- #1 POOLS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 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 38.5%, Surreal 20.8%, Realistic 14.3%, Relaxing 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #2 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
96% matchMixed69% of 263 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 37%, Surreal 18.2%, Horror 10.3%, Relaxing 10.3%, Realistic 8.3%
- #3 Liminalcore
96% matchVery Positive83% of 688 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 39.5%, Surreal 17.2%, Realistic 14.7%, Relaxing 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #4 Dreamcore
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,683 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience liminal spaces 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 28.2%, Surreal 20%, Horror 11.7%, Relaxing 11.7%, Realistic 10.8%
- #5 LIMINAL SHIFT
94% matchVery Positive82% of 252 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 28.1%, Surreal 17.9%, Relaxing 12.1%, Horror 12%, Realistic 11%
- #6 Liminal Universe
94% matchMixed60% of 154 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 32.3%, Surreal 20.9%, Horror 12.4%, Relaxing 12.3%, Realistic 11.8%
- #7 LIMSCAPE : THE LIMINAL SPACE EXPLORER
93% matchVery Positive87% of 152 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 64.4%, Horror 15.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Adventure 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #8 Project Liminal 2
92% matchVery Positive90% of 63 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: Adventure 28.2%, Realistic 25.1%, Dark 11.9%, Relaxing 11.8%, Horror 10.8%
- #9 LiDAR Exploration Program
91% matchVery Positive90% of 282 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 42.6%, Horror 22.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Relaxing 10%
- #10 Interior Worlds
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.9%, Horror 20.6%, Relaxing 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 7%
- #11 The Cursed Forest
91% matchVery Positive89% of 881 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Relaxing 12%, Realistic 10.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #12 Liminal Exit
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 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 38%, Surreal 21%, Horror 14.9%, Realistic 11.8%, Atmospheric 5%
- #13 Museum of Monoliths
89% 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.8%, Surreal 28.4%, Horror 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Dark 6.3%
- #14 Liminal City
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 91 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 39.8%, Realistic 16.3%, Horror 14%, Surreal 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #15 Liminal Lane
87% matchVery Positive84% of 55 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.7%, Dark 12.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #16 ABEL
86% matchVery Positive87% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: CNAM-ENJMIN
Windows
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.2%, Surreal 10.3%, Realistic 8.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 8.1%
- #17 Hotel 188
86% matchVery Positive88% of 77 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?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.6%, Realistic 17.4%, Relaxing 16%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #18 Shifting To The Backrooms
84% matchVery Positive85% of 68 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 34.5%, Surreal 21.6%, Horror 20.4%, Dark 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #19 The Complex: Found Footage
84% matchVery Positive93% of 9,623 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
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 36.1%, Horror 27.4%, Realistic 16.1%, Dark 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #20 A Liminal Place Remastered
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 103 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: Simulation 32.2%, Adventure 29.8%, Atmospheric 29.1%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #21 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
83% matchVery Positive93% of 130 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 32.2%, Surreal 30.3%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 8%
- #22 DREAM LOGIC
82% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 39.9%, Horror 21.9%, Relaxing 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 10.3%
- #23 Within the Backrooms
81% matchVery Positive95% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Surreal 52.2%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Indie 3.4%
- #24 Seybul Tech
81% matchVery Positive91% of 135 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Surreal 23.3%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.7%, Realistic 8.9%
- #25 Fugue in Void
82% matchMixed66% of 256 reviews2018
Dev: Moshe LinkePub: Sedoc LLC
Windows · Mac
A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 66.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 5.5%
- #26 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,187 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Surreal 20.5%, Horror 16.6%, Realistic 13.6%, Dark 8%
- #27 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 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?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Realistic 12.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Horror 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%
- #28 Effugium
80% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53%, Horror 25%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 2%
- #29 Enter The Backrooms
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,046 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 40.7%, Horror 20.1%, Surreal 17.3%, Relaxing 11.6%, Adventure 9.4%
- #30 Disminal
77% matchVery Positive92% of 140 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 78.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Adventure 4.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #31 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
77% matchVery Positive83% of 137 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 34.7%, Horror 18.1%, Surreal 13.6%, Dark 11.6%, Realistic 8.8%
- #32 SILT
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 914 reviews2022
Dev: Spiral Circus GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…
