- #1 God's Basement
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 7.5%
- #2 ALONE?
96% matchMixed41% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Action 10.1%
- #3 Lost Alone Ultimate
95% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2023
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 8.3%
- #4 Husk
96% matchMixed46% of 757 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadScoutPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 7.3%
- #5 Those Who Remain
94% matchMixed67% of 857 reviews2020
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Psychological 10.4%, Horror 9.8%, Survival 9.4%
- #6 Whitehaven
94% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 11.2%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.9%
- #7 Silver Chains
93% matchMixed69% of 1,349 reviews2019
Dev: Cracked Heads GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, First-Person 8.8%, Survival 7.4%, Walking Simulator 7.3%
- #8 Palmyra Orphanage
92% matchVery Positive89% of 711 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Survival Horror 13.1%, First-Person 8.3%
- #9 Don't Be Afraid
91% matchVery Positive83% of 980 reviews2020
Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Survival Horror 11%, Inventory Management 10.4%, Horror 10%, Survival 9.7%
- #10 Luto
89% matchVery Positive85% of 1,290 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 20.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 12.9%, Dark 7.8%, Mystery 7.5%
- #11 Whispering Lane: Horror
90% matchMixed64% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark secrets of the abandoned house on Whispering Lane in this psychological horror game. Navigate through perilous twists, where each turn reveals a blend of horror and mystery. Can you unearth the truth before darkness consumes you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Psychological 13.8%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.8%
- #12 Omitted
91% matchMixed47% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.2%, Mystery 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
- #13 Infliction
89% matchVery Positive81% of 954 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Dark 7.9%
- #14 The Empty Eyes
87% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Horror 14%, Mystery 10.6%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
- #15 Mists of Aiden
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, First-Person 8.2%, Mystery 7.8%
- #16 Stairs
88% matchMixed70% of 363 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Psychological Horror 35.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Action 11.5%
- #17 White Room Protocol
85% 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: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 8.9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #18 The Guest
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 960 reviews2016
Dev: Team GothamPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
Why similar: Puzzle 19.9%, Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16%, Mystery 15%, First-Person 10.1%
- #19 Implements of Hell
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.7%, Mystery 8%
- #20 Never Again
84% matchVery Positive80% of 942 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 8%
- #21 INFRA
83% matchVery Positive88% of 3,652 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Mystery 9.4%
- #22 Abandoned Souls
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 393 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 7.6%
- #23 Visage
81% matchVery Positive84% of 10,814 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 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 24.8%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Dark 8%
- #24 Homesick
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,443 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 11.9%, Horror 11%, First-Person 10.9%
- #25 Unanswered
79% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%
- #26 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
81% matchMixed59% of 177 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.7%, First-Person 8.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #27 Lethe - Episode One
80% matchVery Positive85% of 404 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Survival 18.5%, First-Person 15.8%, Puzzle 14%, Action 10.6%
- #28 Dire Echo
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
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 25.8%, Psychological 11.9%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #29 Familiar Stranger
77% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Exploration 28.2%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 21.2%, Story Rich 8.9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #30 Left Behind
78% matchMixed63% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: SolitaryStudios
Windows
LEFT BEHIND is a hyper-realistic psychological horror game where you take on the role of a real estate agent with a client looking to sell you a property. Instead of a straightforward and quick interaction with the client, you find yourself thrust into a deeply unsettling and frightening situation.
Why similar: Puzzle 15.1%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #31 Inmates
79% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, Horror 19.1%, Psychological 16.6%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 7.3%
- #32 Don't Be Afraid 2
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 265 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.8%, First-Person 7.3%
- #33 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
75% matchVery Positive82% of 138 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: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 8.2%, Mystery 8%
- #34 Echoes of Dread
75% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Survival 11%, First-Person 10.8%
- #35 UnderDread
78% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological 11.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #36 The Lies We Tell Ourselves
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Poopsy
Windows
The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Psychological 10.9%, Horror 9%, Puzzle 9%
- #37 Exit From
74% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2021
Dev: White Box
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 10.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #38 The Forgotten Apartment
73% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Umbra Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience set in a forgotten apartment filled with dark memories, eerie puzzles, and emotional scars waiting to resurface.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Investigation 16%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, First-Person 9.3%
- #39 Lost Child
72% matchVery Positive81% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: ASK_GAMES
Windows
Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere. Andrey doesn’t remember who he was, but the walls know the truth. It’s time to remember everything.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Survival Horror 13.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Dark 7.5%
- #40 Dead Take
70% matchVery Positive88% of 823 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Psychological 8.3%
- #41 From The Other Side
72% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.4%, Investigation 9.6%, First-Person 7.9%
- #42 Mirror Forge
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge 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: Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Walking Simulator 13%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #43 ALONE IN SPACE
76% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Survival 15.7%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 15.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Horror 11.7%
- #44 MATRESHKA
70% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.1%
- #45 The Guest
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 213 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: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 13.2%, Survival Horror 10.6%, First-Person 9.9%
- #46 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
71% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.2%
- #47 The Maid
69% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.3%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 9%
- #48 Don't Remember
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 9.8%, Investigation 9.4%, Mystery 7.5%
- #49 Ontotis
70% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Xenoplasis Games
Windows
As a caretaker trapped by a severe storm, you must secure an abandoned hilltop home. When routine chores spiral into terror, uncover the residents' chilling fate, solve puzzles, and unravel the truth behind a mysterious haunting entity deeply connected to you in this psychological horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #50 Reflection
68% matchVery Positive84% of 255 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological 9.6%, Dark 8.1%
- #51 Doorways: Prelude
73% matchMixed62% of 636 reviews2013
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Walking Simulator 9%, Psychological 8.1%, First-Person 7.7%
- #52 The Last Visit: 98th
68% matchVery Positive81% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 7.9%
- #53 The Derailed
67% matchVery Positive83% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Deformed Dreams Studio
Windows
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Dark 12.2%
- #54 Project Liminal 2
67% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Puzzle 16.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Logic 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Action 9.1%
- #55 Inside Depth 6
69% matchVery Positive85% of 250 reviews2021
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 14.8%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Dark 10.8%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #56 The Black Within
67% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: waleedzo
Windows
"The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror game that takes players on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale where greed, fear, and change intertwine.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological 12.2%, Investigation 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Survival Horror 9.4%
- #57 Shifting To The Backrooms
66% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: Oopsome Games
Windows
Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.4%, Logic 11.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #58 Blasfemia
65% matchVery Positive91% of 275 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Horror 14%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #59 DREAM LOGIC
66% matchVery Positive90% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%