Games Like PAGER

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Dystopian 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 15%, Stylized 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the feeling of performing a repetitive, mysterious job within a surreal and unsettling office environment.

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Surreal 10%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title defines the liminal space anomaly-detection genre, focusing on repetitive cycles and subtle environmental changes.

You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Horror 7.5%, Puzzle 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to the anomaly-loop genre that emphasizes the same atmospheric, first-person exploration found in PAGER.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 17.8%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Dystopian 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a claustrophobic, job-based premise where you must navigate a dangerous environment from within a confined, low-tech vessel.

You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dystopian 11.1%, Psychological 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal walking simulator that prioritizes atmosphere and strange, first-person exploration over traditional gameplay.

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: Psychological 25.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 17.4%, Exploration 15.3%, Simulation 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential job-based horror game that builds tension through the mundane routines of a late-night shift.

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 29.9%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, low-fi aesthetic and fragmented narrative that mirrors the unsettling, dreamlike quality of PAGER.

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Horror 9.2%, Puzzle 9%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on identifying anomalies within a repetitive environment, perfectly matching the loop-based exploration of the seed game.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Horror 37.2%, Surreal 22.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Simulation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends professional job simulation with intense, supernatural psychological horror.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.5%, Horror 31.1%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Adventure 8.6%, Puzzle 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a retro, interface-heavy approach to deliver a deeply atmospheric and psychological horror experience.

As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark Humor 10.2%, Horror 10%, Immersive Sim 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes the popular anomaly-detection loop mechanic to create a tense, first-person horror experience.

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 24.1%, Surreal 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal walking simulator that focuses on atmospheric, sci-fi exploration in a quiet, unsettling environment.

First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Horror 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a retro-styled, psychological horror experience that feels intimate and deeply unsettling.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Adventure 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI managing a space station, providing a unique perspective on job-based horror and environmental storytelling.

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Psychological 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 12.3%, Surreal 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines psychological horror with survival elements in a dark, surreal world.

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: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Psychological 19.8%, Horror 16.9%, Surreal 16.5%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply claustrophobic and psychological horror experience that emphasizes exploration in surreal, confined spaces.

A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Horror 11.3%, First-Person 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and identifying strange occurrences in a first-person, psychological horror setting.

Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A job-based horror game that uses atmosphere and mystery to build tension during a simple delivery task.

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends immersive-sim mechanics with psychological horror in a dark, isolated setting.

A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 11.5%, Exploration 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes casual, atmospheric exploration in a first-person perspective.

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 33.5%, Horror 18.5%, Exploration 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Atmospheric 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique point-cloud visual style to make exploration of dark, atmospheric environments feel incredibly immersive.

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 33.5%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Simulation 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic and atmospheric walking simulator that focuses on surreal, first-person exploration.

eat, sleep, work, repeat.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Psychological 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A low-fi, surreal walking simulator that uses pixel graphics to create a unique, psychedelic horror atmosphere.

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Horror 17.3%, Philosophical 16.8%, Psychological 15.8%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering the dark secrets of a mysterious location.

Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.9%, Philosophical 13.4%, Dystopian 11.8%, Horror 11.1%, Surreal 9.8%

You get a strange job. Your job is to patrol a 13th-floor apartment, look for anomalies...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on simulation and exploration, tasking the player with managing anomalies in a mysterious apartment building.

You are trapped in an endless hallway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach your destiny.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11%

Why You'll Like It: It features a loop-based puzzle structure that forces players to pay close attention to their environment.

You are a young and talented writer. One evening, someone leaves a mysterious box on your doorstep. What’s inside will turn your life into a living nightmare...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological 14.2%, Surreal 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It centers on the job of delivering packages, quickly escalating into a dark, supernatural horror scenario.

Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 10%, Psychological 8.9%

You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychological 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Surreal 12.3%

Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.3%, Simulation 27.2%, Horror 22.1%, First-Person 7%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic job-based simulation that slowly descends into atmospheric, cosmic horror.

Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.

Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Walking Simulator 17%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, First-Person 8.9%

Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Surreal 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 13.2%, Horror 10.2%

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Exploration 9.1%, Stylized 8%

Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Horror 10.3%, Immersive Sim 10%

An anomaly-spotting horror game set in Level 0 of the Backrooms. Study the looping corridor and identify changes ranging from subtle details to terrifying entities. Decide to turn back if something has changed, or continue ahead if everything seems normal.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Surreal 13%, Psychological 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

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 28.2%, Psychological Horror 21%, Surreal 19.2%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 9%

Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit is an immersive game inspired by liminal spaces and Exit 8. Explore 3 liminal space floors and track anomalies to escape, but watch your back!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Surreal 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Psychological 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 7.4%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 17.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%

The Door Factory is a first-person horror game where you inspect mysterious doors before they are sent into production. Step inside, observe the environment, spot anomalies, and decide whether each door should be approved or reported.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9.6%

A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%

You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Psychological 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10.7%, Surreal 10.2%

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: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 16.3%, Psychological 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%

A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.

Why similar: Surreal 15.4%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Psychological 9.7%

8-hour Workday is an anomaly search game inspired by Exit 8 and Platform 8. The player needs to explore a creepy, ominous office where dangerous anomalies are lurking around and try to make it through the work hours. There are 27 anomalies in the game. See if you can solve them all!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Surreal 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 8%

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 18%, First-Person 12.7%, Simulation 9.4%

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Immersive Sim 9.6%

[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Dystopian 15.8%, Psychological 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Horror 11.7%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Psychological 18%, Exploration 7.9%, Puzzle 7.9%

Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Dark Humor 26.7%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 12.5%, Simulation 7.5%

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%

You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 16.2%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 11.8%, Psychological 9.9%

In this single-player experience, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.3%, Surreal 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.5%

Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Immersive Sim 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.4%

A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Surreal 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 9.8%

Experience backrooms 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 22.2%, Surreal 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 9.1%

Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.8%, Surreal 9.5%, Psychological 8.8%

Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Psychological 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 11.4%

In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Dark Humor 8.9%