- #1 Into The Backrooms
97% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Lydo Studios
Windows
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, 1980s 13.5%, FPS 12.2%, Investigation 9.5%, Realistic 8%
- #2 Vesnith Tapes
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, FPS 16.7%, Investigation 10.7%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 8.9%
- #3 Forever In The Backrooms
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Nippos Studios
Windows
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, 1980s 13.7%, FPS 12.6%, Investigation 9%, Realistic 8.2%
- #4 Night Clerk
95% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Arzolath®
Windows
Night Clerk is a first-person psychological horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, 1980s 16.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Realistic 10%, Adventure 9.3%
- #5 PIGFACE MASSACRE
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: threeW
Windows
PIGFACE MASSACRE is a survival horror game can be played up-to 4 players. While trying to stay alive, uncover the serial killer PIGFACE's bloodcurdling mystery and find out the truth behind events.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, 1980s 15.1%, FPS 12.9%, Investigation 10.9%, Realistic 8.8%
- #6 Destined Corp: Awakening
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voidspark Studio
Windows
Destined Corp, once a pioneer in AI-driven robotics, sees its creations evolve into self-aware beings who come to believe that humanity is "obsolete." These robots begin developing plans to create a new generation of humans—genetically engineered to be fully under their control.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, FPS 17.6%, Investigation 10.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 9.1%
- #7 Backrooms Abyss
93% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Chadder Studios
Windows
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, 1980s 14%, FPS 12.6%, Investigation 9.4%, Realistic 8.4%
- #8 Grunenberg
92% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Kebabos
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Grunenberg" is a single-player horror game that utilizes the visual and sound design of VHS tapes. The protagonist, Jimmy Solomon, comes to the abandoned area named Grunenberg to find his grandfather and captures everything he sees on the camera as his grandfather's request.
Why similar: 1980s 17.1%, FPS 16.9%, Thriller 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 8.8%
- #9 Wild Encounters - Cedar Woods Campground
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Wild Encounters is an episodic Wildlife encounter horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, FPS 17.4%, Realistic 10.2%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 7.7%
- #10 The Backrooms Origins
91% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Hypnos Games
Windows
The Backrooms Origins is a first person exploration and psychological horror game about famous creepypasta the backrooms. Explore levels of backrooms and try to keep your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, FPS 12.4%, Thriller 11.5%, Investigation 9.8%, Realistic 9.4%
- #11 Phantom Ten
90% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 神戸ルル
Windows
15-meter corridor. Don't miss the anomalies. The game will not end until 10:00.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Horror 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%, FPS 11.6%, First-Person 9.8%
- #12 My Day Challenge
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Horror 14%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Realistic 9.5%
- #13 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
89% matchVery Positive84% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Thriller 18.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Realistic 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
- #14 Third Kind
88% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: REFINERY66
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 26.4%, Investigation 10.4%, Realistic 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 8.5%
- #15 BACKROOMS THE COMPANY
87% matchMixed69% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: kc6067
Windows
backrooms horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, 1980s 18%, Realistic 11.1%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #16 Till Checkout Do Us Part
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A young couple stops for the night at a quiet, roadside motel. It's run by a soft-spoken man, Harold, and his wife, Margaret. As a famous saying goes, some guests can check out anytime they want, but can never leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Thriller 15.5%, 1980s 15.5%, Adventure 7%, Horror 6.8%
- #17 The Haunted Keepsake
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Hazard Digital
Windows
Step into The Haunted Keepsake, a first-person horror game where you investigate an abandoned farmhouse plagued by a dark, vengeful presence. Uncover chilling secrets of a family tragedy, break a curse tied to a haunted doll, and survive the spirits haunting the grounds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Investigation 14.2%, Realistic 14%, Adventure 11.7%, First-Person 10.8%
- #18 Nightfall House
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Wanko Soba
Windows
Nightfall House is a first-person walking simulator game that allows you to feel as if someone is always around.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, FPS 18.9%, Adventure 10%, Thriller 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%
- #19 Bright Lights of Svetlov
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,339 reviews2021
Dev: Vladimir Cholokyan
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, 1980s 21.6%, FPS 10.9%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #20 Soviet Village
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 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 29.8%, Exploration 11%, Realistic 10.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Thriller 9.3%
- #21 A Night On The Farm
82% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Flame Interactive
Windows
A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Exploration 11.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 10.7%
- #22 Facility of Dusk
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HALKO Digital
Windows
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Thriller 12.2%, Investigation 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 8.8%
