- #1 SCP Origins - Forgotten Steps
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GraySlug Studios
Windows
Inspired by SCP-860, take on the role of a lone Class-D Personnel forced into the mysterious forest behind the blue key. Follow the treacherous path, uncovering remnants of those who came before. With no turning back, your only choice is to push forward.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Action 16.3%, Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Realistic 8.1%
- #2 Ward 777 - الجناح 777
96% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: jojo.devPub: Vision Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you solve puzzles, explore a haunted hospital, and uncover terrifying secrets to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Action 11.3%, Realistic 11%, Psychological 10.8%
- #3 Backrooms Santa
95% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Tater Games
Windows
Backrooms Santa is a singleplayer horror game. Bring back the kids gifts and escape a massive Backrooms maze — while holiday horrors hunt you every step of the way. How fast can you save the kids christmas?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Action 19.5%, Psychological 11.4%, Realistic 10.2%, First-Person 8.7%
- #4 Echo of the Walls
95% matchMixed71% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Enter a world where the lines between reality are blurred. Like Daniel, you came here in search of the truth, but found yourself trapped in a terrifying mind game. Your only key to freedom and understanding is an ancient Polaroid camera, capable of capturing the invisible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Action 15.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Psychological 8.4%, Realistic 8.3%
- #5 Quod: Episode 1
94% matchVery Positive85% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: IDTF
Windows
"Quod" unfolds in a 1930s Texas prison. The main character must escape and uncover the truth. Brace yourself for eerie occurrences and solve intricate puzzles to unveil the terrifying secrets of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, Horror 9%, Exploration 7.6%
- #6 S T A R E
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jakub FlakPub: Jakub Flak
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are alone in an unfamiliar place that grows increasingly restless with your every step. Find and break all the seals before you draw too much attention...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Realistic 12.9%, Psychological 10.8%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #7 Evac Bay 09
93% 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 32.8%, Psychological 10.5%, Puzzle 10.3%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 8.5%
- #8 9 To Ashes
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Noctavera Creative Works
Windows
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 30.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Action 9.1%, First-Person 6.9%
- #9 Achromatic
91% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Raccoon Platoon Games
Windows
Achromatic is a first-person horror puzzle game — Walk around the carnival you have been tasked with repairing and uncover the darker secrets that lie within. Solve puzzles and avoid the carnival workers as you try to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, Realistic 13.1%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 8.3%
- #10 Theater of Death
91% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: GiBarPub: RoBot
Windows
Wander through dark corridors, look into abandoned editing rooms, penetrate dusty archives and uncover the secrets of the movie studio and its employees. Collect puzzle pieces: Study notes, letters, photos, listen to audio recordings to understand what happened on the set of the cursed movie.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Action 11.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Psychological 9.4%
- #11 Blind Phobia
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flygogo Games
Windows
You are blind and trapped in an infinite hospital corridor. Use your guide cane and other senses to detect anomalies, question illusions, and find a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 8.5%
- #12 Woke Up In a Dark Nightmare
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameDevMkss
Windows
You fell asleep in your own bed but woke up in a dark nightmare. Explore a shifting house haunted by paranormal activity, uncover disturbing secrets and uncover the truth behind your arrival.
Why similar: Psychological 21.8%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Action 14%, Puzzle 9.1%, Realistic 8.6%
- #13 Beyond the 10th
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Isleroth Games
Windows
First-person anomaly horror game. Spot what's wrong, advance the levels, survive what's hunting your soul and go Beyond the 10th.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Action 9.1%, Horror 8.9%
- #14 BUNKER
88% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Pavel RyabtsevPub: RPavel
Windows
A game in the genre of horror that will immerse you in the story of a prisoner who had a chance to try to get out of the bunker in which strange things happen. In the game you will have to solve small puzzles, learn the history of the game while reading diaries and of course hide.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Horror 12.3%, Perma Death 10.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Action 9.8%
- #15 うみのもくず / Depths Debris
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
A walking simulator about a journey in search of the mother ocean. Control "Hoi-chan," a girl with a yellow hat, and collect hearts hidden throughout various locations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.2%, Action 17%, Psychological 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 10.3%
- #16 Liminality
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liminality Studios
Windows
Liminality sets in the near future, where humanity discovers a liminal hell full with anomalies, explore multiple unique levels with increasing difficulty and teamwork, good luck on your next expedition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Action 12.3%, Realistic 11.7%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 8.5%
- #17 Facility
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Cloud CityPub: Tyler Farley
Windows
As per your assignment Unit 146, we need you to check up on Site B for us. They are in the middle of something BIG, so please stay out of their way. Let us know when the job is done.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Action 18.9%, Puzzle 13.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Stealth 6.8%
- #18 Everloop
84% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Green Game Studio
Windows
You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Realistic 10.3%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 8.5%
- #19 Vesnith Tapes
84% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Action 12%, Realistic 10.8%, Exploration 10.6%, Psychological 9.6%
- #20 The Backrooms: Liminal Reality
