- #1 The Complex: Found Footage
97% matchVery Positive93% of 9,843 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, 1990's 9.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #2 Static Grain - Quiet a Night
96% 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: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, 1990's 11.2%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #3 Backrooms - 2005
96% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, 1990's 12.7%, Realistic 11.3%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.8%
- #4 Where's Oswald
95% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: MV JPL
Windows
A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Cinematic 17.7%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #5 The Gap
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: MV JPL
Windows
The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Cinematic 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, 1990's 10.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #6 Dream Corps
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 98 Redd Games
Windows · Mac
Surreal horror game. You have been selected by a sinister group to participate in a twisted game of exploration and escape. Wander through colorful, nostalgic environments that feel increasingly disturbing and discover why nobody ever leaves.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Cinematic 12.8%, Realistic 11.4%, 1990's 11%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #7 OWLMAN
93% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: MV JPL
Windows
The following is a series of tapes recovered near the Overlook National Park where four people were recently reported missing- a family of three and one motorist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Cinematic 11.9%, 1990's 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #8 Condominium
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MatteoLippera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Atmospheric and calm horror, set in an disturbing Italian condominium. A story-driven adventure into the past traumas of Cesare. No hiding or running from monsters! Follow the dreamy shadows of your childhood trough the liminal spaces of your grandma's apartment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, 1990's 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Realistic 12%, First-Person 10%
- #9 Backrooms: Reminiscence
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Cinematic 10.7%, Horror 10.1%, Adventure 8.7%
- #10 Motherland
92% matchMixed61% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: My Way Games
Windows
Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Open World 15.3%, Realistic 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, First-Person 9.2%
- #11 Don't Blink
89% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Dragon Key Studio
Windows
Don’t Blink is a first-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth and psychological horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, First-Person 9.7%, Exploration 8.9%, 1990's 8.1%
- #12 Final Age
90% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Shalini Deb
Windows
FINAL AGE is a first person single player psychological horror game . The player takes on the role of a curious investigator who is drawn to a cottage which was previously owned by an army man Samuel, who mysteriously disappeared during a war. Contains tricky puzzles. Needs good observation skills.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, 1990's 10.5%, Cinematic 9.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #13 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #14 INVARIANT
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gorgonize Games
Windows
INVARIANT is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shattered mind of a mathematician. Rely on your destructive addiction to bend reality, explore ever-changing environments, and hide from the terrifying manifestations of your grief. Truth and lies are a sip apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Cinematic 9.1%, First-Person 7.2%
- #15 The Quiet Flat
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firzy Games
Windows
The Quiet Flat is a first-person psychological horror game set in an atmospheric Soviet apartment. Uncover the mystery of your father’s death as your familiar home slowly transforms into a nightmare
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, 1990's 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Realistic 10.3%, Horror 8%
- #16 One More Dream
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MV JPL
Windows
A cinematic horror experience based on exploration.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Cinematic 18.1%, Exploration 11.4%, 1990's 9.1%, Realistic 7.9%
- #17 White Silence
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Realistic 12.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 10.7%
- #18 Insomnia: Chapter One
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Melon PolygonsPub: MonkeyFactory Media
Windows
2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 8.6%, Realistic 8.2%
- #19 Mountain's Memory
85% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Waterfall Studio
Windows
Mountain's Memory is a walking simulator horror game where players explore a mountain at night, armed only with a lamp. Inspired by the chilling style of Japanese horror, this game delivers an atmosphere of fear and mystery. Feel the terror unfold in the quiet, desolate mountain.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Cinematic 11.1%, Horror 11%
- #20 Playback Trauma®: The Dog
84% 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 24.2%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, First-Person 15.8%, Exploration 9.5%, Realistic 8.2%
- #21 Turn It Off
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlit Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror set in a decaying hotel that does not want to let you leave. Explore a dark, interconnected environment where sound, lighting, and subtle details drive a slow, relentless sense of dread. You are moving forward, whether you want to or not.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Cinematic 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Horror 10.3%
- #22 The Cursed Tape
82% matchVery Positive81% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Cinematic 14.4%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%
- #23 Shhh!
