- #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: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Relaxing 10%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly encapsulates the dreamcore aesthetic and non-linear exploration found in the seed game.
- #2 Interior Worlds
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 616 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 29.4%, Exploration 14.4%, Horror 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the photography and atmospheric exploration of lonely, liminal indoor spaces.
- #3 POOLS
96% 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: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the quintessential liminal space experience with its focus on wandering through surreal, water-filled environments.
- #4 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
95% 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: Walking Simulator 21.8%, 1990's 15.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, dream-like journey that mirrors the abstract and nostalgic qualities of the seed game.
- #5 Poolscape
94% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, 1990's 16.9%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Old School 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator that excels at creating surreal, water-themed liminal spaces reminiscent of the seed game's atmosphere.
- #6 Liminal City
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 108 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 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Thriller 12%, Exploration 7.7%, 1990's 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of wandering through empty, atmospheric urban spaces that feel both familiar and alien.
- #7 Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
93% 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: Walking Simulator 16.5%, 1990's 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Cinematic 12.4%, Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in liminal space design that focuses on exploration and the unsettling feeling of being alone in vast, empty structures.
- #8 DREAM LOGIC
92% 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: Walking Simulator 19%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, 1990's 10.3%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the psychological horror and atmospheric exploration aspects of the dreamcore genre.
- #9 The Exit 8
91% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 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 22.4%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the psychological tension of navigating repetitive, liminal environments, which is central to the dreamcore genre.
- #10 Paratopic
91% 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: Horror 24.2%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-poly 90s aesthetic and surreal, fragmented narrative perfectly match the psychological tone of the seed game.
- #11 Afterdream
90% matchVery Positive93% of 358 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 18.3%, Emotional 16.5%, Horror 11.5%, Thriller 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological adventure that blends atmospheric exploration with a surreal, dream-like narrative.
- #12 The Complex: Found Footage
89% matchVery Positive93% of 9,917 reviews2022
Dev: pgWave
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
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 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, 1990's 14.7%, Horror 13.6%, First-Person 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes the found-footage aesthetic to ground its liminal horror in a realistic, yet surreal, setting.
- #13 Liminal Universe
89% matchMixed60% of 165 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 11.9%, Thriller 11.5%, Cinematic 10.7%, Exploration 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a dedicated exploration of liminal spaces with a focus on first-person immersion.
- #14 There Exists Nobody
88% matchVery Positive93% of 923 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 26.8%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim focuses on the psychological impact of exploring isolated, dream-like environments.
- #15 Twisted Gallery 异馆
86% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: FH Create Inc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 27.4%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Horror 9.3%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that uses atmospheric, first-person exploration to build tension.
- #16 Scanner Sombre
87% matchVery Positive90% of 4,552 reviews2017
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 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 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The unique visual style of using a lidar scanner to reveal the environment aligns with the photography-based exploration of the seed game.
- #17 Strange Dream
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 93 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 10.7%, Old School 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, atmospheric walking simulator experience centered on surreal dream imagery.
- #18 In My Head
84% matchMixed70% of 143 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 15.3%, Cinematic 11.9%, Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It explores the psychological landscape through a walking simulator format that feels deeply personal and unsettling.
- #19 Bernband
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A sci-fi exploration sim for people who like to wander. Get lost in an alien city, hang out with locals, see some sights. There’s no goal but to stroll. Where will your feet take you?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Relaxing 15%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric exploration game captures the feeling of wandering through strange, dreamlike cityscapes.
- #20 A Perfect Day
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,828 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 30.6%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the specific nostalgia of the 1990s and the emotional weight of childhood memories.
- #21 Limoria
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 181 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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that uses atmospheric exploration to tell a haunting, immersive story.
- #22 The Painscreek Killings
83% matchVery Positive91% of 6,246 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Thriller 11.2%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on photography and investigation within an atmospheric, abandoned environment.
- #23 World Alone: Dreampools
82% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: DCE Projects
Windows
World Alone: Dreampools is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. Feel the true essence of solitude in World Alone...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Relaxing 9.1%, Cinematic 9.1%, Exploration 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, non-linear exploration game that captures the essence of dream-inspired architecture.
- #24 Midnight Crane
80% matchVery Positive85% of 86 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 22%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 10%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a casual, immersive exploration experience that emphasizes atmosphere over challenge.
