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Games Like LIMINAL SHIFT

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Adventure, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 266 reviews
Released: 2025-06-24
Developer: NextPhase Studios
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,447 reviews2024
    Dev: Tensori
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 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 20.3%, Surreal 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Realistic 9.6%, First-Person 9.4%

  2. #2 LIMINAL WATERS
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 86 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 20.6%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 9.8%, Relaxing 9.5%, Realistic 9.4%

  3. #3 Liminalcore
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 730 reviews2024
    Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 22.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Surreal 11.7%, Realistic 11.1%

  4. #4 Dreamcore
    95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,820 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 15.5%, Surreal 13%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Minimalist 9.2%, First-Person 9.1%

  5. #5 Subliminal
    94% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,516 reviews2026
    Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Thriller 15.2%, Surreal 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Realistic 8.6%

  6. #6 Liminal Universe
    94% matchMixed60% of 159 reviews2024
    Dev: Gvn Games
    Windows

    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 13%, Thriller 10.6%, Surreal 9.9%, Psychological 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8%

  7. #7 Liminal Exit
    93% matchMostly Positive74% of 111 reviews2025
    Dev: LittleRedDread
    Windows

    Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Psychological 10%, Surreal 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

  8. #8 Liminal City
    92% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 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 17.3%, Thriller 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Realistic 9.6%, First-Person 8.5%

  9. #9 The Exit 8
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 11,170 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 14.5%, Immersive Sim 11%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Psychological 8.7%, First-Person 8.5%

  10. #10 LIMSCAPE : THE LIMINAL SPACE EXPLORER
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 161 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 47.6%, Simulation 20.3%, Horror 14%, 3D 11.9%, Adventure 6.3%

  11. #11 Nightmare Shift
    90% matchMostly Positive75% of 240 reviews2025
    Dev: Binary Lunar
    Windows

    Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Psychological 9.9%, First-Person 9.5%

  12. #12 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
    89% matchMixed69% of 330 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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Surreal 10.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 6.7%

  13. #13 Project Liminal 2
    89% 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.

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  14. #14 Fork Road
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 971 reviews2024
    Dev: Simon Au Yeung
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Fork Road is a first-person immersive atmospheric game with new gameplay , Be prepared to face fears you've never faced before

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Psychological 16.9%, Horror 15.1%, First-Person 13.1%, Immersive Sim 6.9%

  15. #15 LiDAR Exploration Program
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 292 reviews2025
    Dev: KenForest
    Windows

    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 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%

  16. #16 Shifting To The Backrooms
    86% 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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Surreal 13.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Horror 13.3%

  17. #17 DREAM LOGIC
    86% 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 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%

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    85% matchVery Positive81% of 1,193 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrew Quist
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.

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  19. #19 The Liminal Dimension
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 110 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.

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  20. #20 Limoria
    84% matchMostly Positive80% of 176 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?

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  21. #21 Visage
    83% 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.

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  22. #22 NOCLIP
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    Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
    Windows

    Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Psychological 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

  23. #23 Dead of Night: Supermarket
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: SilverMoon Studios
    Windows

    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.

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  24. #24 Luto
    79% 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 19.6%, Psychological 16.4%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Realistic 6.3%

  25. #25 Museum of Monoliths
    81% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2023
    Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
    Windows

    A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

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  26. #26 MIRROR MIRROR
    81% matchMostly Positive70% of 71 reviews2025
    Dev: ZeroZeroThirteen
    Windows

    MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.3%, Psychological 12%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Surreal 9%, Realistic 8.1%

  27. #27 Shift 87
    80% matchVery Positive88% of 210 reviews2024
    Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

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  28. #28 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 145 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.

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  29. #29 The Complex: Found Footage
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 9,843 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?

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  30. #30 Anomalies Detective
    78% 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...

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  31. #31 Disminal
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2024
    Dev: Brian Gonnet
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.

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  32. #32 Liminal Lane
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: Ravenhome Studios
    Windows

    Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.

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  33. #33 The Backrooms: Liminal Space
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2026
    Dev: 117PS
    Windows

    A short horror experience rendered with a real-time VHS filter (grain, scan lines). Freely explore the spaces of a strange yellow maze. Independently created by a 12-year-old developer using UE5, it immerses you in a purely liminal space atmosphere.

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  34. #34 SKUF BACKROOMS
    77% matchMixed58% of 98 reviews2024
    Dev: akhsotoen
    Windows

    SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.

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  35. #35 Don't Look Behind
    76% matchMixed62% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Simon Au Yeung
    Windows

    "Don't Look Behind" is a first-person psychological horror game , You will experience surprises you have never experienced before.

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  36. #36 THRESHOLD
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,295 reviews2024
    Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

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  37. #37 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 85 reviews2024
    Dev: Starpixel Studios
    Windows

    Step into the eerie Kowloon Walled City in 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand, an indie horror walking simulator. Complete daily tasks, uncover dark secrets, and explore with 3D spatial sound. Think critically to unlock all six endings in this 1-2 hour journey. Can you escape the city's grip?

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  38. #38 Mirror Forge
    75% 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.

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  39. #39 Layers of Fear
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,666 reviews2023
    Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

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  40. #40 Whispering Fog
    73% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: Dark Snow Games
    Windows

    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: Thriller 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological 11.1%, Surreal 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

  41. #41 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
    72% 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…

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  42. #42 ABEL
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 186 reviews2023
    Dev: CNAM-ENJMIN
    Windows

    An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Abstract 18.1%, Psychological 17.6%, Immersive Sim 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%

  43. #43 White Room Protocol
    71% 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.

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  44. #44 Enter The Backrooms
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,060 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 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Psychological 14%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 10.6%

  45. #45 There Exists Nobody
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 898 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.

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  46. #46 Prison Loop
    71% 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.

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  47. #47 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 118 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…

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  48. #48 Seybul Tech
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 136 reviews2023
    Dev: Seybul Tech
    Windows

    Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

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  49. #49 DEAD END
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 59 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.

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  50. #50 Dire Echo
    69% 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.

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  51. #51 Sector 404
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 64 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?

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  52. #52 Silent Still
    71% matchMixed53% of 261 reviews2024
    Dev: SolitaryStudios
    Windows

    Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.

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  53. #53 Hotel 188
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
    Windows

    Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?

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  54. #54 World Alone: Dreampools
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: DCE Projects
    Windows

    World Alone: Dreampools is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...

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  55. #55 The Night Cleaner
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: Yamoto
    Windows

    Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.

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  56. #56 Don't Play This
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 860 reviews2026
    Dev: AdmiaPub: Notex
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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.

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  57. #57 Interior Worlds
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 600 reviews2023
    Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.

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  58. #58 A Liminal Place Remastered
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 108 reviews2024
    Dev: Mirage Entertainment
    Windows

    A Liminal Place RMSTER is a solitary game, and relaxing on some levels. ALPR Uses Body-Cam, Analog Horror and Found Footage style. Including realistic Liminal Spaces, and "Backrooms" levels.

    Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.7%, First-Person 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Exploration 12%, 3D 10.3%

  59. #59 Christmas Nightmare
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 350 reviews2023
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Surreal 10.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Realistic 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

  60. #60 Twisted Gallery 异馆
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 395 reviews2025
    Dev: FH Create Inc
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Horror 10.2%, Immersive Sim 10%

Modeli
Based on tag similarity + player behavior
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