- #1 Dreamcore
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,955 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Surreal 32.2%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact liminal, dreamlike atmosphere and first-person exploration found in the seed game.
- #2 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 752 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 38.3%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 11%, Exploration 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a deeply surreal, abstract journey through dreamscapes that resonates with the psychedelic nature of the seed.
- #3 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
96% matchVery Positive80% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
L.S.D. is a first person experience set during a hallucinogen trip.In the prologue of this dream-like, surreal experience, you will explore mysterious open worlds, find weapons and fight against dangerous enemies.Will you be able to break the loop and get back to reality?
Why similar: Psychedelic 31.7%, Surreal 23.4%, Open World 12.3%, Psychological Horror 7.6%, First-Person 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic successor to classic surrealist dream simulators, focusing on abstract, unsettling exploration.
- #4 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,203 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: Surreal 20.4%, Lovecraftian 16%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 11.3%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in surreal, liminal space exploration that mirrors the cryptic nature of the seed game.
- #5 Dread Delusion
94% matchVery Positive90% of 5,228 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Open World 38%, First-Person 17.3%, Exploration 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, 3D 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines an open-world structure with a uniquely surreal, dark-fantasy aesthetic that feels both alien and grounded.
- #6 POOLS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,637 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 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: Surreal 34.1%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Atmospheric 14.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, surreal exploration within uncanny environments, perfectly matching the aesthetic of the seed game.
- #7 Cruelty Squad
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,836 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.6%, Surreal 35.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, First-Person 6.5%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a bizarre, psychedelic, and surreal immersive experience that pushes the boundaries of traditional first-person gameplay.
- #8 Necrophosis
92% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Surreal 27.7%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visually striking, surreal horror experience that leans heavily into the cryptic and atmospheric themes of the seed.
- #9 Eclipsium
91% matchVery Positive91% of 3,488 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.3%, Surreal 19.5%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on psychological horror and surreal imagery, creating an unsettling, dreamlike experience.
- #10 Fractal Block World
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,562 reviews2021
Dev: Dan HathawayPub: Fractal Block Team LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.
Why similar: Voxel 29.2% ★, Psychedelic 23.9%, Surreal 20.5%, Open World 12.4%, Exploration 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends voxel-based sandbox building with surreal, psychedelic visual themes.
- #11 Paratopic
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 45.7%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses low-poly aesthetics to craft a surreal, disjointed horror experience that feels like a fever dream.
- #12 Noclipped
89% 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 14.7%, Open World 14.3%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Survival 10.4%, Horror 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror experience set in a liminal, first-person environment that emphasizes exploration and dread.
- #13 GLITCH DADDY
89% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.9%, Surreal 24.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%, First-Person 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, surreal puzzle-adventure that shares the vibrant, odd visual language of the seed game.
- #14 NaissanceE
88% matchVery Positive84% of 4,402 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Surreal 34.5%, Atmospheric 15%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features vast, surreal, and atmospheric architectural exploration that emphasizes the feeling of being lost in a strange world.
- #15 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
86% matchVery Positive91% of 150 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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Open World 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Horror 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the unsettling nature of liminal spaces through a first-person horror lens.
- #16 Our Elusive Suffering
87% matchMixed64% of 90 reviews2022
Dev: 👁️Pub: ⚰️
Windows
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Why similar: Surreal 30%, Lovecraftian 24.5%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a haunting, surreal exploration experience rooted in lovecraftian horror and atmospheric dread.
- #17 Enter The Backrooms
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,063 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Procedural Generation 18.4%, Surreal 17.3%, Horror 13.8%, Survival 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological horror of navigating endless, procedurally generated, and uncanny spaces.
- #18 Outbreak Island
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Horror 12.6%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sandbox survival mechanics with a mysterious, horror-tinged open-world exploration.
- #19 Urge
85% matchVery Positive90% of 520 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 14%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, atmospheric survival-horror experience with base-building elements in an open-world setting.
- #20 Vorax
83% matchMixed61% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Open World 15%, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 10%, Horror 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that features open-world exploration and crafting within a tense, atmospheric setting.
- #21 Cubic Odyssey
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,720 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Sandbox 28%, Building 20.5%, Open World 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that encourages exploration and base-building in a stylized, open world.
- #22 Creativerse
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Voxel 31.4% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox voxel game that offers extensive building and crafting tools in a vibrant, alien-like world.
- #23 Astral Terra
84% matchMixed50% of 152 reviews2015
Dev: Tethys Interactive LLC
Windows
Explore, Adventure, Craft, Build, Survive. How will you shape your world? Astral Terra is a Smooth Voxel, Procedurally Generated Open World game with RPG and Survival Elements!
Why similar: Voxel 28.5% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Open World 15.6%, Survival 9.4%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival-craft game that features voxel-based terrain manipulation and exploration.
- #24 Voxile
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: VoxRay Games, Inc.
Windows
Quest, craft, loot, build, destroy, and shoot your way through gorgeous voxel islands! Encounter mutated wildlife, discover secrets, and find out what went wrong in both pre-designed adventure and procedural survival worlds. Play in Early Access today--alone or with friends!
Why similar: Voxel 33.5% ★, Open World 11.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on voxel-based destruction and exploration, providing a sandbox environment for creative play.
- #25 Iron Lung
80% matchVery Positive92% of 11,191 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 21%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Surreal 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, surreal, and atmospheric horror experience that excels at building tension in a confined, alien space.
- #26 Post Void
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,372 reviews2020
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Why similar: Psychedelic 47%, Surreal 25.3%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, psychedelic first-person experience that captures the chaotic, surreal energy of the seed game.
