- #1 Backrooms 95
97% 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 21.2%, Horror 13.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, 1990's 6.4%
- #2 Lost in Anomaly
96% matchMixed64% of 1,193 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 21%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.5%, First-Person 7.5%
- #3 Office After Hours
96% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Surreal 12.5%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 7.9%
- #4 Office 8
95% 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 24.8%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 11.3%, First-Person 8.7%
- #5 Too Well Hidden
94% matchVery Positive87% of 90 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 24.7%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Exploration 8.4%
- #6 Exit: Left or Right
94% matchMixed50% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: PE4ENEGI GAMES
Windows
You can go left or right, but remember, a mistake will cost you your life…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 8.6%
- #7 最終試問 | Escape from the test
93% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 桜夢工房
Windows
I hate studying, it's too much trouble. If you think so, you might be attacked by "him" too...? Let's escape from the "zero point test" together with the main character!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Horror 14.7%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 9.6%
- #8 Hollow Floor
92% 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 24.1%, Horror 18.6%, Surreal 18.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 6.8%
- #9 Dream Prison
91% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Simulation 11%
- #10 Scary 8 Bits
91% 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 25.6%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Surreal 11.2%, First-Person 9%
- #11 ExitApartment
89% 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 31.2%, Horror 15.3%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #12 エスカレーター | Escalator
90% matchMostly Negative39% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Toyasky
Windows
Escalator is a horror game in which you must find something unusual while riding an escalator and try to escape from an enclosed space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Horror 20.7%, Simulation 11.2%, First-Person 9.4%, 3D 8%
- #13 6th Floor
89% 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 23.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Surreal 11.4%, First-Person 8.8%
- #14 Liminal Sick Pizza Blue
87% matchPositive100% of 24 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 31.6%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 10.3%, First-Person 10%, Exploration 9.5%
- #15 Backward poiesis
88% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: sur
Windows
A short walking simulator with a horror feel that recreates actual found footage, which can be related to Liminal Space and Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 15%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Simulation 10.5%
- #16 Unseen: 2002
86% 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 27.1%, Horror 13.9%, Surreal 11.7%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #17 Framed Fear
86% 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 32.2%, Horror 13.3%, First-Person 11.1%, Surreal 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%
- #18 Melancholia Maze
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Angus Fenton
Windows
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 11.8%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Exploration 9.9%
- #19 Dead Man's Fault
85% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Parker BectonPub: Scrunko Games
Windows
A short psychological horror game about descending into a cave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Horror 18.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #20 Price of theft
83% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Artmonsy
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game about fear, guilt, and obsession. Explore a cursed estate, solve puzzles, find notes, and confront what lurks in the darkness. Atmosphere, suspense, and jump scares will make your heart beat faster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Simulation 11.7%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 9.1%
- #21 Infinite Innocence
84% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: UnDivision
Windows
Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #22 Midnight Snack
82% matchVery Positive87% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Surreal 16.3%, Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, First-Person 7%
- #23 Room 13
82% 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 23.7%, Horror 14.7%, Surreal 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8.8%
- #24 退勤時間
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zawawagames
Windows
Exit 8-affected, 'Find the Old Man' departure simulation. The final person to leave must check that no other employees remain before switching off the lights and locking up. Note: This game currently only supports Japanese. English support is planned for a future update.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Surreal 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Simulation 11%, Horror 10.1%
- #25 My Last Appointment
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 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 23.6%, Horror 14.7%, Surreal 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 8.7%
- #26 I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
79% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Surreal 12.7%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Psychological 8.1%
- #27 Mind Loop
80% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: MoonSoft
Windows
Enter the endless hall where reality distorts. Spot anomalies, correct them, and uncover the dark truth—miss one, and you may be lost forever.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Horror 12.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Psychological 8.9%
- #28 Kaishain
78% 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 23.5%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.5%
- #29 The Exit Project: Backstreets
78% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: NOSTRA.GAMES
Windows
You are trapped in an endlessly repeating place that looks ordinary at first glance. Observe your surroundings carefully, identify subtle anomalies, and make the right choices to escape the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Surreal 13%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, First-Person 7.8%
- #30 VHScape
79% 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 22.1%, Horror 13.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #31 Apart
77% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Hushed Cat
Windows
Run your own toy workshop in this horror-themed crafting simulation game. Chop, saw, paint, pack, and deliver toys for your mysterious customers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 7.4%, Psychological 7.4%
- #32 LoopSpace
76% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XUZHIHAO
Windows
Enter the patient's inner world. Seek out the abnormal, uncover the truth. You will step into the patient's mental world, explore their psyche, and search for anomalies and fragmented memories. Every wrong choice will send you back to the beginning—can you reach the eighth level?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Horror 21.1%, First-Person 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Exploration 8.2%
- #33 Beyond The Frame
77% 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 18.7%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Surreal 10.4%
- #34 Loop: Anomaly Lab
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Hun Spark Studio
Windows
