- #1 POOLS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,717 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 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 24.2%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Realistic 7.9%
- #2 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Horror 7.6%
- #3 Liminalcore
96% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 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 26.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Surreal 12.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Realistic 9.4%
- #4 Dreamcore
95% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 18.7%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 8.1%
- #5 LIMINAL WATERS - ENHANCED EDITION
94% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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 27.4%, Surreal 18.3%, Horror 12.8%, Relaxing 9.2%, Realistic 8.8%
- #6 LIMINAL SHIFT
94% matchVery Positive81% of 300 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 18.8%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%
- #7 The Complex: Found Footage
93% matchVery Positive93% of 9,931 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
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 19.7%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.3%
- #8 Liminal Universe
92% matchMixed60% of 165 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 21%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #9 Liminal City
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 113 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 22.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Realistic 8.9%
- #10 Liminal Shroud
91% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 8.8%
- #11 Tape 101: Liminal Descent
90% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: 2H-Productions
Windows
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.4%, Realistic 7.3%
- #12 DREAM LOGIC
89% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 20.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%
- #13 LiDAR Exploration Program
89% matchVery Positive90% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 15%, Exploration 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #14 Liminal Exit
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 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 24.1%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8%
- #15 Project Liminal 2
87% matchMostly 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: Exploration 18.6%, Realistic 14%, First-Person 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #16 The Exit 8
86% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.8%, Surreal 11.6%, Exploration 9.8%
- #17 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
86% matchVery Positive81% of 1,207 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 9.3%
- #18 World Alone
85% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: DCE Projects
Windows
World Alone 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...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Realistic 8.2%, Mystery 8.1%
- #19 Interior Worlds
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 623 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 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.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Horror 16.9%, Exploration 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, First-Person 8.5%
- #20 A Liminal Place Remastered
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 110 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: Sandbox 34.1%, Exploration 21.7%, First-Person 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 3D 8.1%
- #21 Museum of Monoliths
83% matchVery Positive93% of 113 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 26.7%, Surreal 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #22 Lucid Blocks
80% matchVery Positive93% of 5,003 reviews2026
Dev: Lucy B. Locks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Building 10.8%, Horror 10.8%
- #23 BACK*SPACE
81% matchVery Positive91% of 147 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 35.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Simulation 11%, First-Person 8.3%
- #24 The Backrooms: Escape
82% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: QuixM Interactive
Windows
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Realistic 10.9%
- #25 Visage
82% matchVery Positive84% of 10,980 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.
Why similar: Horror 30.2%, Psychological Horror 25%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, First-Person 7.5%, Surreal 7.2%
- #26 Poolscape
79% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Surreal 22.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #27 Liminal Space
81% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: digitalbathtub
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Space. We have been expecting you. Choose your map and try to escape. It's up to you if you want monsters chasing you or if you want a peaceful experience with no threats. With an unsettling soundtrack and fun graphic options, you'll have a good time for a cheap price.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Exploration 18.9%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, 3D 7.5%
- #28 Cloudrooms
79% matchNo user reviews64% of 74 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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Surreal 11.1%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #29 Shifting To The Backrooms
77% matchVery Positive87% of 76 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 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Exploration 9.7%
- #30 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
78% matchVery Positive91% of 155 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: Surreal 19.9%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 11.4%
- #31 Liminal Lane
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 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 39.5%, Exploration 16.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Simulation 9.2%
- #32 BABBDI
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,765 reviews2022
Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Surreal 19%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #33 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.4%, Mystery 8.4%
- #34 Subliminal
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,794 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 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: Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Realistic 9.7%
- #35 NOCLIP
77% matchMixed70% of 56 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 26.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9.2%
- #36 Disminal
75% matchVery Positive90% of 172 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 52.6%, First-Person 18.3%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 1.6%
- #37 The Backrooms: Liminal Space
73% matchVery Positive93% of 119 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 27.3%, First-Person 22.6%, 3D 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #38 ABEL
74% matchVery Positive88% of 188 reviews2023
Dev: CNAM-ENJMIN
Windows
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.2%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Surreal 10.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Realistic 7.4%
- #39 Effugium
74% 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 31.5%, Horror 17.8%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 11.8%
- #40 Floor 9
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 19.5%, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%
- #41 SKUF BACKROOMS
73% matchMixed57% of 99 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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 10.4%, Surreal 9.7%, Realistic 9.1%
- #42 BLACKSHARD
70% matchVery Positive92% of 465 reviews2025
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Philosophical 15.2%, Surreal 14.4%, Mystery 8.9%, Exploration 7.7%
- #43 Enter The Backrooms
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,064 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 27%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 16%, Surreal 12.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #44 Lost in Anomaly
71% matchMixed63% of 1,321 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 13.6%, Surreal 11.9%, Exploration 8.4%
- #45 Hotel 188
70% matchVery Positive90% of 90 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 29.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Realistic 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 9.8%
- #46 BrVR Backrooms Virtual Reality
71% matchVery Positive88% of 164 reviews2023
Dev: Paul WallacePub: LakesideCentral LLC
Windows
Explore 120+ Backrooms levels in a massive single‑player survival adventure. Build, craft, fight, or just wander endless liminal spaces shaped by the community.
Why similar: Level Editor 30.3%, Sandbox 23.3%, Horror 18.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Realistic 7.7%
- #47 Millennium Dream
67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,716 reviews2026
Dev: LucidDreamLab
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 25.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #48 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
69% 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 22.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 14%, Mystery 9.6%, Surreal 9.4%
- #49 Strange Dream
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Half Flower
Windows
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 19.5%, Level Editor 18.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #50 The Door Factory
70% matchMixed42% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
The Door Factory is a first-person horror game where you inspect mysterious doors before they are sent into production. Step inside, observe the environment, spot anomalies, and decide whether each door should be approved or reported.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 10.5%, Realistic 7.6%
- #51 Psalm 2
67% matchVery Positive88% of 723 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 19%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 14.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #52 Homesick
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 12.4%
- #53 Within the Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive94% of 236 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 36%, Exploration 20.6%, Atmospheric 17%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, First-Person 6.1%
- #54 The Liminal Dimension
68% matchVery Positive83% of 119 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 28.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 12.3%, Realistic 8.5%
- #55 Inside the Backrooms
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 46,832 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: Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%, First-Person 9.1%
- #56 Office After Hours
66% matchVery Positive95% of 167 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 21.4%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.2%, Exploration 7.7%
- #57 Noclipped
69% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: MateussDev
Windows
Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Horror 12.6%, First-Person 11.1%
- #58 PAGER
66% matchVery Positive89% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Surreal 14.3%, Philosophical 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10.4%
- #59 There Exists Nobody
65% matchVery Positive93% of 931 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: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 15.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Realistic 7.9%
- #60 Limoria
67% 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: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Realistic 8.1%