- #1 Framed Fear
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: HunGames
Windows
You must discover the differences between what you see through the camera and with your own eyes to distinguish real floors from fake ones and escape. It is said that ghosts behave the opposite of humans, and taking the elevator is no exception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Surreal 9.2%
- #2 Unseen: 2002
96% 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 26.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Surreal 10.5%, First-Person 8.3%
- #3 TAMAGORUDO - FLOOR O
94% matchMixed59% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: TamagorudoTeam
Windows
TAMAGORUDO - Floor 0 - is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You will find yourself stuck in a parallel floor of the Backrooms, trying to break out of the loop of a chicken-or-the-egg paradox. Will you find the answer to this endless question ?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Surreal 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 6.8%
- #4 The Hotel
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Psychedelic 10.8%, Surreal 9%, Horror 8.8%
- #5 Allophobia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 8.2%
- #6 ExitApartment
93% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Joseph
Windows
You awaken in an elevator. Something is terribly wrong with this apartment building. Find the scattered notes, follow the clues, and escape—before it's too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 9.1%
- #7 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
92% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: POCKET HORROR BOX
Windows
Make pizzas and deliver them. The hardest part of running the shop alone is that the delivery destinations are "liminal spaces." A story-driven 3D horror game. There is a kind of worst possible outcome that can only be born in infinite space. Once you understand it, it is already too late.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Surreal 9.4%, First-Person 8.9%
- #8 Beyond The Frame
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nash Lawrence
Windows
Beyond The Frame is a first-person linear narrative experience about exploring dreams shaped by childhood anxiety. Journey through eerie, liminal spaces where the familiar becomes distorted by dream logic, and uncover your story through the metaphors within them.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Psychological 13%, Exploration 9.8%, Surreal 9.2%
- #9 Saintless
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chocho Co.
Windows
Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Surreal 10.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Psychological 8.5%
- #10 Lost in Voice
90% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Beforeyouknow Games
Windows
A psychological horror where reality fractures around musician John Hale. Explore a non‑linear story, haunting memories, and immersive sound as you slip between truth, delusion, and the darkness of your own mind.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Surreal 14.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Horror 8.9%
- #11 Too Well Hidden
89% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Runebox Studio
Windows
A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, Psychedelic 9.4%
- #12 Ocean Desolation
89% matchMixed56% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: BluSkie
Windows
Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9.7%
- #13 Enjoy Your Stay
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SuavePuppy Studios
Windows
Navigate the never-ending hallway of the Hudson: A hotel that doesn’t want its guests to leave. Observe your surroundings, spot irregularities, and choose the correct path to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Surreal 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #14 Kaishain
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kazorume
Windows
You are trapped in the Office. A first-person Observation-Game about walking an endless office, spotting anomalies, and getting off work.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Surreal 12.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Horror 7.8%
- #15 ALLON3
88% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
A phychological horror experience of voices and screams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychedelic 10.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #16 Office 8
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: ChronoQuill
Windows
"Office 8" is a psychological walking simulator exploring the unsettling nature of liminal office spaces. Pay close attention — your sanity depends on it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 10.9%, Horror 9.2%, First-Person 8.2%
- #17 Delirium
85% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Horror 9.3%, Linear 6.9%
- #18 Glimpse
84% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Melanzue
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 9.7%, Surreal 9.2%, Linear 9.2%
- #19 6th Floor
84% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Sombra Games
Windows
Explore a seemingly endless hotel floor where each identical corridor challenges your perception. This horror walking simulator tests your observation skills as you seek the emergency exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Surreal 10.9%, Horror 8.9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #20 LiDAR Exploration Program
82% matchVery Positive90% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Exploration 13.1%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.7%
- #21 Scary 8 Bits
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Daniels Šlosbergs
Windows
A lightweight psychological horror and a walking simulator, where the player needs to carefully observe the surroundings to succesfully flee from this wretched place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Surreal 10.8%, Horror 9.5%, First-Person 8.5%
