
A psychological liminal space horror experience set across surreal backrooms, empty shopping malls, endless tunnels, retro locations and haunting hotels. Something is always watching you.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Walking Simulator, Psychological Horror, First-Person, Horror.

A psychological liminal space horror experience set across surreal backrooms, empty shopping malls, endless tunnels, retro locations and haunting hotels. Something is always watching you.

Liminal Universe
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.

LIMINAL SHIFT
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Surreal 11.4%, Thriller 9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Psychological 7.4%
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 12.7%, Surreal 9.9%, Thriller 9.5%, Psychological 8.3%, First-Person 7%
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Female Protagonist 10%, Horror 9.2%, Thriller 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%
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: Walking Simulator 16%, Surreal 11.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Thriller 8.5%
A stalker is terrorizing the neighborhood, and you’re next. Watch for signs he’s been inside your house and make the right choices to avoid becoming his next victim. Test your observation skills in this Exit 8-style game where the threat isn’t supernatural, but a real man and you have three choices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Surreal 10.3%, Horror 7.6%, Thriller 7.4%
A first-person psychological horror game where VHS tapes pull you into corrupted memories inside a flooded liminal complex.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Physics 14.8%, Surreal 10.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological 7.8%
What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological 10%, Thriller 8.5%
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 20%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Horror 8.1%
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Psychological 10.2%, Horror 8%
You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.3%, Thriller 8%
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Surreal 11%, Realistic 8.2%, Exploration 7.7%
Embark on a procedural liminal journey filled with eerie, unfriendly faces. Walk, explore, and descend to the first floor to escape. No monsters will chase you, but they can watch and appear when you aren't looking. This can evoke a fear of an endless labyrinth and create a sense of anxiety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 15%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Psychological 8.6%, Realistic 8.6%
Every floor looks normal… until it isn't. Go up if everything is fine, down if something is wrong. One mistake sends you back. The deeper you go, the less the corridor obeys its own rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Surreal 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 7.4%
Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological 10.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 8.5%
You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Horror 7.8%
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 9.3%, First-Person 7.2%
Enter the endless hall where reality distorts. Spot anomalies, correct them, and uncover the dark truth—miss one, and you may be lost forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 10.7%, Horror 7.7%
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
Why similar: Psychological 14.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Thriller 11.2%
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 23.2%, Surreal 12.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 8.1%
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a VHS-style first-person psychological horror game. You play as Angel, a girl traveling through a forest who finds a VHS tape on the ground. As she watches it, she discovers unsettling footage telling a mysterious story, leading to shocking revelations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Thriller 10.2%, Psychological 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 7.4%
Where the Walls Breathe is a first-person psychological horror experience with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 14.4%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological 7.8%
Sneak, create distractions, use parkour and solve puzzles to escape this First-Person survival horror slaughterhouse. Trapped in a factory farm for humans you must survive being hunted by your captors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Surreal 12.7%, Thriller 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Exploration 7.9%
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Thriller 9.1%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 7.6%
A post-apocalyptic atmospheric experience. Scavenge what you can and get out. But you are not alone. Be fast before the creature finds you a prey.
Why similar: Thriller 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Psychological 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Linear 8.7%
Realizing that Mark will have to return to his family home, he begins to gradually sort through the family archives. Mark will have to read his parents' old letters, go down into the deepest parts of the house to unravel the secrets that have been hidden from him all these years.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Psychological 14.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.1%
You are trapped in an endlessly repeating place that looks ordinary at first glance. Observe your surroundings carefully, identify subtle anomalies, and make the right choices to escape the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Psychological 8.9%, Horror 7.7%
You were sent to inspect a collapsed mining site in an abandoned town. What you find leads you deep underground into darkness, and things that should not move. Hide. Listen. Die Gracefully.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Thriller 9.6%, Surreal 9%
Beyond The Frame is a first-person linear narrative experience about exploring dreams shaped by childhood anxiety. Journey through eerie, liminal spaces where the familiar becomes distorted by dream logic, and uncover your story through the metaphors within them.
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Surreal 10.9%, Horror 9.6%
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological Horror 11%, Thriller 10.4%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 7.9%
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 10.4%, Exploration 8.4%
A psychological horror game about Tom, a man consumed by guilt and the traumatic events that defined his life. Unable to move on from his past, he finds himself trapped in an increasingly disturbing nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 13.3%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 8.8%
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 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Thriller 10.6%, Horror 8.9%, Surreal 7.7%
Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story. Explore 3 levels, find 100+ anomalies, and manage your sanity — mistakes warp reality. Uncover the truth of Project 404!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 8.6%, Horror 8.2%
A Sci-Fi First Person Horror Indie Game where you explore an abandoned Space Station //
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Thriller 10.7%, Psychological 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
A man named Mark, who struggles to make ends meet, receives a letter informing him that his aunt has passed away. Despite their troubled past, Mark decides to investigate what happened, hoping to uncover the truth and perhaps find a chance for a better life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 8.5%, Psychological 8.5%
Lost In Static is a psychological horror in a liminal space setting. After a day out, your daughter has gone missing. Navigate the backrooms, teleport using malfunctioning TVs, and watch out for creatures lurking.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Surreal 13.1%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9.6%
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 18.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Thriller 11.5%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.1%, Surreal 12.4%, Thriller 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Psychological 9.3%
False Normality is a first-person psychological horror game where a rule-driven corridor watches how you move, lies through its instructions, and escalates every violation until the system begins taking control away from you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 11.3%, Horror 9.5%
A first-person psychological horror where you must identify anomalies, choose the correct elevator to progress, and escape an endless loop in a hospital corridor while avoiding deadly entities.
Why similar: Surreal 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.2%, Realistic 7.9%
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 9%
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological 9.4%, Thriller 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 8.5%
You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8%
Trapped in a nightmare, every death pulls you back into the same dark cycle. Test your spirit and courage as you escape the depths of a sinister mansion.
Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Psychological 12.5%, Survival 10.8%, Surreal 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
It’s an indie horror game where a man named Ethan, passionate about collecting VHS tapes, receives a box full of them from a friend. But as he starts watching, he realizes he’s witnessing something deeply disturbing and unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Thriller 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.5%
You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.2%, First-Person 7.5%
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Surreal 13.8%, Psychological 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.3%
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, Surreal 13%, Thriller 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.8%
Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Thriller 9.6%, Surreal 9.3%
Explore a looping corridor filled with anomalies. Walk through the fluorescent-lit backrooms environment, examine your surroundings, and spot subtle changes in reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Surreal 12.4%, Psychological 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Minimalist 7.4%
Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Thriller 12.1%, Realistic 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 8.7%, Psychological 8.5%
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 7.5%
Aquariums is a liminal space horror adventure with elements of thalassophobia and poolrooms. You find yourself in a mysterious facility full of oversized Aquariums and Sea Life. Navigate the flooded rooms to find out the secret behind this sinister place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Minimalist 7.5%
The art you choose is a confession. Enter a gallery that feels slightly off, where every painting you admire, and every prompt you answer, shapes the world around you. A short psychological experience where the system learns your patterns and delivers a final judgement.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 8.1%
Kizuyami is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You find yourself in a never-ending Japanese street that you cannot leave no matter where you go. You stumble upon the same house over and over again, which calls for you in inexplicable ways. Will you be able to find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.9%, Surreal 9.8%
A psychological horror walking sim set between realities—where the past never truly stays buried.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Psychological 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.7%