- #1 Backrooms Santa
97% 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 33%, Action 19.5%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, First-Person 9.6%, 3D 7.5%
- #2 DENDAM : Justice and Law for The Murderer
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: PlaykaraSTD
Windows
DENDAM: Justice and Law for the Murderer Feel the tension in the latest horror action game "Hide and Seek", where you must survive by hiding from a terrifying entity that relentlessly hunts you. In this game, nowhere is truly safe listen carefully, hold your breath, and don’t get caught.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Action 22.4%, First-Person 18.9%, 3D 14%, Crime 7.4%
- #3 Red Father
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeanNPCdevPub: BeanNPC Games
Windows · Linux
RED FATHER is a first-person retro horror game set in December 1980. Explore and solve puzzles across Graham Labs, a mysterious computer research facility, and uncover something you were never meant to find. It calls itself Red. It wants to be your friend.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Action 22.2%, Action-Adventure 18%, Stylized 8%, 3D 6.3%
- #4 Do Not Disturb
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UppercaseUnderscore
Windows
A short horror walking simulator where you traverse through the endless hallways of a strange hotel, searching for a way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Action 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #5 In Arrears
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Offensive Ideas Studio
Windows
Short description, huh? Ok - run from IRS, try to find money, don't lose your corporate infested mind.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, Action 21.4%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 9%, Horror 8.6%
- #6 Mask The Mess
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SandZ Studio
Windows
Erase the traces before someone knocks. Step into the shoes of someone who can’t hesitate and hide a mysterious “problem.” Time pressure and shifting searches make every decision count. Your wit and cool head will decide if you make it out unscathed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Action 16.3%, Action-Adventure 15.6%, Crime 12.1%, First-Person 7.2%
- #7 Flashing Dark
93% matchMixed64% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Flat Surface Studio
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Crime 17.1%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Action 10.5%, Horror 8.4%
- #8 STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zyphor Studios
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror game told through the confession of a man accused of numerous crimes. As an interrogation unfolds, years of fractured relationships, buried memories, and disturbing truths reveal how the simple need to be loved can become something far more terrifying.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Crime 16.3%, Action 13.6%, First-Person 8.2%
- #9 Office Massacre
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CosmicPulsarStudio
Windows
Office Massacre is a short dark comedic horror thriller. where you play as a janitor in an office. As you complete routine tasks, strange and unsettling events begin to unfold
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Action 12.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Stylized 9.2%
- #10 Mara
91% matchMixed69% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
You’re a thief! You’ve received a job from a dealer, and now you must steal several artifacts from an ancient tomb recently discovered by archaeologists!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Horror 10.9%, Action 10.1%
- #11 Reel Horror
90% 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 40.2%, Action 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 11.8%, 3D 9.1%
- #12 Rest
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Sleepy Turtles
Windows
Rest is a walking simulator with a dark and beautiful aesthetic where the environment tells the story. Travel to a monochrome world where you will experience an impactful narrative about guilt and loss.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.4%, First-Person 16.4%, Stylized 15.9%, 3D 11.6%, Indie 6.7%
- #13 Cursed Silence
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marco Brunetti
Windows
"Cursed Silence" is a relentless plunge into the abyss of psychological horror. Can you confront unfathomable terrors and uncover the mystery shrouding Emily, or will you succumb to the chilling embrace of the void where reality and dreams collide?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Action 22.5%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, First-Person 8.3%, 3D 6.3%
- #14 Allophobia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amel
Windows
17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 11.3%, Action 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #15 The Night Archive - Sable's
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Warm Milk Games
Windows
One night alone at the campground he loved as a kid. Closed for years, chained at the gate, rotting. A friend arrives at sunrise. Episode 2 of The Night Archive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, Action 15.6%, First-Person 13.7%, 3D 10.3%, Psychological Horror 5.1%
- #16 Paracosma
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luking
Windows
Paracosma is a surreal first-person psychological horror game set in eerie liminal spaces. Capture strange anomalies with your camera, solve environmental puzzles, and survive mysterious threats while uncovering fragments of your lost identity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Action 22.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Stylized 8.3%, 3D 8.2%
- #17 Dream Prison
85% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Budai
Windows · Linux
"Dream Prison" is a 3D horror escape game similar to Exit 8. Find the anomalous rooms and escape the cult church.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.2%, First-Person 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 11%, 3D 10.8%
- #18 Hotel Manibella
86% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: David Montesi Rivas
Windows