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Cinematic 14.4%, 1990's 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Realistic 8.5%
- #24 Christmas Nightmare
81% matchVery Positive89% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Cinematic 15.4%, Realistic 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #25 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Cinematic 11%, Exploration 9.3%, Horror 8.9%, Realistic 8.7%
- #26 Backrooms: Found Footage
80% matchVery Positive82% of 354 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: 1990's 13.6%, Realistic 13.1%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 10%
- #27 BACKROOMS LIMINAL ESCAPE
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: kc6067
Windows
BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is a VHS-style horror game where you explore eerie liminal spaces through a camcorder. BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is More than just a walking sim, it features intense levels that require you to hide, run, stay quite, and survive in a creepy, analog nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Realistic 13.4%, First-Person 10.1%, 1990's 10%
- #28 The Maid
79% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Realistic 11.6%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 10.5%
- #29 The Back of Existence
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skylight Interactive
Windows
Nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 11.6%, 1990's 11.4%, First-Person 11.2%
- #30 The Stairwell
77% matchPositive95% of 42 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 30.4%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 10%, Realistic 9.3%, First-Person 7%
- #31 Fragments of Fear
76% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Exploration 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Realistic 9%
- #32 Soviet Village
77% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Realistic 10.1%
- #33 Haunted Property
78% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, 1990's 10.7%, Horror 9.2%, First-Person 7.6%
- #34 Obey the Voice™
74% matchVery Positive87% of 671 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Horror 11%, Cinematic 10.4%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 8.8%
- #35 Drowned Grave
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, 1990's 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 8.9%, Adventure 7.9%
- #36 Ling House: Echoes Within
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chaotic System
Windows
Ling House: Echoes Within is a first-person psychological horror experience. Uncover the hidden tragedy beneath the surface of a haunted house. As reality breaks down, your video camera reveals images of an alternate space. You must see through the connection between both worlds to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Cinematic 14.6%, First-Person 9%, Horror 8%
- #37 The Backrooms: Expedition
74% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Sylvester
Windows
Explore the world of backrooms from this solo developed game. explore creepy and eerie levels, and also calm and liminal levels, but be careful, you're not the only one there.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Realistic 14.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Horror 10.5%
- #38 MINDFALL
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
"MINDFALL" is a tense first-person psychological horror game that explores the depths of the human mind and its struggle with the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Cinematic 13.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 9.4%
- #39 r/nosleep: The Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Du's Game
Windows
r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, 1990's 14.1%, Realistic 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.8%
- #40 The Bicameral Protocol
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pleon Words
Windows
By all measures Isaac Llewellyn is a success in life. So why doesn't it feel like that? Something is horribly wrong. Join Isaac as he returns to his childhood home to try to make sense of what happened in his youth. To reconcile truth with memory, Isaac must explore a horrifying past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, 1990's 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Cinematic 11.1%, First-Person 8.6%
- #41 Where The Road Fades
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Smog3D
Windows
“Where the Road Fades” is a short psychological indie horror game. After an accident, you find yourself lost in the woods and seek help in a house but something isn’t right there. Explore, make decisions, and face the darkness. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, 1990's 15.5%, First-Person 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Exploration 9.5%
- #42 [Stories to Tell] Greyville Stay
71% matchVery Positive86% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: zebaxx
Windows
"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 15 year old kid were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare me the developer has had. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, 1990's 14.5%, Realistic 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Exploration 9.9%
- #43 Third Kind
71% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: StudioETC
Windows
An atmospheric first-person adventure about a reporter investigating a mysterious disappearance, which leads to chilling secrets of hidden government projects and a close encounter with visitors from beyond. Inspired by classic thrillers about aliens and unexplained phenomena.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, 1990's 13.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 9.5%
- #44 The Dark Tones: Loss
72% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Zero Directive
Windows
An unknown disease, a dark past and a little girl named Katya, what the outcome will be depends on you, because sooner or later we all have to make a choice and live with it. Are you ready to do your own to achieve the goal at any cost, regardless of the consequences?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Cinematic 11.8%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 9.4%
- #45 The Kult
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NOT APPLICABLE
Windows
A missing friend. Her last known location on your phone. A fence you probably shouldn’t cross. Enter the eerie woods, uncover her story, and face the kult that waits in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, 1990's 19.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #46 From The Past
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
What hides in the depths of the forest?!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Cinematic 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Realistic 10.3%, Exploration 8.7%
- #47 DROWSE
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KhotiCeres
Windows
Dive into the harrowing experience of DROWSE. One evening, one call. In this indie psychological horror game, step back into the 90s. Wander through the various rooms and places you’ll uncover. Observe, you only have a few copies to print, after all. Strange. Was that object really there before?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, 1990's 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Realistic 10%, Horror 8.6%
- #48 Backward poiesis
70% 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 32.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 11.8%, Realistic 8.5%
- #49 The Butcher's Village™
68% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Murtaza ErrorPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Cinematic 12.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Realistic 7.9%
- #50 Night Record: Thin Walls
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Althera Studio
Windows
Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, 1990's 14%, First-Person 8.3%, Horror 7.9%
- #51 The Forest Watches
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: RanSio
Windows
You are the newest member of a forest cult. Complete assigned rituals, obey their rules, and uncover the forest’s unsettling secrets. Every step is watched.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Horror 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #52 These Roads are Terminal
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KICKFLIPWIZARDSTUDIO
Windows · Linux
Desperate to pay your rent, you take work as a nighttime pizza delivery driver for Vito's Pizza House. Navigate the decaying streets of suburban America armed only with the will to survive and confront the reality of your situation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Cinematic 10.6%, 1990's 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%
- #53 20 Floors
66% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: KORY
Windows
You are left alone on the top floor of an apartment. Your only goal is to reach the ground. But as you descend, the corridor you once knew begins to warp into something grotesque. There’s no telling what horror awaits. Just don't stop. Keep going down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 10.3%
- #54 Case Blind: Stolen Route
67% matchMixed43% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Awdric
Windows
A horror game about escaping from a mysterious place after a chilling encounter in the woods. Explore, stay quiet, and make tough choices as you search for a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Cinematic 12.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Realistic 8.7%
- #55 Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
69% matchMixed59% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: sur
Windows
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, 1990's 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 8.8%
- #56 Deeply Dark: Found Footage
68% matchMixed66% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: DALESI
Windows
WARNING: This is not a game, this software was found on the Deep Web and contains interactive material about the phenomenon of backrooms, we have received numerous reports of fatal accidents after its use, many claim that it is cursed so we cannot guarantee your safety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, 1990's 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Realistic 10.5%, First-Person 8.8%
- #57 Parasite Tunnel
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: TAYUTA CREATE
Windows
A creepy tunnel inhabited by a gigantic creature. You are trapped inside this tunnel. Escape the giant creature, search for the tunnel's exit, and make your escape. This is a short horror game that envelops the player in a sense of unease and tension.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Realistic 13.8%, Horror 9%, Adventure 7.9%