
MINDMIST is a first-person, story-driven game about exploring the dark side of human history. You will visit the past and witness some of the historical events that represent how we, as humans, are greedy and inclined to fight.
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MINDMIST is a first-person, story-driven game about exploring the dark side of human history. You will visit the past and witness some of the historical events that represent how we, as humans, are greedy and inclined to fight.

The Poisoned Roots
The Poisoned Roots is a narrative driven game about abuse, obsession, and the dark secrets of a troubled American home. It’s a short game, and is intended to be played in a single sitting.

Red October
Red October: A scientific thriller in the USSR. Physicist Sokolov is drawn into the race for the energy of the future in the closed city of Oktyabrsk-21. Intrigue, espionage, moral choices. The fate of the world is in your hands!
The Poisoned Roots is a narrative driven game about abuse, obsession, and the dark secrets of a troubled American home. It’s a short game, and is intended to be played in a single sitting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Investigation 18.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Story Rich 8%, Linear 7.3%
Red October: A scientific thriller in the USSR. Physicist Sokolov is drawn into the race for the energy of the future in the closed city of Oktyabrsk-21. Intrigue, espionage, moral choices. The fate of the world is in your hands!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Realistic 11.3%, Exploration 7.7%, First-Person 7.2%
Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Historical 12.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Realistic 8.9%
Step into The Haunted Keepsake, a first-person horror game where you investigate an abandoned farmhouse plagued by a dark, vengeful presence. Uncover chilling secrets of a family tragedy, break a curse tied to a haunted doll, and survive the spirits haunting the grounds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Investigation 18.5%, Realistic 15.2%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 10.3%
An open world adventure game. You can move around the city, talk to residents, and investigate cases. The game has an interesting plot that will not leave anyone indifferent.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Linear 8.1%
Explore dark corridors, snap photos, and survive hostile entities hunting you. Use your camera's flash to reveal the way, but beware - each flash draws unwanted attention.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Investigation 15.3%, Realistic 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%
An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
Decamped is a first-person puzzle adventure game that finds the character waking up to an overgrown desolate world. They must face their past in order to move forward and unravel the mystery of what happened in Deckner.
Why similar: Investigation 21.7%, Realistic 12.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Adventure 11.5%
Step into ZAAM's surreal world, a bone-chilling psychological thriller that will leave you questioning your sanity. Unravel a complex story in search of a missing daughter, with choices determining her fate. A must-play for fans of the genre.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Realistic 14.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Explore a dark reality, discover a forgotten ritual, interact with the world around you, solve ancient puzzles, platform treacherous underground chambers, and feel the terror. Survive the night in this interactive haunted house narrative adventure from a first-person perspective.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Investigation 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 8.5%, Realistic 8.3%
Altitude's Toll is a short walking simulator mystery set in Himalayas. Deliver packages as sherpa and uncover possibly the biggest Himalayan secret in history.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Exploration 9%, Linear 8.5%
An atmospheric first-person adventure about a reporter investigating a mysterious disappearance, which leads to chilling secrets of hidden government projects and a close encounter with visitors from beyond. Inspired by classic thrillers about aliens and unexplained phenomena.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Realistic 12%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 8.7%
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, Drama 9.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Linear 8%
Every light you replace makes the house a little brighter. But something inside prefers to live in the dark. And now, it knows you’re here.
Why similar: Investigation 24.1%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Linear 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Exploration 9.7%
Take the role of a detective from Tokyo who tries to solve the mysterious case of the disappearance of a young camper. You will try to follow the trail of evidence to guide you through an enigmatic and paranormal case connected with a Japanese urban legend. Can you help until the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Investigation 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Linear 8.5%, Exploration 8.3%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Drama 10.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Exploration 9.4%
Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Realistic 15.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 8%
CodeX is probably the worlds hardest first person adventure game with a thrilling story told via environmental storytelling. Will you be able to solve your Mystery?
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Realistic 16.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 11.7%, First-Person 11.3%
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Realistic 12.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%
Desolate Roads is a first-person psychological horror vignette. You’ve run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, and all you can see are empty roads, a dark forest, and the endless thick and strangling fog.
