Games Like No. 9, The Marlowes

Welcome to your new summer job. Arthur Brooks, a 22 year old, starts a night job at Moon Gas Station. As he settles in, he experiences strange events that unsettle him. The urban legends about the gas station seem to come to life. Dealing with customers at night is deeply unsettling.

Why similar: Narration 19.1%, Crime 17.5%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Exploration 8.4%

Aftermath is a first-person horror game. Return to this old house once again, explore its dark corners, and face the traces that cannot be erased and the consequences that cannot be undone.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Crime 21.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Horror 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Fear Within is a short first-person psychological horror experience where the past lingers, even when its memories are lost. Explore familiar spaces through slow-paced exploration, uncover unsettling fragments of the past, and face a growing sense of fear driven by atmosphere and sound.

Why similar: Crime 26%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Exploration 11%, Thriller 9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

You stop at a quiet roadside café-but when your payment is declined, you’re forced to work it off. Something about this place isn’t right… and leaving won’t be easy.

Why similar: Crime 27.5%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 8.5%, First-Person 6.9%

Alex and Jade, a young couple who just arrived in Mason Ridge, decide to host a friend temporarily. One day, they receive a package intended for him and, when they open it, find something unexpected that transforms their night in unimaginable ways.

Why similar: Crime 26.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Exploration 9.4%, Simulation 7.4%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

A horror game about escaping from a mysterious place after a chilling encounter in the woods. Explore, stay quiet, and make tough choices as you search for a way out.

Why similar: Crime 23.3%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Horror 9.9%

Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.

Why similar: Crime 25%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 9.6%

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%, Exploration 16.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

While tasked with disposing of bodies for the mafia, you carry a mutilated corpse without question. However, as time passes, the secrets of the body you carry slowly begin to surface.

Why similar: Crime 30.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Thriller 8.4%

A short psychological walk sim from a first-person perspective. Day after day, you perform routine tasks in the same apartment, following on-screen prompts. But the familiar walls begin to change — the protagonist is going mad, and so are you. Will you make it to the day the screen fades to black?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Narration 16.4%, Exploration 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, First-Person 7.9%

You work late at the office not long after the death of a colleague. Throughout the night, all sorts of phenomenon begin to terrorize you, slowly uncovering the death of a fellow colleague. Who killed Joseph Anadam and why must you go through this trial to find out?

Why similar: Crime 29.3%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.4%, Thriller 7.5%

Mark Thompson accepts a late-night shift in a mysterious office, but what seemed like a routine night quickly turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Crime 21.2%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Thriller 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 8.7%

A PS1-style horror game where you run a flower shop, grow blooms, and craft bouquets for mysterious customers. Uncover secrets buried in soil as tension slowly takes root.

Why similar: Crime 49.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Horror 9.1%, First-Person 8.2%, Thriller 8.1%

A state machinery plant is haunted by a dismemberment murder. A girl's vanishing and a fatal plunge fuel ghost rumors. Years later, cop Wang Nan uncovers the truth: fates interwoven over a decade reveal human guilt and redemption—not spectral revenge.

Why similar: Crime 26.5%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, RPG 8.2%, Thriller 7.3%

Driving home, hoping to make it back for the winter holidays, a fierce snowstorm forces you to stop at a gloomy motel near a small town. Will you manage to escape this place, uncover what lurks behind its walls, and live to tell the world the chilling truth?

Why similar: Crime 25.7%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, Narration 11.8%, America 11.6% ★, Psychological Horror 6.8%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Narration 21%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Linear 7.5%

Immerse yourself in a polished VHS style psychological horror experience, with an atmospheric first person view, branching dialogues, environmental clues, a mystery to uncover and some things that aren't quite right that will keep you questioning what's real and what's not.

Why similar: Crime 37.2%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 7.1%

No Way Back is a short atmospheric first-person horror game. Investigate the mysterious disappearance of your father in a lonely house deep in the wilderness, on the shore of a remote lake.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Exploration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 8.2%, Linear 8.2%

A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.

Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 10.3%, Horror 9.7%

A short psychological horror game about descending into a cave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Narration 16.6%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 7.2%

Jesse Turner, a 29-year-old employee of an insurance company, moves to a neighboring state after being assigned to a local branch. As he settles into his new place, he encounters unusual events that soon turn his life into a real nightmare.

Why similar: Crime 28.6%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 9.6%, Horror 9%

"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 16 year old were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare that I, the developer, have experienced. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...

Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.6%

The Prophet Abraham has named you his successor. Use his special mask to track down and kill the five chosen ones, as it is the only way to achieve world peace.

Why similar: Crime 29.8%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Exploration 10.9%

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 30.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%, First-Person 8.6%

You are Vicente, a night guard that works in Corcovado, taking care of this brazilian tourist spot, christ the redeemer. A first person, singleplayer, walk-simulator experience. Investigate what is happening and try to escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Crime 28.9%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Exploration 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Horror 6.3%

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 26.5%, Exploration 13.1%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Simulation 9.3%

Survive an intense horror inspired by Indonesian folklore. Evade the cunning Tuyul and other astral beings, explore eerie, haunted environments, and uncover sinister secrets hidden within the supernatural darkness.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Narration 15.7%, Exploration 14.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Horror 7.4%

The game is a test of courage for players who have come to a secluded shrine in the mountains to explore and try to escape from this unusual place. There are numerous horror gimmick elements to torment the player.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Crime 24.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 11.7%, Realistic 7.2%

MoonNight Shift is a first-person psychological horror game where you play as Conner Anderson, a 46 y/o former surgeon who resigned from his post because of his drinking addiction, now runs a super mart, working the night shift as a distraction.

