- #1 Dream Prison
97% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 16.5%, Simulation 5.6%
- #2 Escape Floor 13
96% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Fit'n'Crispy Games
Windows · Linux
You are trapped on the 13th floor of a hotel. Pay close attention to your surroundings as you navigate each floor to reach the next elevator and make your escape in Escape Floor 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 15%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #3 AKAZU Off limits
95% matchMixed65% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
I found myself lying in a strange place. I had no idea where I was or why I had come here. The only thing I knew was that I had come looking for something.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 3.8%
- #4 Lost And Found
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: whYPCgaming
Windows
Test your survival skills. You've awakened in an unfamiliar environment. Something, no everything, feels off. You are forced to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse against a terrifyingly unknown entity. Can you find them before they find you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 19.9%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, First-Person 16.6%, Exploration 5.8%
- #5 Path to Heaven
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OldcoldstonePub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
When heaven is tainted by evil, where shall we find redemption? Or, is this a path to heaven, or a road to hell?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #6 Twisted Gallery 异馆
93% matchVery Positive86% of 375 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 26.6%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 13.7%, Exploration 7.6%
- #7 Ocean Desolation
93% matchMixed55% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 15.9%, Exploration 11.1%
- #8 Where It Happened
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waycore Studio
Windows
You wake up to find yourself standing before an old house. The painful memories buried deep within your heart suddenly return. You don’t remember it well, but you used to live here. This is where it happened.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 21.5%, First-Person 14.9%, Exploration 4.6%
- #9 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Helmold Games
Windows
Anna, an 18-year-old university freshman in a different city. Together with her friend, she rented a small apartment in the station district. They had no idea what would happen during their very first week in the new place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Walking Simulator 22%, Horror 19.3%, First-Person 16.1%, Exploration 8.8%
- #10 后室:维修工(Backrooms: Maintenance)
91% matchMostly Negative32% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: GAMELAXY
Windows
Welcome to the back office company. I am your manager, Carl. Please complete the task assigned by your superiors. Oh, by the way, be careful, any possible loss will cause damage to the company's property.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, First-Person 17.3%, 3D 5.8%
- #11 Uneasy Memories
90% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: CHM
Windows
A Psychological Horror Game Set in Everyday Life
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, First-Person 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 16.9%, Simulation 6.1%
- #12 Mindbound
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazer Games
Windows
Mindbound is a short single-player horror game that revolves around uncovering what has happened. After a business trip, Marty returns home eagerly anticipating seeing his wife and daughter. But, things turn out differently than expected. The game emphasizes a deep atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 21.1%, First-Person 14.8%, Exploration 7%
- #13 Unanswered
88% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Exploration 9.4%
- #14 エスカレーター | Escalator
88% matchMostly Negative39% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Toyasky
Windows
Escalator is a horror game in which you must find something unusual while riding an escalator and try to escape from an enclosed space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Horror 21.8%, First-Person 14%, Psychological Horror 12%, Simulation 6.1%
- #15 Playback Trauma®: The Dog
87% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Undying Joy
Windows
Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, First-Person 22%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 8%
- #16 Death Motel
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, First-Person 16.7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #17 Backward poiesis
86% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, First-Person 15.8%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Exploration 12%
- #18 Bleakmoor House
85% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lagarcent Studios
Windows
Bleakmoor House is a psychological horror game where you navigate a shifting maze of dark rooms, solve puzzles, and uncover the mansion’s secrets. Face terrifying encounters and unravel the twisted history to survive the deadly traps within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 19.8%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #19 Dream So Long
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: RUUU
Windows
"Trapped in an endless nightmare, explore a house that changes every time you wake. Face anomalies, collect clues, and try to escape... before 7:00 AM."
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, First-Person 16.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #20 Escape Observation
84% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Niko Salocin
Windows
You wake up in an endless loop within a mystery room, and you must pay attention to the signals given to you by the changes in each room in order to find the right way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, First-Person 16.9%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #21 Mara
82% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
You’re a thief! You’ve received a job from a dealer, and now you must steal several artifacts from an ancient tomb recently discovered by archaeologists!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 19.1%, First-Person 14.2%, Puzzle 7%
- #22 Evac Bay 09
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustín Balmer
Windows · Linux
You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 13.9%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #23 御祝呪 -oshukuju-
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: TENJO GAMES
Windows
This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 19.6%, Exploration 8.7%, 3D 4.9%
- #24 地禍駐車場 -The Cursed Underground Parking Lot-
81% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Diabonobbu Game
Windows
After finishing work, the protagonist heads to the underground parking lot to retrieve their car. For some reason, their car is nowhere to be found, and as they search, strange events unfold one after another...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 25.4%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, First-Person 18.4%, Adventure 4.8%
- #25 The Stairwell
81% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Hidden Palace
Windows
You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 9.6%, Simulation 5%
- #26 Reel Horror
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 14.7%, Exploration 11.1%
- #27 Fox Pines
79% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 10.4%
- #28 Escape Exit: Floor 10
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KonaMGames
Windows
You’ve stepped into an office building haunted by an unsolved murder. The elevator traps you in endlessly repeating floors — each one slightly different from the last. Discover all 31 subtle anomalies, avoid deadly supernatural events, and reach the final EXIT to uncover the true ending.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 21.2%, Walking Simulator 16%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 8.7%
- #29 Death On Holly Ridge
77% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Christmas Eve, a delivery driver turns onto Holly Ridge & becomes trapped inside a decaying house of death. Reality fractures as something hunts her through rooms that shouldn’t exist. Survive the night, uncover the truth behind the house, & escape the snowy nightmare, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Exploration 10.5%
- #30 Engraving
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raffaele Picca
Windows · Linux
In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.
Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, First-Person 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #31 Office 8
77% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 13.6%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #32 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 10.8%
- #33 9 Souls
76% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Sandstorm in a BottlePub: DreamStudios
Windows
An atmospheric horror journey between reality and madness. Three paths lie ahead only one is free of anomalies. Observe closely. Choose wisely. Save the lost souls.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 19.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #34 LiDAR Exploration Program
75% 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 24%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 14.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #35 13层:公寓异常管理员 13 Floors: Anomalies
75% matchMixed66% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: LU
Windows
You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, First-Person 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Exploration 13.3%, Horror 11.1%
- #36 Unwilling Host
73% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: HeZhiQiang
Windows
This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 23.1%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 5.8%
- #37 Do Not Disturb
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UppercaseUnderscore
Windows
A short horror walking simulator where you traverse through the endless hallways of a strange hotel, searching for a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 19.3%, First-Person 13.3%, Indie 4.8%
- #38 The Cypress Family : Surprise Gift
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melonnict
Windows
Embark on a surreal journey to find answers hidden within a broken home. Explore shifting realities in this low-poly horror game where the truth is the ultimate price. A meta-horror experience that knows its player.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Horror 20.7%, First-Person 14.4%, Exploration 4.7%
- #39 Room 7
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amoor_Art
Windows
Spot the anomalies, choose the right door, and escape the loop before it kills you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #40 Mimic Alert
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: HiddenGames
Windows
You are on a service to detect and destroy mimics - creatures capable of taking the form of any object. Your task is to carefully inspect your surroundings, use all your attentiveness and various tools to detect mimics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Horror 19.6%, First-Person 10%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #41 Selling Souls
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Walking Simulator 27.6%, First-Person 22.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 5.7%
- #42 Fee Payment & Cigarettes
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wanmeibd
Windows
Fee Payment & Cigarettes is a first-person psychological horror anomaly-spotting game. Enter a hospital in first-person, finish all payment checklists. Spot anomalies, then head to the payment counter or retreat to the smoking area to calm down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 13.4%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #43 White Mirror
76% matchMixed53% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The main character is a hunter who looks for ancient relics. One day he set off to find a legendary mirror which concluded the great force and so great evil, keeping secrets of a magic artifact. You have a chance to know were is a mirror, but be careful the evil waits for you continually.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 5.1%
- #44 Scary 8 Bits
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #45 Biological Incident
72% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MagistrGames
Windows
Cases of disappearances have become more frequent in the small town. The tracks lead to an empty house on the outskirts of the city...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, First-Person 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Exploration 12%
- #46 TransMemory
70% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: BitRockGames
Windows
I woke up in a dimly lit basement. You have no memory of who you are or why you are here. Can you escape from this place?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Horror 21.6%, 3D 6.5%, Simulation 3.7%
- #47 Corporate 0
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hushed Cat
Windows
You're trapped in your office after a typical working day. Carefully explore every corner to reach the freedom and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 16.2%, Horror 15.6%, Exploration 11.3%
- #48 Secret Base
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about a boy traveling between a peaceful secret base and a home that slowly begins to change.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Walking Simulator 25.8%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 10.5%
- #49 Anomalies Detective
68% 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 30.3%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, First-Person 15.3%, Horror 15.1%, Exploration 10.3%
- #50 Too Well Hidden
66% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Runebox Studio
Windows
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Exploration 9.8%
- #51 Effugium
70% 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 30.8%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 10.1%
- #52 Ling House: Echoes Within
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chaotic System
Windows
Reality fractures within a house that feels hauntingly familiar. Ling House: Echoes Within is a first-person psychological horror. Navigate a shifting villa to uncover the tragedy hidden in the walls. In a place that defies logic, the greatest threat may be your own memory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 13%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #53 Pregnant
71% matchMixed57% of 47 reviews2021
Dev: Pregnant
Windows
In this first-person horror experience you will solve puzzles while navigating the pitch black Reed forest. Armed with only your flashlight you are at the mercy of the forests inhabitants, with limited time to find your way before they find you and end your adventure.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, First-Person 18.2%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #54 The Offering
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.1%, First-Person 16%, Exploration 11.1%
- #55 Klasztorna: Lost Within
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rylume Games
Windows
A psychological horror where you're trapped inside your own school, hunted by an unrelenting entity. As you search for an escape, the walls shift around you, and reality begins to distort. Escaping is just as important as keeping your sanity intact.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Walking Simulator 27.7%, Horror 25.5%, 3D 4.1%, Adventure 3.4%
- #56 PLAYOVER
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: .HOLOMANstudio
Windows
PLAYOVER is a first-person psychological horror game set in an underground drilling facility. You are sent to investigate missing workers and continue the operation
Why similar: Horror 26.6%, First-Person 22.1%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, 3D 6.2%
- #57 Paragon Tower
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Lizard Tank
Windows · Linux
A first-person atmospheric horror game. Explore and uncover secrets about the Paragon Corporation, a pharmaceutical on the forefront of innovation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, First-Person 14.5%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #58 The Park®
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,178 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 23.8%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 5.7%
- #59 The Deepest Shift
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Friendly Bug Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game about working night shifts in a remote underwater facility, maintaining equipment, completing tasks, and making it through another night.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Horror 23.1%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, First-Person 16%, 3D 5.9%
- #60 Flat 9
66% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Alessandro Arcangeli
Windows
A psychological horror set in a deserted apartment, where you're trapped in a relentless cycle. Armed with a strange device, you must find and report every anomaly to escape. Can you make it past Flat 9?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 15.2%, Puzzle 5.4%