Games Like Neyasnoe

Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Sandbox 17.9%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, 1990's 13%, Realistic 9.6%

Summer days and no one around. Routine feat. The agony of isolation and abandonment. No violence, no haste, no conflict, except fighting your doubts. Swifts, butterflies, sunset rays on the leaves of trees; radio, notebook and pencil; typewriter; bus; overwhelming loneliness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Sandbox 18.4%, 1990's 17%, Simulation 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Sandbox 23.5%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Simulation 9.7%, First-Person 8.5%

Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality

Why similar: Immersive Sim 31.7%, Sandbox 15.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Old School 11.4%, Exploration 9.5%

Explore the Poolrooms as if it were lost media from 1998.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, 1990's 19.4%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Old School 8.8%, Exploration 7.1%

World Alone 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 21.8%, Sandbox 14.5%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Realistic 11.3%, 1990's 8.7%

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Realistic 10.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%

Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Stylized 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 8.5%

THE LAST DAY IN URYUPINSK is an atmospheric walk through the post-Soviet courtyard to depressive music.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Emotional 17.8%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Realistic 14.1%, First-Person 7.4%

There is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Philosophical 21.4%, Realistic 15.3%, Simulation 10.7%, First-Person 10.6%

An old Russian hut, endless forests, and not a single person for hundreds of miles around.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Sandbox 18.5%, Realistic 18.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, 1990's 17.9%, Emotional 15.9%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Exploration 6.3%

Panel houses, snow, overcast sky, tiny kitchen, shabby staircase… It's Winter is an indie game which genre could be classified as sandbox, post-soviet, sad 3d, russian sadness. Nothing awaits you: there is no chance to get out, no room for adventures and breathtaking plot.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 60%, Simulation 23.7%, Atmospheric 16.3%

A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.3%, Simulation 27.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%

The atmosphere of the nuclear wasteland.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.1%, Sandbox 25.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Realistic 9.5%, Exploration 7.3%

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 25.1%, 1990's 17.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Stylized 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%

It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Alternate History 25%, Emotional 18.7%, Exploration 8.6%, Simulation 8.6%

A small game about letting go. Stay up late. Smoke cigarettes. Talk to strangers. Think about what you've lost. Someone you used to love? Or someone you used to be?

Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Philosophical 10.4%

Welcome to a reimagining of Beneath the Cardboard, a fairytale-themed tale of things not so fairytale-like... Survive countless cold nights in Snow Town, a place where no one will look at you twice.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Sandbox 20%, Philosophical 10.8%, Stylized 9.3%, Exploration 9.3%

Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.4%, Realistic 22.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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 61.4%, First-Person 17.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Exploration 8.6%

At its core, it's not really a game. Rather, a short tour of the authentic post-Soviet courtyard, which has long been abandoned by local residents.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Sandbox 19.5%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Realistic 12.9%, Simulation 10.5%

Trackless is an atmospheric first-person exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Trackless uses text input that allows you to interact with characters and objects. Using your in-game phone will help you find clues and give you special abilities.

Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Philosophical 15.6%, Stylized 9.8%, Old School 8.4%

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Simulation 20%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Stylized 11.4%, First-Person 7.1%

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 30%, Immersive Sim 14%, Realistic 13.8%, 1990's 9.8%, First-Person 8.4%

You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Stylized 14.1%, 1990's 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, First-Person 10.6%

Travel in a soviet platzkart train through Syberia

Why similar: Simulation 18.5%, 1990's 18%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Emotional 13.1%, Philosophical 12.3%

Woke up after a midday nap. Country house. Turntable swishing sound. You are 8 years old. It's Summer is an indie video game which genres are “sandbox”, “babushka”, and “midday nap”. The game has neither goal nor sense. Only you, cheap tea bags with russian tears and the endless yellow field.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.3%, 1990's 23.2%, Emotional 19.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Exploration 8.9%

In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Realistic 17%, First-Person 10%, Simulation 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Noir 18.9%, Emotional 15%, Exploration 8.2%, First-Person 7.1%

Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.

Why similar: 1990's 41.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Old School 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%

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 37.7%, Realistic 17.7%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 11.2%, 3D 7.4%

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.1%, Exploration 24.6%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 12.7%

On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?

Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Walking Simulator 28.2%, Stylized 14.8%, First-Person 10.9%, Exploration 10.8%

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, 1990's 21.6%, Stylized 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Exploration 10.6%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Simulation 29.7%, Emotional 23.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.7%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Emotional 26%, Simulation 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Realistic 7.3%

An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar

Why similar: Simulation 48.3%, Exploration 34.8%, Atmospheric 16.9%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Emotional 19.8%, Philosophical 19.5%, Realistic 12.3%, First-Person 8.1%

Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Emotional 22.4%, Realistic 15.5%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, First-Person 8.8%

Homeless Simulator is a homeless person simulator. Homeless persons are those who find themselves living on the streets because of family conflicts, somebody’s fraud, loss of the job or health problems. They are those who need help.

Why similar: Simulation 32.2%, Sandbox 31.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Exploration 14%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Exploration 20.4%, Realistic 17.3%, Atmospheric 14.3%, 3D 9.6%

A simulator of jumping on garages and scurrying around abandoned buildings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Realistic 16.1%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, First-Person 11.5%

Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?

Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Philosophical 16%, Simulation 14.9%, Stylized 12.7%, Exploration 9.3%

Гыгы

Why similar: Simulation 24.7%, Philosophical 22%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Realistic 13.6%, First-Person 8.7%

Welcome to "Night Drive," a driving simulator that challenges you to navigate a seemingly endless night in search of anomalies to break a mysterious loop.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, 1990's 15.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Immersive Sim 15%, Exploration 8.1%

Frozen Shelter is an indie first-person walking simulator game made in realistic 3D graphics. As a location, the player will be presented with a bunker built during the Cold War of the USSR. The fascinating atmosphere of loneliness will put pressure on the player throughout the game.

Why similar: 1990's 44.5%, Realistic 19.9%, First-Person 13.5%, Exploration 12.9%, 3D 9.2%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Philosophical 14.2%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Stylized 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%

Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, chrome robot women, speeding 80s supercars... Welcome to Retrowave World!

Why similar: 1990's 30.1%, Realistic 18%, Exploration 11.3%, Old School 11.2%, First-Person 10.3%

Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere. Andrey doesn’t remember who he was, but the walls know the truth. It’s time to remember everything.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, First-Person 13.5%, Simulation 12%, Realistic 8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world. Master platforming, optimize pet modifiers, upgrade your body, and advance through a dystopia where survival comes at a cost.

Why similar: 1990's 50.3%, Exploration 23.1%, Retro 15.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%

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 40.9%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Realistic 10.8%, Simulation 7.2%

Russian Soul Simulator is a meditative game that allows the player to look at the Russian nature and the surrounding world in realistic graphics. The game allows the hero to move freely through fields and forests, explore the surrounding terrain and interact with various objects.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.3%, Realistic 22.3%, Simulation 15.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%, First-Person 6.4%

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 28.8%, Stylized 19.9%, Exploration 14.7%, Retro 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

Why similar: 1990's 21.7%, Sandbox 21.5%, Realistic 14.2%, Simulation 11.1%, First-Person 8.6%

You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Simulation 21.2%, Realistic 11.7%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 7.6%

As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, 1990's 15.3%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Realistic 9%

Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.1%, First-Person 15.7%, Atmospheric 9%, 3D 7.1%, Relaxing 5.4%

An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Exploration 12.6%, Stylized 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, First-Person 8.6%

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Philosophical 19.1%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Stylized 14.9%, Simulation 12.7%