- #22 Dead Man's Fault
83% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Parker BectonPub: Scrunko Games
Windows
A short psychological horror game about descending into a cave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 7.8%
- #23 The Butcher's Village™
80% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Murtaza ErrorPub: Massbolt Games
Windows
The Butcher's Village is a psychological slasher horror game that provides a horrifying experience. Explore unsettling environments, solve intricate puzzles, and struggle to survive in a village that is at once eerily familiar and terrifyingly real.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychedelic 10.6%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 8.7%
- #24 Room 13
81% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Tyler L
Windows
You are inside an endless hotel but there is a way you can escape. Search in the hallways of the hotel and find the changes within them to reach Room 13.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Surreal 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 9.1%
- #25 Alone in the house
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: D4avd
Windows
"Alone in the house" is a short horror game. In this chilling horror game, you return to an empty house. Your mother has left a message with tasks for you to complete. As you fulfill each task, eerie events unfold around you. Will you uncover the dark secrets, or succumb to the fear?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Exploration 12.7%, Demons 12.3%, Horror 12.2%
- #26 Lights Out Chapter 2 The Unseen Reckoning
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Dream Games
Windows
Alone again and abandoned in the house, this time even darker than usual. You return as Jack and set out to search for your missing Friend.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Exploration 13.4%, Demons 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #27 A Passing in the Night
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: .irisPub: PLAYISM
Windows
In the dead of night, Kai wakes from a dream. Walk aimlessly in a surreal town among apparitions, to escape reality, to pass the time. Time only matters to the living.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Exploration 10.3%
- #28 Backrooms 95
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DreamVeloper Studio
Windows
Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 9.3%, Linear 8.7%
- #29 Galleries
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Gate Studios
Windows
The art you choose is a confession. Enter a gallery that feels slightly off, where every painting you admire, and every prompt you answer, shapes the world around you. A short psychological experience where the system learns your patterns and delivers a final judgement.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 12.6%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 8.9%
- #30 Visiting Grandma
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Sysreb Games
Windows
Prepare for a chilling and suspenseful first-person horror journey with a spooky atmosphere. What starts as a warm and welcoming stay at grandma's house soon reveals a tragic story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Demons 10.8%, Adventure 7.1%, First-Person 6.9%
- #31 Lost in Anomaly
77% matchMixed63% of 1,225 reviews2024
Dev: Aximus Games
Windows
In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 10.6%, Surreal 10.5%, Exploration 9.9%
- #32 VHScape
77% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a haunted VHS rental store, can you survive their twisted games and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Surreal 12%, Exploration 9.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #33 Infinite Crosswalk
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S.P.G
Windows
Infinite Crosswalk is a psychedelic walking simulator and horror game in retro 3D style. You get hit on a zebra crossing and trapped in limbo. Uncover the victims' tragic stories to escape — or pay with parts of your own body.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 6.3%
- #34 Hollow Floor
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Nosetic Games
Windows
Hollow Floor is a psychological horror walking simulator set in a looping, scorched apartment. Stalked by a restless corpse, you must unravel the truth before you're consumed by it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Surreal 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 6.8%
- #35 The Witch and The Lost Babies
74% match8 user reviews75% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Montee Games
Windows
As a journalist, you travel to an abandoned village to investigate a dark event that occurred years ago. As you progress through missing babies, hidden diaries, and forbidden rituals, you will be forced to perform a dangerous ritual yourself to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Surreal 9.8%, Demons 8.8%, First-Person 8.8%
- #36 Next Station
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demcaont
Windows
Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #37 Don't Play This
72% matchVery Positive84% of 860 reviews2026
Dev: AdmiaPub: Notex
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 9.1%, Surreal 7.1%
- #38 White Silence
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Adventure 8.3%
- #39 Playback Trauma®: The Dog
74% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Undying Joy
Windows
Your dog Marla got lost in the most terrifying forest in New Jersey while on a walk, and now it's up to you to find her. Search the area, clean up Marla's poop, and avoid the creatures that may be lurking in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, First-Person 14%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 6.6%
- #40 Umigami Eye
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Close your eyes to influence your environment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Demons 17.5%, Horror 10.5%, Adventure 5.6%
