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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include First-Person, Psychological Horror, Adventure, Atmospheric.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 83% — of 652 reviews
Released: 2024-10-28
Developer: Shadow Owl Studios
Publisher: Ashen Studios
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.0 hrs
Mean playtime: 2.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 73%

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,027 reviews2024
    Dev: Tensori
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 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 22.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Realistic 10.8%, Surreal 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%

  2. #2 Dreamcore
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,505 reviews2025
    Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 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 16.5%, Underwater 14%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Surreal 9.6%, Realistic 8%

  3. #3 Liminal Exit
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 90 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 23.9%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 10.8%, Nonlinear 9.5%

  4. #4 Liminal City
    95% matchMostly Positive73% of 79 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 27.5%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Realistic 14.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 9.2%

  5. #5 Hotel 188
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 73 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 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Realistic 11.6%, Nonlinear 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.5%

  6. #6 The Exit 8
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 10,306 reviews2023
    Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Surreal 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%

  7. #7 Liminal Universe
    93% matchMixed60% of 150 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 26.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Surreal 14%, Realistic 12.2%, Exploration 9.8%

  8. #8 Visage
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
    Dev: SadSquare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.2%, Walking Simulator 16%, Realistic 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Surreal 7.9%

  9. #9 LIMINAL SHIFT
    91% matchVery Positive82% of 235 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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Surreal 11.7%, Realistic 11.1%

  10. #10 Inside the Backrooms
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 45,968 reviews2022
    Dev: MrFatcat
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 8.2%

  11. #11 DREAM LOGIC
    90% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
    Dev: Teleopsia Games
    Windows

    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 26.1%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Exploration 11.4%

  12. #12 Limoria
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 171 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: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Realistic 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%

  13. #13 The Complex: Found Footage
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 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 23.9%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Realistic 13.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%

  14. #14 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2022
    Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
    Windows

    An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms 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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Surreal 19.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%

  15. #15 Project Liminal 2
    86% matchVery Positive96% of 56 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: Realistic 21.7%, Adventure 18.3%, Exploration 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%

  16. #16 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
    87% matchVery Positive81% of 1,175 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrew Quist
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Realistic 12.6%, Surreal 12.4%, Mystery 10.7%

  17. #17 Enter The Backrooms
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 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 35.9%, Psychological Horror 30.6%, Surreal 12.5%, Adventure 7.9%, Relaxing 6.9%

  18. #18 Escape the Backrooms
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 134,540 reviews2025
    Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 52.1%, Escape Room 18.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Adventure 7.6%, Multiplayer 3.9%

  19. #19 The Complex: Expedition
    83% matchVery Positive89% of 2,232 reviews2025
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Realistic 20%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 13.1%

  20. #20 The Cursed Forest
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 876 reviews2019
    Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 28.8%, Surreal 14.3%, Realistic 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 9%

  21. #21 NOCLIP
    84% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 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 28.3%, Immersive Sim 18%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Realistic 10.4%, Exploration 10.4%

  22. #22 Within the Backrooms
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 190 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 29.9%, Exploration 18.7%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Adventure 10%

  23. #23 Backrooms: Escape Together
    80% matchVery Positive88% of 34,229 reviews2022
    Dev: Triiodide Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 42%, Realistic 22%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 6.3%

  24. #24 Backrooms Rec.
    81% matchMixed70% of 1,667 reviews2024
    Dev: Liminal Logic
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Realistic 22.7%, Nonlinear 19.8%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 6.5%

  25. #25 The Liminal Dimension
    81% matchVery Positive83% of 98 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 27.5%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Underwater 16%, Realistic 11%, Surreal 9.1%

  26. #26 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
    79% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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 25.5%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Surreal 8.2%, Realistic 8.1%

  27. #27 The Backrooms
    84% 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 40.1%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Surreal 6.3%

  28. #28 Twisted Gallery 异馆
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 349 reviews2025
    Dev: FH Create Inc
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 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 35.5%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Realistic 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%

  29. #29 The Backrooms: Lost Tape
    79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,325 reviews2022
    Dev: Cortez Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Surreal 16.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Realistic 14%, Exploration 11.5%

  30. #30 Disminal
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 131 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 65.9%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 3.5%, Indie 0.8%

  31. #31 Platform 8
    77% matchVery Positive87% of 2,551 reviews2024
    Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

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  32. #32 Subliminal
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 236 reviews2026
    Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
    Windows

    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.

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  33. #33 LIMSCAPE : THE LIMINAL SPACE EXPLORER
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 132 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.

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  34. #34 Luto
    75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Bird Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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.

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  35. #35 Museum of Monoliths
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 90 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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  36. #36 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 799 reviews2025
    Dev: Steelkrill Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

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  37. #37 Liminal Lane
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 52 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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  38. #38 Infliction
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
    Dev: Caustic Reality
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

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  39. #39 Shifting To The Backrooms
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 55 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".

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  40. #40 Interior Worlds
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 562 reviews2023
    Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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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  41. #41 Seybul Tech
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 130 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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  42. #42 SKUF BACKROOMS
    74% matchMixed60% of 93 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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  43. #43 The Classrooms
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 2,819 reviews2022
    Dev: Xefier Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.

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  44. #44 CoRoT
    71% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Azteck Game Studios
    Windows

    CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?

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  45. #45 Reflection
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

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  46. #46 RESTORER
    71% 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.

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  47. #47 LiDAR Exploration Program
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 265 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.

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  48. #48 A Liminal Place Remastered
    71% 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.

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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 Sector 404
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 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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  51. #51 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
    69% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2025
    Dev: 1_Cutter_1
    Windows

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  52. #52 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
    68% matchMixed70% of 56 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?

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  53. #53 Backrooms Doors
    69% matchMixed68% of 84 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.

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  54. #54 ABEL
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 180 reviews2023
    Dev: CNAM-ENJMIN
    Windows

    An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

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  55. #55 Eclipsium
    64% matchVery Positive92% of 2,740 reviews2025
    Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

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  56. #56 False Mall
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: TenkaiGames
    Windows

    You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.

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  57. #57 Floor 9
    67% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2024
    Dev: Room Games
    Windows · Mac

    In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.

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  58. #58 The Backrooms: Found Footage
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Surreal 16.5%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Realistic 11.4%

  59. #59 SILENT BREATH
    66% matchMixed69% of 1,156 reviews2024
    Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Realistic 20.3%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Mystery 9.4%

  60. #60 Afterdream
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
    Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Psychological Horror 26.4%, Surreal 14.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.5%

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