Get ready for the ultimate horror puzzle game! Check into Hotel Manibella for a spine-chilling experience. With a unique art style and secret storyline, journey through the floors of a haunted hotel, with each level becoming scarier and more intense.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Crime 21.6%, Action 11.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Stylized 8.9%
- #19 Ice Cream Man
83% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: BeanNPCdevPub: BeanNPC Games
Windows · Linux
ICE CREAM MAN is a first person PSX-style horror game. After a late-night gaming session, your walk home turns into a nightmare. Navigate unfamiliar backyards, jump fences and hide in the shadows to escape a murderous Ice Cream Man. Can you make it home alive? Or do you have a rocky road ahead?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Action-Adventure 19.2%, Action 14.5%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #20 Brutalism22
84% matchMixed64% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Marginal act
Windows
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Action 9.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #21 Uneasy Memories
84% matchMostly Negative33% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: CHM
Windows
A Psychological Horror Game Set in Everyday Life
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.1%, First-Person 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 10.3%, 3D 10%
- #22 Warn
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan
Windows
What if, all of a sudden, your routine was turned upside down?In WARN, Josh must choose between duty and heart, but no choice comes without consequences
Why similar: Action 31.4%, Action-Adventure 26.7%, First-Person 16.2%, 3D 12.6%, Horror 11.8%
- #23 Death Motel
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48%, Horror 15.4%, First-Person 14%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Action 9.8%
- #24 Grim Fate: Cloverleaf Bay
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GW2Games
Windows
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 28.9%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.9%
- #25 The Hobo Complex
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Interactive Games
Windows
The Hobo Complex is a first-person psychological horror game delving into drug addiction, homelessness and the reasons that might have caused it. Traverse varied, eerie settings while uncovering the truth behind where your girlfriend went after leaving you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Action-Adventure 17%, Action 13.8%, First-Person 9.9%, Stylized 9.1%
- #26 Dream Cola
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: a3muy StudioPub: Suliman Studio
Windows
A short PSX-style horror game featuring light scares, humor, and a mysterious story. Supports Arabic and English And no Music In This Game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Action 15.1%, First-Person 13.6%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
- #27 Kindergarten of hell
79% matchMixed40% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Twid Entertainment
Windows
You are a detective investigating a case that has been forgotten for 5 years. The case involves finding out why everyone disappeared from a daycare.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.8%, Action 18.7%, First-Person 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%
- #28 Delivering Letters
80% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: V.A.H
Windows
Just deliver 10 letters that's easy, right?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.4%, Action 14.8%, First-Person 14.6%, Horror 11.2%, 3D 9.5%
- #29 Exit Slum 11
78% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Exit Slum 11 is an anomaly observation running simulator with an eerie atmosphere.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, Action 29.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.8%
- #30 Root Of Evil
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: HenSoupStudios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive and destroy the devastating Root that is growing and crawling around the cracks and crevasses of the Hotel. Using whatever tools you have to keep your self alive. Find the antidote that will destroy it or die trying.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.4%, Action 23.1%, Action-Adventure 19.4%, 3D 7%, Horror 5.7%
- #31 最終試問 | Escape from the test
78% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 桜夢工房
Windows
I hate studying, it's too much trouble. If you think so, you might be attacked by "him" too...? Let's escape from the "zero point test" together with the main character!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, First-Person 12.3%, Action 10.8%, Funny 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #32 Faint Call
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
Faint Call is a psychological horror game about a police officer investigating a distress call from someone at a notoriously cursed house.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Action 16.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Horror 10.4%, 3D 9.2%
- #33 SCP Origins - Forgotten Steps
76% 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 45.4%, Action 21.7%, Horror 14.5%, First-Person 9%, 3D 7%
- #34 TransMemory
75% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: BitRockGames
Windows
I woke up in a dimly lit basement. You have no memory of who you are or why you are here. Can you escape from this place?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.8%, 3D 12.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #35 Floor 10 Anomaly
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Félix Landry
Windows
Something lurks on the 10th floor of Hotel Fleur-De-Lys. Anyone trying to reach floor 10 is unable to. As if the hotel was trying to prevent the guests from reaching it. The hallways keep repeating themselves, only subtle signs are your clue forward to discover what lies ahead.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Action 10.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #36 Half Body Duo
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HwanheeChoi
Windows
Half Body Duo is a single-player horror game set in a maze-like hospital. Control two men moving as one, collect scattered fuses and a key, and escape while avoiding creatures that begin chasing you if they see you run.