Why similar: Surreal 35.2%, Horror 23.2%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 10.1%
- #33 The Liminal Dimension
76% matchVery Positive82% of 106 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 36.7%, Surreal 14.9%, Horror 13.1%, Realistic 11.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #34 RESTORER
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Realistic 15.6%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #35 Millennium Dream
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,448 reviews2026
Dev: LucidDreamLab
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.4%, Relaxing 16.5%, Horror 13.5%, Realistic 9.2%, Adventure 8.5%
- #36 StrangePool
75% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: KomeFukuro
Windows
You are trapped in a pool that looks familiar. Take a good look around and try to escape from the pool. This game is an anomaly search game. If you don't find any anomalies, proceed, and if you do find an anomaly, go back.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 77.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Simulation 7.1%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 2.2%
- #37 NOCLIP
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2024
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 52.8%, Horror 20.9%, Realistic 15.5%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #38 Subliminal
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,177 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Surreal 31.8%, Realistic 21.4%, Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 8%
- #39 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
73% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: 1_Cutter_1
Windows
You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.6%, Horror 21.4%, Realistic 18.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #40 In Other Waters
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,499 reviews2020
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
Why similar: Adventure 45.7%, Atmospheric 29.6%, Indie 17.3%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #41 Stories of Liane
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Gearshift Media
Windows
An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.
Why similar: Surreal 37.4%, Walking Simulator 29.4%, Dark 16.6%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #42 White Room Protocol
70% 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 38.4%, Horror 19.3%, Realistic 15.3%, Dark 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #43 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Surreal 29.8%, Horror 15.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #44 Lushfoil Photography Sim
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,626 reviews2025
Dev: Matt NewellPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Realistic 17.8%, Relaxing 17.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 7%
- #45 Backrooms Doors
71% matchMixed68% of 85 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: Horror 27.4%, Realistic 21.3%, Dark 17.6%, Surreal 13.2%, Adventure 8.5%
- #46 SKUF BACKROOMS
71% matchMixed59% of 96 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.7%, Realistic 16.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #47 OYASUMII
69% matchVery Positive83% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: NEO PROJECT Studios
Windows
Relive the nostalgia with OYASUMII, a horror and exploration game inspired by PSX and N64 classics. Enter liminal spaces and face surreal terrors in an adventure that challenges your skills and sanity. Are you ready to relive the golden age of video games with OYASUMII?
Why similar: Surreal 45.8%, Horror 29.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #48 The Backrooms
74% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.8%, Horror 18.8%, Surreal 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 5.2%
- #49 Self-Checkout Unlimited
71% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Argent Games
Windows · Mac
Explore and unravel the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 64.4%, Surreal 29.2%, Indie 6.4%
- #50 THE DESCENT
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
The Descent, a horror walking sim in Rockwell Mine, immerses players in miners' harsh life and unsettling mine encounters. Play as an investigator uncovering a hometown mystery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.6%, Realistic 17.8%, Horror 14.4%, Simulation 12%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #51 Limoria
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 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: Walking Simulator 43.8%, Realistic 17.8%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 9%
- #52 Anomaly Loop
69% matchVery Positive89% of 62 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 57.1%, Adventure 18.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Indie 2%
- #53 The Backrooms: Liminal Space
67% matchVery Positive92% of 62 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.
Why similar: Horror 47%, Adventure 31.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #54 Quern - Undying Thoughts
68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,956 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Surreal 21.6%, Relaxing 13.5%, Realistic 9.9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #55 BACK*SPACE
66% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Mostly Farmless Games
Windows
You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.9%, Surreal 16.4%, Realistic 13%, Simulation 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #56 7Groves
68% matchMixed67% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: RainySundayAfternoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game in which you explore surreal and beautiful forests.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Relaxing 22.7%, Surreal 18%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #57 Anomalies Detective
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 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 66.3%, Horror 21.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #58 The Strange Lights
65% matchVery Positive87% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42%, Horror 19.8%, Realistic 17.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Dark 6.7%
- #59 The New Flesh
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,032 reviews2025
Dev: Freshly Baked Games LLC
Windows
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Surreal 35.6%, Relaxing 10%, Atmospheric 6%, Horror 5%