- #1 Dreamcore
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,505 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience liminal spaces 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 30.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the liminal, surreal, and psychological horror atmosphere found in the seed game.
- #2 Dread Delusion
96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 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 36.6%, First-Person 17.7%, Exploration 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, 3D 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features an open-world with a distinct, surreal, and dark-fantasy aesthetic that aligns with the cryptic nature of the seed game.
- #3 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 716 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 36.7%, Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply atmospheric and surreal exploration experience that mirrors the dreamlike quality of the seed game.
- #4 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
95% matchVery Positive80% of 269 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 30.9%, Surreal 22.6%, Open World 12.5%, Psychological Horror 7%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the psychedelic and surreal psychological themes that define the seed game's visual identity.
- #5 Fractal Block World
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,265 reviews2021
Dev: Dan HathawayPub: Fractal Block Team LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 29.8% ★, Psychedelic 23.1%, Surreal 19.7%, Open World 12.5%, Exploration 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes voxel-based exploration within a surreal, abstract environment that directly parallels the seed game's core mechanics.
- #6 Eclipsium
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,740 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 25.6%, Surreal 18.9%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused walking-simulator experience centered on surrealism and psychological horror.
- #7 Necrophosis
93% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 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 29.5%, Surreal 26.6%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a lovecraftian, surreal horror experience that matches the unsettling tone of the seed game.
- #8 Our Elusive Suffering
92% matchMixed65% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: 👁️Pub: ⚰️
Windows
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Why similar: Surreal 28.6%, Lovecraftian 25.4%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines exploration with a surreal, stylized horror aesthetic that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #9 GLITCH DADDY
91% matchVery Positive96% of 51 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 34.3%, Surreal 24%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The psychedelic and surreal puzzle-adventure elements make it a strong thematic match for the seed game.
- #10 Vangers
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,340 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Association K-D Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 28.7%, Voxel 26.5% ★, Surreal 14.2%, Open World 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title is a masterclass in psychedelic, surreal, and atmospheric open-world exploration.
- #11 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 35.2%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends surreal, dream-inspired visuals with 3D dungeon-crawling mechanics.
- #12 Noclipped
90% matchVery Positive82% of 57 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 13.9%, Open World 13.8%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and survival in a first-person perspective, capturing the feeling of being lost in a strange, expansive space.
- #13 Urge
89% matchVery Positive90% of 476 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%, Open World 13.6%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror game features atmospheric, open-world base-building mechanics similar to the seed game.
- #14 Cruelty Squad
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.1%, Surreal 35.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, First-Person 7.4%, Action 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its intentionally jarring, psychedelic, and surreal first-person aesthetic offers a similar sense of unease.
- #15 Paratopic
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 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 44.6%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at delivering a surreal, psychological horror experience through a unique first-person perspective.
- #16 Outbreak Island
86% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 19.4%, Horror 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines sandbox survival and horror exploration in a mysterious, isolated setting.
- #17 Project Silverfish
85% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Open World 17.7%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Exploration 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an immersive-sim experience with sandbox exploration that aligns with the seed game's first-person focus.
- #18 Cube World
86% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,693 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% ★, Open World 20.9%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Crafting 6.8%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a vibrant, voxel-based open-world adventure that shares the sandbox exploration focus of the seed game.
- #19 Creativerse
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Voxel 31.2% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 11%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game offers deep voxel-based building and exploration mechanics in a stylized world.
- #20 Voxile
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 102 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 34.2% ★, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 10%, Procedural Generation 10%
Why You'll Like It: This voxel-based game emphasizes destruction and first-person combat in a sandbox environment.
- #21 Iron Lung
82% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 20.8%, Atmospheric 14%, Surreal 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on claustrophobic, atmospheric horror in a surreal setting that feels like a concentrated version of the seed game's vibe.
- #22 Superliminal
81% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.4%, Surreal 33.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The perspective-bending, surreal first-person gameplay mirrors the dreamlike logic found in the seed game.
- #23 the static speaks my name
82% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 25.2%, Surreal 14.3%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a short but potent psychological horror experience that captures the surreal, dreamlike dread of the seed game.
- #24 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 28.4% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Open World 15.2%, Survival 9.6%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a procedurally generated open-world sandbox with a focus on survival and crafting.
- #25 Visage
81% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 31.5%, Surreal 12.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-fidelity psychological horror experience that emphasizes exploration and surreal environmental storytelling.
