60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Psychological, Walking Simulator, Singleplayer.
A tale of solitude and discovery, a man awakens on a mysterious desolate beach. Nothing around, but an abandoned lighthouse. Lost Tides is a 3rd person narrative driven adventure game with a fully narrated story.
Telomere
A minimalist journey though life.
The Memories That Shape Us
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?
A minimalist journey though life.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Abstract 13.6%, Surreal 12.6%, Emotional 11.3%
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?
Why similar: Philosophical 16.3%, Abstract 14.4%, Emotional 12.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.4%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Abstract 12.5%, Philosophical 12.3%, Psychological 9.7%, Surreal 9.3%
808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.5%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Abstract 14.6%, Psychological 10.7%, Emotional 10.3%
5 stories of students in a dying dorm
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Philosophical 17.1%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Abstract 13.4%, Surreal 12.3%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.3%, Psychological 20.8%, Surreal 16.9%, Abstract 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%
The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner. A Butterfly is part horror, part interactive poem about overcoming and bittersweet surrender
Why similar: Philosophical 21.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Abstract 11.3%, Emotional 10.8%
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.8%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Surreal 13.6%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological 9.1%
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HELP HIM! is a tiny, surreal first-person art "game" about what it's like. your goal is singular and simple: try to help him, however you can... if you can. that's a tall order considering you're both in a blank void and he's being crushed over and over.
Why similar: Philosophical 23%, Surreal 21.6%, Abstract 18.4%, Psychological 12.9%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
Atmospheric and surreal horror game about day and night cycle.
Why similar: Abstract 19.6%, Psychological 19.4%, Surreal 18.5%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Horror 10.4%
Become a diver yourself to explore the unknown. Take a trip to your deep abyss. Experience a poetic and fantastic world as you explore the deep sea and space.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.3%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Abstract 14.3%, Surreal 13.4%, Emotional 12.9%
You've been invited to participate in a study for the newly developed Circadial pills, a medicine designed to remedy your life-long insomnia. Explore the empty halls of the facility and the landscapes of your dreams to uncover the source of your night terrors. You will never be the same.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.5%, Abstract 17%, Surreal 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Psychological 11.6%
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Abstract 17.7%, Psychological 17.6%, Emotional 16.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
The family lives in isolation, following the strict rules of the father. But the attempt to escape evil turns into a horror that grows from within.
Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Surreal 12.3%, Dark 10.5%, Retro 9.8%
PULMO is a casual puzzle game where you control a lone character in a world full of faceless crowds.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.6%, Abstract 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological 14%, Surreal 11.5%
Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Philosophical 14.3%, Emotional 12.6%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Dark 11.3%
Back Then is a first-person narrative game taking place in the mind of Thomas Eilian, an elderly writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.9%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological 13.7%, Abstract 12.8%, Emotional 12.7%
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.8%, Walking Simulator 18%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Psychological 11.5%, Emotional 9.9%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.3%, Surreal 17.1%, Psychological 16.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Dark 12.2%
This is the story of Mark's life...
Why similar: Philosophical 23%, Psychological 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Abstract 12.1%, Emotional 11.6%
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.3%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Abstract 13.5%, Psychological 13.1%, Surreal 11.4%
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological 12.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Abstract 8.2%
A quiet room. A window. Thirty one days spent watching strangers and inventing their lives. October is a minimalist, atmospheric story about isolation, building slowly toward the day you finally step outside.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.5%, Psychological 16.5%, Emotional 15.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Dark 9.2%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Philosophical 20.3%, Psychological 16.4%, Horror 12.6%, Adventure 8.3%
A small game about letting go. Stay up late. Smoke cigarettes. Talk to strangers. Think about what you've lost. Someone you used to love? Or someone you used to be?
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Philosophical 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Psychological 11.5%, Emotional 10.1%
An interactive visual experience at the intersection of psychological horror and art installation. Explore fractured spaces, collect symbolic objects, and uncover a multi-layered truth. Episode 1 of a planned trilogy, built by a solo developer.
Why similar: Philosophical 22%, Surreal 17%, Walking Simulator 16%, Psychological 13.4%, Dark 9.5%
In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.1%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Psychological 15%, Surreal 13.6%, Third Person 7.7%
Wander in the Threshold, where your memories are the key. Can you face what still lingers ? An emotional story-driven exploration game in eerie liminal spaces.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.3%, Emotional 15.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Walking Simulator 11.6%
Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Abstract 16.6%, Philosophical 15.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Dark 10.4%
You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.
Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Philosophical 16.7%, Surreal 16.2%, Abstract 13.9%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Psychological 12.1%, Dark 11.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Emotional 10.3%
RAIN DOGS is a single-player, narrative experience set in a reflection of the urban sprawl you used to call home. Explore and interact with other prisoners of this throw-away society to learn more about why you were put here and what your path forward will be.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.2%, Abstract 16.7%, Psychological 15.1%, Surreal 14.1%, Emotional 10.3%
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: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological 9.4%
Step into the subconscious mind of a brilliant professor, where memories twist, logic bends, and hidden truths await discovery through intricate puzzles
Why similar: Philosophical 29.3%, Psychological 19.2%, Surreal 15.5%, Emotional 14%, Story Rich 6.8%
A serene game where exploration leads to minigames and puzzles. Visit natural and surreal landscapes to restore the beauty of nature and the serenity the mind. Solve environmental challenges to advance. Once mind and nature are mended, gain access to meditation vistas.