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Realistic 10.4%, Linear 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Investigation 16.9%, Realistic 13.1%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 8.6%
A first-person adventure game with a deep plot. You have to get from Tyumen to Novosibirsk on a passenger train. You can look out the window and watch the changing nature, weather and architecture. You can see forests, fields, mountains, cities and villages.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Realistic 13.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%
An immersive adventure game about the secrets of radio broadcasts. Take a journey to the Exclusion Zone, face the time anomaly, and solve the mystery behind the broadcasts from 1986.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Realistic 10.7%, Drama 9.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level features different ways to escape with dangers along the way. Explore the seemingly infinite expanse of eerily familiar levels in the backrooms for a taste of the game's creepy maze-like twists and turns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Investigation 16.7%, Realistic 12.8%, Exploration 9.4%, First-Person 8.3%
A journey through consciousness, with puzzle and horror elements.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Investigation 27.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Realistic 11.7%, Linear 8.7%
Make your way through dense Siberian woods in search of a missing person in this path-finding survival adventure. Compass and map included.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Investigation 19.9%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
Embark down the small path of a girl named Abby as she goes back home and digs through her childhood, reliving the past to help reveal the secrets of what actually happened. What will you uncover? Will the family mystery end with you, or will it be just another legend. REIMAGINED VERSION OUT NOW!!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Investigation 16.7%, Realistic 11.3%, Linear 11.2%, Drama 9.2%
Embark on a journey with "River God: Enshrouded Current," where an ancient village battles a curse woven into its very fabric. Uncover the secrets of a malevolent priest whose dark rituals connect the village to a realm beyond life.
Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Walking Simulator 25.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 9.5%, First-Person 8.3%
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Realistic 18.7%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Investigation 14.2%, First-Person 12.4%, Story Rich 11.2%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Investigation 20.3%, Realistic 11%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 8.4%
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Drama 10.6%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Investigation 20.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Drama 8.4%
Isolated in a forgotten Canadian forest, you must unravel the truth behind E.C.H.O. Track down lost cassettes, solve cryptic puzzles, and evade the creatures lurking in the fog. Piece together the secrets of a defunct organization.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Investigation 16.8%, Realistic 12.6%, Linear 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%
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 24.9%, Investigation 16.5%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Linear 9.9%
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 34%, Realistic 16.4%, Linear 11.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 11.2%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.2%
Screaming In The Basement is an inspired-by P.T. psychological horror game with an immersive atmosphere. You play as Mike, a fearless journalist determined to expose the truth, as he investigates a family brutally killed by a serial killer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Investigation 18.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Realistic 10%, Story Rich 8.1%
Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Linear 13.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Story Rich 10%, Drama 9.8%
A Night On The Farm is an atmospheric horror adventure with deep lore and surprising plot twists. Uncover the mystery surrounding your crash and the farm’s inescapable draw. Utilize key items, cryptic notes, and audio logs as you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 11.3%
This is a serious game developed by the teachers and students of the Communication University of China. The game is set in a real campus space, and players take on the role of a freshman and enter a mysterious and engaging virtual scenario.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Exploration 14%, Investigation 12.4%, Realistic 10.4%, First-Person 8.2%
Nightwatch is a first-person mystery game that plays out in the woods of Rivertidecreek, a walking simulator that features choices of dialogues and different puzzles. The artwork will make you feel absorbed in the game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Linear 13.1%, Story Rich 10.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Investigation 25%, Exploration 9.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Mystery 8.9%
You play as Dylan Miller, a night security guard assigned to watch over the nearly abandoned Northgate Mall. What starts as a quiet shift of cameras and radio calls slowly turns into a night where something inside the mall doesn’t want to stay hidden.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Drama 8.5%
Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%
An immersive adventure game about the secrets of radio broadcasts. Take a journey to the Exclusion Zone, face the time anomaly, and solve the mystery behind the broadcasts from 1986.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Realistic 11.2%, Drama 10.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
The Bright Blue Sky... Is Hiding Something.
Why similar: Investigation 29.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Realistic 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Drama 8%
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Investigation 15.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Drama 9.8%, First-Person 9%
"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Linear 17.2%, Drama 14.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Mystery 7%
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Multiple Endings 12%, Realistic 11.1%, Exploration 8.9%
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Linear 12.6%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 10.9%
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Walking Simulator 16%, Drama 8.7%, First-Person 8.1%
Atmospheric and calm horror, set in an disturbing Italian condominium. A story-driven adventure into the past traumas of Cesare. No hiding or running from monsters! Follow the dreamy shadows of your childhood trough the liminal spaces of your grandma's apartment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Realistic 16.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 9.4%
In this mysterious first-person adventure, explore an abandoned 90's Asian slum with the help of various abilities, collect documents and objects to uncover the fate of its former inhabitants and interact with a strange Altar to unveil the story of this unique place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Investigation 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Drama 9.3%, Story Rich 9%
Night Clerk is a first-person psychological horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Realistic 13.5%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 11.1%, First-Person 10%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Investigation 19.2%, Realistic 11.2%, Exploration 8.3%, First-Person 7.6%
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: Investigation 26.3%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Realistic 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Linear 9.2%
Alone in the Grey is a first person adventure puzzle game where the player must escape from a UFO they have mysteriously awoke in. Uncover clues and solve puzzles to escape and find out the reason for your capture. Hack terminals and find batteries to obtain freedom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.1%, Linear 11.6%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 9.1%
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Investigation 24.3%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Realistic 13.8%, Mystery 8.4%, First-Person 7.8%
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Realistic 15.2%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 7.5%