- #26 Boundless
80% matchMixed70% of 2,766 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 33.0 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 17.3%, Open World 14.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a massive, interconnected sandbox world with voxel-based building and exploration.
- #27 Rising World
79% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Voxel 33.3% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Building 10.7%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a robust open-world survival-craft game that allows for extensive building and exploration.
- #28 Cubic Odyssey
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,483 reviews2025
Dev: Atypical GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 18%, Building 13.3%, Open World 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Crafting 7.9%
- #29 Picayune Dreams
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,270 reviews2023
Dev: StepfordPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.7 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 22%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Survival 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #30 cyubeVR
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,125 reviews2018
Dev: Stonebrick Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!
Why similar: Voxel 32% ★, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 12%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This VR-focused voxel game emphasizes the tactile nature of building and exploring in a sandbox environment.
- #31 Lost Existence
79% matchMixed69% of 65 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 46.9% ★, Sandbox 17.7%, Building 13.8%, First-Person 8.4%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This indie title provides an open-world adventure experience with exploration and survival elements.
- #32 Vorax
76% matchMixed63% of 134 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 14.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 13%, Building 9.9%, Horror 9.4%
- #33 Zelter
78% matchMixed48% of 1,968 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 41.9% ★, Open World 12%, Building 10.4%, Survival 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9%
Why You'll Like It: It incorporates voxel-like aesthetics into a post-apocalyptic survival and base-building experience.
- #34 Crafting Block World
77% matchMixed46% of 52 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 36.5% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 8.4%, Open World 8.1%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #35 The Dream Within
73% matchVery Positive90% of 129 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: Crafting 39.4%, Pixel Graphics 30.6%, Sandbox 23.3%, Adventure 6.7%
- #36 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
74% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
Windows
An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms 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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Open World 12.7%, Horror 11.1%
- #37 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
74% matchMixed59% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 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 31.3%, Surreal 20%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 9%, First-Person 6.7%
- #38 Block Story™
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,973 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 23.4% ★, Sandbox 21.5%, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 7.8%
- #39 Golden Light
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,902 reviews2022
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.7 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 27.1%, Surreal 19.1%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9%
- #40 Rogue Harvest
75% matchMixed57% of 68 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 29.6% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Crafting 13%, Survival 8.8%
- #41 Project Liminal 2
71% matchVery Positive96% of 56 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: First-Person 17%, Exploration 16.8%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Adventure 14%
- #42 Decarnation
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 31.8%, Lovecraftian 21.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #43 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 33.8% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 9.4%, First-Person 6.8%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #44 MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria
71% matchVery Positive96% of 70 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 24.2%, Surreal 22.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 9%
- #45 Deep Despair
72% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 13%, Building 11.8%
- #46 BrVR Backrooms Virtual Reality
70% matchVery Positive89% of 132 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 24.1%, Horror 16.4%, Open World 15.8%, Survival 15.2%, Exploration 8.1%
- #47 Blockscape
73% matchMixed46% of 898 reviews2014
Dev: ioneo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The ultimate block building game.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, Voxel 16.2% ★, Open World 15.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 12.1%
- #48 The Backrooms
70% matchMixed64% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 43.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10.6%, Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #49 Total Chaos
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,238 reviews2025
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #50 Core Keeper
64% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.5%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Building 11.8%
- #51 Adventure Craft
69% matchVery Positive82% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: Edible Entertainment
Windows
Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.1%, Open World 21%, Building 16.9%, Procedural Generation 16%, Survival 12.7%
- #52 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,826 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Open World 27.4%, Survival 14.8%, Horror 11.9%, Exploration 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #53 Hamster Hunter
65% matchVery Positive95% of 2,113 reviews2023
Dev: Hamuno
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You come home for an annual family reunion, only to find your family missing with an eerie note left by your father. After you discover what has happened you SEEK REVENGE!
Why similar: Open World 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 9.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 8.1%
- #54 Survival: Lost Way
69% matchMostly Negative37% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 23.8%, Survival 18.3%, Building 14.3%, Horror 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%
- #55 CastleMiner Z
68% matchVery Positive81% of 11,088 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 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 25%, Survival 20.5%, Open World 19.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Horror 6.6%
- #56 Darkwood
66% matchVery Positive95% of 23,842 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Open World 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 15.5%, Survival 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #57 Starsand
67% matchMixed66% of 1,227 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.3%
- #58 Total Miner
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 760 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Voxel 30.4% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World 11.8%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 7.8%
- #59 Enter The Backrooms
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 reviews2021
Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Procedural Generation 20%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 13.6%, Survival 12.3%