Why similar: Philosophical 39.4%, Psychological 22.2%, Surreal 11.3%, Open World 9.2%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Philosophical 21.7%, Psychological 15.8%, Surreal 15%, Emotional 12.6%, Abstract 11.2%
Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Philosophical 17.2%, Abstract 17.1%, Emotional 10.6%, Psychological 9.9%
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Abstract 14.2%, Surreal 14%, Emotional 11.7%
Descend into the depths of the heroine's subconscious, filled with haunting visions and fractured memories. Explore her inner world and uncover the secrets it hides.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.8%, Psychological 14.1%, Emotional 12.4%, Abstract 11.7%, Dark 10.7%
Official remake of the original Nox Timore, that was released in 2014. A nightmare, that you come back to every night. Mannequins. Darkness. Horror.
Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Psychological 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16%, Abstract 14.3%, Dark 12.8%
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Surreal 16.8%, Lovecraftian 16.1%, Dark 12.8%, Psychological 10.8%
Trapped in a surreal prison cell, Avery Stardust, a rogue automaton, has only 17 days to enter his reset code and accept a new life as determined by the Stagnation Protocol. But when the mystery of the SYNCO PATH program unravels, Avery will question everything he believes to be true.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.2%, Psychological 18.5%, Surreal 16.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Emotional 9.2%
Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Surreal 14.6%, Emotional 14.6%, Psychological 13.6%, Dark 8.7%
Butler Guillotine is an absurdist point & click horror about flesh filled puppets in a mishapen hotel. Follow different characters' intertiwining paths and unearth forgotten events from a time long gone. Bring the ceremony to a halt.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Emotional 14%, Psychological 13.6%, Abstract 13%, Dark 10.6%
Dive into Yuha's nightmares. Bear witness to a glitch apocalypse. Explore the hidden layers of a 3D-dreamscape. Piece together her memories and fears. Experience a true haunting with vanishing staircases, lost voices and time that keeps running out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological 16.5%, Abstract 15.9%, Surreal 15.6%, Emotional 10.7%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.9%
"Glimpse" is a single-player atmospheric horror game. Get a glimpse of the struggles and fears of a person affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Abstract 12.3%, Dark 12%, Surreal 11.8%
Your memories are fracturing. Explore an evocative story of love and loss through shifting realities. Solve puzzles to hold on to the moments that define you before they vanish forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological 19.5%, Emotional 17.8%, Philosophical 12.5%, Surreal 9%
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Noir 15.5%, Psychological 14.9%, Dark 9.2%
A 2D platform journey within the mind of a person struggling with mental issues such as anxiety and depression.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.6%, Psychological 19.8%, Emotional 12.5%, Surreal 10.9%, Dark 10.4%
A first-person psychological horror with walking simulator elements, where every decision has consequences. Ascend a staircase of memories, reliving key moments of a life shaped by guilt, fear, and inner judgment in a dark, surreal world with multiple endings.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.3%, Walking Simulator 17%, Psychological 13.5%, Dark 10.2%, Emotional 10%
"All Songs are from the King," a haunting psychological horror experience that transcends traditional gaming boundaries.
Why similar: Philosophical 26%, Noir 17%, Psychological 16.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Walking Simulator 9%
Survive a plane crash and enter the veil between life and death. Solve physics-bending puzzles, collect lost stars, and cultivate a garden within your mind. In this atmospheric journey inspired by The Little Prince and Sufi mysticism, the only way out is within.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.7%, Emotional 18.1%, Surreal 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Third Person 8.6%
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 21.2%, Psychological 17.5%, Surreal 16.8%, Abstract 15%, Emotional 10.9%
A short, atmospheric, story-driven experience about a young woman searching for meaning in a world that no longer feels familiar.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.5%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Abstract 15.6%, Emotional 11.4%, Dark 7.9%
You have stumbled upon a museum you might have not intended to find. But it called to you. And you realized you ended up someplace…roiling…alive. If you interact with the art, some speak while others hold bygone echoes. You’ve heeded the call. It’s up to you now to explore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Philosophical 20.4%, Surreal 16.3%, Psychological 14.2%, Emotional 10.4%
Las 5 Celdas is a short first-person psychological horror experience. Explore five impossible cells, each based on a different human fear, and face disturbing situations where there may be no perfect answer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological 15.1%, Philosophical 14.8%, Surreal 10.7%, Horror 10.3%
A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Surreal 22.4%, Abstract 18.5%, Emotional 11.6%, Dark 10.3%
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Abstract 21.4%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Philosophical 13.7%, Surreal 13.2%
Something is wrong with the world — or with the boy walking through it. A surreal pixel adventure across two parallel realities, about fear, memory, and a mind that sees everything differently.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.4%, Psychological 17.6%, Emotional 16%, Surreal 14.5%, Dark 8.1%