Why similar: Action 30%, Walking Simulator 28.4%, First-Person 15.3%, 3D 11.8%, Horror 11%
- #37 September Fall - Loneliness
75% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nguyen Quoc Hai
Windows
You are playing the role of a husband going to meet his wife, who is on a deserted island fighting for survival with others to obtain a powerful stone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Action 15.4%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, First-Person 11.8%
- #38 Old Evil
76% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: UNICORE Games Studio
Windows
It was fall 2018. A group of recruits from a private military organization took a basic combat training in a woodland near Witch Hills. A few days before the end of the training, the squad stopped being in touch. A searching group was sent to their landing place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Action 21.5%, Action-Adventure 19%, First-Person 8.8%, 3D 6.7%
- #39 Hold Still
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Reserve
Windows
HOLD STILL is a liminal horror game set in surreal, abandoned pool rooms. Explore safely, or let the creatures come to life in hunt mode. Versus mode pits one human explorer against up to four angels out to capture them. Rendered in real-time path tracing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Action 22.2%, Stylized 11.2%, 3D 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #40 Last Guest
73% matchMixed64% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Crime 15.5%, Action 13.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #41 Room 7
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amoor_Art
Windows
Spot the anomalies, choose the right door, and escape the loop before it kills you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Action 12.2%, Horror 10%, First-Person 9.2%
- #42 Below The Silence
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ShahbazPub: KT
Windows
What begins as a simple escape room night between two friends turns into a descent into fear, memory, and a cult that was never supposed to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.9%, Action 25.2%, First-Person 10.1%, 3D 8.8%, Horror 7.4%
- #43 Joymaker
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Several Confused Clowns
Windows · Mac
A story-driven indie psychological horror game
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.6%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 10%
- #44 9 To Ashes
71% 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 37.6%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Action 11.5%, First-Person 9.7%, 3D 8%
- #45 Just a Stay at the Inn
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.3%, First-Person 15.8%, 3D 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Indie 2%
- #46 The Wheelchair Man
68% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Deformed Studios
Windows
Steal $5,000 from an abandoned apartment complex while avoiding a demented man.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.5%, Action 15.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Horror 10.1%, Stylized 8.7%
- #47 Mad Mads Madsen
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tomas Fawkes
Windows
At his lowest Mads gained it all. Finally feeling victorious, he quickly found out that his new place is "cursed". Survive by finding your way out, without succumbing to your minds trickery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Stylized 16.8%, First-Person 15.8%, 3D 13.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #48 エスカレーター | Escalator
71% matchMostly Negative39% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Toyasky
Windows
Escalator is a horror game in which you must find something unusual while riding an escalator and try to escape from an enclosed space.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.9%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 12.2%, 3D 10.7%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #49 Spirimonz
69% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Featherworks Studio
Windows · Mac
Spirimonz is a game in which you hunt down evil spirits and capture various ghostly companions who will help you and follow you on every new mission.
Why similar: Action 29.5%, Action-Adventure 23.4%, First-Person 15.5%, Stylized 11%, 3D 10%
- #50 Slender: The Arrival VR
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Perp Games
Windows
Slender: The Arrival returns more terrifying than ever, now in VR.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Horror 10.8%, Action 10.4%, First-Person 10.3%
- #51 20 Floors
67% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: KORY
Windows
You are left alone on the top floor of an apartment. Your only goal is to reach the ground. But as you descend, the corridor you once knew begins to warp into something grotesque. There’s no telling what horror awaits. Just don't stop. Keep going down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.3%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, First-Person 12.5%, 3D 7.3%, Horror 7.1%
- #52 to the
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 露椿
Windows
"to the" is a "one-way philosophical walking adventure" where no two players will have the same experience. Extend your path through your “choices” and make your way to 10,000 meters. Then, uncover the “truth” hidden within this game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 14.1%, 3D 10.9%, Indie 2.9%
- #53 Jotunn - Day of Judgement
70% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: Wetterfest
Windows
Alone you find yourself stranded in a dark and mysterious norse forest, tasked by the gods to acitvate the forests magical runestones to open the Serpent-Gate. But you are not alone. A vicious creature lurks in the shadows of the misty forest...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.8%, Action-Adventure 21.5%, First-Person 10.6%, Stylized 9.7%, 3D 8%
- #54 White Mirror
72% matchMixed52% of 376 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The main character is a hunter who looks for ancient relics. One day he set off to find a legendary mirror which concluded the great force and so great evil, keeping secrets of a magic artifact. You have a chance to know were is a mirror, but be careful the evil waits for you continually.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Horror 9.6%, Funny 5.2%
- #55 Night of the Wererat
69% 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 46.5%, Action 16.3%, First-Person 13.9%, Horror 10.5%, 3D 10.4%
- #56 I REMEMBER
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laud GamesPub: Laud Publishing
Windows
Step into the shoes of a Father and Son as they navigate the challenges of taking care of one another in 'I REMEMBER', a psychological horror game. Traverse through decaying environments as you hide from terrors that threaten to consume you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Action 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #57 PERDITION: TERMINUS
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tea 'N Key GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror game where you explore the mind of a girl trapped in a coma. Avoid disturbing humanoid entities, search for tools, solve environmental challenges, and push deeper into your fractured psyche to wake up.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45%, Action 15.4%, First-Person 12.4%, 3D 9.5%, Horror 8.2%
- #58 Bodhi 'n' Friends
67% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Lachlan SheltonPub: Bloody Vulpine
Windows
Your old friend you co-founded a game studio with has contacted you 4 years after the studio shut down and you both parted ways following a major controversy. He tells you he's got the studio set back up again and would love to discuss a new game project with you. What could it be?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Action 12.1%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #59 The Offering
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tainted Mask
Windows
The Offering is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror. You enter the halls of a roaming evil spirit, and the only way to survive is to gather the haunted artefacts quickly, using the equipment at your disposal. Work together as you explore the halls, where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.3%, Action 10.3%
- #60 Quentin Playtime
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Notiwal
Windows
Play as a young man, accompanied by his friends, who must escape from a school while avoiding Quentin the great during your exploration.
Why similar: Action 24.9%, Action-Adventure 20.9%, First-Person 14%, Stylized 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9%