- #1 Dreamcore
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,683 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 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: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Relaxing 10.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the surreal, liminal space aesthetic and dream-like exploration found in the seed game.
- #2 Interior Worlds
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the photography of liminal spaces, mirroring the camera-based collection mechanics of the seed game.
- #3 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 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: Walking Simulator 21.8%, 1990's 15.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dream-like adventure that captures the same abstract and nostalgic atmosphere.
- #4 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,187 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Quist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Walking Simulator 16.5%, 1990's 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Cinematic 12.3%, Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a definitive exploration of liminal spaces that emphasizes atmospheric dread and quiet discovery.
- #5 POOLS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 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: Walking Simulator 30%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a pure, sensory-focused experience of navigating uncanny, liminal environments.
- #6 A Perfect Day
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,812 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Emotional 31.5%, 1990's 30.8%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Exploration 12.8%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific, poignant nostalgia of 1990s childhood through a deeply emotional narrative lens.
- #7 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
93% matchVery Positive88% of 8,955 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at emotional, memory-driven exploration within a highly atmospheric, first-person setting.
- #8 Afterdream
92% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Emotional 16.4%, Horror 11.4%, Thriller 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends psychological horror with atmospheric, dream-like puzzles in a way that feels very similar to the seed.
- #9 What Remains of Edith Finch
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,731 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in emotional, narrative-driven exploration that feels deeply connected to the themes of childhood and memory.
- #10 Strange Dream
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Half Flower
Windows
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 30.2%, Emotional 17%, Exploration 10.6%, Old School 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and atmospheric exploration game that captures the feeling of wandering through a subconscious landscape.
- #11 DREAM LOGIC
89% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 16%, 1990's 10.4%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines psychological horror with atmospheric exploration in a way that mirrors the seed game's darker undertones.
- #12 Liminal City
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Thriller 12.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the liminal space aesthetic, focusing on the psychological impact of empty, realistic environments.
- #13 There Exists Nobody
87% matchVery Positive93% of 884 reviews2024
Dev: HeavyLight Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim walking simulator that prioritizes psychological depth and environmental storytelling.
- #14 Dream
90% matchMixed56% of 994 reviews2015
Dev: HyperSloth
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Exploration 17.2%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person exploration game that focuses on navigating dreamscapes and uncovering hidden truths.
- #15 Paratopic
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 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: Horror 24.3%, Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly, 90s-inspired aesthetic and surreal, psychological tone align perfectly with the seed game's visual identity.
- #16 Limoria
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Farkas Interactive
Windows
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses atmospheric, first-person exploration to build a sense of unease.
- #17 The Exit 8
84% matchVery Positive93% of 10,866 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 9%, Exploration 9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy experience that focuses on the uncanny nature of repeating, liminal spaces.
- #18 Scanner Sombre
86% matchVery Positive90% of 4,498 reviews2017
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Horror 13.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: The unique exploration mechanic of revealing the world through a point cloud mirrors the act of collecting fragments of memory.
- #19 Midnight Crane
85% matchVery Positive86% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, atmospheric exploration game that shares the immersive-sim and walking-simulator DNA of the seed.
- #20 Disminal
84% matchVery Positive92% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.4%, First-Person 19.3%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This indie title offers a first-person, atmospheric psychological experience that fits the walking-simulator genre well.
- #21 Superliminal
83% matchVery Positive95% of 33,072 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 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: Thriller 25%, Cinematic 18%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes perspective-based puzzles to create a surreal, dream-like environment that challenges the player's perception.
- #22 NIDANA
82% matchVery Positive86% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.9%, Relaxing 19.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and abstract exploration game that focuses on a relaxing, dream-like journey.
- #23 Twisted Gallery 异馆
82% matchVery Positive86% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You're trapped in an endlessly looping art gallery — familiar, yet uncanny. If you can notice the changes, maybe you can find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on psychological horror within surreal, first-person spaces, much like the seed game.
- #24 Liminal Universe
81% matchMixed60% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Gvn Games
Windows
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Thriller 11.6%, Cinematic 10.6%, Exploration 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the liminal space aesthetic, providing a first-person, exploration-heavy experience.
- #25 Christmas Nightmare
79% matchVery Positive89% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Cinematic 16.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, 3D exploration game that uses the walking-simulator format to tell a psychological story.
- #26 In My Head
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Cinematic 11.8%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological exploration game that delves into the protagonist's internal, dream-like state.
- #27 False Dream
78% matchVery Positive97% of 477 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 14.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Realistic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dream-themed horror game that utilizes casual exploration to uncover its mysterious, 3D environments.
