
YouTuber Junho enters an abandoned factory at night to film his next video. The footage from that night is never uploaded. Explore the dark, three-story factory, complete the shoot, and uncover its secrets in this first-person psychological horror game.
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #17 Edge Of Evil
85% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: WRF Studios
Windows
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 21.5%, Horror 17.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 8%
- #18 Entities Declassified: Winter Hungers
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atomic Elk
Windows
An amateur TV crew disappeared during a 1997 shoot in Ontario’s deep woods. Step into that frostbitten night in the chilling first case in Entities Declassified, untangle their fate, and learn what silenced the crew.
Why similar: Snow 20.8% ★, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Horror 19%, Investigation 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #19 [Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
84% matchVery Positive95% of 432 reviews2025
Dev: BOBER BROS
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Walking Simulator 18%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Investigation 10%, First-Person 9.7%
- #20 TO:RI
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Farfama
Windows
TO:RI is an atmospheric first-person experience set on an abandoned island. Explore a train station that holds dreams and memories of isolated existence. Journey through an ethereal story about the essence of being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Exploration 16.1%, Atmospheric 14.6%, First-Person 14%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #21 Darkroom
83% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: BitBorne Games
Windows
A short, experimental horror game about developing increasingly disturbing photographs in a darkroom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Horror 22.4%, Thriller 13.3%, First-Person 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #22 POOLIMINAL
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horrified
Windows · Mac
POOLIMINAL is an atmospheric liminal space horror game set in endless, procedurally generated poolrooms. A Backrooms-inspired descent into thalassophobia, where the real terror lies in the dark water below.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Thriller 12.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #23 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
81% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Horror 18.5%, Thriller 17.7%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 7.9%
- #24 Nightwatch
82% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Ratkiw Studio
Windows
Nightwatch is a first-person mystery game that plays out in the woods of Rivertidecreek, a walking simulator that features choices of dialogues and different puzzles. The artwork will make you feel absorbed in the game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Horror 18%, Atmospheric 10.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Thriller 8.9%
- #25 Uncanny Tales: 1992
79% matchVery Positive85% of 366 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Horror 17.7%, Thriller 14.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%
- #26 Inside The Forest
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stepan Tsokur
Windows
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Investigation 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #27 Mimic Search
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,053 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Snow 26.2% ★, Horror 18.7%, Thriller 13.1%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #28 Selling Souls
80% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Walking Simulator 26.1%, First-Person 17.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 8.9%
- #29 Reel Horror
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Horror 26.3%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #30 Fragments of Fear
77% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Horror 16.8%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #31 Vladimere's Lhore
78% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimere LhorePub: Haunted Publishing Syndicate
Windows · Linux
A 10 year anniversary collection including 14 short games by Vladimere Lhore, plus a museum.
Why similar: Snow 32% ★, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Horror 14.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #32 Where The Road Fades
76% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Smog3D
Windows
“Where the Road Fades” is a short psychological indie horror game. After an accident, you find yourself lost in the woods and seek help in a house but something isn’t right there. Explore, make decisions, and face the darkness. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, First-Person 16.7%, Horror 11.8%, 3D 9.2%, Exploration 8.9%
- #33 Fragments of Self: Thoughts
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nothing
Windows
My life has changed drastically: a new country, university, dormitory, work. Drowsiness and fatigue have become a habit, just like the silhouettes I’ve started seeing in my peripheral vision.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Horror 12.3%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #34 Shadows of Gothenburg
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ratkiw Studio
Windows
Set in Gothenburg. After a long day at work, Erik just wants to get home. It's a snowy and windy night in the city, and a serial killer is still on the loose. A thriller by solo developer Ratkiw.