You have arrived at a research facility to rescue your younger sister. You’ve received information that she is on the 10th floor of the facility, but will you be able to reach her?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Horror 17.5%, Surreal 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.1%
- #35 Evac Bay 09
75% 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 27.7%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Psychological 7.4%
- #36 Kizuyami | 刻闇
75% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Raw Gryt
Windows
Kizuyami is an atmospheric psychological horror game. You find yourself in a never-ending Japanese street that you cannot leave no matter where you go. You stumble upon the same house over and over again, which calls for you in inexplicable ways. Will you be able to find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Psychological 9.9%, Surreal 9.1%
- #37 7 Days To Think About It
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mankind GamesPub: viviON Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Horror 11.7%, Surreal 11.3%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #38 DOORMS
74% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: SHALDMI
Windows
You’re trapped in a strange communal apartment with no escape. The only way forward is by elevator, but it has only two buttons. Each correct choice brings you closer, but every mistake sends you back to the start.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 12.5%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, First-Person 7.7%
- #39 Bleakmoor House
73% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lagarcent Studios
Windows
Bleakmoor House is a psychological horror game where you navigate a shifting maze of dark rooms, solve puzzles, and uncover the mansion’s secrets. Face terrifying encounters and unravel the twisted history to survive the deadly traps within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #40 Just a Stay at the Inn
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 12.6%, 3D 9.5%, Simulation 6.5%
- #41 Anomaly 404
71% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Meow
Windows
Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story. Explore 3 levels, find 100+ anomalies, and manage your sanity — mistakes warp reality. Uncover the truth of Project 404!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, First-Person 8.2%
- #42 Forest Keeper Lookout
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kizuna Game Studio
Windows
Take a temporary job as a forest ranger deep in the mountains. Complete daily tasks, maintain equipment, and enjoy the quiet, until strange things start to happen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Horror 18.7%, Simulation 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #43 Trapped: Family Vacation
72% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: New Forge Games
Windows
You're trapped in a small six-room hotel. The only way to escape is to observe your surroundings and follow the family's rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Horror 13.7%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Psychological 8.8%
- #44 Haunted Property
72% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, First-Person 7.3%, 1980s 5.8%
- #45 The Room Stalker
71% match6 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Manja Studio
Windows · Linux
You are trapped in a hotel room. Find the anomaly and break free from the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Surreal 10.5%, 1980s 7.7%
- #46 Saintless
70% 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 23.7%, Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.4%, Psychological 9%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #47 Biological Incident
71% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MagistrGames
Windows
Cases of disappearances have become more frequent in the small town. The tracks lead to an empty house on the outskirts of the city...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Horror 12.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Simulation 11%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #48 Path to Heaven
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OldcoldstonePub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
When heaven is tainted by evil, where shall we find redemption? Or, is this a path to heaven, or a road to hell?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Exploration 9.3%
- #49 Before 6 PM
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: upmupm420
Windows
You are trapped in the new company by Lao Liu, and you need to carefully observe whether there are any abnormalities every day, make the right choice within the limited time, and break the cycle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Horror 11.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Simulation 8.2%
- #50 The Stairwell
68% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Hidden Palace
Windows
You've been hired to keep watch in a mysterious building with an infinite stairwell. Your task is simple: investigate each floor for strange phenomena. If you find an anomaly, be careful. Test your skills on the global leaderboard and in the weekly challenge event.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Simulation 9.6%, First-Person 6.7%
- #51 Uneasy Memories
70% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: CHM
Windows
A Psychological Horror Game Set in Everyday Life
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Horror 17%, First-Person 12.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #52 Allophobia
68% 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 26.8%, Horror 14.2%, Surreal 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%
- #53 Death On Holly Ridge
67% matchNo user reviews92% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Christmas Eve, a delivery driver turns onto Holly Ridge & becomes trapped inside a decaying house of death. Reality fractures as something hunts her through rooms that shouldn’t exist. Survive the night, uncover the truth behind the house, & escape the snowy nightmare, if escape is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Simulation 18.7%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%
- #54 FLOORS
69% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Embark on a procedural liminal journey filled with eerie, unfriendly faces. Walk, explore, and descend to the first floor to escape. No monsters will chase you, but they can watch and appear when you aren't looking. This can evoke a fear of an endless labyrinth and create a sense of anxiety.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 8%
- #55 Epilogue
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nexavor Studio
Windows
In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 9%
- #56 One More Box
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kana Games
Windows
A short, unsettling anomaly-spotting game where you work the shift at a supermarket—stock 10 boxes, inspect the aisles, and don’t let anything strange slip past you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Simulation 12.7%, Horror 6.8%
- #57 Cursed Toy
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Markus Korda
Windows
It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen. Do housework. You get haunted by a monsters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 11.4%, 1990's 6.8%
- #58 HOLLOW EARTH
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MyrhadevPub: Myrhadev (OL Software)
Windows
An experimental found footage horror game set in 2017.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 8.5%
- #59 The Lecture: Classroom 1.09
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goat Tower Games
Windows
You are trying to reach classroom 1.09. Nobody is around, and the atmosphere feels wrong. Trapped in looping corridors, your only way out is to observe carefully, spot anomalies, and choose the right door… or remain trapped.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Surreal 12.6%, First-Person 9.3%