- #1 The Exit 8
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.4%, Surreal 8.4%
- #2 Platform 8
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,850 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, Realistic 6.8%
- #3 LIMINAL SHIFT
96% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
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 15.1%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Psychological 10%, Surreal 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #4 Liminalcore
95% matchVery Positive83% of 748 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 10.8%, Realistic 9.5%
- #5 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
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 14.8%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Surreal 10.6%, Psychological 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #6 Lost in Anomaly
94% matchMixed63% of 1,301 reviews2024
Dev: Axakal Interactive
Windows
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 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Horror 10.1%, Surreal 9%
- #7 DEAD END
93% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, FPS 12.2%, Horror 9.6%, Nonlinear 9.1%
- #8 Floor 9
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly. Everything depends on spotting the difference, and one mistake sends you back to the top.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Immersive Sim 15%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 7.9%
- #9 POOLS
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,637 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 25%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 14.3%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Realistic 9.3%
- #10 Everloop
91% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #11 Twisted Gallery 异馆
90% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #12 Subliminal
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,705 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.3%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
- #13 Cloudrooms
89% matchNo user reviews65% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
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 19.7%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 9.8%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #14 Liminal City
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
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 24%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Realistic 10.7%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 7.8%
- #15 Prison Loop
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Immersive Sim 14%, Surreal 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Psychological 9.1%
- #16 Anomaly Loop
86% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Perma Death 14.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Simulation 8.6%
- #17 Exit Together
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Çınar's Art
Windows
ANOMALY LOOP ADVENTURE Play solo or with up to 6 players. Spot anomalies, solve puzzles, and escape the loop. Will you reach Room 9 or stay trapped forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, FPS 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 8%
- #18 Anomalies Detective
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Horror 9.8%
- #19 The Liminal Dimension
84% matchVery Positive83% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Surreal 11.6%, Horror 11.3%, Realistic 9.4%
- #20 Finnish Cottage 8
83% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
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 20.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 9.6%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Puzzle 9%
- #21 Dead end Exit 8
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Linkup
Windows
This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.4%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Psychological 9.7%, Horror 8.8%
- #22 Project Liminal 2
82% matchVery Positive82% of 70 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: FPS 28.4%, Puzzle 18.2%, Realistic 10.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #23 Backrooms Loop
81% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: N.C Bana
Windows
Backroom Loop is a first-person psychological horror (entertainment) game. You are trapped in a familiar-feeling space, exploring and escaping… only to return to the start. Can you break free from the loop?
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, First-Person 21.2%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #24 Exit The Abyss
82% matchMixed68% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Veloneer Games
Windows
Exit the Abyss is a psychological horror game where you are trapped in an abandoned, haunted hospital. The game focuses on an oppressive atmosphere, exploration, and mysteries, with minimalist puzzle elements. Immerse yourself in a distorted reality, confront your fears, and find the way out!
Why similar: Perma Death 22.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Surreal 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 8.1%
- #25 8-hour Workday
81% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Zonghao Wu
Windows
8-hour Workday is an anomaly search game inspired by Exit 8 and Platform 8. The player needs to explore a creepy, ominous office where dangerous anomalies are lurking around and try to make it through the work hours. There are 27 anomalies in the game. See if you can solve them all!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.6%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Surreal 9.6%
- #26 Dreamcore
80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,955 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Experience backrooms 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: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Nonlinear 16.6%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.5%
- #27 Stairway
79% matchVery Positive94% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Hungry Games
Windows
Get out of the building via the stairway. Observe the levels carefully for a successful exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #28 LIMSCAPE : THE LIMINAL SPACE EXPLORER
78% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: SMOOTHEA
Windows
A first-person exploration game where you walk through eerie and realistic spaces, searching for an exit. Powered by Unreal Engine's Lumen, it's perfect for those who enjoy quiet walks or simple games. Use the sandbox feature to create your own space! Requires a DirectX12-compatible GPU.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.1%, FPS 26.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Horror 10.8%, 3D 6.6%
- #29 Office After Hours
77% matchVery Positive95% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #30 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
79% matchVery Positive91% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
Windows
An unsettling rogue-lite survival horror adventure. Iconic levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Surreal 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychological 14.1%, Horror 11.9%
- #31 Shifting To The Backrooms
77% matchVery Positive87% of 75 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 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.6%, Surreal 13.2%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #32 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
78% 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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 16.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #33 Room 404
76% matchVery Positive90% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.6%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Realistic 6.5%
- #34 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
76% matchVery Positive81% 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 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11%, Surreal 7.5%, Immersive Sim 6.9%
- #35 The Complex: Found Footage
75% matchVery Positive93% of 9,917 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Realistic 9.5%
- #36 LIMINAL WATERS - ENHANCED EDITION
75% matchVery Positive90% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: DK Productions
Windows
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 32.2%, Surreal 20.6%, Horror 14.1%, Realistic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #37 Kyoto Anomaly
74% matchVery Positive99% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 8.2%
- #38 There Exists Nobody
73% matchVery Positive93% of 923 reviews2024
Dev: HeavyLight Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.1%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Surreal 10.9%, First-Person 7.7%
- #39 The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game
73% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
The Stairway 7 is an endless loop anomaly hunt and observation "spot the difference" game where you are stuck in a endless loop of stairways with a cat and you have to observe your surroundings carefully to reach the exit. Anomalies are watching, and ready to hunt you down. Don't take them with you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, FPS 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.7%
- #40 Enter The Backrooms
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,063 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological 11.9%, Surreal 9.9%
- #41 CAPTURED
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 675 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Surreal 11%, Horror 10.5%
- #42 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
71% matchVery Positive91% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, FPS 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Horror 11.2%
- #43 Psalm 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 671 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 10.7%, First-Person 7.2%
- #44 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Arsonist Studio
Windows
Find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #45 DREAM LOGIC
72% matchVery Positive89% of 406 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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 13.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Mystery 10.6%
- #46 ENDLOOP
73% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: IcehelmPub: Icehelm
Windows
You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Horror 10.8%
- #47 Sector 404
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 9.6%
- #48 PAGER
69% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Surreal 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #49 Limoria
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Realistic 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #50 Ten Bells
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 591 reviews2024
Dev: Hillfort Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Nonlinear 16%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 10.9%, Horror 9.3%
- #51 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
70% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Horror 10.8%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #52 Forgot
67% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Psychological 13.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Horror 9.8%
- #53 The Cabin Factory
66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,776 reviews2024
Dev: International Cat StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 7.2%
- #54 White Room Protocol
68% 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 22.1%, FPS 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 12.4%, Realistic 9.3%
- #55 Backrooms Doors
70% matchMixed69% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.1%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #56 Project Threshold
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Murushii Studios
Windows
You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 10.2%, Surreal 9.2%
- #57 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 384 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
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 23.7%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Surreal 11.7%, First-Person 8%
- #58 Elevator Zero
68% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Arvus Games
Windows
In Elevator Zero, a first-person exploration and puzzle game, you find yourself trapped in an otherworldly dimension. Escape is possible only through the elevator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Mystery 9.9%
- #59 Last Term
66% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Jakub.T
Windows
You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Puzzle 8%
- #60 The Floor Above
65% matchVery Positive90% of 264 reviews2026
Dev: Swytapp Games
Windows
A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 14.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Horror 12.9%