Why similar: Crime 35.8%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Horror 6.9%

Face of Fear: The Forester is a psychological horror where you become a new forest ranger. A couple of months of silence, a house in the middle of a dense forest and not a soul around, what could go wrong?

Why similar: Crime 25.3%, Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Thriller 8.8%

Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.

Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Thriller 8.5%, Horror 7.4%

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

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Narration 19.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

Persecution - The Elevator is a first-person psychological thriller. Explore an ordinary apartment in a new building, where one night strange things begin to happen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Narration 23.9%, Exploration 15.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Horror 6.9%

Forget Her is a survival psychological horror game where you explore a haunted house, uncover chilling secrets, solve the mystery, and perform a deadly ritual or run.. Can you survive Alison’s ghost and discover the truth?

Why similar: Crime 22%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Exploration 8%, Horror 7.7%

Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Exploration 16%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 11.1%, Linear 9.9%

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 33.6%, Simulation 17.5%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 11%, First-Person 9.4%

Demersus is a first-person atmospheric walking sim that explores the horrific reality of alcohol addiction through environmental storytelling and puzzles. Navigate the protagonist's fractured psyche, rendered as a beautifully haunting, hand-crafted clay mindscape and see what lies beneath.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%, Horror 8%

A rainy night, unfamiliar figures outside your mobile home and the growing feeling that something is terribly wrong.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Simulation 18.3%, Exploration 14.9%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Find the anomalies aboard an old commuter train and escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Exploration 18%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Simulation 11.3%, First-Person 9.3%

I Witness is a 2-player online co-op psychological horror game that follows a sibling whose curiosity leads them to investigate a neighbor suspected of being a serial killer who, unbeknownst to them, hides a disturbing desire.

Why similar: Crime 26%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Thriller 9.8%, Horror 8.7%

«Echoes in the White» is a psychological horror from the first person. Return to the apartment of your childhood to uncover the dark secret of the family. The action takes place 10 years later. A creepy and tense atmosphere, a deep plot and riddles - all this awaits you in this game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Thriller 8.6%, First-Person 7.7%

A psychological home-invasion horror set in the bleak year of 1992, focusing on tension, atmosphere, and an immersive soundtrack. The story involves elements of a cult, rituals meant to reach the dead, and the haunting presence of those who should have remained in the past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Crime 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Thriller 9.8%, Horror 9.1%

You play as Emma, who wakes up in an abandoned house without any prior memory of how she ended up there. Investigate your surroundings, uncover the mysteries of the house and connect memories from your past as you try to escape in this short, first person atmospheric horror game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Linear 8.8%

Agora Project is a very short horror game (~15 minutes). It's about a girl who was supposed to go to a party with her friends; little did she know what was going to happen later that day.

Why similar: Crime 27.6%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 9.1%

Echoes of Stella is a first-person horror adventure built around a unique echolocation device. Use it to navigate a distorted mirror world, revealing your surroundings in brief moments of clarity. Time your scans carefully, or risk exposing yourself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.5%, Narration 17.1%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Thriller 8.5%

r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Crime 15.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Simulation 7.6%

Потеряв жену в результате несчастного случая, Алекс остался один в пригородном доме, где каждая мелочь напоминает ему о прошлом. Обычный вечер вскоре превращается в череду странных и тревожных событий.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Crime 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.4%, Thriller 9.3%

You step into a street both strange and familiar, where eerie events unfold one after another. The air is thick with lingering spirits and overwhelming resentment, as if something in the shadows is waiting to drag you into the abyss…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Thriller 13.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.9%

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: Crime 25.9%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Thriller 6.8%

This is an immersive first-person single-player horror game. Players will take on the role of an ordinary person returning home late at night, who inexplicably steps into a special space on a familiar path. You must explore and move forward in this space filled with unknown fears.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Horror 13.7%, RPG 10.8%, Linear 9.8%, First-Person 8.5%

ESKINITA is a short atmospheric Filipino-inspired suspense horror game about working late nights in a small neighborhood lugawan and surviving the walk home through dark alleyways.

Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, Thriller 10.1%

A psychological horror game about Tom, a man consumed by guilt and the traumatic events that defined his life. Unable to move on from his past, he finds himself trapped in an increasingly disturbing nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 11.2%, Thriller 10.1%

"Unknown Memoirs" is a short horror game series focusing on distressing tales of horror. "The Rental" centers on the main character moving into a rental that they found online. Little do they know of the horrors that await them.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Exploration 16.7%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Simulation 9.7%

Flashing Dark is a first-person horror game about a lighthouse keeper lately transferred to a new outpost. As he struggles to manage his work, he uncovers a dark and terrifying secret of the island he lives on.

Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.7%, Exploration 8.5%

Nightmare Getaway is a first-person psychological horror where Ethan is trapped in a twisted house. Alone, he must survive, uncover dark secrets, and face nightmares that blur with reality. Will he escape or be consumed forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Narration 16.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Horror 7.2%

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: Crime 29%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Exploration 10%, Thriller 8%, First-Person 6.8%

You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 9.8%, First-Person 8.4%

A dumb Backrooms adventure full of weird rooms, stupid situations, strange characters, and memes. Explore, get lost, and try not to question anything.

Why similar: Crime 41.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.3%

Mindbound is a short single-player horror game that revolves around uncovering what has happened. After a business trip, Marty returns home eagerly anticipating seeing his wife and daughter. But, things turn out differently than expected. The game emphasizes a deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 14.2%, Thriller 11.4%, Exploration 10.5%

"Stories to Tell" Is a psychological horror game series developed by a 15 year old kid were each installment is based on a dream/nightmare me the developer has had. This is a game you wouldn't want to miss...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Crime 19.5%, Exploration 12%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.1%