Games Like [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap

A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Dark 19.8%, Thriller 9.6%, Mystery 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Clap Clap, this game excels at building dread through a mundane, repetitive job setting that slowly descends into psychological horror.

The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 11%, Atmospheric 5.9%, First-Person 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same eerie, atmospheric tension of being alone in a familiar space while strange, supernatural events unfold.

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Why similar: 1980s 32.2%, Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Retro 14.6%, Adventure 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly mirrors the retro, low-poly aesthetic and slasher-inspired tension found in many 1980s-themed horror games.

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: Horror 24.9%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Thriller 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven horror experience that relies on atmosphere and environmental storytelling to create a sense of unease.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Retro 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.9%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, psychological horror experience with a distinct retro visual style that emphasizes claustrophobia.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Walking Simulator 12%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in short-form, high-tension horror that uses a confined space to create an overwhelming sense of dread.

This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Dark 10.2%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric indie horror game that excels at building mystery within a confined, residential setting.

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Why similar: Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Demons 8.6%, Dark 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal psychological horror game that explores the dark secrets hidden within a seemingly normal family home.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: 1980s 26%, Horror 24.6%, Immersive 20.7% ★, Retro 12.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a gritty, first-person survival experience that captures the feeling of being hunted in a domestic environment.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, 1980s 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Retro 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An episodic, retro-styled horror game that blends psychological tension with unique, tactile puzzle-solving mechanics.

VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?

Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Retro 11.6%, Dark 9.3%, Atmospheric 9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a VHS-inspired aesthetic to deliver a short, punchy psychological horror experience.

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 32.1%, Retro 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, low-poly aesthetic and fragmented narrative structure create a uniquely unsettling experience similar to indie walking simulators.

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, stylized walking simulator that emphasizes atmosphere and a sense of isolation.

Having collected information about the “unusual corpse” for your journalistic investigation, you return home from the morgue. Something is wrong... The house has changed and there is a creature wandering in it that is afraid of the camera flash. Solve puzzles to get out of the house and survive.

Why similar: Horror 22%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dark 8.8%, Demons 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar mechanics of exploration and puzzle-solving within a tense, horror-focused environment.

Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Retro 10.2%, Dark 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the horror of being in an unfamiliar, rented space, mirroring the house-sitting premise of the seed game.

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Retro 11.2%, Walking Simulator 9.9%, Dark 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play horror game that uses retro visuals to create a sense of immediate, localized danger.

Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brief, experimental horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and a dark, oppressive atmosphere.

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Immersive 27.1% ★, Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive, atmospheric horror game that prioritizes mystery and psychological tension.

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: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, 1980s 11%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric exploration game that leans heavily into surreal, psychological horror themes.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 58.7%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%, First-Person 5.6%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic retro-style psychological horror game that masterfully uses atmosphere and sound design to keep the player on edge.

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, First-Person 6.4%, Dark 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A very short, found-footage style horror experience that perfectly captures the 1990s retro aesthetic.

At Dead Of Night is part horror film, part horror game and part ghost hunt. It blends live-action and graphics to create a unique immersive horror experience like no other.

Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Supernatural 17.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines live-action elements with first-person exploration to create a terrifying stalker-horror experience.

Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.

Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Demons 12.9%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, effective horror game that uses lighting and sound to build constant, low-level anxiety.

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: Horror 26.4%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator focused on exploration and uncovering a dark mystery in a quiet, isolated setting.

Driven by a rare neurological affliction plaguing his family, Joshua has to recover his memories by exploring parallel realities through déjà vu. Facing the innermost depths of his past – moments both joyous and painful – seems to be the only way to get his life and family back together.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Psychological Horror 32.4%, Atmospheric 14.2%, First-Person 12.8%, Story Rich 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on psychological exploration and memory, providing a slow-burn horror experience with strong narrative depth.

Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.

Why similar: 1980s 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 11.7%, Supernatural 10.4%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle elements with supernatural horror in a way that feels very similar to the seed game's structure.

The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!

Why similar: Adventure 78%, Indie 22%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the isolation of a night shift worker, mirroring the house-sitting premise of the seed game.

A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Dark 11.5%, Retro 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark exploration game that captures the feeling of a nightmare occurring in a familiar home environment.

A 10 minute horror experience of a girl walking home alone at night.

Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Retro 13%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art horror game that uses its limited perspective to heighten the sense of psychological unease.

Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Walking Simulator 13%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player psychological horror game that emphasizes the feeling of being watched in one's own home.

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Retro 6.3%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Psychological Horror 19%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Supernatural 10.1%, Atmospheric 9%

HOUSE CALL is a short 20 to 30-minute experience heavily inspired by Adobe Flash point-and-click games of the late 2000s, including THE HOUSE by Sinthai. Use your mouse to explore the environment, solve puzzles, and proceed through the house to find what lies within.

Why similar: Horror 31.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Retro 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 9%

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, 1980s 18.1%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, First-Person 9%

Enter a sinister village that wants to keep you trapped forever. Eviltrap: Prologue is a standalone psychological horror experience where the environment shifts with every step. Open the door to an evil you thought had ended, but is just the beginning.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Immersive 18.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Demons 13.3%, Supernatural 7.1%

Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Demons 14.2%, Supernatural 9%, Dark 9%

ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Mystery 6.9%

'revere' is a psychological found footage horror game where every detail matters. Prepare yourself for an experience where your sanity will be condemned.

Why similar: 1980s 21.5%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Demons 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.8%

The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 7.2%

In Our Parlor is a short, horror walking simulator. The player must make their way through a mysterious manor to unfold the story, find the parlor, and escape this nightmare. Navigate a series of dark set pieces and follow the music to discover the path forward.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 9.7%

MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Supernatural 8.9%, Dark 6.9%

Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome

Why similar: Horror 45%, Psychological Horror 34%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 6.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Skin Off is an analog horror game where you play as a teenager spending a summer night alone at your uncle’s house. As you wait for your friends to arrive the next day, a strange message is broadcasted on national television, signaling the start of a nightmare you can’t escape.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%

The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Demons 12.8%, Dark 9.3%, First-Person 7.6%

Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, First-Person 7.9%, Retro 5.7%

The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.

Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Supernatural 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%

DeathOmen is a short psychological horror Experience that challenges players to maintain their sanity over the nights in a mysterious house that hides mystery and fear, disturbing events and jumpscares.

Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Supernatural 10.4%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Escape a distorted version of your own newly rented apartment in this interactive nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 24.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Supernatural 8.5%

A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.

Why similar: Horror 32%, 1980s 31%, Walking Simulator 8.7%, Dark 6%, First-Person 5.6%

A storm washed you upon the shore of a mysterious island with a horrific past. A terrifying first-person atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Dark 7.1%

You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 8.7%, Supernatural 7.7%

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark 8.4%

An exploration horror game set in a typical 1850 house which revolve around the myth of Bonhomme 7 Heures, an urban legend from Quebec.

Why similar: Horror 45.6%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, 1980s 18.7%, First-Person 7.4%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Demons 11.5%, Dark 8.2%

Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.

Why similar: Horror 21%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Supernatural 9.3%, Dark 8.2%

You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Demons 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 8.7%, Dark 7.9%

Permanent Residence invites players into an episodic journey of psychological horror, where each chapter reveals a sinister short story woven into the eerie legacy of a cursed place.

Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Immersive 10.1% ★, First-Person 8.6%, Thriller 7.4%