85% matchMixed53% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: CoffeeCupz Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the backrooms and liminal spaces while trying to find your way out while you fight with the feeling like you are in a dream, or if you have just entered one of your own.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Stealth 8.3%, Psychological 8%
- #21 Bedtime Horror Stories
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
Late night. A young man called Sam is home alone. He finds a mystical book that takes him into a world of horror stories that come alive. Start reading, but you must not break the most important rule. Once you have started the book, you must finish it!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Puzzle 11.5%, Realistic 10.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Horror 8.3%
- #22 Fragments of Fear
82% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.5%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 9.5%, Stealth 9.3%, Realistic 9.2%
- #23 Dark Memories: Investigation
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Action 10.7%, Psychological 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #24 Delivering Letters
82% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: V.A.H
Windows
Just deliver 10 letters that's easy, right?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, Realistic 14.1%, Action 12.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 11%
- #25 Reel Horror
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Snarkle Studios
Windows
A haunted projectionist’s room. A shelf of cursed films. Each reel plays a terrifying short story you must live through. Explore twisted worlds from the safety of the projection booth, or so you think...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 13.9%, Action 12.6%, First-Person 9.4%
- #26 Firefly Shelter
80% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Step into an eerie silence, a place where childhood dreams have turned into eternal nightmares. You are a paranormal investigator, drawn by dark rumors of an abandoned school built on the ruins of an old orphanage where, decades ago, children died of a mysterious illness and abuse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Action 9.6%, First-Person 7.1%
- #27 飢界
79% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: UnderDoor
Windows
『飢界』は不気味な異界を探索し、脱出を目指すホラーゲーム。異界の住人に食べられてはいけません...。
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Psychological 12.1%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Action 10.1%
- #28 Exit Loops - Street 001
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Eray Okutan
Windows
You are trapped in a never-ending street loop. Observe your surroundings carefully and identify anomalies. Make the right choice at the end of each street and try to escape the loop.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Puzzle 13.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 10.8%, Psychological 8.6%
- #29 Code Red
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shane Siers
Windows
Use speed, wit, and stealth to avoid the horrific creatures roaming the otherwise lifeless Facility.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 11%, Stealth 8.6%, Realistic 8%
- #30 House Party 8
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
A short first-person anomaly horror game set inside a looping house party. Observe carefully, trust your memory, and escape only when everything feels normal.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Exploration 12.4%, Realistic 11%, Psychological 9.4%, First-Person 9.1%
- #31 They Left Us Here
76% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: SCH GAMING
Windows
A Sci-Fi First Person Horror Indie Game where you explore an abandoned Space Station //
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Psychological 10.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Realistic 9.1%, Exploration 8.8%
- #32 Clostrophobia: Vol 1
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: CosmicPulsarStudio
Windows
Clostrophobia is a short but very difficult maze crawler horror game where you find yourself trapped inside an unusual and deadly air duct maze filled with unpredictable monsters and deadly traps, and you'll have to find your way out of it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Perma Death 12.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, Realistic 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #33 Dark Resolve
77% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Immerse yourself in a chilling nightmare where the darkest corners of the past come to life to haunt you. This is a tense first-person psychological horror game that transports you to the heart of an abandoned police station. .
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Puzzle 11.7%, Action 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%, Realistic 9.9%
- #34 Mirage Path
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SE Games
Windows
Mirage Path is a psychological horror and drama game where you help Adam unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his wife Emma and daughter Lily, whose memories haunt him.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Action 17.1%, Puzzle 13.5%, Realistic 9.5%, Psychological 7.5%
- #35 SCP-ELM0
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Vox Studio
Windows
A tense, story-driven horror experience in the SCP universe. Stealth, survival, and silence may be your only chance against what's loose in Site-32.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Realistic 9.5%
- #36 Voices in the Dark
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: ZTS studio
Windows
The story of a young anthropologist who sets out on an expedition to investigate the disappearance of a group of scientists at an ancient excavation site. Creepy atmosphere and a constant sense of persecution will not let him go the rest of the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Perma Death 15.1%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 8%
- #37 The Cradle
73% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: GiBarPub: RoBot
Windows
You are Alex, a curious journalist who has decided to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the entire staff of Synergy Soft. Six months ago, all the employees went mad at once, staging a bloody massacre. The official version is mass psychosis. But the truth is much more terrifying.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Action 16.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Psychological 9.9%, Realistic 9.4%
- #38 DOGEZA
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: MasaKa Studio
Windows
A first-person Japanese horror game set in a cursed castle. As a lord with fading memories, explore the grounds at night, uncover the regrets of the dead, and atone the only way you can — by performing DOGEZA, the deepest bow of apology. Three endings await.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Action 19.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Realistic 9.8%, First-Person 7.3%
- #39 Unseen: 2002
73% 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 35.5%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Horror 8.9%, Realistic 8.5%
- #40 Backdoors
74% matchMixed67% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: BehaUlas
Windows