- #25 Umurangi Generation
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,217 reviews2020
Dev: ORIGAME DIGITAL
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Umurangi Generation is a first person photography game in the shitty future. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Throughout the game you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment.
Why similar: Relaxing 22.8%, First-Person 19.8%, Simulation 17.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Atmospheric 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on photography as a tool to capture the aesthetic of a changing world is a strong thematic match.
- #26 Disminal
79% matchVery Positive90% of 165 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 52.5%, First-Person 19.2%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a slow-paced, atmospheric journey through psychological spaces that mirror the seed game's tone.
- #27 Superliminal
79% matchVery Positive95% of 33,950 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 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 24.6%, Cinematic 18%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, First-Person 15.5%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its perspective-based puzzles and surreal dream-world setting offer a similar sense of wonder and confusion.
- #28 Christmas Nightmare
78% matchVery Positive89% of 353 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Cinematic 16.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It uses a specific, nostalgic setting to build an atmospheric, exploration-heavy horror experience.
- #29 LiDAR Exploration Program
77% matchVery Positive90% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #30 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
77% 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: Walking Simulator 28%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.3%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #31 LIMINAL SHIFT
76% matchVery Positive81% of 289 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 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #32 Shhh!
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 370 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 18.7%, Cinematic 13%, 1990's 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Exploration 7%
- #33 LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust)
81% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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 41.6%, Simulation 29.9%, Action 14.9%, Casual 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-inspired experience that focuses on the abstract and surreal nature of dream exploration.
- #34 见诡录:阴魂街 Haunting Record: Phantom Street
75% matchVery Positive85% of 124 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%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 9%
- #35 Liminal Lane
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 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 16%, 1990's 15.3%, Emotional 11.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #36 False Dream
74% matchVery Positive97% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 16.8%, Horror 15%, First-Person 11.5%, Realistic 8.4%
- #37 Lushfoil Photography Sim
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,783 reviews2025
Dev: Matt2Pub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Cinematic 15.1%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Relaxing 9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #38 墙之恐惧: The Walls Still Stand
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 85 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 14.6%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 8%, Thriller 7.9%
- #39 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 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 18.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Cinematic 10.3%
- #40 NIDANA
73% matchVery Positive86% of 220 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 46%, Relaxing 19%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 8%
- #41 Eternal Afternoon
70% matchVery Positive95% of 453 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 35.9%, 1990's 23.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #42 Cloudrooms
71% matchNo user reviews65% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in a corridor suspended above the clouds. Each time you open the door at the end of the corridor, explore the environment that awaits you, find anomalies, use the alarm, and break the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Exploration 8.4%, Horror 7.6%
- #43 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%, Emotional 21.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #44 Liminalcore
70% 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: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 9%
- #45 The Liminal Dimension
70% matchVery Positive83% of 116 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 20.9%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Realistic 8.2%
- #46 Project Liminal 2
69% 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: Adventure 18.3%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Realistic 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #47 Backrooms - 2005
68% matchVery Positive85% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Rendern Studios
Windows
Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, 1990's 16.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%
- #48 CINERIS SOMNIA
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,099 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
"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%
- #49 GLITCH DADDY
69% 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.8%
- #50 Ritual Static
67% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Clifford Games
Windows
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, 1990's 13.5%, Horror 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #51 Dream on
67% matchVery Positive98% of 246 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 31.4%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Emotional 9.8%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #52 Abandoned Souls
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 22.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Thriller 11%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #53 Escape From Lavender Island
68% matchVery Positive99% of 217 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 16.3%, Relaxing 14.5%, First-Person 14.2%, 3D 7.7%
- #54 nophenia
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,456 reviews2026
Dev: lane
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
a small dream explorer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 12%, Linear 9.1%
- #55 Within the Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive94% of 231 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 32.7%, Exploration 19.1%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
- #56 Sector 404
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Horror 8%
- #57 Home_0
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 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 17.9%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #58 Dream
72% matchMixed56% of 996 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%, Exploration 17.2%, Adventure 12.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #59 MATRESHKA
65% matchVery Positive84% of 118 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 13.2%, Emotional 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 11%
- #60 The Holiday Story
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 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 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%, Old School 7.7%