Why similar: Snow 28.5% ★, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Thriller 12%, Horror 8.2%, First-Person 6.4%
- #35 Nightwatch at The Museum
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ariverse Studio
Windows
A routine night shift at an old Javanese museum. A fire from 1990 that nobody talks about. And something, or someone that refuses to let the truth stay buried.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Horror 16.1%, Investigation 9.8%, Thriller 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #36 The Back of Existence
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skylight Interactive
Windows
Nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #37 Descend
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josh Green
Windows · Linux
Descend is a faithful depiction of SCP-087.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Exploration 12.9%, Casual 11.2%, Adventure 10.7%
- #38 Just a Stay at the Inn
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Horror 20.8%, First-Person 14.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, 3D 7.7%
- #39 MALEDICTION
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oort Studio
Windows
MALEDICTION is a first-person psychological horror experience. Explore an eerie, shifting residence where an unspeakable tragedy took place. Search for clues, unlock hidden spaces, and piece together the dark truth behind the curse to reach multiple endings.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Horror 18.7%, Investigation 11%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #40 The Midnight Biohazard
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Zombibwe
Windows
The Midnight Biohazard is a first person choice based horror game set in an abandoned mining site. You were sent there to clean the place up and retrieve secret documents in the mines. However the mines have a dark history with a serial killer that was killing in the mines back then.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #41 Obey the Voice™
71% matchVery Positive86% of 777 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.
Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 9.4%
- #42 You Were Sent Alone
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fractured Echo Games
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Thriller 11.4%, Investigation 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #43 LiDAR Exploration Program
72% matchVery Positive90% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Horror 21.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 11.5%
- #44 Phantom Ten
73% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 神戸ルル
Windows
15-meter corridor. Don't miss the anomalies. The game will not end until 10:00.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Horror 25%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Thriller 12%
- #45 The Lighthouse Whispers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HEADWINDS
Windows
In this atmospheric, slow-burn horror, you must unravel the mystery of the disappearance of your fellow light keepers. Traverse the island's rugged terrain, discover clues, and make your way through the eerie lighthouse to reveal the dark truth.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 8.4%
- #46 There's Something In The Ice
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 186 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
Why similar: Snow 19.5% ★, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 15.3%, Thriller 12%, First-Person 7.3%
- #47 The Offering
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #48 Chronicles of Fear: The Babysitter's Tale
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoobHoob
Windows
Psychological horror game without any jumpscares. Take care of Samuel, the neighbour’s kid, in this realistic singleplayer walking simulator and uncover family secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 18.1%, Thriller 15.2%, First-Person 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #49 The Sewer Job
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were on the brink of becoming homeless, but that's when you found a sewer job application, you got accepted. What seemed like a chill work at first turned quickly in to an unsettling experience.
Why similar: Horror 16.1%, Thriller 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Investigation 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #50 Framed Fear
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
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 31.1%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 13.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #51 Walk Home
66% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: PauraGames
Windows
Walk Home is a short psychological horror game that puts you in the shoes of a young teenage girl, experiencing deeply unsettling circumstances as she navigates an eerie dirt trail back to her rural home late at night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Horror 18.8%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #52 HOLLOW EARTH
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Horror 16.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Investigation 10.4%, Exploration 10.3%
- #53 Tuya
70% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Horror 29.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #54 House of Lost Souls
68% matchMixed63% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
House of Lost Souls is a story-driven horror game about Jack, who returns to his old family home in search of answers. Explore distorted memories, uncover dark secrets, and learn the truth about the tragedy that changed his life forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 17.3%, Thriller 12.1%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #55 The Curse Of the Tattered Book
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JsrradioStudios
Windows
A brother's desperate message lures you to a cursed ancestral home. In this first-person psychological horror, explore Grandmas house where reality unravels and shadows whisper secrets. Decipher cryptic clues, confront terror, question sanity. Seek truth. Escape the darkness or be its next victim?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Horror 29.7%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Casual 8.3%, Exploration 7%
- #56 Replace the Lamp: The Last Shift
67% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Penjaga Malam Studio
Windows
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Horror 14.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 9.8%
- #57 Night Record: Thin Walls
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Althera Studio
Windows
Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Horror 18.2%, Thriller 11.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #58 All Alone
68% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Thriller 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #59 Missing Hiker
67% matchVery Positive85% of 3,775 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Snow 25.1% ★, Horror 18.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Atmospheric 8%