- #23 Night of the Wererat
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Exploration 14.2%, Thriller 12.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Horror 9.8%
- #24 Day at the Office - Prologue
81% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: ezCaos
Windows
Try to escape from the office, make your decisions carefully, and keep your cool to get home safe and sound... Do you hear that...? The phone is ringing, and it's for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Realistic 14%, Investigation 13.7%, FPS 10.1%, Horror 9.8%
- #25 Red October
81% matchMixed54% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Stop-TussiN
Windows
Red October: A scientific thriller in the USSR. Physicist Sokolov is drawn into the race for the energy of the future in the closed city of Oktyabrsk-21. Intrigue, espionage, moral choices. The fate of the world is in your hands!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, 1980s 17.3%, Investigation 11.1%, Realistic 11%, Exploration 8.8%
- #26 The Third
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manas Games
Windows
Two have been reborn. One remains in the shadows. Explore a cursed temple, uncover ancient secrets, and survive a gripping and terrifying journey through forgotten gods and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, 1980s 15.8%, Horror 11.2%, Realistic 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%
- #27 The Witch
79% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: ssma
Windows
The Witch is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. In it you are a journalist who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the inhabitants of the village of Hoer Verde.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, First-Person 12.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Horror 11.5%, Thriller 9.5%
- #28 觀塘 | Kwun Tong
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
Made in Hong Kong. By Unreal Engine 5.5.4. Escape from Kwun Tong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, FPS 18.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #29 Tales Beyond The Tomb - The Farm's Secret
77% matchVery Positive86% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
Dragged into a web of secrets and lies, Samantha seems to be part of a puzzle impossible to solve. What once seemed obvious soon turns into something far more sinister, and the line between villain and victim begins to blur.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, 1980s 17.7%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #30 Spiral of Regret
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Butchingo
Windows
Unravel the roots of an underground facility entombed deep within a jungle. Feel the dread as you wander the long-forgotten halls while being stalked by a creature of unknown origin. A creature YOU unleashed upon yourself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, FPS 18.8%, Realistic 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 8.5%
- #31 Hoiwa Hub
79% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: BeanKing Computer Entertainment
Windows
Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Realistic 14%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 8.1%
- #32 Echoveil : The Last Guest
77% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Praveen RajPub: Aura Intreactive
Windows
A short, atmospheric first-person horror game set in an abandoned motel where guests vanish without a trace. Explore, uncover secrets, and escape before becoming the next lost soul
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, 1980s 16.5%, Realistic 10.1%, Investigation 9.8%, Exploration 8.3%
- #33 White Room Protocol
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, FPS 15%, Thriller 13.7%, Realistic 11.4%, Horror 9.8%
- #34 Inside The Forest
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stepan Tsokur
Windows
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Investigation 13.3%, Thriller 10.1%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%
- #35 Liminality
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liminality Studios
Windows
Liminality sets in the near future, where humanity discovers a liminal hell full with anomalies, explore multiple unique levels with increasing difficulty and teamwork, good luck on your next expedition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Realistic 12.8%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Adventure 7%
- #36 White Silence
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 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 34%, Realistic 14.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 10.7%
- #37 Lappelduvide
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Scratch Byte Studios
Windows
A VHS-style found footage, analog, psychological horror game about the experience of one of the extreme cases of the virus that was left untreated.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, FPS 19.8%, Realistic 12%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 8.9%
- #38 Unseen: 2002
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Impact Group
Windows
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Investigation 10.1%, Realistic 9.1%
- #39 The Tall Man Tapes
72% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Brandino Games
Windows
The Tall Man Tapes is a found footage inspired horror game. You're a UFO investigator trying to get to the bottom of a mystery. Will you learn the truth and escape with your life?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, FPS 22%, Realistic 10.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #40 DREMA
76% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: SHALDMI
Windows
A journey through consciousness, with puzzle and horror elements.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Investigation 20.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Realistic 10.4%, Horror 8.5%
- #41 Screaming In The Basement (2025)
71% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Massbolt Games
Windows
Screaming In The Basement is an inspired-by P.T. psychological horror game with an immersive atmosphere. You play as Mike, a fearless journalist determined to expose the truth, as he investigates a family brutally killed by a serial killer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Thriller 13%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 7%
- #42 Anji -Implication-
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: ぶんぶくず
Windows