- #41 REVEIL
73% matchVery Positive87% of 938 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Psychedelic 13%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Surreal 12.4%, Exploration 8.9%
- #42 Seroutte
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hex
Windows
Seroutte is a short atmospheric experimental horror dreamscape based on the developer's nightmares. It explores themes such as the loss of control, fear of the dark, and the paranoia found within the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Demons 12.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.4%
- #43 Aperture Of Dreams
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mokel Entertainment
Windows
A first-person exploration game about the eerie stillness of liminal spaces. Solve puzzles and navigate surreal environments. Built entirely on atmosphere, with zero jump scares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Surreal 17.5%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 7%
- #44 御祝呪 -oshukuju-
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: TENJO GAMES
Windows
This is the story of curse and blessing hidden under a bloodline. Tamako wakes up to see an unfamiliar ceiling. She seeks an escape from the mansion, through traces of distorted feelings. “Novel-to-Experience” Adventure Horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 12%, Exploration 11.7%, 3D 7.8%
- #45 Daily Note
71% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Ahmet Yiğitbaşı
Windows
This is a single player, story driven psychological thriller that follows the mental collapse of a character who has lost touch with reality. As the player, you enter the mind of someone trying to escape a world that is falling apart. Remember the past by reading a diary left behind by your family.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Surreal 15.7%, Exploration 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Demons 10%
- #46 Unseen
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Horror 10.3%, Psychedelic 7.4%
- #47 SNAP SNAP
70% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Exploration 10%, Horror 9.5%
- #48 Evac Bay 09
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agustín Balmer
Windows · Linux
You're trapped in the seemingly endless corridors of a space station, desperately searching for the evacuation bay 09. But the station is not as empty as it seems; you must observe for subtle, unsettling occurrences and log them if you want to move forward. Can you break the loop and escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #49 Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
69% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: Notex
Windows
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 9%, Surreal 7.1%
- #50 Sorrow Asylum 3
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Sorrow Asylum 3 is a looping horror game, a mix of an abandoned asylum and your mind's prison.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Psychedelic 8.8%
- #51 LIGHT CRY
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Landing
Windows
It was the worst day of his life. The car hit Damon. Damon, in a coma, was on the thin line between life and death. To wake up from his coma, Damon had to win the battle with himself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #52 WANDERSTATE
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Attila I. Hajnes
Windows
You find yourself alone in a place that feels familiar… but not quite right. Wander aimlessly or with purpose, it won’t matter. Is there an end? Has anyone been here before you? Time feels slow. Or maybe it's frozen. Or maybe… you’re not meant to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Surreal 10%, First-Person 7.7%
- #53 Daddy's Long Milk Run
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: ZoomerDev
Windows
You are a father on a quest for 8 milk cartons. Observe your surroundings carefully to pick up and check out your milk before returning to your family at last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 12.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 9.1%
- #54 Backrooms: Into the Hole
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Skmaestro
Windows
Discover an in-between space inspired by the Backrooms series. Make your way forward by jumping into holes, find alternative paths, and survive in this labyrinthine dimension. Play solo or in co-op mode and choose your path to the exit… if there is one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Psychedelic 13%, Exploration 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Surreal 8.7%
- #55 The Woman Above
66% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
The Woman Above — a psychological horror game where, during your vacation, you check into a rented apartment and on the very first night hear strange moans coming from the apartment above. Will you dare to go and find out what’s happening up there?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 9.1%, Psychedelic 8.3%, Demons 7.4%
- #56 His Last Film
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Static Frame
Windows
What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Surreal 9.8%, Psychological 8.9%, Horror 8.7%
- #57 Box of Broken Nails
66% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Cdodge
Windows
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #58 Exit: Left or Right
68% matchMixed50% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: PE4ENEGI GAMES
Windows
You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 12.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #59 Nocturnomaly
66% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: SignalMutex
Windows
You're heading home from school. Something feels off. Observe your surroundings carefully to escape the endless street.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 18%, Surreal 9.1%, Horror 8.8%, First-Person 6.8%