Games Like NIDANA

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: Abstract 30.2%, Walking Simulator 25.6%, Surreal 21.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%, First-Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features massive, abstract, and surreal architectural environments that perfectly mirror the minimalist exploration found in NIDANA.

A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Surreal 31.4%, Relaxing 15.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%, First-Person 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric and surreal walking simulator that focuses on the quiet, dreamlike exploration of fragmented memories.

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.9%, Surreal 35.1%, Atmospheric 7%, First-Person 6.2%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, sci-fi-infused walking experience that emphasizes atmosphere and abstract visual storytelling.

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 38.3%, Walking Simulator 33.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, psychedelic, and surreal first-person adventure that captures the same dream-logic feel as NIDANA.

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: Surreal 26.4%, Walking Simulator 25.9%, Abstract 25.7%, First-Person 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a highly surreal and abstract experience that prioritizes visual exploration in a dreamlike, glitch-art setting.

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.2%, Relaxing 23.7%, Surreal 6.9%, First-Person 6%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential exploration game where the environment is a living, musical, and abstract dreamscape.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Relaxing 38.8%, Walking Simulator 34.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Indie 7.1%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This philosophical and abstract exploration game allows you to inhabit anything in the world, matching the surreal nature of NIDANA.

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 28.8%, Surreal 25%, Abstract 21.1%, Relaxing 8.4%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct exploration of surreal, dreamlike spaces that aligns closely with the minimalist walking simulator genre.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Abstract 21.6%, Surreal 17.4%, First-Person 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, surreal walking simulator that explores the inner psyche of a creator through abstract game spaces.

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: Abstract 29.7%, Surreal 28.6%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%, First-Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the specific aesthetic of 90s-era dream exploration with a surreal, atmospheric focus.

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 44.1%, Walking Simulator 36.7%, First-Person 5.6%, Adventure 5.5%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dreamlike walking simulator set in a bizarre, atmospheric train station filled with strange characters.

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: Surreal 57.1%, First-Person 14.4%, Minimalist 12.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Psychological Horror 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on perspective-based puzzles within a surreal, dream-therapy environment that feels like a lucid dream.

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Surreal 38.6%, Walking Simulator 31.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the surreal, music-focused exploration style of Off-Peak, offering a highly stylized and dreamlike environment.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Abstract 32.7%, Surreal 29.4%, Relaxing 10.7%, Minimalist 8.7%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, impossible-geometry exploration game that captures the feeling of walking through a surreal, infinite dream.

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 51.5%, Surreal 11.4%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game that takes place entirely within the protagonist's subconscious, featuring surreal landscapes.

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 45.9%, Relaxing 19.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic and emotional walking simulator that captures the feeling of wandering through a dreamlike 1990s memory.

Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Surreal 26.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%, First-Person 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, surreal, and atmospheric exploration segments that mimic the experience of shifting through different dreams.

Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, Surreal 37.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, emotional journey that uses abstract environments to represent the protagonist's internal psychological state.

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: Surreal 51.8%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly, surreal, and highly atmospheric experience that feels like a fragmented, unsettling dream.

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Surreal 40.8%, Walking Simulator 36.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Adventure 4.9%, Psychological Horror 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: The classic surreal, indie exploration game that defined the genre of wandering through abstract, dreamlike worlds.

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, Abstract 34.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 8%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, open-world exploration game that prioritizes atmosphere and weird, dreamlike interactions over traditional objectives.

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 54%, First-Person 10%, Relaxing 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, first-person exploration game that focuses on the quiet, surreal atmosphere of an empty living space.

Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!

Why similar: Adventure 30.4%, Minimalist 28.2%, First-Person 14%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric adventure that uses surreal imagery to tell a quiet, introspective story.

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 66%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 3.1%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person, atmospheric walking simulator that focuses on quiet, surreal exploration of lonely spaces.

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 31.2%, Surreal 26.1%, Relaxing 12.4%, Minimalist 9.2%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of wandering through vast, empty, and surreal spaces that feel like a dream.

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 48.8%, Relaxing 22.1%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, surreal walking simulator that invites you to observe a strange, alien city at your own pace.

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 21.7%, Abstract 21.3%, Surreal 17.9%, Relaxing 9.8%, Minimalist 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D, first-person exploration game that focuses on the atmospheric, surreal nature of liminal spaces.

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 50%, Abstract 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, First-Person 7.6%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique point-cloud visual style to create an abstract, atmospheric exploration experience.

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 29.3%, Surreal 26.8%, Relaxing 12.7%, Minimalist 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%

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 36%, Surreal 29.4%, Minimalist 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 7.2%

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 33.4%, Surreal 23.5%, Relaxing 9.6%, First-Person 6.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Surreal 39.4%, Walking Simulator 25.2%, Minimalist 10.4%, Adventure 8.1%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, surreal adventure where you explore a blank, white world by splashing paint to reveal your surroundings.

Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Relaxing 13.7%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, atmospheric walking simulator that explores themes of life and death in a surreal, dreamlike wilderness.

Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.

Why similar: Surreal 34.9%, Walking Simulator 30.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, First-Person 5.4%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Surreal 47.7%, Walking Simulator 27.3%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 6%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

Why similar: Surreal 55.5%, Walking Simulator 27.9%, Adventure 5.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Linear 2.6%

"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 75.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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 44.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Relaxing 10.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 9.4%

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 41.3%, Relaxing 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 8.9%

Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

Why similar: Abstract 26.7%, Walking Simulator 25.7%, Surreal 24.5%, Relaxing 12%, Atmospheric 4.7%

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 76.2%, First-Person 13.6%, Psychological Horror 4.7%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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 43.4%, Surreal 18.1%, Minimalist 12.2%, Relaxing 10.8%, First-Person 8.9%

Your girlfriend’s sleepwalking is getting worse each night. Find her and bring her back to bed safely.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.9%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 8.8%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Linear 3.5%

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 38.3%, Surreal 36.6%, First-Person 7%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Adventure 5.3%

It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Linear 4.3%, Adventure 4.1%

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: Abstract 39.9%, Walking Simulator 38.4%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%

You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 42.2%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

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 42.2%, Surreal 24%, Relaxing 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 5.8%

A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, Surreal 32.7%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 4.4%

You have wandered into an infinite looping shopping mall in Japan. If you notice changes within the mall, you might be able to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.9%, Surreal 34.1%, First-Person 5.5%, Adventure 3.9%, Psychological Horror 3.7%

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Surreal 34.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%, First-Person 8%, Adventure 3.4%

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.6%, Surreal 16.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.

Why similar: Surreal 62.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Indie 6.4%, Psychological Horror 6.3%

Anji【Implication】-Stimulation that gives the mind, unconsciously, certain notions. This game is a first-person walking simulator where you just keep going down the stairs.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 62.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7%, Linear 3.6%

Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.

Why similar: Abstract 26.3%, Surreal 25.8%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Adventure 7.7%, Minimalist 6.8%

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Surreal 30.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 7.2%

Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 31.2%, Walking Simulator 26.8%, Abstract 26.3%, Adventure 5.7%, First-Person 4.9%

You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Surreal 36.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%, First-Person 5.1%, Adventure 4.8%

Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.

Why similar: Minimalist 28.9%, Relaxing 28.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Exploration 4.8%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.8%, Abstract 32.7%, Surreal 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Adventure 5.6%