Anji【Implication】-Stimulation that gives the mind, unconsciously, certain notions. This game is a first-person walking simulator where you just keep going down the stairs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, FPS 15.4%, Realistic 14.5%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.2%
- #43 Below The Silence
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ShahbazPub: KT
Windows
What begins as a simple escape room night between two friends turns into a descent into fear, memory, and a cult that was never supposed to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, FPS 24.8%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Horror 7.5%
- #44 The Lancaster Leak - O'Brien State Park
72% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. An FBI intern leaked special investigation tapes before suddenly disappearing. The first tape of the series contains found footage from O'Brien State Park revealing the true events that were covered up in the 1980s.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, 1980s 20.6%, Investigation 10.7%, Horror 9.1%, Realistic 8.4%
- #45 HOLLOW EARTH
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Investigation 14.4%, 1980s 12.9%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 9.7%
- #46 Fragments of Fear
70% matchNo user reviews
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 32%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 10.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #47 House of Guilt
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Polygon Titan
Windows
House of Guilt is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, find out what is tormenting you and choose you fate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Realistic 18.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Horror 11.1%, Casual 10.1%
- #48 9 Hallways: The Anomaly Agent
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: I SEE 3D
Windows
"9 Hallways: The Anomaly Agent" is a first-person horror game where you explore cosmic passageways connecting all realities. Investigate eerie disturbances, report anomalies, and survive encounters with malevolent entities in a constantly shifting, otherworldly environment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, 1980s 14%, FPS 13.1%, Horror 8.9%, Realistic 8.8%
- #49 Blinding Oversight
68% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: MustangDev
Windows
You play as Emma, who wakes up in an abandoned house without any prior memory of how she ended up there. Investigate your surroundings, uncover the mysteries of the house and connect memories from your past as you try to escape in this short, first person atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Thriller 13%, Realistic 10.7%, Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.1%
- #50 Hundred Doors
67% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Ink Ribbon Studios
Windows
A psychological horror experience where reality twists behind every corner. Explore disturbing rooms, uncover buried memories, and descend into madness. Can you make it through all one hundred doors?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, FPS 19.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Casual 10%, First-Person 7.9%
- #51 Desolate Roads
73% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Gabor DandarPub: Gadan Digital
Windows
Desolate Roads is a first-person psychological horror vignette. You’ve run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, and all you can see are empty roads, a dark forest, and the endless thick and strangling fog.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Investigation 17.6%, Realistic 9.6%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 8.7%
- #52 Reflection Of Sin
68% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Old Cave Studio
Windows
You'll see a reflection of your past sins here, Jack. For every sin, there is a consequence. Will you surrender?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Thriller 19.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Horror 9.8%, 3D 8.4%
- #53 BLIND_SITE
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enigma Forge
Windows
Explore dark corridors, snap photos, and survive hostile entities hunting you. Use your camera's flash to reveal the way, but beware - each flash draws unwanted attention.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Exploration 11.1%, Realistic 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%
- #54 GhostlyRyokan
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 14.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #55 Replace the Lamp: The Last Shift
67% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Penjaga Malam Studio
Windows
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Investigation 19.1%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 8.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #56 Exorcist
70% matchMixed41% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Arafkan Games
Windows
The Exorcist is a first-person horror game. It can scare you with its dark atmosphere, which is realistic and frightening. Can you destroy the demon?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, FPS 14.6%, Thriller 13.8%, Realistic 10.8%, Horror 7.5%
- #57 You Were Sent Alone
66% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fractured Echo Games
Windows
Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Thriller 13.1%, Horror 13%, Adventure 9.1%
- #58 Those Who Stayed
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pendul8
Windows
A 60-minute first-person psychological horror game. Your new neighborhood hides a dark secret: previous residents either fled within weeks, or never left at all. Explore eight abandoned homes and discover their fate.
Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Realistic 13.1%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 9.8%
- #59 Home Invader
65% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Damn Boi Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological stealth thriller set inside a private villa. Infiltrate, gather critical intel, steal what you can, and escape unnoticed where silence is your only protection & every sound you make could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Investigation 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Realistic 10%
- #60 Unmixable Syrup
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.8%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 12.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 9.6%