- #27 Cube World
82% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,725 reviews2019
Dev: Picroma
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
Why similar: Voxel 41.2% ★, Open World 21.6%, Sandbox 7.1%, Procedural Generation 7%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic voxel-based open-world adventure that focuses on exploration and RPG elements.
- #28 Manifold Garden
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,512 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.3%, Surreal 33.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores surreal, impossible geometry in a first-person perspective, emphasizing the sense of wonder and disorientation.
- #29 Lay of the Land
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,188 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Voxel 34.1% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World 11.5%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Building 7.6%
- #30 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,209 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.
Why similar: Surreal 37.7%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #31 HYPNOS
76% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.6%, Surreal 19.2%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Open World 12.3%, Horror 9.2%
- #32 Boundless
79% matchMixed70% of 2,774 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Voxel 33.1% ★, Sandbox 17.9%, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer voxel sandbox that emphasizes creative building and exploration across diverse, surreal planets.
- #33 Picayune Dreams
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,605 reviews2023
Dev: StepfordPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.2%, Surreal 21.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #34 Human Host
74% matchVery Positive83% of 708 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Matrix Studio
Windows
Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game. In this endless procedurally generated world, terrain, buildings, trees, rocks—everything is destructible! Build massive mobile bases, dig deep underground, construct trap-filled fortresses, scavenge supplies, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Voxel 30.4% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 10.2%
- #35 Decarnation
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Psychedelic 20.6%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 7.3%
- #36 Crafting Block World
77% matchMixed47% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!
Why similar: Voxel 36.7% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 8.3%, Survival 8.2%, Building 7.4%
- #37 Total Chaos
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,598 reviews2025
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths.
Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #38 The Dream Within
73% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Roaming of Little Hammer
Windows
A pixel-graphics open world survival craft RPG, where player is locked in a deep dream world, survive in this elusive world, forage, hunt, mine, and build up shelters. Find a way to escape.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.1%, Crafting 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Open World 12%, Survival 8%
- #39 Lost Existence
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Lurid Spectre Games
Windows
Explore vast, forgotten lands, cryptic abandoned ruins, and mysterious caverns, in this open-world voxel action-RPG. Create your own uniquely crafted class. Build multiplayer dungeon, PvP, or siege experiences. Run, vault, and leap effortlessly across endless wilderness, or delve deep underground.
Why similar: Voxel 47% ★, Sandbox 18.4%, Building 13.8%, First-Person 8.1%, Adventure 6.9%
- #40 Subliminal
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,705 reviews2026
Dev: Accidental StudiosPub: Gone Shootin
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 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 28.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 8.8%
- #41 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
73% matchMixed60% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Surreal 21.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 9.1%, First-Person 6.3%
- #42 Block Story™
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,113 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Voxel 29.9% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.8%
- #43 Project Liminal 2
70% matchVery 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 15%, First-Person 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 12.7%
- #44 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
71% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Heartbyte Studios
Windows
A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.6%, Surreal 23.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #45 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 384 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: Surreal 28.3%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Horror 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #46 Warlocks Quarry
71% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Use your skills in looting, fighting, exploring and base building to survive and progress in Warlocks world.
Why similar: Voxel 34.1% ★, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 9.4%, First-Person 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
- #47 Deep Despair
72% matchMixed67% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: Sandbox 18.3%, Open World 17%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 13%, Building 12.3%
- #48 Rogue Harvest
72% matchMixed57% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Genetix Studio
Windows
Rogue Harvest is a finely crafted Rogue-like Open World Adventure - Dig, Mine, Build, Craft, Explore, and Survive in a massive Procedurally Generated World and work to unravel the mystery of how you ended up in this dream like place.
Why similar: Voxel 30.2% ★, Sandbox 15%, Procedural Generation 13%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #49 The Backrooms
70% matchMixed62% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.
Why similar: Psychedelic 44.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #50 Golden Light
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,002 reviews2022
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Eat weapons, be scared and question your own mind in this Survival-Horror FPS Prop Hunt Roguelike about meat. Walls are watching you!
Why similar: Psychedelic 28%, Surreal 20%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #51 BrVR Backrooms Virtual Reality
68% matchVery Positive89% of 159 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: Sandbox 25%, Horror 16.9%, Open World 16.1%, Survival 14.7%, Exploration 7.9%
- #52 DREAM LOGIC
67% matchVery Positive89% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 19%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.2%
- #53 Vangers
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,384 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Association K-D Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.9%, Voxel 25.2% ★, Surreal 14.8%, Open World 7.3%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #54 Atomcraft
64% matchVery Positive96% of 358 reviews2026
Dev: Triplejump
Windows
A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.9%, Crafting 22.2%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 13.3%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
- #55 Zelter
69% matchMixed47% of 1,975 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Voxel 42.2% ★, Open World 12.3%, Building 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #56 Liminalcore
64% matchVery Positive83% of 748 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 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: Surreal 34.3%, Psychological Horror 32.3%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 4.9%
- #57 Survival: Lost Way
68% matchMostly Negative36% of 295 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 23.5%, Survival 18.2%, Building 14.6%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.1%
- #58 CastleMiner Z
67% matchVery Positive81% of 11,158 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Sandbox 26%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 19.8%, Crafting 15.2%, Horror 6.8%
- #59 Devil Spire Falls
62% matchVery Positive95% of 1,058 reviews2025
Dev: Ithiro Sumi
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The open-world action-RPG, where you can do anything, of your dreams… as if it came out 30 years ago!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Open World 17.7%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.8%