- #28 LiDAR Exploration Program
77% matchVery Positive90% of 282 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 21.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #29 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
77% matchMixed69% of 263 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: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #30 LIMINAL SHIFT
76% matchVery Positive82% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: NextPhase Studios
Windows
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.8%, Thriller 11.4%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #31 Shhh!
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: 616 GAMES
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Cinematic 12.9%, 1990's 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #32 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
75% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Gameloop
Windows
You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Thriller 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%
- #33 The Complex: Found Footage
74% matchVery Positive93% of 9,623 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, 1990's 14.8%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 9.8%
- #34 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Step into the eerie Kowloon Walled City in 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand, an indie horror walking simulator. Complete daily tasks, uncover dark secrets, and explore with 3D spatial sound. Think critically to unlock all six endings in this 1-2 hour journey. Can you escape the city's grip?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Adventure 8.8%, First-Person 8.1%, Thriller 7.9%
- #35 Liminal Lane
75% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Cinematic 15.9%, 1990's 15.4%, Emotional 11.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #36 Lushfoil Photography Sim
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,626 reviews2025
Dev: Matt NewellPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Cinematic 15%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Relaxing 9.1%, Exploration 8.2%
- #37 Eidolon
79% matchMixed61% of 438 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin MaxonPub: Ice Water Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Narrative exploration game located in a massive, post-human Western Washington. Navigate an open world that has been reclaimed by nature. Use journals, letters, zines, and other documents to learn the interconnected stories of the people who lived here once.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.6%, Exploration 22.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 9.7%, First-Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A melancholic, open-world exploration game that emphasizes atmosphere and the quiet beauty of a forgotten world.
- #38 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?
Why similar: 1990's 18.6%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Cinematic 10.3%
- #39 Eternal Afternoon
70% matchVery Positive96% of 358 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, 1990's 23.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 5.8%
- #40 梦乡 The Dreamcatcher
74% matchVery Positive85% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: Huanlin Games
Windows
The Dreamcatcher is a single player first person psychological adventure set in the modern times. You play as a young man who has just started his life in a big city. You will adventure into different dream worlds, overcome obstacles in the dreams with the help from outside the dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Emotional 21.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #41 Liminalcore
71% matchVery Positive83% of 688 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 9%
- #42 Project Liminal 2
69% matchVery Positive90% of 63 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: Adventure 17.9%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Realistic 10%
- #43 CINERIS SOMNIA
72% matchVery Positive90% of 894 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Cinematic 13.9%, Horror 11.3%, Realistic 6.8%
- #44 The Liminal Dimension
70% matchVery Positive82% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 11.3%, Adventure 9%, Realistic 8.1%
- #45 Abandoned Souls
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Thriller 11.1%, Horror 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #46 GLITCH DADDY
70% 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: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Cinematic 20.7%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.9%
- #47 RESTORER
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Beshbarmak games
Windows
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Thriller 12.2%, Linear 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #48 Escape From Lavender Island
69% matchVery Positive99% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Exploration 16.1%, Relaxing 14.6%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 7.8%
- #49 The Holiday Story
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Cinematic 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Thriller 9.7%, Old School 7.7%
- #50 MATRESHKA
67% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, 1990's 13.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Thriller 11.1%
- #51 LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust)
73% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust) is a first person exploration game that takes you to a journey between worlds. Inspired by the original PSX game.
Why similar: Adventure 41%, Simulation 30.6%, Action 14.8%, Casual 13.6%
- #52 Within the Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive95% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: 1990's 33%, Exploration 19%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
- #53 Dream on
66% matchVery Positive98% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Alice Karaush
Windows
Dream On is a very short, atmospheric walking simulator (5-10 minutes) about making a wish. Walk through a symbolic dreamscape, explore your thoughts and feelings, and make a quiet, meaningful choice at the end of the journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Emotional 9.8%, Relaxing 7.6%
- #54 White Room Protocol
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Thriller 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #55 Room 404
66% matchVery Positive91% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Multimedium
Windows
Room 404 is a first-person Chinese horror game.Players must discern anomalies within an endlessly looping corridor, make decisions,and attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding themselves and the four floors of the apartment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 20%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 5.7%
- #56 My Last Appointment
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Ells&Pills
Windows
The doctor said today was my last appointment, I'm healthy. Time to go home, what could go wrong?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Cinematic 10.9%, Horror 8.4%
- #57 Home_0
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Psychological Horror 18%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Horror 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #58 Sector 404
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Horror 8%
- #59 The Complex: Expedition
64% matchVery Positive89% of 2,327 reviews2025
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Cinematic 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, 1990's 9.7%