Enter the twisted realm of the Backrooms. Explore 100 procedurally generated rooms, and survive with up to three friends in intense co-op action. Unravel the secrets, beware of lurking entities. Find the way out or become lost forever in the depths of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Action 12.2%, Realistic 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%
- #41 Night of the Wererat
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Action 13.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Horror 10.2%
- #42 Madness on Display
73% matchMixed67% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: GiBarPub: RoBot
Windows
Venture into the world of chilling psychological horror, where the line between reality and nightmare is thinner than a spider's web. Grandview is not just a game, it is a test for your nerves and mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 11.8%, Psychological 8.1%, First-Person 8%
- #43 The Maid
71% matchVery Positive80% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: 99 Grados Games
Windows
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Action 12.5%, Realistic 12.3%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.6%
- #44 The Curse Of the Tattered Book
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JsrradioStudios
Windows
A brother's desperate message lures you to a cursed ancestral home. In this first-person psychological horror, explore Grandmas house where reality unravels and shadows whisper secrets. Decipher cryptic clues, confront terror, question sanity. Seek truth. Escape the darkness or be its next victim?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.9%, Horror 16%, Puzzle 13.5%, 3D 8.7%, Exploration 7.8%
- #45 Labyrinth of Wild Abyss: LayeRedux
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Cannibal Interactive
Windows
A horror game about paranoia and endurance predation. You cannot beat the monsters, you can only outrun. They are slow, they aren't smart, but they are patient, they are many, and they are powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Horror 13.7%, Action 13.4%, First-Person 11.7%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #46 Anomaly 404
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 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 29%, Puzzle 11.7%, Psychological 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Realistic 10%
- #47 crazy woman
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamester
Windows
You wake up in a hospital with no memory of how you got there. As you search for a way out, a mysterious woman stands between you and every possible escape. Sneak past her while keeping your distance. Get too close, and she will try to kill you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Exploration 16.9%, Puzzle 15.4%, First-Person 7.8%, 3D 7.5%
- #48 Suburbadrome
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aperihelioskrill
Windows
Not everything is as it seems in your hometown of Cainsveil, Washington. You awoke like any other day, but the road to work seems unusually long. Explore strange environments and solve puzzles in SUBURBADROME.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.5%, Psychological 18%, Puzzle 11.5%, Horror 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #49 6F: NIGHT SCHOOL LOOP∞
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: お寿司
Windows · Mac
Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Puzzle 17.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 9.6%, Realistic 9.4%
- #50 Disminal
70% matchVery Positive90% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 48.1%, Psychological 22.3%, First-Person 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Exploration 7%
- #51 Dead Air
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Feather
Windows
Isolated in a forgotten Canadian forest, you must unravel the truth behind E.C.H.O. Track down lost cassettes, solve cryptic puzzles, and evade the creatures lurking in the fog. Piece together the secrets of a defunct organization.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Horror 10.7%, Realistic 10.7%, Psychological 10.2%
- #52 In Dark Sleep
69% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: NotrinD
Windows
In Dark Sleep is a first-person psychological horror game where you play as someone struggling with disturbing hallucinations and insomnia.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Action 14%, Psychological 10.1%, Realistic 9.8%
- #53 Dismay
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gnaw Games
Windows
Assume the role of an urban explorer, whose curiosity leads you into destinations forgotten by time. Soon you discover the haunting mysteries you uncover are not left behind in the places you explore – they follow you home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Puzzle 14.4%, Psychological 13%, Realistic 12.7%, Horror 7.5%
- #54 PLATFORM 13
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbit Factory
Windows
A first-person horror observation game where you must spot the anomaly to escape. Every platform is randomised, with over 30 anomalies waiting. Every death adds another name to the toll. How many will you sacrifice before you reach Platform 13?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Psychological 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #55 Nowhere To Go
66% matchNo user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Trinity Studios
Windows
A call leads you to an abandoned theme park. Now you’re not leaving until you know what really happened in the infamous theme park.
Why similar: Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 15.5%, Action 14.2%, Stealth 10.7%, Realistic 10.5%
- #56 You Are Liam: Shadow Memories
68% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Action 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 7.6%
- #57 My Day Challenge
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 10%, Realistic 10%
- #58 Liminull
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TAPED
Windows
Liminull is an atmospheric journey through liminal spaces. Explore, find secrets, solve puzzles, and interact with the world if you want - or simply keep moving forward, toward a place where everything feels so familiar, yet long forgotten.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, Exploration 16.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Psychological 10.2%, Realistic 9.5%
- #59 Mountain's Memory
67% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Waterfall Studio
Windows
Mountain's Memory is a walking simulator horror game where players explore a mountain at night, armed only with a lamp. Inspired by the chilling style of Japanese horror, this game delivers an atmosphere of fear and mystery. Feel the terror unfold in the quiet, desolate mountain.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Horror 14.3%, Realistic 13.9%, First-Person 11.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #60 Lights Out Chapter 2 The Unseen Reckoning
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dead Dream Games
Windows
Alone again and abandoned in the house, this time even darker than usual. You return as Jack and set out to search for your missing Friend.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Realistic 11%, 3D 8.2%, First-Person 8.1%